Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980.
WEATHER Sunny High: 52 Low: 40
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015
ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM
Rutgers, Syracuse find people with disabilities face hiring difficulties ALEXANDRA DEMATOS STAFF WRITER
Well-qualified applicants with disabilities face more discrimination from employers than their counterparts with no disabilities, according to a study by Rutgers and Syracuse University. The two universities recently paired up to complete a ground-breaking study on discrimination against workers with disabilities. The study was the first of its kind, and more than 6,000 fake resumes and cover letters, many of which revealed disability status, were sent out to various accounting firms. One-third of the resumes had a cover letter that identifies the applicant as having a spinal injury, one third identifies having Asperger’s syndrome and the other third said nothing about a disability, said Lisa Schur, a chair of the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations and member of the research team. “We waited and counted up how many employers responded, and if
According to a study conducted by Rutgers and Syracuse University that sent out more than 6,000 fake resumes and cover letters to various accounting firms, applicants who list some sort of disability were 34 percent less likely to receive interest from hiring managers at the firms. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR it made a difference if the cover letter said if that person had a disability or not,” Schur said. The results were shocking, said Mason Ameri, a doctoral candidate at the School of Management and Labor Relations and another research team member.
“What was more surprising and troubling to us was that the more experienced applicants with disabilities were 34 percent less likely to receive interest,” Ameri said. There were applicants who had six years of great experience and were superstars in their companies, but
never received a call back because of their disability, Schur said. The study found discrimination was concentrated among the most experienced applicants, she said. The resumes were sent to small, medium and large accounting firms to see how the size
of the firm impacted the study, Ameri said. “The medium and large size firms essentially committed to the Americans with Disabilities Act and on the flip side we see that the small firms SEE DISABILITIES ON PAGE 4
Museum rings in 250th birthday with exhibition NOA HALFF STAFF WRITER
After students were largely targeted as the subject of racial tension and abuse at the University of Missouri in the last week, Rutgers professors and students talk with The Daily Targum about the state of race relations at college campuses. REUTERS
U. professors, students weigh in on racial tensions at college campuses CHRISTINE LEE STAFF WRITER
A swastika drawn with human feces was found in a residence hall at the University of Missouri in October. But this incident was not the only thing that drew Mizzou students’ attention on racial issues. In September, Payton Head, president of the Missouri Students
Association and a black student, experienced racial abuse on campus while walking home. After Head, several black students experienced similar abuse. The tension has been brewing for months, all leading up to protests led by “Concerned Student 1950,” a group of black students at the university, speaking out against the racial issues on
campus. On Nov. 2, Jonathan Butler, a 25-year-old black graduate student at Mizzou, started a hunger strike protesting against University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe remaining in his position. In response, the administration decided to do “a tremendous amount of reflection.” SEE TENSIONS ON PAGE 5
Launched on Nov. 10, “HereNow–Rutgers 250” is a part of Rutgers 250 year-long birthday celebration. The exhibition also recognizes the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum’s upcoming 50th year of bringing innovative arts exhibitions and programs to the public, according to the Zimmerli’s website. The exhibition, “HereNow–Rutgers 250,” hosted by the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, is interactive in that students, faculty, alumni and visitors are able to share and view photos of various experiences at Rutgers. It is also celebrating the global Rutgers community, capturing the diversity of experiences at Rutgers and life across the New Brunswick, Camden and Newark campuses and also those around the world. It will be the museum’s first crowd-sourced initiative that offers a unique opportunity to connect with the diversity of the Rutgers community and to start shaping the next 250 years, said Marti Mayo, interim director of the Zimmerli. “HereNow–Rutgers 250” invites the community to share
photos that will be used to create a digital galler y, museum exhibition and a book, according to their website. Mayo and Donna Gustafson, a curator of American art and director of Mellon Academic Programs, produced the project theme together. The microsite and digital galler y was based loosely on two crowd-sourcing projects at the Carnegie Art Museum in Pittsburgh, said Stacy Smith, manager of publications and communications at the Zimmerli. A team of multi-departmental Zimmerli staff members met weekly to move the concept forward, she said. “The planning of ‘HereNow– Rutgers 250’ was truly a staf fwide collaboration, and we’re excited that from this point the project becomes a University-wide (and beyond) collaboration because of its par ticipator y focus,” Smith said. This exhibit took a dif ferent route than the other ways the University is celebrating Rutgers 250. “We were aware of the many other projects already in development that focused on the University’s
VOLUME 147, ISSUE 99 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • ON THE WIRE ... 7 • OPINIONS... 8 • DIVERSIONS ... 10 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 12 • SPORTS ... BACK
SEE EXHIBITION ON PAGE 4
Page 2
Campus Calendar TUESDAY 11/17 Mason Gross School of the Arts presents, “Radical Means: Technology and Media Activism in the New Millennium” from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Civic Square Building in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public. The Master Educators’ Guild presents, “Master Educators’ Guild Fall Academic Grand Rounds” from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Research Tower on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities hosts, “Trans Awareness Week: Setting Our Boundaries; Speaking Out to Challenge Interpersonal Violence Workshop” from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. WEDNESDAY 11/18 The Department of English presents, “Writers at Rutgers Reading Series: Maggie Nelson,” at 8 p.m. in the College Avenue Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. Mason Gross School of the Arts presents, “Rutgers Sinfonia” at 7:30 p.m. at Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. The event costs $25 for the general public, $10 for students and $15 for senior citizens, Rutgers employees and alumni. The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences presents, “Calcification in the Coccolithophores” from 12 to 1 p.m. in Wright Rieman Laboratories in Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Department of Geography presents, “Geography Awareness Week” from 2 to 5 p.m. in Lucy Stone Hall on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. THURSDAY 11/19 Rutgers Recreation hosts, “Rutgers Recreation Trivia Bowl” at 8:30 p.m. in the College Avenue Gymnasium on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Police Institute of Rutgers University hosts, “Chief Kathleen O’Toole of the Seattle Police Department” at the Rutgers Police Institute located at 85 Somerset St. in New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public. Rutgers University presents, “We like It Like That – The Story of Latin Boogaloo” from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Eagleton Institute of Politics presents, “Can They Build a Wall High Enough? Immigration and the 2016 Elections” at 12:30 p.m. at the Wood Lawn Mansion on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.
If you would like to submit an event for the Campus Calendar section, please email marketing@dailytargum. com. For more information please visit www.dailytargum.com. Due to space limitations there is no guarantee that your event will be listed.
Weather Outlook TODAY TONIGHT
November 17, 2015
Source: Rutgers Meterology Club
High of 52, sunny throughout the day Low of 40, partly cloudy skies
Wed
Thu
Fri
Hi 51 Lo 42
Hi 61 Lo 55
Hi 64 Lo 49
204 Neilson St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901
PHONE: FAX: E-MAIL: WEB:
BUSINESS DIRECTORY:
(732) 932-7051 (732) 246-7299 business@dailytargum.com www.dailytargum.com
Business Manager Thomas Lyons Marketing Director Selina Luong Advertising Classifieds Productions
x101 x102 x103 x104 x107
©2015 TARGUM PUBLISHING CO. The Daily Targum is a studentwritten and student-managed, nonprofit incorporated newspaper published by the Targum Publishing Company. Circulation is 15,000. The Daily Targum is published Monday through Friday in New Brunswick, New Jersey, while classes are in session during the fall and spring
semesters. No part thereof may be reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, without the consent of the Business Manager. Display and Classified Advertising may be placed at the above address. Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
CORRECTIONS The Daily Targum promptly corrects all errors of substance. If you have a comment of question about the fairness or accuracy of a story, send an email to eic@dailytargum.com.
November 17, 2015
University
Page 3
U. increases research funding during 2015-2016 by $100 million IRFAN SHAIK
$303.12 million, Sweeney said. The rest of the $209.38 million came from increased support from the National Institute of Health, more corporate grants, and the National Science Foundation as well as private donations, Sweeney said.
“The residents of New Jersey benefit directly and indirectly from Rutgers research, including the significant impact on our Rutgers increased its restate’s economy and business search funding by more than climate,” said Sweeney, who or$100 million up to $612.5 milganized the panel. lion, up from $512.5 million the In the future Rutgers hopes previous year. to continue Even as most its histor y of federal agencies outstanding actually lost fund“The fact that Rutgers is bringing in more outside dollars for its research despite the tough times for research research. ing, Rutgers manfunding nationally speaks to the quality of the university’s programs.” “The Uniaged to bring in versity of 11.4 percent more Medicine and federal dollars Dentistr y’s than last year. STEPHEN SWEENEY integration The baromeNew Jersey State Senator (D-Camden) into Rutgers ter Rutgers has University is the funding has produced for most feder“Research is a key compoal agencies, and the agencies’ The Depar tment of Physics 24 percent percent increase in positive results so far” said spokesman from the funding have “basically been nent of Rutgers’ academic pro- and Astronomy received $1.1 their overall funding,” Tate said. a The news about research fund- Rutgers Office of Research and flat” for the past few years, said grams and a significant factor million, another $1 million goEd Tate, director of Communi- in the economic development ing to the National Institute for ing was announced during a pub- Economic Development. The office looks for ward to cations from the Rutgers Office of our state and the region, so Early Education Research and lic panel on the impact of the 2013 these gains are noteworthy” said another $1.4 million contribu- integration of the former Univer- continued progress in research of Research and Development. For Rutgers to to go up dou- Christopher Molloy, Rutgers se- tion to the Garden State Louis sity of Medicine and Dentistry of from newly brought in school, the spokesperson said. ble digits is a “great accomplish- nior vice president Research and Stokes Alliance for Minority New Jersey with Rutgers. Economic Development. ment,” he said. The National Institute of “The fact that Rutgers is bringing in more outside dollars Health increased its contribution for its research despite the tough just 3 percent from $134.2 million times for research funding na- in 2014 to $138.7 million in 2015, tionally speaks to the quality of according to their website. This means Rutgers found the university’s programs,” said New Jersey State Sen. Stephen its growth by getting lesser contributors to participate more. Sweeney (D-Camden). The National Science FounThe total federal dollars received by Rutgers stands at dation awarded nearly 2.8 CONTRIBUTING WRITER
million to the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and a grant to the Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Par ticulate Systems of fered $2.7 million to work on continuous manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industr y.
Par ticipation initiative at Rutgers—Newark campus. “The greatest growth occurred in the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, their first year was a good year and last year was a ver y good year. This resulted in a greater than
November 17, 2015
Page 4
“HereNow–Rutgers 250” is an exhibit by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus that celebrates Rutgers’ upcoming 250th birthday and recognizes the museum’s upcoming 50th year of bringing innovative arts exhibitions and programs to the public. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR
EXHIBITION Exhibition will be snapshot of Rutgers during significant moment in its history, Gustafson says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
notable history, we thought it would be exciting and appropriate to focus on a different aspect — Rutgers here and now,” Smith said. She hopes “HereNow–Rutgers 250” will both present a snapshot of the University as it is during the 250th anniversar y year and ser ve as a historical document of this time for those looking back at the 2015-2016 school year in the future. “The primary goal is to engage as much Rutgers participation as possible in order to
I
present a clear and complete picture of (‘HereNow–Rutgers 250’) through the online gallery, museum exhibition and Fall 2016 publication,” she said. She expects the range and diversity of Rutgers’ academics, campus life, ar ts, athletics and global activities will be made visible through the project. “There is much to reflect on and honor in Rutgers’ illustrious 250-year histor y. With ‘HereNow–Rutgers 250,’ we want to capture the experience of Rutgers today, and to share in the memories of the individuals who have made Rutgers
Targum
INTERESTED IN JOINING THE DAILY TARGUM?
Join the Targum family. We are looking for Writers, Photographers, Copy Editors, and Graphic Designers. managed@dailytargum.com
“I hope that the project will fun, and seriousness of purpose home — whether for years or excite the Rutgers community that is part of a large, research just a day,” Mayo said. Gustafson wants everyone at and that they will send us bril- university in the 21st centur y,” she said. Rutgers to send photographs of liant photographs,” she said. Margaret Klein, a School of She also hopes that the exhitheir personal Rutgers experience. Arts and Sci“This will ence sophbe a snapomore, also shot of the “With ‘HereNow- Rutgers 250’, we want to capture encourages University at students to visan important the experience of Rutgers today, and to share in the moment in memories of the individuals who have made Rutgers it the Zimmerli more often. its histor y,” home — whether for years or just a day.” The ZimGustafson merli is a said. “Rather MARTI MAYO warm and inthan present Director of the Zimmerli Art Museum viting place images of the for students histor y of and we are Rutgers, we lucky to have want to look at Rutgers in the here and now bition will bring many new visi- a museum on campus, unlike many universities, Klein said. and begin making the next 250 tors to the Zimmerli. “It is nice to see the galler y “I hope that the project will fill years of histor y.” She does not know what will the museum galleries with pho- being open up to the communicome from the exhibition but tographs and that students, fac- ty,” Klein said. “It shows they she is optimistic it will bring ulty and staff will celebrate the care about the experiences diversity, energy, enthusiasm, of students.” positive changes for Rutgers.
DISABILITIES
that would prohibit them from discrimination, Schur said. “This study shows that the law Study researchers believe small firms do not have is working to some extent, and we may also have to amend the knowledge of federal mandates Americans with Disabilities Act just to include some small-sized firms so that they can commit to CONTINUED FROM FRONT she said. “The bad news that it is potentially hiring people with disnot enough to get an education abilities,” Ameri said. The study originally began at basically are in some ways com- and have the qualifications if people with disabilities are still going Syracuse and then reached Rutmitting discrimination,” he said. gers through Schur, who brought This data can teach some- to face discrimination.” The researchers believe that it to Ameri’s attention. The project thing about the experience component that was manipulated by the small firms do not have the got started three years later and is knowledge of the federal mandate now recognized worldwide. the researchers. “Syracuse has an institute for “How much is enough? Perhaps and are not familiar with state disdisability research and they have there will never be enough for crimination laws, Ameri said. done amazing someone with a research on disability when disabilities, and it comes to eval“What was more surprising and troubling to us was uating an emthat the more experienced applicants with disabilities we have partnered with them ployer,” he said. were 34 percent less likely to receive interest.” in the past,” M e e r a Schur said. Adya, director MASON AMERI The reof research at Doctoral Candidate at the School of Management and Labor Relations search study the Syracuse will be continUniversity ued by having Burton Blatt “Maybe they do not have a interviews with small firms and Institute, teamed up with rerobust human resource depart- address the cognizant component searchers from Rutgers. “Based on past research, we antic- ment or proper legal system to that will address this phenomeipated we’d see discrimination, but be familiar with the policy or non, she said. “I think overall, what this study we didn’t anticipate the magnitude of law or proper infrastructure,” he said. “It could also be that they offers is that it’s peeling away at the effect,” she told Rutgers Today. The researchers emphasize the are unaware, or the practical rea- the phenomenon of disability fact that the discrimination against son can be that they are small and employment,” Ameri said. the experienced applicants was and may not be able to afford “It’s the fear of the unknown, a matter of stereotype or stigma, mostly seen by the small firms not such accommodations. The smaller companies do not and if we can address that, that covered by the Americans with have to comply with the Ameri- will help triangulate the data Disabilities Act, Schur said. “It’s good news that the large cans with Disabilities Act, so they we have, along with data from companies comply with the law,” do not know if there is a state law future experiments.”
Page 5
November 17, 2015
CRIME NOV. 16 NEW BRUNSWICK — Four Edison police of ficers, Michael Dotro, Victor Aravena, William Gesell and Brian Favretto, were scheduled to go on trial in May, but Superior Cour t Judge Alber to Rivas has put the case of f for a month. The four were accused of attempting to retaliate against a Nor th Brunswick of ficer who had arrested Dotro’s friend for driving drunk despite the fact that he had shown the of ficer his police union card. Their lawyers attempted to get their indictment charges dismissed, but the judge denied the motion. The new trial date is set for June 9, 2016. NOV. 16 NEW BRUNSWICK – Sixteen people were arrested for being involved in a scheme to pass bad payroll checks in four counties and collect more than $100,000 from local banks and check-cashing businesses, said Andrew Carey, a Middlesex County Prosecutor. The investigation began Aug. 11, 2015 in Highland Park, when five people attempted to cash phony payroll checks. Eleven more people were arrested when there were more bad checks in Middlesex, Union and Monmouth counties. The bail for ever yone arrested ranges from $10,000 to $200,000. NOV. 16 FRANKLIN — Lonnie Bagner, 28, is a New Brunswick man who was arrested for the possession of 1,997 wax folds of heroin. He was charged for second-degree possession of
heroin with intent to distribute and third-degree possession of heroin. On Nov. 13, members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force investigated around the Kmart Store on Easton Avenue after receiving a tip that Bagner would be in the area with heroin in his possession. NOV. 16 TRENTON — Sen. Nicholas Scutari will preside over a hearing that will allow suppor ters to testify for a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey. The hearing will first have those in suppor t of the bill speak, and will later open the floor to people who oppose it. The governor is openly opposed to legalized marijuana in N.J., and has made this known numerous times. Due to this, Scutari said there will be plenty of time to let ever yone get a chance to speak on behalf of this bill. If the bill passes, sales tax and application fee revenue would be dedicated to the Transpor tation Trust Fund, drug enforcement and prevention ef for ts and women’s health programs, all of which Christie has cut since taking of fice in 2010. NOV. 16 TRENTON — A shooting on Nov. 14 left a 20-year-old man from Hamilton with gunshots in his back. He was walking along the area of Shepherd’s Alley and Cooper Street around 5:30 p.m. when he heard shouts and then felt gunshots. The shooting response team is looking into the incident.
TENSIONS
or having more productive “dialogue,” Miller said. “But such claims believe the fact People are entitled to expressing beliefs as long as that a very, very long history of racial hierarchy has led to white priviactions do not directly hurt others, Licklider says lege and black disadvantage which is perpetuated today through both overt and inadvertent white acCONTINUED FROM FRONT concerns before they escalate as tions. Dialogue suggests that we have a misunderstanding when, in they did there.” The protests in Ferguson and fact, we have an ongoing problem Last week, following Butler’s strike, about 30 black football players the growing Black Lives Matter of racial hierarchy,” she said. Roy Licklider, a professor in the at the University of Missouri refused movement have provided a backto attend practices and all upcoming drop for bringing to light the day- Department of Political Science, games, demanding Wolfe’s remov- to-day experience of black Ameri- also expressed his opinion on the isal. After days of protest, Wolfe and cans that many white Americas do sue of racism on college campuses. Opposition to the racism on colChancellor R. Bowen Loftin resigned not want to address, said Lisa Miller, an associate professor in the lege campuses raises the issue of from their positions on Nov. 9. free speech, Licklider said. People Rutgers professors and students Department of Political Science. “It is easier to believe that we are are entitled to express their beliefs have commented on the racial isin a ‘post-racial’ society than to ac- as long as their actions do not disues over college campuses. The racial issues at University cept that non-whites, especially Afri- rectly damage others. “But what does damage mean?” of Missouri are extremely dis- can-Americans, are still subjected to heartening and not exclusive to harassment, exclusion, humiliating he said. “Threats of physical asMizzou, said Dionne Higginboth- and even violent treatment,” she said. sault are clearly outside the pale. When white Americans in po- But opinions which make others am, president of the Black Student Union and a School of Arts and sitions of authority deny these unhappy are not normally proscribed. InScience junior. deed, that’s a Racial ten“Such phrases suggest that black Americans are simply lot of what we sion, lack of imagining being treated like second-class citizens, do deliberately black faculty, in universities.” retention of rather than actually being treated as such.” The Univerblack students sity of Missouand lack of LISA MILLER ri’s adminisfunding and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science tration did not support for the take strong Department of Africana Studies are issues faced at experiences, such as police of- enough steps against activities a majority of Predominantly White ficers, politicians and even Uni- which clearly should have been Institutions (PWIs), including Rut- versity administrators, it exacer- heavily penalized, Licklider said. The protests, hunger strikes and bates the marginalization rather gers, she said. Worst of all is that Mizzou’s ad- than “feelings” of marginaliza- football boycott were extremely courageous actions by the minority ministration did not take action tion, she said. “(It does not) exacerbate ‘feel- students of the University of Misuntil members of the money-generating football team stepped in, ings’ of marginalization on the souri, Higginbotham said. These part of black Americans,” she students’ actions drew the nation’s Higginbotham said. “That illustrates that Mizzou’s said. “Such phrases suggest attention to a systemic problem. “While I am grateful for Rutgers’ concerns for their minority stu- that black Americans are simply dents lie exclusively in their imagining being treated like sec- recent steps to improving issues of wallets,” Higginbotham said. “I ond-class citizens, rather than ac- race, such as the formation of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenhope the occurrences at Mizzou tually being treated as such.” One of the problems with race in franchised Populations in Rutgers encourage other university administrations to take a proactive America today is that we talk only History, there is a lot more work to approach in combating racial about improving race “relations” be done,” Higginbotham said.
November 17, 2015
Page 6
Alumnus develops puzzle game, works to raise funds ABIGAIL LYON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Imagine being locked in a room, with only puzzles, brainpower, teamwork and one hour of time to escape. This is exactly what Frank Tomassi is hoping to bring to New Brunswick this spring with Ctrl-Alt-EscAPE, an Escape the Room live adventure game. Escape the Room games have recently been popping up across the countr y, with three currently in New Jersey. Tomassi, a Rutgers alumnus, started up a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to reach his $15,000 goal and carry out the business venture. “I need people to be able to read about it, to get interested in it, to get excited about it and contribute to the funding for the project. It’s still in the early stages. I’ve designed some rooms myself, I have some basic layouts for puzzles ... but I can’t do anything without funding,” he said. A standard Escape the Room experience includes a themed room, one hour, puzzles, brainpower and a team of friends. He has a few rooms already designed, one of which being called “Escape the Exam,” where Frank Tomassi, a Rutgers alumnus, developed “Ctrl-Alt-EscAPE,” an Escape the Room adventure game that challenges players to participants will be locked in a escape a locked room in an hour by solving puzzles and making the best use of brainpower and teamwork. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY room that is themed after a Rut- EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR gers exam. “(Escape the Room is) a Jennifer Lin, a Rutgers alum- Rutgers life, thus bringing more Its location within the city, Tomassi with both assessing fun, emerging, live-adven- though, depends entirely business risks and marketing na, also aided Tomassi with interest into the school I’ve called ture game ... where you’re on funding. the venture, bringing forth her home for four years of my life.” his product. Provided the Kickstarter relocked in a room for an hour Kuruc works as a business analyst knowledge of starting a busi“If I can barely make the goal, I and you have to solve puzzles probably won’t be able to bring it for CBA Industries and is set to grad- ness. She also assisted with puz- ceives its necessary funding by its Dec. 6 deadline, Tomassi said and clues and other things as close to the campus as I want- uate from Montclair State University zle development. until you can eventually get ed, but if I can make the goal by with a master’s degree in business Lin is familiar with the process, he would like to be able to have at the key to escape the room,” enough, I’ll bring it as close as administration this December. as she started up her own acu- least one room up and running by March 2016. Tomassi said. To give incenEscape the tive to those willRoom has been “It’s still in the early stages. I’ve designed some rooms myself, I have some basic layouts for puzzles … but I ing to donate to popular in Eucan’t do anything without funding.” the venture, he is rope and is offering rewards slowly making FRANK TOMASSI depending on its way into Rutgers University Alumnus the amount of the American money donated. market, with loTomassi becations emerging throughout the countr y, physically possible to College He believes that Ctrl-Alt- puncture practice in Matawan, lieves an Escape the Room would he said. Avenue, so (people) can hope- EscAPE is exactly what New Qi Points Acupucture LLC, both be worthwhile for the people of New Brunswick is the per fect fully walk to it, or take the train,” Brunswick needs. managing and serving as a li- New Brunswick, offering up a different type of activity than location, Tomassi said. “What sets this apart from oth- censed acupuncturist. Tomassi said. With its geographic location “Since New Brunswick is a col- what Rutgers students are accusIn addition to this venture, er activities is the fact that people in the center of New Jersey Tomassi works as a software who come will get a chance to lege town, every year there is a tomed to. “You can spend the same and all of the transportation, engineer at Verizon. He has also use their brains for an hour ... fresh pool of potential customers in addition to the restaurants received the help of colleagues this promotes several things that for a great source of new custom- amount of money to go a movie and bars in the area, To- in planning its execution. can be taken in the real world, ers,” she said. “I think having a theater and watch someone have massi said Ctrl-Alt-EscAPE Raymond Kuruc, another such as teamwork, critical think- room there will also allow those an adventure or you can go to this would be a great addition to Rutgers alumnus, has been in- ing and problem-solving,” he said from outside towns to visit the room for an hour and have your New Brunswick. city and experience a little bit of wits challenged,” he said. volved with the project, assisting in an email.
November 17, 2015
On The
re
Page 7
Major American cities beef up security after attacks in Paris New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionar y rather than a response to any specific threats. The New York Police Department said officers from its Counterterrorism Response Command and other special units were deployed in areas frequented by tourists, and at the French Consulate in Manhattan. “Teams have been dispatched to crowded areas around the city out of an abundance of caution to provide police presence and public reassurance as we follow the developing situation overseas,” the NYPD said in a statement. New York, the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked plane attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed the World Trade Center’s twin towers, is considered a top target for potential attacks by Islamist militants. The top of the Empire State Building and the spire at One World Trade Center were lit up Friday night with blue, white and red, the colors of the French flag. The nearly simultaneous gun and bomb attacks in Paris killed at least 120 people in various places across the French capital and wounded many others The NYPD did not say how many extra officers were sent to guard the areas of concern nor did it specify the areas where the extra officers were sent. “Ever y time we see an attack like this, it is a reminder to be prepared, to be vigilant,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told ABC 7 television. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he directed state law enforcement officials to monitor the Paris situation for any implications for New York state and to remain in constant communication with their local and federal partners. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said police were on heightened alert at all of the agency’s bridges, tunnels and rail facilities, as well as at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. It said it was increasing patrols and checking of buses and trains and passengers’ bags.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretar y Jeh Johnson said in a statement that “we know of no specific or credible threats of an attack on the U.S. homeland of the type that occurred in Paris tonight.” The National Basketball Association, which had 11 games on the schedule Friday night, said it was increasing security at each of the venues. The most popular sport, American football, would not have any games until Sunday as previously scheduled. “Security at our games is always at a heightened state of alert,” National Football League spokesman Brian McCarthy said. Outside of New York, law enforcement and transportation agencies said they were also on high alert. The U.S. Capitol Police in Washington boosted patrols around the Capitol complex, a spokeswoman said. “There is currently no known threat to the Capitol Complex,” she said in an email. The Metropolitan Police
New York City police officers stand guard outside the consulate of France following the attacks in Paris, in the Manhattan borough of New York on Nov. 13. REUTERS layer of security for the World Cup soccer qualifying match between the United States and St. Vincent on Friday night. Chicago police were following developments in France to
“Tonight the City of Chicago stands shoulder to shoulder with the City of Paris in the wake of today’s despicable and horrifying attacks,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.
“We know of no specific or credible threats of an attack on the U.S. homeland of the type that occurred in Paris tonight.” JEH JOHNSON U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary
Department in Washington had deployed additional law enforcement resources to Frenchowned sites and other high-profile locations as a precaution but there was no imminent threat, said Officer Sean Hickman. At the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., a fashion show went ahead as scheduled, with hosts pausing the event for a moment of silence to honor the victims in Paris. In Boston, the police department said it deployed additional resources and was working closely with federal authorities but saw no credible threat in the city, where Islamist militant sympathizers set off home-made bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line in April 2013. Massachusetts State Police said they took “several actions”, including bolstering security around the State House in Boston. The St. Louis Police Department said it added an extra
determine whether to bolster city security but was not aware of any immediate threats.
San Francisco police officers have been told to maintain high visibility and increase patrols
#DTTHANKSYOU THANKSGIVING
in areas of high public traffic, such as bus and train stations, said Sgt. Michael Andraychak. Police have been in contact with the French Consulate. In Pittsburgh, which was hosting a National Hockey League game on Friday, a police spokeswoman said public safety personnel were working with intelligence authorities to identify any indications of local threats. Amtrak, the U.S. passenger train ser vice, said there were no specific or credible threats against the railway. —Reuters
The Daily Targum is thankful for the support of the Rutgers students and all the great things you do!
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTEST
#DTTHANKSYOU BY 11/24 ON
WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? Use the #DTthanksyou & tell us what you’re thankful for on social media to enter to win an exclusive DT shot glass & prize pack! There will be 10 winners!
OPINIONS
Page 8
November 17, 2015
TARGUM PUBLISHING CO. “Serving the Rutgers community since 1869”
147th EDITORIAL BOARD 204 Neilson St., New Brunswick, N.J. 08901 (732) 932 - 7051 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR
MARIELLE SUMERGIDO EIC@DAILYTARGUM.COM (732) 932-7051 x 108 MICHELLE KLEJMONT MANAGED@DAILYTARGUM.COM (732) 932-7051 x 109
NEWS EDITOR
KATIE PARK NEWS@DAILYTARGUM.COM
OPINIONS EDITOR
YVANNA SAINT-FORT OPED@DAILYTARGUM.COM
DESIGN EDITOR
RAMYA CHITIBOMMA DESIGN@DAILYTARGUM.COM
SPORTS EDITOR
GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS@DAILYTARGUM.COM
COPY EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR FEATURES EDITOR SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
DAN COREY COPY@DAILYTARGUM.COM EDWIN GANO PHOTO@DAILYTARGUM.COM DANIELLE K. GONZALEZ INSIDEBEAT@DAILYTARGUM.COM MELANIE GOULET COMMUNITY@DAILYTARGUM.COM
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
NATASHA TRIPATHI UNIVERSITY@DAILYTARGUM.COM
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
AVALON ZOPPO UNIVERSITY@DAILYTARGUM.COM
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
KEVIN XAVIER SPORTS@DAILYTARGUM.COM
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
BRIAN FONSECA SPORTS@DAILYTARGUM.COM
ASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR
MAEGAN KAE SUNAZ COPY@DAILYTARGUM.COM
CORRESPONDENTS MIKE O’SULLIVAN, KAYLEE POFAHL, SAMANTHA KARAS STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS SHIRLEY YU,YANGENG LIN, ACHINT RAINCE EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS SUSMITA PARUCHURI, NIKHILESH DE, ALEXANDRA DEMATOS, NOA HALFF, DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ, BRITTANY GIBSON, NICOLETTE ACCARDI
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT 204 Neilson St., New Brunswick, N.J. 08901 (732) 932-7051 Fax: (732) 932-0079 BUSINESS MANAGER MARKETING DIRECTOR OPERATIONS MANAGER CONTROLLER ASSISTANT MARKETING DIRECTOR
THOMAS LYONS BUSINESS@DAILYTARGUM.COM (732) 932-7051 x 101 SELINA LUONG MARKETING@DAILYTARGUM.COM (732) 932-7051 x 102 ELIZABETH KATZ LIZ@DAILYTARGUM.COM SIMONE KRAMER SIMONE@DAILYTARGUM.COM PAMELA STEIN PSTEIN@DAILYTARGUM.COM
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES NICOLE LOPEZ, SOPHIA BERRIOS CLASSIFIEDS MANAGER RACHEL BARD CLASSIFIEDS ASSISTANTS CARLY FRANK SASHA LEVINSKY, VICTORIA YOFFEE, ERICA MAHNKOPH
PRODUCTIONS DEPARTMENT 204 Neilson St., New Brunswick, N.J. 08901 (732) 932-7051 PRODUCTIONS DIRECTOR CREATIVE SERVICES MANAGER NIGHT PRODUCTIONS MANAGER
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
MICHAEL POLNASEK PRO@DAILYTARGUM.COM ED HANKS CREATIVE@DAILYTARGUM.COM
EDITORIAL
Gender ‘knocks out’ abuse against men UFC fighter Ronda Rousey admits to assault, yet no investigation
N
o one should get a pass when it comes to And when she kicks and punches her significant other, domestic violence, but UFC fighter Ronda there’s still no problem because, well, she’s a woman. Rousey is getting away scot-free. In her au- When a man beats his wife or girlfriend, it is automaticaltobiography, “My Fight / Your Fight,” Rousey writes ly considered domestic violence. No one asks for a full about the violent and abusive events that transpired relationship history or pattern of abuse. No one cares between her and an ex-boyfriend. While she doesn’t if the woman provoked him, nor if she fought back. Cases of sexual assault and domestic violence officially name her ex in the book, Rousey instead refers to him as “Snappers McCreepy.” In the incident, against men are presently where they were for womthe man allegedly threatened to release naked photos en 40 years ago. Previously, rape and physical abuse of the fighter, and she swiftly responded with violence. weren’t things that could happen to a woman, especial“I slapped him across the face so hard my hand hurt,” ly if she was married. And now, men can’t be abused because coming forward with such a story is not the Rousey writes. Her description of the incident proves that the masculine thing to do. It’s clear that no one wants to fighter knew exactly what she was doing. “I punched see photos of a woman with a black eye and swollen him in the face with a straight right, then a left hook. lip. But when the situation is reversed, the man is faultHe staggered back and fell against the door,” Rous- ed for “allowing” a woman to beat him down. In the most primitive sense, women are ey writes. “I slapped him with still seen as the weaker sex, and my right hand. He still wouldn’t American society is much less move.” Rousey’s behavior to“The man is faulted for offended when a woman beats ward her ex-boyfriend is clearly ‘allowing’ a woman to beat a man. While there may not be abusive, and through writing footage of Rousey’s ex-boyfriend that down, she’s admitting it. him down.” lying beaten on the kitchen floor, But no investigation has been the simple fact that she admits launched and no charges have to the abuse on her own accord been filed, where is the outrage? In a Yahoo! Sports article, Kim Pentico of the Na- should be proof enough to launch an investigation. Rousey does, however, find herself at an intertional Network to End Domestic Violence said, “What I am absolutely not willing to say is (Rousey) commit- esting intersection of fame and gender. Celebrities ted domestic violence without speaking with him and are supposed to stand as an example for the rest of learning more about that relationship.” Since when society. When politicians get busted for watching does the other partner have a say in what charges are pornography, their careers are over. When athletes filed? When the elevator footage of football player Ray get caught smoking marijuana, they’re benched for Rice and his then-fiancé Janay Palmer came out, both the rest of the season. But if the mailman beats his were arrested on assault charges, but Palmer didn’t wife tonight, would you still want your mail delivered file any charges against who is now her husband. tomorrow? This does not excuse domestic violence, While her simple assault charges were dropped, his but American society scolds celebrities for one thing, were beefed up, proving that the entire situation was and turns their head to an everyday citizen for doing designed to prosecute him either way. Regardless of the same. So while Rousey should be put on trial for who is at fault, it is clear that Rice’s fate was largely her actions, her being a woman overtakes her fame, tied to his gender and status as a football player. making the situation a moot point. If Rousey’s gender So when Rousey kicks and punches opponents in the keeps her out of a domestic violence suit, then at least ring, it’s no problem because she’s just doing her job. UFC fighter Holly Holm delivered justice in the ring.
COREY PEREZ NIGHTPRO@DAILYTARGUM.COM
SENIOR PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ROMAN SHINGIN PRODUCTION ASSISTANT JON ZIPF
The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
November 17, 2015
Opinions Page 9
Lack of empathy exposes American ideals as imprudent FRONTLINES YVANNA SAINT-FORT
T
here is a difference between sympathy and empathy. The former is a shared feeling, while the latter is related to understanding. When it comes to the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, everyone exhibited sympathy. So many people changed their Facebook profile pictures to a photo of them on a family vacation or study abroad trip, smiling proudly in front of the Eiffel Tower. They’ve been to France and they’ve seen Paris, meaning that they understand what it meant when people decided to bomb a concert hall and open fire on restaurant-goers. But for many, when it came to discussing the racist events transpiring at the University of Missouri, another disparaging instance in the tired history that has become race relations in America, empathy was needed. Such an emotion notes that as people, we should be able to understand the plight of another without having experienced it ourselves. The vast majority of American citizens and college students probably have not experienced racism — meaning empathy, not sympathy, was needed. Instead, students at Mizzou were told to go to class even after threats against their lives were made. Protestors were called whiners, and those who stood in solidarity with them were called foolish enablers. Yet none of this is new. After slavery, the American Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, the United States government gave black people in this nation just enough to be
complacent, but not nearly enough to be deemed equal. Black codes, Jim Crow laws, the school-to-prison pipeline and the so-called War on Drugs were all measures put in place by state and local governments to prevent black people from becoming fully integrated into American society. And now that this sense of complacency has been shattered by black college students, protestors and activists, white America is up in arms.
Yet none of that mattered, because when I got into my dream school, person after person, friend after friend, told me I only got in because I was black, discrediting every ounce of work I’d ever done. Fast forward to one of my first nights at that university. I sat in a common room with a group of girls I had just met. A couple of them were white, one was from Dubai, one was from Ethiopia and two were Latina. I was the only black girl. One
“No matter how hard I worked or how hard I tried, I’d always be ‘that black girl.’ Yet because so many people lack the ability to empathize with my story and the stories of so many other black Americans, our fates are left hanging in the balance. We have no one to fight for us — we have to fight for ourselves.” It is shameful that people have the audacity to ask, “What more do black people want?” I couldn’t care less if there are a million and one bias reporting programs, diversity inclusion measures and whatever other systematically implemented post-racial America ideas that someone in a position of power can devise. What more do I want? For people to stop being racist, to stop hating people because of the color of their skin. Stop hating me because I’m black. Before I transferred to Rutgers, I went to a school in Boston. During my sophomore year of high school, I set my sights on that university, and did whatever I had to to get in. I got straight As and became captain of my high school track and field team — as a freshman. I graduated with a GPA above a 4.0 and worked two jobs.
of the white girls turns to me and asks, “How did you get in?” I didn’t think anything of it, most of these kids were Ivy League rejects, so conversations about SAT scores and admission essays weren’t going away — everyone had something to prove. But then she questioned me about the “ghetto” I grew up in, how many cousins I have in jail and what drugs I’ve used. From that moment on, I realized that to many people, I’d never be anything more than a black face. No matter how hard I worked or how hard I tried, I’d always be “that black girl.” Yet because so many people lack the ability to empathize with my stor y and the stories of so many other black Americans, our fates are left hanging in the balance. We have no one to fight for us — we have to fight for ourselves. It is easier to
process the thought that bombing innocent people is wrong, the logic is there. Killing people is never good, so we have to show our support. But so many of the black students that are victimized in this countr y are also innocent. I was someone who thought that hard work equaled success and nothing more. That’s not true when you’re black. When you’re black in America, you have to work twice as hard for half as much. Clearly no affair is more important than the other. If you can see something wrong with a terrorist bombing, you should be able to see something wrong with racism. But more are quick to defend and pray for Paris than they are to care about students at Mizzou. France is a Westernized nation, terror attacks shouldn’t happen there. But can’t the same be said for America? The United States is a Westernized nation, people shouldn’t be getting death threats because of the color of their skin. Yet still, this country has seen a myriad of wars, countless social justice movements, and still students are afraid to show up in their college classrooms because they’re afraid for their lives. And when these students hold protests and sit-ins to discuss and call attention to their stories, they’re told to stop whining. Terrorism and racism are both deplorable and cyclical phenomenons — neither is acceptable. If the nation and its citizens can so quickly jump to sympathize with terror attacks, why can’t a single bone of empathy be conjured to combat racism? Yvanna Saint-Fort is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and journalism and media studies with a minor in public policy. She is the Opinions Editor of The Daily Targum.
Forget critics, Stephen Harper was right on climate change COMMENTARY JOHN SLATER
T
he removal of Stephen Harper as Canada’s prime minister in favor of Justin Trudeau has been claimed by green evangelists as an emphatic repudiation of Harper’s “inaction” on climate change. Wrapped in youthful idealism and a seasoned practitioner of soaring rhetoric, Trudeau appears as the antithesis of his sometimes dour, often drear y predecessor. And nowhere is this contrast more pointed than on the question of climate change. Harper’s steadfast refusal to heed the calls from at home and abroad to plunge Canada headstrong into an economy-crippling emissions trading scheme had long made him a pariah among the climate change lobby’s true believers. Derided by the United Nations as a “climate laggard,” and chastised by Kofi Annan for “playing poker with the planet and future generations lives,” Canada, along with Australia, came to be depicted as the pariahs of the developed world at multi-lateral climate love-ins. Enter Justin Trudeau — a man who assumes the prime ministership brimming with green-eyed enthusiasm. Trudeau has been received by the media as a climate savior of sorts, an apostle sent from above to absolve Canada after nine years of conser vative environmental apostasy. Pledging a “pan-Canadian” approach to tackling the world’s purportedly impending climate crisis, Trudeau wants
emissions cut by 30 percent by 2030. Better yet, he is prepared to tax electricity while spending upwards of $60 billion to get there. However, despite being maligned by the media as a climate criminal, the truth is Harper was no laggard. Rather, he approached climate change the way any true conser vative approaches a major problem, with caution and a healthy dose of skepticism. Jumping ahead of the pack and implementing a full blown emissions trading scheme back in 2008 might have been a
action was fluid in 2008 and remains that way today. Harper introduced a number of modest, yet effective measures that saw Canada’s overall emissions fall over the course of his term — a first in the nation’s histor y. Harper’s Clean Air Act required the countr y’s 700 biggest emitters to cut their emissions over several years, and introduced energy efficiency targets for cars and household appliances. He also made wise investments in renewable technologies and incentivized businesses to reduce their power usage.
“Harper had the good sense to realize that contrary to the prophecies of climate doomsayers, he wasn’t standing at some critical juncture between a wind-powered nirvana and coal-fired purgatory with the choice between the two. Rather, the outlook on global action was fluid in 2008 and remains that way today.” morally satisfying thing to do at the time. But with the benefit of seven years hindsight, we know that emissions trading schemes have become far from the standard fare first-world economies, much less developing nations whose emissions will continue to grow for years. Harper had the good sense to realize that contrar y to the prophecies of climate doomsayers, he wasn’t standing at some critical juncture between a wind-powered nir vana and coal-fired purgator y with the choice between the two. Rather, the outlook on global
In Harper’s view, we live in an imper fect world in which climate change is but one problem. He has no time for the fantasy that by going it alone in taking radical action, Canada will somehow inspire the Chinese and Indians to raincheck bringing the next 100 million of their populations out of pover ty until they can af ford to do so with windmills and solar panels. As both a middle power and middle polluter, Harper was conscious of the fact that Canada was poorly placed to seize the mantle of global climate leadership.
The fact is that Harper’s rationalism recognized the ad-hoc emissions scheme by middle powers for what they were. Futile is probably why the climate lobby in all their unabashed idealism reviled the former prime minister so virulently. These are, after all, the same people who think continued existence of life on earth hinges on whether the world embraces an internationally binding carbon tax before the opening ceremony of next year’s Olympic Games. With the recent passing of the fictional date that Marty McFly was flung 31 years for ward in time in “Back to the Future II,” it is worth contemplating what someone from a bygone era would make of today’s climate debate. Would they too admonish Harper for being a feckless luddite for urging caution at a time where the course of world climate action remains decidedly irresolute? Would they join with the applause for Justin Trudeau’s promise of more expensive electricity and less mining all in the name of Canada doing it’s fair — albeit “tokenistic” — share? With the Paris Climate Conference a little more than a month away, it is possible that the world will bind together and bring the doomsayers some early Christmas cheer. But for those a little less evangelical about the forthcoming climate apocalypse, Harper’s approach to climate change will be remembered as the model exemplar of considered caution in the face of rank hysteria. John Slater is a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior majoring in political science.
YOUR VOICE The Daily Targum welcomes submissions from all readers. Due to space limitations, letters to the editor must not exceed 400 words. Guest columns and commentaries should be between 500 and 700 words. All authors must include name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication. Anonymous letters will not be considered. All submissions are subject to editing for length and clarity. A submission does not guarantee publication. Please submit via email to oped@dailytargum.com by 4 p.m. to be considered for the following day’s publication.
Page 10
Horoscopes
DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
Pearls Before Swine
November 17, 2015 Stephan Pastis
Today’s Birthday (11/17/15). Your friends are golden this year. Whatever you collaborate on flourishes. Take advantage, and pour on the steam! Money flows with consistent action. Next spring invigorates romance, disrupting your retrospective musings. Prepare the team for an autumn launch, and raise a level with practice. Share your passion. 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 a 9 -- Participate with your community. Friends offer comfort and advice. Working to benefit others provides deep satisfaction. Extra paperwork leads to extra profits. Take care of business now. Follow the rules exactly. Balance accounts. Provide well for family. Taurus ( April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- An exchange could seem intense. Aim for stability, and play peacemaker if necessary. Begin a service phase. Creative design makes the work go faster. You can make things happen when you put yourself to it. Gemini ( May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Travel compels (but may be complex) today and tomorrow. Follow your heart. It pays to advertise. Money saved is money earned. Important people are watching. Know what you’re talking about. The line blurs between friends and family. Cancer ( June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Revise your rules. Figure out your finances today and tomorrow. Step up to a new tax bracket. Strategize to invest and save. The more careful you are with the details, the better you look. Do the homework. Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Get expert coaching to improve your skills faster. Join forces with a master, and then practice what they say. Little successes breed self-esteem. Meditation calms your mind and heart. Maintain mental agility. Learn through collaboration. Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Maintain the busy pace with frequent breaks. Time spent in nature recharges your spirit. A walk with friends gets your body moving. Toss the ball to a teammate. Get plenty of good sleep.
Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Plan some fun for today and tomorrow. Parties and gatherings delight. Dress for the occasion. Prepare and handle logistics. Do the work that nobody will see. Save money and trouble by doing a job yourself. Beautification projects flower. Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Get your household in order now. Home and family demand more attention over the next two days. Take care of family heirlooms. Share stories to keep memories alive longer. Find little ways to express your love. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is an 8 -- Clever ideas and solutions arise in conversation. Brainstorm with partners and note who will do what. New leadership enters the scene. Handle practical details. Check the balance sheet. Invest in work you love and reap lasting benefits. Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Get into a groove and bring home the bacon. Work out mutually beneficial terms. Money comes easily with action. Your morale gets a boost. Things are cooking ... stir and simmer. Trust, but verify. A dream could come true. Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Personal matters need attention. You’re more powerful than usual. A brilliant insight leads you in a new direction. Ignore chaos. Focus on basics. Collaborate and keep faith. Prepare to launch an initiative you’ve been dreaming about. Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Watch the competition. Consider strategies and apply talents and strengths for best impact. Meet deadlines, and then rest. Recharge your batteries by daydreaming, reading and meditating. Exercise and yoga reinvigorate you. Listen to your dear ones.
©2015 By Nancy Black distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC
Dilbert
Doonesbury
Lio
Scott Adams
Garry Trudeau
Mark Tatulli
November 17, 2015
Stone Soup
Diversions Page 11 Jan Eliot
Get Fuzzy
Darby Conley
Brevity
Guy and Rodd
Pop Culture Shock Therapy
Jumble
Doug Bratton
H. Arnold and M. Argiron THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.
Non Sequitur
Wiley
SOGEO ©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved.
FARCS DULHED
Over The Hedge
T. Lewis and M. Fry
VITACE Answer here: Yesterday’s
Sudoku
©Puzzles By Pappocom
Solution Puzzle #18 11/16/15 Solution, tips, and computer program at www.sudoku.com
For more info on our Guest Jumblers go to facebook.com/jumble
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.
(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: TREND GRIND MAYHEM ACCESS Answer: How the teenager killed time while the Internet was down — “DAYSTREAMING”
CLASSIFIEDS
PAGE 12 How to Place an Ad:
November 17, 2015 Policies:
1. Come to Room 431 of the Rutgers Student Center on College Avenue 2. Mail ad and check to: The Daily Targum 126 College Ave Suite 431 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Attn: Classified Manager 3. Email your ad to: classifieds@dailytargum.com 4. CHARGE IT! Use your credit card over the phone or by coming to our business office in Rm 431 RSC Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-5p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
• NO REFUNDS FOR CHANGES. • 3.00 PER DAY FOR CANCELLATIONS.
Adoptions • Birthdays • Events Greek Forum • Lost/Found Meetings • Parties • Travel Miscellaneous
Help Wanted • Internship Job/Career Opportunities Services • Volunteers Wanted Wanted • Miscellaneous
Rates:
Small classified:
up to 20 words, each additional word 30¢ per day DEADLINE: 12:00 p.m. one (1) business day prior to publication
Large classified: THE DAILY TARGUM 126 College Ave., Suite 431 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 732-932-7051, x603
up to 25 words, $8.50 each additional inch (11 words) DEADLINE: 12:00 p.m. one (1) business day prior to publication
Display classified:
Apartment for Rent House for Rent • House for Sale Room Available • Roommate Wanted Sublet • Miscellaneous
1day
3 days 5 days 10 days
$8.00
$7.50/day
$21.00
University billed accounts–$22.00, Student rate–$12.00 per day
in New Brunswick! We are looking for individuals to provide feedback on the
Do you have Bulimia Nervosa?
and love! You must be: - 18 years or older
Birchwood
- Free of
now accepting
food/drug allergies
applications for next
Seeking volunteers aged 18+ who currently binge/purge weekly to
Apply at www.gustatec.com
physiology and emotion.
up to $200
2, 3, 4 BR styles.
be available weekends and holidays.
272 Hamilton St.
Contact Jessica at
empstudies@gmail.com for information
(732) 828-5607
Telemarketers Wanted! Great pay!! Hourly/commission!! Part time, no experience needed.
Apply early for
State Theatre: PT usher position must
jtrechak@statetheatrenj.org
Compensation of
year’s openings.
best choice.
participate in a 2-hour research study on
APARTMENT FOR RENT
Call to schedule an interview 732-220-0909 ext 212 ask for Aaron.
SERVICES
IMMEDIATE HIRING.
Psychic John.
TUTORS for MATH READING WRITING.
Specializes in love and relationships.
FLEXIBLE HOURS.
Spiritual reader.
CALL/EMAIL immediately: The Tutoring
Removes all bad aura
Center in Hillsborough: 908-829-4253
Call for one free reading by phone.
hillsboroughnj@tutoringcenter.com
(773)-883-7288
www. thebirchwoods.com
$6.00/day
$19.00/day $16.00/day $14.00/day
Typeset with border; contains graphics, logos, etc. Cash Rate–$10.15/column inch • Billed Rate–$12.15/column inch DEADLINE: 3:00 p.m. three (3) business days prior to publication
products you know
$7.00/day
Student rate–$5.00 per day
Product testers wanted
HELP WANTED
Electronics Items for Sale Items Wanted Wheels
WHEELS 2003 Toyota Highlander 153, 000 miles. Mint 4x2 with NEW BRAKES. One owner, well maintained. VIN REPORT AVAILABLE, special snow gear gets you to where you are going. Recent battery, tires, other regular maintenance.Looks great! Runs great! Alarm (extra key). mchernin@gmail.com
The Daily Targum will only be responsible for errors on the first day run; advertisers must call by noon with corrections. Only advertisers with an established credit account may be billed. All advertising is subject to the approval of the marketing director and business manager. The Daily Targum has not investigated any of the services offered or advertisers represented in this issue. Readers are encouraged to contact the Better Business Bureau of Central New Jersey for information concerning the veracity of questionable advertising. Better Business Bureau of Central NJ 1700 Whitehorse Hamilton Square Rd Trenton, NJ 08690 (609) 588-0808
November 17, 2015
Page 13
LOSS
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK SETON HALL 77, RUTGERS 49
Seton Hall outrebounds Rutgers, 38-25, to dominate Knights in rematch CONTINUED FROM BACK Foul trouble was a theme throughout the starting lineup for Rutgers. Junior guard Tyler Scaife and senior center Rachel Hollivay finished with four personals each, which hampered the Knights’ offense in the second half as the pair spent crucial minutes on the sidelines when their team needed them out on the court. Hollivay had one of the top performances on the team from the Banks, scoring 13 points on 6-of-8 from the floor while registering a team-high eight rebounds, nearly a third of the total boards (26) tallied by her team. “I think we were just playing too aggressive,” Hollivay said. “We just gotta rebound better. Naj (Betnijah Laney) was a key factor for us (last season) being the leading rebounder for each game. I’m just tr ying to stick it in my head, ever y single game, that I have to go for the rebounds no matter who’s on me, who’s blocking me out. I have to go for ever y rebound.” Seton Hall hovered around a 10-point lead for most of the game before it all turned in the third quarter. After Copper sunk two free throws to close the gap to 46-34, the squad from South Orange got hot, riding a 31-15 run to close out the game.
Jones made the difference. Her game-high point total was just the beginning. She also dominated on the glass, pulling down 13 boards and blocking two shots to keep the Hall undefeated heading into its next matchup with another in-state rival, No. 25 Princeton, on Thursday night. “We just came out and we just knew what we (were) capable of doing and that’s attack the basket and get rebounds,” Jones said. The senior couldn’t point to anything in particular for her success on the floor, other than the drive to get back to postseason play after Rutgers ended the Pirates’ magic carpet ride in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last season. “Just playing my game, just trying to help my team get back to the NCAA Tournament. That’s the big goal,” she said. Stringer called the loss an embarrassment, saying her team was “weak” and unwilling to fight back against adversity. “Give credit to (Seton Hall) first of all, they did a great job,” Stringer said from the podium in the bowels of Walsh Gymnasium. “They moved the ball well, they crashed the boards. There was only one person that was present today and that was Rachel (Hollivay). It’s just as simple as that.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
NCAA Knights finished season with record of 12-6-1, reverse of 6-12-1 record in 2014 CONTINUED FROM BACK Once Rutgers was displayed on the bracket, the room erupted with cheer. “I mean, there always is a little bit (of nervousness), (but) I think we knew,” said senior center back Mitchell Lurie. “I think we all deep down knew we did what we needed to do in order to get in and the committee obviously agreed, which is good.” The Knights will host LIU Brooklyn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, making their first appearance in the competition since Donigan’s second year at the helm. After a tumultuous season in which his team finished second last in the Big Ten, the big turnaround is reason to be happy for the sixthyear head coach, but Donigan is happier for his players than he is for himself. With the slate wiped clean, he believes anything could happen. “It’s exciting. I’m more happy for the guys to be honest with you because we haven’t been in the tournament in the last couple of years,” he said. “It’s nice to be back in, and it just refreshes you. It reenergizes you. Everybody’s 0-0 and anyone can win at this point. There’s 48 quality teams in this tournament right now.” Reaching the tournament is an accomplishment in itself for Rutgers, so being able to host the first round is the cherry on top.
“It’s awesome,” said senior midfielder Mitchell Taintor. “To make the tournament and host too obviously gives you a little bit of an advantage, and so I think we need to take advantage of the advantage of it being home and propel ourselves into the next round.” In addition to the advantage it will provide the Knights on the pitch, playing at Yurcak can serve as closure for the seniors on the team. If Rutgers defeats LIU Brooklyn Thursday, it would advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament, where it would face fourth-seeded Akron. In order to play another game in Piscataway, the Knights would need to upset the Zips and hope either SMU or Utah Valley upset Denver in the quarterfinals, and even then, it’s unclear who would host. Playing in front of the scarlet faithful that the players have praised throughout the season could add even more incentive for Rutgers to give ever ything it has. “It’s nice to be able to play in front of our fans again,” Donigan said. “For the seniors, this could potentially be their last game ever on our field in front of our fans on our campus so it’s a little extra motivation, so i’m excited for the guys.” With only six games in between the Knights and a national
SHU outplays RU in rematch MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
After the Rutgers women’s basketball team went on a 12-0 run to end the first half to cut its deficit against Seton Hall to 32-28, it seemed like the Scarlet Knights were ready to get back into the game in the second half. The Knights dealt with early foul trouble and were sluggish from the field for most of the first half, but their late run made the game look competitive. But Seton Hall came out firing in the second half to silence any potential Rutgers comeback. Pirates forward Tabatha Richardson-Smith hit a 3-point shot on her team’s first possession of the second half and forward Tiffany Jones followed it with a block on the defensive end. This sent the crowd of 1,628 at Walsh Gymnasium into a frenzy. Jones then drove down court for a layup to give Seton Hall a nine-point lead at 37-28 and Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer called a timeout to try to stop the run. It was to no avail, as the Pirates outscored the Knights, 25-9, in the third quarter and took a 57-37 lead heading into the final period. “We were weak. We folded after they knocked that three down (to start the second half),” Stringer said. “After going down (in the first half), we were able to come back and it let us know we were capable of that. The problem was when they knocked those two (3-point shots) down.” Seton Hall head coach Anthony Bozzella lamented postgame that he did not call a timeout at the end of the first half to stop the Rutgers run. But he was elated that his players picked him up and were able to put a stop to the opposing momentum from the Rutgers side. “Those first two baskets to start the second half were huge,” he said. “Tabitha made a big basket to start the second half and she really carried us.” ***
Rebounding was a big issue for the Knights in their loss. After outrebounding St. Joseph’s, 31-27, on opening night, Rutgers was dominated on the boards, 38-25, against Seton Hall. The biggest discrepancy came on the offensive boards, as the Knights only managed two offensive rebounds, as the Pirates grabbed 16. This led to 12 second chance points for the Pirates, while the Knights only had one for the whole game. “You have to give credit to them, they threw the ball well and crashed the boards,” Stringer said. “They had 16 offensive rebounds and we only had two, and the only person really crashing the boards for us today was senior center Rachel (Hollivay). It’s as simple as that.” Hollivay was a bright spot on a night where the team struggled to get much going offensively. She scored 13 points while shooting 6-for-8 from the field, along with adding a team-high eight rebounds. The Knights were constantly outnumbered on the boards, but Hollivay did not want to use it as an excuse for the disparity. “They were sending two people at me to box me out, and I just feel like we have to rebound better,” she said. “Coach Stringer always talks about, ‘Rebound, rebound, rebound,’ and I tr y to keep it in my head ever y game that I have to go for rebounds no matter who is blocking me out.” Senior wing Kahleah Copper grabbed the second-most rebounds for Rutgers with five. She also led the team with 17 points. Collectively, though, the Knights could not string together consistent stretches on the boards. Much of that was caused by Jones, who was disruptive all night for Seton Hall and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. As the Knights look to bounce back Thursday night in their first home game of the season against St. John’s, they realize they need
Despite a team-high 17 points from senior wing Kahleah Copper, Rutgers was unable to muster up enough offense. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2015
championship, there is a chance for them to make their furthest run in the competition since 1994, when Rutgers finished national runners-up with All-American Pedro Lopes leading the Knights. A first national title in program history is the ultimate goal for Rutgers. But before thinking
about the pinnacle of collegiate soccer, the Knights will first focus on the Blackbirds that stand in their way as they fight for their season to continue. “The goal is a trophy, but you gotta take it one game at a time,” Lurie said. “Ever y game, you gotta be 1-0 and now we’re
to get back to crashing the boards as a unit. “We can do better,” Hollivay said. “There have been times when I don’t get rebounds at all and the guards get them, so it’s just a matter of coming together and putting all the pieces together and rebounding.” *** A local game like this is sure to bring out extra emotion and attention, but both sides did not want to let this get the best of them. Rutgers and Seton Hall squared off just last season in the NCAA Tournament, where the Knights bounced the Pirates in the first round, 79-66. They also played each other the year before, where Rutgers won, 91-79, in a double-overtime game to eliminate Seton Hall from the WNIT. Although Rutgers has crushed the postseason hopes of Seton Hall the last two seasons, both teams tried to approach this contest as just an early regular season game. “It wasn’t about revenge for us. It’s a different team and a different year,” Bozzella said. “We wanted to win because we knew if we could beat a really good team like Rutgers it would help us at the end of the year.” The game was even more close to home for Pirates guard Shakena Richardson. She spent her first two seasons playing on the Banks before transferring to Florida State and then landing at Seton Hall. Despite the close connection with both schools, Richardson resembled her coach by saying that there was not any added pressure for a game against Rutgers. “We came out and set the tone early and it felt good to be out there playing against another team from New Jersey,” she said. “It was just like any other game for us.” On the Rutgers side, there was not many good things to say about the team’s performance. They were outshot, outrebounded and couldn’t seem to get a hold of any 50/50 balls that turned the game in favor of Seton Hall. A potential rematch between these teams would be welcomed by the Knights, but they know they will have to come out with more energy and consistency next time if they want to see a better result. “We have a lot of good teams around here in New Jersey,” Stringer said. “Maybe we will see each other again in the NCAA Tournament, like last year. That would be a treat and could be a great game if we, as a team, wake up.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @Mike_OSully2 and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
literally playing for our lives. There’s no next game. Now we’re playing for the year. If you lose, you’re done, so ever y game is the most important.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Page 14
November 17, 2015 FOOTBALL KNIGHTS HAVE GIVEN UP 15 SACKS IN PAST 4 GAMES
Offensive line shuffles as latest injury report rocks Rutgers GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR
When Derrick Nelson went down late in the fourth quarter of Rutgers football team’s 31-14 loss to Nebraska, all of High Point Solutions Stadium froze. The junior center lay on the turf for an extended period of time before his head and body were stabilized on a stretcher and carted off to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He put up a fist before leaving the field and head coach Kyle Flood said he had movement in his hands and knees. The program announced in a news release on Sunday that Nelson was released from the New Brunswick hospital and walked out under his own power Saturday night. As the Scarlet Knights (37, 1-6) prepare for Army (2-8), Nelson (questionable) isn’t the only offensive lineman whose health is in concern. Per Monday’s injury report, Rutgers has five offensive linemen listed as either questionable or probable entering the week of game prep for the Black Knights. Given the state of the Knights in the trenches, starting at center, Flood acknowledged the need to assess who will play where when they head up to West Point for Saturday’s matchup. “Not only are Derrick (Nelson) and (sophomore guard) Dorian (Miller) questionable for the game, but they are also our first and third team centers,” Flood said. “And a guy like (junior guard) Chris Muller is our second team center, and so when all three of those guys are in the game, and something like this happens, we have to make sure we are start to training other people and we started that process (Sunday) night.”
Junior center Derrick Nelson is questionable with an upper body injury for Saturday’s away game at Army after colliding with Dorian Miller. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015 Flood will make a decision Tuesday to sort out practice reps at center and elsewhere along the line for the remainder of the week, reiterating that finding the starter at center remains the first priority before naming the starters at the respective guards and tackles, he said. He even added redshirt freshman Marcus Applefield to the two-deep depth chart as the co-starter at right guard and center. A pair of other redshirt freshmen in Tariq Cole and Zack Heeman were included in the mix for the starting left guard with Miller’s status in question. Miller (questionable, lower body), who collided with Nelson last Saturday evening tr ying to make a play on the Cornhuskers’ interception return, isn’t quite as clear as Muller’s (probable, lower body). Dating all the way back to the spring and into August’s training camp, the two guards were entrenched in a competition for the
starting center gig with Nelson before he eventually separated himself and started the first 10 games of the season at the position. Muller, who dominantly played the offensive line as a guard and tackle in high school when he was a four-star recruit out of Boyertown Area Senior High School (Pennsylvania), admitted that he hasn’t played the position for an extended period of time throughout his time playing football. But Muller maintained confidence, addressing his ability to toe the line of scrimmage in the middle if his number is called upon. “I didn’t play center too much (in high school), but I’ve slowly progressed into playing center here (at Rutgers),” he said. “I started taking snaps. I started taking it more and more and it’s just become second nature.” *** The state of the Rutgers offensive line does nothing to help Chris Laviano.
Last Saturday, the sophomore quarterback ran for his life as Nebraska’s pass rush brought him down for six sacks on the evening. The Scarlet Knights’ line is tied with five other Football Bowl Subdivision teams for 88th in the nation in sacks allowed, surrendering 25 sacks for 207 yards. “If you’re a competitive person, it’s always hard to swallow — no matter what the situation is,” said senior left tackle Keith Lumpkin. “You just gotta tip your hat off to (Laviano). He’s a tough kid. He gets up and goes onto the next play ... you just gotta put it behind you and keep pushing forward.” In the past four games — all losses in which Rutgers has been blowout by an average margin of 44.25-11.75 — the offensive line has been beaten and bruised by some of the top defensive lines the Big Ten has to offer with 15 of the 25 sacks on the season coming during that stretch. “It’s frustrating because we didn’t put enough focus in the
past few weeks about mental errors and being fundamentally correct,” Muller said. “We can’t have a mental error or else it ends up getting Chris (Laviano) hit and no one wants that.” *** Rutgers has a season-high 24 players on its latest injury report. Probable: senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo (lower body), junior wide receiver and kick returner Janarion Grant (lower body), senior running back Paul James (lower body), senior middle linebacker Kaiwan Lewis (upper body), junior weakside linebacker Steve Longa (lower body), senior left tackle Keith Lumpkin (lower body), junior guard Chris Muller (lower body). Questionable: junior free safety Anthony Cioffi (upper body), redshirt freshman guard Tariq Cole (upper body), sophomore guard Dorian Miller (upper body), freshman linebacker Trevor Morris (upper body), junior center Derrick Nelson (upper body), junior wide receiver Andre Patton (upper body), redshirt freshman Eric Wiafe (lower body). Out: redshir t freshman tight end George Behr (lower body), senior defensive tackle Darius Hamilton (upper body), junior strong safety Davon Jacobs (upper body), junior running back Desmon Peoples (upper body), sophomore linebacker Nick Raf fer ty (upper body), freshman defensive lineman Kenneth Roman (upper body), freshman linebacker Austin Rosa (upper body), freshman running back Charles Snorweah (upper body), sophomore linebacker TJ Taylor (lower body), junior wide receiver John Tsimis (lower body). For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @GarrettStepien and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior Chris Muller may have to slide over from his position at right guard to center if Derrick Nelson is medically unable to play for Rutgers on Saturday at Army. He said he felt comfortable with the move, noting that he has taken reps at the position since training camp. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015
Page 15
November 17, 2015 SWIMMING & DIVING DOUBLE SESSIONS 3 TIMES PER WEEK PUSH KNIGHTS TO LIMITS
Diligent practice translates to early season success EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER
Preparation is key. Just like any other sport, practice is one of the more crucial aspects of swimming and diving. As most coaches say, “practice makes perfect.” One can often predict the outcome of a competition by observing players during practice sessions and seeing if they are giving their full efforts and going full speed. For the Rutgers swimming and diving team, long hours spent in the pool along with discipline and dedication have led to early success this season. On Oct. 2 and 3, the Scarlet Knights posted a 297.5 team total to place fourth at the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational. Senior Joanna Wu won the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 54.94 and had two NCAA-B qualifying times. With a finishing time of 57.94, senior Morgan Pfaff tied for first in the 100-meter individual medley. At the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center Invitational on Oct. 16 and 17, sophomore Addison Walkowiak won the 3-meter dive and 1-meter dive events while her team earned an additional eight individual victories. Pfaff, junior Rachel Stoddard, freshman Cynthia Wu and Joanna Wu all earned two individual victories. Rutgers defeated the Seahawks of Wagner by a score of 195-102 on Oct. 23 at the Rutgers Aquatics Center on Busch campus in Piscataway. The Knights moved to 1-0 in dual competition at the conclusion of the meet. Junior Alyssa Black swept the diving events by winning the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. The team picked up 10 individual victories against the Seahawks. Pfaff, Stoddard and Wu each had two individual titles. Sophomore Thomasin Lee placed first in the 1650 freestyle with a season best time of 17:45.26. In the 200 medley relay, the unit of junior Meghan Kielly, Pfaff and Stoddard had a time of 1:45.40 to secure first place for the Knights. Next up for Rutgers was the daunting task of facing off against the Big East gauntlet of Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova on Nov. 6 and 7. The quad meet took place at the Rutgers Aquatic Center. The Knights defeated Georgetown 156-97 and Seton Hall 274-79. Rutgers was unable to overtake Villanova. The Wildcats beat all three teams participating in the quad meet, including Rutgers, by a score of 198-153. For the Knights, being able to push Villanova to the brink is a foretelling sign of possible good outcomes in the future. All in all, Rutgers has had a sound season thus far, but things did not all come together in one shot. Bringing a championship caliber team to fruition doesn’t happen overnight. Under the leadership of head coach Petra Martin, the Knights have a strict regimen and tough practice schedule. The team practices six days a week, Monday through Saturday. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the team has double sessions, similar to two a days in football during training camp. The Knights have single sessions on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
“On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we go doubles,” Martin said. “Tuesday, Thursday and then Saturday is just single.” When the team has double-sessions, their days begin in the wee hours of the morning when the sun just begins to creak over the horizon. “On a day like today, Monday, we start at 6:30 in the morning and we first do a little bit of … exercises,” Martin said. “Then we have the women spinning for about 30 minutes, you know, on the spinning bikes and then we swim long course meters for about an hour and a half.” The Knights then return to the pool in the afternoon. “Then we come back in the afternoon and they lift,” Martin said. “They do weight training and then we’re in the pool … and that is between like 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock in the afternoon. In the morning, we get done right around 8:30.” Wu said that double sessions are one of the aspects that makes swimming such a difficult sport.
“The other hardest thing is that swimming especially at this university, swimming is the only sport that does doubles,” Wu said. “So we do workouts in the morning on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and then we do another work out in the afternoon and we do afternoon workouts every single day, but it’s only Monday, Wednesday, Friday that we do doubles.” Wu hopes that the long hours of practice will help her accomplish two of her goals this season. “There’s a lot of goals this year that I’ve been thinking about,” Wu said. “There’s two that I really want to accomplish at Big Tens, I want to break 50 seconds in the 100 backstroke and then I want to be as close as I can to a minute and fifty seconds in the 200 backstroke.” For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior swimmer Joanna Wu hopes the double sessions Rutgers does three times a week help her achieve her season goals. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015
TWITTER: @TARGUMSPORTS DAILYTARGUM.COM/SPORTS TARGUMSPORTS.WORDPRESS.COM
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK
Sports
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Every game, you gotta be 1-0 and now we’re literally playing for our lives. There’s no next game. Now we’re playing for the year. If you lose, you’re done, so every game is the most important.” — Senior center back Mitch Lurie
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015
ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SETON HALL 77, RUTGERS 49
Seton Hall hands Rutgers double-digit loss KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — After shooting the lights out in Philadelphia in the season opener, the Rutgers women’s basketball team regressed dramatically in game two at Seton Hall. The Pirates outscored, outworked and outrebounded the Scarlet Knights (1-1) in a 77-49 walkover win at Walsh Gymnasium on Monday night. Seton Hall (2-0) received a heavy dose of production from forward Tiffany Jones. She took over early, scoring 15 first half points on her way to a game-high 20, shooting 60 percent from the floor and 4-of-7 from 3-point range. Rutgers was unable to find any remnants of a shooting rhythm, as top-scorer Kahleah Copper was forced off the floor for most of the first half following two early fouls. After trailing for most of the first half, the Knights came alive when Copper registered her first points of the game on a layup with 5:16 left in the second quarter, spurring a 14-2 Rutgers run to close the gap to four points at the break, 32-28. But Seton Hall came out firing in the third, propelling the Pirates to the blowout win in a nearly non-competitive second half for the Knights. “We had no business going down as we did in the first place,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “So it wasn’t so great that we came back as much as it is, ‘How in the heck did you get in this spot, period?’ Because the great competitors and the great players that play at the next level don’t get caught in that spot.” Senior center Rachel Hollivay tallied 13 points and eight rebounds in the post for Rutgers in its 77-49 loss to Seton Hall. Hollivay and the Knights struggled in the second half after trailing by four at halftime. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2015
SEE LOSS ON PAGE 13
MEN’S SOCCER KNIGHTS EARN AT-LARGE BID, IN NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2011
RU makes return to NCAA tourney BRIAN FONSECA
coach Dan Donigan would not allow his players to skip class for the show — gathered at the Brown Football Recruiting Pavilion and Welcome Center to watch the 48-team field be unveiled. The first team to hear its name was No. 1 overall seed Wake Forest of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Multiple teams — including Big Ten foes Indiana and Ohio State — were announced, and Rutgers had yet to be one of them. While many players spoke with confidence prior to the show, anxiety was sensed in the room among the players, as nothing was guaranteed for the Knights. Though they had a much better season than their inaugural season in the Big Ten, they still needed to be given an at-large bid to participate in the tournament.
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
When the Rutgers men’s soccer team fell, 4-0, to Ohio State Friday in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament, the guaranteed portion of its schedule came to a close. For the past four seasons, the end of the conference tournament — whether it be the Big East, the American Athletic Conference or the Big Ten — marked the end of the season for the Scarlet Knights, who have failed to take part in the NCAA Tournament since their run to the quarterfinals in 2011. But this year was different. A successful season from the Knights (126-1, 4-4-0) made the NCAA Selection Show on Monday afternoon must-watch television for all involved with the program. Every player who was free at the time of the show — head
SEE NCAA ON PAGE 13
Head coach Dan Donigan will coach in his second NCAA Tournament with Rutgers, but he’s happier for his players than for himself. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015
EXTRA POINT
NBA SCORES
Dallas Philadelphia
92 86
Boston Houston
111 95
Indiana Chicago
95 96
Oklahoma City Memphis
114 122
Los Angeles Phoenix
120 101
Portland San Antonio
80 93
KAHLEAH COPPER,
senior forward, was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week after opening the season with a double-double on a career-high 30 points and 10 rebounds to go along with four steals and four assists in the Knights 78-65 win over St. Joseph’s.
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S SOCCER
vs. Purdue
vs. St. Johns
vs. St. Johns
vs. LIU Brooklyn
Thursday, 7 p.m., RAC
Thursday, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field
Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Thursday, 7 p.m., College Ave. Gym. Jamaica, N.Y.