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A district clerk refused to tell Alex Law the process by which candidates on a ballot are listed, resulting in volunteer lawyers in a grassroots campaign taking government officials to court to ensure a fair election. Law, a progressive candidate running for Congress from New Jersey’s 1st District, spoke to the Rutgers community on Saturday at the Livingston Student Center about his platform, his campaign to date and the work required to be elected to office. Law is running on the Democratic ticket, challenging Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross of New Jersey’s 1st Congressional District in the primary. This is the only contested Democratic race in the 2016 election in New Jersey. “(Law) was the first candidate in New Jersey to endorse Bernie Sanders,” said Ben Silva, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “It’s important we support each other as progressives. I really want to make sure we can get the student vote.” Silva runs Rutgers for Bernie, an organization he said started in August to support Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) candidacy for President of the United States.
Part of Rutgers for Bernie’s goal in 2016 is encouraging students and people who typically do not vote to do so, Silva said. “Fundamentally it’s all about changing mentality, changing the way people think (of Congress) — ‘Oh, Congress doesn’t matter, I’m not going to vote’ — that’s how Republicans win,” Silva said. Law believes New Jersey does not encourage large voter turnouts, with restrictive voter ID laws and odd election dates. “We have off-year elections — we have one in 2017. Only (a few) other states do that,” he said. “In my town, Newton, we have elections in May.” Voter involvement before primaries was critical to effecting change, Law said. To encourage registered citizens to turn out, he began a campaign heavily dependent on door-todoor visits and phone banking. Law’s campaign has a website allowing residents from around the country to make calls for him, he said. They have volunteers from multiple states campaigning for him as well. His district typically has less than 40,000 people out of nearly 175,000 registered Democrats that are allowed to vote in a primary, Law said. SEE CAMPAIGN ON PAGE 6
Former presidential candidate and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) spoke at Rutgers on Saturday about his thoughts on the current state of the nation and some of the candidates running for President of the United States. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR
Former Rep. Ron Paul discusses libertarian values at convention CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Retirement from a more than 30year tenure in Congress has not wavered former Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s (R) lifelong libertarian vision for America.
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“In the last 100 years, it is pretty accurate to say that personal liberty has been diminished greatly. But not the spirit of liberty, not the understanding of liberty,” Paul said. SEE CONVENTION ON PAGE 5
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Korean Student Association hosts beauty pageant The new Korean beauty king has been chosen at the Rutgers Korean Student Association’s annual male pageant. On Saturday, the Rutgers Korean Student Association (KSA) held their annual crowning of Mr. KSA at the group’s male beauty pageant at the Busch Student Center. The goal of the event was to have all the organizations associated with the Asian-American Cultural center come together as one and have a fun time, said Jonathan Han, a Rutgers Business School junior and the club’s treasurer. “We invite representatives from these organizations to participate and kind of have the title of Mr. KSA,” he said. The contestants were Brian Ching from the Rutgers Cantonese Club, Daniel Jeon from Lambda Phi Epsilon, Anthony Hoang from
On Saturday night, Paul, a threetime U.S. presidential candidate, spoke about individual liberties, freedom of speech and what he sees as failed domestic and foreign policies in his address to a convention hosted by Young Americans for Liberty in the College Avenue Student Center.
The Muslim Student Association hosted members of Black Lives Matter to discuss Muslim African-Americans, and how the former can be more inclusive. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Groups have panel event on movement intersection BUSHRA HASAN STAFF WRITER
More than 100 people attended a panel hosted by the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the Rutgers Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement on Feb. 18 to educate MSA members about the modern Civil Rights Movement and how Muslims can support the cause.
“According to the Pew Research Center, about 23 percent of American Muslims are African-American,” said Taufeeq Ahamed, president of MSA. “Sadly the demographics of many of our Muslim communities, including the Rutgers MSA, do not hold true to that.” The purpose of the event was to address rarely discussed issues in SEE INTERSECTION ON PAGE 6
The Department of Psychiatry is inviting Rutgers students and surrounding community members to join them on their “March to Madness.” March to Madness is a tournament that will pit 64 monsters in head-to-head bouts. During each day of the tournament, Twitter users will decide which beast, fiend or devil will be named the better monster. The Student Committee on Resident Education and Media, a formal elective offered by the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, gathered iconic monsters and miscreants to compete in the tournament, said Anthony Tobia, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry. “Horror movies capture motifs that are universally experienced by people over generations, and that’s why horror movies with these repeating motifs still resonate with us today. The babysitter that neglects the child because they invite the boyfriend in always turns out to be problematic,” he said.
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The monsters, in turn, can teach medical students about the vast array of psychological conditions their future patients will face, said Michael Ullo, a Robert Wood Johnson Medical School fourth-year student. “Horror monsters serve as an illustration for the psychopathology that we learn about in medicine,” Ullo said. “By relating famous characters from horror films to psychiatry, we hope to make a connection that will stick with our medical colleagues as they pursue their career of choice.” The impact is visceral and can seen by watching moviegoers, Tobia said. “As we see things … on the screen, we see things that we hide from our conscious awareness,” he said. “Some of us will walk out of a movie because we can’t tolerate the thought that we could do that and some of us actually will sit and watch this movie and really enjoy it.” The initial pool of monsters exceeded the amount of available slots, Tobia said. To help the tournament reach as many people as possible, some SEE CLASSES ON PAGE 4
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B-boying club allows students to ‘break’ into style of dance
RU Breaks is an organization dedicated to teaching students and other members of the local community how to breakdance. They meet every week, and occasionally host events and perform at competitions. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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RU Breaks is bringing workshops to University students to teach the synthesis of break dancing and creativity. “The beauty of expression in dancing is something you really can’t describe,” said Daniel Paik, a School of Engineering sophomore and one of the club’s leader. “When you hear the music, when you see all the guys over there, there is something that just compels you to join.” RU Breaks is the official B-boying, or breakdancing, organization at the University, and in addition to having weekly meetings, hosting competitions and performing for other student organizations’ events, they have an instructional workshop series open to B-boyers at any level of experience. The first 15 minutes are dedicated to stretching, and the following hour is for instruction on concepts. Friday’s workshop was focused on “threading,” a sort of illusion created when one part of a dancer’s body appears to move through another part of his or her body.
“(Threading) is a way to make certain moves look a little more flashy, like people can do handstands and thread or grab one leg and thread with it,” said Jeremy Gonzalo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Gonzalo is the club’s vice president and was an instructor at Friday’s threading session. One of the goals of the workshop series is to help teach people
The workshop series is another component to the club’s always-active meetings that are meant to be inclusive and help expand the B-boying community in New Brunswick. The workshop’s attendance at the Rutgers Student Center Lion Lounge on the College Avenue campus was strong, a dance studio full of beginners, experts and alumni.
dancing skills. Many alumni and people not affiliated with Rutgers specifically come to meetings to stay connected to the positive environment RU Breaks has fostered. “We all help each other,” said Wingki Chan, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and a member of club. “I’m here to maybe give some advice whenever (anyone may) need it.”
“It’s really hard to develop your own style … In the end, it’s all about how unique and creative you are yourself.” DANIEL PAIK School of Engineering Sophomore
who are interested in breakdancing the basics so they can build a platform to get creative with their own moves, like Gonzalo and Paik did when they were first learning. “It’s really hard to develop your own style … In the end, it’s all about how unique and creative you are yourself,” Paik said. “By us teaching people we can spread our style and it makes it easier for new people to join into the community.”
“We can reach out to more people who want to learn (with a workshop), instead of (leaving them) sitting around in awe, not doing anything when they’re at meetings,” Gonzalo said. “Somebody comes in with speakers and music, and we just start practicing.” The environment is especially welcoming to newcomers and people who are shy about their
Chan joined the club after a workshop he attended, and was thankful for the focus it gave him to be a better and more proficient dancer. Hannah Bhum, an event attendee who is not affiliated with Rutgers, also continues to come to meetings and workshops because they gave her the confidence to dance in front of other people.
This was the third workshop for Cheyenne Hidalgo, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, who feels the workshops cater to her level of dancing. “They’re all very encouraging,” Hidalgo said. “They’re all like pros at what they do, and they don’t make you feel bad at all … It’s a very positive environment.” As a graphic design major, Hidalogo did not have experience with dancing, but she did have an interest in learning, which is why she came to RU Breaks. “I’ve watched YouTube videos to try to breakdance before and it’s definitely a lot different than having somebody to help you step-by-step and actually see what you’re doing wrong,” she said. RU Breaks has had positive feedback and its members are eager to learn more in the workshops, which are also great preparation for Ruthless, the club’s biggest event, a “Jam” open to spectators and competitors in April. “There are so many aspects to this dance, the physical aspect, the fitness aspect, the creative side — there’s so much to work on, so much to explore that, you just never get tired of learning new things,” Chan said.
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“The medical school in general has certainly moved into the media aspect of teaching. All of our lectures are podcast, and the Students can vote for monsters listed on Twitter (number of participants in seats for tournament, Tobia says in a lecture) has dropped precipitously over the past 10 years as a result,” Tobia said. CONTINUED FROM FRONT The podcasts allow the lessons The polls will all be put up on Tobia’s Twitter, which can be found to reach more students than a lecmonsters had to be cut, Ullo said. at @ATobiaMD. Tobia will also an- ture hall would fit, he said. SeatIconic monsters and films were swer questions posed to the Twitter ing capacity has become a thing of the past. account, he said. more likely to make the cut. But the convenience comes with The use of new media, in this “Members of the elective are somewhat of a self-selective group case Twitter, is part of the de- a price. The drop in physical attendance has who have an indemoralized terest in horror films to begin “As we see things … on the screen, we see things that a number of the medical with,” he said we hide from our conscious awareness.” school’s guest in an email. lecturers, keep“We had to ANTHONY TOBIA ing some from cut characters Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry returning for anfrom lesser other semester known films to at the Universimake the projpartment’s campaign to move ty. But the shift is natural, Tobia said. ect more relatable.” “It’s only a matter of time beThe tournament’s start will coin- away from the traditional leccide with the tip-off of March Mad- ture hall model, Tobia said. fore social media like Twitter ness, the National Collegiate Ath- Instead of having to attend an replace the podcast,” he said. “It letic Association’s annual Division I in-person lecture, students can only makes sense then that if mebasketball tournament, Tobia said. consume the same information dia has taken that role that social Twitter users will vote in polls put on their own time with only an media is soon to hit medical education within the next few years.” up by Tobia during the tournament. Internet connection.
Anthony Tobia is using monsters in a Twitter poll to help explain psychiatric conditions. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WAYLEN GLASS / SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
The medical school already employs a number of courses that use Twitter and Periscope, a live-streaming app. The future of medical education will revolve around technological advancements, Ullo said. “We are already seeing that
with the advent of the ‘flipped classroom’ in the pre-clinical curriculum, where students learn at home and come to school to have clinically oriented discussions,” he said. “I love the use of Periscope, as we are able to reach an audience we never thought possible.”
Students prepare for next Dance Marathon events ROMAN GERUS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In one and a half months, Rutgers students will dance through the night in an effort to raise money to combat diseases affecting children. The Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) began its annual charity campaign, “Spirit Week” last Monday to raise money for the Dance Marathon weekend event on April 1 and 2. The first University-sponsored Dance Marathon took place in 1999 and has grown into the “largest student-run philanthropic event in New Jersey,” according to the RUDM website. The marathon has partnered with the Embrace Kids Foundation to raise awareness and provide for the non-medical aid of children diagnosed with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other serious disorders. In addition to the marathon event itself, RUDM’s staff of four advisers, seven student board members, 36 assistant directors and more than 120 captains promotes and organizes a variety of events including “Color Wars,” “Theme Hours” and various food donating campaigns with their partner Embrace Kids Foundation. Danielle Raabe, assistant director of organizational development and a School of Arts and Sciences junior, has a long history with the event. “I actually had no idea what the Dance Marathon was before I got involved, but now it has become my entire life,” Raabe said. Students can get involved by volunteering, dancing or captaining a team. “It’s so much more than a club, it’s a family,” Raabe said. Last year’s dance broke records. More than a thousand dancers attended and total donations amounted to $692,046.67 according to The Daily Targum. “This year I truly believe my team has given 110 percent and we think this year’s total will show that,” Raabe said.
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The Korean Student Association held its annual beauty pageant on Feb. 20. Proceeds will go toward funding various projects that the group plans to execute in the future. MANQI YANG
PAGEANT Toth identifies with Hercules, as both have mixed ancestry, he says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
the Chinese Student Organization, Frank Toth from the Rutgers Korea Campus Crusade For Christ, Chris Kim from Pi Delta Psi and Matthew Reyes from Nu Alpha Phi. “So the contestants are selected through an audition process, we use our staff to reach out to these organizations and post an application on our Facebook page,” Han said. “Later we have an audition day where they come in and do an audition and we debrief and choose which candidates we pick.” The contestants were judged by their performances and by the number of likes on their various social media platforms like YouTube video and Facebook, said Andrew Noh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, former Mr. KSA contestant and pageant judge. “There’s different categories the contestants will be judged on like a talent portion, swimwear, interviews and that kind of stuff,” he said. The evening began with introductory videos of all the candidates and a first walk on the runway. Each candidate played a different character and based their videos off them. Frank Toth was Hercules, Daniel Jeon was the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Matthew Reyes was Aladdin, Brian Ching was Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender, Anthony Hoang was Finn from Tangled and Chris Kim was Charming DJ. “If you look at Herc, he’s a fellow halfie — he’s half-god and
half-human. I’m half-Korean, half-not-Korean, so that’s why I picked him,” said Frank Toth, a Rutgers Business School senior. The talents demonstrated by the contestants included step dancing, a magic show and dances to Korean pop music. During the interviews, the participants were asked questions about their future. They were also asked what foods and magazines best represent themselves. Toth said he had been on a stringent diet to prepare for the event. During the event, former Korean Student Association members performed dances on stage. There was also a dance performed by the association’s firstyear representatives. After voting, Frank Toth was crowned Mr. KSA. “I’m so thankful for this experience. I’ve been blessed by the people who surrounded me and supported me. I wish I could do the ‘Mean Girls’ thing and break this thing,” he said. The proceeds from this event will go toward funding projects, Han said. The Korean Student Association will set the date for the next Mr. KSA the next day. The process will begin again when first-year representatives are selected in September and October. “Within each year it varies in purpose. Two years ago we did charity, but this year we’re using the money for future events like Project Korea. We’ll be using it for our performers and even a possible headliner as well,” Han said.
CRIME FEB. 21 NEW BRUNSWICK — One man was stabbed on Handy Street last night. Police disclosed limited information about the incident. The victim’s condition was not known, and police did not confirm if there were other victims in the incident. FEB. 21 NEWARK — A group of men are responsible for a violent carjacking in the South Ward. A 67-year-old victim was sitting on his 2006 Cadillac and was approached by one member of the group before three others came and assaulted the victim. They then drove off in his car. Police
are now searching for the group. Newark Police are asking the public to call (877) NWK-TIPS to share any information. FEB. 21 JERSEY CITY — Two men stabbed a 23-year-old man after asking him for drugs and money at an Ocean Avenue restaurant while ordering. The victim refused, and the two men waited for him to leave the restaurant before attacking him. The two men punched him and the victim went to the mother of his child’s house, where she called the police to attend to his injuries, according to reports.
of distinctions between Democratic and Republican administrations on foreign policy. The numerous conflicts in the U.S. foreign policy over last several years is Middle East involving the Unitpartially responsible for terrorism, Paul says ed States government have done nothing to quell the rise of terrorism, Paul said. CONTINUED FROM FRONT Matthew Boyer, New Jersey “Someday this country has to state chair of the Young Ameri- wake up and realize that if there is In what he believes is a repre- cans for Liberty and a School of a threat from terrorism, we ought sentation of the peril that liberty Arts and Sciences senior, said to look to our foreign policy and faces in contemporar y America, there is a similar hindrance to understand the real issue of blowPaul shared his thoughts on Ap- liberty on campus, especially con- back,” he said. “We are responsible for some of those problems.” ple’s refusal to comply with the cerning the First Amendment. “The free speech zones here Paul discussed the popularity of FBI and unlock the cell phone of one of the perpetrators of the (on campus) are blatantly uncon- Democratic presidential candidate recent shooting in San Bernardi- stitutional and blatantly antitheti- and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ical to higher education,” he said. Vt.) on college campuses across no, California. “They are claiming that Apple “They come out of a desire to be the country and attributed it to a is unpatriotic … but what about politically correct, when in reality lack of political information on what Sanders says is the hypocrisy a futile economin saying that we are going to “In the last 100 years, it is pretty accurate to say that ic system. “(Socialists) mandate that personal liberty has been diminished greatly.” say that we this company need to give does someRON PAUL free education, thing to underFormer Representative (R-Tex.) free medical mine our libercare and free ties for safety housing, but noand to enforce the law,” he said. “What about en- they don’t protect anyone from body really quizzes the people who anything and they really just cod- are passing that,” he said. “Where forcing the Constitution?” are you going to get the money?” Paul said political groups ad- dle students.” The convention and other Lauren Evans, director of vocating for gay, women’s and religious rights also do a disser- events have not only increased events for the Young Americans vice to liberty. Everyone should the awareness around the orga- for Liberty, said students at Rutbe equal under the law anyhow, nization and its ardent beliefs in gers and around the country liberty, but they also ushered a should instead resonate with he said. “We have to have a full un- much-needed debate in the Uni- Paul’s ideals of freedom and vision for America. derstanding of what liberty is versity, Boyer said. “If Young Americans for Liber“We shouldn’t inherit a society all about,” he said. “For me, liberty is an individual thing, ty didn’t host Milo (Yiannoupo- that is overspending and spying not a group thing. Nobody los) last week, then there would on our emails,” she said. “Young should benefit by belonging to a be no one talking about the fact people get that and they know group and saying there is a col- that everyday, students’ First they have a responsibility to Amendment rights are being spend their money wisely.” lective right.” To conclude his address, the The former representative said trampled on by the Universifreedom in America continues to ty,” he said. “At least people are former Texas Congressman championed the libertarian values probe threatened by an expanding talking about free speech.” Paul, who has been labeled as moted by the Plymouth colonists. federal government, an intrusive “They said socialism doesn’t National Security Agency and an an isolationist by some of his opponents, emphasized the absence work,” he said. “Freedom does.” ill-fated War on Drugs.
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the Muslim community so MSA members could tackle the injustices faced by the black community, said Ahamed, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Whoever sees an evil, let him change it with his hand. And if he can’t change it with his hand, let him change it with his tongue, and if he can’t change it with his tongue, then let him change it with his heart,” Ahamed said, quoting the prophet Mohammed in his introduction to the event. Ahamed then passed the microphone to Sean McJunkins II, an executive board member of the state and University chapters of BLM, who explained that the phrase, “Black Lives Matter” was first used in 2012 after George Zimmerman was indicted for shooting Trayvon Martin in Florida.
Zimmerman was acquitted for the shooting, outraging groups who believed Martin’s life was dismissed because of the color of his skin. The movement was formed in 2013 with the goal of creating a safe space where black Americans could discuss systematic inequalities, said McJunkins, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. McJunkins cited socioeconomic disadvantages, education, health and wealth gaps, structural racism and the prison-industrial complex as problems African-Americans discuss under the umbrella of Black Lives Matter. These injustices are being addressed at Rutgers, McJunkins said. The organization is working toward creating a civilian review board to change how New Brunswick courts operate. Ideally, the system would offer better solutions for black students facing issues with local police.
“You’re not harming their mon- to speak their truths,” Waggeh Dionne Owens, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, went on to ey, you’re not harming their racist said. “Until lions start writing explain the tactics the BLM move- system, you’re not harming their down their own stories, the huntpower and you’re not affecting ers will always be the heroes.” ment use to spur change. Brookins discussed cultural Teach-ins and “die-ins” are non their time,” she said. Different methods might be appropriation, emphasizing that violent protests. In a die-in, protesters simulate death, often in- better-suited depending on the the phrase, “Black Lives Matter” is not meant to devalue the tended to disrupt “white spaces.” situation, McJunkins said. McJunkins said they have lives of others. She went on to When BLM protesters disrupted a speech by Sen. Bernie Sanders attended town hall meetings, explain why the #MuslimLives(I-Vt.), Sanders hired a new press spoken with Rutgers Chancellor Matter hashtag is problematic for the black secretary, who community. was black and a While its BLM support“It is crucial that black people start taking control of intentions are er, Owens said. sincere, it robs O w e n s their own narratives and using their power black people believes disto speak their truths.” of their voice rupting these in the BLM events brings NYUMA WAGGEH movement, awareness to School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore she said. issues that After the might not have panel presenotherwise Richard L. Edwards and emailed tation, BLM speakers fielded been discussed. Within a movement there are dif- University President Robert L. audience questions. Simmons detailed non-black use of the ferent tactics, and no strategy is bet- Barchi, who yielded nothing. Nyuma Waggeh and Taqwa “N-word.” ter than the other, Simmons said. “Our history, our legacy, our When BLM shut down Route Brookins, both black Muslim 18 during a protest in December School of Arts and Sciences soph- culture and the way we’ve been 2014, they did not come from a omores, discussed the challenges treated in America is the reason why I never, ever want anyone mindset of violence. Simmons for the BLM movement. “It is crucial that black people who is not of my culture using said no one is going to change their system by having a teach-in start taking control of their own anything that has been used to narratives and using their power oppress me,” Simmons said. in a classroom.
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Law also said he agrees with Sanders’s view on the Citizens Just having 20,000 votes for United v. FEC ruling, which alhim would ensure he is the nom- lows groups to donate as much inee for the state legislature, money to political campaigns as they want. Sanders wants the rulhe said. “Whoever wins the Democrat ing overturned, so that there are primary essentially wins the caps on donations. While presidential candidates general election,” he said. “So if you’re a Democrat and you only may not be significantly disadvantaged by the vote in the genruling, those eral election, running for lessyou’re not hav“It’s important we er-known officing your voice support each other as es are, he said. heard.” progressives – I really “If you’re This applies want to make sure we can running for equally to presstate assemidential elecget the student vote.” bly, if you’re tions and more running for local ones, BEN SILVA Congress, if Law said. School of Arts and Sciences First-Year you’re running “Whether for something it’s the school board or freeholder or assembly- else, the person with the most man or Congressman, I think it’s money has an overwhelming advery important (to vote), because vantage, and that’s something oftentimes the policies of these that isn’t okay,” he said. Rutgers College Republicans people affect lives more than the President of the United States did not respond to a request for comment by press time. does,” he said.
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Experts discuss causes of, ways to prevent hypothermia ALLISON BAUTISTA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Last weekend, many daring people braved the icy waters of the Atlantic for the New Jersey Polar Bear Plunge and, despite the unusually temperate weather, staying warm remained a significant safety issue. Prolonged exposure to colder temperatures increases the risk for hypothermia, especially with aquatic activities, which is why it is important to prevent, recognize and treat it, said Deborah Miller, the scuba coordinator at the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch Campus. “Normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Hypothermia happens any time the core body temperature drops below 95 degrees Fahrenheit,” Miller said. “Severe hypothermia could result in core temperatures even lower, usually 82 degrees or lower.” Polar Bear Plunge participants do not wear thermal protection suits that scuba divers wear, making them subject to severe hypothermia, she said. “The body loses heat 20 or 25 percent faster (in water) than it does in air,” she said. Even though the plunge is open to everyone, Miller said
some individuals are more prone to becoming hypothermic. Children and older adults are more affected by extreme temperatures and are more susceptible to hypothermia, said Diane Gillooly, an advanced practice nurse and assistant clinical professor in the School of Nursing. “Kids could ignore the cold because they are having fun,” she
“The body loses heat 20 or 25 percent faster (in water) than it does in air.” DEBORAH MILLER Scuba Coordinator at Werblin Recreation Center
said. “You also have to watch the elderly population. With age, they lose the ability to regulate their temperature, so their temperatures drop faster.” Older adults may also have other medical conditions that increase their risk for hypothermia, she said. Milosz Pierwola, a professional adventurer, world explorer and Rutgers alumnus, completed a polar expedition after training across Lake Winnipeg a few years ago.
Besides the actual loss of core temperature from being in cold water, there are a number of issues that influence and are influenced by hypothermia, he said. “When you hit the water, you receive a shock to your system. The number one thing you need to know, (and) this is important, do not dunk your head under the water,” he said. The body’s involuntary reaction to cold water is to gasp for air, he said. If a person gasps underwater, water can enter the lungs and put him or her at risk of drowning and getting hypothermia. Shock also affects how blood gets pumped around the body. The body prioritizes blood flow to the organs essential for survival, such as the heart, lungs or brain. Since the complications of hypothermia are so serious, a way to remember signs of developing hypothermia is the phrase “Stumble, Mumble and Grumble,” he said. “Stumble” refers to the decreased dexterity people experience as muscles are impacted, Pierwola said. “Muscles cease being able to work as efficiently as they normally do. You actually lose strength,” he said. “Even the weight of wet clothes makes it too heavy for them to lift themselves out of the water.”
Hypothermia is a condition that occurs when the human body’s core temperature drops below 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Dropping below 82 degrees is “severe.” COURTESY OF MILOSZ PIERWOLA Decreased strength also affects the facial muscles, which become so cold that the person struggles to form words and mumbles, he said. The “Grumble” part of the phrase is representative of the moodiness associated with hypothermia. “You can actually tell somebody is becoming hypothermic because they’re moody. They get a little bit sad, agitated or angry,” he said. There are simple actions a person can do to warm up, including changing into dry clothes or tightly wrapping up in warm blankets. Monitoring mental status, breathing and heart rate for fatal arrhythmias is also important, Miller said.
“My personal recommendation is to boil hot tea, sweeten it with honey or sugar, and put it into a Nalgene or a plastic bottle,” Pierwola said. “Take that bottle of tea and put it right up against your chest — right where your heart is. Slowly sip it as well.” Drinking a hot sweetened beverage boosts energy levels from the calories and heats you from the inside out, said Pierwola. Warming the chest warms the blood that passes through the heart, and that warm blood increases core temperature as it gets pumped all over the body. “Your body is not a democracy. When it feels like it’s in danger, it’s going to respond appropriately …sacrificing (parts of) itself to keep itself alive,” Pierwola said.
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ollege students are notorious for “pulling all nighters.” Oftentimes the numerous CILGY ABRAHAM academic, social and personal commitments render it nearly impossible to get everything done before midnight. So we tend to sacrifice our sleep in order to complete other obligations. Despite this, we must realize that sleep is necessary for survival. Sleep enables the body to conserve energy, relieve tension and stress, in addition to preventing fatigue. Sleep is imperative for adequate mental and psychological functioning. There are several health implications associated with sleep deprivation, many of which we may have experienced first-hand. When sleep-deprived, we can become less focused and vigilant, so our ability to process and receive information becomes impaired. A lack of sleep can affect our physical, mental and motor functioning. A study written in the Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine found that sleep deprivation produces impairments in both cognitive and motor performances equivalent to legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication. In other words, whether one is sleep-deprived or drunk, the effects are relatively similar. Moreover, researchers have found that poor sleep quality and shorter sleep duration were associated with shorter telomeres. Well why is this important? There is a lot of research and debate on the role that telomeres have in aging, susceptibility to disease and death. Simply put, many believe that the shortening of telomeres is associated with aging, cancer and a higher risk of death. In our case, chronic sleep deprivation and poor quality of sleep may increase the likelihood of experiencing adverse health effects. Other consequences of sleep deprivation may include gastrointestinal disturbances, weight gain, poor concentration and alertness, decreased performance, slower reaction time, which increases the risk for an automobile injury and an occupational injury and an overall poor quality of life. Chronic sleep deprivation may increase one’s overall risk for developing severe medical conditions such as stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity. The Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School suggests inadequate sleep may lead to Type 2 diabetes mellitus by influencing the way that glucose is processed in the body. Maren Nyer and colleagues (2013)
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“We tend to sacrifice our sleep in order to complete other obligations.” found that college students with symptoms of depression and sleep disorders experienced a greater burden of co-morbid anxiety symptoms and hyper-arousal compared to students with depressive symptoms without sleep disorders. From this, we know that a lack of sleep affects not only one’s physical functioning, but also one’s emotional and mental functioning. So how much sleep do we need? The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) provides a new set of recommendations based on age groups. For Newborns (0 to 3-month-olds), sleep recommendations were 14 to 17 hours each day. Infants (4 to 11-month-olds), the NSF recommends 12 to 15 hours per day. Toddlers (1 to 2-year-olds), 11 to 14 hours per day. Preschoolers (3 to 5-year-olds), 10 to 13 hours per day. School age children (6 to 13-year-olds), 9 to 11 hours per day. Teenagers (14 to 17-year-olds), eight to 10 hours per day. Young adults (18 to 25-year-olds), seven to nine hours per day. Adults (26 to 64-year-olds), seven to nine hours per day. Lastly, the NSF recommends seven to eight hours of sleep per day for older adults ages 65 and older. While getting seven to nine hours of sleep per day might seem difficult, here are some tips that might help. For starters, limit caffeine intake prior to bedtime. Caffeine is a stimulant that is prevalent in a variety of foods and drinks, including coffee, tea, soft drinks, energy drinks and chocolate. Avoid consuming a large meal immediately before bedtime. Regular exercise is highly beneficial for one’s overall health and can help you to sleep better. But do not exercise immediately before going to sleep, and instead finish any vigorous physical activity three to four hours before going to sleep. Avoid long naps during the day. Establish a regular sleep schedule and consider establishing a regular nighttime routine. Make your environment as comfortable as possible. This includes adjusting the light, sound and temperature if possible. For some, a calm environment with soothing music may help. In hospitals, some patients listen to the sounds of the ocean or a waterfall, which is both therapeutic and helpful when falling asleep. The National Sleep Foundation recommends avoiding bright lights in the evening and exposing yourself to sunlight in the morning, as this can help regulate your circadian rhythm. For some individuals, the bright light that emanates from the screens of laptops, televisions, cell phones and tablets may make it more difficult to fall asleep. The NSF explains that the light from these devices activate parts of the brain. Hence, if one has trouble sleeping, then avoid electronics immediately before bed. While it may be difficult to calculate how much of one’s performance is affected by inadequate sleep, there is evidence that chronic lack of sleep does lead to poor performance. Receiving an adequate amount of sleep in college and in adulthood is and will be difficult, but developing healthy sleeping habits can help prevent the vicious cycle of chronic sleep deprivation. Cilgy Abraham is a Rutgers School of Nursing senior. Her column, “Code Wellness,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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Don’t bite off more than you can chew France’s new law makes food donations mandatory
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here’s a food crisis in the United States are local families who don’t know when they’re and it’s palpable in the state of New Jer- eating next. The U.S. and other nations can learn a little sey. Although the Garden State is the second-wealthiest state in the nation, it’s still home something from France, whose senate unanimousto 1.1 million people who are food insecure. And ly passed a law that would make it the first countr y overall, there are 8.8 million Americans who live in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing in households lacking enough money to obtain nu- away or destroying unsold food. As of earlier this month, large shops can’t throw away good-qualitritious food on a regular basis. Food security is an essential part of living a ty food that’s approaching its sell-by date, and are decent life, and those who are struggling to feed instead required to send them to charities or food themselves are more likely to struggle finding banks. Supermarkets that exceed a certain square and keeping a job, plus children suffering from footage are required to sign contracts with charihunger are more likely struggle in school. It’s a ties by July 2016, and penalties for failing to estabwell-known fact that food is a natural source of lish relationships with charities would have fines energy for people to complete their day-to-day up to $81,600 or two years in prison. These strict activities and maintain good health. It’s a prob- rules and heavy fines may seem extreme, but they ser ve as good measures lem that many are barely for stores to abide by scraping by to feed themthis reasonable law. selves and their families The U.S. needs to folin the U.S., because go“Safe and edible food shouldn’t be low France’s suit. There ing hungr y shouldn’t be thrown away when there are local are already strong inthis much of a problem families who don’t know when centives in the U.S. for in a nation that’s incredthey’re eating next.” people to donate food, ibly affluent. such as the Bill EmerHunger is a per vasive son Good Samaritan issue, but it’s not because Food Act, various tax there isn’t enough food being produced. There is, rather, an abundance of deductions and the U.S. Federal Food Donation food lay to waste. Anyone can be in awe and won- Act in 2008. But despite these encouragements, der at the immense variety and wonderful quantity so much food still failed to be donated. In 2010, on the shelves of grocer y stores, but not ever y- U.S. supermarkets and grocer y stores threw out thing will be bought, and all of the food that’s un- 43 billion pounds, or $46.7 billion worth of food, sold will be disposed. The standard practice in the according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. and many other countries is to trash food that None of these laws or tax incentives have the same hasn’t been purchased, and some stores will pour effect that would compel people to donate as the bleach on perfectly decent food to prevent scav- newly enacted law in France did. When billions of pounds of food are wasted anengers from scouring through bins of neglected food. This is the fate of food that remains on the nually, millions of people are going hungr y when shelf after the sell-by dates, although food is still to they don’t need to be. Redistribution of wasted safe to eat. Sell-by dates are timestamped well be- food should be new the agenda policymakers that fore the food actually goes bad and are generous seek to address the problems of hunger. Making it reminders of the item’s perishable state. Safe and mandator y to donate unsold, safe and edible food edible food shouldn’t be thrown away when there doesn’t harm anyone — it only helps. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Scalia deserves recognition for judicial accomplishments VOX SIGNATA YOSEF BARUH
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nless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past week, you most likely know that Antonin Scalia, an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, has passed away. Serving on the bench for 30 years, Scalia was known for his sharp dissents, conservative outlook and strong belief in adjudicating primarily on the text of the law. Scalia was also regarded (or not, depending on your political views) for his support of “originalism,” a school of thought that says the Constitution should be interpreted as it would have been understood when it was first written. While this newspaper has discussed Scalia’s death in the context of election-year politics, not much has been said about the man himself. Hopefully this article serves a modest eulogy and encourages the reader to learn more about this remarkable man. Who was Antonin Scalia? That is a question not answered easily. It is tempting to label Scalia as “right-wing,” and while it is true he that was outspokenly conservative, he was not a lone ranger on the Court. Analysis of Scalia’s voting record shows that he was more often than not in the majority, and was generally not the most conservative justice, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas currently holds
that unofficial title. Scalia earned the ire of the left with his opinions on same-sex marriage, abortion and affirmative action. But Scalia was close friends with both Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, both members of the Supreme Court’s left wing. Would two liberal justices be friends with a man who was truly misogynistic, racist and homophobic? Scalia cannot escape being categorized as conservative, but he eludes the labels that many of us might want to slap on him.
Dominican friars, Scalia stressed his belief that the Constitution does not prevent the state from “supporting religion.” Scalia was staunchly Catholic, and his written opinions, especially on homosexuality and abortion, left plenty of room for legislatures to write the law according to their morality, even if their morality was based in faith. But despite the fact he obstinately clung to his beliefs, he was also a man who cultivated friendships with those who held views opposite his. As mentioned above, Scalia
“But Scalia was close friends with both Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Elena Kagan, both members of the Supreme Court’s left wing. Would two liberal justices be friends with a man who was truly misogynistic, racist and homophobic?” Eulogies for the dead are most useful when they provide a way forward for the living, and Scalia is certainly a man we can learn from. Scalia held strongly to his convictions, even when they went against the opinions of his fellow justices and the country. For example, Scalia argued that government should have a role in the nation’s religious dialogue. Many of us would insist that church and state be kept separate, and policymakers check their religion at the door when writing the law. Not to Scalia. In numerous speeches given to audiences that ranged from high school students to
was friends with both Ginsburg and Kagan. While some might view this as a function of the institution, all Supreme Court justices are friends by virtue of “esprit de corps,” these friendships seem more than just good working relationships. Scalia and Ginsburg shared a love for opera, and Kagan accompanied him on numerous hunting expeditions. Regardless of Ginsburg’s and Kagan’s ideological differences, Scalia treated them with respect and friendship. Finally, Scalia was a dissenter. When he was not voting in concurrence with the other justices, Scalia would write sometimes
fierce dissents outlining what he believed were the weaknesses in their arguments and the dangers of their liberal jurisprudence. For Scalia, dissent was a tool to correct and refine the misguided arguments of the majority. Sometimes his dissents contained memorable lines or phrases like “argle bargle” (found in Scalia’s 2013 dissent for United States v. Windsor), and Scalia developed a reputation for his unique writing style. Benjamin Cardozo wrote , “the dissenter speaks to the future,” and Scalia spoke to the future by going back to the original meaning of the Constitution. It does not seem likely that we can use the 1780s as a guide to understanding the Constitution in all contexts, but if we should ever lose our way and seek to go back to our roots, Scalia will be right there waiting for us. Scalia’s body is now in the ground and his seat on the bench is empty. The fight to replace him began only hours after his death, and there is still plenty of time for ugly election-year politics to take a turn for the hideous. We can’t stop the petty fighting that will ensue in the coming months, but we can look to Scalia’s intellectual courage and friendship as inspiration for not only staying true to our beliefs, but also engaging fellow Americans in open and amicable debate. Yosef Baruh is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics with a minor in computer science. His column, “Vox Signata,” runs on alternate Mondays.
Inconsistent executions make death penalty unjust COMMENTARY MATTHEW MAN
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’ve read the stories. The horrific tales of helpless, innocent people — many of them women and children — tortured and killed by sociopaths in manners inconceivable to any decent human mind. As a society, we often attempt to understand these killers’ psychology, their impetus for mortal violence, but more often than not, we are left in a quandary submitting to the notion that such brutality is beyond the grasp of our moral understandings. What is not beyond our collective reasoning is the acknowledgment that these killers deserve the same fate as their victims — a death sentence. It is not my opinion that this reflexive desire for definitive retribution demonstrates any moral shortcomings. People who commit crimes deserve a befitting punishment for their crimes and we, as a community of people, are responsible for delivering these punishments in the interest of protecting a moral harmony that upholds our communities. What is more, most of us understand that punishments cannot be delivered indiscreetly and that there needs to be a proportionality to our method — a killer of innocent children is more aptly punished by death than three
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months in jail. The dilemma we face in our country is not our innate idea of proportional punishment. It is the fact that our historically flawed and immensely complicated society, including our judicial system, makes it impossible to deliver death to those who deserve it in a consistently just manner. Though it might be a matter of regional zeitgeists, how can we justify the disturbingly lopsided reality that roughly 2 percent of the counties in America are accountable for the majority of all execu-
(per 100,000 persons) in the South was 5.5 in 2014, the highest in the entire country. In contrast, the Northeast had the lowest number of executions in the country with 4, yet had the lowest murder rate with 3.3. So, as a matter of ultimate deterrence, the statistics fail to support what seems apparently intuitive. The question that might remain in some people’s minds is, “what if we were able to prove a murderer’s guilt beyond the most reasonable doubts?” What if we fine-tune the standards of our criminal justice sys-
“Though it might be a matter of regional zeitgeists, how can we justify the disturbingly lopsided reality that roughly 2 percent of the counties in America are accountable for the majority of all executions?” tions? Can we justify it by pointing to the dictum that punishing brutal crimes like murder with death acts as the most effective and formidable deterrence? And therefore, should we naturally expect these regions with a high propensity to execute to also have the lowest rates of murders? The reality is quite the opposite. Since 1976, the South overwhelmingly leads the rest of the country in number of executions with 1,147 (Texas and Oklahoma alone are responsible for 639). The murder rate
tem and the way we prosecute? Will we, then, be able to bring the death penalty with indisputable confidence to murderers? Once again, this aspiration is not consistent with reality. Since 1973, 150 people on death row have been exonerated with evidence of their innocence. This is not a small number and to think that it is would be devaluing innocent life. And this 150 merely represents the cases that were actually given the chance to be re-evaluated and have light shone on the missteps
of sloppy defending and corrupt prosecuting. Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative portrayed several such cases through tense and heart wrenching accounts in his book, “Just Mercy.” Stevenson’s imperative work highlights the pathology in the criminal justice system, namely but not exclusive to the South, where trials play out like a lock and key situation — hastily convict a man to pacify the public (often with racial motives) — secure the lock and throw away the key. It’s truly a buried alive type of scenario. Race and lower socioeconomic status are egregiously intertwined with the death penalty. To suggest otherwise is blatant ignorance of the facts. Multiple studies show that race of the accused and the victim play a prominent role in determination of the death penalty. In a study reviewing influence of race and the death penalty, 96 percent revealed a pattern. The suggestion that the death penalty is unviable in this country is not an admission that our society is incapable of weighing and acknowledging crimes that ought to be punished by death. It is our proven history of judicial fallibility and deliberate unfairness with administering these punishments that render the death penalty not only unviable but also cruel and unusual. Matthew Man is a Rutgers College Class of 2003 alumnus.
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Your body is not a democracy. When it feels like it’s in danger, it’s going to respond appropriately … sacrificing (parts of) itself to keep itself alive. - Milosz Pierwola, a Rutgers alumnus and professional adventurer, on preventing hypothermia. See story on SCIENCE.
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Today’s Birthday (02/22/16). Persistent professional efforts pay off this year. Expand your networks. Personal discovery (after 3/8) precludes a turnbeginning 9/9. Partnerships blossom (after 9/1). Take charge for personal
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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Embrace your creative inspiration at work under the Full Moon in Virgo. Apply artistry to your efforts. Hold off on making decisions. One phase ends as another begins in serold projects. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5 — Take time over the next two days for fun with family and friends. One game folds as another begins under this Full Moon. Reach a turning
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creative endeavor. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 5 — A turning point at home draws you in with this Full Moon. Domestic changes require adaptation. A new phase in family life dawns. Balance new work with old and tend your garden. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Begin a new phase travel with this Full Moon. Shift your research in a new direction. Start a new chapter. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is
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bloom under the Full Virgo Moon. A turning point arises in your incould also require extra expenses. Keep track. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — This Full Moon in your sign illuminates a new personal direction. Push your own boundaries and limitations. It could get excitgain options.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — This Full Moon shines on a spiritual fork in the
Enjoy peaceful contemplation. Make plans. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — A new social phase sparks under this Full Moon. Doors close and open with friendships. Share appreciations. Talk about what you want for each other. Discuss possibilities. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Reach a Full Moon turning point in your career. Shift focus toward your current passions. Expect a test. Begin a new professional phase. Hold off on launching a new endeavor. Investigate all possibilities. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — The Full Moon reveals a new educational direction. Begin a new phase in an exploration. Wax philosophical as you experiment with new consource. Plan your itinerary before flying off. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Toinvolved before taking action. A Full Moon turning point develops in sibilities with new ones. The stakes could seem high. Work out the next phase together. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — A fork in the road appears. Begin a new phase in partnership with this Full Moon. It work together for shared commitYou can work it out.
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UPSET Knights top No. 7 Lehigh in National Dual Series for third win over top-10 foe CONTINUED FROM BACK
throw him onto the mat three consecutive times. Just when it seemed like Wessell was going to wear him out and keep him on the ground, Smith escaped his grasp after the third body slam to tie the score at 1 and kept it there until the end of the period. In the final 10 seconds of the sudden-death period, Smith appeared to secure a takedown as he took Wessell to the ground right on the edge of the mat near the scorer’s table, but the referee didn’t signal any points for Smith and instead made an out of bounds call moments after. Head coach Scott Goodale challenged the call, but it was ultimately upheld and seconds later, the bout was sent into tiebreakers. Starting on bottom, Smith used a reversal in the opening seconds of the first tiebreaker period to take a 3-1 lead and then rode out Wessell for the remainder of the period to keep his 2-point advantage. Wessell started on bottom and escaped to open the second tiebreaker period, but Smith didn’t allow Wessell to get at his legs and score again. For the fourth time this season, the Wantage, New Jersey, native closed out a dual with a clinching win for Rutgers.
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“I got nothing but confidence in him,” said senior 165-pounder Anthony Perrotti. “He’s been doing this for five years. He’s really been the backbone of this program at the upper weight. I remember my sophomore year, he might’ve won seven matches in a row coming down to heavyweight, so he’s just got a knack for it … I couldn’t be more proud of him. Couldn’t be more proud of the way we wrestled.” The Knights dug themselves an early 8-0 hole, with junior 125-pounder Sean McCabe and sophomore 125-pounder Josh Patrick — wrestling at 133 pounds— each finishing on the short side of major decisions. But the middle of Rutgers’ lineup — which has been its strongest in the latter stage of the season — propelled the Knights yet again. Rutgers reeled off decision wins in the next three matches entering intermission — capped off by junior 157-pounder No. 12 Richie Lewis defeating No. 9 Mitch Miontti 12-7 in a high-intensity match that featured both coaching staffs yelling across the mat at one another during a Rutgers challenge — to take a 9-8 lead. The Knights continued their momentum right out of intermission with two more decision wins from Perrotti and junior
174-pounder Phillip Bakuckas to extend their lead to 15-8. After dropping five straight bouts, Lehigh got clutch wins from two of its ranked grapplers, as No. 3 184-pounder Nathaniel Brown fended off sophomore No. 20 Nicholas Gravina in a 3-2 decision. Then-No. 17 John Bolich handily defeated senior 197-pounder Hayden Hrymack in a major decision to tie the score at 15, and set up Smith with an opportunity to get his last win at the RAC just like he got his first. “Whenever you beat a team like Lehigh, it’s more than just (their high ranking),” Smith said. “Honestly (the ranking) doesn’t really mean much, but its more the fact that they’re a winning tradition, and when you have teams like that, they almost look down upon Rutgers ... I’m proud to be the foundation and see this program go in the bigger direction. There’s so much more that needs to be done and this is just the beginning. You’ll see that come two weeks or so.” Defeating Lehigh puts a bow on a historical dual season for Rutgers. The Knights had a schedule loaded with 11 top-25 opponents, but came out victorious in seven of them, with three wins coming against top-10 teams. After finishing 2-7 in its inaugural season in the deepest wrestling conference in the country, Rutgers improved to 5-4 in the Big Ten with two of its losses coming by 3 points or less. The Rutgers wrestling program has taken a huge step forward this season, and head coach Scott Goodale said this year’s
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need to step up as his roommate, freshman guard Corey Sanders, served the second of his fourgame, two-week suspension. “They just want me to be aggressive,” Laurent said. “Me and Corey talk all the time and just, I always wanted to be aggressive. It’s just, now that he’s not here, I feel like I have to step up and take a little bit of a bigger role now.” The Orlando, Florida, native did his part, but couldn’t do it all on his own. Rutgers initially showed signs of life in the first half, entering the locker room on a 14-5 run over the final seven minutes to cut the deficit to 28-22 after it trailed by as many as 15 points. The Knights kept slicing their way into the Nittany Lions’ lead as the second half began, using a strong opening spurt to tie the low-scoring affair at 31 apiece with 15:55 remaining before eventually claiming the lead under a minute later. Then PSU (14-13, 5-9) woke up. After Rutgers’ lead stood at 3735, Penn State ripped off a 24-7 run with 7:19 to play. Brandon Taylor, the Nittany Lions’ leading scorer on the season, came to life for a double-double with a 17-point, 14-rebound clip to complement Shep Garner’s gamehigh 20 points. And as PSU fired away from 3-point land to convert on 9-for-22 shooting, equaling to a 41-percent clip from deep, the Knights had no answer. “I think the guys are playing with some confidence now. It makes a difference,” said Penn State head coach Patrick Chambers. “Shep Garner, right,
he was in a little bit of a shooting slump up until Iowa ... he made five threes today and that really helps us out. It kind of loosens things up. Now you really don’t know, you can’t just focus on Taylor all game. You have to worry about Garner on the outside, Taylor on the inside and then you get some contributions from the other guys.” Rutgers takes a trek to Minnesota (7-19, 1-13) next for an 8:30 p.m. ET tip-off on Tuesday night at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. As winnable as the stretch seemed at first, Rutgers knows it won’t be getting any breaks anytime soon. The Golden Gophers appeared set for a battle of winless Big Ten teams against the Knights before Minnesota knocked off No. 6 Mar yland on Thursday. But as much as the difficulty might grow for the Knights without their leading scorer on the floor, his replacement assured that it isn’t an excuse for the team’s drop off in effort or production. “We have less room for error simply because now we’re down to seven people, seven scholarship players. We just, we gotta play harder,” said senior guard Bishop Daniels, who pitched in 13 points and a teamhigh four assists as he filled in for Sanders at the point. “With (Sanders or) without (Sanders), we gotta be more physical, go out there and just get it done. We gotta grind and get us a win.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @GarrettStepien and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Head coach Eddie Jordan watches as his team suffers its 14th straight loss, 29th straight in Big Ten play, against Penn State. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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sight of (Walker-Kimbrough),” Copper said, responding to being asked how the Terps’ top-scorer finished with 22 points in 31 minutes. Junior guard Tyler Scaife had a much simpler explanation for Walker-Kimbrough’s productive game. “She just got too many open looks,” she said. Maryland head coach Brenda Frese said her team’s ability to press Rutgers after the first quarter got the Knights out of rhythm. But Copper disagreed. “I don’t think the press had us doing anything,” the 6-foot-1 senior said. “We could’ve gotten the ball up quicker and had a little more time on the shot clock, but I don’t think they really put any pressure (on us). I think they just wanted to slow us down.” Another example of game planning by Frese, who employed the soft press, sending two players at the ball-handler in the backcourt to stymie Rutgers ability to run in transition. When Scaife sank a baseline jumper to beat the first quarter buzzer, it looked like the fans would be treated to a back-and-forth affair at the RAC for the duration, but Maryland had other plans. After Scaife’s rainbow floater snuck past the outstretched arms of two defenders, the Terps took control, outscoring Rutgers 20-8 in the second quarter and by the end of the third, it was all but over. “I feel like we had some bad turnovers,” Scaife said. “I know myself, I started not letting it flow as much, shooting a little too quickly. And they started capitalizing on us
missing. I think that’s kinda where they took off.” The Knights shot 8-of-29 from the floor in the first half before catching up in garbage time to finish the game with a field goal percentage of 44.2 percent. Senior center Rachel Hollivay did all she could on both ends of the floor. Hollivay scored 11 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked three shots, but Jones still rose above. Maryland’s center outdueled the 6-foot-4 Hollivay, scoring 14 points and pulling down 11 boards for her 18th double-double of the season. “We knew coming into the game that Rutgers was going to be super-aggressive on the glass,” Jones said after the win. “We planned to work as harder or
harder than them on the glass to be able to get rebounds.” The strategy worked to perfection. The Terrapins outrebounded the Knights 41-26 for the game and dominated in bench points, finishing with a 24-2 advantage in scoring from non-starters. After their second consecutive home loss, the Knights need to regroup quickly if they have any thoughts of jumping back into the NCAA Tournament discussion. For Stringer, the answers are becoming harder and harder to find. “We can’t seem to get to get over the hump,” Stringer said. “This (weekend) was huge. No question about it. If we wanna play then we’ll play hard and try to extend (the season). I hope that they wanna play. And I hope that it’s not too late. But I don’t know how much more (the coaching staff) can ask for.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior guard Tyler Scaife dribbles against two defenders in the Knights’ 73-59 loss to No. 6 Maryland on Sunday at the RAC. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Johns Hopkins overpowers Knights at home game THOMAS CRINCOLI
Schweizer was not done there, as she collected two more goals to finish with a game-high total of six. The Blue Jays got Just as the clouds started to their other goals from Shannon move away from the sun trying Fitzgerald and CeCe Finney, who to cast some light on the strugeach finished with two. gling Rutgers women’s lacrosse Rutgers sophomore goalteam, the sun was once again keeper Bianca Dente was able to covered as its opponent continmake a lot of big saves, but was ued to take the advantage. once again replaced by freshman The Scarlet Knights (1-2) Devon Kearns. lost to Johns Hopkins (3-0) in a Dente, who made 10 save one-sided 14-2 affair on Sunday during the game, was taken out afternoon at High Point Soluof the game with less than 10 tions Stadium. minutes left because of a tired Head coach Laura Brand-Sias Rutgers defense. said the Knights fell away from “I think our defense star ted their game plan in the blowout to get tired and she was hung loss, which contributed to their out to dr y a little bit at the end, lack of offensive production. because we were gassed so “At the end of the day, it was we wanted to take her out and just about us coming out and give Devon a shot,” Brand-Sias playing Rutgers lacrosse, and it said. “She had some really nice just didn’t happen,” Brand-Sias saves, par ticularly in the first said. “We changed things up, half in that stretch we threw where we were a lot of holding them.” dif ferent “We are a good team ... we just need to regroup and get Despite being people in there to back at it ... we have another opportunity Saturday ...” pulled in back-toback games, the tr y and Knights continue see if it LAURA BRAND-SIAS to show support was a perHead Coach for their goalkeepsonnel er in her first year thing, but with the team. we played “I mean, she’s amazing,” said pretty slow consistently across the first half was over, and things would continue to go against Rut- senior attacker Kim Kolodny. the board.” “We are so happy to have her and Coming off a game where gers in the second. After surrendering anoth- we just give her all the support Rutgers struggled in the first half, it once again found itself in er goal to start the second half, that she needs.” The Knights will remain freshman attacker Emily Santana an early hole. Haley Schweizer opened the would score Rutgers’ second and at home for their next game against Delaware on Saturday, scoring for John Hopkins, mak- final goal for the game. From there, it was a lot of the where the team looks to put this ing it the second game in a row loss past them and regain their where the Knights surrendered same story from the first half. Rutgers continued to allow style of play. the first goal. The Blue Jays added another goal from Emily a high number of shots and Kenul before Rutgers could put Johns Hopkins was capitalizing on them. Schweizer continued itself on the board. Senior attacker Halley Barnes her productive day by scoring continued her hot streak, scoring her fourth goal of the game less her seventh goal of the season to than three minutes after the cut the Knights’ deficit in half. Knights’ second. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers’ captain refused to see her continued scoring success as a positive, and Barnes said only scoring one goal was not enough contribution from herself. “A game like this, my team really needed me,” Barnes said. “I think I let them down a little bit in the goal and the assisting department.” Any momentum from Barnes’ goal would be short lived as the rest of the first half was all Johns Hopkins. Dene DiMartino scored the Blue Jays’ third goal before Kenul and Schweizer would both record their second goals of the game. Johns Hopkins scored two more goals before the end of the first half — with one coming from Schweizer with eight seconds left — to extend its lead to 7-1. Unlike their game against Monmouth, the Knights were unable to close the gap before
Senior attacker Halley Barnes continued her blazing start to the season with a goal, but it wasn’t enough for Rutgers on Sunday. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2015
“We are a good team,” Brand-Sias said. “It’s unfor tunate that we didn’t get to take this oppor tunity to show we’re a good team, but we just need to regroup and get back at it and understand that we have
another oppor tunity on Saturday against a really solid Delaware team.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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RU fends off late push, takes down Army at West Point ERIC MULLIN
shutting out Army to take a 6-3 lead into halftime. Charalambides scored his A man-up goal from Nick San- second goal of the afternoon four torelli gave Army an 11-10 lead minutes into the third period to exwith under six minutes remaining tend Rutgers’ lead to four, but the in the game and began to bring Black Knights wouldn’t allow the back bad memories for the Rut- visitors to pull any more ahead. Over a six minute and 24 second gers men’s lacrosse team. On the heels of a season span, Army found the back of the where the Scarlet Knights lost net three times to draw the score six of their 10 games by two within one. With 48 seconds left in the goals or less, they had trailed the Black Knights for the first time period, Charalambides secured a all afternoon after giving up two hat trick to push Rutgers’ lead to consecutive goals over the span 8-6 entering the fourth period. Two goals from Army in under of 39 seconds. Army appeared to have the first three minutes of action in grabbed all the momentum and the final period knotted the score the Knights’ late-game troubles at 8 and ended a stretch of 30 minfrom 2015 seemed to have fol- utes and 28 seconds where the Knights held the lead. lowed them into this season. Rutgers scored two of the next But Rutgers didn’t press and just over two minutes after San- three goals to take a 10-9 lead torelli’s goal, it took the lead with under eight minutes left. But following a delayed penalty call right back. A bouncing shot from sopho- on sophomore midfielder Chrismore Jules Heningburg tied the tian Scarpello, the Black Knights tied it up and score at 11 just then took the 41 seconds afon the ter Army took “We didn’t have any lack lead ensuing manthe lead. Then, afof confidence ... We knew up opportuto jump ter being held we could put in goals if we nity on top for the scoreless for first time in the whole kept going at it.” the game. game, senior But Hencaptain Scott MARK CHRISTIANO ingburg and Bieda finally Redshirt Freshman Attacker Bieda — got in the scortwo of the ing column Knights’ topwhen his team three scorers from 2015 — swiftly needed a goal the most. Having possession of the ball wiped away the prospect of a late on the right side of Army’s net, loss with consecutive goals in redshirt freshman midfielder over the next two minutes. Army got another man-up Mark Christiano found a cutting opportunity with under three Bieda right in front of the net. Army had the top goalie re- minutes remaining, but Rutcruit in the nation, A.J. Barretto, gers’ defense and sophomore manning the net, but with Bieda goalie Max Edelmann — who having a clear shooting lane from had 11 saves in his second capoint-blank range, the true fresh- reer game — stood firm and man goalkeeper stood no chance. fended of f the home team’s final The attacker fired it past Bar- scoring chances. “Very proud of this group,” retto with just under four minutes remaining in what wound up said head coach Brian Brecht. being the game-winning goal for “From start to finish, I thought our guys battled, they were fierce the Knights. An empty net-goal from red- and they executed when they shirt freshman attacker Adam Charalambides in the final moments capped off a 13-11 win for Rutgers (2-0) over Army (2-1) in West Point, New York, on Saturday. The Black Knights took 56 of the first 76 games against the Scarlet Knights, but Rutgers has now come out on top in two of the last three meetings. “We know that even if we go down, we know our offense is very high powered and can put in goals,” Christiano said. “So we didn’t have any lack of confidence at the end of the game there or lose composure. We just knew that we could put in goals if we just kept going at it.” It took over 10 minutes for either team to get on the scoreboard, but the first goal of the game from Heningburg and opened up a string of six combined scores to close the quarter at a 3-3 tie. Following an evenly played opening quarter, the Knights completely controlled the second quarter. Heningburg, freshman midfielder Zachary Franckowiak and senior long-stick midfielder Zack Sikora each scored a goal throughout the quarter while ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
needed to in all the specialty situations. Being able to tie it after they took the lead on a man-up opportunity and take the lead back 12-11 and to finish it 13-11, I thought was markings of a great group that really had a good week of practice and certainly executed on gameday.” With their per formance on Saturday, the Knights showed that their 19-goal ef for t against St. John’s in the season opener was no fluke. The Black Knights had added the top goalie recruit to a defense that was seventh in the nation in goals
against per game last year and had given up just 5 goals in their season opener. On an afternoon where Scott Bieda, the team’s leading scorer from last season, had just one total point, Rutgers still managed to find the back of the net 13 times. Also, for the second time in two games, eight different Knights scored a goal, led again by Charalambides, who scored four times. Through just two games, Rutgers is already seeing early returns of just how lethal their offense can be.
“We have a lot of weapons on different parts of the field and you kinda just pick your poison for any given day,” Henigburg said. “We could have a guy score 4 goals and another guy score 5 goals and just contributions from the whole team. So we’re really confident right now on our offense and all we need is our opportunity to take the ball and we feel like we’re gonna put the ball in the back of the net if we get it and we did today.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @EricMullin_ and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore Jules Heningburg scored three goals in the Knights’ road win over Army. The attacker was 1 of 8 Knights to find the back of the net. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2016
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“I’m proud to be the foundation and see this program go in the bigger direction. There’s so much more that needs to be done and this is just the beginning.” — Senior heavyweight Billy Smith following Rutgers’ 18-15 win over No. 7 Lehigh
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For the first time of the afternoon, the Rutgers men’s basketball team looked in command. With less than 15 minutes to play, the ragtag squad left over on the floor for the Scarlet Knights took the lead for the first time in the game after a pair of free throws from Jonathan Laurent gave them a 35-33 advantage over Penn State. But the feeling dissipated as quick as it surfaced. The Nittany Lions swiftly stormed their way back to retake the lead before pushing it to double digits, running away with a 7058 decision to bury the Knights in a secondhalf surge on Saturday in front of 5,307 at the Rutgers Athletic Center. “I just thought, even if we didn’t get a stop, score ... nobody wins 0-0. Somebody’s gotta outscore the other guy,” said head coach Eddie Jordan. “We just have to ... put together a stream of scoring possessions together. And that way, the defense gets jacked-up more you play harder, you got juice and you can stop, stop, stop.” But the third-year coach’s team couldn’t live up to that outlook. With its 14th straight loss of the season in Big Ten play — and 29 losses stemming from the last conference win over 13 months ago — Rutgers (6-21, 0-14) remains in a rut as the only program without a victory in the 14-team league. Laurent was one of the lone bright spots for the Knights, notching his second straight double-double for the third of his young career after a team-high 19 points on 6-for10 shooting and a game-high 15 rebounds to pace a nine-man rotation of seven scholarship players and two walk-ons. The freshman forward said he felt the
At the close of the first quarter, it looked like a thriller in the making. But by the start of the third, it wasn’t even close. Perhaps still reeling after relinquishing an 11-point lead with 4:34 left against No. 25 Michigan State Thursday, the Rutgers women’s basketball team put up a fight against No. 6 Maryland at the Rutgers Athletic Center in the first quarter Sunday, but the Terrapins (25-3, 14-2) took over from there, cruising to a 73-59 win. It is impossible to know for sure if the result was due to a hangover from the heartbreaking loss to the Spartans that soured the Scarlet Knights performance, or simply the better team prevailing after a slow start. Either way, it is a bitter pill for head coach C. Vivian Stringer to swallow as her team continues to struggle with consistency through four quarters. “We just don’t have the depth or the consistency,” Stringer said. “It takes us too long to figure out what the heck we wanna do.” Entering the matchup, Rutgers (16-12, 7-9) knew it would have to find a way to contain the Terrapins’ top-scorers, guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (19.3 points per game) and center Brionna Jones (15.2 points, 9.6 rebounds per game). But there is a significant gap between planning and executing. Walker-Kimbrough proved why she is one of the top players in the country, pouring in 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting to pace a Maryland team that shot 46.9 percent from the field in the game. Senior wing Kahleah Copper led the Knights with a game-high 23 points, but in the end, Rutgers’ backcourt could not find a way to stop SWK. “We disengaged on down screens. We went to a zone one possession and the wings loss
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Freshman forward Jonathan Laurent gets up for a jump shot against Penn State. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior heavyweight Billy Smith sizes up Max Wessell in the final bout of Rutgers’ win over Lehigh on Saturday. Smith outlasted Wessell, 3-2, in tiebreakers. BRANDON YOUNIE
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It won’t be hard for Billy Smith to remember his first and final wins at the Rutgers Athletic Center. Although they came more than three years apart, both clinched monumental wins for the Rutgers wrestling team in identical circumstances. As a redshirt freshman in the 2012-13 season, the heavyweight stepped on the mat with the Scarlet Knights trailing then-No.14 Lehigh 16-14. Competing in the final bout of the dual, Smith defeated Jack Deliah in a 6-0 decision to not only secure his first ever win at the RAC, but also to put a stamp Rutgers’ 17-16 upset win over the Mountain Hawks. The win also halted a streak of 38 consecutive losses over the span of nearly 63 years to the Knights’ Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Associate foe. With No. 13 Rutgers and No. 7 Lehigh locked at 15 entering the final bout at heavyweight on Saturday night — in the two programs first meeting since that January 2013 dual — the outcome of the dual rested in the hands of Smith yet again.
Just as he did for his first win at the RAC three years prior — and countless times in between — the senior closed it out for the Knights. No. 13 Smith used a reversal against No. 14 Max Wessell in the first tiebreaker period to give him the lead and the eventual 3-2 decision win. In what was his final match at the Rutgers Athletic Center, Smith nailed down Rutgers’ (16-5, 5-4) 18-15 upset win over No. 7 Lehigh (13-3) in the NWCA National Dual Championship Series. “We were wrestling real well in the beginning, I didn’t even think it would come down to me,” Smith said. “I wasn’t even expecting it to come down to me, I have a lot of faith in my teammates. But unfortunately, things happened and it got to the opportunity, I’m comfortable (wrestling in the last match with the dual on the line). I’ve been there a lot and I’m comfortable wrestling in those situations.” Holding a 1-0 lead in the third period, Wessell got his arms around Smith from behind and proceeded to pick him up into the air and SEE UPSET ON PAGE 12
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A fire erupted in Poile Zedek synagogue, located at 145 Neilson St., on Friday evening. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR
Fire ignites in Poile Zedek synagogue on Friday SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ STAFF WRITER
A fire broke out at a New Brunswick synagogue at about 4:20 p.m. on Friday. Eight fire engines were dispatched to the scene with no victims. By 7 p.m., the fire was not put out at Poile Zedek synagogue, but the flames were quelled and it was emitting mostly white smoke. The shell of the building remained standing. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 4:18 p.m. responding to a structure fire, according to an East Franklin firefighter.
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Robert Rawls, director of the New Brunswick Fire Department, said the fire probably started on the second and third floors. There was a caretaker inside the building who self rescued, and said he was reading the newspaper when he heard loud bangs. Firefighters responded and found smoke in areas, but after opening windows on the third floor, flames engulfed the building. Rawls said he believes the fire started in the rear of the building. “It’s a typical church fire,” Rawls said. “Church fires, most
Rawls said that due to the extent of the fire, the building may not be salvageable. “Anytime something of this magnitude happens, it’s always a tough blow to the community,” Rawls said. The historic synagogue, located at 145 Neilson Street, was built in 1923, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, according to its website. The website also said the membership includes about 100 families. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
of the time, we lose the church fires because they have structural members, a lot of open space and no one is usually there when the fire starts.” He said that church fires happen often due to the heavy wood beams and a lot of fuel, but this was a “wellkept structure.” “The roof collapsed, so what we’re working with is pretty much the shell, but they did a great job stopping the explosions and keeping the fire off the other buildings,” Rawls said. Surrounding buildings were evacuated to ensure safety.
Art revolutionizes with new exhibit running to Nov. 11 AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
which had tracks produced by Pharrell Williams. This event had been in the works for over a year, Zayed said, and was originally planned for International Women’s Day last March. But it was canceled because of a
A book hardened with candy, a TV set surrounded by garbage bags and a giant balance. Though seemingly unrelated, all are pieces displayed in Mason Gross’s Undergraduate Annual Open Exhibition. Walking across campus everyday, students are reminded by little red and white flags that Rutgers is celebrating “250 years of being revolutionary.” And the Mason Gross School of Arts is reiterating the theme of “revolution” with an exhibit entitled “Revolution.” The show, running from Oct. 20 to Nov. 11, features work that follows the theme of “revolution” in some way, shape or form. At the show’s reception on Oct. 22, Nicolas Pereda, director of the new Digital Film program, selected six students to award with cash prizes for their outstanding pieces. Some of the winners included Allison Scalera, Delfina Picchio, Deborah Thompson and Ann Pollack. And students proved they could think “outside of the box.”
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Yuna, a Malayasian musician, performs on Oct. 23 at Livingston Hall on Livingston campus for an event co-hosted by MuslimGirl Rutgers and the Rutgers University Programming Association. COURTESY OF ANAYAH LAKHANI
Musician Yuna hits high note with visit to Rutgers BRITTANY GIBSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Yuna started the evening with one of her hit tracks, “Falling,” and continued to excite the crowd with her upbeat tunes all evening. Last Friday, Yuna, a singer-songwriter from Malaysia, performed
an intimate show at Livingston Hall. The four-piece folk-pop group was preceded by a spoken word performance about the life of a modern Muslim woman. The event was hosted by Sara Zayed, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and president of MuslimGirl Rutgers, the organization that co-sponsored the
event with the Rutgers University Programming Association. This was Yuna’s Rutgers debut and she played a crowd-pleasing set that included many songs from her latest album, Nocturnal. This is Yuna’s third studio album, released by Verve Records and was highly anticipated after her last album,
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Campus Calendar MONDAY 10/26 Douglass Residential College hosts, “DRC Movie Night: INSIDE OUT” from 9 to 11 p.m. at the Cook Student Center on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for African Studies and the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures present, “Manuscript Learnability and Indigenous Knowledge for Development — Hausa Ajami in Historical Context” from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. at Tillett Hall on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences presents, “Methanol Production by a Broad Phylogenetic Array of Marine Phytoplankton” at 3:45 p.m. at the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. Rutgers University Human Resources hosts, “Rutgers UHR Open Enrollment Fair” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Busch Student Center on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public. TUESDAY 10/27 The Center for African Studies, the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, and Cinema Studies present, “Transgressing Boundaries: Reinterpretation of Nollywood Films in Muslim Northern Nigeria” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at Livingston Student Housing Building B on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for African Studies,the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, and Cinema Studies present, “Transnational Influences and National Appropriations: the Influence of Hindi Film Music on Muslim Hausa Popular and Religious Music” from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. at Livingston Student Housing Building B on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers presents, “Lecture and Book Signing by Nell Irvin Painter” from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum and Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Catholic Students Association hosts, “Spirit Night” from 8 to 9:30 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public. WEDNESDAY 10/28 The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life hosts, “The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival,” which runs until Nov. 8 at Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Film tickets for opening night range from $6 to $20, and tickets prices for the remainder of the festival range from $6 to $12. University Career Services hosts, “Choosing a Major Workshop” from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village located at 100 Somerset St. on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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OCTOBER 26, 2015
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Adjunct professors rally for equal pay, respect at Rutgers
Students, staff and members of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers at Rutgers protested at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus during a Board of Governors meeting on Oct. 15. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ
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Adjunct professors are “all about equal pay for equal work,” said John Castella, vice president of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers (AAUPAFT) at Rutgers. The AAUP-AFT organization has placed bright red signs around campus that read “Respect Part Time Lecturers,” and members have attended numerous protests this year in the hopes of earning a more equitable salary. More than one-third of classes at Rutgers are taught by part-time lecturers in all areas and disciplines. Their compensation is 0.6 percent of the University’s budget, which is why they are working to educate the entire Rutgers community about their hardships working with the University. More than 30 percent of the workforce are adjunct professors, Castella said. The main goal of these 1,800 individuals is to earn respect. “Respect comes in a lot of ways, not just in salary,” he said. Through their current contract campaign adjunct professors are hoping to achieve a secure place within their respective departments. They want to be part of department meetings and
able to contribute to the content they teach. It would also include respect from the University administration, Castella said. They have not yet responded to any of the AAUP-AFT’s recent protests. “It’s kind of scary where their priorities are,” he said. University Spokesman E.J. Miranda said the administration was being respectful of the collective bargaining process and the negotiations at the table. Negotiating teams will act in the best interest of the University, its students and the community it serves, he said in an email. Castella said he believes there is a knowledge gap between the University and adjunct professors that prohibits them from understanding why their need for respect is so important. “Administration thinks we just come into a classroom, turn the light switch on, teach and leave ... treating us like we’re on a punch card,” Castella said. Their jobs are much more involved than that, he said. Parttime professors also write recommendations and are there for students beyond class hours — time they are not compensated for. James Deloughery, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said it is a shame that the University does not treat all professors equally.
“I feel like if a professor is compensated unfairly it gives them less of a responsibility to connect with his or her students,” he said. Rutgers strives to compensate its employees fairly and pays all professors some of the most competitive rates in the nation, Miranda said.
The AAUP-AFT has been told the same thing, but has been denied access to any of the data Miranda is referring to, Castella said. Of the University’s $3.78 billion budget, only about 27.6 percent was spent on instruction, he said. Castella said he understands that there is a lot of overhead that
comes with running a University of this size, but the main priority should be on education. “A lot of students see tuition and fees increasing, yet we know that the money isn’t coming down to (the academics),” he said. This past May, The New York Times wrote an article titled “AT Rutgers: It’s Books vs. Ballgames,” asking these same budget questions. The article explored the University’s athletic spending, which caused Rutgers Athletics to run on deficit since the 2005-2006 academic year. Because of their participation in the Big Ten Conference, this deficit will continue into the 2021-2022 academic year, according to the article. According to the Times, one academic department at Rutgers had its library budget cut by $500,000 in the last school year, while Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood has seen his salary steadily increase. The University spent $26 million in the last academic school year on Athletics, money that “might have gone to professors’ salaries or other academic needs,” according to the Times. Castella said he questions the University’s true concerns and asks whether the priorities are in the Big Ten all of a sudden.
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APP Key feature of app is informing user how full gyms are to help students coordinate time CONTINUED FROM FRONT
for group classes. They are also able to see the usage of their recreation centers at given times of the day, she said. Stacy Trukowski, the interim executive director of Recreation for Rutgers University, said that upace gives students much easier access to the recreation center directory. One key feature is informing the user how full the recreation centers are, helping busy students schedule their time better. Although this is not a major issue at the University recreation centers in the fall, she said there are many issues in the first half of the spring semester. The app allows the user to sign up for classes with ease. Users can select classes based on the building or meeting time to see what is available, instead of searching through sheets of paper with small font, which she said is helpful for smaller classes that quickly reach maximum capacity. “We have RU FIT TRX that we can only fit 14 people in because of the type of class it is. The people that like to go there like to know that they have a spot, because we know everybody is busy, and no one likes to show up and not have a spot,” Trukowski said. This is not as important with larger classes, but it does enable the University to see which students are using certain programs, which can potentially be used to
hold competitions for the number of classes a student takes, she said. Koretsky was inspired to create upace after consistently experiencing long wait times at her university’s recreation center, being unable to join group fitness classes and having to use other recreation centers in the area. “One day I thought about it and I started talking with other students from my university and universities across the United States,” she said. “I went to about 30 different universities and I spoke with them about this idea I had, and those conversations developed upace.” Taking upace from its conception to building the application and finally launching it was both a challenging and rewarding experience, she said. The app mostly spread to new campuses through word of mouth, as many students have connected upace with their recreation centers. Their main focus, though, is ensuring that the current universities and their users are happy with the product they have received, she said. Spreading through universities brings its share of challenges, such as having to accommodate the University’s four recreation centers and five fitness centers, Trukowski said. “We’re working with the app to improve it a little bit, and that’s the one thing I like about this app, that they’re looking to change,
“upace” is a fitness application that is determined to sync the lives of busy college students to campus gyms and their space availability. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR to improve and to accommodate our situation here at Rutgers,” she said. One goal of upace is to increase motivation for students to go to recreation centers and exercise. Upace sets reminders for classes that users register for, holding the user accountable for their commitment to exercise, Trukowski said. “I think exercise should be scheduled in. I think you should
be able to say ‘Hey, I’m going to go to the gym and use the treadmill on this day,’” she said. “It’s easy to blow off your workout if you have no accountability towards it.” Being able to check recreation center availability is a large motivator for students, because it makes students curious about how crowded it is. Knowing that it is not as crowded as expected
might make a student more likely to go, she said. Raina Josemon, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore, said upace would be very helpful to get students into the recreation centers. “I think it’s useful. It’ll help (students) plan out their time for when to go to the gym, when is a convenient time to go and where on campus,” she said.
CRIME OCT. 25 JERSEY CITY — A New Jersey City University staff member had his wallet stolen yesterday morning by three juveniles. At about 10:45 a.m., the man was surrounded by three juveniles on Audobon Avenue while walking from West Side Avenue to the campus, when he was ambushed. One of the suspects ran his hands through the victim’s pockets and took his wallet. OCT. 25 MAYS LANDING — Joseph Morrison, who has pleaded guilty to first degree aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of Debra J. Mason, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. The 64-year-old man shot and killed his 64-year-old longtime girlfriend in the home they shared in 2014. OCT. 24 NEW BRUNSWICK — The Rutgers University Police Department Detective Bureau and Patrol Division have arrested three additional suspects wanted in connection
to bicycle thefts. Shawn M. Pellichero, 30, from North Brunswick, Alisson Desouza, 35, from New Brunswick, and Gary Romein, 41, from New Brunswick, were arrested on Oct. 23, Oct. 17 and Oct. 16 and charged with multiple offenses, including theft, possession of burglary tools and criminal mischief. All three suspects have been banned from University property. OCT. 24 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — A 21-year-old woman got in touch with law enforcement, claiming that she had been sexually assaulted by Wendell Robinson and was taken to JFK Hospital in Stratford, where she was given a medical evaluation and support services. A SWAT team executed a search warrant at the 62-year-old’s home the next morning, and he was found with an unspecified amount of crack cocaine. Robinson was arrested and charged with invasion of privacy, promoting prostitution and possession of a controlled and dangerous substance.
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MUSICIAN Yuna is self-taught singer, guitarist who grew up in Kuala Lumpur, capital city in Malaysia CONTINUED FROM FRONT
A group of people stands in front of one area of the Mason Gross exhibit on Oct. 23 that had the hashtag, #Unedited scrawled over a collage of photos. AVALON ZOPPO / ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
EXHIBIT Society views women in a hypersexualized way, Internet harassment is prevalent, Adeyina says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Allison Scalera, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, won the Visual Arts Award for her piece entitled “The Energy of Movement.” Scalera, who herself is a dancer and choreographer for the Rutgers Preforming Dance Company, set out to describe the invisible energy that dancers emit through a video-animation reel projected onto the exhibit’s white walls. The video was created with Adobe Photoshop using a series of animations compiled in a gif. Scalera videotaped herself dancing and used that as a reference for the basic outline. From there, she drew the lines of energy flying off the body. “Energy is invisible,” she said. “As you can see, the dancers not only move, but there are these lines that fly off their bodies, which represents that invisible energy in the air.” Two small flip books accompanied the video, which Scalera said allowed the viewer to have a more physical interaction of the movement. The viewer could then control the speed of the movement and have a closer look at each illustration. As a contemporary, modern and jazz dancer, Scalera said it was rewarding for her passion for art and movement collide during the project. The piece revolutionizes the way the audiences views movement and dance. “We usually view movement by just seeing the body,” she said. “We don’t see the energy. In my opinion, that energy is mostly felt by the dancers on stage ... To put
it on a screen for everyone to view sends a revolutionary message.” Scalera was one among many students delivering a revolutionary message with her art. In a quiet back room, Tunde Adeyina, a Mason Gross School of Arts first-year student, showcased his work titled “I Am More.” The piece featured a women sitting at her desk in a dark room. On one side of the room was an array of cleaning supplies, dishes and groceries, which was meant to represent the standards that society holds women by. In contrast, the woman sits at a desk studying. “This is supposed to depict women rising up and the end of sexual harassment,” he said. The woman in the piece is Adeyina’s friend who works on the Sexual Assault Response Team at Rutgers. Adeyina and his friend, Jamie, spent two weeks planning the concept, and a day capturing the actual photo. All of this was shown on a computer screen, which Adeyina said was purposeful. “In this generation, we view women in a hypersexualized way on the Internet. Most of the time, there is sexual harassment happening. This was to depict that,” he said. Underneath the screen, there was a keyboard. The women’s diary was propped atop the keyboard with a poem written inside about her own worth. “I am more than ‘Netflix and Chill.’ More than ‘Just one time.’ More than ‘My side piece,’” read the poem, followed by the declaration, “I am a Queen, not a victim.” The photo and journal together
exemplified the theme of revolution in a powerful, thought-provoking way. “It’s very easy to respond to (the theme) in a way that is predictable,” said Gerry Beegan, chair of the Visual Arts Department. “(Nicolas Pereda) was looking for students that thought outside of the box.” A few pieces particularly stood out to Beegan, such as a photograph of a mirror looking up at the sky, titled “Mirror Interacts With Earth, and Vice Versa.” Beegan was also impressed by a photograph of a woman, slightly smiling, with black blood dripping from her lips, entitled “Black Matter.” “What is interesting about the show is you have very heartfelt, dramatic pieces, then you’ve got a photo of a cup of tea right next to it,” he said.
blizzard. Yuna was thought of for the event because of the role model she has become to all women, especially Muslim women, she said. “We thought it would be really awesome to bring Yuna for this event because she identifies as Muslim and has completely built herself up from scratch,” Zayed said. Yuna is a self-taught singer and guitarist, who grew up in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city in Malaysia, and is the first musical artist from Malaysia to gain this level of popularity in the United States, according to her website. She has won nine Anugerah Industri Muzik awards, the equivalent of a Grammy, since her official career start in 2010 and made her breakthrough in the United States in 2012. Her early success can be attributed to her effective online presence. She first grew her fan-base on MySpace, forming a strong cult following in Malaysia. Her outreach is no longer primarily reliant on social media, but still many people find her that way. Duaa Eisa, a guest of a Rutgers’ student at the event, said she found out about Yuna online. Eisa said she felt a strong connection to Yuna’s music because she is relatable. “She is a Muslim, scarf-wearing, singer ... who you feel like you know when she’s on stage,” Elisa said.
She believes Yuna’s music should be more mainstream because it is so good. Yassmina Bendahud, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, also enjoys Yuna because her music is so relatable and enjoyable. “Her music is easy to connect to,” Bendahud said. Yuna is important to MuslimGirl at the University and Muslim women ever ywhere because her career is exemplar y of what women can do while wearing a hijab, or headscarf, Zayed said. “The hijab doesn’t hold anyone back from anything,” she said. Yuna redefines the convention of a pop star by wearing her Hijab and having unprecedented success as a Malaysian singer in America. She has unique presence on stage being a confident, strong and visibly religious woman. Zayed believes Yuna’s career has made her an important public figure for the modern Muslim woman. Yuna challenges the misconception that those two things cannot happen simultaneously. “We can be obedient worshippers of Islam at the same as having fun and being light-hearted,” Zayed said. Ever yone left the auditorium feeling as bubbly as Yuna’s lyrics and melodies and with another image of who our pop stars are and what they can look like.
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Lawyer, activist expresses skepticism about safety of GMOs NAMRATA PANDYA
to consumer health. In order for the inserted gene to be expressed a gene promoter is needed to be turned “on,” usually by an enGenetically modified organzyme. Most promoters are in the isms are often promoted as be“off” position. ing a more efficient way to grow Scientists need promoters that crops to feed a growing populaare always “on” without needing tion, but some people are conoutside help and get those from cerned they cause more harm plant viruses. According to an arthan is apparent. ticle in Nature Education, it takes Steven Druker, a public-inextra energy to express this gene terest lawyer from Ohio spoke constantly, and these alterations to the Rutgers community last can change how quickly an orMonday to discuss GMOs in his ganism uses energy, grows or renew book “Altered Genes: Twistsponds to “external environmened Truth.” tal factors.” “The more I learned the more Druker said it is “unnatural” I became concerned, because it and even “sacrilegious” to take became rapidly apparent that the genes from othclaims beer species and ing made on asks if it is ethithe behalf of “I felt very strongly that it’s time that we hear from cal to do so. genetically He said the engineered another perspective on this issue.” religious commufoods were nity’s objection to very removed GMOs’ unnatufrom the acJOSEPH HECKMAN ralness is valid. tual facts,” Extension Specialist with the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology “This whole he said. venture has He spoke been sustained at a Byrne and chronically Seminar on genetic modification taught by dent, said any domesticat- and crucially dependent on deJoseph Heckman, an extension ed crop can be considered ception,” he said. “It is ethically unsustainable.” specialist with the Department of “genetically modified.” He said these crops are being “The blind rejection crops bePlant Biology and Pathology. Druker said he has been re- cause of their status as GMOs is dishonestly presented to the public. He said he founded the Allisearching GMOs for about 20 essentially the rejection of every years after first hearing of them food source that is not picked off ance for Bio-Integrity, a nonprofit in 1995. His book is the result wild foliage or hunted in the wil- organization supporting environmentally-friendly technological adof his work and activism during derness,” he said. Druker said there is nothing vancement. A lawsuit filed by the that period. While many proponents of natural or continuous about this organization forced the Food and GMOs have labeled him unscien- relationship, and says GMOs are Drug Administration (FDA) to tific, he said he is not a “climate crops whose genes are deliber- release letters saying that GMOs ately changed or combined with should be tested more because of change denier.” their unique risks. He said he has several sup- other genes in a laboratory. According to the National CenHe said the process of creating porters, including primatologist a GMO may prove to be harmful ter for Biotechnology Information, Jane Goodall. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
“Without doubt, (this is) one of the most important books of the last 50 years,” she said. “I shall urge everyone I know who cares about life on Earth, and the future of their children, and children’s children to read it.” Druker said the pro-GMO argument relies on a “subversion of science” as well as corrupting the government and deceiving the public. He said his first problem with proponents of GMOs is the claim there is “a seamless continuum” between domesticated breeding and genetic modifications. Robert Ser vilio, a School of Engineering first-year stu-
Steven Druker, pictured above, is a public-interest lawyer from Ohio who spoke to the Rutgers community on Oct. 19 to discuss the harms and unethical practices that ensnare the genetically modified organisms debate. NAMRATA PANDYA the first GMO to ever be released for consumption, amino acid L-Tryptophan, caused an epidemic in 1989, infecting approximately 1500 and killing about 30 people. Druker said this deception started when President Reagan decided the biotechnology industry would help the economy and told the FDA to promote it. “GMOs are necessary to sustaining a human population of any size and have been since the dawn of civilization,” Servilio said. “However, no one will deny that the actions of large corporations to both patent and micromanage
life itself are deleterious to all of agriculture.” Heckman and Druker both said they received backlash over their anti-GMO stance. The scientific community in general is pro-GMO. Heckman said he received an email upon inviting Druker asking why he invited a conspiracy theorist. This type of dogmatic opposition made Heckman anxious to extend the invitation, he said. Coming out as anti-GMO can also risk his chance of gaining tenure. “I felt very strongly that it’s time that we hear from another perspective on this issue,” he said.
Wasp species ‘zombifies’ fellow insects by laying eggs GEORGE XIE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The behavior of the parasitic creature in the science fiction film “Alien” is similar to that of a real-life parasitic wasp, said George Hamilton, chair of the Department of Entomology. Certain species of parasitic wasps reproduce by injecting behavior-altering chemicals into a host insect. A parasitic wasp takes over the neurosystem of the host and lays an egg inside the host, Hamilton said. “The lar vae of the wasp then eats the internal contents of the
insect and then emerges from there,” Hamilton said. After the lar vae has been laid, Hamilton said the host insect will act in ways different from its normal behavior. Hamilton gave other examples of behavior-altering organisms, such as fungi that can take over the brains of ants. The fungi will cause the ant to climb to the top of foliage and stay there, until the fungi bursts out of the ant’s head and releases its spores. Parasitic wasps can actually be used in beneficial ways, such as pest control. In Hamilton’s
research, parasitic wasps were used to control Colorado potato beetles and European corn borers, both of which are major crop pests. Currently, the biggest pest in New Jersey is the emerald ash borer, Hamilton said. It was introduced to Michigan about 10 years ago and has been advancing toward the East Coast. The ash borer is a beetle that attacks ash trees. Since ash trees are forest plants, spraying chemicals is not an effective method, Hamilton said. In response, the Department of Agriculture is releasing wasps
imported from Asia, the borers’ native land, to deal with these ash borers. These wasps pose no threat to humans, Hamilton said. Before the wasps are released, they are subjected to an extended period of quarantine, during which certain species of insects are “suggested” to the wasps. After the quarantine, the wasps are fairly specific in selecting targets. The wasps can even be so specific as to only target one species, such as the ash borer. These wasps are also not capable of hurting humans.
Their equivalent of a stinger is for laying eggs and is not strong enough to puncture human skin. This method of using parasitic insects has been used to fight pests on a large scale. One example is the effort to control the gypsy moth, a pest that damages hardwood trees. Over the last hundred years, around a hundred different organisms have been released to control the gypsy moth. The great majority of these organisms are insects, including parasitic wasps. These insects eat the lar vae of the gypsy moth.
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Sociologist says human zombies only exist as Halloween costumes ALLISON BAUTISTA
said. “(The brain) is not going to shut down to a point where you can still move but you can’t think or feel.” Zombies have been revived Moran said that modern porand reinvented in popular trayals of zombies may be more culture over the last several feasible. The film “28 Days Latyears. Television shows like er” revolves around a virus that “The Walking Dead” and films causes zombie traits. like “28 Days Later” and “ZomIn this film, living bodies bieland” have created many new become zombies as opposed to zombie enthusiasts. the traditional idea that zomActual human zombies are bies are people who come back ver y unlikely though, said from the dead. Kimberlee Moran, a part-time Although this alternative delecturer in the Department of piction of zombies dodges the Sociology, Anthropology and problems of Criminal Jusdecompositice at Rutpresented gers-Camden. “One of the first things to go are the eyes, so the dead tion earlier, it is “If you rebody would not be able to see anything.” not free from ally look at drawbacks, the science of Moran said. death and deKIMBERLEE MORAN “Because composition, Part-Time Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at people are inthere is just Rutgers—Camden fected (in ‘28 absolutely no Days Later’), way that zomthey are vomitbies could ever exist in the traditional idea this suggests that they have ing blood and not sleeping,” she said. The zombies in the movie are of dead people walking around,” some basic functioning of the most primitive parts of the also not eating or drinking, and she said. After death, rigor mortis brain, so while core functions would likely die from a combinacauses the corpse to stiffen like eating are still present, tion of dehydration and exhauswithin a couple hours, which higher functions like emotions tion before they could infect a lot of other people, she said. disputes the idea of zombies are absent. “We can all sleep soundly to“The definition of being dead chasing after their victims, Mois that there is no more electri- night knowing that there are no ran said. She also said that decompo- cal activity in the brain, but ev- zombies that are going to be out sition is obser vable within 36 er ything is interconnected,” she there,” she said. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
hours of death because bacteria in the body’s gut quickly digest the internal organs and soft tissues. Zombies would have to overcome both rigor mortis and the pain of decaying body parts in order to hunt someone down. “One of the first things to go are the eyes, so the dead body would not be able to see anything,” she said. “It pretty much makes the whole ‘walking dead’ idea a complete myth.” Zombies are known for their obsession with killing and eating their victims. Moran said
SIMPLE SCIENCE ARE YOU A KNUCKLE CRACKER? A large number of people crack their knuckles on a regular basis, and in action movies, heroes tend to crack their necks before a fight as well. Some people think the cracking sound comes from the two bones in a joint hitting each other, but the reality is a bit more complicated. Knuckles crack when some force is applied to a joint. All joints are filled with a liquid called synovial fluid, which prevents bones from grinding against each other. When stretching one of these joints, like a finger on your hand, a bubble of gas forms. It is the formation of this bubble that creates the cracking sound. This bubble takes some time to dissipate, and may take up to 25 minutes to dissolve completely. During this time people are unable to crack their knuckles again. Some people are worried that excessive knuckle cracking will lead to arthritis. Arthritis is a condition where patients can have inflamed or stiff joints. One type — osteoarthritis — is the most common form in the United States, and symptoms include cartilage breaking down and a reduction of synovial fluid.
This usually results in a smaller range of motion across joints and the patient is unable to move the way they did before. It dif fers from the other main form of ar thritis — rheumatoid ar thritis — in that it is caused by “wear and tear” over time. Rheumatoid ar thritis is caused by an autoimmune disorder, meaning the body’s immune system attacks its joints. Rheumatoid ar thritis is much more severe than osteoar thritis but fewer people suffer from the former. While the joints people usually crack can be impacted by osteoarthritis, researchers cannot find a link between habitually cracking knuckles and having any form of arthritis. But cracking knuckles leads to temporarily stretched ligaments and tendons that surround a joint. Over time, this can lead to some permanent damage. Research has shown that years of knuckle cracking can result in swollen and weaker hands when compared to people who do not crack their fingers. Studies per formed with people aged 45 and older found that knuckle-crackers had a weaker grip because their ligaments and tendons remained stretched.
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he prison industrial complex is running the na- who need medical care are shoveled into public and prition into the ground: The tendency to put citizens vatized prisons without anyone batting a lash. Of course, into prisons as a means of reforming economic, some individuals with addictions or mental problems social and political problems is deeply flawed. Reform is may need to serve jail time as a result of illegal or vioneeded now more than ever, and a set of individuals with lent actions. But the assumption that jail time is all these individuals need to “make them better” is a far cry from the power to make changes are doing just that. A conglomeration of 130 current and former members the truth. For many, only intense therapy and counseling of the criminal justice system have gathered to form an will reform their behavior. There is no doubt that the prison system is riddled organization named “Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration.” These individuals have with racial bias and predispositions to ignore those most worked all over the nation, from Newark, New Jersey, to in need of reformation. Therefore, states cannot continNashville, Tennessee, and in various positions including ue to close public schools and hospitals to open prisons. attorney general, police commissioner and Undersecre- Governments are reshaping these public institutions, tary for Enforcement at the Department of the Treasury. then pointing their fingers at minorities and poor folks They are working together to reform the prison system — the demographics that are statistically more likely in an unprecedented manner and have issued a report to get longer jail sentences for smaller crimes — telling them to get their acts together, when the system sets with their preliminary findings and intentions. The mere fact that those inside the system are the them up for failure. Prison systems are cyclical: Your mother got sent ones advocating for a change says two important things. to jail for stealing because she First off, it makes their claims all the couldn’t provide for you and your more valid. When an organization or siblings. But she couldn’t provide institution needs reform, attention “States cannot continue for you because your father was is typically turned to white-hatted, to close public schools put in jail for a nonviolent crime. gladiator-like individuals. These stoand hospitals to open Now you’re left trying to find a ic figures will then come in, assess prisons.” solution and avoid going to jail the situation, evaluate specifics and yourself. Exemplifying this sad suggest recommendations. But perpetuation, the report conwhen the opposite takes place — when a group of people who have or are currently work- cludes, “ … Some people need to go to prison, particularing within a corrupt system can acknowledge the issues ly those who have committed serious and violent crimes. at hand — their claims prove to be all the more authen- But our criminal laws and law enforcement policies too tic. Secondly, the formation of the aforementioned law often encourage arrest and prosecution — making our enforcement organization asserts that there is a problem jobs more difficult.” Unnecessarily putting people in jail benefits no one. so vast that it can no longer be ignored. Just as journalists need to churn out stories to fill The men, women and minors who get put into the prisnewspapers, prison cells need to be filled so that the on system effectively have their lives ruined. Finding system appears to be working. But at who’s expense? employment and getting an apartment or car are tasks American citizens are going to jail for small offenses made much more difficult with a felony charge on one’s like nonviolent crimes and petty drug possession all in record. The nation has no standardized and effective sysan effort to meet quotas and appear productive. In many tem of rehabilitation for ex-inmates after the “rehabilitaof these situations, home monitoring or probation pres- tion” of prison. In that sense, the system of initial reform ent themselves as viable options, yet because standards — prison — needs reform itself. The creation of Law Enneed to be met, individuals are unnecessarily sent to jail. forcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration Similarly, juries and judges are too quick to put addicts shows that change is possible and that those in power and the mentally ill into the prison system. Individuals just might care about statistically disadvantaged citizens. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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In bed with brands: Falling in love with your technology OPEN SEASON CHRIS RONEY
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he days get colder, the nights get longer, and I, for one, end up cuddled up to my Apple products. It doesn’t feel the slightest bit strange to me, but a Mac is resting on my lap while an iPhone is propped up on my bed. Could we be any more intimate? No, actually, and that might be a problem. Don’t get me wrong. I can get behind any form of intimacy that involves a modem rather than a Brazilian. But swimming in a swath of Apple products, I don’t know if I’m quite at ease with how far my love for certain brands extends. Who knew so much intimacy was being spun between us and the brands we turn to? Well, all of us, I suppose. But I get the funny feeling that I don’t stop to think about it nearly enough. So from human touch, I delve into the not-so-naughty, but just as intensely personal world of branding. We live in a turning point of sorts: One in which a once-simple notion, that love is for and between humans, is muddled by the butterflies we feel deep in our stomachs after watching an ad for the new iPhone 6.
I, for one, know they always leave me smiling and bopping my head. But consider the undying loyalty between some buyers and their favorite car retailers. He loves his Lexus, she loves her Mazda, he can’t live without his Jeep Wrangler ... but it’s the actual car that we love, not the brand, right? It’s no accident they’ve become one in the same. I stick to my brands just as much as the next guy, but even I shudder at how often I use the word “love” to describe inanimate, purchasable objects. I do it all the time, and without a second thought. Maybe a world in which “love” can describe a smart phone as well as a newborn baby isn’t the
but it’s a bit more nuanced than that, and practices vary. Take Gentlemen’s Quarterly, for example. GQ works its way into my heart and softly digs its way into my bank account, with its unique line of content. The suave persona of GQ is one that I enjoy a lot, and if I had to put a face to it, it would be sleek and rugged. Yes, I have a crush on GQ. But the fact is, GQ is not my friend and it’s peddling products it’s paid to want me to buy, just like that shiny, new iPhone 6. And it’s with that preface of admiration that I base other choices off of, like what to wear and what to do.
“Many of us love our brands like we love each other nowadays, and that’s no lie — it’s borderline infatuation. Brand loyalty is a tug and pull that you can feel every day and pay very little mind to, but it’s there, and it’s there to stay.” one we envisioned, but it’s the one we’re living in. So now that the line is clearly being crossed, the real question is how these brands have worked their magic and won over our hearts, because I don’t genuinely need Starbucks coffee, but it sure feels like I do. Telecocooning is the real answer here,
If there’s any one brand I’ve truly fallen for, it’s that of Apple. I spend all day with a phone in my pocket and a laptop on my person. Admittedly, I use my phone incessantly. I use it to keep up with friends and life in general and plenty of what I do professionally relies on having and us-
ing my computer. But I can’t help but feel smothered too. This is the brand I share my bed with, so shouldn’t I know a bit more about its intentions? Many of us love our brands like we love each other nowadays, and that’s no lie — it’s borderline infatuation. Brand loyalty is a tug and pull that you can feel every day and pay very little mind to, but it’s there, and it’s there to stay. And loyalty, like my loyalty to Apple, only becomes stronger. Today alone, I’ve seen articles make mention of Apple products so casually that I almost forgot that I don’t really per se need Apple at all. But I do feel smothered, and it’s a feeling I can’t shake. I’m getting these words out on an Apple computer, after all. No matter what your style is or where your preferences lie, most of us have our forever brands, too. The brands you know you love and could probably never stray from. But for a minute, just for a minute, imagine that you didn’t love American Eagle or Urban Outfitters. Would you really need an $80 sweater or have bound by commitment to a faceless brand? Chris Roney is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and American studies. His column, “Open Season,” runs on alternate Mondays. He is a former Copy Editor of The Daily Targum.
Decolonizing, resisting capitalism of love in online dating REASON IN REVOLT RACHEL LANDINGIN
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month ago, after a long day in an undergraduate life filled with academics, extracurriculars and organizational work, I arrived home late at night, plopped on my bed and went through my online dating account on “Her,” a relatively new app for queer identifying women. I’ve gone through a string of online dating apps, albeit not having much luck. But I thought this app was a little different from the rest, so maybe I’d find someone I could connect with. However, in some supernatural way, I looked at my profile pictures with a different lens. A thought came into my mind, “this girl doesn’t love herself.” Flooded with emotional realizations on my lack of self-esteem and body-positivity, I googled for answers. A quote from Bell Hook’s book “All About Love” emphasized the definition of love as “the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth,” according to M. Scott Peck’s “The Road Less Traveled.” Reading this quote that I thought addressed the lovelessness that I felt in my life, led me to reading bell hook’s “All About Love.” As this book leads me to more self-realizations, I listened and gave more compassion to my soul’s desire for authentic connectivity. I was challenged to apply this new definition of love in my own life. I was motivated to permanently opt-out of online dating. For me, this was not the place where I can come out of my lovelessness. I soon realized that this personal decision became
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political: Opting-out of the online dating game is an act of decolonial resistance on the capitalism of love. Online dating works generally in this manner: Users input a series of data and with an algorithmic equation of “matchability” and are presented with “matches.” Then, through a personal sifting process of the data of an individual person, a user is motivated to message a person they are interested in, may it be for sexual or romantic ends.
generated revenue larger than Internet porn. In addition, contributing 120,000 marriages to the merry-making industry. As of 2013, this is $2 billion industry that capitalizes on this epidemic of lovelessness in today’s augmented reality. Love is commodified. This not only reflects current societal issues but also amplifies these issues. Users subject themselves on an online resume culture where societal hegemony is exacerbated.
“Instead of expecting love, creating a space in our lives to be loving. By being present, by opening up to spontaneity and chance encounters. Loving in all our actions means vulnerability and openness and not limiting ourselves to wait until a relationship arrives.” In addition, when in the process of dating, like meeting someone in person, the implication of connectivity is conflated with sexual connectivity. When a sex-driven culture becomes a dominant force in helping people define what it means to be connected with someone, it limits people for other possible kinds of relationships. In reality, connectivity is much more complex, going beyond sexual, intellectual and spiritual connectedness. Often, people use online dating as a means to meet sexual or romantic encounters or partners while squeezed in busy career-oriented lives. Looking for someone to connect to becomes this technologically driven activity. As more people seek connections through online dating, it becomes a dominant mode of meeting people. Online dating sites, are the third most paid websites on the Internet, with a
In actuality, these sites give people a certain freedom to be more discriminatory. According to the Scientific Marriage Foundation, people online tend to inflate their physical heights by 2 inches and salaries by 20 percent. And about half of the users deflate their weight. In addition, women who are considered attractive have 500 percent more messages than less attractive women users. Black people and Asian men get the short end of the stick. And according to OkCupid statistics, black women receive bias against them by 82 percent of non-black people. Therefore, it is not hard to correlate that dominant beauty culture is associated with whiteness. In addition, love is more than matching interests. When trying to connect with someone starts from a foundation of online dating’s theory of “safety first” love, it
is this online shopping activity that turns people into products. A process that shows the negative effects of virtual distance. It ignores the fact that to enter a relationship is not to compliment your “likes,” but undergo confrontation to identity. This data-driven approach to love can only do so much. Data from online dating platforms do not contain the toughest and most important questions that confront the foundations of strong relationships. As a queer person of color, my heightened sensitivity to the currents of systematic social and economic oppression pushed me to go through a constant decolonial process of learning, unlearning and relearning of the social conditioning in my everyday life in order to happy. As a result, I came to experience what it means for radical self-love as a political declaration, that I am more than my shackled identities. My deciding to unplug, is to resist the capitalism of love. Reclaiming love’s space in our lives is about taking ownership of our love narrative. Instead of expecting love, creating a space in our lives to be loving. By being present, by opening up to spontaneity and chance encounters. Loving in all our actions means vulnerability and openness and not limiting ourselves to wait until a relationship arrives. “If instead of saying ‘I am in love’ we say ‘I am loving’ or ‘I will love.’ Our patterns around romantic love are unlikely to change if we do not change our language,” — bell hooks. Rachel Landingin is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoing in journalism and media studies with minors in art history and digital, media and information technology. Her column, “Reason in Revolt,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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Today’s Birthday (10/26/15). Friends bring expansion, travel and fortune this year. Collaborate on community solutions. Play the biggest game possible. Money comes easily, if you work for it. New love lights you up this spring. Revise plans to adapt for changes. Your crew reaches new heights this autumn. Focus on shared passion. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Make a new beginning after a poignant ending. Patiently explain your view. Keep everyone informed. Reassess your assets. Discover forgotten treasure. There’s money coming today and tomorrow, too. You see opportunities everywhere. Accept a long distance challenge. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — To(and perhaps impatient) today and tomorrow. Public obligations interfere with private time. New possibilities stretch old boundaries. A friend says hello or goodbye. Revive your partner’s self-esteem. Overlook a sassy remark. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Take deep breaths. There’s plenty of confusion at the top. Your calm can be contagious. Find the humor. Changes a level up can affect you positively. Finish what you said you’d have done. Peaceful productivity soothes today and tomorrow. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Your team comes to your rescue today and tomorrow. Ignore the group situation for a rude awakening. Ask tough questions. Big decisions have to be made. Go for distance, not speed. Give up something you don’t need. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Assume more responsibility at work over the next few days. Expect a test or challenge. Don’t alienate a colleague. An unusual solution appears, as things don’t go as planned. A windfall opportunity reveals an unimagined opportunity. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Higher education, travel and exploration calls to you over the next few days. An outrageous suggestion is starting to seem reasonable. You may decide to start over and begin again. Clarify any doubt. Pursue creative projects that animate you.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Keep your patience with your partner today and tomorrow. Emotional leverage may be applied, and a few surprises. Take a time out if necessary. Try again later. Find an error in your favor. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Collaborate to produce a work of art over the next few days. Work together to get the job done. Express your emotions and feelings. Inspire one another. Move people to action. Make the changes you’ve been wanting. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — You’re entering a two-day busy phase. Don’t get stopped by silly arguments. Listen communications breakdown. Invent creative and unusual ideas. Clean up messes. Whatever love you give is returned. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Things seem easier today and tomorrow. Relax and play with family and friends. Talk about love. Figure out what you want. Practice your skills and tricks. Listen with an ear for hidden elements. Investigate and study. Disagree persuasively. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Enjoy a practical domestic phase today and tomorrow. Fix leaks immediately and save. Make a change you’ve been longing for. Paint is inexpensive. Put time and energy into a renovation. Let emotions pass through you. Create beauty. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Begin a two-day voracious learning phase. Your proposal could seem impossible. Follow your inner voice. Take a leap of faith. Look at the situation from a different angle. Keep your objective in mind. Convince a skeptic. Publish when ready.
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BEATDOWN Rutgers loses momentum to end first half before No. 1 Ohio State conducts blowout CONTINUED FROM BACK football field, one year removed from a 56-17 beatdown last November at Ohio Stadium. But when Thomas threw Wharton to the turf and scurried the rest of the way for the score, it almost symbolized the same way the Buckeyes ran away with this one. “They had a lot of momentum going into halftime,” said redshirt-freshman strong safety Kiy Hester. “That play definitely gave them some momentum. We just gotta buckle down, get that stop right there and maybe the game is different.” At the end of the massacre, Ohio State showed why it sits on the Big Ten’s throne as the top scoring offense and total offense, gashing the Knights (3-4, 1-3) for 528 total yards. That all started with Barrett, who poured salt all over the wounds of an already-depleted Rutgers secondary plagued by injuries with 14-of-18 passing for 223 yards and three touchdowns. He trampled the Knights even further with 13 carries for
101 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Flood called the sophomore a “prototype dual-threat.” From his perspective at free safety, junior Anthony Cioffi agreed. “He’s a great quarterback and a great runner,” Cioffi said of Barrett. “He poses that dual-threat mentality where you gotta account for him in the run scheme and that long zone op-
“There’s a lot of corrections we have to make — myself included. We didn’t play our best game at all. ANTHONY CIOFFI Junior Free Safety
tions as well as throwing the ball. He had some weapons that they used tonight.” One of those weapons from his arsenal was Ezekiel Elliott. The junior running back’s 142 yards and two touchdowns on 19
ROUT Buckeyes gash Knights for 281 rush yards, 247 passing yards in explosive 49-7 finish CONTINUED FROM BACK minutes remaining in the second quarter. Barrett scanned the field to find junior wide receiver Michael Thomas one-on-one with redshirt-freshman cornerback Isaiah Wharton and the quarterback hit Thomas right in the chest. Thomas stiff-armed Wharton to the turf and then raced through the middle of the field for a 50-yard score. “They were doing a good job,” said Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. “They were loading the box. You have to take shots down the field — I should rephrase that — we have to complete shots down the field. Now we’re completing them.” But even then, Rutgers remained in the thick of things. The Knights continued to slow Elliott down and seemed to get a handle on Barrett, at least briefly. That was before senior
wide receiver Braxton Miller announced his presence. After taking a 14-0 lead on OSU’s next offensive series, Barrett launched a deep ball to Miller down the sideline. Junior free safety Anthony Cioffi was beaten at first, but trusted his technique and got his hands into Miller’s body as the football arrived. Miller juggled the ball off his chest before it bounced off of Cioffi’s body back into the Buckeye’s waiting arms for a 45-yard reception. “We practiced this (play) throughout the whole week and finally hit it in a game and at first I lost it in the air because I had to slow down and he put his arms up and I lost it completely,” Miller said. “Then I just got in a good position and just used my senses of catching the ball.” The very next play, the former quarterback took a direct snap off-tackle for 16 yards to set up a Barrett two-yard touchdown
Senior strong side linebacker Quentin Gause attempts to tackle running back Ezekiel Elliott in Saturday night’s 49-7 loss to OSU. Gause set a career high with 15 tackles in defeat. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ
touches highlighted a ground game that pounded out 281 yards on 49 carries against a Knights’ defense that entered ranked 30th in the nation against the run (126.2 yards per game). The Heisman Trophy candidate put the exclamation mark on his performance with a 55yard rumble to throw more gasoline on the Buckeyes’ fire and make it a 49-0 rout with 13:42 left in the ballgame. For as much as the Knights didn’t have the answer for either options in Ohio State’s spread offense, none of their own running backs could provide a punch to help sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano and the offense get the wheels going. After throwing for six touchdowns in his past two games, Laviano had a night to forget on a season-low 10-of20 passing for 117 yards with an interception. Flood attributed the sophomore quarterback’s struggles to the lack of help along the line and in the running game. Rutgers ran the ball 29 times for 104 yards, led by Paul James’s 56 yards on 10 carries. But the senior running back agreed with his head coach, noting the holes the Knights kept digging themselves into on thirddown situations where they only converted 5-of-15 attempts.
dive — making it 21-0 — and that was all she wrote. Weary of the pass in the second half, Rutgers began to drop more defenders into coverage and that opened things up for Elliott, who exploded for 129 yards on 10 carries in the game’s final two quarters. Junior weak side linebacker Steve Longa did his best to explain the difference between Elliott’s production in the two halves. “(Elliott) was breaking a lot of tackles,” Longa said. “We had a lack of swarm.” Flood’s team will have to wash this loss off quickly as the Knights turn their attention to matchup with Wisconsin this Saturday in Madison. With only five games remaining on the schedule, Rutgers will need to win a minimum of three games to become bowl eligible. “We’ve got to turn the page,” Flood said. “We’ve got another game coming in less than seven days. We’ve got to learn from this, see what applies next week and then put our eyes forward.” *** When David had his shot at Goliath, he didn’t miss. It may be difficult to understand in the context of a 49-7 blowout loss, but Rutgers had opportunities to strike against No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday night at High Point Solutions Stadium — the Scarlet Knights just missed. It began with a chance to take a 3-0 lead over the Buckeyes in the first quarter. With the entire stadium on its feet, senior placekicker Kyle Federico doinked a makable 29-yard attempt off the left upright and the sellout crowd of 53,111 — the fourth-highest home crowd in Rutgers history — sat back down. After a promising 12-play, 64-yard drive on their first possession, the Knights came away empty. The theme was similar on defense for Rutgers. Before Elliott dove across the goal line to put OSU up, 7-0, the
Sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano hands the ball off to Paul James. The senior running back had 56 rush yards on 10 carries. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“I think we definitely need to execute running the ball better. We can’t be having 3rdand-10, really,” James said. “That puts a lot of pressure on the quar terback. So those situations really kind of dealt (Laviano) a bad hand.” With a Halloween trip out to Wisconsin (6-2, 3-1) followed by a visit to the Big House for No. 15 Michigan (5-2, 2-1), things don’t get any easier for Rutgers as it dives deeper into its 2015 Big Ten gauntlet.
Keeping that in mind, the Knights know they need to right the wrongs — and quick. “There’s a lot of corrections we have to make — myself included,” Cioffi said. “We didn’t play our best game at all … there’s so many corrections we can make from this and (Sunday) we’re gonna come in and watch the film to make them.”
Knights appeared to get a stop on 3rd-and-1 at their own three-yard line. Elliott plowed into the pile before being driven backward, but was granted a generous spot that gave Ohio State a 1st-andgoal. Although replays appeared to reveal the tailback was stopped short of the line to gain at the twoyard line, official review upheld the spot. The circus catch Miller made with Ciof fi right on him was a per fect example of how even when Rutgers was in the right position, the Knights couldn’t finish. The trend continued in defense of Elliott in the second half. While Rutgers was successful in
(Gause) is the captain and Steve (Longa) has played a lot of football here, and he’s always at the top of the tackle list. We always count on those guys to make a lot of plays.” Longa entered the game as the Big Ten’s leader in tackles per game (11) and was second in total tackles (66) behind the Buckeye’s middle linebacker RaeKwon McMillan. Longa’s career-high, 19-tackle performance comes a week after he set a career-best against Indiana with 16 tackles, showing remarkable resilience as he fought through an early injury. The weak side linebacker leapfrogged McMillan and now leads the league in total tackles (85) tackles per game (12.1) and solo tackles (56). But the individual achievement didn’t take away the sting of a lopsided defeat. Despite his statline, Longa feels he could have done more. “I definitely left a lot of plays on the field,” Longa said. “I’m not happy about the way we played. There’s a lot more we could’ve done, but there’s nothing I can do about it now.” Gause was equally effective, duplicating Longa’s production in the last two weeks, after collecting a career-high 10 tackles against Michigan State and then at Indiana. He shattered his personal record with 15 tackles Saturday night. The strong side linebacker also extended his team lead in tackles for loss (7) after dropping two Buckeyes in the backfield. But like Longa, the wound was still too fresh after the 42-point loss. “I didn’t know I had 15 (tackles), that’s awesome,” Gause said. “But at the same time, it’s not awesome because we lost.”
“I didn’t know I had 15 (tackles), that’s awesome, but at the same time it’s not awesome because we lost.” QUENTIN GAUSE Senior Strong Side Linebacker
suppressing the Heisman Trophy candidate through the first two quarters, even when it looked like Elliott would be stopped, a missed tackle would spring him for big chunks of yardage. “We weren’t executing,” Longa said. “We were getting there, but we weren’t finishing.” *** If there was any doubt about Rutgers’ most productive position group on defense going into the matchup with Ohio State, linebackers Steve Longa and Quentin Gause provided clarity Saturday night. The pair combined for 34 tackles (20 solos) and 2.5 tackles for loss on a night where positives were difficult to discern. “Those two guys are seasoned performers and guys that we count on,” Flood said. “Quentin
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OCTOBER 26, 2015 FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS 2, AMERICAN 1
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RU snaps 4-game losing streak KAYLEE POFAHL CORRESPONDENT
Everyone loves a comeback. The Rutgers field hockey team brought an end to a four-game losing streak and captured the program’s first win over American this weekend, edging the Eagles, 2-1. The Scarlet Knights (7-9, 0-7) faced a 1-0 deficit at halftime, but a strong second half rally propelled the Knights toward strong offensive outcomes and tight defensive dominance. Freshman midfielder Linde van Schaik netted an unassisted goal to tie up the score and junior forward Sarah Regn knocked in the game-winner on a corner play. Despite the uphill battle the team faced after the first half, the Knights remained resolute and knew that the game was far from over. Their energy and performance on the field was high, and Rutgers just needed to translate opportunities into outcomes. “It was unfortunate American capitalized on a counterattack and scored early, but we went into halftime, kind of with the message to the team that they’re doing a great job, they’re creating opportunities,” said head coach Meredith Civico. “They went back out and they continued to attack, continued to play really good hockey and were able to come back and score two goals. I think that was a real testament to the team’s attention to the game plan and their focus on the details.” The team mentality played a major role in producing results for the Knights this weekend. Throughout the season, Rutgers has struggled to maintain
their composure and tenacity throughout the entire 70 minutes of game play. The Knights persisted and finally returned to the win column. “I think we played good hockey. We played smart, we played composed under pressure,” Civico said. “We knew we could do it and I think team had that bit of confidence — they knew they were playing good hockey, they knew they were creating opportunities and they really knew that if they kept working and they kept sticking with the game plan that they were gonna be able to put a goal in.”
“We knew what we needed to have ... we knew the game plan and everyone just performed really well.” SARAH REGN Junior Forward
After dropping seven of its last nine games, it was critical for Rutgers to come out on top against the Eagles to bolster team confidence and build momentum toward a strong finish to the season. The team’s strong cohesion on the field through the game played a major role in the triumph over American. “I would say that this is the first game in a while that we all kind of had the same mindset,” Regn said. “We knew what we needed to have come out of the game, we knew the game plan and everyone just performed really well. I
think everyone was just ready for a win and a well-deserved win.” At this point in the season, the Knights have nothing to lose. They were knocked out of the running for the Big Ten Championships after falling to Penn State and Mar yland at home last weekend. With the stress of postseason gone, Rutgers has been able to get back to playing its game freely and having fun. “There wasn’t any pressure, they just wanted to go out and compete,” Civico said. “I think for this team that’s the key — when they’re uptight and they’re under pressure, we sit on our heels a little bit and we play a little bit tight but when they just go out and they’re creative and they support each other and they play just free, they play really well.” Though there are only two games left in the regular season for the Knights, this latest win nonetheless marks a change of pace that will have a significant impact on the remainder of the season. Moving forward, Rutgers is excited to carry this positive momentum and work toward ending the fall on a high note. “I think it was definitely a necessary win and I think we’ve kind of hit a turning point now,” said redshirt junior and team captain Alyssa Bull. “I think we’re really just taking away that if we play our game and we work together and we have fun and just play hockey instead of over-thinking everything that we’ll get the outcomes and we’ll enjoy it.” For updates on the Rutgers field hockey team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Freshman midfielder Linde van Schaik evened up the score at 1-1 with her goal in the 51st minute. Then, Sarah Regn put Rutgers ahead for good in the 2-1 win. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / SEPTEMBER 2015
Senior defensive specialist Ronnie Komisarek said Rutgers failed to execute in its second match of the season against Maryland. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2015
Maryland gets revenge, turns tables in 4 sets JOE BRAUNER STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers volleyball team lost in a disappointing match against Maryland on Saturday night. The Terrapins (11-13, 1-9), who the Scarlet Knights had beaten on Wednesday night for their first-ever Big Ten Conference win, turned the tables with a fourset victory in the weekend match. The Xfinity Center proved to be a much less friendly environment for Rutgers (4-18, 1-7) as it struggled on the road. Those were most visible on offense where the Knights hit at a woeful .061 percentage, a noticeable drop from their .189 hitting percentage in Wednesday’s victory. Early on, it seemed as if Rutgers was going to be able to keep the good times rolling and pick up another conference win, after struggling all season to obtain the first victory. The Knights traded points with the Terps in the beginning of the first set, before the visitors found a late surge with the score tied at 20-20. On the final play of the set, it was sophomore outside hitter Meme Fletcher who was there to land the kill and win it for Rutgers. The two teams went back-andforth again early in the second set until Maryland caught fire and went on a 5-1 run to establish a four-point lead, going up, 10-6. The Terrapins continued to cruise to a comfortable lead, but they were not able for the rest of the game. After being down 14-8, the Knights fought back over the course of the match, benefitting from numerous attack errors from Mar yland. They eventually found themselves back in the game down only one point, at 22-21. But their efforts were to no avail and Rutgers ended up losing the second set, 25-23. Both teams entered the locker room in the same scenario in their Wednesday night matchup at the College Avenue Gymnasium. Unfortunately for the Knights, the outcome was drastically different. “They were the team they were at our place, and we weren’t the team we were (on Wednesday night),” said head coach CJ Werneke. “I think you know that they played the same way, they played the same style and pretty much executed the same way that they did at our place (but) we just didn’t execute at the level we needed too tonight.” Werneke not one for making excuses kept true to character and kept the focus on his
team saying, “the difference in the match was not anything that Maryland did …” Regrouping in the locker room after the second set, Rutgers was not able to rekindle the magic that propelled it to the first Big Ten win against Maryland on Wednesday night. The third set began closely contested until Maryland was able to take an early lead once again, this time by a five-point margin at 11-6. But like the second set, the Knights were able to fight their way back into the contest, taking a 19-18 lead late in the third set. Their efforts were not enough though, as the Terps went on to rally and take the third set, 25-22. For the first time all night Rutgers looked truly outmatched in the fourth and final set. Despite gaining an early three-point lead at 11-8, the Knights performance fell off after that, plummeting to their worst set loss of the match. After the 25-19 disappointment led to a four-set loss, Rutgers was left to wonder what went wrong after what seemed like an uplifting victory just three days prior. “I wouldn’t say anything (about Maryland) was different — I think it was all execution,” said senior defensive specialist Ronnie Komisarek. In a contest where Komisarek and the Knights held strong on defense with 71 digs, the St. Francis High School (California) product put the team’s failure in Maryland solely on its attack. “Our serving and our passing failed tonight,” she said. Offense was where Rutgers truly faltered, failing to capitalize on opportunities to score with 29 attack errors on the night. Meme Fletcher paced Rutgers again with 14 kills, but this time the Overland Park, Kansas, native’s efforts were to no avail. All game it seemed that something was missing for the Knights. “I feel like we were not as confident as we should have been,” Fletcher said. “I feel like we were more worried about letting it get to us and having us be cocky.” Nevertheless, Fletcher pointed out that with their biggest two games of the season behind them and another month of challenges ahead the team needs more of the confidence they lacked at Mar yland. “That’s what we need right now,” Fletcher said. “We need ... confidence, always.” For updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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OCTOBER 26, 2015 MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 1, NO. 18 OHIO STATE 0
Rutgers makes history in victory over Ohio State BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
On the biggest stage of his career, Jason Wright stepped up and delivered. In front of a national television audience on the Big Ten Network, the sophomore forward scored his Big Ten-leading 13th goal of the season to push the Rutgers men’s soccer team to a 1-0 win over No. 18 Ohio State and isolate his team atop the Big Ten standings for the first time in program history. After finishing a strong sequence of passing between junior midfielder Erik Sa, sophomore forward Miles Hackett and himself to ensure his team’s sixth straight win, Wright ran toward the corner flag in euphoria before being ambushed by his teammates as they commemorated what might end up being the most important goal of the season. With the stakes high and all eyes in the conference on the match, Wright took it all in and embraced the moment. “These games are what every player lives for,” Wright said. “As a striker, to get a goal in that stage, in that time, it’s really the best feeling ever. I just have to give thanks to my team. It was a really good team performance. We all did well and we deserve this victory.” Acknowledging the quality of the opponent visiting Piscataway, head coach Dan Donigan recognized the dif ficulty of the match and highlighted his
team’s defensive per formance that helped snap the third-longest winning streak (8) in the countr y. “It was a battle. That win comes from the heart and from a mindset to not lose,” Donigan said. “Ohio State’s a fantastic team, they pose a lot of different problems for us but I thought our guys, defensively, did a good job. We were able to keep them off the (scoreboard).” For the first 70 minutes, it appeared the Knights (10-4-1, 4-3-0) were playing at the same level as the league-leading Buckeyes. But after Wright opened the scoring, Ohio State (9-5-2, 3-2-1) was struggling to keep up with Rutgers. The Knights were the better side after getting their noses in front, taking advantage of the holes Ohio State left in defense as it fought for an equalizer. Rutgers went the opposite route of where teams tend to go when taking a late lead. “Par for the course for a team in a tightly-contested battle like that, goes up 1-0, the tendency is to sit back and take on a lot, but I didn’t think we necessarily did that,” Donigan said. “I thought we were okay. We were able to find an outlet, Jason (Wright) did a great job getting the outlets and holding balls and drawing fouls and relieving pressure for us. So I was pretty pleased with the way we responded after going up 1-0.” The Knights piled on the pressure in the final 15 minutes, creating multiple chances to double their lead.
Senior midfielder Mitchell Taintor — who was among the seven players honored prior to kick-off during the Senior Day festivities — forced three-time defending Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week Chris Froschauer into making two tight saves to keep the match at 1-0 in the final 10 minutes. But despite appearing to be comfortable and in control to the 790 fans in the stands, Rutgers was anything but as the clock to be ticking in slow motion. “Long time,” Taintor said of how long the final minutes felt. “I wish we scored in the last five minutes instead of 15 because the clock seemed to be non-stop.” In a more balanced first half, the best chances still belonged to the Knights. Freshman forward Brian Hawkins put fellow freshman midfielder Sheldon McKoy through on goal with a cutting-through ball, but the St. Catherine, Jamaica, native’s shot was easily saved by Froschauer. Shortly after, Hackett convinced nearly everyone at Yurcak Field he opened the scoring when his shot in the 25th minute hit the side netting. Hackett, whose deflected shot assisted Wright in the only goal of the contest, constantly created problems for the Ohio State defense down both flanks with his speed. On the other end of the pitch, junior goalkeeper David Greczek and his back-four continued their exceptional form, keeping their
Sophomore forward Jason Wright dribbles past his defender in the Knights’ 1-0 win over No. 18 Ohio State Sunday. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR
fourth clean sheet in five games. Greczek finished the night with five saves. Preparing for games of this magnitude since pre-season opened in August, Rutgers was ready for the occasion. Reminiscing on the exhaustion and sweat caused by countless suicide sprints, double-sessions and scrimmages done to get ready for this moment, Wright felt it was all worth it for times like Sunday.
“It’s a great feeling knowing that all the hard work that each individual has put in and the team collectively (is worth it).” he said. “Being awarded with being at the top of the table at this point in the season is important and we just have to keep working hard so we can maintain it and have a great season at the end of the day.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
WOMEN’S SOCCER NO. 12 RUTGERS 3, NO. 19 MINNESOTA 1
Rutgers caps undefeated home record with top-25 win MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
The final home game of the season held big implications for the Rutgers women’s soccer team. Entering Friday’s game against Minnesota tied for third in the conference with 17 points and knowing the top four seeds in the conference earn a home game for the Big Ten Tournament, the No. 12 Scarlet Knights knew how crucial it was to pick up some points. By defeating the No. 19 Golden Gophers (11-4-3, 6-3-1) by a score of 3-1, Rutgers did just that, showing offensive firepower to go along with its typical stout defense. The Knights (13-2-2, 6-2-2) became only the third team in school history to finish unbeaten at home during the regular season, an enormous accomplishment for a team that has emphasized the importance of winning at home since the start of the year. “A game like this shows a lot about this team’s character,” said head coach Mike O’Neill. “The commitment of this team to all areas of the game is really special, and to get another win at home is very important for us.” On a crisp autumn night for the team’s Blackout game, the Knights got off to a slow start and took some time before their offense began to click. Senior midfielder Samantha Valliant had the first close chance for the Knights in the 25th minute off
Junior defender Erin Smith dribbles upfield last Friday night against No. 19 Minnesota. She led Rutgers to the 3-1 win with two goals in the second half. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER a throw-in, when her shot from the right side rang off the crossbar. But the Golden Gophers quickly responded to the Rutgers threat with the first score of the match in the 29th minute. Tori Burnett and Maddie Gaffney fed the ball to teammate Josee Stiever near the front of the net before she took a quick shot past sophomore goalkeeper Casey Murphy to put Minnesota on the board in the 28th minute. It was only the fifth goal the Knights have allowed on the season. After some more back-andforth play, Rutgers got on the
board in the 41st minute when junior forward Jessica Puchalski scored her first goal of the season after the ball bounced around in front of the net. Puchalski stuck out her right foot in between a few defenders and sent the ball past Minnesota goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs, making it a 1-1 game heading into halftime. The Knights’ intensity came through towards the end of the half, with Rutgers outshooting Minnesota, 8-3, in the first 45 minutes. “It was great to get that goal in front of our fans,” Puchalski
said. “We got off to a slow start, but stayed confident and knew we could turn the game around. That’s what we did.” Junior defender Erin Smith gave the Knights the lead in the 58th minute with a left-foot shot from just outside the 18-yard box that went over a leaping Hobbs and into the top left corner of the net to put Rutgers ahead, 2-1. But Smith was not done there. Shortly after in the 60th minute, she assisted on sophomore forward Colby Ciarrocca’s team-leading sixth goal of the season, which increased the Knights’ lead to 3-1.
It was an action-packed few minutes for Smith, who continues to give Rutgers versatility with her speed and quick decision-making ability. “We all knew that this was a really important game, and at halftime we said, ‘There’s no more talking about winning — let’s go out and do it,’” she said. “We weren’t letting anything get in the way of playing our best tonight.” Murphy only needed to record one save in the match, as the Knights outshot the Golden Gophers, 19-5, on the evening. After some more Big Ten action on Saturday, Rutgers still finds itself tied for third in conference play with Michigan at 20 points. The team trails Wisconsin and Penn State, but is still in line to host a Big Ten Tournament game pending results from the upcoming week. This game could have easily gotten away from the Knights’ after allowing that early goal, but the team showed some of its trademark resiliency by keeping calm and responding with timely goals. “We didn’t play our best to start out, but the goal at the end of the first half was big,” O’Neill said. “Then we went inside and talked about what we needed to do, and we figured some things out and the team responded so well.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I didn’t know I had 15 (tackles), that’s awesome. But at the same time, it’s not awesome because we lost.” — Senior strong side linebacker Quentin Gause after the Rutgers football team’s 49-7 loss to No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday night
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FOOTBALL NO. 1 OHIO STATE 49, RUTGERS 7
Michael Thomas shoves redshirt-freshman Isaiah Wharton into the turf with a stiff-arm before wheeling his way 50 yards into the end zone for the touchdown on Saturday night at High Point Solutions Stadium. The big play was symbolic of the way No. 1 Ohio State ran away with a 49-7 blowout victory past Rutgers. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ
BUCKEYE BEATDOWN
Ohio State racks up 528 total yards on offense, rolls Rutgers in 49-7 blowout at High Point Solutions Stadium GARRETT STEPIEN
Fueled by a sellout crowd of 53,111 that packed High Point Solutions Stadium early with a deafening pulse, energy surged for primetime in Piscataway. And then one play changed it all. J.T. Barrett hit Michael Thomas on a deep comeback down the sideline. From there, Thomas threw redshirt-freshman cornerback Isaiah Wharton into the turf on a vicious stiff-arm and
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For a moment, the Rutgers football team looked like it actually stood a chance with the best team in college football. Midway through the second quarter, the Scarlet Knights were still in the thick of a 7-0 ballgame against No. 1 Ohio State.
wheeled his way around the rest of the defense for a 50-yard touchdown to put OSU up, 14-0, with 6:48 left in the first half. It became a trend for the Buckeyes in their dominant 49-7 blowout of the Knights for all of the country to see in a Saturday night game on ABC. “The crowd at kickoff was exactly what I said it was during the week. It is the best
primetime crowd, best primetime atmosphere in college football, there’s no question about it,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “We didn’t perform very well as a program tonight. And that begins with me.” Ohio State (8-0, 4-0) let Flood and Rutgers believe they might belong on the same SEE BEATDOWN ON PAGE 13
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK J.T. BARRETT, EZEKIEL ELLIOTT, BRAXTON MILLER CARVE RUTGERS UP IN SPREAD ATTACK
OSU utilizes weapons in 42-point rout at RU KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Any team that faces No. 1 Ohio State is forced to determine what aspect of the Buckeyes’ offense it will attempt to contain. But it is difficult to pick your poison when the options are all equally potent.
The Rutgers football team learned that lesson the hard way Saturday night after OSU ran roughshod over the Scarlet Knights in a decisive 49-7 win. Rutgers (3-4, 1-3) began the game by crowding the box in an attempt to bottle up the Buckeyes’ explosive rushing attack of sophomore quarterback J.T. Barrett and the
Big Ten leading rusher Ezekiel Elliott. The Knights were successful in stopping Elliott for the first half, limiting him to just 15 yards on nine carries. But the passing game eventually opened up late in the second quarter. “We went into the game knowing that they have a lot of playmakers and a lot of
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junior weak side linebacker, recorded a game-high 19 tackles for the Rutgers football team in its 49-7 loss to No. 1 Ohio State. Longa is now tied for first in the nation with 56 solo tackles.
stops, so you’re tr ying to keep them off balance,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “But when you pressure, you’re going to put stress on the corners.” Leading 7-0, the Buckeyes (8-0, 4-0) had a 1st-and-10 at midfield with just over seven SEE ROUT ON PAGE 13
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