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U. animal advocates speak for campus pets CHRISTINE LEE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After following a cute Corgi on Instagram for months, you have the urge to get yourself a pet, but you wonder if a college campus is a suitable place for a furry friend.

“I know that students often want to adopt an animal when they are at college ... I would stress that having an animal is like having a child and only students who feel they are ready to take on the responsibility should adopt,” said Lindsay Goldblatt, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, and an administrator of Rutgers United for the Welfare of Animals (RUWA).

RUWA was founded with the goal of helping animals in need. The majority of these animals are currently in shelters and some live on the Rutgers campus.

Dozens of animals are left behind in dorms or in off-campus housing locations because students are unable to take them home, according to RUWA. The group wants to create a “Rutgers Safe Haven” where people can drop off unwanted animals anonymously to be fed and housed.

“RUWA’s mission is very broad, we try to help multiple animal causes that need our attention at that specific time,” Goldblatt said.

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Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi spoke at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus on the evening of Nov. 19 for a town hall hosted by the Rutgers University Student Assembly.

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Rutgers president answers student concerns during RUSA town hall ALEXANDRA DEMATOS STAFF WRITER

Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi discussed not only the college’s accomplishments at last night’s Rutgers University Student Assembly meeting, but also touched upon social issues like the school’s funding.

Last night, Barchi participated in a public forum held by RUSA at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus in

Although many students adopt pets every school year, dozens of animals are abandoned in the warmer months as students move out and are unable to care for them any longer. JULIAN PEREZ

RACHEL APPLETON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In the face of recent global events, New Jersey residents are taking a closer look at what it means to be a part of a community.

A handful of doctoral students from the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) are pressing for students, faculty and staff to give back to their local community directly during this holiday season.

Two doctoral students — Darcey Searles and Sarah Barriage from the School of Communication and Information — are participating in the “Adopt-a-Family” campaign created

by Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH).

RAH is an initiative that addresses the issues of hunger across the state of New Jersey by increasing

awareness of food insecurity, encouraging activism and providing immediate relief to those in need by hosting food drives, according to RAH’s website.

The Doctoral Students Association (DSA) at the School of Communication and Information began its partnership with RAH in 2014.

As the acting secretary of the DSA in 2014, Searles found it important to invest in the community by making charitable contributions to the New Brunswick area.

“The DSA wanted to increase our involvement in service activities benefiting the local community and beyond. The Adopt-a-Family program offered the perfect opportunity for us,” Barriage said.

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addressing social issues as number one on his list of issues Rutgers’ faces. The answer to this is the formation of the Committee of Enslaved and Disenfranchised People.

There were a couple of students who asked Barchi questions concerning this issue.

“Will the formation of the Committee of Enslaved and Disenfranchised People result in an apology to the Lenape Tribe? Will there be a SEE CONCERNS ON PAGE 4

Students take time to appreciate maintenance, custodial staff NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

Doctoral students give back to local community

order to directly address the questions of students.

“We are in a very challenged place as a University,” Barchi said.

“It’s not because there’s some disaster, but because we’re trying to move from a long time status quo.

We’re on an upward trajectory, but it’s an upward slope.”

When the University was founded, indigenous people were displaced from their homes, and the economy of the time was based on enslaved people, he said when

About 1,600 employees work for University Facilities and Capital Planning (UFCP), taking care of more than 1,000 buildings spread across the different campuses at Rutgers, but few receive recognition for their work.

Residents rarely thank the custodian and maintenance staff who keep halls clean and functional, said Vladimir Carrasco, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. So along with representatives from other residence halls, he planned “Staff Appreciation Day” for students to recognize the work involved and open

a dialogue between them and staff members.

“Essentially it’s a general day to show appreciation, and each hall government is doing it differently,” he said.

The Lynton Towers and Quad 1 on Livingston campus are both hosting SEE STAFF ON PAGE 5

Vladimir Carrasco, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, planned “Staff Appreciation Day” for students to recognize the work involved and open a dialogue between them and the staff members that maintain facilities on campus. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

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Rutgers researcher helps analyze Indonesian forest fires HAOLUN XU CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After publishing a paper on shorebirds and working in Costa Rican forests, Erin Vogel, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, got the experience she needed to begin studying capuchin monkeys in the wild.

Vogel began studying diet and behavior in capuchin monkeys in graduate school at Stony Brook University in ecology and evolution.

“All of my research has revolved around diet and understanding what cues primates use to detect food and select the diets they do. I look at how nutrition influences these decisions and how this influences health,” Vogel said.

In 2004, while working on her postdoctoral degree, Vogel travelled to Indonesia. While there, she worked with Rutgers, the University of Zurich and Universitas Nasional Jakarta on nutritional ecology and physiology. She eventually became co-director of the project, the Tuanan Orangutan Research Project.

Vogel’s team usually works from a distance as they obser ve the behavior of the apes, getting as close as 10 meters from the orangutans. The orangutans sleep in nests that they build a few meters to 20 meters off the ground. Ever y morning, the researchers collect the orangutans’ urine.

The orangutans have an interesting relationship with the local villages, Vogel said.

Shauhin Alavi and Alysse Moldawer, doctoral students in the Department of Anthropology, both had extensive interactions with the villagers about the orangutans.

“The flanged males, with the facial discs, have what we may call personalities. They never

Erin Vogel, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the co-director of the Tunuan Orangutan Research Project, began studying the diet and behavior of capuchin monkeys in graduate school at Stony Brook University in ecology and evolution.

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tr y to hurt us, but some of them do get aggressive. They’ll tr y to push trees over on you as a display,” Vogel said.

Vogel is working with several non-governmental organizations and the local forestr y department to discuss recent fires in Indonesia. She has been researching alternative ways that local villagers can find income, without burning the forest for agriculture.

There is also a fire patrol team turning into a logging patrol team at her field site. Their work is all in the name of promoting conser vation.

“There are different kinds of agriculture that are sustainable.

There are fisheries that are pretty important (and) rubber trees.

Some areas have been growing mushrooms because they go for a lot of money in markets (in) Indonesia,” Vogel said.

Most families own their own plots of land in the form of family plots for agriculture operations like rubber or fruit trees.

“Land ownership, however, is ver y complicated in Indonesia and beyond my understanding as it is not ver y clear how people have become owners of the land they claim ... The forest we work in belongs to the government but is managed by the local forestr y department and the Borneo Orangutan Sur vival Foundation,” Vogel said.

The team works there with the permission of local village chiefs. The research team has

to take precautions to bridge the cultural and linguistic barriers.

The team is mindful of respecting and understanding the culture of the local people, Vogel said.

“Most of our local assistants and students who come in from Jakarta are Muslim, although some are Christian. We have to respect and behave in a way that is respectful and considerate, like how we dress or women and men interacting in appropriate relationships. All these different factors we usually don’t think about in the (U.S.),” Vogel said.

Because of El Nino, a weather phenomenon, the dr y season has been longer and even drier this year in Indonesia. Those seasonal changes lead to less

Vogel developed an interest in orangutans after she traveled to Indonesia. While there, she worked with Rutgers, the University of Zurich and Universitas Nasional Jakarta on nutritional ecology and physiology. BRAYDEN DONNOLLY

water in the surface of the forest. To counteract this shortage, firefighters have to look elsewhere for water to combat the fires, such as in rivers or drilling 30 feet to reach the ground water and pumping water out.

The recent fires in Indonesia are a result of small scale slashand-burn, as well as large-scale palm oil companies, Vogel said.

Several of the large fires were slash-and-burn fires started by palm oil companies, Indonesia’s leading export.

“Palm is used in ever ything.

I challenge you to go to the supermarket and find products that don’t include palm oil. Most processed foods have palm oil,” Vogel said.

This is a main part of the Indonesian economy, and there’s a push now in legislation to prevent new permits for palm oil plantations. If there are orangutans in the forest, it’s illegal.

That doesn’t stop locals and companies from finding loopholes. Some locals shoot the orangutans down so that they technically are not there.

A huge problem is how the laws are enforced. There is a lack of funding for enforcement and jailing of criminals committing these crimes against the environment. In fact, there are no police in the area of the research camp.

“If humans don’t change our behavior, there can be a trajector y to occur that could lead to extinction of orangutans within the next centur y,” Vogel said.

Orangutans are endangered.

The population in Sumatra between 4,000 and 6,000 and in Borneo the population is 50,000 to 60,000.

“In the last few decades the rate of decline has been pretty strong. In Sumatra there has been a 50 percent reduction in the whole population,” Vogel said.

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CONCERNS Entry into Big Ten has shown benefits for Rutgers, but school is still in transition period, Barchi says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Native American Culture Center?” said Monica Torres, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

The committee was created in order to address the problems that have been pointed out by students in the audience, and students are encouraged to interact with the members, Barchi said.

“In terms of an intercultural center, this is an area where I have some specific feelings in how it should be done,” Barchi said. “I think it does not work when people are isolated and move themselves away from the rest of the community ... It is possible to have a multi-cultural facility that shares common space.”

University Chancellor Richard L. Edwards plays a role in the formation of the Committee.

“The committees will be chaired by Deborah White, a distinguished professor in history,” Edwards said. “Members will include a representative from Camden and Newark. They’re going to look at our history and focus on that piece of native land and slave holding forbearers of the University, and come up with recommendations as to how we can recognize and memorialize that history.”

The members of the Committee are expected to be named by the Monday or Tuesday following Thanksgiving, he said.

“This is our 250th anniversary, we have been doing a lot of planning for that,” Barchi said. “Not many universities can go back 250 years before the birth of a nation and say that’s where we’ve started. That’s both a blessing and a curse, and something we need to be thinking about.”

The University will also be addressing the challenges that the community is currently facing, and including the University Physical Master Plan that aims to address these issues, he said.

For the first time in history, the University’s endowment

surpassed the billion dollar mark. This was possible through working with the governor and the legislator to support construction and get money raised through fundraising, he said.

Rutgers entering the Big Ten and the introduction of the new Honors College are other accomplishments new to the University, he said.

Students also had questions concerning Rutgers entering the Big Ten. Evan Covello, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, wanted to know if Rutgers’ transition into the Big Ten was considered successful overall.

The transition into the Big Ten has had its high and low points, but the University has seen many benefits from being in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Barchi said. The University can get countless books at once, and students can take courses from other Big Ten schools and apply them at Rutgers.

“Football players will also need four to five or six years to transition because the level of competition is entirely different,” he said. “Anyone that thinks we’re suddenly going to go into the Big Ten and knock off Ohio State I want to say is smoking something.”

Since joining the Big Ten, the number of applicants from the midwest went up 18 percent, and the international student applications went up 40 percent, he said. The Master Plan will help to accommodate the increasing number of students and faculty.

The Master Plan is a transformation and rebuilding of the infrastructure that has not been done for about 20 years, he said.

“We need to see what we’ve accomplished in the last few years, and what the challenges are facing us in the community right now,” Barchi said. “There’s a lot of little things under the surface that have to be discussed before we can make progress.”

Two doctoral students Darcey Searles and Sarah Barriage from School of Communication and Information, are participating in the “Adopt-a-Family” campaign created by Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH). COURTESY OF RACHEL APPLETON

COMMUNITY As president of SORAH, Adley works to collaborate with RAH to spread knowledge about hunger CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Donating is easy, she said. On the third floor of the SC&I building, there are two large boxes covered in Post-it notes. On the Post-it notes, one can find items requested by families in need.

Requested items include food, clothing and toys for the holidays.

The DSA asks that all items be purchased and returned back to the box at the SC&I building by Dec. 7 so the volunteers at RAH can deliver the goods to families on time.

Similar to the Adopt-A-Family initiative project with the DSA, the Students-Organized Rutgers Against Hunger (SORAH) is also trying to give back to the community.

SORAH is a club and an extension of RAH filled with students who want to spread hunger

awareness and make a difference in the local neighborhood.

“Hunger is a silent issue. We don’t see it like we see war and

“Getting involved and taking a moment to understand people will help the world become a better place.”

CHRIS DOYLE Rutgers Business School Sophomore and SORAH Secretary

violence,” said Marina Adley, president of SORAH and a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

If one walks down the street and sees someone, he or she won’t be

able to tell if they can’t afford to buy lunch, Adley said. People can never know what goes on behind closed doors.

As the president of SORAH, Adley collaborates with RAH to spread knowledge about hunger awareness and how to give back.

SORAH club members volunteer at New Brunswick-based soup kitchen Elijah’s Promise to put together bagged lunches for those in need and help out at community food banks.

Community service is an important and necessary duty for society, said Chris Doyle, SORAH secretary and a Rutgers Business School sophomore.

“If you do well unto others, others will do well unto you,” Doyle said. “Volunteering is about making a difference in peoples lives.

Isn’t that what life is about?”

This year, the DSA is helping two families from New Brunswick and hopes that Rutgers students take the initiative to help in any way they can, Searles said.

“It’s important for members of the Rutgers community to be reminded that there are many people in the nearby area that are having a difficult time financially,” Searles said.

Adley believes that as a society, we need to be aware of the situations of others.

The holiday season is a time many people look forward to, Barriage said.

“For underprivileged families, the holidays are just another time to struggle to put food on the table, let alone buying toys and gifts,” Searles said. “(Adopt-a-Family) allows us to make those lives a little bit brighter.”

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CRIME NOV. 19 LINDEN — Wilson Rolando Villa-Tenemaza, 33, of Newark, was arrested early Tuesday morning when a police officer caught him tr ying to steal cooking oil from a restaurant, Capt.

James Sarnicki said. Villa-Tenemaza was sitting in a white van behind Bella Gina’s Italian Deli and Catering around 1 a.m. The officer found a hose, a pair of orange work gloves and a pump connected to a used cooking oil container in the back of the van, Sarnicki said.

NOV. 19 NEWARK — Dashawn Gibson, 25, pleaded guilty to a reckless manslaughter charge after fatally shooting another man on a city street last year.

Gibson entered the plea in connection with the killing of Altariq Davis, 28, of Newark, at about 8:30 p.m. on the 200th block of the South Sixth Street on March 20, 2014.

NOV. 19 MORRISTOWN — Nicole McDonough, 32, of Mount Olive, was charged with having intercourse with a student and “improperly fraternizing” with two others in 2014. Her attorney requested the charges be dropped as ever y student was at the age of majority. Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor refused to drop the charges and ruled the prosecution can move for ward with an official misconduct charge.

NOV. 19 FREEHOLD — James Fair, 27, and Gregor y Jean-Baptiste, 26, both of Asbur y Park, pleaded not guilty to killing Jonelle Melton, 33, a Red Bank schoolteacher, found beaten to death by her husband in 2009. A third suspect, Ebeneezer Byrd, 35, will appear in court on Friday. Along with murder, the three men are charged with armed robber y and several other charges.

PETS Companion Animal Club was founded in 2011 by Nora Nealon, club finds homes for stray kittens CONTINUED FROM FRONT

The feral cat population on the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses is out of control right now, Goldblatt said.

RUWA fundraises for other groups that help vaccinate, medicate and provide food and shelter for cats that cannot be adopted.

“Another really big contribution that our group takes ver y seriously is volunteering,” Goldblatt said. “Shelters and volunteer organizations are always in constant need for volunteers that can help to clean, feed and simply provide love for a shelter animal that doesn’t have a forever home yet.”

RUWA also advocates for shelter pets and finds them foster homes.

There is never enough that the group can do to improve rights for animals, Goldblatt said. As long as people continue to turn a blind eye to humanity’s cruelties, Goldblatt believes animals are always going to suf fer.

RUWA is not the only animal organization on campus finding homes for stray animals.

The Companion Animal Club, founded in 2011 by Nora Nealon, has helped find homes for stray kittens in the past. The Companion Animal Club hopes to educate students interested in learning more about companion animals.

“We wanted to create a space where students can come learn about pets, while also positively impacting the community,” said Arsen Mayisoglu, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior and president of the Companion Animal Club.

This semester the Companion Animal Club has shifted their focus to working with service dogs, Mayisoglu said.

The club currently has more than 100 members and five service dogs around campus.

“It is amazing seeing the Rutgers community come together to partake in something proactive and selfless whether it be training and raising service dogs, or fostering kittens to health and finding them homes,” Mayisoglu said. “We hope our impact echoes through the future generations of Scarlet Knights long after graduation.”

Goldblatt said she has learned many lessons, but foremost she has learned that not ever y animal can be saved.

“The mission isn’t to end animal cruelty, because unfortunately that’s not feasible.

However, if you can help one animal at a time, you are truly making a difference,” Goldblatt said. “Often times it becomes over whelming and you feel like you’re not doing enough. One animal at a time — and for that single animal, you have changed their entire world and that’s what you have to remember.”

STAFF

Students thank a staff member verbally and with a handshake as part of the day, she said in an email.

Another concern Carrasco’s Residence Hall Association events coincide with group had was with reported National Staff Appreciation Day, Gravatt says staff layoffs, he said. While they have nothing to do with Staff Appreciation Day, it is a concern CONTINUED FROM FRONT they thought about while planhelp make a cleaner building.

Broken bathroom stall doors, ning the day.

While there have been budget events on the morning of Nov. 20, fruit flies in the halls and bottles and others may be held in the Bish- remaining in sinks are some of the cuts, the cuts did not impact cusop Quad on College Avenue campus issues reported from the Quads, todial staff members, Gravatt said.

“The entire University budget and Katzenbach Hall on Douglass Cheng said. These concerns were campus, he said. The different build- voiced during the RHA general as- has been cut across all departments fairly,” she said. “We have not laid ings will each hold their own events. sembly meeting.

“We had issues where things any Maintenance Operations off The Livingston Quad will have a (but) we have panel where reallocated staff students can “Our goal is to foster a better relationship ... we feel appropriately.” discuss any like we need to create a better relationship between the No building on issues they have with staff students, the hall government and the staff first before campus has a set number of staff members, he we do anything.” members who said. At the take care of it, same time, WILLIAM CHENG and the number staff memSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student and Residence Hall Association (RHA) of people who bers would be representative work in a buildable to make ing can change requests to weren’t getting fixed fast enough,” for several reasons, including the the students to ease their jobs.

“We hope to be able to establish Carrasco said. “We don’t want to season, she said.

A buildings’ needs are another a form of discourse so we’re able to create a conflict so we’ll show apvoice our issues, and they can also preciation instead of demanding factor in determining how many say what they want from us,” he said. things ... and think of a resolution staff members will be assigned to it at a particular time, she said.

Instead of a panel, the Towers to the problem.”

As members of the hall govThese problems originally inwould hold a breakfast event on Friday morning, said William Cheng, spired the idea of holding an event, ernment, Carrasco said it was a School of Arts and Sciences first- he said. Students reached out to their job to ensure students were happy, including coordinating year student and Residence Hall staff members to plan the event.

“Our goal is to foster a better discussions like these with staff Association (RHA) representative.

The resident assistants on each relationship ... we feel like we need members who may normally not floor are encouraged to create cards to create a better relationship be- interact with residents.

“We’re the Residence Hall Astween the students, the hall govand banners to give to the staff.

“We thought they were doing ernment and the staff first before sociation, we’re supposed to take care of the issues that happen in an awesome job,” he said. “During we do anything,” Cheng said.

The RHA events coincide with our (buildings) and make sure the the first two weeks the bathrooms were horrendous but then the staff National Staff Appreciation Day, students feel where we live is not said Dianne Gravatt, assistant vice a dorm but a residence hall,” he came and cleaned it up.”

This differs from what the Quads president of Operations at UFCP. said. “It’s not just a place where you saw, Carrasco said. Students in the Her department oversees mainte- come to sleep, but a place where you grow as a person.”

Quads hope to start a dialogue to nance and custodial staff.

BRACELET BOND Members of the Rutgers University Programming Association craft bracelets on the afternoon of Nov. 19 at the Busch Student Center for a jewelry-designing event. BRANDON YOUNIE

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November 20, 2015

Celebrating 60 years of Eagleton at U. MARILIA WYATT

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t has been 60 years since Florence Eagleton, a civic-minded philanthropist, provided the resources that established the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. Eagleton’s mission is to explore “state and national politics through research, education and public service, linking the study of politics with its day-to-day practice.”

I am a proud Eagleton Institute alumna. My Eagleton Undergraduate Associate seminars were one of best courses that I completed at Rutgers. Every class discussion truly educated all of us by broadening our understanding of complex social and political problems. These discussions nourished our ambition to advocate for positive social change. It challenged each of us to work hard and to have personal responsibility to grow individually, while vigorously fighting to improve the quality of life and access to opportunity for all people near and far.

At Eagleton, students were provided a creative environment in which we were all free to speak our minds and engage in meaningful conversations led by brilliant professors and distinguished guest speakers. Class members’ ideologies, opinions and proposed solutions clashed and contrasted in fiercely robust debate, but we were all unified by our common purpose to create solutions to the challenging problems that threaten our American democracy.

Importantly, exposing students to the responsibility and rewards of civic engagement is vital to preser ve the American way of life. America becomes a better place to live, work and raise a family when citizens are informed and engaged. Eagleton has mastered the process of transforming interested students into fully engaged citizens.

Eagleton alumni are significantly involved in their communities in state and the federal government. This is because Eagleton equips its students with the necessar y tools and the requisite passion needed to serve effectively, responsibly and to transform the world around them for the better.

As an Eagleton alumna, I celebrate the program’s effectiveness in providing students with a challenging education that prepared so many of us to be civically engaged, and to raise awareness to policy issues.

I hope that all students leave Rutgers with a little piece of the Eagleton Mission in their hearts and minds — to focus on community improvement, depth of character, personal success, civic engagement and career advancement. I encourage all men and women to make a positive impact, to be civically responsible and passionate about making America a better place to live and work, and to continue to be competitive in the global economy.

Finally, as we are considering the presidential election, let’s embrace Eagleton’s anniversar y year theme, “Make It Better” — a call to action for all of us to better understand how the U.S. political system works, how it changes and how we can “Make It Better.”

Marilia Wyatt is a School of Arts and Sciences alumna and the founder of Protect Privacy Collective.

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EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW: Laurels and Darts RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH

#STOPRACISM2K15

Rutgers University is one of the nation’s top 30 research universities. Whether you are working toward an undergraduate degree or a graduate degree, as a student at the University, you have the ability to participate in a wide range of world-class projects with leading professionals. We laurel the University for increasing its research funding for the 2015-2016 academic system by more than $100 million, making this year’s funding $612.5 million.

From Missouri to Connecticut, major protests erupted on college campuses across the United States. Students are highlighting the unaddressed racial tensions that foster an inimical environment for the educational development of minority students. We dart the issues of race within our own University — from the lack of faculty of color to the underfunded Department of Africana Studies.

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION

EDUCATION AND ISLAM

Even if you are a well-qualified applicant, you still might not get the job. According to a study conducted by Rutgers University and Syracuse University, discrimination against people with disabilities were concentrated among the most experienced applicants. The study shows the magnitude of the bias was mostly seen in small firms that aren’t covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. We dart the gaps in the Americans with Disabilities Act that do not rectify prejudice in hiring within small firms.

Since the events that struck cities like Paris and Beirut, misconstrued ideas about Islam continue to circulate and reinforce hate. At the Rutgers Visitor Center on the Busch campus, 17 Muslim leaders, including representatives from mosques and Muslim organizations across the state, gathered to condemn terrorist attacks. We laurel this event for clarifying the fact that terrorism is incongruent with the values and traditions of the Islamic faith.

FDA FINANCING

NO COMPASSION FOR CHRISTIE

The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) recently awarded Rutgers’ Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) with $4.9 million in grants. We laurel the Engineering Research Center, the world’s largest academic industrial research ef fort for pharmaceutical manufacturing, for its work in speeding up pill creation

After escaping a civil war and crossing turbulent waves of the Mediterranean Sea, Syrians must now face judgments from people like Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.).

Some 12 million Syrians have been forced from their homes, half of them children. We dart the lack of compassion from leaders like Christie who refuse to allow refugees into the country, including “orphans under the age of 5.”

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Predicament within philosophy is gender inequality WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL JONATHAN FINNERTY

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his past Wednesday, I attended a discussion about being a woman in philosophy, presented by the Department of Philosophy here on campus. While making my way to the fifth floor of the Gateway Transit Building, I tried to gather some sense on what exactly the problem was with gender inequality, and more importantly, how to be an ally. A short ring and a few steps later, I was seated in a room of at least 15 people, most of whom were female graduate philosophy students, others were mostly female undergraduate students and the rest were faculty. I am pleased to be part of a University where gender inequality is not entirely prevalent, but still some of the issues presented were not ones expected in the year 2015, on a modern campus, in the Northeast no less!

Some key points of induction included the problem of the loud, unruly male classmates who always raise their hands and speak over others, failure of certain faculty in multiple disciplines to accommodate women in class discussion and even worse, the failure to respect what female students have to say, sometimes even praising male students for a similar response without even acknowledging the previous.

Immediately, I figured out what the problem was, or at least what created such nonsense in academia. The courageous 19th-century suffragette, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, once wrote in a letter to Susan B. Anthony, “Woman’s degradation is in man’s idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.” She would go on to blend her religiosity and social activism to help ensure that the idea of equality was never forgotten.

The problem, you see, are people like myself.

Being exceptionally outspoken, with a stentorian voice that could make any classroom

culpable as the scum who forward and support ideas of inequality and hatred. The real problems in philosophy are not whether justified true belief equals knowledge, nor the dichotomy of freewill and determinism. The real problems are men and the society related as such.

Now, challenge yourself to name the first female philosopher. Immediately I thought of the well-renowned Hypatia of Alexandria, alive during the fourth century CE. Stop, have you caught my mistake? How can I believe that in 3,000 years of philosophy that Hypatia was the first? Rather, she was the first recorded female philosopher, probably because it has always

“Silence on any given injustice, I’ve come to find, makes one just as culpable as the scum who forward and support ideas of inequality and hatred.” ring with despair (usually about irrelevant topics, such a buffoon I am). I, a white, privileged male with desires to be in philosophy and the social ability to speak out, have never used my privilege for such a worthy cause. I, you see, am part of the problem — or at least I was part of the problem or so I’d like to think. “À raconter ses maux, souvent on les soulage,” goes the old French proverb, and perhaps such is the case. Silence on any given injustice, I’ve come to find, makes one just as

been men writing the accounts. In fact, the two main accounts for Hypatia come from men, the perhaps pagan or Novatian Socrates Scholasticus and the overly zealous John of Nikiu.

(Did I mention that Hypatia was murdered by an angry Christian mob of men?) Could one even claim to have an unbiased perspective on Hypatia without phallic intrusion? History of course, has happened in such a way that none can reclaim the past, but only synthesize old prejudices with a modern sense of reflection

to help shape the future we wish to see. I for one want a future where anyone can be in academia and consider philosophy, or any discipline for that matter, without fear of gender or race discrimination or subjection. How can one search for truth in the world when one cannot recognize truth in equality, in matters moral?

Now, an idealist I am, and so I have been told, but surely this cause is no “l’appel du vide.” In what ways can allies of gender equality further the overall aims of ensuring equality? First of all, and something I ought to consider more often, simply shut up and allow those experiencing inequality to speak, and then one ought to listen, and really listen! A problem cannot be solved if it never fully understood. Second, defend your fellow classmates and anyone for that matter, from instances of neglect and injustice.

I believe the latter can go without saying, but I’ve said it regardless. Defend your principles and interests, be the change you want to see.

This article is by no means conclusive nor will it be my final attempt at a topic I care deeply about, but hopefully this will allow one to recognize a serious issue at hand. If change is progressive and equality is something worth fighting for, then we as a community ought to stand with each other and ensure the quality education and experience we all want.

Jonathan Finnerty is a School of Arts Sciences junior majoring in classics and philosophy. His column, “Waxing Philosophical,” runs on alternate Friday’s.

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Silence is golden on Thanksgiving Day JANINE PUHAK STAFF WRITER

Ahh, Thanksgiving dinner. You haven’t seen such a delicious bounty of properly cooked food since you kissed your loved ones goodbye and returned to campus at the beginning of the semester, but don’t think you will be chowing down so fast. The only level of anticipation surpassing your broke, collegian hunger is that of your doting relatives.

Sort of a cross between an incredibly nosey first date and FBI background check, their questions are sure to flow more easily than the whiskey from the not-so-secret flask your weird uncle always pockets for the holiday season. It’s wise to arrive at the table prepared.

As you dazzle the clan with your maturity and intelligence, you will practically be cheering for your own quick wit. As certain as the turkey and pumpkin pie, here are our top five predictions for what your elders will be chatting you up about, leveled with whip-smart responses to stay in everyone’s good graces until the next round of festivities. Let’s give

thanks for spending time with the ones we love, and an unsupervised liquor cabinet.

FIRST QUESTION

What have you been up to lately?

Wishful answer: Just tutoring at-risk first-year students in Expos, training for a marathon and volunteering at the local soup kitchen.

Realistic answer: Now that classes are getting more tedious, I’ve channeled my love for schoolwork into the new kitten that my housemate adopted.

Best answer: Everything is awesome! A lot of studying and my friends are great. Can’t believe it’s already Thanksgiving again.

SECOND QUESTION

Judging from your Facebook photos, you seem to be having quite a good time. Are you staying out of trouble?

Wishful answer: Striking a perfect balance between work and play. I’m glad to report that my social life has never been more under control.

Realistic answer: Beyond nursing a headache from falling during my

keg stand and accidentally buying slices of pizza for the entire pizza shop last Friday, I am possibly still intoxicated from last night’s bar crawl.

I am most definitely too afraid to check my Snapchat story. Oh no, no.

I think my ex just texted me.

Best answer: Trouble? Me? Never.

THIRD QUESTION

How are classes going?

Wishful answer: Just as manageable as they are intellectually stimulating. I’m so glad to be learning such fascinating real world skills that will directly apply to my future profession.

Realistic answer: I survive solely on Red Bull and Adderall. Please don’t tell my parents, but I’m about to change my major. It’s not about the journey, it’s about the destination. C’s get degrees, right?

Best answer: Great! I am learning so much this semester.

FOURTH QUESTION

Are you dating anyone special?

Wishful answer: There’s a few people in the picture. I met this really nice Calvin Klein model in class who

Dodge those annoying questions from your relatives and come prepared with answers. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR keeps buying me Hansel, but I don’t know if I’m feeling it. Kind of clingy.

Realistic answer: There’s a few people in the picture, but the one I really like I’m pretty sure has his or her own few people in the picture.

Best answer: There’s a few people in the picture, yeah.

FIFTH QUESTION

So, what exactly are you going to do with your major after graduation?

Wishful answer: Granny, no one told you? I’ve been accepted early to Har vard Law School and Johns Hopkins Medical School, but Goldman Sachs keeps calling. We will see what happens.

Realistic answer: Tomorrow is the day I begin internship applications.

Best answer: Are any of your cool friends hiring?

November 20, 2015

Pearls Before Swine

DIVERSIONS Stephan Pastis

Horoscopes

Page 9 Nancy Black

Today’s Birthday (11/20/15). Friends empower your game farther and faster this year. Keep momentum and money flows with ease. Stash some aside. Fun and romance sparkle this springtime, interrupting your peace.

Community efforts build steam next autumn, impacting your home life.

Play together for your heart. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Over The Hedge

Non Sequitur

Lio

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Wiley

Mark Tatulli

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Long distance communications improve for about three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, so expand your territory.

Travel beckons, but could get complicated. You could struggle today, with Venus square Pluto. Take the shortest route. Charm someone.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Saving money comes easier, with Mercury in Sagittarius.

For about three weeks, set long-range financial targets. Keep track. Don’t overlook family obligations. Don’t spend it all on a romantic whim. Love may seem far away. Nurture yourself.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Rely on your team. Over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, the competition’s extraordinarily fierce. Support each other and work together. Get expert coaching and listen carefully. Ignore petty grievances and pull together.

Place above expectations.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Create and discover efficiencies. It’s easier to figure out professional solutions for the next few weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius.

Your work gets more interesting. Organize your home office for comfort.

Iron out wrinkles in written material.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Share your passion for the game. It’s easier to express your love for the next few weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius. You’re especially persuasive, and lucky with words. Talk about beauty, truth and goodness.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Fix up your place. Over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, focus on household renovation. Talk over options with housemates and move things around. Resolve an issue that’s been bugging you. Communication unlocks doors.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Begin a three-week intensive study phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Your curiosity intensifies. Write reports and investigate assumptions. Consider ethics and consequences before acting. Guard against duplication of efforts. A potentially great idea needs work.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Money flows both in and out over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Sagittarius, so take care. The more you do, the more you’re in demand. Keep fulfilling a vision, and your confidence inspires productivity. Give thanks.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — For the next three weeks, with Mercury in your sign, you have the mental advantage. Ask probing questions and discover. Listen to improve your skills and talents. Strengthen your communications infrastructure. Allow yourself some poetic license.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Learn from your dreams.

Enter a three-week philosophical and spiritual phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Ancient secrets get revealed.

A female offers a solution. Listening is more powerful than speaking. Focus on nurturing health. Contemplate beauty.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Competition or romance?

Enjoy a three-week social phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Group activities go well. Confer with others and discover hidden truths. Show appreciation for the work of your friends.

You have what others want.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Professional opportunities abound. Begin a three-week testing phase, with Mercury in Sagittarius. Let others know what you want. Communication impacts your career directly. A rise in status is possible. You’re already connected. Go ahead and ask.

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DEFEAT Knights pay price for slow start both halves in 69-62 home-opening loss to St. John’s CONTINUED FROM BACK Stringer pointed to the team’s starts to both halves as crucial to determining the outcome of the home opener.

“Look at the first three minutes of the Seton Hall game, look at the first three minutes of this game.

Everybody knows that at the beginning of the game, you gotta establish who you are in the first five minutes,” Stringer said. “It’s the first five minutes in the second half that’s most important because if you can establish that, then you are in rhythm and you have established who you are defensively or offensively. We didn’t do that. And why, I’m not sure.”

Scaife certainly did all she could to lift the Knights in front of 2,226 fans in attendance at the RAC. The junior guard scored a team-high 23 points on 7-17 shooting from the field to go with six rebounds and four assists. But Scaife failed to get the support from her teammates on the offensive end.

As a team, Rutgers shot 37.7 percent from the field and putting the leading scorer’s shooting aside, the rest of the roster hit just 15-of-42 attempts from the floor in this contest.

Scaife attributed her success to aggressiveness toward the basket,

giving the Little Rock, Arkansas, native more opportunities at the charity stripe, where she shot a perfect 9-for-9.

“I was trying to get to the free throw line more today,” Scaife said.

“I had a sense of urgency to get to the free throw line so I feel like that was more my groove. The other games I think I got to the free throw line like one time.”

After scoring 30 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in her homecoming in Philadelphia at St. Joseph’s to open the season, senior wing Kahleah Copper has struggled to get into a groove offensively since.

Copper dropped 17 points at the Hall in game two, but didn’t register her first points until nearly 15 minutes into the game.

The home opener was not much different.

Copper first got on the board with 7:48 remaining in the second quarter, but failed to find her shot the rest of the game. She finished with 11 points and six rebounds on an uncharacteristic 4-of-13 from the field.

“If I’m not hitting shots, I have to find other things to do,” Copper said. “I have to get to the rebounds.

If I feel like I’m not hitting shots I can do other things. I can play

FINISH Knights defeat Blackbirds in penalty kicks after 1-1 deadlock at end of 110 minutes CONTINUED FROM BACK Jason Wright header from pointblank range from ending the contest.

Prior to overtime, the Knights offensive woes were prevalent.

Trailing since the 32nd minute, Rutgers struggled to take advantage of the strong display it had in the second half. The Knights forced Keys into five saves off of 15 shots in the second half alone, but it seemed their season was destined to come to a close.

Until an unlikely hero saved the day for the home side.

Sophomore midfielder Ahmad Faheem scored his first career goal

in the 76th minute to equalize the game for Rutgers.

The goal began with a cross from freshman midfielder Sheldon McKoy. Wright flicked the cross to Faheem and the Flower Mound, Texas, native slid the shot past LIU goalkeeper Logan Keys.

While he was happy to play a decisive role in such an important game, the midfielder believes he was just at the right place at the right time.

“It was a surreal moment. I really put in a lot of work and Coach finally gave me my opportunity and I’m glad I could repay the team,” Faheem said. “I’m really

defense, I can get rebounds. So I think I have to focus on doing something different … having a plan B.” Remarkably, neither Rutgers nor the visiting Red Storm scored any points in the paint in a 40-minute af fair. But that nugget will do nothing to comfor t the Knights head coach, who was left scratching her head after the second consecutive lackluster per formance.

“We’re playing — not in a flow — but we’re playing like

we’re scared,” Stringer said.

“Instead of trusting that we can make the next pass and let it flow.

Surprisingly enough, if that was happening during practice, we’d have something to say, but it’s not happening in practice, it’s happening in a game. That’s why I’m stunned like ‘What the heck?

And that’s all I can say.”

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just a cog in the system, anyone could’ve scored the goal.”

The goal relieved the frustration for the Knights that was mounting with every missed opportunity. The conditions on the field was a big reason why the 15th best scoring offense in the nation took so long to open the scoring.

Yurcak Field resembled a slipand-slide more than a soccer pitch.

Rutgers battled against the elements after they put the Knights in a deficit.

The first goal of the contest came directly as a result of the conditions on the field. Rutgers was defending against the wind with its defensive half filled with a number of puddles of water due to the strong rainstorm falling in Piscataway.

A backpass intended for Greczek was stopped halfway to the goal, stuck in a puddle a few meters outside of the penalty area. Simen

Sophomore midfielder Ahmad Faheem clears the ball in Rutgers 3-2 NCAA Tournament first round penalty shootout win against LIU Brooklyn at Yurcak Field on Thursday. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

Hestnes, a freshman midfielder from Oslo, Norway, beat both senior center backs Mitch Lurie and Drew Morgan to the ball and rifled it into the bottom left corner of the goal past Greczek to open the scoring.

“The conditions were poor for sure. Everyone saw on the first goal, it was evident,” Greczek said. “A pass back stops in the puddle and they get their chance and they executed.”

The conditions on the pitch didn’t allow for either team to get into any rhythm in attack, every passing sequence being broken up by a pool of water or because the ball glided past the intended receiver after skipping on the grass.

Knowing they can’t control the weather, the coaching staff told their players how to play the hand they were dealt.

“You can get yourself in trouble by keeping it on the ground (in those conditions) so we told them ‘try to play balls in the air as much as possible,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “It’s not the way we coach, it’s not the way we want to play, but quite honestly, in these conditions, you gotta do what you gotta do.”

Despite the heavy rain and strong winds, Rutgers survived and advanced in the tournament.

But getting the win to guarantee a meeting with fourth-seeded Akron Sunday was the only thing that mattered to Greczek, as he stood on the sideline after the game squeezing the water out of his gloves, soaking in the win.

“Yeah, the conditions were poor, but we managed. It was the same thing for them and same thing for us,” the Second Team All-Big Ten selection said. “At the end of the day, we got the win and that’s all I care about.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.

LOSS Knights lose game they led by 16 with 14:52 remaining in second half of contest CONTINUED FROM BACK “That don’t mean nothing if we ain’t winning the game,” Daniels said of his career-high effort. “At the end of the day, we gotta win.

That’s our main focus.”

Days after posting a team-high 34 minutes with 15 points and five assists in his promising debut against Howard on Sunday, Corey Sanders regressed with obvious growing pains in his second time out on the floor for Rutgers.

The freshman guard pitched in four assists, but struggled to produce for the Knights on the scoring end with just five points on 2-of-8 shooting from the field.

What made matters worse was his 1-of-6 mark from the free throw line, setting the tone for a fundamental area of the game where Rutgers shot itself in the foot, shooting 5-of-14 from the charity stripe.

The Red Storm (3-0) were in the bonus late, but the Knights were unable to cash in from 15 feet away.

Perhaps the most crucial miss came on D.J. Foreman’s miss on the one-and-one opportunity with 22.8 seconds remaining in the game.

The sophomore forward could have tied it back up for Rutgers as it trailed by two at 61-59, but his clank off the back iron was the exclamation mark in an area of the game that came back to haunt his team as St. John’s completed its comeback.

Outside of the struggles from the free throw line, the Knights struggled to maintain high-percentage shots in the second half.

Rutgers attacked the rim for 20 points in the paint over the course of the first half before relying on forced shots from further away down the stretch.

“I feel like that was a key part to the game,” Foreman said of getting to the rim. “We relied on jump shots, a lot of passing around instead of attacking gaps and St. John’s capitalized that.”

Foreman, who had nine points and eight rebounds, hit the nail on the head. The Red Storm chucked up shots in the first half, shooting 9-of-32 from the field before becoming more aggressive and bullying the Knights on the inside as they clawed their way back from a double-digit deficit.

With a quick turnaround approaching as Central Arkansas looms back home at the Louis Brown Athletic Center for Saturday at 5 p.m., sophomore guard Mike Williams knows that he and his teammates have no other option than to put the meltdown behind them and learn from it.

“It’s a big learning experience because I feel like we’re a sleeper,” Williams said. “Even though we lost this game, I feel like people are gonna start taking us seriously because that’s on the road. We had them by 16 ... we just made some errors, but it’s basketball. You’re gonna make errors. We just gotta capitalize on them.”

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November 20, 2015 FOOTBALL RUTGERS-ARMY, TOMORROW, 12 P.M. ET, CBS SPORTS NETWORK

Rutgers seeks redemption at West Point KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

If the Rutgers football teams wishes to keep any dreams of a bowl berth alive, the Scarlet Knights will have to win the two remaining regular season games on their schedule, starting with Army this weekend.

Rutgers will take the 90 minute ride up the New York State Thruway to Mitchie Stadium to renew a rivalry that began in 1891 on the heels of four consecutive decisive defeats against Big Ten opponents.

Senior captain Keith Lumpkin feels that the recent losing skid is not for lack of effort.

“Sometimes, games don’t go your way,” the left tackle said. “I think everybody is giving it 110 percent that’s out there on the field and ay, sometimes things just don’t go your way.”

The Black Knights of the Hudson have not had it easy either.

At 2-8, Army is staring at the possibility of a 10-loss season for the first time since 2012. A win over the Scarlet Knights would eliminate the prospect of hitting double digits in defeats.

Rutgers will be playing for a shot at redemption.

After a tumultuous season on and off the field, a win at West Point could allow the Knights to return to the Banks with hope alive that the program could reach their 10th bowl berth in 11 years. Rutgers offense has been nearly stagnant during the losing streak, averaging a mere 11.8 points per game. Sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano has been at the heart of the struggle, going 38-of87 for 410 yards and six interceptions through the air versus Ohio State,

Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska last week.

For the Glen Head, New York, native, this week presents a clean slate and an opportunity to continue his progression.

Under duress from both opposing pass rushers and various fans and media outlets, Laviano cautions that the learning curve is a long term project in his first year as the starter under center.

“I know that it’s a marathon, not a sprint,” Laviano said Monday.

“Unfortunately, (we) didn’t win as many games as we wanted to, but it’s not really an excuse to stop working hard.”

In order for Rutgers to remain in contention for a bowl bid, the Knights will first need to tame Army’s triple-option offense, one that sits ninth in the country in rushing this season at 253.3 yards per game.

Head coach Kyle Flood is aware of the difficult assignment his team has drawn.

“It’ll be a lot challenges going up there with the atmosphere and the offense they run for sure,” Flood said.

It isn’t just the threat of three players running the ball that makes the task of defending the Army offense so daunting — the Black Knights have five players that regularly tote the rock.

The U.S. Military Academy’s sophomore quarterback, Ahmad Bradshaw, leads the team with 468 rushing yards and five touchdowns, but he is only one of the ball-carriers who the visitors can expect to be fed the football on Saturday.

A.J. Schur, Aaron Kemper, Matt Giachinta and New Jersey’s own

Matt Trainor have combined for 1,347 yards (5.1 yards per carry) on the ground through 10 games, helping to pace an offensive scheme that prides itself on deceiving opposing defenses.

Fortunately for the Knights of the Raritan, they have a formidable track record against the triple-option, winning 12 of the last 14 games over opponents who run the offense, including a 31-24 win over Navy last fall.

“Really, it’s just all about eye progression,” said sophomore safety Andre Hunt, “It’s really just training your eyes because you have to see the right things and when you kind of notice it’s a pass, usually it’s when the back isn’t looking at you and he’s just going right down the field,” he said. “It is tough — it’s definitely not easy — but you just gotta be focused the whole time.”

That doesn’t mean the players are rolling out the Scarlet carpet for the matchup, but it would be difficult to blame them.

Rutgers may need to strap on the shin guards this Saturday at noon because the Knights expect to be forced to negotiate cut-blocks from almost every player along Army’s offensive side of the line of scrimmage.

Strong play from the interior of the defensive line will be imperative for Rutgers to suppress the Black Knights ground game and sophomore nose tackle Sebastian Joseph understands the importance of staying home.

“Obviously, they capitalize on mistakes. It’s going to be a very physical game,” he said. “Both of the defensive tackles in this game are going to be very crucial.”

Head coach Kyle Flood insists he has not been given any reason to believe he is coaching for his job this Saturday at Army West Point.

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Beyond defending the triple-option, a bounce-back performance for Rutgers will rely heavily on the offensive line’s ability to protect Laviano.

The sophomore signal-caller has been sacked 15 times during the four-game losing streak and it doesn’t help that four of his five offensive lineman are listed on the Knights’ injury report this week.

Junior right guard Chris Muller will likely slide over to center in place of junior Derrick Nelson, who is listed as questionable with an upper body injury. “(We need to) make sure we protect Chris and make sure we’re able to run the ball, make sure our team’s healthy and make sure we win this week,” Muller said.

If the stakes weren’t high enough, speculation continues to swirl around Flood’s job security in his 11th season as a coach in the program. The arrests of players at the season outset, coupled with

his own suspension and the lack of competition against conference teams has led fans and media to call the fourth-year head coach out onto the carpet.

But is Flood coaching for his job this week?

“No one has said that to me,“ Flood said Wednesday, “The most important thing is we’re coaching to be 1-0 this week and that’s what everybody in the program needs to be focused on.”

Senior strongside linebacker Quentin Gause agrees with his coach. The defensive captain has sent a message to his team — now is not the time to pack it in.

“You play your heart out, you play with pride,” Gause said. “We don’t stop. Keep fighting, you do not stop fighting. Give up is not in my language. “ For updates on the rutgers football team, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSports on Twitter.

WOMEN’S SOCCER HOFSTRA-NO. 9 RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

Knights hope to march on in NCAAs MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT

Surviving and advancing is one of the notable mantras used to describe how teams approach tournament-style play.

The No. 9 Rutgers women’s soccer team (17-3-2, 7-2-2) pointed right to that old adage following its 1-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last Friday.

The Scarlet Knights felt they did not play as aggressively as they wanted to, but were satisfied to leave their home fans at Yurcak Field with a tournament victory.

The team now returns home Friday night to play Hofstra in the second round of the NCAA Tournament looking to be more assertive in its offensive attack for the next game.

“Our team is good. They are very good, and that’s the mentality they need to have,” said head coach Mike O’Neill. “We’re very proud that we found a way to get it done (against Fairleigh Dickinson). Even though it wasn’t pretty, we got it done. This team is so good at talking about things and being honest about what we need to work on, which will help us moving forward.”

It will be the second time the Knights square off against the Pride this season.

Owning an undefeated 11-0-1 record at Yurcak Field this season, junior forward Madison Tiernan said the Knights’ mentality is to always win at home. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2015 The Knights prevailed when these teams matched up in the second game of the season in the Penn State Invitational, where junior Jenna Seddon scored the first goal of her career to give Rutgers a 1-0 victory.

It was the second of the school record-tying 16 shutouts for Rutgers.

The team’s suffocating defense has been led by a pair of All-Big Ten defenders in seniors Erica Skroski and Brianne Reed, along with All-Big Ten goalkeeper Casey Murphy.

Murphy has already set the single season record for a Rutgers goalkeeper with 16 and one more shutout would give the school a team record.

The lone offense in front of her in the first round win came from senior forward Rachel Cole, who scored with four seconds left in the first half to give the Knights a 1-0 lead they never looked back from.

While the win was reminiscent to how the Knights have been victorious on many occasions this season — with strong, overpowering defense and timely scoring

— they still feel there is room for improvement as they navigate the tournament schedule.

“I think we’re still figuring it out and finding ways to get better,” Cole said. “I think there is a lot more still to come from us.”

Playing at home is another factor that has served the Knights well this season and gives them confidence for Friday’s match.

They are unbeaten at Yurcak Field, posting an 11-0-1 record on the Banks.

The home crowd was lively in the first round matchup, and

the Knights are expecting much of the same as they get ready for round two.

“Our mentality is always that we don’t lose at home,” said junior for ward Madison Tiernan.

“We have to stay alive to keep playing and that’s our focus right now, paying attention to the details and working hard to prepare for Hofstra.”

With the NCAA Tournament comes the obvious pressure.

Each game is a win-or-gohome situation, and for the seniors it presents the possibility of it being their last game of their collegiate careers.

Each play within itself can help lead to the glor y that accompanies victor y, or the agony stemming from defeat.

To counteract this pressure, the Knights have a simple plan during weekly practices for tournament games — stay loose and have fun.

“We maintain our focus by having some fun,” O’Neill said.

“We just need to have some fun and not worr y about anything else, so that’s how we stay relaxed during our preparation for games like these.”

For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow @Mike_OSully2 and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I don’t know if I could teach heart. They just out-hearted us. I’ve never used that term in my coaching career, but I used it tonight.”

— Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Eddie Jordan on his team’s 61-59 loss to St. John’s

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Knights collapse in 2-point loss on road at SJU

Rutgers suffers defeat in near identical fashion

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JAMAICA, N.Y. — For the first time in his coaching career, Eddie Jordan used a term he had never used before.

“I don’t know if I can teach heart,” he said.

“They just out-hearted us ... I’ve never used that term in my coaching career, but I used it tonight.”

Senior guard Bishop Daniels reacted to his head coach’s words just as bluntly as they were said to him.

“It sucks, man,” Daniels said. “I mean, at the end of the day, you don’t wanna hear no coach say that. We step on the court as young men every time trying to battle, and you give your all. You don’t wanna hear nobody tell you somebody got more heart than you.”

But Jordan’s first time was the most fitting — and perhaps the only — way to describe the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s 61-59 collapse at St. John’s late Thursday night.

The Scarlet Knights (2-1) squandered the opportunity to improve to 3-0 for the first time in seven years, crumbling after controlling all aspects of the game for majority of the 40 minutes on the hardwood.

Rutgers held a lead that ballooned as large as 16 points with 14:52 remaining in the second half before eventually blowing it away down the stretch. On top of that, the Knights held the advantage on the scoreboard for 34:29 — about 86.25 percent of the time in the ballgame.

Daniels led all scorers with a career-high 21 points on 10-of-17 shooting off the bench to go with eight rebounds, but his production was absent as Rutgers fell apart in the second half.

His overall performance in his tie for a team-high 33 minutes on the floor was almost enough for the Knights — and he was nearly the hero when he hit what would have been the game-winning 3-pointer from the top of the key had he got it off a second earlier — but it wasn’t enough to lead his team out of Carnesecca Arena with a victory.

The Louis Brown Athletic Center looked eerily similar Thursday night to the scene at the Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey, on Monday night.

A change in venue was not enough to change the result for the Rutgers women’s basketball team as the Scarlet Knights created a near carbon copy of their performance against Seton Hall, stumbling out of the blocks to start both halves, resulting in a 69-62 loss to St. John’s in Rutgers (1-2) home opener at the RAC. For the second consecutive contest, the Knights opened the game flat, allowing the Red Storm (2-1) to jump out to an 11-2 lead on the strength of a 9-0 run to begin the game.

Rutgers climbed back into it after junior guard Tyler Scaife got hot, hitting 4-of-9 from the floor to close the first half with 10 points for the Knights.

The second half resembled the outset of the first. Rutgers again fell behind early, getting outscored 22-13 in the third quarter, allowing the Johnnies to extend their lead to 19 at 56-37, before the final frame began.

The Knights mounted a comeback, outscoring the Storm 25-13 in the fourth quarter, but it was too little, too late.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer spoke of similar disappointment in the performance on Thursday night, as she demonstrated against the Pirates.

“I don’t know whether we just think that somebody is going to give it to us instead of us jumpin’ out there,” Stringer said postgame. “We keep coming from 15 and 20 points back, being able to bring it relatively close in the first half and then as soon as they come out in the second half, they knock out 6 or 8 points. That’s exactly what happened at Seton Hall.”

The slow start in the third period was too much to overcome and despite scoring the most points for either team in one quarter with 25 in the fourth, Rutgers was unable to recover.

Junior goalkeeper David Greczek celebrates after making the game-winning save to send his team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

Dramatic finish puts RU in second round BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

SEE LOSS ON PAGE 10

For the first 110 minutes of the NCAA Tournament first round match between the Rutgers men’s soccer team and LIU Brooklyn, the crowd at Yurcak Field was as loud as ever, despite the horrific weather conditions throughout the night.

But in the most crucial moment of the match, everything went silent.

Junior goalkeeper David Greczek stood on the goal line with a chance to send his team to the next round of the biggest tournament in collegiate soccer. The Scarlet Knights led 3-2 in a decisive penalty shootout after four shots from both teams.

A save from Greczek would keep his team’s season alive.

He delivered.

Greczek’s two saves in the penalty shootout, including the game-winning stop of

Senior guard Bishop Daniels drives into the lane in Rutgers 61-59 loss at St. Johns.

SAMANTHA CASIMIR

Raffi Gregorian’s penalty kick, propelled the Knights past the Blackbirds from Brooklyn to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Fairfield, New Jersey, native was ecstatic with the win.

“Adrenaline kicks in when you’re making the save, but after that, it’s just a sigh of relief,” he said. “It’s a shame that it comes down to PK’s, but then you get the ‘W’ and it’s a sigh of relief and you just want to enjoy that 30 seconds you got after that, celebrate it with the fans, celebrate it with the team and just enjoy it.”

One-hundred and 10 minutes of action was not enough to separate the two sides.

While Rutgers controlled the match throughout extra-time, it was unable to score a golden goal to prevent the penalty shootout, but it came close.

It took a tremendous reflex save from Brooklyn goalkeeper Logan Keys to keep a SEE FINISH ON PAGE 10

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CASEY MURPHY,

sophomore goalkeeper, enters today’s NCAA Tournament second round matchup with a chance to break the program single-season shutout record.

Murphy tied the record when she kept her 16th clean sheet against Fairleigh-Dickinson.

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Junior guard Tyler Scaife goes up for a layup in the Knights 69-62 loss to St. John’s.

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KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

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FOOTBALL

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vs. Hofstra

at Army

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vs. Central Arkansas

Tonight, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field

Tomorrow, 12 p.m. ET, West Point, N.Y.

Tomorrow, 2 p.m., Corvalis, Ore.

Tomorrow, 5 p.m., The RAC