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Students discuss effect of construction projects BRITTANY GIBSON STAFF WRITER

Rutgers has been no stranger to ribbon-cutting ceremonies this year, with several new projects in progress across all five campuses.

And although everyone has seen the construction, not everyone has seen what the construction is doing to the City of New Brunswick.

Rutgers Department of Planning and Development has started several new projects on campus, including The Yard @ College Avenue, The Global Village Learning Center on Douglass campus, the classroom building next to the Honors College on the College Avenue campus and the new home of the Department of Chemistr y and Chemical Biology on Busch campus.

This is all following the completion of the Honors College, which is housing students for the first time this school year.

Despite excitement from construction, there has been question about the consequences of all of this

rapid development. Construction will affect New Brunswick residents not affiliated with the University, in addition to Rutgers students and faculty.

“The academic building will help to consolidate different units in the School of Arts and Sciences under one roof ... this way they’ll be able to operate more efficiently,” said Frank Wong, executive director of Facilities Planning and Development.

Amie Baldwin, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, lives in the Honors College and sees construction from her window. She said she feels students have not been adequately notified of the undergoing construction.

“I feel like there’s only been one time when we’ve been notified about construction,” Baldwin said.

Devon Smith, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he was not adequately informed about the construction. He lives on College Avenue and said the SEE PROJECTS ON PAGE 4

Left: Rebecca Mahan and her dad, Mike Mahan, embrace in front of the water. Right: Rebecca and her dad, garbed in hospital clothes, smile after Rebecca donated her kidney in mid-August to save her father’s life. COURTESY OF REBECCA MAHAN

Rutgers student Rebecca Mahan gives kidney to save father’s life in August NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The first time Rebecca Mahan, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, received surgery was in mid-August of 2015 when she donated her kidney to her father.

“I didn’t really know what to expect,” she said. “I was not scared, everyone around me was scared — my

family, my mom. I don’t know why I wasn’t. It’s not like I think of myself as a brave person, but I did not feel scared for a second.”

After the procedure, Rebecca remained in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for two days, and her father, Mike Mahan, stayed there for three days. The pair then recovered at their home for two weeks.

“His kidney started working immediately,” she said.

Rebecca said her father has had kidney disease for many years now. While there are many types of kidney disease, he has IgA, or Berger’s disease. According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, IgA nephropathy is a kidney disease that SEE LIFE ON PAGE 5

U. utilizes Rideshare technology to cut down on emissions, time, cost CHRISTINE LEE ONE at Rutgers, an international nonprofit organization that seeks to bring light to voiceless issues, is sending letters to Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

ONE campaign seeks to change lives in Africa SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT

An organization on campus is determined to gain support for a bill that could change the lives of more than 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, and they have only just begun.

ONE at Rutgers is an international, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that uses grassroots advocacy to bring awareness to issues that do not have a voice, said Lakshmi Kalluri, vice president of the group and a School of Management and Labor Relations junior.

“As a University chapter — ONE at Rutgers — what we’ve been focusing on specifically in the past

couple weeks is the Electrify Africa Act,” Kalluri said. “This act is perfect to talk about right now because this is, at its core, what ONE is all about.”

The Electrify Africa Act is a bill in both the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Kalluri said, and it brings energy and electricity infrastructure to sub-Saharan Africa for the first time, bringing electricity to almost 50 million people who desperately need it.

“What we do as an organization is that we aim to eradicate extreme poverty and preventable diseases. It just so happens that this bill takes care of things under one umbrella,” Kalluri said.

SEE CAMPAIGN ON PAGE 6

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Monday through Friday, students spend hours traveling from campus to campus, but when the weekend arrives, it is time to visit home. They pack their cars with loads of textbooks and laundry, yet there are still three or four empty seats in the car and there is no one to talk to during such long drives. Gas prices are increasing — it is time to carpool.

Having had the opportunity to grow up in the Bay Area, the concept of carpooling is nothing new to Alexander Lang, a University of Wisconsin—Stevens point alumnus. He chose carpooling as a means to get to work, which ultimately provided him the inspiration of what he hopes to accomplish — the University Rideshare group.

“I saw much value in what it potentially could provide for other students and their families. Not only would students have a greater opportunity to make it home and see their families, but with Rideshare, now less often would families have to drive their children, sometimes hours back and forth from school,” Lang said. “I also saw

the benefit towards the universities as it would cut down traffic and reduce the number of CO2 emissions, something that universities are certainly looking to do.”

Lang started his first Rideshare group in 2008, when he was still a student at the University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point.

“My original motive for Rideshare was actually of much self-interest because at the time I did not have a vehicle, and realizing that if I established a carpool group on Facebook I could then catch rides with other students who had extra space in their car,” Lang said.

The growth of his Rideshare group at University of Wisconsin— Stevens Point eventually got the attention of the school newspaper, the administration and the university’s sustainability committee who revealed their support for Lang.

This inspired Lang to branch his work out to other universities, with the intention of eventually bringing these networks under one central website that not only would prove to be of great benefit toward students, but also a network that could eventually generate profit.

“A few years back one professor gauged that a student on an average would use the group about four times a year,” Lang said. “However many students use it far more frequently, even as much as on a weekly basis, depending on the particular university.”

Currently there are nearly 150,000 students who use from the Rideshare group at about 75 universities across America, Lang said. And there are now 1,807 students in the Rutgers group according to the Facebook page. The group is completely reliant on social media since communication is based on Facebook.

Goldy Landau, a junior at Wellesley College, is a co-manager of the Rideshare group with Lang.

“I’ve always liked to travel, and I also like social entrepreneurship and bringing people together,” she said.

Landau started Brooklyn Rideshare, Boston-NY Rideshare, NY Jewish Rideshare and many other and community-based groups.

“Alex contacted me when (he) came across several of my Rideshare groups. We exchanged ideas about SEE TECHNOLOGY ON PAGE 6

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Campus Calendar THURSDAY 11/12 The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences presents, “Welcome to the Anthropocene: A Geological Age of Our Making” from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Student Center on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy hosts, “2015 Bloustein School Annual Alumni Awards Celebration” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Heldrich Hotel in Downtown New Brunswick. The event costs $50 for admission.

The Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health presents, “Beads of Destruction: A Survey of Great Lakes Plastic Pollution” from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health located at 61 Dudley Road on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents, “The Changing Social and Genetic Landscape of Health and Marriage in the U.S.” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research located at 112 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

The TA Project presents, “The Academic Job Interview” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the College Avenue Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 11/13 University Career Services hosts, “Campus to Careers: AT&T Field Trip” from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Busch Student Center on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Student Centers at Rutgers—New Brunswick host, “Karaoke Night” from 7 p.m. to midnight at Rutgers Zone in the Livingston Student Center on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health presents, “Agricultural Pathways Toward Improved Nutrition – Getting Policies Right” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health located at 61 Dudley Road on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Environmental Sciences presents, “The Natural And Industrial Cycling Of Indium And Other Emerging Metal Contaminants In The Environment” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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November 12, 2015

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U. students question efficacy of college core curriculum

The Rutgers curriculum insists students take a series of classical education courses, but some students argue only a few actually teach students real-world skills. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT

Rutgers students are required to take certain requirements to complete their degrees, but students have conflicting opinions about what these requirements should be.

Sean Lin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said it is crucial for students to have a fundamental grasp on scientific concepts.

“During my sophomore year, I took a conceptual physics course for my humanities majors to fulfill a natural science and honors requirement,” Lin said. “It was eye-opening in the sense that I could explore concepts outside

of my major without delving too deeply into quantitative material.”

It is essential that students understand how the world operates, Lin said, even at the most basic level.

“I think the natural science core requirement is a step in the right direction but, unfortunately, many students don’t take courses like ‘Dinosaurs’ or ‘Planet Earth’ very seriously,” Lin said. “A conceptual physics or conceptual chemistry course should be mandatory across all majors.”

Medha Venugopal, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, finds many school requirements fitting but thinks there should be general mandatory classes that assist with life skills after college, such

as applying to other schools, jobs or starting a family.

“I (also) think there should be at least one finance class that is a math requirement,” Venugopal said. “There’s a lot of people graduating college knowing a lot about everything except how to manage their money.”

While some students find science and math classes imperative for a well-rounded education, others place value in the humanities.

Momina Manzoor, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she thinks many college students are not well informed enough about politics or current moral and social issues.

“I took (a) class called ‘Current Moral and Social Issues’ and though

it was based on philosophy, the class take courses for their own intelwas centered around forming ar- lectual enhancement,” Lin said.

Manzoor said requirements guments to support one’s stance,” Manzoor said. “I found that useful right now are too scattered. It not only to everyday life, but I found has come to the point where she myself finally being able to support is taking a class only because she my stances on certain subjects such needs to, not because she is interested in learning about the topic. as abortion, euthanasia, etc.”

“Why should I spend all that Manzoor said that she does not follow politics that much, so in order money on tuition to take a histo challenge herself next semester tory class that I realistically she plans on taking a class to learn will never need in the modern about topics outside her major that world? Requirements should be required to prepare students for matter in “the real world”. the everyday J a m e s life,” she said.

Forder, a School “There’s a lot of people Students of Engineering graduating college should be culsophomore, said knowing a lot about turally aware, he is satisfied with the requireeverything except how to Manzoor said, but through ments he has manage their money.” the scope of the to take for his modern world. major but also MEDHA VENUGOPAL “Unfor tuthinks students School of Arts and Sciences Junior nately, I find should take that Rutgers courses they are academic system — specifically, genuinely interested in.

“It seems to me that students the need to fulfill 120 academic learn best when they like the content credits, inflexible core requireof the course they’re in,” Forder said. ments, etc. tends to create credSome students find that school it-hungry, grade-obsessed sturequirements attempt to develop dents,” Lin said.

She said she understands well-rounded students within their majors, but are not as flexible as they that more difficult disciplines such as biology and accountshould be.

Lin said she think students ing are not as flexible, but she should be given more leeway to thinks it is crucial that students tailor their undergraduate expe- are encouraged to take classes rience the way that they desire, that pique their interests.

“I have the opinion that librather than be forced to adhere to eral undergraduate experiences a core curriculum.

“The strict, unforgiving nature are the most effective in deof Rutgers core requirements veloping culturally aware studoesn’t encourage students to dents,” Lin said.

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PROJECTS Baldwin believes Rutgers could do more to work with city residents, pre-existing developments CONTINUED FROM FRONT

construction has always been relatively “hush-hush.”

“When they first started doing the construction (about a year ago) we all thought ‘What the hell is that supposed to be?

What’s going on?’ And a year or two before that they kicked off all of the Grease Trucks out of that location. And no one knew why, or what they were going to do with it,” Smith said regarding the space that is now The Yard @ College Avenue.

Students should feel informed because “all significant projects” can be found on the Rutgers Facilities website, in addition to the fact that they are also presented to the Rutgers University Student Assembly, Wong said.

One reason that students may not be informed is because construction projects are often many years in the making, and Wong said there is an information lag between the students that were enrolled when projects were being planned and the students that are still enrolled when

construction begins. These are often two completely different groups of people, he said.

But as inconvenient as the construction is for students, it is more problematic for residents, Baldwin said. With the speed and scale that Rutgers is building at, it could be seen as isolating the citizens in New Brunswick.

“It’s gentrification,” said Baldwin, who works as a tutor at the New Brunswick Public Librar y.

When tutoring children, Baldwin said they often view Rutgers negatively.

Baldwin believes that about 90 percent of the children’s parents she works with only speak Spanish, and Rutgers has not been accommodating of that when doing construction. “(For example) the signs on Rutgers things are all in English, whereas in the heart of Downtown New Brunswick things are bilingual,” Baldwin said.

Rutgers forgets about the cultures of the families that already live here, Baldwin said.

Smith said he sees similarities between the changes

happening in New Brunswick and his hometown of Jersey City, which has also been struggling to balance improving the city and pushing lower-income residents out of the area, according to NJ.com.

When improvements are made to the Rutgers community, it also indirectly improves New Brunswick, but the University is mindful of their role as neighbors to people that live and work in town, Wong said.

Rutgers tries to keep citizens informed with outreach by meeting with the City Planner of New Brunswick and making presentations to the planning board.

And although there hasn’t been a town hall “in a while,” Rutgers plans to have more in the future, Wong said.

But Baldwin hasn’t seen much connection between the University and New Brunswick community.

“How often do you see people that aren’t Rutgers students, and people living in New Brunswick not going to events in New Brunswick, because they feel like they’re not part of the Rutgers community,” he said.

Baldwin believes the University could do more to work with New Brunswick residents and already existing developments.

“We’re replacing their community with ours, when we should be building alongside them,” he said.

The Yard @ College Avenue, which is being built across the street from Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus, is one item of discussion among students who are concerned about gentrification at Rutgers. LISETT CLARK

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LIFE Mike Mahan says his 20-year-old daughter is selfless, caring for donating kidney to him CONTINUED FROM FRONT

occurs when an antibody called immunoglobulin A (IgA) lodges in the kidneys.

IgA results in local inflammation that may hamper a kidneys’ ability to filter waste, excess water and electrolytes from the bloodstream over time.

Kidney disease did not severely begin to effect her father until about two years ago. All the while, their family went on family trips and he was a high school soccer coach.

“Around finals last year, he got really sick,” Rebecca said.

When doctors began suggesting that it was in Mike’s best interest to start considering looking for a kidney and proceeding with a kidney transplant, his sister, Rebecca’s aunt, stepped up as a donor. In midMay of this year, she had her last pre-surger y test in which doctors discovered she was not fit to donate because she had kidney stones.

Then, without a second thought, Rebecca volunteered to donate her kidney.

“We went through testing, which took about a month and we found out I was a perfect match,” she said. “Aug. 18 was our date.”

Mike Mahan, Rebecca’s father, said he did not expect her to do this but he also was not shocked when she offered because she is a generous and giving person.

“Our relationship was very good before (the surgery),” he said. “It might be even stronger now as we have another connection.”

He said his life has been changed in ways that he could never have imagined.

“The best way to describe the instant difference in me is that within 24 hours I felt like a cloud was lifted off of me,” Mike said.

“As soon as my body accepted the new kidney, it began to rid itself of all the built up toxins from non functioning kidneys. I had been heavily medicated for years and my blood pressure was always extremely high.”

Today, Mike takes almost no medicine for blood pressure and his blood pressure numbers are in the normal range, a number

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more than 120 over 80 and less than 140 over 90.

Parri Mahan, Rebecca’s mother and Mike’s wife, said when Mike first got home after the surger y, he needed a lot of

“I was not scared ... It’s not like I think of myself as a brave person, but I did not feel scared for a second.”

REBECCA MAHAN School of Arts and Sciences Senior and Kidney Donor

care. Getting up was a struggle for him because he had staples in his body for several weeks.

Slowly, he was able get up more easily on his own.

She mostly helped take care of Mike after the transplant surgery, while Rebecca’s boyfriend of almost six years never left her side.

“From the drive up to the hospital ver y early on Tuesday mornings until he needed to go to work the following Monday ...

He worked from the hospital on his laptop and then back at our house,” Parri said. “He is my hero, along with Rebecca.”

She said she thanks God ever y day for what Rebecca did for their family. Rebecca was unbelievably strong and determined to see the procedure through, Parri said. She was not surprised, only amazed.

Parri and Mike’s relationship with Rebecca was always great and has continued to grow stronger over the past few months, Parri said. They have spent a lot of time with Rebecca this past summer as they were preparing for the transplant. Then, she said, of course, a lot of time was spent recuperating together.

“It is amazing that a 20-year(old) was as selfless and caring as she was with her gift to me,” Mike said. “I am a very lucky person.”

CRIME NOV. 11 TRENTON — Two women were arrested and another is sought in a strong-arm robbery.

Kiera H. Murchison, 18, and Moshanda Williams, 22, were arrested and charged with the robbery of a 22-year-old man.

The man told police he was walking on Montgomery Street around 6:30 p.m. Saturday when three women grabbed him, punched him and held him down while they went through his pockets. They took his wallet and his phone. One of the women, the man told the police, was an ex-girlfriend. Murchison was charged and released on bail.

The amount was not immediately available. Williams’ bail was set at $50,000.

NOV. 11 NEWARK — An investigation is underway after a decapitated body was found in the garage of a Newark residence late Monday evening.

The body is identified to be 50-year-old Pamela Davis. Police officers made the discovery after authorities received reports of

a foul smell emanating from the garage at the home. Davis was not a resident of the home, and it remains unclear whether Davis’s body was mutilated before or after she died.

NOV. 11 ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS — On Tuesday morning, a woman in her 80s was struck by a truck on Laurie Drive while she was taking out the trash near here home and was initially found in and out of consciousness. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with nonlife threatening surgeries. An investigation is ongoing and the incident is considered to be an accident.

NOV. 11 MAPLEWOOD — A ninth grade student was taken into custody Wednesday after police said he made an online threat to his high school that caused its students and staff to go on lockdown. After an investigation into the threat, a 14-year-old student was arrested in his home in South Orange. He was charged and released to a parent.

November 12, 2015

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CAMPAIGN

TECHNOLOGY Landau says rideshare can be wonderful community project, especially for break CONTINUED FROM FRONT

social networking, traveling for cheap or free and social entrepreneurship,” Landau said. “We became friends and made each other admins of our groups. Managing so many groups can get time-consuming, so having a friend to help is invaluable and efficient.”

Brooklyn Rideshare was Landau’s first Rideshare group when she found herself stuck without transportation. She sent requests all her friends who have cars and those who look for rides. Everyone started adding their friends and the group quickly became popular.

Landau realized the service’s popularity so she started several more.

“College Rideshare pages are great because there are many young people in one location. The drivers can benefit by obtaining gas money, and students appreciate this easily accessible availability of transportation with people from their school,” Landau said.

To this public group that anyone can catch a ride with complete strangers, Lang ensured the safety for students.

“To get into these groups, students must have stated in their Facebook profile that they are in fact either a student, faculty or recent alumni at a particular university, with exception to other universities within close proximity,”

As educated college students, Ramos said all students have an idea of some solutions that could be used to solve these problems, but unless they make their voices There are 7 million people around world that are heard and also take advantage of part of ONE campaign their political power, things are not going to change any time soon.

“Basically what our intention is CONTINUED FROM FRONT “We are trying to leverage that by getting these petitions and by political influence and show the running these letter writing camThe organization does this not rest of the world that is interested paigns, is first of all, to get this on by raising money, but by garner- in helping these nations that if you their radar,” Kalluri said. “Because ing people’s political voices and do want to, this is where we need at the end of the day, government their political power, said Danica to start in order to enact effective officials love to hear from college students because we are such Ramos, treasurer of ONE at Rut- change,” Wu said.

What the chapter has been do- a demographic that they do not gers and a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. ing in conjunction with other chap- know how to reach out to. So by “We do this through things like ters in the U.S. is focusing on their us taking the initiative and by reaching out to petition signing, them, they learn making phone whole lot about calls, collecting “We are trying to leverage that political influence awhat the youth letters and supand show the rest of the world that is interested in vote wants.” porting particular The theory acts or measures,” helping these nations that if you do want to, this is behind the ONE Ramos said. where we need to start in order to campaign is that Last week the enact effective change.” the group is not group visited just people in the Congressman TIFFANY WU Western world Frank Pallone’s President of Rutgers ONE Campaign and Rutgers Business School Senior with creature (D-N.J.) office comforts, telling delivering petiimpoverished tion signatures in people what they need, Kalluri said support of the Electrify Africa Act own state politicians, Wu said.

“We have 7 million people not just from students, but also “We’ve been collecting letters from regular people living in Dis- and phone calls to Sen. Booker, around the world as part of ONE trict 6, said Ramos, and they plan Sen. Menendez and Rep. Pal- campaign, 3 million of which are on doing the same visit to Sen. lone, and have people talk to in Africa day-to-day interacting Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sen. them (so they could be) aware with the people, asking them Robert “Bob” Menendez (D-N.J.) that the Rutgers community what they need. And based on this week. knows about this issue, and that that, they are telling us what they Tiffany Wu, president of the we would like them to support want,” she said.

Kalluri said things like electricRutgers chapter and Rutgers the bill and see them do someity are what many people take for Business School senior, said the thing about it,” Wu said. group hopes the bill will start the Ramos stressed the importance granted, and it is something like conversation about an issue that of what the group is doing as a bringing electricity to these peohas not had a lot of attention be- way for students to get involved in ple for the first time that will really fore, especially because it is being making changes in the world and give them a chance to explore and build up for themselves. passed in the United States. having their voices heard.

Lang said. “This is to ensure for a safer environment for students who are looking to travel over the weekends and holiday.”

The location-based groups are open for anyone to join. Landau has also added the safety warning to those groups stating: “This service completely relies on social media, and one must be part of a specific group to look for or offer rides there.”

Different groups have different “vibes.” Some of them are very quiet while others are very popular, Landau said.

“This has the potential of being a wonderful community project, especially with Thanksgiving Break coming up. Even if you have a car, commuting with others driving in the same direction with carpooling can reduce carbon emissions, decrease traffic and allow you to meet new people,” Landau said.

Lang encourages people carpool more often.

“I believe that there is fundamental problem with transportation in America. For many students getting home on the weekends can be so challenging that students often times opt not to visit home at all in the first place,” Lang said. “I have spoken to professors who have pointed out that services like this actually retain student enrollment, because they are less likely to become homesick (and have) a greater ability to go home to see their loved ones.”

November 12, 2015

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Joey Gladstone came to Rutgers? Cut. It. Out! NICOLETTE ACCARDI

backstage, which isn’t the kind of behavior we would expect from the wholesome, “family man” character Cut. It. Out! Television icon he played on the show, Coulier said.

Coulier then shifted gears and Dave Coulier, famously known as Joey Gladstone from the early 90s started making fun of himself. He sitcom, “Full House,” provided Rut- made a hilarious reference to his gers students with one-of-a-kind mullet saying, “You know how telecomedy at no cost on Thursday, vision adds 10 pounds, well the mulNov. 5 at the Busch Student Center. let added 10 pounds.”

The whole crowd went wild — inWhile many students remember watching their extended childhood cluding myself.

If you thought that was funny, family — the Full House cast — in you are going their pajamas to get a kick on a Saturday “You know how television out of Coulier’s morning, Coulier kicked off the adds 10 pounds, well the next bit.

Co u lie r night by poking mullet added 10 pounds.” warned students fun and revealnot to eat from ing a few secrets DAVE COULIER the Busch Stuabout them.

Actor and Comedian dent Center food Students court unless burst out laughing when he mentioned how he they want diarrhea. The crowd got was amazed that Bob Saget, the a real kick out of that one — maybe actor who played Danny Tanner, because there is some truth to that?

Coulier made an effort to keep was allowed to be around the three girls that played his daughters on the act interactive. At one point the show — D.J., Stephanie and Mi- during the show, an audience member got up out of his seat and Couchelle Tanner.

Saget would make super dirty lier shouted, “Hey! That kid must jokes and inappropriate comments have diarrhea.”

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Dave Coulier shared old memories and new laughs with Rutgers. COURTESY OF SABRINA SZTEINBAUM Gross? Yes, but funny, too! He then began chanting, “Rutgers, Butgers, Rutgers, Butgers!”

To warn his audience that he was moving onto a new joke, Coulier came up with an unique signal.

He made an impression of a “human tuba,” and it was one of the funniest noises I have ever heard.

It was completely random, which is what made it even more hilarious.

Slowly, Coulier got into some baseball game jokes.

A crowd favorite was his impersonation of a food salesman. Coulier chanted “Hotdog!” in a funny old man voice that got the whole audience laughing.

The best part about Coulier’s stand-up was he acted completely like his “Full House” character, Joey Gladstone.

Most actors do not have similar personalities to the characters or roles they play on screen, but Coulier did. His performance was

really authentic and depicted who he truly was.

Rutgers students and their guests really enjoyed seeing a stand-up routine performed by one of their childhood idols.

Hopefully Coulier will pay Rutgers another visit in the near future, and bring Danny Tanner and Uncle Jesse along too! Maybe it won’t happen in the near future, but just let me dream.

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Eh, Rutgers 250 is kinda revolutionary Year-long celebration does not showcase all aspects of U. history

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Rutgers was founded as a colonial college. Henry his week marked the start of the yearlong celebration of Rutgers’ 250th anniversary. Yet Rutgers was a slaveowner and Rutgers was built on Nathe campaign slogan, “Revolutionary for 250 tive American, specifically Lenni-Lenape land. None of Years,” has come under fire. Frustrations primarily these facts can be disputed. Those who disagree with arose over a campaign poster depicting a stained glass the Rutgers 250 celebration must take note that a trip scene of white men signing a document, which is in down memory lane at any of the nation’s colonial colfact the charter that made Rutgers, well, Rutgers. The leges would reveal similar facts. When it comes to the response from many was “how is this revolutionary?” voices of the minority, American history and the history of higher education is not pretty. But what remains Such opinions are incredibly valid.

Rutgers being 250 years old is a big deal: This insti- true is that the administration and Rutgers 250 camtution is ten years older than the nation. But the way paign leaders had a chance to showcase Rutgers histoits being celebrated completely goes against the idea ry in its true form. Instead, the decision was made to of a revolution. Dressing student leaders up in colo- highlight only the more noble and respectable aspects nial garb, hanging the aforementioned posters and of the past. Of course these unfortunate actions of the handing out bells and cupcakes does not speak to the schools’ founders and past administrations are not the revolution taking place here on campus. The entire only part of Rutgers history. But all of the injustices celebration is clearly being exploited and turned into a that have taken place at Rutgers make up an integral marketing scheme. And if the start of the celebrations part of the University’s history that many members care about and connect with. is any indicator of what is to Rutgers 250 is going to last the come, its clear that the Univerentire year, so it is possible that sity is taking a step back.

“Rutgers 250 campaign the stories of all minorities will There is no denying that leaders had a chance to abound in the future. Student proRutgers was founded by white showcase Rutgers history testors have also said that their men in powdered wigs and longdisagreement and co-opted revtailed coats. Yet while this may in its true form.” olution will similarly last all year. be Rutgers’ history, these imagBut the simple fact that University es are not representative of what Rutgers has come to mean. The Rutgers 250 campaign students, faculty and staff can peacefully protest camwas the perfect opportunity to juxtapose images and pus-wide action, without being told to cease and detales of where the University began and how far its sist, is in fact revolutionary. This proves that Rutgers come — yet that opportunity was seemingly forsaken. is only as revolutionary as its members.

When we talk about the University being revoluWhen it comes to issues of sexual assault, race relations and other social concerns, the University tionary, we aren’t discussing buildings and architechas been called reactionary, not revolutionary, and tural design. We’re instead discussing the actions of this is a perfect example of that. As further proof, students who perform academically and bring forth Rutgers—New Brunswick Chancellor Richard L. Ed- new ideas, professors who challenge the status quo wards recently submitted a letter to the editor to The and administrators who listen to the needs of their Daily Targum, one that was then emailed to the entire constituents while balancing the difficult task of runstudent body. In it, he spoke of the formation of a new ning the University. Since its inception, Rutgers has committee on, “Enslaved and Disenfranchised Popu- undoubtedly evolved in such an immense manner that lations in Rutgers History.” Creating this committee can in fact be considered a true transformation — it is honorable, but it is clearly a last-ditch effort to dis- was founded for rich white men, and now people from suade protestors and naysayers of Rutgers 250 — it’s all races, classes and genders can call Rutgers home — a clear revolution in and of itself. not necessarily too little, but it’s definitely too late.

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Narrow definition of success prevents political action MANGOES AND REVOLUTION BECKY RATERO

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rom the time we can walk, we start to learn what success is.

Success wears Western business attire. Success has “skin-color” foundation.

Success boasts flawless makeup every day. Success wears pearls and matching earrings. Matching everything, actually.

Success uses dainty shoes and fitted coats.

Success has perfect hair — the kind that’s straight or has manipulated soft curls. Success can afford a car for one or a cab. Success goes to fancy parties, expensive dates.

Success goes to the gym, maybe even has a personal trainer. Success eats delicious food, the kind that’s organic and keeps Success healthy. Success has a six-digit paycheck and donates to charity. Success can travel and has great (heterosexual monogamous nuclear) family time. Everybody wants to be Success.

Success: the achievement or attainment of something desired, planned or attempted.

The United States does a great job at dividing those who can attempt to be successful and those who can’t: I have encountered far too many (non-white) students who had high school counselors who told them they would never make it.

This country needs people to work jobs it brands menial — although we can count on undocumented immigrants working the slave-labor jobs — and to fill up its highly profitable prison complexes.

Instead we choose to come to college because it will afford us a better future. If we come from working-class backgrounds, a better life for ourselves and also for our

families. If we come from upper-class backgrounds, it simply seems natural that we would reproduce our class standing.

Many students do not come to college for an education.

Instead, we come to college for a privately expensive piece of paper that says that we came to college.

This piece of paper means that we somehow “made it,” and became better than the people who don’t have that piece of paper. But not only did we go through the motions, attended class, studied and took exams for four years of our lives, we also attend highly problematic institutions and

parties, drugs, sex, friends and no sleep.

Never mind that this is so far from the truth for most people. The people who can afford that kind of life are the ones with parents to support that lifestyle — potentially the ones dropping money in the alumni donations. Then there are the people who have to work 10, 15 and 20+ hours a week to even attempt to offset their debt.

All the time, we, as students, invest in having nothing to lose, while the problems nationally and internationally increase.

The time we spend in the classroom or doing other college things, trying to build

“Success: the achievement or attainment of something desired, planned or attempted.The United States does a great job at dividing those who can attempt to be successful and those who can’t: I have encountered far too many (non-white) students who had high school counselors who told them they would never make it.” do not question the class divide that we are actively contributing toward.

In Audre Lorde’s words, the personal is political, and “your silence will not protect you.”

In this system, attending college is astronomically expensive. Teachers, parents, professors, mentors, employees, administration and all kinds of people in positions of authority tell us that that’s fine. When we go out into the real world we’ll get an awesome job that will allow us to pay off our loans.

Meanwhile, in college, we’re supposed to be living in this dream world of

that star resume that no sane employer could turn away, is time we are not in the streets revolting.

Maybe your cause is a different manifestation of patriarchy and sexism: police brutality, mass incarceration, systemic racism or environmental issues. Perhaps it is all of them, because after all, they do interconnect and overlap. Whatever the case may be, people need to start paying attention, and acting, because the ballot will not save us.

As the saying goes, “We did not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrowed it from our children.”

So many people in college have the notion that they’ll start to live in real world once they’re actually adulting adults in the real world. The real world seems to be something far away, where we’ll have responsibilities and have to do real stuff. As if college were four bonus years, a utopian void in our youth, devoid of true meaning and impact for ourselves and the rest of our lives. Waiting for the real world is an ironic concept when college is at the same time so transformative and shaping for so many people.

The idea of having to wait to be in the real world and having a steady job is also flawed. There will always be obstacles, problems, bills to pay, hours to sleep, plans to make. New opportunities and unexpected set-backs, and there will always be more chores and errands. Precisely the fact that we are in a world that is very real while having a lot of freedom to think and act means that we are in a unique position to defy everything — including traditional and imposed notions of capitalist-imperialist success.

Not only is the personal political, but also our education is political. The real problem is worrying more about that number on a screen more than about the context where that number on that screen matters. And so long as we do not revolutionize our minds and revolt in the classroom and in the streets, that context will stay the same, and we will all find ourselves either submitting to or being Success in the Western suit.

Becky Ratero is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in women’s gender studies and history. Her column, “Mangoes and Revolution,” runs monthly on Thursdays.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Negative reaction to new Starbucks cups devalues Christmas Starbucks Coffee’s removal of Christmas decorations from their cups, making them plain red and the #Merr yChristmasStarbucks campaign, has caused a lot of controversy. To be completely honest, I am glad Starbucks removed the

“If I was in Starbucks, I would just walk in, order my coffee and have kindness, courtesy and respect to the other customers and baristas.”

Christmas decorations from their cups because I feel those Christmas decorations only represent the Christmas commercialism, not Christmas as in the birth of Jesus. As a Christian, I don’t celebrate

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Christmas by having decorations, presents and treats. I celebrate Christmas because it is the birth of Jesus and I have fun with my loving family. I’m quite disgusted about #Merr yChristmasStarbucks and ever ything it is doing in response to Starbucks’ decision about their cups. In fact, the actions they are committing against Starbucks are insulting the Christian faith and making things much worse for themselves. If I was in Starbucks, I would just walk in, order my coffee and have kindness, courtesy and respect to the other customers and baristas, even if they have a bad attitude toward me. I’m not saying ban all Christmas decorations, but people shouldn’t get so caught up in the Christmas decorations and commercialism without knowing what Christmas is truly about. I’m saying this to defend the peaceful and loving Christians in America while stopping all the Christians who use their religion to inflict fear into their friends and family members, and punish them severely for their sins. I am also not forcing anyone to convert to Christianity, but to teach people my faith and help them understand and appreciate my culture as well as other cultures too. I hope

this can get spread because I want people to hear words from a Christian who inspires others and forgives those who don’t believe.

Glenn Bouthillette is a School of Environmental And Biological Sciences junior majoring in exercise science and sport studies.

Practice of whaling is harmful to ecosystem Whales are a vital part of our ecosystem, and harming their population has had a snowball effect on our environment.

In 1982, the International Whaling Commission enforced a moratorium on whaling. This moratorium has not stopped some countries from continuing their practices of whaling. They say the killing of the whales are for scientific research and should be allowed. Therefore, whaling should not be completely shut down as this is an important practice in some cultures. Rather, we should incorporate a type of tagging and registering system

that would be run by an international committee. This system would require that every whale that is proved to be used for scientific purposes be relinquished to the committee.

Whales are beautiful mammals that navigate the world, seeming to have no care in the world. But we cannot forget how valuable these creatures are. Seeing them

“Whales are beautiful mammals that navigate the world, seeming to have no care in the world.” break the surface warms the heart and brings a smile to us all. Let us make sure future generations can see and appreciate all of what nature has to offer.

Chaim Shapiro is a School Of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior majoring in marine sciences with minors in environmental policy and institution & behavior.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

We went through testing, which took about a month and we found out I was a perfect match. Aug. 18 was our date.

- Rebecca Mahan, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, on donating her kidney to her father. See story on FRONT.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

November 12, 2015 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (11/12/15). United, you’re invincible. You make solid gains this year, with regular action. It’s easier to make money. A springtime romance leads to an unexpected new door. A community push next autumn rides the wave to a change in the game. Care for each other. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Work closely with your partner for about six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Collaboration gets more fun. The next two days are good for travel. New opportunities present themselves. Expand your perspective by witnessing new views.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Handle financial matters today and tomorrow. Review your reserves and expenses. Put away provisions. Pour your energy into your work for about six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Work faster and produce more results (including money).

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Partnership and collaboration are the name of the game today and tomorrow. Sign contracts. Passions enflame, with Mars in Libra over the next six weeks. Immerse yourself in the most fun game you can find. Love and romance flower with playfulness.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Renovation demands physical effort for about six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Put your energy into improving your home situation.

Balance work and home life today and tomorrow. Make your deadlines.

Clean up later.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — You’re intent on getting the whole story for about six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Education is key. Go to the source. Explore uncharted frontiers. Take more time for play over the next two days. Invite someone interesting.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Energize your home base. The next two days are good for domestic projects. Collaborate to grow joint accounts over the next six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Work out budgetary priorities. Watch family spending closely.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Communication is key today and tomorrow. Cleverly word your message. Express your authentic feelings. For about six weeks, with Mars in your sign, focus on personal development.

You’re energized and empowered ... contribute to a bigger cause.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Cash flow improves today and tomorrow. Over the next six weeks, with Mars in Libra, go through old papers, photos and possessions. Clean closets, garages and attics. File away the past to clear space for new adventures.

Enjoy private tranquility.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — You’re strong and creative for the next few days. Team projects and community efforts get farther than solo work over the next six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Push together and share resources. Get involved with kindred spirits.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Advance professionally over the next six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Move forward boldly. Pour energy into your career. Consider options over the next few days. Make plans and consider logistics. Rest and recuperate after physical activity.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Venture farther over the next six weeks, with Mars in Libra. Travels, education and exploration occupy you. Get out and discover new frontiers. Your team comes to your rescue today and tomorrow.

Your friends support you.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Over the next six weeks, with Mars in Libra, make financial plans for the future. Revise your budget. Be more aggressive about saving. Collaborate to grow family funds. Prepare for a test or challenge today and tomorrow.

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HOME Knights were unable to avenge a 4-set loss to Hoosiers earlier in season CONTINUED FROM BACK

Senior captain Keith Lumpkin has started 35 consecutive games for Rutgers at tackle. He discussed a need to improve protection.

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PROTECTION Rutgers players refuse to point fingers at each other for failings of offensive unit CONTINUED FROM BACK Nebraska comes to town on Saturday, with both teams vying for bowl eligibility. The Cornhuskers’ defense has been soft against the pass this season, ranking 10th in the Big Ten in pass defense, four notches up the pole from the Knights.

Rutgers’ right guard hopes to harken back on the days before the skid, when Laviano was the conference’s leader in completion percentage and pass ef ficiency and the running game was pushing team’s backward with a rotation of three dif ferent tailbacks handling the ball.

“We need to give Chris time to throw and give the running backs holes,” Muller said. “We need our offense to be in stride like it is usually.”

Head coach Kyle Flood hasn’t overlooked the misgivings on offense. While he maintains that he sees improvements from the unit on film, he concedes that many more still need to be made in order to end the losing streak.

For Flood, the success of the team is dependent on the individual.

“Ever ything comes down ultimately to winning your oneon-one,” Flood said. “Now you gotta win your one-on-one within the scheme and sometimes that involves bumping off blitzes, bumping off twists, the back fitting in a certain spot, but

ultimately it comes down to winning your one-on-ones.”

Lumpkin leaves no doubt that Saturday is a shot for Rutgers to redeem itself. The blackshirts have not been acting like the teams under Bo Pelini or Tom Osbourne to go back to Nebraska’s glor y days.

“It’s a chance for the O-Line to improve,” the left tackle said.

“We gave up a few sacks last week and a couple the week before. So it’s a good chance for us to go out there and prove it to ourselves, gain that confidence back that we had before.

That’s what our focus is.”

The Huskers have given up 3,191 yards through the air this season — an average of 319 yards per game — coupled with the fact that Nebraska hasn’t had a bye week since Nov. 27 of last year.

If Lumpkin can protect Laviano’s blind side and Muller can assist in getting the calls and protection set well enough to spare his quar terback some time, the Knights can put up points. But Lumpkin is confident in one thing for cer tain — his quar terback will be ready to play.

“Chris (Laviano) is gonna do his job,” Lumpkin said. “He’s gonna do his part. I’m sure he’ll do great this game.”

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Sophomore Chris Laviano has completed 41.6 percent of his passes during the Knights’ four-game losing skid stemming from Oct. 24.

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hands almost every set,” Sudbury said. “Because they (Frazier and Cloyd) got set when the ball is a little bit off … Indiana probably knew that I was going to set that side when it was off so they were committing out there which makes it a lot harder.”

A problem all game for Rutgers was its inability to take advantage of several serving errors by the Hoosiers. Indiana had nine errors behind the serving line on the night, almost twice the amount committed by the Knights.

“They would miss a serve, and we would come right back and miss a serve so then we never had a chance to capitalize,” Frazier said of the missed opportunities for her team. “And they were blocking us a lot, so (that) just never gave us a chance to go on a run.”

Noticeable in the loss was the presence of freshman defensive specialist Bree Coffey, who started the game and was in the rotation for the first time in a few weeks.

Coffey did not play a huge role as far as production goes, with only one dig on the night.

Werneke said that the decision to start Coffey was about “just giving our team a different look changing some things up.”

Although Coffey’s first game in a while did not go the way that anyone on the team would have liked, Werneke was adamant in giving “another kid an opportunity and see what she can make out of it.”

The loss to Indiana is a disappointment for Rutgers on many levels. It ends their three

game home stand on a drear y note, as now the Knights go back on the road to take on No. 16 Illinois, one of the better teams in the conference.

In what was supposed to be a game where they made up for a missed opportunity at Indiana

earlier in the season, it will be another loss that is tough to stomach for Rutgers.

“We had a good opportunity we didn’t take advantage of,” Werneke said reflecting on the Knights’ latest disappointment. “It stings, you know and it should sting our players too.

It’s disappointing but now we focus on how we get better.”

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Junior right side hitter Lauren Cloyd digs an overhit ball in her team’s three-set loss to the Hoosiers at the College Avenue Gymnasium. SAMANTHA CASIMIR

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November 12, 2015 SWIMMING & DIVING

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Junior evaluates progress in pool EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

Senior wing Kahleah Copper looks to push her game to new heights this year after posting a team-leading 16.3 points per game in her junior season. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2015

Senior hopes to shine in final year on Banks KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

She was not the first option last year.

That distinction was held by the eventual No. 17 overall pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft, then-senior wing Betnijah Laney, despite not being the leading scorer for the Rutgers women’s basketball team.

She didn’t run the point either.

Those duties were handled by teammates Tyler Scaife, Syessence Davis and Briyona Canty.

But this season, senior wing Kahleah Copper is ready to take her game to the next level.

Copper earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors last season after leading the team with 16.3 points per game and pulling down 5.1 rebounds per contest. The Philadelphia native posted 11 performances of 20 points or more over the course of her third year on the Banks, which is even more impressive when considering the offense largely ran through Laney and Scaife.

Copper wasn’t a threat from the perimeter either. She fired only two attempts from 3-point land in her junior year, missing the mark on both occasions.

But everywhere in between, Copper was the dominant currency.

The senior showed the ability to create her own shot — be it off the dribble, the pass or the rebound — and Copper cut through defenses last season in transition, flying down the court before taking off toward the hoop. Her athleticism reminds basketball fans of former NBA great Stacey Augmon, with her ability to twist and turn in mid-air, while maintaining the body control needed to finish the play.

Copper doesn’t play above the rim like Augmon, but she still possesses the skill set to turn heads with acrobatics around the bucket.

What’s even more dangerous for Rutgers’ opponents this year? The 6-foot-1 wing has been working on her 3-point shot.

“We’re going to shoot the 3-ball a lot better this year,” Copper said.

“We’ve worked a lot on that over the summer. There will be more scoring in that area.”

Copper is not alone in her efforts to improve her game from beyond the arc.

Scaife, a junior guard, has also intimated the focus on her perimeter shot throughout the offseason after scoring 14.8 points per game last year as a sophomore.

“I’m been in the weight room more,” Scaife said. “I keep working on my 3-point ball, just my all-around game, really. Definitely (the perimeter shots) are something I’ve been working on.”

It would be an injustice to discuss this topic without mentioning Rutgers’ senior sharp-shooter Cynthia Hernandez.

The Ventura College (California) transfer converted 42 percent of her 3-point attempts in her first season on the Banks, but saw limited time due to the other scoring options in the starting lineup. She feels this season will be different.

“I think this season I’ll contribute way more,” Hernandez said. “I’m focusing on the defensive end so I can stay in longer. I think I’m just, allaround, getting better.”

Scoring was not an issue for the Knights or Copper in her junior season. Rutgers registered 68.7 points per game in their first season in the Big Ten, notching the second-highest scoring average in the Hallof-Fame career of head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

But even with the accomplishment of that feat for a coach entering her 21st season in Piscataway, the Knights finished in the middle of the pack in the conference’s scoring ranks a year ago. Stringer sees year two as a chance to get better.

“We’re good. We’re learning and we’ll be fine,” Stringer said. “I have to calm myself down sometimes because this time of year, I’m really anxious. I wanna get it done yesterday.”

Luckily for Stringer and her team, yesterday is tomorrow. Rutgers will travel down the New Jersey Turnpike to the city Copper calls home.

The Knights head to Philly to take on St. Joseph’s for the season opener and one can expect Rutgers to rely on their leading scorer from last season to provide a spark in her homecoming.

Copper has set her sights even higher for her senior season, saying anything less than a significant improvement would be a step back in her progression as a player.

“I think I’ve gotten better every year with scoring,” she said. “So I don’t want to back track and I want to continue getting better, and I think shooting the 3-ball will definitely help me and the team.”

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Having a strong start is one thing, but maintaining that fast pace is another.

The Rutgers swimming and diving team has put forth some admirable performances thus far in the 2015-16 season. On Oct. 23, the Scarlet Knights picked up their first dual victory of the season against Wagner at the Rutgers Aquatic Center.

“I think we did really well especially on the first day, we definitely brought our A-game,” said senior Joanna Wu. “And we gave Villanova a run for their money. The second day was a little bit tougher, a little bit harder. The other teams definitely stepped up their game after the first day. But overall, I think we did pretty well. I think we handled the competition pretty well as well.”

An enormous factor to the Knights’ early season success is junior Rachel Stoddard.

The Hillsborough, New Jersey, native is directly linked with her team’s victories and high-place finishes thus far. Against Wagner, Stoddard had two first-place times and at the Sonny Werblin Invitational on Oct. 16 and 17, she earned three first-place finishes.

Entering the quad meet against Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova, Stoddard emphasized the importance of eating healthy and remaining focused in preparation for the competition.

“Well, obviously we have to make sure we’re all eating right,” Stoddard said. “Making sure that we’re going hard in the pool and that we’re taking practice seriously and that we’re focusing on the things that we need to be focusing on.”

Individually, Stoddard wanted to focus on the little details and

nuances of swimming heading into her team’s home quad meet.

Stoddard began swimming at a young age.

“I started swimming competitively when I was about 7 and that’s because when I was taking swim lessons, I was too good for my group,” Stoddard said. “But I was too young to move up so someone suggested to my mom that I sign up for the swim team and I’ve been in it ever since.”

Stoddard was a four-year varsity swimmer at Hillsborough High School and was also a team captain during her time as a member of the Raiders.

She was a first-team All-Skyland Conference swimmer, and was presented with the Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Award. “(The) high school team taught me what a team feels like just because everyone on the team cheered for one another, supported one another and had a great mentality, they were all positive and I mean, college swimming is a lot more competitive so it really taught me to be there for my teammates for support and things like that,” Stoddard said.

The most influential person on her swimming career has been her traveling team’s coach, Stoddard said.

“Just because he’s believed in me a lot and he would always challenge me and like give me really hard goals,” she said. “He was tough on me but it made me a better athlete.”

Not being able to see the fruition of one’s goals and accomplishments until the end of the year is something that makes swimming a much more difficult sport compared to the rest.

“The amount of work you have to put in and how we won’t see your goals until the end of the year and

the mentality you need to have,” Stoddard said. “A lot of people think it’s just physical, swimming is very mental and the fact that people don’t really see it as a competitive sport … but it really is.”

Stoddard enjoyed the team atmosphere and the support she felt at Rutgers which led her to make the decision to attend the University.

“I chose Rutgers because of the atmosphere and how everyone supported one another,” Stoddard said. “I chose it because it was close to home and I got my family get to come watch me swim. I’m proud of all the opportunities I have at Rutgers as a student as well … I’m really proud to wear an ‘R’ on my cap especially when I go out and compete against other people.

And like a lot of people underestimate us and when we go out there and we like start shocking people … but when we perform, they’re really surprised.”

At the conclusion of quad meet last weekend, head coach Petra Martin said she was excited to see Stoddard’s progression after she performed well at the meet.

“She had a great meet,” Mar tin said. “Again, she’s somebody that she’s still improving, still finding kind of the if you can call it per fect race.

But again, you can see her see her dropping into the area where we really want her to be … That’s ver y exciting to see.

Her head is on right, she’s doing the right things ever y day and you can see the dif ference when she’s racing so, I’m super excited for her.”

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November 12, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK TOMMY ARMSTRONG HAD 3 TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS LAST YEAR AGAINST RUTGERS

Defense prepares for improved junior quarterback GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

For as long as it has been since the Rutgers football team earned its last feeling of triumph by chalking up a win, it’s been just as long since the Scarlet Knights were in Piscataway for the weekend.

The latter half, at the very least, changes when Rutgers (3-6, 1-5) hosts Nebraska (4-6, 2-4) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in front of its home crowd at High Point Solutions Stadium.

In their last time out on the Banks, the Knights suffered the beginning of the nose dive that became their three-game losing skid in a 49-7 shellacking to then-No. 1 Ohio State for the entire countr y to see in a primetime matchup on ABC. Rutgers has had its share of struggles against the pass in a thinning secondar y over the course of the season, but the task has become even greater when opposing quarterbacks have an extra wrinkle added into their game.

It started against the Buckeyes when JT Barrett torched the Knights’ defensive backfield for 14-of-18 passing with 223 yards and three touchdowns through the air. He added two more touchdowns on the ground with 101 yards on 13 carries to carve Rutgers up in more ways than one.

Surrendering 49.5 points per game and 310.25 pass yards per game dating back to the 55-52 comeback win at Indiana on Oct. 17, aerial attacks have posed enough problems to the depleted secondar y as far as the numbers go.

And with Tommy Armstrong at quarterback as the

Tommy Armstrong ignited a rout for Nebraska last year, handing Rutgers a 42-24 loss in Lincoln.

He takes aim at vulnerable Knights defense. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2014 Cornhuskers enter Piscataway, the Knights expect to have their hands full once more.

“He can run the ball really well and he has a tremendous arm,” said junior free safety Anthony Cioffi. “So we just have to be sound with our keys and continue to study film on him.”

With the coaching swap of Mike Riley for Bo Pelini, much has changed for Nebraska’s scheme on offense with a new staff in place.

Losing by a combined 23 points in their six losses, the Cornhuskers have been in the thick of each contest they’ve played through this point in the season.

To their first-year head coach, Mike Riley, that’s largely a product of his junior quarterback’s competitive fire.

“Tommy (Armstrong) is a ver y, ver y competitive person and, I mean, the games can kind of go up and down for him,” Riley told repor ters on Tuesday at the Big Ten coach’s Week 11 teleconference.

Armstrong made plays happen, fueling a late comeback for Nebraska on a willful final scoring drive. He threw the game-winning touchdown on a 30-yard miracle to Brandon Reilly with 17 seconds left to hand then-No. 7 Michigan State its first loss of the season in a 39-38 thriller at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.

The improbable win kept the Cornhuskers’ hopes of a bowl game alive entering another door-die matchup at Rutgers. “(Armstrong) can makes some plays ... he has that resiliency to

kind of put it behind him, bounce back and make some plays as we go forward,” Riley said. “So the neat thing about being with him is you can never count him out, and I thought his composure and play making in the last part of that ballgame is probably what I’d say is typical Tommy Armstrong and I’ve seen it a number of times.”

After last year’s 42-24 loss in Lincoln, one where a then-sophomore Armstrong recorded three total touchdowns between his arm and his legs, Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood is well aware of the signal-caller’s athletic ability despite a new regime under Riley and a new offensive scheme.

“I think the challenge is he’s an excellent athlete, but he’s really doing a nice job as a quarterback,” Flood said. “They’re

playing at just about 50/50 on first and second down in terms of run-pass. You know, you got a guy who has started 29 games in his career there, thrown for over 2,000 yards already, 2-to-1 touchdown to interception. So he’s a good decision maker, very good passer, and if you don’t contain him, he can really make a difference in the run game.”

Given the state of Rutgers’ depleted secondary, it should be put to the test when it has to account for Armstrong’s ability to make plays with his arm and extend them further with his legs.

Armstrong has 2,372 pass yards, 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions — on the precipice of cracking the numbers he set last year with 2,695 pass yards and 22 touchdowns as a sophomore — largely as a result of Riley’s prostyle offense heavy on passing.

Taking those aspects into consideration, it shouldn’t come as a surprise if Nebraska takes aim at the Knights’ defensive backs in the pass game.

But as sophomore safety Andre Hunt approaches it, combatting the pass and staying honest against the run becomes much easier when one-on-one matchups are won. “(Armstrong is) definitely a threat just because he has a very strong arm from what I’ve seen on film and obviously he can run, too,” Hunt said. “So really, what it comes down to is everyone doing their job because everyone has a specific responsibility for if he’s gonna keep it ... at the end of the day, we just have to do our job.”

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Due to a depleted defensive backfield, Andre Hunt has had to fill in various roles for Rutgers throughout the course of the season. While the Knights have struggled to defend against the pass lately, the sophomore safety said adjustments come on coverted assignments. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I have to calm myself down sometimes because this time of year, I’m really anxious. I want to get it done yesterday.”

— Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer

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VOLLEYBALL INDIANA 3, RUTGERS 0

Senior middle blocker Eden Frazier serves the ball during Rutgers’ three-set loss to Big Ten foe Indiana on Wednesday night. Frazier, along with right side hitter Lauren Cloyd, led the team with eight kills on the night with an incredible .400 hitting percentage on an off night for sophomore outside hitter Meme Fletcher. SAMANTHA CASIMIR

Indiana sweeps Rutgers on its home court JOE BRAUNER STAFF WRITER

It was another three straight sets of disappointment for the Rutgers volleyball team on Wednesday night when the Scarlet Knights (4-23, 1-14) lost what was their most-winnable game of the remaining season on paper to Indiana (14-13, 4-11).

On display all night was the struggle of sophomore outside hitter Meme Fletcher.

As the leading scorer on the team, Fletcher’s six kills on the night came as a shock.

Even worse was an incredibly low .080 hitting percentage she carried on the night.

Despite the poor performance from his best hitter, head coach CJ Werneke did not seem overly concerned about Fletcher’s off night.

“I think Meme, it’s just a product of we ask her to do a lot … she’s got a lot of responsibility, and it’s a long season,” Werneke said. “I

can just chalk it up to, she’s feeling the grind of the Big Ten, and only being a sophomore … the Big Ten is certainly a grind and we don’t ask anybody in our gym to do more than her and maybe it’s catching up to her.”

Making up for subpar performance from the Knights’ offensive star was the play of both junior right side Lauren Cloyd and senior middle blocker Eden Frazier. Both had eight kills on the night, hitting above .400 in the loss to the Hoosiers.

After the game, senior setter Anna Sudbur y weighed in on both the success of Frazier and Cloyd, as well as the rare of f-game by Fletcher, one of her most utilized hitters.

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FOOTBALL QUARTERBACK CHRIS LAVIANO HAS BEEN SACKED 9 TIMES DURING RUTGERS’ 3-GAME LOSING STREAK

Knights aim to fix pass protection problems KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The last three games have been the worst in the brief career of Chris Laviano. The sophomore quarterback went a combined 25-of-60 for 245 yards and three interceptions against Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Rutgers football team has failed to protect Laviano, with the Scarlet Knights’ signal-caller seemingly running for his life over that span. Against the Wolverines alone,

Laviano was sacked four times and hurried on two other occasions.

But to his credit, the first-year starter has refused to point fingers to excuse the failures of his offense. Instead, he’s taking ownership of the mistakes he’s made in the pocket.

“I think everyone, for the most part, did a good job fighting,” Laviano said after the 49-16 defeat at ‘The Big House.’ “The line — everyone took ownership for what was going on.”

Over the course of the three-game losing streak, Laviano has been sacked nine times.

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But after the defeat at Michigan, he said it was his responsibility to get the ball out sooner.

“We played hard,” he said. “I mean, you’re gonna get hit, it’s football, but throughout the game, I didn’t really — I gotta take ownership of getting the ball out of my hands and setting my protections. A lot of that is on me.”

The offensive line has collectively called a mea culpa as well.

Veteran linemen Keith Lumpkin and Chris Muller have started 35 games and 34 straight games respectively for Rutgers. The pair feels

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sophomore diver, was named Big Ten Diver of the Week after breaking the school record for the 3-meter dive with a 348.55 in last weekend’s quad meet at the Rutgers Aquatic Center.

the poor play from the offensive unit is a result of its inability to protect the passer.

“I feel the motivation to get our offense rolling like we used to,” Muller said, taking in the criticism of the quarterback on his own shoulders. “That relies a lot on me and the offensive line. We need to be able to block our fronts.”

This week presents an opportunity for the offense to get back on track.

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MEN’S SOCCER

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at St. Joseph

vs. Rutgers-Newark

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Friday, 1 p.m., Columbus, Ohio

Friday, 5 p.m., Philadelphia, Pa.

Friday, 7 p.m., The RAC

Saturday, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field