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‘Derby Days’ provide aid for children’s hospitals NICOLE OSZTROGONACZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

More than $220,000 was raised during the first week of November during the 25th anniversary of “Derby Days,” all while having fun and creating a close-knit community.

Derby Days is a series of challenges and events, lasting the span of seven days, Matthew Boyer, brother of Sigma Chi and School of Arts and Sciences senior said via email.

“Sigma Chi Derby Days is our national philanthropy event. Every chapter has their own unique version of Derby Days, but the Rutgers chapter raises the most money out of all Sigma Chi chapters. Rutgers Sigma Chi Derby Days is the largest Greek philanthropy event in the country,” Boyer said.

Brothers of Sigma Chi and members of several other sororities, including Zeta Tau Alpha and Delta Gamma, participated in Derby Days, Boyer said via email.

Being part of a Greek organization means giving back to the community and to those in

need through fundraising, said Sandra DiBitetto, Derby Days chair of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, via email.

“I was responsible for leading my sorority’s fundraising efforts for Derby Days and organizing our involvement in (its) events.

This involved (coordinating) our involvement in a field day, auction, uber challenge, game night and most importantly, a lip sync dance competition that we practiced since the first week of school,” DiBitetto said.

The events of Derby Days were held all throughout the New Brunswick campus, Boyer said.

“Our field events were held at Buccleuch Park, the Brotherhood Auction was held in the College Avenue Student Center Multipurpose Room, ‘Minute to Win It’ was held at Scott Hall on College Ave and the Lip Sync was held at the Livingston Student Center,” Boyer said.

The money raised from Derby Days is really put to use and will SEE HOSPITALS ON PAGE 5

Muslim leaders decry Paris attacks in panel AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

While #Prayers4Paris continues to go viral globally on social media, Muslim leaders from across the state met in Piscataway to condemn Friday’s attacks.

The meeting, which took place at the Rutgers Visitor Center on Busch campus, aimed to send the message that acts of terrorism are against the values and traditions of the Muslim faith. The 17 leaders present included representation from mosques and Muslim organizations across the state.

“The Islamic Society of Central Jersey (ISCJ) expresses its condolences for all those in Paris, France ...” said the Islamic Society of Central Jersey in a press release. “We speak as Muslims, as Americans and as human beings who are committed to peace, healing, democracy and justice for all children and people in the world.”

Among the groups present were the New Jersey Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the New Brunswick Islamic Center and the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge.

“We condemn these horrific crimes in the strongest terms possible. Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of those killed and injured and with all of France,” CAIR said in a national statement on Friday.

While the meeting was underway, Gov. Chris Christie sent a letter to President Barack Obama yesterday stating that New Jersey would not accept any Syrian refugees in response to the Paris attacks.

On Monday, Christie said that not even “orphans under age five” from Syria would be allowed into New Jersey while on talk show host Hugh Hewitt’s conser vative radio show. He cited lack of trust in the ability to screen incoming refugees as the reason for his stance.

“I do not trust this administration to effectively vet the people who are supposed to be coming in, in order to protect the safety and security of the American people, so I would not permit them in,” Christie said on air.

And Christie is not alone. More than 20 other governors across the country responded similarly.

But according to the Muslim leaders who met at the University, this mindset and policy is destructive.

According to Asbury Park Press, Muslim leaders at the event said when alienated youth cannot find a voice in their communities, they seek it in radical groups such as ISIS. “There is this constant refrain, ‘You’re not American,’” said Sami Catovic, director of the New Brunswick Islamic Center. “That’s a message that is pushing them toward marginalization.”

As refugees crowd a tipping boat and tensions over the Syrian migrant situation heighten, local religious organizations in New Brunswick are raising money to support the lives of Syrian refugees.

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Local religious organizations raise funds to support Syrian refugees BUSHRA HASAN STAFF WRITER

Congregations from around New Brunswick have united once again to support immigration efforts, this time for Syrian refugees.

On Sunday, Nov. 15, religious organizations and community groups from the New Brunswick area

participated in a walk-a-thon event to support Syrian refugees in the United States.

Attendance reached over 300 people, according to the official Facebook page “The Take Ten Campaign.” Participating organizations included Catholic, Methodist, Reformed, Nigerian and Indonesian Christian churches. One mosque,

four Muslim organizations, three synagogues and one Buddhist organization were also in attendance.

“Folks, from across faith communities, are concerned about the global refugee crisis. (They) are motivated to provide real and sustained humanitarian assistance,” SEE REFUGEES ON PAGE 4

Rutgers’ Olympic weightlifting club is an opportunity for students, alumni and faculty on campus to teach members proper lifting techniques and exercises. COURTESY OF AARON LIN

Olympic weightlifters club teaches students, prepares for competition JULIAN JIMENEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Students are lifting their weight with a club-training program offered on campus.

Rutgers has offered an Olympic Weightlifting Club to students, alumni and faculty on campus for several years now. The purpose of the club is to teach members how to properly perform lifting techniques and exercises.

“We (want) to help others get better,” said Aaron Lin, a Rutgers Business School junior and the club’s vice president.

Lin has been lifting for five years now, dating back to his days in high school, and said he wanted to continue to do so during his time at Rutgers.

He has been with the club since his first year and credits the philosophy of the club for why he stuck around so long.

“There were people (here) with the same sense of training that I was looking for,” he said. “It was a very friendly environment.”

Lin was promoted to handle the vice president’s duties last semester and oversees a variety of tasks for the club. He focuses on how to recruit more members and is currently trying to get sponsorship from

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Campus Calendar 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.

FRIDAY 11/20 Rutgers Climate Institute hosts, “Rutgers Regional Climate Symposium 2015: Climate Change and Polar Regions” at 8:30 a.m. in the Livingston Student Center on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Mason Gross School of the Arts presents, “Helix!

New Music Ensemble” at 7:30 p.m. at the Richard H. Shindell Choral Hall on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Food Science presents, “Preventative Global Food Safety Approach By Combining Information Gathering/Assessment, Sample Collection and Rapid Screening Tools” from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Food Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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U. community explores Rutgers’ theme of revolution NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Students, professors, graduate students and undergraduate students of Mason Gross School of the Arts filled the dimly lit and rather intimate setting of the Bloustein Auditorium last night where four panelists discussed and explored Rutgers University’s 250th anniversar y theme of revolution through multiple perspectives.

The conversation was held among esteemed artists, activists, writers and scholars, all of whom hold at least two of those positions. In a post 9/11 networking society full of first-world citizens with photo and video cameras tucked in their back pocket, technological social activism is growing day-by-day.

Panelists Madeleine Bair, Coco Fusco, DeeDee Halleck and Harlo Holmes were part of Mason Gross’ annual panel discussion titled “Radical Means: Technology and Media Activism in the new Millennium,” hosted by the Department of Visual Arts.

Moderator Todd Wolfson, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Madeleine Bair, a journalist and founder of Maracuya Productions, a documentary house, spoke in the Bloustein Auditorium on Studies, said the panel opens a the evening of Nov. 17 at the Mason Gross School of the Arts in Downtown New Brunswick to explore Rutgers’ 250th anniversary door to discuss technology’s role theme of revolution. SHIRLEY YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER in activism in the new millennium.

The social realities Fusco particular space and embeds that later be used and extended to body cameras ... beware of that Wolfson thinks it is clear to as well.” everyone that across the past 20 works in are not reflected by the automatically into a photograph further applications.

In terms of the influence, pow“Beware of data and always to 25 years, and then in the more premise that anyone can report taken with a smartphone.

She said the information au- question the people who gen- er and “viral-ness of hashtags,” accelerated sense, in the last five on issues in their respective sotomatically included is more erate your algorithm because Holmes said ideas, thoughts, years, people have seen a funda- ciety due to social media access. feelings and mental transformovements are mation in the “The country has been forced into a series of economic reforms that have not been coupled with political able to go a lot way social moveliberalization.” further than ments and social ever before and changes happen. even to a surCOCO FUSCO At least on prising effect.

Professor at the University of Florida the surface level “You never we’ve seen big know exactly change, he said.

Another speaker, Harlo than the geographic location ultimately they are representa- which hashtag is going to be “This new figure of resistance has Holmes, a mobile and web devel- of the taken photo, but also the tives of offices of power that you picked up and what thing, no emerged across the world.”

He asks how is it engaging oper and activist, discussed the networks in the area, such as should push back upon,” she said matter how minimal or grand, is art, what is new, what is compel- product of her master’s thesis, nearby Wi-Fi, which adds a bit as leading advice. “It was only just going to become the thing that ling in these movements inter- which essentially is a complex of precision to the GPS latitude a couple of days ago that people occupies space in the public (consecting with technology and what app that takes metadata from a and longitude. The data can were putting viruses into police sciousness) that day,” she said. is problematic.

The hook in last night’s event was to explore that and much more, such as some of the assumptions that have emerged in the recent years and to think about what the intersection of technology and social change is, and in order to do that, Mason Gross has four well versed panelists to discuss.

Coco Fusco, an interdisciplinary artist and writer and a professor at the University of Florida, put on her “old lady reading glasses” as she addressed her most recent book about performances and politics in Cuba.

“The country has been forced into a series of economic reforms that have not been coupled with political liberalization,” she said.

“But the economic reform made it easier for Cuban citizens to get access to very low-tech media like cell phones with cameras.”

Fusco said the possession of cell phones was only recently legalized in Cuba in 2008, and Cuba has the lowest Internet connectivity rate in the Western hemisphere, but it is slowly and steadily increasing.

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CLUB

The club’s wide variety of weightlifters allows the club to become better, Lin said.

“There are people (here) that Wukitsch, Lin are working together on devising have never been in a gym before new ways of encouraging members to compete and some that have experience,” he said.

Elle Rubner, former club presCONTINUED FROM FRONT “We want (our) members to ac- ident and a School of Arts and tually compete,” Wukitsch said.

Sciences junior, said Lin and Wukitsch is responsible for Wukitsch have approached the his former gym, Pivotal Training, tracking and handling the club’s club well. to help fund the club.

“Rutgers has to approach the membership fees. He also over“We were brainstorming over gym with their message,” he said. sees merchandise sales, which the summer on how to make More funds for the club would mostly consist of T-shirt sales. (the) club better for (our) memHe has been with the club for bers,” she said. “There’s a lot allow for more competitive events to take place for their members, two years now, but this is his of people that want to compete Lin said. But he said Rutgers typi- first year as a board member. at nationals.” cally only provides the funds, when He credits the availability of the Accomplishing the goal of possible, to cover all or partial ex- club as a reason for choosing to competing at nationals and maygo to Rutgers. penses for club competitions. be at the world level, would be “My friend, who had been something that puts the club One of Lin’s main focuses has been the at“on the map,” tempt to get she said. in touch with Rubner was Olympic weighta previous “We want to provide a competitive but also chill lifter Vasiliy weightlifter atmosphere for the club.”

P o l o v n i k o v. and said she He would joined because ELLE RUBNER like to have she wanted Former Club President and a School of Arts and Sciences Junior Polovnikov to learn new attend one of techniques. their training “I was susessions beper into it cause he believes it would help with going here, told me about the in high school,” she said. “I club,” he said. “It (was) one of the didn’t know how to do Olympic promotion and recruitment.

“He’s a world-renowned weight- things (that) made me want to go weightlifting exercises.” to Rutgers.” lifter,” he said. “It’d be great.”

In September, Rubner particiWukitsch and Lin are work- pated in the Involvement Fair in The club opens it doors to anyone who is interested in serious ing on new ways of encouraging an effort to recruit members. weightlifting or simply anyone current and new members to “A lot of people signed up,” she who wants to workout. But the compete in a series of events, in- said. “There were 100-plus emails club does have other goals as it cluding nationals in the upcoming to sign up.” year, he said. moves forward.

All three agree that the club has “It’s something Aaron and I are been making progress, and they One of the main goals is to have members “actively participate” in working with the school to promote want to continue with recruitment. competitions, said Sean Wukitsch, and motivate members,” he said.

“We want to provide a competiclub treasurer and a Rutgers Busi- “We (want) to make sure our mem- tive but also chill atmosphere for bers are ready for competitions.” ness School sophomore. the club,” Rubner said.

CRIME NOV. 17 TRENTON — Matt Brecko, a man on the Mercer’s Most Wanted List, turned himself in to Ewing Police Tuesday afternoon. He has been on the list since Nov. 4 after he didn’t appear in Mercer County Superior Cour t in regard to a burglar y case, where a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest. The sherif f’s depar tment had more than a dozen confidential tips from the public in their ef for ts searching for Brecko. He was hiding in the woods and living on the streets while avoiding the police.

NOV. 17 NEWARK — Newark officers arrested Lamar K. Bond after the police depar tment received an anonymous tip of a man walking in the 100 block of Nor th Munn Avenue armed with a handgun. Upon arriving at the scene, of ficers found the 28-year-old in possession of a fully-loaded 38-caliber gun. In addition to the firearm, of ficials discovered Bond with 48 envelopes of heroin, 21 small ziplock bags of marijuana and dozens of pills.

NOV. 17 TOMS RIVER — A man from Brick Township impersonated a law enforcement officer.

Michael Vence, 41, stole more than $5,900 from three victims by using his disguise since the beginning of June. He was arrested on Oct. 8 after a man told Lakewood Police that he had $670

stolen from him by a man claiming to be a police officer. The other incidents occurred on June 13 and 27. Vence has now been issued an indictment for three counts of theft, three counts of impersonating an officer and one count of drug possession.

NOV. 17 JERSEY CITY — While being questioned about the murder of Davonte Carswell, Javonta Alston punched a police of ficer. Alston is being charged with aggravated assault after hitting the of ficer “in the chest area.” Three other men were also arrested for moving Carswell’s body after the incident, of ficially noted as tampering with evidence. No other arrests have been made in connection to the homicide, but the case as well as Alston’s charges are being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Of fice.

NOV. 17 MADISON — The League of Women Voters–Morristown area will host a discussion on sexual assault issues on campus. The panel will include Super vising Assistant Prosecutor Meg Rodriguez as well as many other school administrators from the local high school, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Drew University. The panel moderator will be Louise Murray, the league’s vice president.

The event is free and open to the public on 7:30 p.m. at the Madison Community House.

REFUGEES Take Ten Campaign raised more than $4,000 in cash, according to Facebook page CONTINUED FROM FRONT

said Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale of the Reformed Church of Highland Park.

The reason behind the walka-thon event follows the theme “we walk because they walk.”

Par ticipants star ted at the Reformed Church of Highland Park and walked a 2-mile loop through the area. There were pit-stops at houses of worship where par ticipants were encouraged to donate.

All proceeds from the event will go to creating a new Refugee Resettlement Coalition in central New Jersey. The group of congregations is working with the Of fice of Refugee Resettlement and its af filiate Church World Ser vice to identify families that can move into par ts of central New Jersey, Kaper-Dale said.

“We are hoping to encourage ever y town in New Jersey to take 10 families,” he said. “If we all work together we can assist many without the burden falling in any one place.”

But after Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) announced on Nov. 17 that New Jersey will no longer accept any refugees from Syria

A slew of politicians, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, announced this week that they would restrict the number of Syrian refugees who wanted to enter New Jersey. REUTERS in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris, this initiative will be even more dif ficult.

Kaper-Dale noted that refugees who are resettling are given minimal financial help, which is not enough for any real sustenance.

“Our funds can bring real financial stability for the months after government funding ends,” Kaper-Dale said. “It’s also impor tant to suppor t this to set the right tone for America at this time.”

Take Ten Campaign raised over $4,000 in cash donations,

according to the their Facebook page.

Kaper-Dale applauded the response of the local community, saying that the public has been “ver y suppor tive” so far in the congregations’ ef for ts.

This event also gave faith organizations the oppor tunity to set the American response to refugee influxes in the right direction.

“Hopefully presidential campaigns will pay attention to what we’re doing and pay attention to the graciousness of the American people,” he said.

“This will give our elected officials some ‘cover’ to be suppor tive in all settings when it comes to voting on legislation helpful to refugees, both in America and funding for ongoing suppor t of refugee camps in other places.”

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Sen. Peter Barnes III (D-N.J.) and New Jersey assemblywoman Nany J. Pinkin (D-Middlesex County) joined the par ticipants at the event, Kaper-Dale said.

This walk of solidarity comes at a critical time, in light of the terrorist attacks in Paris. One

of the suspects of the stadium attack allegedly sought refuge from Syria, prompting many politicians, including Gov. Christie, to call for restrictions on the number of Syrian refugees allowed in the countr y.

Xenophobic attitudes are baseless, and “fears of Syrians in par ticular, with some people thinking that refugees are ISIS members,” Kaper-Dale said. “We are hoping to proactively claim that America is a welcoming place. May other communities live into that embracing identity.”

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November 18, 2015

Student Peacemakers present proposal for administration SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ CORRESPONDENT

While no University student will be on campus by the time the Rutgers 2030 Master Plan is brought to fruition, some students still want to accomplish their own goals by then.

Student Peacemakers, a student organization on campus, held their first annual Rutgers Peace Summit Tuesday night at the Douglass Student Center, where it revealed a proposal of 10 globally-minded goals to improve the Rutgers community.

The group is working alongside other organizations including the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) and Students for Environmental Awareness.

The Peace Proposal was written by student-led organizations, and provides a voice for the student body. In attendance at the event was at least one representative for each goal, where they spoke about their plans with the student body.

The 10 goals listed on the proposal are having greater financial transparency, intelligent infrastructure, environmental sustainability, equitable education, gender equality,

healthier lifestyles, as well as combating stigma, ensuring safety, encouraging civic engagement and creating peace and inclusivity.

Lauren McGowan, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the organization was founded on the idea of peace and inclusivity last year. Student Peacemakers decided to combine the 2030 Strategic Plan with the United Nations Sustainable Develop-

“I think it was cool that people kept asking how to get more involved — even without us saying it, they want to continue it,” she said. “It shows there are issues that people don’t normally get to have that conversation about.”

The peace summit brought those students together, Walajahi said.

“It was like ‘let’s sit down and talk about something we don’t

Attendees were able to meet people from different organizations, she said. Many of the participants provided feedback as well.

Following the event, the organization opened up a forum on their website, studentpeacemakers.com, where students can give feedback on the event and proposal, as well as add and amend clauses.

“Ever yone has such differ-

“When people protest a lot of the time, they’re very good at saying what’s wrong. But we want to say how to fix it.”

AARON JASLOVE Treasurer of Rutgers Student Peacemakers

ment Goals this past summer, and drafted the proposal.

“This is just a work in progress,” said McGowan, president of Student Peacemakers. “We’re looking to finish this proposal by the end of this semester.”

Hina Walajahi, director of Events and a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she thought the event was successful because students had meaningful conversations and contributed to the proposal.

get from classes or our residence halls, even from our own organizations,’” she said.

She said she gained connections with students, who were able to give her new perspectives and resources.

“It gives you hope too,” she said. “We were wondering if anyone is even going to do this, but then when I met with groups and got to speak with students, I realized this is such a big thing.”

ent experiences and different educational backgrounds,” she said. “But there’s a lot to this we don’t know, like there could be a whole clause we forget, but we wouldn’t even know because we aren’t experts on it.”

After the final proposal is finished, it will be presented to administrators including Rutgers Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Felicia McGinty and University President Robert L. Barchi.

Student Peacemakers, held their first annual Rutgers Peace Summit Tuesday night at the Douglass Student Center, where it revealed a proposal of 10 globally-minded goals to improve the Rutgers community. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

HOSPITALS DiBitetto says ‘Derby Days’ is important because it attracts children, families with fundraising CONTINUED FROM FRONT

greatly help the charities and philanthropies it is put toward, Boyer said.

“The money goes to providing a wide range of resources and ser vices to the families and children that utilize Children Specialized Hospital. Ever ything from providing comfort zones for families in the hospital to providing for the expensive medical operations to buying experimental equipment that helps to rehabilitate patients,” Boyer said.

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) appreciate the donations raised by Derby Days more than it can put

into words, Colette Forcier, assistant director of CMN Hospitals said via email.

needs our services can be cared for, regardless of their ability to pay,” Forcier said.

Children in need now, more than ever, will be cared for, and that’s all thanks to events and organizations like Derby Days, Forcier said.

“Funds raised by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals support charity care, equipment ex-

spinal cord injury, premature birth, autism and life-changing illnesses,” Forcier said.

Sorority members that participated in Derby Days were able to take a tour of the Children Specialized Hospital, DiBitetto said.

“We were able to see how this money would be used, and it was an extremely touching experience. This money will be used

“Derby Days support allows us to (treat) over 30,000 children affected by various injuries and conditions, including brain injury, spinal cord injury, premature birth, autism and life-changing illnesses.”

COLETTE FORCIER Assistant Director of CMN Hospitals

“CMN Hospitals relies on ... participants of events like Derby Days to continue to provide the best care to the patients and families we treat. CMN Hospitals funds ensure every child who

pansion and outpatient services at Children’s Specialized Hospital ... Derby Days support allows us to (treat) over 30,000 children affected by various injuries and conditions, including brain injury,

to better these children’s treatment in many aspects. (There was) a certain physical therapy machine the hospital was able to afford because of fundraising efforts like ours,” DiBitetto said.

Their organization is a call to action for the students, after the “wave of student activism swept campus,” McGowan said.

“We’re providing structure to take the activism and make something come of it,” she said.

This proposal and its goals are something they want to achieve through this call to action while not necessarily protesting, said Aaron Jaslove, treasurer of the organization.

“A lot of times, (people) have protest movements where they’re yelling and ever yone’s just like ‘What exactly do they want?’” he said. “We have ver y specific goals, (the administration) cannot say they don’t know what we want.”

McGowan and Jaslove said they are working closely with other student organizations to perfect this proposal and make the goals a reality.

“Administrators want to hear specific goals we can actually achieve, and by working with student groups, we’re able to provide a more comprehensive goal,” McGowan said.

By collaborating with others, McGowan hopes the administration will take them more seriously after seeing the research done, as well as seeing that students are willing to take on the challenge of enforcing the goals at Rutgers.

These student groups will act as liaisons for each of these goals for Student Peacemakers, McGowan said. Each group had a representative at the event as well.

“Sometimes, different movements or student voices may give off the perception that we’re just blaming the University for things, which is not what we’re doing,” she said. “We’re saying ‘let’s work together with you.’”

Student Peacemakers will have their next event on Dec. 9 at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

It will be an interfaith discussion, but all students are invited.

“When people protest a lot of the time, they’re ver y good at saying what’s wrong,” Jaslove said. “But we want to say how to fix it.”

Though fundraising is the main goal of Derby Days, having fun and maintaining a sense of pride and community is important as well, DiBitetto said.

“Derby Days is important because it brings the community together ... It attracts children and the families of children who benefit from out fundraising. These children and their families love to watch us perform our dances — it brings them joy to see us dancing working together,” Boyer said.

Derby Days will also ser ve as a way for the members of Sigma Chi to develop leadership skills, which will be especially vital to life after college, Forcier said.

Although prospective participants and future audiences will have to wait a whole year for the next Derby Days, members of Sigma Chi and the other participating sororities have goals in mind.

“Next year we plan to raise another additional $80,000,” Boyer said.

November18, 2015

FOOD & DRINK

Don’t risk setting fires, buy your turkey

Instead of slaving over a hot oven this year, celebrate “Friendsgiving” on a budget by ordering from popular restaurants on Easton Avenue and sharing with loved ones in the spirit of Thanksgiving. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

JULIA TETERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As Thanksgiving makes its way into the fall semester, thoughts of home cooked meals and time away from long study sessions for finals fill the minds of the Rutgers Student Community.

For those of you that aren’t big on cooking and would like to celebrate this festive holiday with your dorm buddies or housemates, why not prepare your own five-course Thanksgiving meal from local New Brunswick restaurants?

This can be an af fordable and easy alternative to having your ver y own “friends-giving” on campus. Below are listed five popular and recommended eateries all located along Easton Avenue.

Each restaurant is paired with of you that would like to stay themed sandwich for your enan option to fill your five-course warm, try their Brunswick Stew trée. The sandwich is called Thanksgiving meal, giving a for just $5.75. This soup is quite The Turkey Melt and consists twist to some of your traditional different from your typical turkey of grilled turkey, lettuce, toand stuffing, but is just as inviting matoes, melted pepper jack Thanksgiving dinners. cheese,and ser ved on a pita Sticking with the theme of with a tomato based broth, corn, smoked chicken, and pork. with your choice of honey muswarm potato dishes, stop by the well-known restaurant and bar If you want to keep your meal tard or mayo. This grilled sandwich is only $5.75, Stuff Yer Face for giving a little flavor to some delicious pieroThis can be an affordable and easy your traditional roastgies to start your ed turkey entrée. five-course meal. alternative to having your very own Adding some pumpThis appetizer can be “friends-giving” on campus. kin to the fourth shared among your course of your New friends for just $7.71 Brunswick Thanksgivto eat in or take out.

These dumplings are filled with a bit lighter this restaurant also ing meal, give Thomas Sweet potato and sauerkraut, sautéed has a simple House Salad that a try, serving their seasonal, you can share with one of your homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream. with butter, onions and bacon.

This sweet and creamy dessert When we think of Brother Jim- friends for just $7.50.

One of the most affordable is offered in a single scoop for my’s BBQ, we don’t usually picture ordering a simple soup or sal- and tasty places in New Bruns- just $2.80 or a double scoop ad, but this casual dining area has wick is the popular Hansel for $3.74. If you have a sweet great options for both. For those N’Griddle, ser ving a turkey tooth, upgrade your scoop to a

Pumpkin Sundae for just $4.44.

This includes one wet topping, one dry topping, and homemade whipped cream.

To finish your eclectic holiday meal, bring all your friends to City Café on Easton Ave, a Tapas Restaurant and bar.

They have an array of different cocktails, beer, and wine with especially sweet Sangria that you can purchase in a pitcher to share. This drink is called Sangria De CCB, ser ved in a 20-ounce pitcher for just $8. It has an assortment of different liquors, Raspberr y Liquor, apples, and wine.

Send out a group text to all of your campus friends that your thankful for and take this route down Easton Ave. for a colorful, cheap, and delicious Thanksgiving five course

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We’re ‘in love with the cocoa,’ you should be too DANIELLE NAER

The tables were packed with busy students cramming for the second round of exams, Baby, it’s cold outside, and so I chose a picturesque table Hidden Grounds hasn’t missed outside. When my cup was fia beat of it. Ready as ever to fol- nally ready, I was delighted low up consumer cravings for with what I saw. A spherical, pumpkin spice with the chang- handcrafted mug was filled to ing seasons, the local hotspot the brim bubbling hot cocoa, for cof fee has just launched topped with fluf fy whipped their brand new, super sweet cream, chocolate swirls and ground-up candy cane bits. spin on hot chocolate.

I gleefully took the mug outYesterday, the Hub City community gathered to try the new side. As I took my seat and peppermint hot coco with sprinkled sipped away, my taste buds candy cane for the first time. The were just as pleased as my eyes beverage hasn’t been offered by the had been. The whipped cream was outcafé in past standingly years, but sweet, and their classic the delecta“Bonfire The whipped cream was Hot Chocoutstandingly sweet, and the ble peppertaste olate” domdelectable peppermint taste mint was almost inated the consumers’ was almost addicting, without a d d i c t i n g , without becravings earbeing all-consuming ing all-conlier during or overwhelming. s u m i n g the holiday or overseason. whelming.

The shop By the time itself greeted me with its bohemian, ear thy I reached the hot chocolate, ambiance that I always look for- my taste buds were already ward to. As I ordered my cup, I on a total joyride. The drink was unsure of exactly what to itself, without the succulent expect. Hidden Grounds always toppings, was super smooth adds extra finishing touches to with a per fect degree of ensure their products are both chocolaty richness.

As a rule of thumb, any winaesthetically appealing and flavor ful. My guilty pleasure is tr y drink for a little over five Dunkin Donuts’ mint hot choc- bucks is wor th a shot. I was olate, which they’ve per fected extremely impressed by the over years of production and new beverage. It’s a total mustmillions of cups sold. I was have, and might just become skeptical that a privately owned your seasonal staple. Stop over cof feehouse would be able to at Hidden Grounds on Easton craft such a per fect brew the Avenue ASAP to get your winter fix. first time around.

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e don’t expect to hear from University positioned herself as an administrator who cares President Robert L. Barchi. When stu- about her students and one who is able to match dents voice their concerns, when staff and their concern when it comes to issues of importance.

For their lack of transparency, the entire Rutfaculty point out systematic shortcomings and when athletic teams triumph or fail, the University president gers—New Brunswick administration is at fault.

It is clear that Barchi does a fair amount of behind consistently remains silent.

Yet Monday evening Barchi emailed the student body the scenes work associated with running the Univera six-paragraph statement on the attacks around the sity. But is he really so busy all the time that he can’t world — specifically in Paris — and the racial tensions meet with students or offer up the time to explain why at the University of Missouri and on college campuses the University is being run the way it is? He addresses around the nation — or at least one would assume. his job as University president and as a businessman The comments and statements that Barchi issues — a blessing and a curse. The amount of work that (rarely as he does) are always so politically correct goes into running three different campuses across and vague that it’s almost impossible to tell what the entire state, let alone five different campuses in exactly it is that he is referencing. For example, the one location is unfathomable. Yet issuing a carefully statement he issued in regards to the Black Lives crafted statement laden with ambiguous jargon and Matter protests held here on campus in December of capped with an ever “relevant” statistic time and time again, falls short of expectations.

2014 could very easily be applied Therefore if Barchi is quiet, to the Rutgers 250 student protests. It was a bland, cut-and-pasted “If Barchi is quiet, then then Chancellor Richard Edwards should be hollering, he needs to be paragraph that vaguely referenced Chancellor Edwards our Nancy Cantor. Edwards is suphis support for student activism. should be hollering.” posed to make himself available to Yet, the email concerning the students and advocate on our berecent terrorist attacks was helpful half. Town Hall meetings clearly because it let the entire University know that our students studying abroad are safe aren’t enough and white noise that intermittently trickand accounted for. However, this sudden display of les out of Winants Hall is unsatisfying. Is it that Barchi, concern is all too conveniently aligned with the ex- Edwards and the rest of the administration don’t care aggerated marketing scheme that is Rutgers 250, a about these issues or are they too afraid to alienate campaign that was given a plug at the end of the email. or upset a portion of the University population? The Alternatively, in an email sent to students at Rut- administration must learn to appease the students. gers—Newark, Chancellor Nancy Cantor excellent- We’re the ones here right now, paying tuition and feelly addresses all of the turmoil occurring at home ing the impact of each decision and every indecision.

Under President Barchi, Rutgers University has beand abroad. She exposes the truth in all its shame and glory. After referencing the Paris attacks, part come reactionary, not revolutionary. Members of the of the opening paragraph reads: “Our minds go administration are always so quick to defend themto other places — to Beirut and Kenya, to the chil- selves and the theory that presents Rutgers as this dren lost at sea seeking freedom, to the lives lost mammoth and unruly institution that constantly needs that so mattered in Ferguson and Baltimore and reigning in. The larger the institution, the more risks on, to the seemingly endless instances in our daily that should be taken. Yet the administration repeatedly lives, on our campuses — even ours — when differ- uses the size of the University as an excuse to promote ence cloaks bigotry or just ignorance.” This sense inaction. It is pitiful that at such a populous university of translucency is exactly what students want. Ref- like Rutgers, students expect so little from the adminerencing specific situations and concepts, Cantor istration that is supposed to advocate on their behalf.

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All Muslims forced to bear brunt of hate toward ISIS SONAM SAYS SONAM SHETH

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n Nov. 13, Paris was rocked by the worst terrorist attack in Europe in over a decade. Six nearly simultaneous attacks throughout the city left over 120 people dead and upwards of 300 wounded. The attacks, attributed to ISIL by President Francois Hollande, were carried out at popular tourist venues such as a concert hall, bars, restaurants and France’s national stadium, where a soccer game between France and Germany was taking place.

In the minutes and hours following the attacks, people all over the world came together to stand with France and to offer support to victims and their families.

Landmarks and monuments lit up with the colors of the French flag and leaders of all prominent nations gathered to condemn the attacks and pledge retaliation. It was a stunning global display of human resilience and unity, and its inclusion of people from all walks of life ensured that no one was left out.

That is, unless you were one of the 1.57 billion Muslims in the world or one of the 4.2 million Syrian refugees fleeing their homeland. If you fell into either one of those categories, the story was a little bit different. In what has become a disturbingly common theme, particularly in the United States’ far-right leaders (the Fox News

of government, if you will) are doing what they do best: taking the crimes of a few and generalizing them to vilify an entire group.

So it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that in the wake of this horrific tragedy, some conservative leaders are politicizing it — as well as the Syrian refugee crisis — to propagate a fresh wave of Islamophobia.

They are, as they’ve done so often before, using the actions of a fraction of radicalized terrorists to tar and feather an entire religion with the terrorism brand.

In fact, Republican presidential candidates

I know hypocrisy is the name of the game when it comes to these particular conservatives, but can we, for a moment, imagine what it would be like if we applied that methodology to other crimes of terror? For instance, what if we looked at the Ku Klux Klan, notorious for murdering thousands and a self-proclaimed “Christian organization” (in much the same way that ISIS claims to be a follower of Islam), and concluded that all Christian immigration into the U.S. must be stopped? Or upon examining that, most people who opened fire

“Terrorism is its own religion. Groups like ISIS and the KKK go against the very nature of the religions they claim to represent, because no religion preaches hate and senseless murder. At its core, every religious belief system advocates tolerance, humility and peaceful coexistence, even with those we disagree with.” like Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are going so far as to push for the United States to officially discriminate based on religion, by proposing that Syrian refugees — people seeking shelter from war and terror in their own country — only be let in if they are Christian. Republican governors are attempting to bar refugees from entering their states (a proposal which goes against the Constitution they claim to be staunch defenders of), and some radical conservatives like Ann Coulter have advocated stopping Muslim immigration into the country all together.

in schools, churches, malls and theaters happened to be white, what if we stopped white people from entering the country because they were all a perceived “threat” to American freedom? What if we treated all men like criminals and second-class citizens, because it just so happens that the majority of murderers are men?

Rightfully so, any of these suggestions would immediately be shot down as offensive and discriminatory. So what makes it okay to alienate and treat Muslims that way? What makes it permissible for the same people who are so quick to note that

the KKK isn’t representative of Christianity, to take the crimes of radical groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda and use them to slander all Muslims? Terrorism is its own religion.

Groups like ISIS and the KKK go against the very nature of the religions they claim to represent, because no religion preaches hate and senseless murder. At its core, every religious belief system advocates tolerance, humility and peaceful coexistence, even with those we disagree with. Conservative leaders and media personalities seem to be well aware of this when talking about terrorists claiming to be Christian, yet they seem to conveniently forget it when dealing with “radical Islam,” a name that’s ipso facto offensive, because of how little it actually has to do with Islam.

Terror attacks like the one in Paris are, for this reason, doubly dangerous: Not only do they take hundreds of innocent lives and strike fear into people who have done nothing to deserve it, but they also divert the conversation away from what really needs to be addressed.

At times of crisis, people look to their political leaders for a sober sense of clarity and direction. Yet, instead of talking about legitimate and sensible solutions to stopping terrorism, we’re instead embroiled in a conflict where those who see red Starbucks cups and the phrase “Happy Holidays” as religious persecution are the same people calling to destroy Islam.

Sonam Sheth is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in economics and statistics. Her column, “Sonam Says,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

Disrespect runs rampant with female country music artists ESSENTIALLY ESSEX DIANA ESSEX

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ountry music has always been my favorite genre, there’s a song and artist for every mood and feeling you might be having. I have a lot of family in the South and have spent a lot of time on farms during my equestrian career, so I pretty much grew up on country. Just this last summer I went on a road trip to Nashville, Tennessee, a place very close to my heart.

It was an eye-opening experience that made me love and appreciate country music that much more.

Country music is full of women. Many of the top country artists that hit the billboard top charts are women. But this does not mean that sexism does not exist in the genre. Just the other day I was on Facebook when an article with a headline about Carrie Underwood and sexism caught my eye. Intrigued, I looked more into the topic and was inspired to write about sexism in country music because it doesn’t get enough attention. Recently country music artist Sara Evans responded to a sexist

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radio executive who stated, “Country music would not be what it is without women.” The controversy started when radio consultant Keith Hill compared female vocalists in the genre to tomatoes. Apparently in his full comment, Hill compared country music to a salad. The men Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, and Keith Urban being the lettuce, and the female artists

seen it get harder and harder to get played on the radio almost to the point that we feel that we have no genre anymore. They just will not play women. It’s so ridiculous.” She also went on to say that now that Hill has brought it up, women and everyone else can officially address the problem.

After Carrie Underwood’s headline from Billboard, I discussed the controversy with

“The men Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, and Keith Urban being the lettuce, and the female artists being the tomatoes on the salad. Basically saying men are the foundation and women just sit there.” being the tomatoes on the salad. Basically saying men are the foundation and women just sit there. Hill also suggested that radio programmers feature less female artists on their stations if they want to keep their ratings. It is appalling that in this day and age after all the progress women have made that sexism to this measure still exists.

Sara Evan’s full response was brief, but she noted that she was glad Hill made his comment. “Because we women of country music have been talking about and dealing with this for the past five to seven years ... we have

my dad. I brought up a point that even though women have broken into country music, they only use their songs to discuss a few topics, like broken records, and this is another form of sexism in the genre. As much as I love them, songs by female country artists really are always about the same thing — break-ups, love or religion. Sara Evans spoke about the differences between her first songs and her current music. It was back in 1999, the year of big name artists such as Faith Hill, Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood. Evans’ single “A Little Bit

Stronger” was No. 1 on the charts for two weeks. Once her second single came out, her record company warned her how hard it was for female country artists to get on the radio. “Country music would not be what it is without women,” Evans said. “If you’re not going to play women, you’re going to have to call it another genre or split it up and give females somewhere else to release music.”

Martina McBride also responded to Hill’s comment on her Facebook page saying, “Wow ... just wow do you not like to hear other women singing about what you are going through as women? I’m really curious. Because to me, country music is about relating.”

The question to be answered here is why?

Why are males in the record label industry so against having women on their labels and on the radio? There is no good reason, because simply stating that you “don’t like it,” doesn’t do anything. There’s no logic behind such a statement. This clear bias is so confusing and unnecessary, but if there is a real, logical reason as to why women are frowned upon in country music, I’d like to know.

Diana Essex is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in Women’s and Gender Studies. Her column, “Essentially Essex,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (11/18/15). Accomplish the seemingly impossible through collaboration and teamwork this year. Money flows with disciplined attention. A new springtime passion takes over your previous plans. Balance with meditation and exercise. Push community action to a new level this autumn, and it gets extra fun. Focus on love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries ( March 21-April 19) -Today is an 8 -- A group project gains forward momentum with Neptune direct. Strange powers of attraction are at work in your life. Stay focused. A hidden danger could arise. Keep cutting financial obligations. Choose what’s best for family.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- For the next seven months, career decisions gel and your work flows forward. It’s easier to increase your authority now that Neptune’s direct. Huddle with your partner before making decisions. Clean up the house. It pays off.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Adventures beckon.

A barrier to travel is dissolving now that Neptune’s direct. Don’t let that interfere with the responsibilities you already have, though. Try something new. Odd circumstances lead to a meaningful reunion.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re sitting on a gold mine. Confusion clears, with Neptune direct, and it’s easier to make money. You could make a silly mistake. Don’t be talked out of what you want or miss an opportunity.

Follow your heart.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Work together to realize a dream.

Go for aesthetic as well as structural soundness. With Neptune direct now, partnerships strengthen and grow. Collaborate on goals set in the past. Share resources in a fair and transparent way.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Put your talent to work. It’s getting easier to tell fact from fantasy, with Neptune direct.

Difficult projects seem to magically come together. Don’t buy gifts for loved ones yet. Meditate on your desired result.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Romantic fantasies become more achievable now that Neptune’s direct. It’s easier to express your heart. Miracles seem abundant. Creativity becomes second nature. Take it slow and avoid missteps. Let a poet speak for you.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Conditions at home are improving steadily. Your household comfort level increases with Neptune direct. Add creative touches that functionally beautify. Share lovely gatherings with friends and family without breaking the bank.

Savor tantalizing cuisine.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- What you’ve been taught starts to make sense. With Neptune direct, abstract subjects come easier now. You’re beginning to understand the machinery. Communications grow in importance and effectiveness.

Clear clutter to free space. Find joy in creative activities.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- With Neptune direct now, it’s easier to collect on promises and increase your financial strength. A nebulous source of income actually pays. Two heads are better than one.

Support each other. Watch where you’re going to avoid accidents.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Gain clarity about personal goals, with Neptune direct now, and things coalesce to make them happen. You’re gaining wisdom. A fantasy is becoming more possible. Strike out in a new direction. Get tools and supplies together.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Your fantasies get more tangible and achievable.

With Neptune direct now, you can realize a dream. Love the people you are with. Look to them for valuable insight and motivation.

Relax and keep it positive.

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SKID Knights haven’t taken set off since 4-set loss to Maryland on Oct. 24 CONTINUED FROM BACK The eighth-year head coach also said the team would work on of fensive schemes and defensive schemes, but that the week was mainly focused on what can be taken advantage of at Purdue.

For Wednesday night’s matchup to be any kind of a competition, Rutgers will need to find itself on of fense.

Despite the strength the Knights have at the pin positions in Lauren Cloyd and sophomore outside hitter Meme Fletcher, neither has been able to get through an opposing defense as of late. The duo combined for just 12 kills at No. 22 Illinois.

With a dominant pair of 6-foot-4 talents in senior outside hitter Annie Drews and sophomore middle blocker Danielle Cuttino, the Boilermakers’ front row does not promise to be a penetrable one for Rutgers.

Drews will likely devastate the Knights on of fense, just as she has been doing to teams

all season. Drews currently ranks 31st in the nation in kills per set.

Strangely enough, Werneke seemed to be calling for Drews, one of Purdue’s best players to take her best shot at Rutgers, in a pick-your-poison situation the team faces going against a Boilermaker team with so many offensive weapons.

“I think we got to force their outsides to beat us,” Werneke said. “But we got to play well, they’re a well-balanced team.

On any night, one position on their side can carr y them.”

The Knights have a key advantage that they were the lacking last time they saw Purdue in a match in which they fell to the then-No. 18 team in the countr y in West Lafayette, Indiana.

The return of junior middle blocker Mikaela Matthews has been key for Rutgers late in the season.

She was instrumental in the team’s first ever Big Ten win against Mar yland. In what was her first game back from injur y, Matthews registered seven kills and six blocks, shining for the

Head coach CJ Werneke will look to force No. 15 Purdue to beat his team with its outside hitting.

He believes any position could carry the Boilermakers to a win. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2015 Knights when they needed her the most.

Right now, Rutgers may need her even more than they did at that night against Maryland, to stand strong on a defense that opposing Big Ten teams have had a field day hitting against.

Matthews, who missed many of Rutgers more meaningful games because of injury, is trying to make the most out of the games she has left in the 2015 season.

“We go out there with nothing to lose at this point,” Matthews said. “We kind of just

play with ever ything we have, and just tr y and take as many sets and games of f of teams and really … spoil their season.”

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TRANSFER Deshawn Freeman has tallied 30 points, 11 rebounds in first 3 halves at Rutgers CONTINUED FROM BACK no looks, bounce passes,” Sanders said. “He played point guard before. He mentioned that he played point guard before and you can definitely see that. I love having that extra vision out there because on my cuts, he can get me and on people’s cuts, he can get them.”

That style of play has been second nature to Freeman ever since he started watching basketball.

Growing up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, he grew up on the Washington Wizards and their star point guard in three-time NBA AllStar Gilbert Arenas.

While his eyes were glued to the television set watching Arenas dish out dimes on a nightly basis, Freeman also looked up to the man behind the team’s success in Jordan.

The D.C. native coached the Wizards for five years from 2003 to 2008, setting up for an interesting meeting when Jordan first met with Freeman and tried to recruit the No. 16 junior college prospect to Piscataway, according to 247sports.com.

“He was at the Washington Wizards — like, my favorite team

— and I knew him as the coach then when he was back with the Wizards. So that’s another thing that kind of brought me here,” Freeman said. “When I came here on the visit, we made a good bond and laughed about the times he was with the Wizards.”

Now at Rutgers, Freeman has flashed promise in his first two appearances.

But the coach he grew up watching still sees loads of potential waiting in the junior’s game.

“Good passer, he’s got a great demeanor on the floor, he loves to defend, got a great feel for the game at both ends,” Jordan said. “(Freeman has) a jump shot that we haven’t seen much of yet, but will sort of come about as we play more.”

Time will tell how soon his game takes off.

But for now, Freeman’s focus centers on the grind and grit necessary to lift the program in any capacity.

“Just hopefully us getting wins and knowing that I’m gonna play hard every game (is the goal),” Freeman said. “That’s it. It’s that simple.”

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Now the head coach at Rutgers, Eddie Jordan spent five years with the Washington Wizards.

Deshawn Freeman saw that as a plus when Jordan began to recruit him out of Hutchinson Community College. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

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November 18, 2015 WRESTLING

SWIMMING & DIVING

Grappler enters starting lineup ERIC MULLIN STAFF WRITER

Entering the season, the Rutgers wrestling team had lost just one grappler from the previous year’s starting lineup. But even though graduating senior Anthony Visicaro was the Scarlet Knights’ only non-returning starter, there was a fair amount of change to the starting lineup.

For instance, Anthony Perrotti, in his final season of eligibility, moved up one weight class to fill the void left by Visicaro at 165 pounds. Junior college transfer Richie Lewis then took over Perrotti’s former spot at 157 pounds.

Also, blue-chip prospect Anthony Giraldo took control of the 133-pound spot in the lineup after redshirting his first season at Rutgers.

Of all the in-house shuffling that took place in the Knights’ starting lineup, no move may have been more surprising than the change that was made at the 149-pound weight class.

Senior Ken Theobold, who was coming off a 24-9 season and a second consecutive qualification at the NCAA Championships, was left out of the lineup and subsequently redshirted.

Replacing Theobold in the starting lineup would be redshirt sophomore Tyson Dippery.

Dippery wrestled at 141 pounds in his first season at Rutgers and compiled a 24-14 record on his way to a sixth-place finish at the EIWA Championships.

Although Dippery had put together a strong overall performance in his freshman season, his status at that spot in the lineup for the future was unclear with four-time New Jersey State Champion Anthony Ashnault coming off redshirt. Ashnault claimed the starting spot in the lineup at 141 pounds, while Dippery was redshirted.

Going through a redshirt season isn’t always the easiest thing

for a wrestler. Ideally, they prefer to be competing in the team’s matches. But taking a redshirt season does provide the opportunity to improve without forfeiting a year of eligibility.

For Dippery, the redshirt year worked out two-fold. Not only did he have the chance to improve his skills, but it also allowed him to attempt to wrestle up at a more comfortable and stronger 149 pounds halfway through the season.

Wrestling unattached in seven tournament-style events, the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, native went 26-6 overall and had four top-three finishes throughout the entire season. Wrestling out the final two events of the season at 149 pounds, Dipper y showed that moving up in

“I don’t feel like I wrestled my bet this weekend ... Just got to get back to work and keep working hard.”

TYSON DIPPERY Sophomore Wrestler

weight was the right decision by going 10-3 and finishing in the top six in both events.

After just half of a redshirt season wrestling at 149 pounds, Dippery was able to crack the starting lineup for the No. 18 team in the country coming into 2015-16.

Looking back, he now credits his redshirt season as a big reason for where he is now.

“It was real important,” Dippery said. “Just to improve on the areas that I needed to work on and just get as much mat time as I could.”

Giraldo, one of Dippery’s fellow redshirts from last season, saw firsthand the midseason change in weight that Dippery made. While it certainly isn’t the

easiest thing to do, Giraldo was impressed with how he handled the transition.

“He made a good transition,” Giraldo said. “It’s tough going up in weight, but I think he did it really well … I think he’s been making a lot of improvements just like I have and we’re both on the road to success.”

Even though he’s in the starting lineup, Dipper y is aware that there are still improvements to be made.

He has had an up-and-down start to the season, currently standing with a 4-2 record. This past weekend at the Northeast Duals, Dippery lost his first two matches of the day, but finished out with a pin fall victory just 30 seconds into his match against Northern Iowa.

Consistency is something that Dipper y is tr ying to work on in the beginning stages of the season.

“I don’t feel like I wrestled my best this weekend,” Dippery said.

“I lost a 1-0 match that I felt like I really should’ve won. I ended the day with a pin so it was good to end on top. Just got to get back to work and keep working hard.”

Head coach Scott Goodale can see the light at the end of the tunnel for Dippery, but currently sees a grappler that is still adjusting to a new weight.

“Right now, he’s figuring out a new weight,” Goodale said. “He’s certainly capable. We just gotta get stronger, we gotta wreslter harder, we gotta wrestler at a higher pace. The pace isn’t good, we’re hanging on and we gotta get better. His strength is on top and he’s not turning people, so it’s closer matches. That’s something we need to go back to the drawing board … to be critical, let’s get better on top and if we’re gonna rifle, we gotta turn him.”

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Sophomore wrestler Tyson Dippery took advantage of his redshirt season last year to bulk up to 149 pounds, a weight class where he earned a starting spot. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2015

Head coach Petra Martin has high hopes for sophomore diver Addison Walkowiak as Rutgers eyes to seed athletes for NCAAs. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

Diver aims high in sophomore season EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

In its previous outing on Nov. 6 and 7, the Rutgers swimming and diving team picked up victories against former Big East opponents Georgetown and Seton Hall.

Meanwhile, the Scarlet Knights nearly earned a win against perennial Big East powerhouse Villanova in the same quad meet.

The team’s will to win was evident entering the competition while keeping in mind that the main focus is the Big Ten Championship at the conclusion of the season.

“Our big focus in on the end of the season,” said head coach Petra Martin. “That’s what we are catering everything toward to so, we want to win, but we’re not gonna change what we are doing from day to day in order to do that.”

Sophomore diver Addison Walkowiak had a tremendous outing in the quad meet at the Rutgers Aquatic Center on Busch campus.

She won both the 1-meter and 3-meter dive events for the Knights.

Walkowiak’s score of 348.55 on the 3-meter dive set a new school record.

The Ballston Spa, New York, native nearly broke her own 1-meter dive record as well, falling a little over three points short with a score of 303.25. Walkowiak currently holds the program record of 306.90 for the 1-meter dive event, which she set last year as a freshman.

Walkowiak efforts earned her Big Ten Diver of the Week honors on Nov. 11. The award marks Walkowiak’s fifth weekly honor from the Big Ten Conference. She was also honored four times by the ECAC in her freshman season on the Banks.

Walkowiak said she feels the same level of satisfaction winning her most recent distinction from the Big Ten as the awards she has previously earned.

“Yeah, if not even more because last year, I was just getting freshman of the year, so I was only competing within the freshman class,” Walkowiak said. “But now, I’m Diver of the Week ... I’m competing with all of the divers of all classes, so it’s really great.”

After battling back from injuries, Walkowiak has witnessed her hard work pay off as she and her fellow swimmers and divers are off to a fast start to the year.

“It’s extremely rewarding,” Walkowiak said. “I’ve had a few injuries and so I’ve just tried to ween my way back into it and it feels really great because I’ve worked so hard to get to this point.”

Walkowiak said that sometimes her frustration creeped into her mind, especially during practice when she was fighting her ailments.

“It’s really extremely difficult,” she said. “Sometimes I get really frustrated at practice and yeah I don’t think it’s gonna be the same but within a couple of days, I’m usually back to where I was.”

Not surprisingly, Walkowiak’s favorite event to compete in is the one she broke the school record in during her last meet, the 3-meter dive event.

“My favorite event is definitely 3-meter,” Walkowiak said. “I think that I’m just more consistent on that and I’ve perfected my dives better on three meter that I have on any other board.”

Aside from working on her dives during practice sessions at the Rutgers Aquatic Center, Walkowiak works on numerous other aspects along with the rest of her team.

“Well, in the beginning of the practice, we do like a 30-minute warmup, which includes an active stretch,” Walkowiak said. “We do jogging to get our muscles warm, we do abs and ab workouts and we also go to lift two days a week so just to like strengthen our muscles and other than that, it’s just diving.”

Being from Ballston Spy — which is just a little more than three hours away from Piscataway by car — Walkowiak’s family makes the trip to see her compete often. The Walkowiaks will be trekking to Rutgers this weekend for the first time this season.

“Yeah, last year they came to almost all my meets, which was really great,” Walkowiak said. “I was so happy, I love seeing them.

This year, they haven’t come yet, but I think they’re gonna come this weekend and I’m so excited to see them and have them supporting me.”

Walkowiak already has a firm grasp on numerous school records and has quite a few awards to display and she is not even through her sophomore season yet.

Even after enjoying so much success, Walkowiak has a few more goals she has set her sights on for this season.

“Yeah definitely,” she said.

“There’s always more goals. For diving-wise, I wanna try and either final at Big Tens or, you know, score points for the team and I also want to try and make NCAA’s again. It’s gonna be harder this year, but that’s a big goal for me.”

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November 18, 2015

KNIGHT NOTEBOOK LAVIANO CONTINUES TO RUN FOR HIS LIFE, DRIVE STARTS HAMPER PROGRESS, FLOOD PREPS FOR FAMILAR FOE

Pass protection continues to plague Rutgers offense KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Quarterback Chris Laviano has had a forgettable four-game stretch for the Rutgers football team.

Against Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska, the sophomore signal-caller has been on the run more than the James Gang.

Laviano has been sacked 15 times over that span, stifling any semblance of rhythm for the Scarlet Knights in either the passing or running game.

With just two games left in a nightmare season for the Knights (3-7, 1-6), the corrections need to come quickly if Rutgers wants to rescue any positivity from the rocky road traveled in the 2015 campaign.

For senior left tackle Keith Lumpkin, there’s no need to mince words.

“We have to do a better job protecting Chris (Laviano),” Lumpkin said. “It’s detail, you know. We just gotta work harder in practice and get things corrected. It’s just a mixture of things that we gotta fix. That’s really it.”

As guardian of Laviano’s blind side, Lumpkin assumes immense responsibility on the offensive line.

He insists that each game is a learning experience — if not for him, than for the guys who will fill the roles on next year’s roster.

“It’s life, you know. Sometimes you go through your ups and downs, you go through your stages in life,” the senior said.

“So, it’s just something you can learn from. The younger guys can learn from it, and when it’s their time they can put the destiny in their hands.”

Lumpkin has started 36 consecutive games at left tackle and right guard Chris Muller has started just one fewer at his position. But Muller’s streak may end this week, as junior center Derrick Nelson is listed as questionable on the injury report released by head coach Kyle Flood on Monday.

As always with Muller, there’s no need to sugarcoat the failure to protect the passer. The buck stops with No. 70 in Scarlet and White.

“We’ve just been poor,” Muller said. “We just haven’t been fundamentally sound, just too many mental errors, and that falls a lot on my shoulders, being one of the older guys on the offensive line.” *** Laviano and his offense, along with the members on the defensive side of the ball, haven’t exactly been put in the best position to succeed as of late.

Field position has been a major cause for concern on both sides of the ball. And the impact of the starting position, for the offense in particular, was never more evident than last week in the 31-14 loss to the Cornhuskers.

The Knights average starting position on offense against Nebraska was the 29-yard line, but that number is skewed by two interceptions on defense that set the offense up at the Huskers’ six- and 35-yard line respectively. The poor starting spots make it difficult to put points up on the board.

But for Flood, the drive start is indicative of the ability to flip field position on both sides of the ball.

“The way you flip field position obviously on offense is you put some first downs together,” Flood said. “And the way you flip field position on defense is when you get a chance to pin them back there, you keep em’ pinned back there.

We had some opportunities to do both (versus Nebraska) and we didn’t get it done.”

Gause points to the third phase of football to shoulder the burden of dictating field position.

“Special teams are critical in that aspect,” he said. “With punts and kickoffs — trying to make sure we keep inside the 20. I believe it starts there and I feel like we’ve done a good job this season, but we have our ups and downs.” *** As if the team didn’t have enough problems to attack, this week the trip to the Hudson Valley has Flood setting up a preemptive soft landing for his squad.

Rutgers will be asked to wrangle Army’s triple-option offense that has ripped opponents in the

running game to the tune of 253.3 yard per contest, ranking ninth in the nation in rushing offense. On the Week 12 Big Ten Coach’s Teleconference, Flood was quick to point out the troublesome task of preparing for such an offense in a short span of time.

“This week we have a great challenge, going to West Point (to) try to defend the triple-option with really only a week to prepare, and this late in the season is a little bit unique for us,” the fourth-year head coach said.

Fortunately for Flood, there is some familiarity with this particular offense. The Knights faced Navy last season, and the head coach of the Black Knights is a disciple of Paul Johnson.

On top of that, Flood has faced Army head coach Jeff Monken a few times before.

“I’ve coached against Coach Monken on a few different occasions — three different schools for him and three different schools for me. So I’m pretty wellversed in terms of how they play.”

Senior strongside linebacker Quentin Gause is hunting for a 100-tackle season. He should get several chances up at Army.

MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

Gause said the only way to contain this week’s opponent on the ground is to remain dialed in throughout the contest. He feels lapses in focus could cause further headaches for a team mired in a four-game losing streak. “(Army is) locked in on what they do,” Gause said. “They have the most rushing yards in the

country I believe — I think Navy is probably first, but you gotta be disciplined in doing your details, because if you don’t you might get cut-blocked or something. So you gotta lock in and stay focused.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s life, you know. Sometimes you go through your ups and downs, you go through your stages in life,” — Senior left tackle Keith Lumpkin

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VOLLEYBALL NO. 15 PURDUE-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

Rutgers looks to end 7-game losing skid JOE BRAUNER STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers volleyball team returns home this week after a disappointing match last Saturday against Illinois, now at the mercy of a seven-game losing streak that the Scarlet Knights (4-24, 1-15) seem unable to stop.

In order for Rutgers to keep its losing streak from progressing to eight, the Knights will have to dig deep and come up with a special per formance on Wednesday night against Purdue (20-7, 11-5).

At this point in the season, that kind of per formance seems to be out of the reach of a team that has not won a set since their road trip to College Park, Mar yland, almost a month ago.

“I mean, it’s obviously tough, you know, it’s hard to lose so many games in the season,” said junior right side Lauren Cloyd.

“We’re just really tr ying to just stay confident, stay positive and just work hard ever y day in the gym … and kind of just play with nothing to lose.”

The last time that the Knights and Boilermakers met, Purdue took all three sets with ease. The closest Rutgers came to a set win at Purdue was a 25-22 loss in set two.

Despite the odds once again being stacked against them, with all hopes of a playof f ber th on hold until next season, the Knights tr y to prepare for this game like any other, aimed at an upset win against the Boilermakers.

At practice on Monday, head coach CJ Werneke was all set for the days of preparation for Purdue.

“We’ll watch film on what we did and what was successful against them last time and try to replicate that,” Werneke said.

Junior middle blocker Micaela Matthews has been a key player for Rutgers since returning from injury. With her team’s playoff hopes gone, she hopes to continue to compete and try to spoil other team’s seasons. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2015

SEE SKID ON PAGE 13

MEN’S BASKETBALL 4-STAR RECRUIT DESHAWN FREEMAN LED RUTGERS WITH 17 POINTS AGAINST HOWARD

Junior college transfer brings balance GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

When Eddie Jordan and his coaching staff first set eyes on Deshawn Freeman, they knew.

“I just saw a First Team All-American Junior College at 6-foot-7 and a half,” Jordan said. “We wanted him.”

Soon enough, they got him.

Earlier in the year on April 27, Freeman took to Twitter to announce his commitment to the Rutgers men’s basketball team.

In a 2015 recruiting class featuring an ESPN Top 100 recruit in four-star point guard Corey Sanders, Freeman’s name tends to get lost in the mix.

Despite the low-key presence bestowed in his cool, calm and collected attitude, Freeman could end up as a key piece in the Scarlet Knights’ pro-

gression from the 10-22 season just a year ago that featured a 15-game losing streak — the second-longest in program history.

“It’s something new. All of it is just something new to me,” Freeman said of coming to Rutgers.

“Going to another JUCO school where it’s basically like a high school and playing there ... (Rutgers will) be something different for me to go somewhere and play somewhere big.”

It’s only been two games against minor competition, but Freeman appears to be settling in just fine on the bigger stage.

After sitting the first half of the season opener for violating team rules, he came off the bench strong for Rutgers in the 72-59 win over Rutgers—Newark at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Knights struggled in the first half against a Division III cupcake in the Raiders, knotted in a 33-33 tie at halftime.

But Freeman’s provided a spark when he made his debut in the second half with 13 points and four rebounds off the bench as Rutgers pulled away.

He took the next step in game two.

With Sanders making his debut, Freeman came off the bench for 17 points and seven rebounds to boost the Knights in their 82-70 triumph past Howard at the RAC. Perhaps no one benefited from Freeman’s presence on the floor more than Sanders. The freshman dropped 15 points and passed out five assists in his debut, feeding off of Freeman’s versatility as a facilitator and a scorer in the midrange. “(Freeman) can score the ball and he’s a great passer. He can really pass the ball — SEE TRANSFER ON PAGE 13

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MEME FLETCHER,

sophomore outside hitter, currently ranks fourth in the Big Ten Conference in kills per set, registering 3.69 per stanza.

The Knights hope she continues her strong season against No. 15 Purdue tonight at the College Avenue Gymnasium.

Through his first two games, forward Deshawn Freeman has shown promise.

EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

VOLLEYBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S SOCCER

vs. Purdue

vs. St. Johns

vs. St. Johns

vs. LIU Brooklyn

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., RAC

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field

Tonight, 7 p.m., Tomorrow, 7 p.m., College Ave. Gym. Jamaica, N.Y.