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U. to build academic hub for athletes BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN STAFF WRITER

A new building, the Barbara and Gary Rodkin Center for Academic Success, was approved at Rutgers University’s Board of Governors meeting on Thursday.

The new $15 million addition received its most major contribution from Barbara and Gary Rodkin, according to a Board resolution released in February.

“Among my highest priorities has been to improve the academic resources for all our students,” said Rutgers University President Robert L. Barchi. “This gift from Gary and Barbara will further our aspiration to be recognized as one of the world’s premier universities. I want to thank the Rodkins for their remarkable leadership in helping our student athletes achieve the highest academic standards.”

The building will consolidate all academic support services for Athletics in a single building and will also house training facilities for the men’s and women’s soccer and lacrosse programs, as well as offices for Athletics administration.

The facility will be located on Busch campus across from HighPoint.com Stadium, according to the resolution.

The building’s resources for athletes will include academic advising, learning specialists, one-on-one and group tutoring, workshops and seminars, team study halls and a computer lab, according to the resolution. The facility will also have a

The Barbara and Gary Rodkin Center for Academic Success will include resources for student athletes such as academic advising, learning specialists, one-on-one and group tutoring, workshops, seminars, team study halls and a computer lab. RUTGERS.EDU lounge to foster peer-to-peer interaction among student athletes.

“The great state universities pride themselves on excellence, both in academics and athletics,” Gary Rodkin said. “Being a successful student athlete is a difficult balancing act.

These young men and women represent us. We feel a responsibility to help provide the resources necessary for them to achieve on the playing surface and in the classroom.”

The Board meeting also celebrated women’s basketball head

coach C. Vivian Stringer’s 1,000th victory and stressed the increased need for online course offerings, as they are more financially feasible for students.

The Daily Targum reported last week that the meeting was met

with protests from faculty and students who, in a combined effort, were advocating for a $15 minimum wage and a new faculty contract that would promise increased benefits, job security and greater staff diversity.

Paul Robeson, Rutgers’ 3rd Black graduate, topic of Byrne Seminar CATHERINE NGUYEN STAFF WRITER

Susan Robeson, Paul Robeson’s granddaughter and professor of the Byrne Seminar about him, explores his struggles for social justice across the world. RUTGERS.EDU

Last week, first-year students presented their research about the life of Paul Robeson in a Byrne Seminar called The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: Celebrating the 100-Year Anniversar y of Paul Robeson’s Graduation from Rutgers, a course taught

by Robeson’s granddaughter Susan Robeson, according to Rutgers Today.

Robeson was Rutgers’ third Black graduate and was a renowned athlete, human rights activist and actor. During the course,

students explored Robeson’s life and legacy.

“It has been rewarding to see the lights go on in the younger generation of students who haven’t experienced the hardships of my grandfather’s time, but got a grasp of global issues and the importance of his position, not just in America, but in the world,” Susan Robeson said. “There is a river to the freedom struggle and so much of that flow comes from Paul Robeson.”

The course is par t of a series of classes to introduce students to research. Some of the topics explored were Paul Robeson’s

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fights for social justice across the world, his acting and singing career and the struggles he faced such as blacklisting in the McCar thy age.

Specifically, students examined how in 1938, Paul Robeson tweaked his song “Ol’ Man River,” which he had written a decade earlier. Jordan Davis and Olubukola Lana, School of Arts and Sciences first-years, said he changed the song from one of Black suffering to one of Black empowerment.

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Campus Calendar MONDAY 12/10 Rutgers Center for Lipid Research Seminar Series presents “Tissue Specific Roles for Acyl CoA Synthetases in Promoting Diet Induced Obesity” from 2 to 3 p.m. at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health on Cook campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Rutgers University Choir: Northern Lights” at 7:30 p.m. at Kirkpatrick Chapel on the College Avenue campus.

This event is $5 for students.

TUESDAY 12/11 Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Rutgers Wind Ensemble: Vive la France!” at 7:30 p.m. at Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. This event is $5 for students.

Rutgers Recreation Depar tment presents “Bingo Night” from 9 to 10:30 p.m. at Neilson Dining Hall on Douglass campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Center for Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance

Program and Psychiatric Services presents “Mindulness Meditation” from noon to 1 p.m. at Busch Student Center on Busch campus. This event is free and open to the public.

WEDNESDAY 12/12 Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine and Center for Integrative Proteomics Research presents “Building High-Throughput Expression Libraries From Genomes” from noon to 1 p.m. at Center for Integrative Proteomics Research on Busch campus.

This event is free and open to the public.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School presents “Neurology Grand Rounds” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Clinical Academic Building on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Fall 2018 Visiting Artists Series: Diamond Stingily” at 6:30 p.m. at Civic Square Building on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.

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Zimmerli director talks AIDS activism, red ribbon creation BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN STAFF WRITER

Thomas Sokolowski, one of the founders of the art activist organization Visual AIDS and director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, participated in an interview with The Daily Targum about his experiences as an activist at the peak of the AIDS epidemic.

Visual AIDS created the event, Day Without Art, which coincides with World AIDS Day annually on Dec. 1.

For the first World AIDS Day in 1988, Sokolowski was in London. He said the predictions for the disease were negative with expectations for continued infections and deaths.

Two months after the first World AIDS Day, Time Magazine ran a story that featured prominent artists that had died as a result of the disease. Sokolowski said it made him ask himself, what would people like Michael Bennett, the famous Broadway choreographer who died of AIDS, have done if they had lived?

Sokolowski said he then saw an art exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) by photographer Nicholas Nixon, who photographed patients through the stages of AIDS. Nixon showed the exponential progression of the disease in short time periods, which was four weeks in some cases.

At a dinner party, with both AIDS presentations as inspiration, Sokolowski said he and four friends came up with the idea of Visual AIDS to raise awareness of the disease.

The initial group of five gay men, including Sokolowski’s friend who died in 1990 of AIDS, began giving out weekly press releases with AIDS-related poetry readings, art shows and theater programs around Greenwich Village in New York City.

“We were sort of a marketing, clipping agency to begin with,” Sokolowski said.

The organization started having meetings and calling friends who were mostly in the visual arts world. They began with 15

members, then after six months had 50 members, he said.

Sokolowski said one of the men in the organization came up with the idea of Day Without Art, which was based off of a protest against the Vietnam War in the 1970s due to the similarities in many young men’s deaths. To draw attention to the Visual AIDS cause, members of the most prominent art gallery in New York City closed their doors, as if they were no longer there.

“The premise was if this disease goes unabated, there would at one point be no artists to hang art on the walls, no museum professionals, no critics, no art handlers and no visitors. So it would be a day without art,” Sokolowski said.

The organization began calling everyone in the art world, those they knew and those they did not, to get them to participate in the first Day Without Art. As Dec. 1, 1989 approached, Visual AIDS had 659 institutions across the country involved.

Some places closed their doors, some created new art to display and some took art off the walls, Sokolowski said.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art took down its portrait of Gertrude Stein, a famous lesbian poet, and instead put up a sign that drew attention to the AIDS crisis. The museum also put a bowl of condoms at its entrance to promote safe sex.

Sokolowski said he and his friends were riding in a taxi to the Day Without Art opening at the MoMA when they heard themselves being interviewed on one of the largest radio stations in New York City.

“I talked to Walter Cronkite and Peter Jennings,” he said.

“Every major news circuit began broadcasts with ‘Today is a Day Without Art.’” After the success of the first year, Sokolowski said he knew Visual AIDS had to top it for next year. The organization began setting up different committees. One of the committees took the idea of the yellow ribbon, a symbol for supporting the militar y during the Persian

Thomas Sokolowski, director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, came up with the idea for Visual AIDS during a dinner party with friends. The group then began giving out press releases every week in New York City with various performances related to the virus. RUTGERS.EDU Gulf War, and created the red ribbon as a symbol for supporting the AIDS crisis.

The red ribbon became a universal symbol that went viral, Sokolowski said.

By 1995, when Sokolowski stepped down as the head of marketing for the organization, he said, there were millions involved with

Visual AIDS and Day Without Art across the globe. That year MTV even did a moment of silence, having its broadcast go black for 1 minute.

The AIDS crisis has improved since the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it is still prevalent in people’s lives. Sokolowski has friends who have lived with the virus for 25 years, he said. They

have survived, but a good number of them are living with a disability or must spend months in the hospital every couple of years.

“It is one more thing we have to deal with, one more thing we have to integrate into our lives.

And it is not just gay people who get AIDS. Transmission is transmission,” he said.

An art exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art that had photographs of patients through the stages of AIDS was part of the inspiration for Sokolowski’s art activism organization. FLICKR

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Small plane lands on Northern NJ golf course ASSOCIATED PRESS PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Authorities said a small plane made an emergency landing on a golf course in northern New Jersey where some people were playing, but no serious injuries were reported.

Three adults and a child were aboard the Mooney M20 single-engine plane when it landed around 12:15 p.m. Sunday on the fairway of the ninth hole of the

Paramus Golf Course. Police said two of the adults and the child suffered minor injuries, but further details were not disclosed.

Authorities said there were some golfers on the course when the landing occurred, but no one on the ground was injured.

Officials said the pilot reported engine problems shortly after taking off from the Lincoln Park Airport. The plane was headed to Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

The pilot reported engine problems on the plane after taking off from the Lincoln Park Airport.

Some golfers were on the course when the landing occurred, but none of them were injured. The plane was headed to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Man crashes, hides from cops in home

Fugitive arrested after 16 years of freedom ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS LINDEN, N.J. (AP) — A man who barricaded himself inside a home after he crashed a car while being pursued by police has been taken into custody.

The crash occurred late Sunday morning in Linden. It was not immediately clear why police were chasing the man, but officials noted that it occurred shortly after a robbery at nearby supermarket.

After crashing the car, the man ran into the nearby home and barricaded himself inside. It was not clear if anyone was in the home at the time, but several residences in the neighborhood were evacuated as a SWAT team arrived on scene.

No injuries were reported in the pursuit or the standoff.

A man in Linden, N.J. was being pursued by police when he crashed a car. He then ran into a nearby home and barricaded himself inside. THE DAILY TARGUM

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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey fugitive who fled 16 years ago after he was convicted of sexual assault has been captured.

Middlesex County prosecutors say 42-year-old Rayed Bukhari, of South Plainfield, was arrested Thursday by the FBI at his job in Long Island City, New York. He was returned to New Jersey for a federal court appearance in Newark and remained in custody on Sunday.

Authorities say Bukhari was convicted in November 2001 of sexual assault, criminal restraint, false imprisonment and a weapons charge. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to appear for his sentencing in May 2002.

Prosecutors did not say what led investigators to Bukhari or provide more information about his time as a fugitive.

Rayed Bukhai has multiple convictions, including sexual assault. MIDDLESEX COUNTY

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Mason Gross dean to step down in June CATHERINE NGUYEN STAFF WRITER

In an email to the Rutgers community, Interim Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy announced the decision of George B. Stauffer, dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts, to step down from his position effective June 30, 2019 and return as a distinguished professor in the Department of Music.

Stauffer has been serving as dean for nearly two decades, according to the email. During his tenure, he established new programs, facilities, divisions and endowments.

According to an email to The Daily Targum, Stauffer said he constructed Bettenbender Plaza and Robert E. Mortensen Hall and

Robert E. Mortensen Hall, located within the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center on Douglass campus, was unveiled in September of 2013. It provides additional rehearsal and performance spaces for the music, dance and theater departments. RUTGERS.EDU raised more than $50 million for the University, with $25 million going to endowments. Through national and international recruiting, he moved undergraduate out-ofstate enrollment to 27 percent. He has also created programs such as the BFA Acting Program and the MFA Program in Art and Design.

SEMINAR Robeson’s graduation will be commemorated with centennial celebration CONTINUED FROM FRONT tired of livin’ and scared of dyin’” with “But I keep laughin’ instead of cryin’ / I must keep fightin’ until

I’m dyin’” among other changes, according to Rutgers Today.

Next year also marks the 100th anniversary of his graduation from Rutgers Col-

He expressed desire to focus on the music and culture of the Baroque Era, as well as the life and works of composer J.S. Bach, which are subjects he is known internationally for as a scholar, performer and writer. In the email to the Targum, Stauffer said he published eight books, wrote features

for The New York Times and is working on a volume titled “Why Bach Matters” to be published by the Yale University Press.

The email from Molloy stated that during the 2019-2020 academic year, Stauffer will take a research leave to prepare for his return to the faculty as a profes-

sor the following year. Rutgers will also be establishing a committee to conduct a search nationally for a new dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts.

“I look forward to building on the many successes achieved by Dean Stauffer,” Molloy said in the email.

lege, which will be commemorated with the Rutgers University—New Brunswick’s Robeson Centennial along with his scholastic, athletic, artistic and global achievements.

The centennial celebration will begin in January with lectures, performances, art exhibitions and more. This spring, the Paul Robeson Plaza will open as well in honor of the centennial.

The Byrne Seminar was cotaught with Edward Ramsamy, the chair of Africana Studies and James Whitney III, the assistant vice chancellor for Undergraduate Academic Affairs. Ramsamy said the first-year students participating in the seminar will help to make Paul Robeson’s memory and legacy a part of the University’s culture.

During the presentation, Kevin Carolina and Alexandra

Sankoh, School of Arts and Sciences first-years, read from Robeson’s valedictor y address, titled “The New Idealism.”

“In my lifetime, I witnessed the first Black president, the legalization of same-sex marriage and changes in how we handle sexual assault. We have Robeson to thank for showing us how to be brave and fight for what we believe in,” Carolina said.

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Allies need awareness of identity, privilege PRIDE, NOT PREJUDICE NEHA SAJU

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eing an ally is a good thing, but only when it is done with the right intentions. Wearing the term “ally” on your sleeve does not inherently give you the right to call attention to your own support instead of the actual issues at hand.

My piece this week is inspired by the work of Mia McKenzie, who in her writing, distinguishes between real solidarity and what she calls “ally theater.” According to McKenzie, people who use their support of a movement to show their so-called good character are cookie-seeking “allies.” These individuals care about themselves, not the movement.

They do not understand that real solidarity is not worn like a nametag.

An ally can not be a title that someone gives themselves. Instead, this title must be given by those who are unable to retreat into their privileged identities. An ally does not have anything to lose except for the prestige that comes with being an ally, said Mychal Denzel Smith.

In the planning of the Women’s March, which took place in Washington, D.C. after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, the organizers “made a deliberate decision to highlight the plight of minority and undocumented immigrant women and provoke uncomfortable discussions about race,” according to The New York Times. Numerous white women voiced their disagreement with this decision and felt that they were not welcome as a result of it. But, this discourse was by design. The organizers wanted to spark a conversation about what the message of the march should acknowledge. Anne Valk, author of the book “Radical Sisters,” said that in the short term, if trying to amass a greater amount of marchers for this specific march, then bringing up discussions of race would not be beneficial. But, if the long-term goal is to use the “march as a catalyst for progressive social and political change, then (it) has to include thinking about race and class privilege,” she said.

This branch of feminism known as intersectionality takes into consideration that people have overlapping identities and experiences that may lead them to face more complex forms of prejudice. It is “a framework for conceptualizing a person, group of people, or social problem as affected by a number of discriminations and disadvantages,” according to YW Boston. Understanding that one individual may be facing different kinds of prejudice is important and, before raising our voices, we must first make sure everyone feels like they have the same opportunity to be heard.

In the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade, organizers asked Black women to march at the back of the parade. We cannot forget this. Even though some people are uncomfortable with discussions of intersectionality, it is vital to remember that these uncomfortable moments need to occur in order for the entire movement to move forward.

“Understanding that you have an unfair advantage over someone else is not enough.

Making conscious actions as a result of this realization is an effect that would actually benefit those who are underrepresented. ” Furthermore, in a general sense, different communities have different needs and minority women care about different issues: “Black women who have worked their whole lives as maids might care more about the minimum wage or police brutality than about seeing a woman in the White House. Undocumented immigrant women might care about abortion rights, they said, but not nearly as much as they worry about being deported,” according to The New York Times. When these minority groups are not represented in the feminist movement, those who are fighting for a better future are silenced in a different way.

In order to build a solid foundation for future social movements for everyone, people should embrace this idea of intersectionality. But in order to do so — in order to really be an ally — individuals must first acknowledge their privilege. Understanding that you have an unfair advantage over someone else is not enough. Making conscious actions as a result of this realization is an effect that would actually benefit those who are underrepresented. Actively train your mind to ask, “is what I am about to say or do in any way beneficial to the person I am about to say or do it to? If so, how,” according to Black Girl Dangerous.

This way, when you choose to stand in solidarity with another person, you know that the ground under your feet is not built on false pretenses and unchecked privilege. So before you stand up, stand back — make sure you are raising your voice with the right intentions.

Neha Saju is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student planning on majoring in political science and history and minoring in English. Her column, “Pride, Not Prejudice,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Democrats open door for gerrymander Proposal to amend state constitution must have bipartisan opposition

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Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) has publicly affirmed he partisan practice of manipulating district lines is an undemocratic crack his opposition to the measures of his party and has in the foundation of America since the claimed that the changes do not pass the democratic nation was first formed. From the rotten boroughs tests of our nation, according to NJ Advance Media.

“I’m also a believer in democracy and opening up in England, to Patrick Henr y attempting to gerr ymander James Madison out of Virginia, to the democracy and transparency and good processes of cracking and packing of 2010, redistricting is one government in getting to the right solutions. And I of the oldest continued abuses of power in our don’t think this meets those tests,” Murphy said at a news conference earlier this month. democratic experiment.

Sue Altman, a representative of South Jersey ProThe democratic necessity of redistricting and reapportionment must be rid of the manipulative in- gressive Women for Change, voiced a similar sentifluence of incentivized legislators through neutral ment when making the public statement that they standards. Rather than neutrally designing districts will “refuse to sit by and watch the Democratic Pararound real communities, the reapportionment pro- ty bosses further consolidate their power to have cess that occurs every decade undermines the dem- the ultimate leverage when it comes time to whip ocratic value of fair elections, diminishes voting pow- important votes.”

While redistricting has negatively impacted the er and disenfranchises minority groups. democratic system as Democrats in a whole, the damages Trenton have quiinflicted by racial and etly grabbed the “The undemocratic amendment proposed partisan manipulation chisel of gerryby Democratic leadership demands have been significantmandering and ly directed at minoriresuscitated a probipartisan opposition. ” ty groups. Richard posal to modify the Smith, president of the redistricting proNew Jersey chapter cess. The changes would shift the drawing of districts to be based on of the National Association for the Advancement of statewide election results over the last 10 years and Colored People (NAACP), warned that the changes restructure the commission in charge of the process. would “virtually ensure the voting power of commuIn a state where there are approximately 900,000 nities of color will be diluted for decades to come,” more registered Democrats than Republicans, Dem- according to NJ Advance Media.

There cannot be a double standard in which Democrats are attempting to further cement their hold on New Jersey’s governing bodies. If approved by ocrats refuse to uphold their claimed democratic valthe legislature, the proposal (SCR152, ACR205) will ues. For the party to posit itself at the moral center, place a ballot question asking for voter approval to its actions must be reflective.

If the state is to revamp the redistricting process, amending the state’s constitution.

The Princeton Gerr ymandering Report released amendments must be righteous and just in the proa study asserting that the amendment would “make gression and protection of rights and values. Nonparit possible for either Democrats or Republicans to tisan independent commissions ought to be utilized commit a gerr ymander under the radar” and the to draw just district maps and algorithms can ensure Brennan Center for Justice at the New York Uni- fair compactness.

The undemocratic amendment proposed by versity School of Law suggested this could “open the door to gerr ymandering.” The undemocratic Democratic leadership demands bipartisan oppoconcentrating of political power demands confron- sition. Gerrymandering is not exclusively Left or tation from those of all party affiliations. Placing Right and requires the public to hold both sides the state and democratic values above partisan pol- accountable in the refusal to politically manipulate the redistricting process. itics is fundamental.

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U. ought to replace final exams with functional alternatives ON THE FRONT LINES DUSTIN NILES

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inals week is as much of a legend on college campuses as it is a reality. For some, it can make or break their grades for the semester. It is not rare for a class’s only grades to be the midterm and the final, which puts a tremendous amount of pressure on students to perform well on their exams. With the mental health struggles many students face on college campuses, it is time to move away from high-pressure testing and move toward methods of assessment that take pressure off of students and are more practical and relevant to their fields of study.

When finals week comes up at the end of the semester, the pressure for students to perform is often immense and taxing on one’s mental health. The Daily Texan, the student newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin, reported that visits to the University’s Counseling and Mental Health Center increase in the weeks approaching finals.

Any college student that tells you they prefer finals over other assessment techniques is definitely in the minority. In one poll taken by a University of Arizona professor in a lecture with more than 600 students, 98 percent said they were less stressed taking short, weekly quizzes than they were taking large exams.

The method of final examinations also leaves behind students that are poor at test-taking. Nearly everyone has a story in which they forgot everything they knew the minute the test was put in front of them, and a lot of teachers and professors have stories of students that shined throughout the semester only to bomb the final exam and sink their grade.

Not only does this unfairly place importance on one test, it also only records a student’s aptitude at one point in time. Regular assessments place less

held a final exam, showing that professors are finding other ways to assess student performance. Personally, only two of my classes are holding final exams this semester.

The rest are using weeks-long final projects, final papers and regular assessments throughout the semester instead.

If colleges claim to care about the health and wellness of their students as much as they say they do, why are they not looking into ways to assess students without as much of a toll on their mental health?

There are numerous options that

“Finals week is sometimes seen as a rite of passage, or an irreplaceable fact of college life. But, what constitutes college life has changed and been molded by students throughout modern history.” pressure on those who do not test well, and they better record their performance throughout the semester rather than just at a singular time. A student’s grade in the class should be derived from their performance throughout the entire class, not just from an exam or two.

There are options other than large final exams for assessing student performance.

In the spring of 2009, just 259 of 1,137 undergraduate courses at Harvard University

professors can use to measure student progress that will be more effective than exams. For example, multiple smaller assessments can show how a student progresses throughout the semester rather than just at the midterm point and at the end. Final projects can be used in a student’s portfolio in creative fields, which they can use to market themselves in their industries. Final papers can be written around a student’s schedule over multiple

weeks, giving the student more control over their time and reducing stress.

Both of these options alleviate attendance issues on the final exam day. Students have to travel back to their families for winter break, and sometimes they really do get sick during finals week and cannot make it to the exam. With regular assessments, final projects or final papers, attendance on final exam day is no longer an issue.

Finals week is sometimes seen as a rite of passage, or an irreplaceable fact of college life. But, what constitutes college life has changed and been molded by students throughout modern history. College was once only for men and that changed. Hazing in fraternities was seen as a necessary part of college life and that changed. Lowincome students used to be excluded from college life and that also changed.

By making students’ voices heard and rallying against practices that we find unnecessary and unfair, we have changed what constitutes college life in the past and we can change what constitutes college life in the future. It is not about making college easier, but rather it is about what is fair to students and what helps them learn most efficiently. In that sense, finals are no longer necessary on college campuses.

Dustin Niles is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies. He is a staff photographer at The Daily Targum.

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Cruelty-free couture grows with Chanel quitting animal skins JADE CHANDLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The fashion industry is turning vegan. Animal rights activists are finally seeing a change, beginning with mogul luxury designer Chanel. Last Monday, the brand called it quits with the use of exotic animal skins in their future designs.

Bruno Pavlovsky, the president of Chanel fashion and Chanel SAS, explained that it was becoming increasingly difficult to source skins that met the house’s quality and ethical standards in an interview with WWD. The issue of supply has turned the company’s focus to the textiles and leathers being generated by “agri-food” industries. Any designs that are strutted across the catwalk, displayed in the showroom or placed on mannequins in stores will be crafted with the expertise of the ateliers. The question is whether the limited supply of skins is causing this ethical change or if the company has become a true animal activist group.

Pavlovsky further explained that ethical and quality outsourcing was a problem, but what led to their decision was the mindfulness of a change needing to be made.

“We did it because it’s in the air, but it’s not an air people

Chanel was recently in the news for holding the Chanel Métiers d’Art, its annual showcase, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The fashion house has also garnered attention for swearing off the use of the skins of crocodiles, snakes, stingrays and lizards in their products. INSTAGRAM imposed to us. It’s a free choice,” he said.

Now, there will be a few more crocodiles, snakes, stingrays and lizards in their natural habitats due to the ban on their skin. Fur was also included in the list of materials that will no longer be used in the fashion company, but Chanel notes that fur was rarely used in its collections previously.

Regardless of the motive behind Chanel seeking cruelty-free fashion, this change joins the

movement toward a vegan fashion industry and can become a catalyst for other companies to do the same. Chanel is not the first to ban skins, they are only catching up to changes other fashion houses have made.

High-end brands like Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Jimmy Choo and Burberry have already acknowledged the significance of being cruelty-free. In an interview with CNN in 2015, Stella McCartney — who runs a completely

vegetarian company — talked about real fur. "It's not relevant, it's not sexy, it's not fashionable and it's not cool,” she said.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is celebrating the change. For years, it has addressed the issues of sustainability and animal rights to Chanel and companies alike.

PETA exposed the brutal skinning process used on animals, while they were still alive, to supply industries like fashion. Snakes

are nailed to trees, lizards are decapitated, alligators are shot and slammered with hammers into paralyzation. During the process of becoming material for the next best-selling handbag, it may take hours for the animals to die.

How will loyal consumers react to cruelty-free changes? It is no secret that animal prints and skins have been best-sellers in the industry for decades. But faux furs have become the leading alternative to the authentic textures by high-end fast fashion companies.

In order for Chanel — or any other company that follows the cruelty-free standard — to continue to grow in profits, the focus should be to maintain the quality of the faux material.

There will always be supporters and critics among consumers, but the ethical decision is the right change because the concern of profit variability will not make as much of an impact as the industry transformation.

Today’s generation has spoken loudly on all social injustices like diversity, inclusivity, animal cruelty and more. Makeup brands have already made big changes to the ingredients used in supplying their products. And, although the practice may not be brought to an end, the growing acceptance of using inauthentic animal skins is already on the rise.

Giant steps: Musicians who raised their stock this year ALMIER MCCOY CORRESPONDENT

After what seems like the longest year ever, the end of 2018 is finally near. There were a lot of highs and plenty of lows, but the amount of music released throughout the year made up for it all. With the influx of newcomers breaking their way into the entertainment business, one could argue that 2018 gave listeners a sneak peek of careers that will flourish in the new year.

KIM PETRAS

Born and raised in the German city of Cologne, Kim Petras is a 25-year-old transgender pop-singer/songwriter, currently based in Los Angeles. At the age of 16, Petras under went gender reassignment surger y, making her one of the youngest people to undergo the process, according to Billboard. With the support of the LGBTQ+ community, the “Heart to Break” singer went viral last year with the release of her upbeat hit called “I Don’t Want It At All.” In an interview with The Huffington Post, Petras said she just wants her fans to focus on her singing and less on her identity, stating, “I just hate the idea of using my identity as a tool ... It

made me the person I am and that is a big part of me, but I think music is about your feelings and your fantasies and it goes deeper than your gender or your sexuality.” Regardless of her identity, it is evident that Petras has undeniable talent.

ELLA MAI

Originally from the United Kingdom, Ella Mai first came to the United States when she was just 12 years old, according to Billboard. After moving back to the U.K. to attend school for music, Mai decided to test the waters and perform cover songs on Instagram. This proved to be a success, as she caught the eye of DJ Mustard, who eventually signed her to his label, 10 Summers Records.

Two years later, her hit song “Boo’d Up” reached No. 6 on the Billboard charts and she released her self-titled debut album. “Boo’d Up” was just nominated for the Grammy award for Song of the Year, making it her first nomination. Win or lose, Mai’s success is a prime example of what hardwork and determination will allow you to accomplish.

TROYE SIVAN

Having been famous since creating content on YouTube as a

teenager, Troye Sivan is becoming one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Originally from Australia, Sivan makes music for listeners that are finally ready to let go of their inhibitions. Since the age of 18, Sivan has been openly gay, something he discussed in an interview with Billboard in August.

“Before coming out, I remember distinctly feeling like there was a delay on my life ... I didn’t know any gay people growing up or any queer people growing up, and so I just really felt alone and kind of lost, and I just wasn’t experiencing life,” he said. His experiences allowed him to make music that is not only a representation of his identity, but also a message to the many LGBTQ youth who dream of one day finally getting to a point where they no longer have to mask their true selves.

at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. So what is it that makes 6ix9ine such a success?

Well, aside from having notable artists like Nicki Minaj featured on the songs “FeFe” and “Mama,” 6ix9ine’s personality is really what sets him apart. His humorous and outgoing attitude has given him

the opportunity to troll his way to the top. Even though he is currently behind bars, his debut studio album, “Dummy Boy," released last month and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The controversy surrounding him hasn’t stemmed his popularity, and this star is on the rise.

TEKASHI69

Although he is currently in a bit of legal trouble, Tekashi69 — also known as 6ix9ine — has arguably made the biggest improvement out of all the new artists flourishing this year. Born Daniel Hernandez, 6ix9ine became mainstream in 2017 with the release of his debut single called “Gummo.”

Earlier this year, he released his mixtape, "Day69," which debuted

After starting his career on YouTube, Troye Sivan has blossomed into an international pop star. Sivan is nominated for a Golden Globe award for his song "Boy Erased." INSTAGRAM

DIVERSIONS

December 10, 2018

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Happy Birthday: You’ll want to do things on a big scale this year, but don’t lose sight of practicality. Play it safe. Take your time to reach your destination. Iron out problems and you’ll distinguish yourself as a fixer. Let wisdom be your guide instead of following or trusting someone to lead you. Your numbers are 8, 13, 24, 27, 31, 38, 40.

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Non Sequitur

Wiley

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Look at the full extent of your current situation. Check your financial position and consider how best to ensure you don’t incur debt. A minimalistic plan should be put in place until you feel there is less uncertainty in your life. 2 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take control. Enact changes you want to make, not those someone else is pressuring you into. Protect your reputation, your physical and emotional health and your ability to do what’s best for you. Speak from the heart. 5 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you are too enthusiastic, you’ll be taken advantage of. Observation will be in your best interest. Someone offering praise and compliments will have ulterior motives. Gather facts and size up situations based on your findings, not what someone tells you. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take the initiative and get things done your way. Your input will be welcomed and your ability to sort through matters will help resolve issues that have been hanging over your head. Put things to rest and enjoy year-end festivities. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Look for opportunities and make changes that will ease stress and help you prepare to close the year on a high note. Refrain from overspending or being indulgent when out with friends. Offer quick wit, humor and help to others. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Look at the possibilities. Structure your time to ensure you make the most of each moment. How you deal with others will reflect who you are and what lies ahead. Say no to indulgent behavior and those asking too much. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look at the big picture before you make a gesture that will be judged. You are best to stick to what you know you can accomplish without the help of others.

An idea may sound good, but interference will stifle your plans. 2 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make plans to engage in activities that are creative and fun. Share your thoughts and you will receive interesting responses that will feed your imagination and lead to creative ideas. Personal changes and romantic endeavors will improve your life. 4 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Manipulative tactics will be used to convince you to make a change. Don’t let emotions take over, undermining your intelligence and ability to stay on track and do things according to the rules. Look for answers within and follow your heart. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t take anything or anyone for granted. Consider what you’d like to see happen and do the legwork to bring your plans to fruition. Don’t let what others do ruin your plans. Personal change will lead to gain. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put in extra hours if they will buy you the freedom to enjoy the end-of-year festivities. Deal with institutional affairs that are due for an update.

You’ll put your mind at ease, allowing you to enjoy life. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Lend a helping hand at your local community center. If you can bring joy to those less fortunate, you will feel you have accomplished something good. Your kind gesture will result in an unexpected gift or financial reward. 4 stars

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WIN Knights improve to 6-3 with 60-49 win at Lavietes Pavilion CONTINUED FROM BACK The Knights’ star ting lineup had changed for the first time in seven games, which appeared to positively af fect the team’s per formance.

“I was extremely pleased with the way we held on because we have been in some real tough competition in Canada,” Stringer said. “We had a nice lead and then when the team knocked in a couple 3-pointers, it drove our spirit.”

In the first two quarters, Rutgers only allowed 9 and 6 points, respectively, but the Crimson came back to fight in the following quarters. The Knights edged them out in the third quarter, putting up 16 points while Har vard ended the quarter with 15 points.

The fourth quarter was a different stor y. The Crimson had led by one point at the start of the last quarter, but in the end, Har vard fell short, trailing Rutgers by 11 points.

After the game, Stringer was asked about improvements the team could make in the week leading up to their game against Louisiana State (4-2) at home.

“Transition defense,” Stringer said. “Doing a better job of rebounding and just carrying out our defensive philosophies.”

The Knights are a strong offensive team. They’re also starting to develop their defense to compete against stronger teams.

With a roster riddled with injuries, Stringer has had to make some tough decisions on and off

the court, but as time progresses, the team is getting healthier.

Graduate student guard Sierra Calhoun and true freshman guard Zipporah Broughton have been on the bench for the majority of the season.

Broughton started the first game of the season against St. Francis, but ended up walking off the court with an injur y by the end of the game. Broughton went 1-3 from the field and was 1-2 from the free-throw line over the weekend.

Calhoun ended the night going 1-3 from behind the arc.

Broughton and Calhoun both are starting to make more consistent appearances on the court, which can only help Rutgers as the season progresses.

Senior forward Caitlin Jenkins had another successful game with a game-high 10 rebounds, her fourth game where she had over 10 rebounds. Including this performance against the Crimson, she has 23 career games with more than 10 rebounds.

While Harvard rebounded from a tough first half, they fell short of success against the Knights on their home court.

“I was really happy to see the resilience, the fight and the mindset that we had,” Stringer said. “It was good. There were plenty of times to crack, but they hung in there and they played well together, so that made a world of difference.”

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True freshman guard Noga Peleg Pelc tallied two assists and made a 3-pointer in the first quarter that sparked a Rutgers 10-6 run. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / NOVEMBER 2018

101 POINTS One year ago, today, the Rutgers women’s basketball team scored at least 100 points for the third time in head coach C. Vivian Stringer’s 23 year tenure, by defeating Fairleigh Dickinson in a 101-35 win at the Rutgers Athletics Center. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2017

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LOSS Rutgers drops halftime lead as Fordham scores 52 points in 2nd half CONTINUED FROM BACK six assists, but struggled shooting the ball again — he shot less than 40 percent from the field for the third game in a row.

“I think every loss is disappointing,” Baker said. “I feel like

we were in every game we’ve played so far. Coming in here, we really wanted to get a win, get back on the winning track, but we came up short.”

Overall, the Knights actually put the ball in the hole more times than Fordham did (26-25),

but the 3-point shot differential is what tells the final story of the game. The Rams hit 10 3-pointers on 22 attempts and shot 60 percent from beyond the arc in the second half (6-10).

True freshman guard Montez Mathis made his first career start versus Fordham after Pikiell made changes to his starting lineup for the first time this season. With the Rams starting a smaller lineup, Mathis started in place of 6-foot-10-inch junior for ward Issa Thiam and

finished with 8 points, two rebounds and a steal.

Both sides were in a tight battle for the majority of the first half and reached approximately the 5-minutes-remaining mark tied at 19. But Rutgers broke out for an 8-0 run and eventually took a 10-point lead before Fordham cut it to a 5-point game going into halftime.

Even though the Knights put up more points in the second half, it seemed like the final 20 minutes of play was all Rams, who doubled

True freshman guard Ron Harper Jr. went 3-6 from the field, tallying 10 points in 17 minutes played at the Rams’ Rose Hill Gymnasium.

He was also 3-4 from the free throw line. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2018

IN BRIEF

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ew England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had an up-and-down day on Sunday. The 41-year-old quarterback threw for 3 touchdowns against Miami, bringing his career total to 582 in regular and postseason play combined, surpassing former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning for the most in league history. Brady now sits atop the all-time record list for the most career touchdown passes, most career passing yards and most super bowl victories by a quarterback in the history of the league. Manning still owns the record for most career touchdown passes in regular season play alone with 539 to Brady’s 511.

Despite making league history, Brady and the Patriots left Hard Rock Stadium Sunday afternoon with a head-scratching loss to their division rival. Leading the Dolphins 33-27 with 7 seconds left in the game, New England gave up a 69-yard touchdown to Miami running back Kenyan Drake in a series of lateral passes by receivers Kenny Stills and DeVante Parker.

Dolphins kicker Jason Sanders would hit the game-winning PAT to defeat the Patriots 34-33.

A win by the Patriots would have clinched the AFC for New England for their 10th consecutive division title. Instead, the Patriots suffered their fourth loss on the season as the AFC East has yet to be claimed.

T

he top-ranked basketball team in the country is undefeated no more. After starting the season 9-0, No. 1 Gonzaga was upset by No. 7 Tennessee, who erased a 9-point deficit in the second half en route to a 76-73, on Sunday.

Senior forward Admiral Schofield made a 3-pointer with 24 seconds remaining in the game and finished with a career-high 30 points, as the Volunteers (7-1) topped the Bulldogs (9-1) in the inaugural Colangelo Classic in Phoenix, Ariz.

The win was Tennessee’s first victory over a top-ranked opponent since defeating No. 1 Kansas in 2010.

After Volunteers sophomore forward Grant Williams fouled out with less than 3 minutes left in the second half, Schofield sank a deep 3-pointer to put the Southeastern Conference school up by 2 points.

Schofield would score all but 5 of his 30 points in the second half.

Gonzaga was led by junior forwards Brandon Clarke and Rui Hachimura who contributed 21 points each. One of Clarke’s two blocks in the game came when he contested sophomore guard Yves Pons’s two-handed dunk in the latter half.

“We knew it would have a March kind of feel to it,” said Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes, according to gozags.com. “When you play against a No. 1 team, you’re going to play 40 minutes.”

their points and outscored Rutgers by 13.

Pikiell needed to take a timeout within the first 40 seconds of the half after Fordham scored back-to-back baskets to shrink the lead to just 1 point.

“I didn’t like our toughness in the first half, I didn’t like our toughness in the second half,” Pikiell said. “I think they beat us to every 50-50 ball.”

Things were relatively quiet for the next few minutes before the Rams broke out to a 7-point lead — its largest of the game at that point — with 13:29 left to play. But the Knights rallied back over the next 7 minutes off the play of Thiam (5 straight points) to take a 2-point lead with less than 7 minutes to play — but that too wouldn’t last long.

Honor brought Fordham back in front with consecutive 3-pointers that led to a 10-0 run for the home team that gave it a lead it wouldn’t relinquish for the remainder of the game.

“It’s been a constant theme, I think the last four games the other team has come out in the second half, and we really haven’t, so that’s just something we need to change as a team,” Baker said after the game.

Despite getting close in the waning minutes of play, the Rams’ lead was just too large to come back from.

Now losers of three games in a row, Rutgers will look to get back in the win column next Saturday when it heads on the road for the third straight game to face Columbia.

“We have to play better and that’s on me,” Pikiell said.

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“I didn’t like our toughness in the first half, I didn’t like our toughness in the second half.”

— Men’s basketball head coach Steve Pikiell

MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 60, HARVARD 49

Rutgers defeats Harvard for 1st road win DELANEY ZUBRICK STAFF WRITER

This past weekend, the Rutgers women’s basketball team traveled to Boston, Mass. to face Harvard. The Scarlet Knights (6-3) were able to defeat the Crimson (4-6) by a final score of 60-49.

Harvard had averaged 68.3 total points per game, until it hosted Rutgers. This season, the Knights have kept each opponent below their scoring average.

The team was led by sophomore guard Arella Guirantes, who posted a season-high 19 points and went 6-10 from the field. She also went 6-6 from the free-throw line.

Fifth-year senior forward Stasha Carey also had 19 points and went 7-12 from the field for the team lead along with Guirantes. She also had six rebounds, and was 5-8 from the free-throw line. “(Carey) and (Guirantes) were amazing,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “They came ready. I was really pleased. (Guirantes) seems aggressive attacking. (Carey) had accused her of not really taking shots ... and she proved to be wrong. I knew that she was capable, and she stepped up to the plate.”

Rutgers got some much-needed rest before it traveled to Massachusetts. It looks like it paid off.

Sophomore guard Arella Guirantes and fifth-year senior forward Stasha Carey both led the team with 19 points in the Knights’ 11-point win over the Crimson. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / NOVEMBER 2018

SEE WIN ON PAGE 10

MEN’S BASKETBALL FORDHAM 78, RUTGERS 70

Knights drop 3rd straight in loss to Rams COBY GREEN SPORTS EDITOR

Despite taking a break from conference play, the Rutgers basketball team extended its losing streak to three games on Saturday, as the team suffered a hard loss to Fordham on the road.

The Scarlet Knights (5-4, 0-2) just had a rough day overall, struggling to hit shots and contain the Rams’ (7-2) offense — particularly 5-foot-10-inch guard Nick Honor, who exploded for a season-high 30 points to lead his team to a 78-70 victory in the Bronx, N.Y. “They were the tougher team today,” said head coach Steve Pikiell. “When you go on the road and you’re not the tougher team, you’re probably not going to win.”

The team was hosted at the Rose Hill Gymnasium, the oldest gym being used by a Division I basketball program and one that hasn’t seen a Big Ten team compete in it since 1935.

Junior for ward Eugene Omoruyi led the way for Rutgers again in this one, scoring 19 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. Sophomore guard Geo Baker added 14 points and Junior forward Eugene Omoruyi had a team high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season in Rutgers’ 28-point defeat at Fordham. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2018 EXTRA POINT

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PAT HOBBS,

the Rutgers director of Athletics, announced the hiring of Jim McElderry as the new men’s soccer head coach. McElderry commanded Fordham to three NCAA appearances in his 15 years with the Rams.

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LOSS ON PAGE 11

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vs.Rider

Saturday, 2 p.m., Newark, N.J.

Saturday, 4 p.m., The RAC

Sunday, 1 p.m., The RAC