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First giving day raises more than 1 million NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

Universities around the country depend on donations to keep their facilities and organizations running, with Rutgers being no exception.

On Dec. 1, more than $1 million was donated as part of its first annual Giving Day. The 24-hour donation period was hosted by the Office of Annual Giving and the Rutgers Foundation, said Lauren Redfern, assistant director of Student Philanthropy. While the office worked with University schools, it had no outside sponsors.

“Giving Day ... is in conjunction with Giving Tuesday, which is an international giving day in coordination with Black Friday and Cyber Monday,” she said. “It’s meant to give back and not just for (people to) buy gifts.”

Having at least 1,500 people donate $500,000 was the initial goal, but that was exceeded within 16 hours, she said. As of 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the donor count had been more than doubled, with roughly $660,000 donated.

By 8:30 p.m., more than $1 million had been donated by 5,000 people.

A running total was kept on givingday.rutgers.edu, with a countdown timer showing how much time was left to donate and how much money had been raised so far, she said.

“The best part about it is it’s all about participation,” she said. “So (we take) gifts of any amount, our

minimum gift is $5, and (you) give to where you have a passion.”

Donors could reach out to any organization or program within the University, especially if they were groups that had an impact on the student, she said. Every school within Rutgers was also listed as institutions able to receive money.

“Anyone at Rutgers benefits from donor dollars (because) we partnered with so many people across the University system,” she said. “If there isn’t a space for you to give through our leaderboard, you can always give through the ‘other’ button.”

People were able to donate through the website, in person at stands in the College Avenue Student Center and the Busch Student Center, by phone or through the mail, she said. All of these donations will count toward the day’s total after they have been processed.

“We’re also processing gifts through the telephone, they’ve been calling since 10:00 a.m. today and they’ll call until midnight,” she said.

Students, alumni and other donors submitted funds by stating specifically which organization or program they wanted to benefit. Beneficiaries included groups from the New Brunswick campus and the Rutgers Biological Health Services division.

These groups were organized by type on the website, and included a SEE GIVING ON PAGE 4

Actor Charlie Sheen recently announced he had Human Immunodeficiency Virus, an infection that usually leads to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Though this disease used to be fatal, recent advancements in treatment can prolong a patient’s life. REUTERS

Students discuss misconceptions, transmission aspects of HIV, AIDS SANJANA CHANDRASEKHARAN STAFF WRITER

Niharika Mishra, a School of Engineering first-year student, said she heard rumors that HIV could spread by using a public bathroom.

This misconception about HIV/ AIDS, among others, is common

among students who lack education and discussion on the disease, said Quincy Bell, program coordinator for HIV Community Planning Support and Development Initiative at Rutgers.

“I think it’s important that college students talk to their sexual partners about HIV testing, and that open communication about

this is the best way to stay safe,” Mishra said.

HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, attacks the immune system, which is the body’s natural defense against sickness. When the immune system is compromised, the HIV-infected individual SEE HIV ON PAGE 5

University alumni to open Tacoria on Easton Avenue

Tacoria is a new Mexican restaurant being opened by three Rutgers alumni this month on Easton Avenue. It will serve fast food daily, inspired by restaurants in San Francisco and Mexico. COURTESY OF VISHAL PATEL

ABIGAIL LYON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

An idea three years in the making is set to come to life on Easton Avenue this December in the form of Mexican cuisine.

Tacoria is a business venture of three childhood friends and University alumni with a passion for

Mexican food. The restaurant is expected to open its doors within the next month, said Vishal Patel, managing partner for the restaurant. “(Tacoria) should be up and running in the next four to six weeks, and (it) will have a grand opening when the (students) get back (in) mid-January, as long as there are no hiccups in construction,” he said.

The restaurant will have a menu featuring tacos, burritos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, nachos and tortas, a type of Mexican sandwich.

All of the food will be served fresh, and there will not be a freezer in the restaurant, said Chuck Patel, another restaurant partner.

The partners said they have done extensive research in finding what

they call the perfect taste and feel for Tacoria.

“We’ve been out to San Francisco (and) we have traveled to Mexico on food-related trips,” Vishal said. “We’re trying to bring those flavors and that type of feel to New Brunswick.”

Restaurant-goers should expect to receive their food within five minutes of ordering, depending on

what they order.

While Tacoria is a quick-service restaurant, it will feature some indoor seating and a functional outdoor patio area for the warmer months, Vishal Patel said.

As of now, the restaurant has plans to open around 11 a.m. and

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Instructors discuss focus on attacks in Western world NIKITA BIRYUKOV CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Mary D’Ambrosio stood on her roof in Brooklyn Heights and watched the World Trade Center fall. In the wake of the attack, reports of political killings in Columbia emerged, receiving far less media coverage and attention from readers.

A similar scenario played out in the days leading up to the Paris attacks, when two suicide bombings that killed 43 and injured 200 others in Beirut on Nov. 12, which was the worst attack the country experienced since summer 2013.

Many on social media expressed the opinion that coverage of the tragic event in Beirut was overshadowed by the Paris attacks that occured one day later. On Nov. 13 Paris fell victim to near simultaneous terrorist attacks in six locations. The attacks, which were the worst in Europe in over a decade, left 130 dead and at least 300 wounded, according to the New York Times.

Stories of the Beirut attack were displayed prominently by a number of notable publications, including The New York Times and CNN. A day later these stories were largely supplanted by coverage of tragedy in Paris, according to Vox.com D’Ambrosio, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, believes that the media may not be completely prepared to report on international news in the age of globalization.

“When we write in an American … or western news organization we write for our readers.

We’re thinking of Americans... of Western Europeans,” D’Ambrosio said. “It’s a kind of challenge for (the media) to be and seem relevant in other parts of the world and take those points of view into account.”

News had been mostly local or national until 13 years ago, D’Ambrosio said. Americans, especially those living in rural areas, are not often exposed to global media events.

The mainstream media may be frustrated because they cannot control what news gains traction or is in high demand. The media does not have complete control over how people regard areas of the world. The media are the servers, but they don’t control the reaction, she said.

The problem may be rooted in reader interest.

“With all this stuff happening at the same time, what do you want to pay attention to? The answer is something that you identify with,” said Roy Licklider, professor in the Department of Political Science. “From the media’s point of view, printing foreign news is bad business.”

Michael Rossi, adjunct instructor in the Department of Political Science, believes that reader biases hold a degree of control over what is considered newsworthy. “(There is) a subconscious understanding among news readers that an attack in a Middle Eastern location is … nothing surprising

because it’s ‘over there’,” Rossi said in an email. “France is a European country that has been regarded by Americans as geographically removed from the areas of conflict, and yet still vulnerable to violence” Americans are more likely to visit Paris than they are Beirut. They identify more closely with the western nation. The implication of this in the media is that Americans do not care about Africa or the Middle East, D’Ambrosio said.

Concerns over the coverage were originally spawned on social media, specifically Facebook, by members of the American public.

Facebook’s offering a watercolor French flag to show solidarity acted as a catalyst, Rossi said.

“The first 12 to 24 hours (after the Paris attacks) saw such an outpouring on Facebook,” Rossi said. “The following morning, my newsfeed was full of people correctly posting how neither Facebook nor the media gave as much attention to the Beirut attacks the week before as they did to the Parisian (attacks).”

Through social media, Rossi said people were able to raise enough awareness about Beirut to force cable news networks like CNN and MSNBC to scale back coverage of the Paris attacks somewhat, or at least relativize it with coverage of Beirut.

“I actually have to commend parts of social media for challenging corporate media for the inconsistency in coverage and, more importantly, in sympathy.” Rossi said. “We … wouldn’t be talking if social media didn’t … remind us that Beirut matters too.

Despite its apparent success, this system of accountability through social pressure was not without flaws.

Rossi said there was near lack of coverage of the Russian airline that crashed in Eygpt, which killed 224 passengers.

“It almost seemed that in the fracas of remembering to be sensitive to Muslim feelings of victimhood over Beirut, there still was a large disinterest in feeling of victimhood felt by Russians,” Rossi said.

The rise of social media has had significant effects on the media industr y, which D’Ambrosio said are “obsessed with social media.”

“Editors are very concerned about being prominent in social media, about their reporters using social media.” She said, “It’s almost as if it’s at least as important if not more important than the actual reporting you’re doing for the story.”

D’Ambrosio hopes that social media will help foster globalization and heighten American interest in global affairs.

“Issues like climate change, mass migration of refugees, political extremism and issues of social welfare, just aren’t ‘interesting’ enough to an audience insulated from the outside world,” Rossi said. “US media today is a lot like a Facebook newsfeed. Some stories get noticed while others are scrolled/ swiped over.”

TOP: Turkey turned the body of Lt. Col. Oleg Pashkov over to Russia on Nov. 29, a few days after it shot down a Su-34M it claimed was in its airspace. BOTTOM: Residents in Beirut begin recovery process after the explosions of Nov. 12. REUTERS

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White Student Union pages spread across universities AVALON ZOPPO

The White Student Union at Rutgers admin is attempting to skirt around copyright claims from Rutgers.

At least 30 universities across “To combat (copyright claims), the countr y have seen White we made our own ORIGINAL Student Union groups creatcontent,” the page reads. “It coned by anonymous Facebook sisted of a simple red letter R, and users popping up in the past the letters “WSU” in black. The two weeks.

Rutgers Administration believes Rutgers University is among that they own all red letter R’s, the list of colleges, which inand filed a copycludes Penn right complaint State University “This is in fact the case with many of the original ‘troll’ unions. Currently, the majority of the unions have been with Facebook.” and Missouri The White State University. started and are being run by actual students, inspired by the original groups.”

Student Union The White page filed a forStudent Union ANONYMOUS mal report with (WSU) at RutAdministrator of Rutgers White Student Union Facebook Page Facebook for the gers page was right to use origcreated last week. The group ser ves as “a ety. This too is slowly being taken for the Advancement of Colored the University administration,” inal content, according to its page.

According to the Rutgers People (NAACP) and a School of Trevor said in a statement. “The new organization dedicated to from us.”

Initially, the WSU at Rutgers Environmental and Biological Sci- organization they claim to repre- NAACP statement, the University the cultural preser vation and should be concerned when any promotion of white students at was made as a hoax by a non-Uni- ences senior, made a statement on sent does not exist at Rutgers.”

Rutgers has contacted Face- form of racism or white supremaRutgers and around the world,” versity member, they said. But behalf of the organization, saying after learning of the page, they the formation of a White Student book and is attempting to work cy appears, whether it is intended according to its Facebook page.

A majority of the WSU Face- contacted its original creator, who Union is “both unnecessary and with Facebook’s administrators to to be hateful or as a joke.

“The views of the WSU are book pages are believed to be handed ownership of the page offensive to the generations’ long delete the page, which is similar plight that minorities have faced to actions that other universities views of certain students at made by troll accounts, accord- over to the student. are taking. Rutgers, like other Rutgers, whether they are the Many WSU pages at other in this country.” ing to a report by Medium. Us“For one to insinuate that there schools, has attempted to take authors of the Facebook pages ers on 4chan and the Twitter schools are now also being run account @ReactionaryTree en- by students, they said. They de- is a need for cohesion and cama- down the page based on copyright or not,” according to the statement. “These Facebook pages couraged people to create WSU nied the claim that the WSU pag- raderie for white students on cam- claims on the University logo.

At the University of Califor- might inspire and incite hateful pages at the most liberal colleges es were a product of 4chan trolls, pus in the face of purported marciting an article on breitbart.com. ginalization and discrimination, is nia—Berkeley, the school’s White or discriminator y behavior by in the country.

“This is in fact the case with to live in a fantasy,” according to Student Union Facebook page those students who agree with In an email interview with The white supremacy.” was deleted last Monday.

Daily Targum, the anonymous many of the original ‘troll’ unions. the statement.

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admin of the page claimed to be a Rutgers student who grew up in New Jersey.

“Everyday our culture is taken from us under names such as ‘diversity’ or ‘privilege,’” they said in an email. “We wish to provide an intellectual environment from which white students and allies may learn about their rich and beautiful culture, history and soci-

Currently, the majority of the unions have been started and are being run by actual students, inspired by the original groups, such as Rutgers,” they said.

Currently, the student said they is the only person in charge of the page, but that “membership is growing.”

Daphney Noel, president of the Rutgers National Association

Despite concerns, administrators have assured students that a White Student Union does not exist at Rutgers.

The White Student Union Facebook page does not reflect the values of Rutgers University, said University spokesman Greg Trevor.

“The operators of this page have stated publicly that they are not endorsed by or associated with

TACORIA Trio aims to be environmentally friendly by using appropriate materials, Chuck says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Imani Reed, Dylan Gonzalez, Jeremy Scardino and Lauren McGowan volunteer at the first annual Rutgers Giving Day, which saw more than $1 million donated to various organizations and programs within the University. COURTESY OF KEN HUNTER

GIVING Office of Annual Giving hoped to see 1,500 people donate $500,000, Redfern says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“students and special causes” tab, she said.

Further subdivisions within the groups narrowed down the possible recipients. For groups still not represented, an “other” option existed.

“We have a giving day platform, it’s (our website) and people are giving gifts through that site today as opposed to giving through our normal giving site,” she said.

Processing the donations would be the next step, she said.

“The gifts have to be processed and that can take some time but

really most of it is for immediate use,” Redfern said. “Normally we see 100 gifts a day if that, so now ... because of the volume of the gifts (we will need) time.”

Recipients will definitely be able to access their new funds by the Spring semester, she said.

Giving Day was promoted through social media, signs, email blasts and phone calls to alumni, she said. Scarlet Voice, a social media platform hosted by the foundation, also promoted the day.

In addition to receiving donations, volunteers went around the campus centers giving out

prize boxes and asked students what giving means to them, she said. The New Brunswick students received 1,500 gift boxes to represent the original number of hoped-for donors.

Part of the process included telling students about the donations and what they could benefit, she said.

“We can do a lot with those dollars and I am just so excited,” she said. “It’s exciting to teach, especially the student population about what donors do.”

The day was very successful, she said.

“I think that it was just a really exciting day, it’s the first time we’ve ever done something like this and it was so successful (in that) we exceeded our goals ... hours ago,” Redfern said. “It’s really been amazing, I am so proud of our alumni ... (and) our community for thinking about Rutgers.”

plans to stay open as late as 3 a.m. on the weekends, he said.

Tacoria is going to be something different from what is normally seen on Easton Avenue, he said.

Dipen Patel, the third business partner, said in an email that the restaurant’s ambiance can best be described as having a rustic, street vibe with a bit of warmth and coziness. “(We are) using very earthy materials,” Vishal Patel said.

“We’re using bricks, wood, our floors are going to be polished concrete, there will be some stainless steel in it, there’s going to be a lot of color (and) we have really cool paintings.”

Chuck Patel said they also use environmentally-friendly materials wherever and whenever possible.

“We’re trying to keep it all natural, the benches are made out of concrete, everything that we have is really unique,” he said.

The three partners said they are committed to their specific branding, and they sought wood for the interior of the restaurant from an old barn in Kentucky.

Tacoria will also have accordion doors to keep the space open, something Vishal Patel said is reminiscent of many New York restaurants.

This is not the first restaurant that the partners have opened up.

The three have four other sandwich shops in the area.

The partners said they are committed to being involved with every aspect of the business, including developing menu items, branding and aiding in the construction of the shop.

There is no real structure in their partnership because they are all close friends, Chuck Patel said.

“Some of us focus more on the food, numbers (or) construction part but at the end of the day we all have our hand prints on every single aspect of the business,” Dipen Patel said.

The partners said they found camaraderie in the New Brunswick community among fellow business owners in the area through the long construction period.

“The local business owners in the community are all really friendly and receptive,” Chuck Patel said. “It’s cool to be in this kind of area because there’s a real alumni feeling to it.”

What makes Tacoria special is the people involved, the process and the product, Dipen Patel said.

The partners said they would like to see Tacoria become a longstanding restaurant in the New Brunswick and Rutgers communities. “(New Brunswick) is a community we love,” Vishal Patel said. “It has a special place in our hearts and we wanted to bring the food we love to the community we love, it’s simple as that, we bleed scarlet red.”

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Number of job openings increases, hirings remain stable NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

During September, job openings increased in comparison to the number of openings in previous years, which could be good news for upcoming graduates, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Using University services would help undergraduate students best take advantage of potential job openings, said William Jones, director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives at University Career Services (UCS).

“Services like CareerKnight can help students (plan out) their post-graduation career,” he said.

“Definitely come in and schedule an appointment.”

The number of job openings over the last 15 years has increased overall, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) report for September 2015 by the United States Department of Labor. The report found 5.5 million job openings with 5 million hires during the month.

This number of openings is the second-highest reported since 2000, according to the Journal. The number of hires has decreased by 0.1 million from August, meaning more jobs are opening than positions are being filled.

Fewer people left their positions than joined new ones as well, according to the JOLTS report.

About 2.7 million people quit their job over the 30-day period, which is close to the average since August 2014 of people quitting.

A new report by the Department of Labor shows 5.5 million jobs were opened in September, with 5 million positions being filled. This is the second-greatest number of positions opened in a single month since 2000. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGETTE STILLMAN Prior to that, the number of people who quit their positions was increasing, according to the Journal. A higher number indicates a better economy as people generally quit in order to join a better job.

“The quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs,” according to the JOLTS report.

Before the Great Recession, the national average for people quitting their positions was greater than 2 percent, according to the Journal. Over the last year, it remained at 1.9 percent.

HIV About 50,000 new cases have been diagnosed every year for last decade, Bell says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

contracts disease and infection more easily, according to aids. gov. With proper treatment, the chances of HIV progressing into AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency virus, drops significantly and an individual living with HIV can expect to live a healthy life.

Misconceptions such as Mishra’s are fueled by lack of education, fear and stigma — and those three factors burst open when former “Two and Half Lives” actor Charlie Sheen announced his HIV-positive status in late November, Bell said.

People erupted on social media about the predictability of Sheen’s contraction of HIV, with many citing the actor’s history of bedding hundreds of women, using illicit drugs and sarcastically calling the diagnosis “shocking.”

“Over 30 years later, many still believe that HIV remains as gay man’s disease and that it’s an issue that is of no concern to them. The reality is that every sexually active adult is at risk of HIV infection and should be aware of how to protect themselves and their partners,” Twitter user “OriginalLeeMays” said.

Sharing meals and bathrooms with people who are HIV positive are far out of reach in terms of

HIV transmission, said Francesca Maresca, director of Health Outreach Promotion and Education at Rutgers.

Compared to the past, Maresca said college students are not as worried about HIV/AIDS now.

“I don’t know that college students necessarily think of it as an issue for them to think about. It’s a very different world now. Back

The total number of people who left their jobs during September is 4.8 million, which includes layoffs and firings as well as those who quit, according to the JOLTS report.

Overall roughly 60.9 million people were hired by employers over the last year, with only 58.2 million people leaving their positions, according to the report.

In other words, there were more people who were hired than those who lost their positions.

According to data from UCS for the Class of 2015, 79 percent of all students were either

employed or in a graduate degree program within months of leaving the University. Of this group, 61 percent entered job positions with the remainder seeking their next degree.

This is lower than the national average, with 69.4 percent of college graduates in 2014 being employed within a few months of graduation, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Programs like “Road to Wall Street” helped a greater percentage of students earn employment, Jones said.

misconceptions are disproven, Bell said.

“HIV medications, called anti-retrovirals, have significantly changed the course of HIV infection since the early days of the epidemic and with the proper care and treatment, you can live a healthy life. The sooner you take steps to protect your health, the better, which is why regular testing is so vital to early detection and treatment,” he said.

Sheen’s HIV-positive status will help raise awareness about the disease, Maresca said.

From the moment Sheen came out as HIV positive, people came out from the woodwork to support

under the influence of alcohol and other drugs,” she said. “He’s not making any excuses. I think it will lead to some awareness.”

In today’s electronic age, Bell said the answer to spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS is as simple as typing “HIV facts” into a web browser.

There are international, federal, state, community-based and people-focused resources that provide insight on anything related to HIV, from PrEP (Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis) and ART (Antiretroviral treatment) to testing and condoms, Bell said.

Since 2010, youths age 13 to 24 years old account for more than 26 percent of new HIV infections each year, yet only about 34.5 percent of Americans age 18 to 24 years old have been tested for HIV, he said.

“Arming yourself with the knowledge of your own HIV status is just the first of many steps to keep you and your partners safe,” Bell said.

HIV needs to be brought out of the closet, he said. More than 30 years into the epidemic, youths continue to be among those most affected by HIV. “For nearly a decade, we have held new infections in the United States at 50,000 per year. While this is a testament to the success of prevention and health education efforts, more can be done to demystify and destigmatize the virus,” he said.

Rutgers Health Services offers free HIV testing on a monthly basis, she said.

“HIV medications, called anti-retrovirals, have significantly changed the course of HIV infection since the early days of the epidemic.”

QUINCY BELL Program Coordinator for HIV Community Planning Support and Development Initiative

several years ago, everybody was worried about HIV, and I just don’t think students have that same consciousness of HIV as they did,” she said.

In 2015, Bell said HIV is a manageable disease, but the stigma attached to the disease stops many people from finding out their status.

Many people test late, once their immune system has already been damaged and they are unable to get the full benefit from HIV treatment.

The lack of awareness fuels stigma and fear of HIV even when

Sheen and to advocate for good health practices.

“Charlie Sheen has lived his life very recklessly but still sorry to hear he has HIV,” tweeted comedian Fortune Feimster on Nov. 16.

“Hopefully this helps people remember to be safe.”

Any time a public figure comes out as HIV positive, it does promote awareness because people talk about it, Maresca said.

“He has never made any effort to hide that he has had multiple sexual partners, unprotected sex or sex

More than 80 percent of participants in the program were employed a month after graduation, according to UCS data.

Students who participated internship and co-op programs faired the best, with 97 percent of them having employment by June 2015.

This data was collected by sending post-graduation surveys to the Class of 2015, Jones said.

About 44 percent of the students who graduated in May responded by the end of June.

“We had 36 percent of respondents say that a campus recruiting service contributed to their fulltime employment status,” he said.

More students usually respond on the second survey, which is usually sent out six months after graduation, he said.

The JOLTS report is promising for students graduating, said Alex Huang, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. It would help if the report broke results down by field, even if they were more general ones like liberal arts and the sciences, he said.

“People always joke about how liberal arts majors don’t get better jobs but is that true?” he said.

“With the recession I know most jobs (saw lowered) hiring (rates) but (that is) getting better.”

It does not help that many positions hire graduates even though the positions themselves do not need a degree to complete, he said.

More than 30 percent of positions being filled by degree-holders do not actually require a bachelor’s degree, according to U.S. News.

CRIME DEC. 1 TRENTON — Diomedes Valenzuela, 47, was accused of stabbing the mother of his child and fleeing with his 3-year-old daughter, Rebecca, in a Dodge Caravan. Just hours after the Amber Alert had been issued, he was apprehended by the New Jersey State Police in Clifton on the Garden State Parkway. The police recovered the child at around 5 p.m., and she was not physically harmed. Valenzuela had been considered “armed and dangerous,” according to the Amber Alert, and the mother is currently hospitalized in critical condition.

DEC. 1 FREEHOLD — Monmouth County authorities charged an accused bank robber with committing two additional bank heists. Christopher Gilman, 38, was charged for the holdups of the same TD Bank in Howell three times last year, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said.

Gilman is currently being held at the Ocean County Jail in Toms River for charges of robbing a TD Bank in Toms River.

Bail in Monmouth County has been set at $200,000 with no 10 percent option. Gilman has been in the Ocean County Jail on his $150,000 bail charges for the TD Bank in Toms River on one count of armed robber y.

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December 2, 2015

#NoRice movement often misconstrued

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’m writing this in response to Najum M. Junaid’s piece, “Asking for Obama defies Rice protests.” For those who aren’t familiar with the background, #NoRice was the name given to a movement that pressured the University to rescind Condolezza Rice’s invitation to be commencement speaker in May 2014. Reasons for this campaign included Rice’s role in misleading the American people about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, ultimately leading to the deaths of 1 million Iraqi civilians and 4,500 American soldiers. As a participant of No Rice, I felt compelled to address the points that Junaid made.

First of all, I wholeheartedly agree with Junaid in the analysis of President Barack Obama’s perpetuation of war. According to an October report from The Intercept, nearly 90 percent of people killed in drone strikes in Afghanistan (one of the multitude of countries where the drone program is active) “were not the intended targets.” Furthermore, as Junaid stated, Guantanamo Bay, a torture and detention center, remains open despite Obama’s repeated promises to close it. So let us be clear. The president gets no pass from me or anyone who was involved in the No Rice protests. In fact, most, if not all, of the participants of No Rice are openly critical of the drone program and extremely vocal about Obama’s record. It’s frankly insulting to hear that the author believes our opposition to Rice was due to frivolous matters of “partisanship” and not a genuine regard for human rights.

The University hasn’t officially announced that Obama will be the commencement speaker, despite the abundance of rumors. Does the author expect pre-emptive protests to an invitation that may not even exist? Furthermore, what student or faculty member that was part of No Rice has expressed “eagerness” toward such a prospect? This is a baseless claim and a false accusation.

Second, the No Rice movement was not born of a desire to prevent Condolezza Rice from speaking at Rutgers. Rice is free to speak at the University whenever she wants. We did not feel she deserved an honorary degree or the $35,000 that the University was planning to pay her. An honorary degree is bestowed upon someone who is an embodiment of high moral caliber and a role model for students — I can think of a hundred people who are more deserving of such an honor than Rice, given her role in the Iraq War. Obama’s speech at Rutgers—Newark was a regular (and private) speaking engagement that students were not invited to attend, which makes it much different than Rice’s invitation. Furthermore, Sherif Ibrahim and Carmelo Cintron were both seniors at the time of the protests, like many of the participants. The author was addressing an audience that is no longer present at the University.

I’ve also noticed an interesting double standard in the author’s own piece. Free speech is not limited to politicians. The students that protested Rice also have such rights, which we exercised peacefully. The author may view it as “targeted silencing of Conservative viewpoints” and I have a right to disagree with this suggestion that No Rice was about Conservative versus Liberal, or robbing someone of free speech.

Finally, I am pleased that Junaid is opposed to the prospect of Obama being the commencement speaker, and I’m looking forward to his protests. After all, student activism should not be limited to one group of people.

Sara Zayed is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in computer science and mathematics.

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Why can’t we just agree to disagree?

Violent attacks became substitute for respectful disagreements

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n Minneapolis, a man shot five Black Lives the argument never comes? That lethally charged Matter protestors during a demonstration. In opinion festers and erupts into a sea of violence.

The onset of social media and viewpoint bandColorado, a man shot and killed three people — two civilians and a police officer — at a Planned wagon-ers is a large part of the problem. While Parenthood clinic. The protest shooter confessed apps and websites like Facebook and Twitter ento his crimes and is reported to have had “ver y courage discussion, these conversations have beintense opinions” and “had negative experiences come as equally polarized. Listening to someone with and opinions about African-Americans.” The else’s point of view does not mean that you have clinic shooter was known as a Christian with ex- to completely understand what they’re saying or tremist evangelical viewpoints, and while it has change your mind to match their thoughts. All it not yet been confirmed, it is assumed that he op- implies is that you and someone else do not see eye posed abortion, which is unsurprising. Both of to eye on a situation — for both of you, the cards these tales of horror and repulsion exemplify the stack up differently and that’s fine. But these conproblem with discourse in America — it no lon- versations have ceased to exist. No one wants to ger exists. We see it at the small scale in class- hear the other side anymore. And what is worse is rooms and workplaces, as well as nationally with that when individuals do hear the other side, they politicians and world leaders. There are no more no longer question it. In the past such discussions would end with one party healthy conversations. Far seemingly “conceding,” saytoo many Americans are ing, “Okay, if that’s how you solely concerned with their “The mood is set so that see it that’s fine, but that’s own views that they rarely you’re either pro-life or prohow I look at it.” Instead take the time to discuss their choice, pro-Black Lives Matter not the dialogue has shifted to views with others. The conor anti-everyone else.”

“Why would anyone ever cept of respectfully agreeing think that? What kind of sick to disagree is no longer a reperson would have views like ality, and people are dying as that?” Insert the competition. Ever yone wants to a result.

The nation has reached its conversational tip- be right, no one wants to admit “opinion-based deping point. Americans have become so staunch feat.” So because people will do whatever they can and resolute with their viewpoints that they no to “win the debate,” they’ll resort to violence as a longer seek out opposing opinions, and when they means of putting opposing viewpoints to rest.

Both the protest shooter and clinic shooter made so rarely hear these opinions, they are thoughtlessly condemned. Views have become so polar- calculated decisions and chose to injure and kill as ized: Ever ything is black and white, there is no in a means of rectifying the viewpoints of others. Inbetween, there can be no in between. The mood stead of seeking out others that agree or disagree is set so that you’re either pro-life or pro-choice, with their views, they instead resorted to violence pro-Black Lives Matter or anti-ever yone else. Such — and that’s where the entire nation is heading. stances are far too limiting and specific to appro- The actions of these two men are not anomalies. priately encompass all of the factors involved in Sooner rather than later, people will begin resortforming an opinion on such matters. Almost ev- ing to lethal force, not conversation, in order to seter y issue of debate is a multifaceted concept that tle their differences. Right now these arguments deser ves analysis from all sides. But Americans or threats may just be words, but words parlay into are forcing themselves and others to fit into these violence. No issue is ever as black and white as it precut, perforated boxes marked, “My views only, seems, therefore forcing it to be will only create a don’t open till the argument.” So what happens if bitter environment heavily lacking in civility.

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Republican success lies in capturing moderate voters anything short of exquisitely professional going forward. If Republicans are to make a legitimate push for the presidency, the CONNOR SIVERSKY winning formula will not have its foundation in religion, bigotry and most importantly, fear. ith two months to go before the A little more than one year from today, Iowa caucus, the Republican Barack Obama’s successor will be in the Party is stuck in a mire, unsure White House and acting as the chief execof an identity or a legitimate candidate to utive of the United States. Given the politsupport. Liberal media has attacked various ical friction at present, the 45th president candidates regularly, and usually for good will inherit a divided legislature and a furreason. Republican nominees seem to have ther divided public with each group repretaken every opportunity possible to dissentative of a different section of American play ultra-conservative, often absurd views life and idealism. Given to the national audience. these inherent structurTo a large portion of the al issues, it would make American public, the irra“A little more than one year from today, Barack Obama’s successor will be in the White sense for a candidate to tionality displayed by some House and acting as the chief executive of the United States. Given the political friction at reintroduce the idea of of the candidates can be the American nation-state described as laughable at present, the 45th president will inherit a divided legislature and a further divided public into the hearts and minds best. Granted, the literature with each group representative of a different section of American life and idealism.” of voters throughout the describing Donald Trump’s country. The Republican great wall and the image of frontrunner must be able Mike Huckabee clutching the hand of Kim Davis are now symbolically Following the introduction of a new com- all, ultra-conservative voters will not jump to balance the fact that America is a nation conservative in voters’ eyes. As absurd as mon enemy, the legitimacy and requisite ship for the Democratic Party in the ab- made up of immigrants, and with the help these actions immediately seem, the unfor- experience of every candidate will come sence of an ultra-conservative candidate. of a defined state, she will go to whatever tunate reality underneath the guise of this into question under this common theme. Instead, they will be voting in defense lengths to protect the safety and soverelection cycle is that these are legitimate The general American public, including a of their values, as opposed to voting for eignty of her constituents. attempts to garner the votes and support politically significant contingency of mod- the attack on the values of others. Given Connor Siversky is a Rutgers Business of an ultra-conservative network of Repub- erate conservatives, will not stand for the the context of the current social environlican voters: the primarily white and evan- mediocracy displayed by Republican front- ment in America, combined with the vio- School senior majoring in finance with a migelist Christian demographic that thrives runners thus far. The party needs a new lence occurring within, as well as outside nor in math. His column, “Elsewhere in the candidate, and a new strategy that goes of these borders, there is little room for World,” runs on alternate Wednesdays. throughout the conservative heartland.

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Prior to the Paris attacks, ultra-conservatism was the culmination of the Republican Party’s legitimacy. The only real threat to the conservative ideology was those on the Left, and the most effective safeguard for the Republican Party was to move to the right in an attempt to consolidate the party’s ideology on an ultra-conservative basis. But with the introduction of the Islamic State group into daily American media, the political climate has changed significantly. Reminiscent of the years following 9/11, the issue of public safety is again on the forefront of voters’ minds.

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Spice up your life with Chapati House

Chapati House offers a wide variety of protiens, vegetables, sauces and spices that you can use to create your own bowl, roll or salad. DANIELLE GONZALEZ / FEATURES EDITOR

NICOLETTE ACCARDI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Chapati House, located on George Street, is a cross between Indian and Mediterranean cuisine that offers a variety of dishes from salads to rice bowls, and of course — the famous chapati roll.

Walking into this food haven with a heavy Indian influence, the smell of spices and fresh ingredients immediately indulged my senses. The friendly staff welcomed me with a sweet smile and a big hello into their restaurant.

Beautiful Indian-inspired artwork was painted across the wall and caught my attention.

An elephant with numerous noses was displayed in the center, so that customers can appreciate the art while they enjoy a meal.

All of the fresh, colorful ingredients on display inspired me to get the salad bowl and the rice bowl. I got a variety of different toppings on both orders and the restaurant supplied me with an abundance of each. It looked like a mountain of fresh deliciousness. You get a lot for your money! Now that is what I call a bargain.

I started off with the salad bowl.

Piled on top of a bed of romaine was carrots with green peas, sautéed onions, tomatoes, chili pepper and an Indian special chicken called chicken makhni. I got to pick two entrees to put on top of the salad with an unlimited choice of toppings and spice flavors.

As I put the fork to my mouth, the zesty scent shot straight up my nose — once the entrée hit my tongue I was hooked.

The chicken makhani was smothered in a buttery tomato sauce with a light spice. If you are

For a lighter option, make your own salad with chicken makhani, sauteed vegetables and chili peppers. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR a fan of the Italian dish vodka rigatoni, this is right up your alley.

The carrots with green peas made my taste buds jump, the vegetables were very zesty with a delectable spice. If you love spicy foods, this entrée is for you, but if you have a very sensitive palette, I would avoid it at all costs.

My toppings tasted freshly made with a nice zing. Embrace the toppings, they are unlimited after all!

Now onto the rice bowl. The rice was fused with spinach and

chickpeas, diced red onions, diced tomatoes, a special Indian chicken called chicken tikka masala and finished off with a dollop of coriander mayonnaise.

I got to choose two entrees just like the salad.

The freshly steamed rice paired fantastic with the sauce of the chicken. The ginger garlic sauce with spices seeped through the rice and made my mouth water just by looking at it.

The chicken combined with the rice complemented the dish and

had a perfect balance of meat and grains.

The spinach with chickpeas added an awesome touch to this dish as well. The spices masked the spinach taste and made this entrée bold with a kick. Even if you are not a fan of vegetables, definitely show spinach and chickpeas some love and get your daily ser ving of vegetables in.

The coriander mayonnaise is for all you spice lovers out there. It is a great topping if you

want to add some extra pizzazz.

Broaden your horizons and opt for this instead of traditional chili pepper and ginger. Your friends will be calling you a foodie in no time.

This place is a food hot spot if ethnic foods are your thing and offers a ton of gluten free and vegan options. This place has options for everyone, so get off your butt and go walk down to George Street and get some Chapati House right now! Your taste buds will thank you.

December 2, 2015

Pearls Before Swine

DIVERSIONS Stephan Pastis

Horoscopes

Page 9 Nancy Black

Today’s Birthday (12/02/15). Spread your wings this year. Follow your studies where they take you. Realize personal dreams. March eclipses herald a new domestic phase before shifts in a group project. September eclipses incite a career rise and more changes at home. Pursue truth, goodness and beauty. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Over The Hedge

Non Sequitur

Lio

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Mark Tatulli

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Just when you thought it couldn’t get any busier, it does. Your work is in demand today and tomorrow. Gamble? Not today. Choose stability over illusion. Handle a structural problem. Stay in communication.

Expect some emotional impact.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — The next two days get especially fun. Romance blossoms.

Play with friends and family. Things don’t always go as planned. Keep practicing. True your aim, and try again. Work with someone who sees your blind spot.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Fix up your place today and tomorrow. Your home and family require more attention. Personal comfort must be considered ... clean house, and beautify. Don’t strain the budget. Flowers brighten things. Create peaceful spaces. Use your practical resources.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — You’re especially clever today and tomorrow. Catch up on studies. Write your brilliant ideas down. Practice your craft. Keep things simple, despite enthusiasm for details. Don’t overextend or get carried off by fantasy. Welcome contributions from others.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Lucrative opportunities abound today and tomorrow. Your ideas are attracting attention. Focus on the goal with determination. You may be learning more than you wanted to know. Avoid tricks, distractions and silly arguments. Try and try again.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — The moon is in your sign today and tomorrow for extra energy and confidence. Take care of personal practicalities. As you gain strength, you also gain options.

Don’t rush into anything. Pamper yourself. Consider a new style.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Peace and quiet suit your mood. Finish up old business today and tomorrow. Productivity behind closed doors provides welcome respite from a recent flurry. Assumptions are challenged ... think before reacting with authority. Use your own good sense.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Friends come to your rescue. Team projects go well today and tomorrow. Stifle rebellious tendencies, and align with a group vision. Keep the objective in mind. It’s easier to ride the horse in the direction it’s going.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Work takes priority for the next few days. A challenge or test requires focused attention.

Pass it, and a professional status rise is possible. Practice makes perfect.

Relax when you can, especially with warm water. Recharge batteries.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — New opportunities arise to study a subject you love.

Travel conditions improve today and tomorrow. Plan itineraries in detail before setting off. Replenish reserves, and resist the temptation to overspend. It’s not worth an upset.

Follow the money trail.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Revise plans to discover a win-win financial situation over the next few days. Review budgets, send invoices and pay bills. Changes necessitate revisions. Join forces with another for funding, with clear, strategic priorities. Do what you said.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Provide support. Be more willing to share the load for the next two days. You’re building for your future. Discover romance in the process. Work together for a shared dream. It may not look like the pictures.

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December 2, 2015 SWIMMING & DIVING

RU divers shatter multiple records EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

University President Robert L. Barchi discusses his hire of Patrick Hobbs on Monday, in an interview with The Daily Targum.

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ATHLETICS Rutgers welcomes Patrick Hobbs as new AD at halftime of men’s basketball game CONTINUED FROM BACK

to do that until we present you with a new head football coach.”

While Hobbs and Barchi both Based on Hobbs’s input from declined to mention whom Rutgers his press conference, coupled has begun to contact or plans to with Barchi’s on-record comcontact for the open position, Barments in an exclusive interview chi said he puts his trust in Hobbs Monday afternoon with the curto ultimately carry out the search rent editorial board of The Daily as he settles in at athletic director.

Targum, the process is one that “I can’t start a search for a footaims to be completed sooner rathball coach until I have fired the old er than later — but within reason. head football coach, made a transi“Things in college sports, espetion in ADs, have an Athletic Direccially with the big coaches in football tor in place that can do the search and basketball, tend to happen pretty for me,” Barchi said. “We just did quickly and they happen very privatethat (Sunday), so we just officially ly,” Barchi told the Targum. “There started the search (Sunday).” are no big search committees, no big As far as what Barchi and public discussions — and I wouldn’t Hobbs are looking for when it be surprised if we were able to concomes to the next head football clude a search for the next football coach at Rutgers, Hobbs discoach within the next two weeks. cussed the It could hapimportance of pen faster than someone who that, it could “Being able to recruit can keep top happen slower New Jersey’s gonna be talent in New than that. But it probably won’t really important. We have Jersey home.

From there, be much longer wonderful high school predicated of than that.” characteristics Hobbs, who programs here.” of integrity on said he has and off the field, been working PATRICK HOBBS Hobbs hopes to to find the next Athletic Director eventually build head football the program coach since into a contendhis appointer as the athletic department works ment, didn’t reveal specifics in retoward its third year as a member gards to a timeline for the search of the Big Ten Conference. and who might be on the short list “Being able to recruit New Jerof candidates. sey’s gonna be really important.

But the former interim athletWe have wonderful high school ic director at Seton Hall (2010programs here, some of the best 11) did reveal that he and the recruits in the nation and, yes, administration are, in fact, workthey’ve been leaving the state. ing closely with an unidentified We wanna stop that,” Hobbs said. outside consulting firm as the “We wanna give more than our fair selection for the head coaching share here in New Jersey. So, if it’s vacancy progresses. a head coach, if it’s an assistant “We’re working with an outside coach and they have ties, that’s consulting firm. We’re not gongreat, it’s a plus. But if they presna mention the name of the firm. ent — if any of the candidates presTremendous reputation, I’ve been ent — a case for how they will turn spending a lot of time on the phone the recruiting corner here in New with them already,” Hobbs said.

Jersey, we’re gonna listen to that.”

“Not surprisingly, I’ve got a few friends in the sports business right For updates on the Rutgers footnow who I trust their counsel on ball team, follow @GarrettStepien coaches. I’ve been getting all that and @TargumSports on Twitter. feedback and I’m gonna continue

The divers on the Rutgers swimming and diving team are having a record breaking season thus far. The Scarlet Knights have captured several awards and honors from the Big Ten Conference because of their effort and success.

At the helm of the diving program is head coach Fred Woodruff. The former Lehigh University diver has been the leader of the Knights’ diving program for more than 23 years.

“I couldn’t be happier,” Woodruff said. “As a matter of fact, I just said to them that I couldn’t be more proud of a group of divers than I am of this group.

They work hard, they support each other and they’re just putting together an incredible year so far.”

Woodruff has mentored many divers throughout his years on the Banks to numerous accolades and successes. In the 2009-10 season, Erin Saunders set school records in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive events.

Saunders won the one-meter dive event at the Big East Championships the previous season under Woodruff.

Diver Jen Betz qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 2012 season.

Nicole Scott was a gold medal winner at the 2013-14 Big East Championships. In 2014, Scott was named an Honorable Mention All-American after breaking the school records in the 3-meter dive and the platform diving events.

Another one of Woodruff’s former divers, Shayna Longacre, earned Honorable Mention All-America status in 2008.

Woodruff has won Head Diving Coach of the Year honors twice — in 1995 in the ECAC and in 2008 as Big East Coach of the Year.

“It’s an amazing thing to watch,” Woodruff said. “It’s so much fun to see them succeed, see them reach their goals and reach their dreams. I mean, it’s just a really exciting thing, really exciting thing. I mean my job, I don’t even consider this a

job in all in sense and purposes.

It’s an amazing thing to be able to do this, you know. I feel ver y, ver y lucky.”

Leading the pack in diving for Rutgers this season is sophomore Addison Walkowiak.

Thus far in the 2015-16 season, Walkowiak has crushed two school records and produced several NCAA qualifying marks, as well as earned recognition from the Big Ten Conference for her accolades.

The Ballston Spa, New York, native had NCAA zone qualifying scores in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive events at the Sonny Werblin Invitational in October. She put up a 306.52 in the 1-meter dive and a 337.51 in the 3-meter dive.

In a quad meet against Georgetown, Villanova and Seton Hall in early November, Walkowiak scored a 348.55 on the 3-meter dive, a new program record and NCAA qualifying mark. Her 303.25 total in the 1-meter dive during the quad meet was also an NCAA qualifying score.

She was named Big Ten Diver of the Week in the days following the quad meet.

At the Frank Elm Invitational, Walkowiak broke another record.

Her mark of 321.80 on the 1-meter dive event was a new school record. The score was also good enough to qualify for the NCAA’s.

Walkowiak’s total of 326.20 in the 3-meter dive and mark of 260.25 in the platform dive were NCAA qualifying scores as well.

Several other Knights set NCAA qualifying scores at the Frank Elm Invitational as well, a sign of good results to come in the future.

“It was awesome,” said head coach Petra Martin. “It’s something that we need to be doing at this point of the season to be competitive and to be where we need to be at the end of the year, so we are on our way. It’s good.”

Junior Alyssa Black has also excelled on the diving board for the Knights this season. The Middletown, New York, native has put up eight NCAA qualifying scores this year.

Black had qualifying scores in the one-meter dive (294.60) at the Sonny Werblin Invite, against Wagner with a 295.34,

against Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova with a 294.55 and at the Frank Elm Invitational scoring a 314.85.

Black’s score of 314.85 on the 1-meter dive at the Frank Elm Invitational was actually a new school record, but her record only stood for two hours as Walkowiak broke it soon after with her 321.80 total.

Being able to put up elite scores gives Black a sense of confidence and excitement.

“I think it does,” Black said.

“It made me really excited for conference and zones to see what I’m capable of and what the whole team is capable of and it’s just ver y exciting to see what can happen down the road if it’s happening now.”

Black also had qualifying scores in the 3-meter dive events at the Sonny Werblin Invitational by scoring a 333.30 versus Wagner.

“Alyssa is such a good diver,” Walkowiak said. “She’s a really nice person. She’s a hard worker and she inspires me to just keep getting better and I think it’s good we kind of work off each other. So I learn things from her and she learns things from me and I think we’re just a good team.”

The Rutgers divers have accomplished many feats at just the halfway point of the 2015-16 season.

“I’m really proud of everyone,” Black said. “We’ve accomplished so much in like half of our season already and we’ve just been working really hard and I think it’s really showing and it’s making us all excited for Big Ten’s and I think we’re definitely going to improve there as well for championships. So yeah, I’m just really excited with the amount of work we’ve been putting in and it’s finally showing.”

Black, Walkowiak and their fellow Knights will face UConn and Boston University this Saturday at the Rutgers Aquatics Center on Busch campus.

“Oh, yeah, I’m always excited to compete,” Walkowiak said.

“That’s what I look forward to, that’s what I practice for so yeah, I’m really excited.”

For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

Junior Alyssa Black has excelled for Rutgers on the diving board to this point in the season. She said putting up elite scores gives her confidence. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

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December 2, 2015 MEN’S SOCCER

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Knights sweep 3 in paradise for crown KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Senior center back Mitch Lurie enjoyed his only season on the Banks as the Knights reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2015

Rutgers reflects on past season BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s soccer team entered 2015 expected by outsiders to repeat the lackluster season it produced in its first season in the Big Ten the year prior.

Returning a majority of the team that finished second to last in the Big Ten with a record of 6-12-1, the Scarlet Knights were not looked upon as a major threat in one of the premier conferences in the country.

But looking back on a season that saw the Knights earn their first NCAA Tournament birth since 2011, reached the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament for the first time in program history and finished ranked in the final four NSCAA Coaches Polls, including a final No. 23 ranking, Rutgers proved the preseason predictions wrong.

“It was awesome. It was a great ride,” said senior center back Mitch Lurie. “Going from 6-12-1 to 12-7-1 … It shows that we’re a big-time contender and I think it’s very good. Getting into the NCAA Tournament ... shows you’ve had a good season and you’re one of the top teams in the country, which is always good to know. I’m just glad the season went the way it did and guys did very well and everybody got better as players.”

While the season came to an abrupt end for the Knights with a 6-1 shellacking at the hands of No. 4 Akron in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, it was a huge step in the right direction for a program adjusting to the demands of playing high-level competition every year.

Rutgers looks to use the loss to a school it can mold its program after as a learning experience, said head coach Dan Donigan.

“I just told them after the game I’m very proud and those guys have helped us build this program to where it’s respectable now,” Donigan said following the loss. “This is a little bit of a setback but it’s not going to stop us from moving forward.”

In the first few weeks of regular season action, however, the projections of an unsuccessful year appeared to be coming to fruition.

The Knights started the season 2-2-1 in the first five games

of the season, dropping a heartbreaking 1-0 decision to Wisconsin — the only team they finished ahead of in the Big Ten last season — on a last second golden goal in double-overtime in its first conference game.

Things looked to be turning in the right direction in Rutgers next conference matchup when it crushed then-No. 22 Indiana 4-1 in Bloomington after struggling to produce on the offensive end in the first five matches of the season.

The Knights then dropped their next two conference matches at home, however, to Michigan State and Penn State — the latter of which saw a near 3-hour power outage extend the game late into the night — and the season outlook appeared bleak for the boys from the Banks.

Until the next conference game changed everything.

“I think the turning point for us was when we played Michigan at Michigan,” said Mitch Lurie, who captained the team along with senior midfielder Mitchell Taintor. “I think the team played very, very well both offensively and defensively in that game. We figured out that, ‘Hey, these guys are on top of the Big Ten,’ so we were like, ‘Okay, well, if they’re on top of the Big Ten and we just went on the road and beat these guys, there’s no reason we can’t be on top of the Big Ten.’” The 1-0 win over then-Big Ten leaders Michigan was the second of a 7-game winning streak for Rutgers where its attack came to life, outscoring opponents, 16-4, and its defense solidified, keeping five shutouts during the stretch.

As the wins kept coming in for the Knights, so did the points, as they climbed up the Big Ten standings. The sixth win of the streak, a 1-0 upset of then-No. 18 Ohio State at Yurcak Field on Oct. 25, pushed Rutgers to first place in the Big Ten for the first time in program history.

The streak was abruptly ended on the last day of the regular season in a 3-1 loss to Maryland at College Park, dropping the Knights to a fourth-place finish in the standings and a fourth seed in the Big Ten tournament.

Rutgers opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over Northwestern in the quarterfinals at

Yurcak Field to reach the semifinals for the first time in just its second season in the Big Ten. Ohio State was awaiting a rematch in the semifinals and it avenged its earlier loss in Piscataway with a 4-0 thumping of the Knights in Columbus to knock them out of the conference tournament.

Looking back on the season after the Big Ten Tournament, Rutgers was confident it would earn its first berth into the NCAA Tournament since 2011, but nothing was guaranteed.

When its spot in the tournament was announced at the NCAA Tournament Selection Show three days after its loss to the Buckeyes, the pain of defeat was forgotten and euphoria reigned among the Knights.

“My favorite moment of the season had to be when we saw our name up on the board to get into the NCAA Tournament because that’s just kind of the moment where you take everything in and you realize that all the hard work you put in for the previous couple of months and the previous 16 to 17 games … paid off,” Lurie said. “It was a sigh of relief to see all the hard work we put in allowed us to play in the postseason.”

A big reason for Rutgers’ successful year was sophomore forward Jason Wright. The unanimous Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year finished the season as the top scorer in the Big Ten with 13 goals, including the game-winner in each of the Knights’ wins over Ohio State and Michigan in the regular season.

Wright’s strong play in the regular season didn’t transition well into the postseason, though, as he was unable to score in any of Rutgers four postseason contests.

With that in the back of his mind, the Kingston, Jamaica, native already looks ahead to next season where he hopes the team’s steady improvement continues. But before more success can come, he and his team must put in the effort in the months before the opening whistle blows to start the 2016 season.

“In the offseason, we’re going to work hard,” Wright said.

“We’re looking forward to (preseason training in the) spring.”

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

A trip to paradise was just what the doctor ordered for the Rutgers women’s basketball team.

After beginning the season with a win at St. Joseph’s, the Scarlet Knights suffered back-to-back losses to St. John’s and Seton Hall.

A 61-51 victory over Temple allowed Rutgers to redeem itself after a pair of poor performances.

“We’re happy to get the win,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer after the 10-point triumph over the Owls on Nov. 23. “We’re just happy to get the win. We needed it, and will need to do far better to go further if we intend to be there when it counts.”

Stringer has been adamant about her team’s need to speed the progression in the early going, but stressed patience in handling the process,.

Now the Knights (5-2) return home from the Virgin Islands on a different kind of streak, sweeping three games from Tulane, Virginia and Green Bay to take the crown at the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas over Thanksgiving break, Nov. 26-28.

In the tournament’s opening game, leading-scorer Kahleah Copper shook the rust off a threegame shooting slump.

The senior wing poured in 28 points on 11-for-17 shooting from the field and grabbed seven rebounds to pace the Knights in a dominant 7551 win over the Green Wave.

Junior guard Tyler Scaife chipped in 11 points on an efficient 5-of-8 from the floor while Rutgers’ defense stifled Tulane on 31.7 percent shooting from the field.

The toughest game of the three for the Knights came in game two against Virginia, where the Cavaliers trailed by only a bucket when Rutgers took a 29-27 lead into the locker room at halftime.

But in the fourth, the Knights poured it on, outscoring Virginia, 1811, to pull away with a 60-48 victory.

Copper shined again, dropping 21 points on 58.3 percent shooting while pulling down eight more rebounds.

Scaife paced the run to the title with 17 points and four assists

against Green Bay in the finale of the Paradise Jam to give Rutgers a clean sweep of the tourney after a 54-43 win over the Phoenix.

The Knights shook themselves after trailing 13-7 at the conclusion of the opening quarter, going on to outscore Green Bay, 47-30, the rest of the way.

Copper stayed hot, scoring 20 more points and grabbing another eight boards on her way to being named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

The Philadelphia native averaged 23 points and eight rebounds over the course of the three-game sweep of the competition in St. Thomas, coming away with the Paradise Jam crown.

Scaife was named to the All-Tournament team after averaging 11.3 points and 3.3 assists.The Little Rock, Arkansas, native continued her unconscious shooting from the free throw line this season, finishing a perfect 8-for-8 in paradise.

Scaife is shooting 95.7 percent (22-of-23) from the charity stripe through seven games in her junior season after shooting 72 percent from the line as a sophomore.

Her team also improved its shooting from beyond the arc, another facet of the game that Stringer was harping on after the win over Temple.

“Think about it,” Stringer suggested to reporters in the media center at the RAC after the win over the Owls. “We were the lowest team in the country on the 3-point shot. That’s better. We shot 6-for-12. How about that?”

Stringer stressed the importance of getting Copper back on track after she struggled to low shooting percentages against St. John’s and Temple.

Clearly, the senior responded.

“That has been a missing piece and we are working, making a conscious effort, to get (Copper) the ball much more,” Stringer said.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think the turning point was when we played Michigan at Michigan ... we were like “Okay, so they’re top of the Big Ten and we went on the road and beat these guys, there’s no reason we can’t be on top of the Big Ten.” — Senior center back Mitch Lurie

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ATHLETICS RUTGERS OFFICIALLY INTRODUCES PATRICK HOBBS AS NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Patrick Hobbs addresses reporters at his introductory press conference Monday night in the media room at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Rutgers introduced Hobbs as its new director of Rutgers Athletics. Hobbs said he has already launched the search for the next head football coach, but did not disclose any names. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

RU tabs new Director of Athletics GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

When Rober t L. Barchi hired Patrick Hobbs to succeed Julie Hermann as Director of Athletics on Sunday, the University President connected one key piece to the puzzle that is the athletic depar tment at Rutgers.

One day later, Barchi’s newest hire has already taken the first step by winning the part one of his debut in the public eye.

“I’m excited to be here at Rutgers, to have this opportunity,” Hobbs said at his introductory press conference Monday night in the media room of the Louis Brown Athletic Center. “I think there’s so much potential here.”

Hobbs, who attended the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s home game against Wake Forest on Monday night at the RAC, received a standing ovation from fans when he was shown on the video board above center court.

When he addressed the media at the half, he mentioned the outpouring support he has

received since taking over as athletic director on Sunday.

“The enthusiasm I’ve seen already is over whelming. It’s little bit humbling just because, obviously, there’s tremendous responsibility,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do ... We’re all at hard work already and we’re not gonna stop until we get to the top.”

But even with all of the enthusiasm surrounding the newest face in Piscataway, the former dean emeritus of the Seton Hall

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junior kick returner, was named second team All-Big Ten return specialist by media after finishing with four scoring returns. Senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo was named to the third team with a school record-tying 10 touchdowns.

University School of Law understands there is still a second piece to the puzzle that he, Barchi and the administration at Rutgers need to string together as soon as possible.

With Kyle Flood out of the picture after four years as the head football coach at Rutgers, the ball is in both Barchi’s and Hobbs’s court to reel in the next big catch of the sport program that represents the top revenue stream in the athletic department.

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U.S. Long Course Nationals

vs. Florida State

vs. Penn State

vs. Seton Hall

Tomorrow, TBA, Federal Way, Wash.

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Tallahassee, Fla.

Friday, 5 p.m., Cary, N.C.

Saturday, 12 p.m., The RAC