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U. raises minimum wage for student workers to $11 Kira Herzog & Erica D’costa Staff Writers

On Monday afternoon, University President Robert L. Barchi announced a 30 percent increase in the minimum wage for students working in all facets of the University, from recreation and dining services to the libraries.

Effective on Jan. 1, 2018, this initiative will increase the minimum salary from the state-mandated $8.44 per hour to $11 per hour. In an email to the student body, Barchi said he hopes this change will offer financial assistance to students who need it.

“Despite our efforts, more than 13,000 of you still must commit many hours each week to working on our campuses to defray the cost of your education,” Barchi said.

“While holding an on-campus job can offer many benefits, we are cognizant of the delicate balance that you must strike between work and your studies.”

This is the first time Barchi has pushed past the state minimum wage to increase salaries for Rutgers students.

His statement arrives amid a campaign by the Rutgers chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) to raise the University’s minimum wage to $15 an hour — a number that Columbia University and the University of California system have already adopted.

Over the last year, the organization has coordinated sit-ins, demonstrations and a social media campaign entitled “#fightfor15” in an effort to sway the administration. As part of this movement, Mariah Wood, an organizer for USAS, is hosting a protest on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Douglass Student Center.

“Of course (the protest) is still happening,” the School of Arts and Sciences senior said an hour after the president released his See workers on Page 4

On Monday, University President Robert L. Barchi sent an email to the Rutgers community announcing a 30 percent raise for student workers. This news comes just one day before students will demonstrate on Douglass campus to fight for $15 per hour. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

Rutgers alumnus, ‘The Chew’ chef confirms allegations of sexual assault Chloe Dopico Associate News Editor

If the net neutrality repeal passes on Dec. 14, students will be required to pay for internet service as they would for any other utility. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

RUSA takes stand on net neutrality Christina Gaudino Staff Writer

On Thursday, the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) passed a resolution opposing the anticipated decision to repeal Obama-era user protections covered under net neutrality by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Last month, Ajit Pai, the chairman of the FCC, announced a proposal to eliminate net neutrality rules created under the Obama administration. According to the RUSA resolution, the rules relied on Title II of the Communications

Act of 1934 to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility.

The FCC is scheduled to vote on net neutrality on Dec. 14.

The RUSA resolution, entitled “Restoring Internet Freedom,” defines net neutrality as “the principle that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should treat all Internet data the same.”

The FCC released a draft of the “Restoring Internet Freedom” proposal on Nov. 22, and is currently allowing public comments preceding the vote this Thursday. The proposal is expected to pass three-to-two See neutrality on Page 4

Rutgers alumnus and famous television chef Mario Batali allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women over the span of several decades, according to a report published by Eater on Monday.

Batali announced that he is stepping away from daily operations of his business, as well as the television show he co-hosts on ABC, “The Chew,” after the reports surfaced.

He has been accused of groping approximately 10 women at a party in New Orleans.

One of his victims from a separate occasion claims that Batali groped her at a party in 2011, and another victim said Batali acted inappropriately toward her two years ago at one of his restaurants in the West Village.

Another woman claims Batali groped her and forced her to straddle him, according to NJ Advance Media.

Batali graduated from Rutgers in 1982, where he got his culinary start at local New Brunswick restaurant, Stuff Yer Face.

Amid a successful culinary career, Batali was inducted to the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2004, which boasts it “has been an extraordinary celebration of the University’s best and brightest graduates.”

“While there is no current process for removing someone who has been

voted into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni, the University, as a national leader in research into the prevention of sexual harassment and abuse, has urged the Rutgers University Alumni Association to investigate this matter and take appropriate action following that investigation,” said University spokesperson Dory Devlin.

Ten years later, he donated $10,000 to Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH). The organization did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

In a statement to The New York Times, Batali said the accusations

“match up” with his behavior.

In part, the statement reads, “I apologize to the people I have mistreated and hurt. Although the identities of most of the individuals mentioned in these stories have not been revealed to me, much of the behavior described does, in fact, match up with ways I have acted. That behavior was wrong and there are no excuses.

I take full responsibility and am deeply sorr y for any pain, humiliation or discomfort I have caused to my peers, employees, customers, friends and family.”

Mario Batali, famous television chef and Rutgers alumnus, has stepped away from operation of his 26 restaurants worldwide in light of recent sexual assault allegations. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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Physics lecture celebrates 20 years of making science fun Ryan Stiesi

under the objects, all of which remained in place.

Croft said to the crowd that The 20th-annual Faraday a bunch of objects with mass Holiday Children’s Lecture at at rest tend to stay at rest. He Rutgers brought a lot of laughs, explained, by pulling the cloth learning and fun to the Physics quickly, that friction breaks and the objects do not come flying Lecture Hall over the weekend.

The Faraday Holiday Chil- off the table.

Croft continued with Newdren’s Lecture series spanned across three days, from Friday, ton’s Laws, and demonstrated Dec. 8 to Sunday Dec. 10, bring- that force equals mass times ing in around 1,000 viewers in acceleration with three bricks of total, David Maiullo, the physics different weights that he struck support specialist for lecture hall with a hammer. The two with a smaller mass flew off the tademonstrations, said in an email.

Mark Croft, a professor in ble, the lightest moving fastest the Department of Physics and and furthest, while the last one Astronomy, said he started do- hardly moved at all. That was because it was a ing traveling lead brick and physics shows had a much about 35 years “This is why we’re all larger mass. ago — and Maiullo when it got to actually scientists, took over be too much, because as human beings for the next he worked with demonstraMaiullo and we’re always doing tion, holding the University experiments in our heads a bowling to begin an inball attached house show. all the time ... ” to a string “We picked and asking out demonDavid MAiullo the audience strations that Physics Support Specialist for Lecture Hall questions. would both Demonstrations “So let me illustrate physask, can I pick ics principles up that masand would be hopefully visually exciting,” sive bowling ball with that light little string?” Maiullo said.

Croft said.

When a variety of answers He also said the goal of the lecture series was “to find the fun rang back from children and others in the crowd, Maiullo in science.”

The lecture kicked off with a took the time to tell them what demonstration on Newton’s First he said was one of the night’s Law — objects at rest tend to stay important lessons.

“This is why we’re all actualat rest and objects in motion tend ly scientists, because as human to stay in motion.

To demonstrate this, a ta- beings we’re always doing exble was brought out with some periments in our heads all the plates, a vase holding flowers time. We’re always looking at and a candle all resting on top things and saying, ‘what’s realof a tablecloth. Croft quickly ly going to happen?’” he said to pulled the tablecloth out from the crowd.

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During his presentation, Mark Croft, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, sits on a cart and fires a fire extinguisher behind him into an object held by David Maiullo, the physics support specialist for lecture hall demonstrations. The crowd goes wild. RUTGERS.EDU The idea of experimenting, asking questions and having fun while doing it was a consistent theme throughout the lecture.

After a quick mishap, showing the importance of repeating experiments, Maiullo pulled the ball up from string, moving slowly, and

it did not break. He said there is a physics term called “The Jerk,” which means a change in acceleration, which causes the string to break instead when he pulled on it quickly.

Later, Croft was back demonstrating, this time showing the

Croft started his traveling physics show 35 years ago and eventually began his in-house production after working with Maiullo. The two now co-host the event. RUTGERS.EDU

concept of “force reaction force” with just a fire extinguisher, a cart and himself.

Croft sat on the cart and fired the fire extinguisher behind him into an object held by Maiullo — accelerating Croft forward and getting an enthusiastic reaction from the audience.

The demonstrations continued throughout the night, usually with Croft and Maiullo taking turns performing them. Other crowd pleasers included Maiullo striking and propelling fog out of a garbage can with a circular hole cut in the bottom. The fog rings that came out were representative of gravitational waves, they said.

Also, Croft demonstrated “energy of position” and “energy of motion” by climbing onto a ladder and dropping a ball tied to a string — first letting it swing into a brick where the ball stopped. The second time Croft let it swing back and said he did not have to worr y about it hitting him, because by the time the ball came back all of its energy would have returned to the “energy of position.”

Other experiments included Maiullo breaking a glass beaker with sound, standing waves on a flame tube and many more, filling up the 1.5 hour show.

According to the event page, Michael Faraday founded Christmas Lectures at London’s Royal Institution in 1826.

“His goal was to communicate to children the excitement of scientific discovery,” according to the department website.

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workers Brower Dining Hall employees earn roughly $12,000 yearly continued from front statement to the public. “Rutgers USAS has forced Barchi to raise the minimum wage through our campaign — but we aren’t going to settle. Eleven dollars is still less than a living wage, and us as workers deser ve more. We deser ve $15. We deser ve to be able to put food on the table and pay our rent. We deser ve bread and roses.”

In a meeting with The Daily Targum earlier this semester, Barchi addressed USAS’s campaign directly, commenting on the logistical barriers that stand in the way of meeting the demands of student workers.

He said the process of raising the minimum wage is not as straightfor ward as it seems, particularly in light of New Jersey’s

rapidly declining state appropriations. In total, raising the hourly pay to $14 would cost the University around $3.9 million.

“Well first of all, I don’t have $3.9 million,” Barchi said. “But if I did, that would pose an interesting philosophical question.”

The dilemma, he said, boils down to whether the University should direct that sum of money toward targeted need-based programs like the Rutgers Assistance Grant (RAG) or put it toward the salaries of thousands of student workers.

“These employment situations are not need based. It’s not that the people who are being employed don’t need it, but there is no way that it is need based,” Barchi said. “So there’s a philosophical question whether, in a time of ver y limited resources,

Julia Ferris, a senior in the up getting laid of f because of you want to push to raise the distribution of funds in a broad School of Social Work, is a stu- the raise.”

As the Targum previously redent worker at the Neilson Dining based undirected way.”

Wood said the raise to $11 is Hall. Her wage, and those of her ported, the average Brower Dinonly the first step of a long road co-workers, will be directly affect- ning Hall employee makes roughly $12,000 per year. Students to the campaign’s success. At ed by Monday’s announcement. “(The raise) is great,” Ferris like Ferris, who are employed the time of publication, more than 150 individuals had indicat- said. “My workers deser ve it, by Rutgers Dining Services, are ed interest in Tuesday’s march they’re wor th $15. I still think subjected to a mandatory meal deduction of on Facebook. $3.30 per shift.

“This is only The 30 pera partial victory.

Barchi is ter“My workers deserve (the raise), they’re worth $15. I cent raise will the rified of us bestill think that we deserve $15 and I plan on going to decrease divide between cause we have this figure and power. He is the protest ... ” the New Jersey willing to throw poverty line, us a bone bejulia ferris which stands cause he knows School of Social Work Senior at $23,000. we have the “I have made ability to make it a goal to put it so he can’t pass a budget — he knows we can that we deser ve $15 and I plan as much of Rutgers’ revenues back shut this University down,” Mariah on going to the protest. I also into the academic mission as possihope that depar tments don’t ble, and financial assistance in all Wood said in a Facebook post.

Wood said students at Rut- take this as an oppor tunity to forms for students is at the top of gers are tired of skipping meals slash shifts and reduce staf fing. my list,” Barchi said in his email. and being unable to make ends Barchi should allocate some “Please know that we will always meet. Until that is no longer a of the free funding to depar t- be seeking new ways to support reality, she said USAS will con- ments that are self suf ficient to you on your journey toward a Rutensure that students don’t end gers degree.” tinue their “Fight for 15.”

NEUTRALITY In addition to net neutrality, RUSA voted on $525,000 in allocations for student organizations continued from front along party lines, according to The New York Times.

Presented to the assembly by Suzanne Link, chairwoman of the Legislative Affairs Committee and Rutgers Business School junior, along with several members of the Legislative Affairs Committee, the RUSA resolution formally opposes, “Restoring Internet Freedom,” and was passed by unanimous consent.

“Currently ... all internet service providers are categorized under Title II, which are common carriers,” Jeffrey Zhang, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore said during the presentation.

Zhang compared this to being part of someone’s utility bill, like water. He said the FCC currently regulates the internet to prohibit pricing based on service, but if this is deregulated, it will directly harm all students.

Jaidev Phadke, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, who prefaced his segment of the presentation by noting the irony of the order’s title, said that the anticipated vote to repeal net neutrality protections will explicitly affect students at Rutgers.

Phadke also referenced a Targum article published last month which featured an inter view with Steven Miller, a professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies.

Miller articulated that repealing net neutrality would disproportionately affect the ability of specific populations of students, such as commuter students, to access high speed internet.

The anticipated vote to roll back the protections, which Pai has criticized as examples of government overreach, will affect students at Rutgers and across the nation, Phadke said.

If the FCC does vote to deregulate net neutrality, RUSA anticipates working with the University, such as the Office of Information

Technology (OIT), to try to mitigate any negative effects.

“We’re going to have to deal with repercussions for our students,” he said.

Alexandra Anderson, another presenting committee member and a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, emphasized that RUSA’s resolution also allows members to publicly advocate against FCC’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” proposal.

The resolution included a statement for RUSA members to submit to the FCC on behalf of the assembly. The statement opposes the FCC’s plan to end net neutrality, she said.

During the Q&A period following the presentation, Link expressed interest in developing an information campaign to educate students on the issue, including ways to participate in advocacy efforts.

According to The Huffington Post, nearly 60 U.S. mayors and local leaders signed a public letter in support of net neutrality. The article also reported protests at hundreds of Verizon stores and congressional offices.

Twenty-eight senators have also called for the FCC to delay its vote to repeal net neutrality, according to The Hill.

“One of the major things that

Christine Botvinnik, the vice chairperson of the Allocations Board, spoke about the allocation process, which allots student organization’s funding each year. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The assembly also passed a bill approving the Spring 2018 Allocations, which were prepared by the Allocations board. The bill allots $525,000 from University student fees to 314 organizations of the Rutgers University—New

chairperson and a Rutgers Business School senior, and presented by several other members of the RUSA Allocations Board.

The presentation to the assembly included a brief overview of the allocations process, including

“One of the major things that distinguishes this ruling from other pieces of legislation that we’ve advocated for before is that these are (five) people in a boardroom at the FCC who are making this decision.”

Alexandra Anderson Committee Member and School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Sophomore

distinguishes this (anticipated) ruling from other pieces of legislation that we’ve advocated for before is that these are (five) people in a boardroom at the FCC who are making this decision,” Anderson said. “But what we can do is add our voices to those who are calling for action.”

Brunswick campuses.

Forty-eight members voted in favor of the legislation, two voted against it, three abstained and one voted “present.”

The legislation was authored by Shannon Chang, RUSA treasurer and Rutgers Business School senior, along with Dana Cai, allocations

how student organizations applied for funding and the criteria upon which the Allocations Board decided how much money to allocate to each organization.

“We only fund a maximum of two requests per group,” said Christine Botvinnik, vice chairperson of the Allocations Board and

a Rutgers Business School junior.

The request has to be synonymous with the mission statement of the organization in order to receive student fee money. It is also required to have an educational component.

The budget was reviewed three times, including a final review by the Allocations Board chairperson.

Nick Pellita, the Allocations Board secretary and a School of Arts and Sciences junior, stressed that although organizations who propose larger events will receive higher amounts of money, funding to organizations is content-neutral.

Student organizations can now view the finalized budget on the RUSA Allocations Board website.

“We do not judge at all the content of the actual events themselves. So the only thing that’s affecting funding in any of these cases is the actual logistical details of the events that the clubs propose,” he said.

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U. professor addresses cuts to national monuments Kelly Kim Staff Writer

In a statement released on Monday, Dec. 4, President Donald J. Trump said that the size of two national monuments in Utah, Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante, will be reduced by nearly 2 million acres.

According to NPR, Bears Ears — established by former President Barack Obama and originally over 1.3 million acres — will be decreased by 85 percent to approximately 228,000 acres, under Trump’s new mandate. The Grand Staircase-Escalante, established by former President Bill Clinton, will also be reduced, going from nearly 1.9 million acres to 800,000 acres.

These two national monuments are protected under the Antiquities Act of 1906, which was passed in efforts to protect natural and archaeological sites from “haphazard digging” and “purposeful, commercial artifact looting,” according to The National Park Service website.

The act also grants the president authority to designate areas of interest as national monuments to protect and conserve land and related objects. Since the enactment of the Antiquities Act, more than 150 national monuments have been created.

Contrary to the intent of the act, Trump has proposed to reduce the size of national monument lands by recommendation of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, according to CNN. “The only question arises, given what the president has done, is does the law allow a subsequent president to alter in any way, the boundaries of a national monument that was created by a previous president. That I suspect, is the basis on which lawsuits are currently being filed,” said Ross Baker, a distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science.

Within the last week, a coalition of five Native American tribes and 10 conservation groups have sued the president and his administration, disputing the president’s ability to amend national monuments in light of the Antiquities Act’s objective of establishing protected land.

According to The Salt Lake Tribune, these tribes utilize the wildlife and water in the region for “cultural and medicinal ceremonies,” and modifying this land would be a “tremendous affront to tribal sovereignty.”

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Large companies such as Patagonia and REI are in agreement with the tribes, according to the Times.

Both companies, focused on outdoor recreation and equipment, commented on the critical roles of national monuments in providing beauty and history for Americans to treasure. Such public lands also sustain the multi-billion dollar outdoor recreation economy, which employs over 7.6 million workers.

“These abuses of the Antiquities Act give enormous power to faraway bureaucrats at the expense of the people who actually live here, work here and make this place their home,” Trump said while speaking to an audience in Salt Lake City, according to a White House press release.

Trump discussed giving the land back to those it belongs to, but did not explicitly state his intentions for the use of the land.

Baker said that the establishment of the national monuments in Utah accounted for and allowed activities such as

Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante monument, which span over 1 million acres respectively, are subject to size reductions under the Trump administration. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS four-wheeling, fishing and grazing. Mining and drilling is illegal under current legislation.

“Clearly, there would be revenues to the government’s benefit,” Baker said. “In order to buy licenses to drill or mine in the

area, the government would have to issue them. They would come at a cost to the energy companies interested. There would be some revenue generated (from these licenses), but I don’t think it would be enough to equal the amount of

indebtedness created by the recent tax reform.”

Zinke’s position places him in charge for managing all federal land and natural resources, which makes him one of Trump’s main advisers in this decision. As the secretary of the interior since March 2017, he has surveyed 27 monuments to determine which to decrease in size. He voted against narrowing the boundaries of private land owned by the founding family of Burt’s Bees, instead suggesting the two Utah national monuments to the president.

People have taken to social media, using the hashtag #MonumentalMistakes, to express their criticisms of the recent decision — many reinforcing that the land belongs to the people, not corporations.

“If you want to visit these national monuments, if they’re reduced in size, there will presumably be less area that will protected from these various extracted industries, but right now, it’s in the courts,” Baker said.

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Those in power should reevaluate priorities A HEALTHY DOSE OF JUSTICE JAKE WASSERMAN

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t the beginning of October and after the summer of health care havoc, I almost wrote a column about how funding was near expiration for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and how Congress would need to take action before the deadline on that measure. My column was due on Oct. 2, but being caught up in midterm pressures and an overwhelming sense of, “there is no way that Congress would deliberately let funding expire for an insurance program that provides health care coverage for poor children,” I did not write the column. As we know, I was very naive and very wrong.

If there’s anything that 2017 has taught me, to paraphrase Michelle Obama, it’s that “when they go low, they will soon go even lower.”

It is now December, and the Republican-controlled Congress has just passed tax reform bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate, which will add nearly $1.5 trillion to the federal deficit by 2027, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

Just before the Senate bill passed, in an exchange between Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Hatch said that, “The reason CHIP’s having trouble is we don’t have any money anymore.” Hatch then voted for the tax cut bill. So to recap: the Senate majority is more comfortable blowing a $1.5 trillion hole in the deficit than funding a health insurance program for children that costs 1 percent of that.

A Republican measure to extend CHIP was recently passed, but has been criticized as undermining the mission of CHIP to provide health care for all, with the House bill charging more to wealthier Medicare recipients, slashing Affordable Care Act (ACA) funds and shortening the grace period for ACA recipients who miss premium payments. Without a definite path to Congressional stabilizing of CHIP, states have to make contingency plans for their programs without federal funding. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, one-third of states are expected to run out of funding by the end of Jan. 2018 and three-quarters by the end of March. The expiration of funding will force states to either pool CHIP recipients into Medicaid

“Keeping our population healthy has longterm benefits to workforce productivity and overall happiness of Americans, but shortterm gains for the wealthy have sidetracked the government from that essential fact.”

— at the lower federal matching rate — or discontinue coverage for them altogether. Currently, 14 states have planned to terminate or phase out coverage, with five of those states planning to end coverage by the end of Jan. 2018. An additional eight states have planned to take action at a later date without specification. Seven states have planned to close new enrollment or place a cap on the number of CHIP recipients, but previous enrollment freezes have shown negative impacts on children’s health and family financial stability. Even if states are able to switch CHIP recipients over to Medicaid, the funding gap resulting from a lower federal contribution must be found somewhere in the state budget or from increased revenues.

The situation regarding CHIP must not be isolated, and should be interpreted within the greater context of the GOP agenda. In passing the tax bills, I suspect that the GOP leadership knew fully well that the tax cuts would not pay for themselves as advertised, and that they intended to redistribute wealth from the bottom to the top. In order to fix the deficit that the tax cuts will create, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R–W.I.) stated that the GOP will focus on “entitlement reform” in 2018 — or rather gutting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and welfare to pay for the Republican dowry to their donors, despite campaign promises from President Donald J. Trump that those programs would not be touched. CHIP is just the latest instance of confiscation by Republicans of protections from the Foucauldian biopower of the American state.

It is unfortunate that such an assault has been waged on the children of working class families, because evidence suggests that the government receives a return between 2 and 7 percent of the money it spends insuring children. Keeping our population healthy has long-term benefits to workforce productivity and overall happiness of Americans, but short-term gains for the wealthy have sidetracked the government from that essential fact. On the day this article is printed, it is likely that a man with multiple allegations from women who claimed he acted inappropriately towards them or sexually assaulted them when they were underage, will become elected to the Senate, which is the perfect irony to show how in 2017 we placed tax cuts at a higher priority than the health of our children. America has a lot to atone for.

Jake Wasserman is a Bloustein School senior majoring in Public Health with a minor in Cognitive Science. His column, “A Healthy Dose of Justice” runs every alternate Tuesday.

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Puzzlingly, no refugees from any of the banned ast Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court — by the Trump administration’s request — ordered countries have committed a terrorist attack against the lifting of an injunction by a federal appeals the United States post-9/11, and most of the recent court, which was previously preventing the third ver- terror attacks were committed by either a U.S. citision of the “travel ban” executive order from going zen or a person of a nationality other than those listed in the ban. Additionally, the terrorists who took into full effect.

Now the ban, which includes more extreme vetting part in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 were all from capabilities of refugees and the barring of people com- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebing from eight nations — Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, anon — none of which are included in the ban.

The countries on the list were put there, in most Somalia, Chad and some groups from Venezuela and North Korea — can be fully implemented. Six of the cases, because of their significant terrorist presence, but it is beginning to seem that this ban really is one aforementioned nations are predominantly Muslim.

According to the New York Times, “The Supreme meant to affect only Muslim people. On Wednesday, Court’s orders effectively overturned a compromise Nov. 29, Trump tweeted multiple anti-Muslim videos in place since June, when the court said travelers from a British ultranationalist group called Britain with connections to the United States could continue First, which lacked credibility and were titled, “Musto travel here notwithstanding restrictions in an earli- lim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!”, “Muslim Destroys a Statue er version of the ban.” of Virgin Mary!”and The legal argu“Islamist mob pushment of many critics “Here in the United States, and especially es teenage boy off of President Donald at Rutgers, we accept one another for our roof and beats him J. Trump’s ban lies to death!” In light of in the Establishment opinions and beliefs, and we embrace love the news of the travel Clause of the First and acceptance over fear and banishment.” ban being fully impleAmendment of the mented, the sharing United States Conof these videos by stitution. The clause states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an the president of the United States is markedly more establishment of religion …” In that case, it would be unsettling. Trump’s retweets show his prejudice unconstitutional to make a law barring a specific re- against the Muslim community, and that as a result ligion from coming into the United States. But those of that underlying prejudice this ban may in some in support of it cite U.S. Code Section 1182(f), which sense violate the Establishment Clause.

Rutgers continues to show the world we are a camgives the president the authority to do so when he sees necessary for national security, “Whenever the pus of acceptance and inclusion. We thrive on the dipresident finds that the entry of any aliens or of any versity of our student body, because we know that by class of aliens into the United States would be detri- closing ourselves off to certain ideas or perspectives mental to the interests of the United States, he may we are only hurting ourselves and stunting our eduby proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem cation. This ban represents a growing culture of fear necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class and xenophobia in the United States that has been of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose displayed even on campus at Rutgers through flyers on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem posted by white nationalist groups. To the extent that to be appropriate.” In the executive order Trump did we can, we must fight against this ban and its effect indeed state in his reasoning on multiple occasions, on not only our education, but on our community. We will not let fear take priority over love. which aligns with the language in Section 1182(f).

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Women are still underrepresented in feats of success CALL FOR CHANGE PRIYANKA BANSAL

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hen it comes to recognition and representation, women are infamously lacking. Even institutions that dedicate themselves to awarding and recognizing influential community members, such as the Nobel Foundation, are found to be misinformed and seemingly biased. From the fields of physics, chemistry, economics, literature, medicine and peace, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to 881 people in the past 115 years.

Merely 48 out of the 881 recognitions were awarded to women, while the rest went to men.

While this is a disappointing statistic, it is easy to assume that the Nobel Prize might be recognizing women more so in the recent decades than in the past. This is, unfortunately, not true.

The last woman to win a Nobel Prize for physics, Maria Goeppert Mayer, was honored in 1964. The gap reflects longtime institutional biases against women within the sciences, a lag exacerbated by the decades-long backlog of Nobel-worthy discoveries, according to an infographic on the National Geographic website. Lise Meitner, one of the co-discoverers of nuclear fission, was nominated for the physics prize 29 times between 1937 to 1965 and the chemistry prize an additional 19 times from 1924 to 1948, according to the site. But, she would never win. “And while astronomer Vera Rubin’s

groundbreaking work revealing the existence of dark matter received wide acclaim, she died on December 25, 2016, with no Nobel to call her own,” the report said.

Other institutions, such as The Man Booker Prize, a UK-based literary award, have lacked similarly. Almost 50 prizes have gone out from The Man Booker, but only 17 of those awards have gone to women. According to a 2016 article from Bustle, a woman of color was never awarded. The Man Booker has made recent inclusivity efforts, with half of its nominations being

“Man & Wife of the Year.” This is a serious issue, as men are being recognized individually for their power over society unbelievably more than women are. This pattern of disrespect and pathetic excuses is intolerable.

In the past week, Time named the award to “The Silence Breakers,” a group of mostly women who came forward with their stories of sexual misconduct and assault, bringing attention to the people abusing their power in Capitol Hill, Hollywood, the media and other industries. While this recognition is a feat for women today, there

“It is hypocritical, ill-mannered and thoughtless to appoint him as runner up to the very women who work to defeat this norm in society.” women authors. Although The Man Booker Prize is starting to recover for lost time and recognition, many other famous institutions still do not understand the importance of placing women on front covers.

This brings us to Time Magazine, a media source which hosts a Person of the Year issue annually. This award system has been running for 91 years, of which women have individually won the award only four times, once in 1936, 1952, 1986 and 2015. Other times that women were featured for this award, they were accompanied by a male or were featured in groups, receiving no individual recognition such as “American Women” for

is still much wrong with it. Time made its effort to represent women correctly, but backed up that representation incorrectly. This statement is in reference to the fact that President Donald J. Trump was runner up to The Silence Breakers for the award. Time published an article stating their reasons behind selecting Trump as runner up, “One thing is sure: love him or hate him, Trump has invaded our attention in ways previous Presidents never did. He commands more than just the levers of executive power; he has the nation, and the world, in the grip of his singular performance, and events have bent to his will.”

This is not only disrespectful, but unfair to “The Silence Breakers.” This group of mostly women have lived and suffered with the consequences and truth of their experiences with sexual harassment. “The Silence Breakers” deserve the respect that they were given for bravely coming forward with their stories, for persevering against threats and critics who repeatedly failed to believe their stories. They do not deserve all their work being undermined by one of the nation’s most powerful assault criminals.

The truth is 19 different women allege that Trump has sexually assaulted or harassed them. It is hypocritical, ill-mannered and thoughtless to appoint him as runner up to the very women who work to defeat this norm in society. Philip Bump for The Washington Post said, “Power is at the heart of the issue, as we’ve seen while watching the revelations unfold. NBC’s Matt Lauer, movie producer Harvey Weinstein and prominent elected officials all held positions of authority that were leveraged to silence those whom they’d allegedly abused.” Trump has succeeded in winning the presidential election despite his criminal allegations, partially because of the power he has over society.

By recognizing him as a powerful and influential leader, rather than a criminal, Time has treated “The Silence Breakers” unfairly.

Priyanka Bansal is a Rutgers Business School first-year double majoring in business and journalism and media studies. Her column, “Call for Change,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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FCC will vote on future of net neutrality, use of internet Madhuri Bhupathiraju Science Editor

On Dec. 14 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to vote on the future of net neutrality, and the decisions made can impact the way Americans use the internet.

Net neutrality allows users to access content on the internet without their internet service or broadband provider blocking their access, according to CNET. Under net neutrality it is expected that internet service providers (ISPs) will provide networks in which users openly send unbiased information.

The rules of net neutrality ensure that network providers do not slow down and speed up certain forms of communication that are tied to their competitors or favor their collaborators. This enables an unbiased form of communication and internet usage as per the users preferences.

Under the current government administration, the FCC will be voting on potentially repealing the previously implemented standards of net neutrality, according to Business Insider.

The standards that will be addressed later this week were originally put into place under the Obama administration in 2015. The rules include barring “ISPs from blocking, slowing or providing preferential treatment to particular sites and services,” according to the site.

As addressed in a TechCrunch article, millions of people have expressed their concern over this potential repeal. As a last resort attempt, 21 well-known technology heads have co-written a letter expressing their concern addressed to two senators and two members of congress.

Net neutrality, established in 2015, aims to ensure an open network internet in which internet service providers are prohibited from providing biased connection to particular sites and services. PIXABAY Authors of the letter include the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, co-founder of Apple Inc., Steve Wozniak and the executive chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation, Mitchell Baker.

Other tech giants and pioneers in the field have joined together to help protect net neutrality.

The authors simultaneously urged politicians to cancel the planned vote on Dec. 14 while also criticizing the FCC for their lack of transparency during meetings and their ignorance towards the

millions of public letters in regard to the matter.

“Over 23 million comments have been submitted by a public that is clearly passionate about protecting the Internet. The FCC could not possibly have considered these adequately,” according to the letter.

According to Business Insider, the repeal stems from the motivations of certain telecommunications and content companies.

Giants such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon already play a role

in how consumers are connecting with the internet. Repealing net neutrality rules could allow them to govern what users see and do online.

This would be advantageous to the companies because they could potentially favor sites and services under their rule or ownership and inhibit content from rival services.

Such a system implies that the internet would no longer be the “open network” that Americans have been used to for so long,

which lead to less choice for consumers and potentially higher prices.

The text explains how the negative outcomes of their vote could potentially have long term effects on the discrimination the repeal allows.

“The proposed order would also repeal oversight over other unreasonable discrimination and unreasonable practices and over interconnection with last-mile internet access providers,” according to the letter.

On Dec. 14, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on the repeal of net neutrality, which could potentially allow service providers to control what users view and how they communicate online. FLICKR

DIVERSIONS

December 12, 2017

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

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Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: Use your skills, personality and understanding when dealing with matters that can affect your important relationships. What you do to give back or to put others at ease this year will bring you high returns.

Express your thoughts openly and honestly and positive change will be yours.

Romance will improve your attitude as well as your future. Your numbers are 3, 12, 16, 25, 34, 37, 49.

Over The Hedge

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Short trips and talks will help to clear up any uncertainty you are feeling.

Once you get the facts and are happy with what you see and hear, you will be able to move forward in making a lifestyle change. Romance is highlighted. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Emotional matters will push you to make a choice, but before you hastily jump into action, do a thorough check to see what’s been done, what’s left to do and who is supportive or disruptive to the endeavor. 3 stars

Non Sequitur

Wiley

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Use intelligence instead of manipulation and you will avoid being confronted by someone who isn’t happy. A partnership or proposal may look inviting, but might not turn out to be as favorable as you hoped. 5 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotional conflicts will lead to uncertainty. Take care of important relationships and do your best to relate to others with compassion and a willingness to listen. It’s OK to be different and to accept others for being unique as well. 2 stars

Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep any discussions you have concerning personal matters precise and factual. Sending the wrong impression will result in discord. Don’t make a fuss over nothing or get involved in a spat with someone who lives near you. 4 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take care of your responsibilities. Refuse to give in to excessive or unreasonable demands. Protect against danger due to weather conditions or influences that are out of your control.

Be honest when making an assessment. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get together with siblings or friends. Short trips or travel plans can be made.

Discuss your goals and what it will take to be successful. Let your true feelings be known and ask questions to find out where you stand. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Secrets from the past will be revealed.

Consider the content and the provider before you become defensive.

It may allow you to let go of the baggage you’ve been lugging around, which will in turn help you move forward. 3 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Refuse to let anyone take unfair advantage of you. Be vocal if you think someone is being unfair or if you wish to change the direction of a deal or conversation. Use your intelligence to overcome issues that concern you. 4 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t let emotional matters overwhelm you. You will have better success if you take care of your own responsibilities without interfering with what others do. Positive change begins within, not by criticizing what others do. 2 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look for positive changes. Do your best to ward off any bad habits or excessive behavior. Look for positive ways to make your money grow. Steer clear of anyone who tries to talk you out of your cash. Pay off debts and save.

5 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Partnerships will be difficult if you are too accommodating or forgiving.

Speak up if you have a good alternative to what someone else is doing.

Change can be good if you are in control. 3 stars

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win Rutgers heads into 5th game in 9 days with Fordham matchup on horizon continued from back and if guys are drawing in on me, I can kick it to my teammates. ... It just makes the game easier for me as a playmaker and a scorer.”

Whereas most of the Knights’ wins this season have been a

result of strong individual play from one or two players, Rutgers’ win over Fairleigh Dickinson was one of the few times this season where an entire unit gelled so seamlessly.

Carrying that into Tuesday night’s contest against the Rams

is an entirely different question, but there is ample reason to believe the three — and sophomore wing Issa Thiam, who went 3-of-4 from 3 last game — can replicate their play for midweek.

For starters, they are not just showing up on offense. The four combined for a total of 23 rebounds Saturday night, and with the Knights often favoring an undersized lineup on the floor, that is a remarkable feat.

“Our back court was really good tonight,” said head coach

Freshman guard Geo Baker notched his first career double-double last time out against Fairleigh Dickinson with 19 points and 11 assists. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2017

meets Knights must clean up weight class issues before duals return in January continued from back “Momentum is definitely important in a Big Ten schedule,” Suriano said. “Right off the bat, you’ve got to balance four points, that’s Big Ten wrestling. We had a home team advantage a little bit, but it doesn’t matter where I am, you’ve got to go out there and score points.”

Rutgers eventually jumped out to a 12-0 lead, but it could not hold on to that hot start, losing six of the final seven matches and falling to the Hawkeyes, 23-15.

The Knights entered the season ranked No. 12, and moved up a spot after the first few weeks of competition. But after already falling to No. 16 due to the loss to the Bald Eagles, who knows where Rutgers will end up now that it has already picked up its second loss in just five matches.

There are many things that the Knights need to address and tune up if they hope to stop this fall and stay ranked and potentially make its way back up.

Right off the bat, head coach Scott Goodale needs to figure out what to do with the 174-pound weight class.

At the moment, it seems Goodale is stuck between redshirt freshman Joseph Grello and junior Jordan Pagano — who started the season ranked and the clear starter at the weight. But the season did not start off too well for Pagano, who holds a 6-4 overall record, and 1-3 in duals.

This may be why Goodale decided to go with Grello against Iowa, because although Grello had not competed in a dual yet at that point in the season, he did defeat Pagano at the Black Knight Invitational in the 174-pound championship.

But Grello’s inexperience showed against the Hawkeyes, as he managed to get taken down in the last 30 seconds of the final period after putting up a ver y good fight through the first two.

“The bottom line is you can’t let someone in on your legs with 30 seconds, trying to close out the match,” Goodale said. “Reset the guy, keep him off your legs, use your face, put your face in there and don’t let him on your legs. It gives yourself an opportunity to win and maybe it’s (about being) a freshman and maybe it’s whatever it is, but it’s a mistake and we’ve got to learn from that mistake. And he will, he’s a good kid.”

Goodale also needs to figure out where he’s going to put fifthyear senior Richie Lewis, who is usually at 157 pounds and is No. 9 in the weight class, but was up at 165 pounds against the Hawkeyes, a spot usually filled by junior John Van Brill.

Lewis was not able to overcome Iowa’s No. 13 Alex Marinelli at the higher weight class, while sophomore Brett Donner went down a weight class from 165 pounds to take Lewis’ place, but he too was unable to capture a victory, losing by tech fall.

“Going into it we thought we had to win six bouts,” Goodale said, explaining his decision to not have Lewis cut back to 157 pounds and just keep him at 165 pounds. “Who knows how it is if he goes down and wrestles 157

Steve Pikiell following the team’s win over Fairleigh Dickinson. “They rebounded too. Our guards rebounded, if you look at their numbers and that’s something we didn’t do a great job of the other night.”

Beyond the backcourt, the team as a whole should expect to crash the boards more than usual Tuesday night, as Fordham averages 15 rebounds less than Rutgers per game, with its leading rebounder being a 6-foot3-inch guard.

Still, the Rams will likely hit the Knights where they struggle — with turnovers. Though Rutgers settled down a bit last time out, the team still committed 19 turnovers against NJIT on Thursday, an alarmingly high clip for a non-conference matchup at home.

Fordham forces on average 18 turnovers per game, most coming by way of steals, with the Rams collecting 103 so far on the early season.

When asked about limiting his giveaway rate after notching six turnovers against NJIT, Baker owed his improvements in the Fairleigh Dickinson game to mentorship from Pikiell, something that will likely come in handy on Tuesday.

“Me and coach had a really good conversation after the last game just talking about being focused every game and that every game counts,” he said.

That conversation translated into Baker’s first collegiate

double-double with 19 points and 11 assists, the most assists for a Knight since the 2015-2016 season when Sanders had 12.

Baker and Sanders have settled into their individual roles as guards smoothly in the last couple of games, with Baker serving as a passer and a perimeter threat and Sanders taking the lead on attacking the basket and in the mid-range game.

Against the Rams, they will come up against a similar guard combo in Joseph Chartouny and Will Tavares. In Chartouny, Rutgers faces Fordham’s assist leader with 33 assists, though what he lacks in shooting is made up for by Tavares, who averages 17 points per game, the highest mark between both sides.

But Pikiell has a confidence in his two guards together that has not been there all season, and for good reason. The two starters are finally clicking on the same wavelengths in the same games, and that could very well lead to the Rams seeing the same fate as the two teams before them.

“They’re doing a real good job,” Pikiell said. “I can move them both around and I think we’re getting more comfortable with both of them playing on the ball and off the ball. They do a good job together and I look forward to that continuing.”

and it’s Marinelli-Van Brill, so this is something I decided to do on that. I thought it would work out and it didn’t.”

It seems that Goodale’s mix and match experiment failed against the Hawkeyes and will

need some heavy fine tuning if the Knights hope to climb their way back up to the top.

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Fifth-year senior Richie Lewis has bounced between the 157 and 165 weight classes this season, but may be a better fit at 157, where he is ranked No. 9. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2017

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“Me and coach had a really good conversation after the last game just talking about being focused every game and that every game counts.”

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RU looks for 3rd straight win vs. Fordham Jon Spilletti Sports Editor

The Rutgers men’s basketball team has not let up since its strong play against thenNo. 3 Michigan State.

Even with a rocky start against NJIT, the Scarlet Knights (8-3, 0-2) put away in-state competition soundly in their past two games, defeating the Highlanders and Fairleigh Dickinson by a combined 47 points.

Next on the docket for Rutgers is Fordham (4-5), traveling from the Bronx to the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) Tuesday night at 7 p.m, in the Knights’ final game before the Garden State Hardwood Classic against No. 15 Seton Hall.

Rutgers walks into Tuesday night’s game coming off of possibly its best game of the season on Saturday against Fairleigh Dickinson. The Knights’ 92-point line was a product of guard play — the likes of which the RAC has not seen in quite some time.

Junior Corey Sanders, freshman Geo Baker and senior Mike Williams combined for 55 points in the win — outscoring Fairleigh Dickinson by 1 point — on a collective 62.5-percent mark from the field.

“It just makes it easier,” Sanders said on having a cohesive backcourt. “I can attack Junior guard Corey Sanders was part of an outstanding backcourt Saturday night against Fairleigh Dickinson and looks to continue that strong play against Fordham at the Rutgers Athletic Center Tuesday. dimitri rodriguez / PHOTO EDITOR / december 2017

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WRESTLING NOTEBOOK WEIGHT CLASS SWITCHUPS NEED TO BE FIXED SOON

Lineup must steady before next dual meets Coby Green Correspondent

After hopes of breaking its way into the top-10 rankings this season, the No. 16 Rutgers wrestling team now must fight to just stay ranked at this point in the season after two consecutive losses.

There certainly were high expectations for the Scarlet Knights (3-2, 1-1) coming into this season, with three top-10 ranked wrestlers on the squad, and seven ranked overall in at least one poll. Led by Penn State transfer Nick Suriano, a 125-pound sophomore who is ranked at No. 2 in his weight class, this team was supposed to be one of the best in Rutgers history.

After succumbing shockingly to Lock Haven two weekends ago, Rutgers was placed in good position to prove any doubters wrong this past weekend, when No. 7 Iowa (7-0, 3-0) made its way into the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) for the first time since the opening weekend of 2015.

Things started off completely in the Knights’ favor, from the red lights, hype up tape on the video board and record RAC home crowd in attendance, to Suriano’s opening match tech fall.

Head coach Scott Goodale has a lot to take care of during the short break between duals. The 157, 165 and 174-weight classes all need to be tuned up and set before facing No. 1 Ohio State in January. dimitri rodriguez / PHOTO EDITOR / december 2017 NBA SCORES

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EXTRA POINT

Boston Chicago

85 108

New Orleans Houston

123 130

Miami Memphis

107 82

Charlotte Oklahoma City

116 103

Portland Golden State

104 111

Toronto LA Clippers

91 96

BRIAN BRECHT, head coach of the men’s lacrosse team, will begin his seventh season at the helm of the program, which will start out the season ranked No. 7. The Knights finished last season 10-4 and at one point were ranked No. 1.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

vs. Fordham

vs. Princeton

vs. Seton Hall

vs. Houston

Tonight, 7 p.m., The RAC

Tomorrow, 6 p.m., The RAC

Saturday, Noon, The RAC

Saturday, 6 p.m., The RAC