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The Daily Targum officially entered its 149th year on Friday, caucusing its new editorial board after 10 hours of discussion. Its 148th editorial board covered the controversy surrounding Milo Yiannopoulos’s visit, kept students informed during the Cook/Douglass power outages, tracked changes of Rutgers’ bus stops, the 2016 presidential elections and subsequent #SanctuaryCampus protests and became the first college newspaper to interview a sitting U.S. president after Editor-in-Chief Daniel Corey asked Barack Obama for an interview at the White House’s College Reporter Day. Incoming Editor-in-Chief Alexandra DeMatos said she looks forward to the challenge of building on the previous board’s successes while also fixing the mistakes of the previous board. The School of Arts and Sciences junior first
Board 149 was caucused in on Friday and will be led by Editor-in-Chief Alexandra DeMatos. The new board plans to innovate and transition the paper into an increasingly digital age. Brayden Donnelly joined the paper in the fall of 2015 when she began training for the copy editor position. “Being the editor-in-chief allows me to really get involved with everyone and to not only teach others what I know, but let others teach me,” she said. “I also love the Targum because when I (first) transferred to Rutgers it was really where I found my place at the University.”
The Targum is unique compared to other news organizations around the Rutgers and New Brunswick areas because while it is entirely student-run, it still holds itself to the same standards as more prominent papers, said News Editor Kira Herzog. The School of Arts and Sciences sophomore hopes to help her fellow students understand
the complexities behind how the University operates better, as well as inform them of the events and situations that occur on Rutgers’ campuses. Herzog joined the paper in 2016, and briefly became a correspondent before taking on the mantle of news editor. “As news editor, I have the opportunity to work on the front lines
while also helping shape the trajectory of the paper as a whole,” Herzog said. “News is an incredibly dynamic and quick-paced desk, which means coming into work every day is anything but mundane. I am constantly learning and growing both as a journalist and as a member of the larger Rutgers community. I don’t think I could ask for much more out of a job.” New Opinions Editor Khaula Saad believes the Targum’s advantage comes from its being entirely tailored toward other students. As a former columnist, she has already experienced the challenges facing contributors to the opinions desk. The fact that more and more people are keeping up with current events and are willing to share their thoughts on everything happening in the world right now helps her see different views first-hand, the School of Arts and Sciences sophomore said. “I want to motivate more students to share their thoughts and feelings,” she said. “I want to make the opinions section feel more inclusive (and) I want to make (the desk) as dynamic as it can be.” Her goal is to include and showcase a greater range of ideas within the section, she said. Part of the See board on Page 4
Rutgers to celebrate diversity with ‘America Converges Here’ initiative Kira Herzog News editor
In his 2016 commencement speech, former President Barack Obama described Rutgers University as a unique reflection of the country’s diversity and unity. “America converges here,” Obama said. “And in so many ways, the history of Rutgers mirrors the evolution of America — the course by which we became bigger, stronger and richer and more dynamic, and a more inclusive nation.”
Now, less than one year later, the Office of the Chancellor is launching an initiative entitled “America Converges Here,” based on the words of the former president. University Chancellor Richard L. Edwards released an email to the community on Friday, which included a video teaser and outlined the inspiration behind the new initiative and previewed the events and larger themes that it would address. “Each month through this year’s commencement, we will present you with stories of convergence and
Chancellor Richard L. Edwards created “America Converges Here” after former President Barack Obama’s commencement speech. The event includes a series of speeches and events. The DAILY TARGUM
invite you to events and programs designed to bring our project to life throughout the Rutgers—New Brunswick campus,” Edwards said in the email. February will celebrate the “convergence of people,” while the subsequent months will focus on the convergence of “big ideas” and “place,” he said. A full schedule of events will be announced at the star t of each month, said Zach Hosseini, a spokesperson for the Of fice of the Chancellor. They will be available on the “America Converges Here” website and on the campus calendar. This month’s event speakers include Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Antonio Vargas, former Press Secretary Symone Sanders, Marc Lamont Hill and Ruth Mandel, the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, according to the “America Converges Here” website. “The initiative is two parts. First, we want to explore those three themes through some storytelling. Every month through the semester we will release a video that will look at stories of convergence built around our themes,” Hosseini said. See initiative on Page 4
Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) led a march down College Avenue as part of the fight to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour. MANUEL SILVA-PAULUS / CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Protesters hold ‘eulogy’ at U. for workers’ rights Manuel Silva-Paulus contributing writer
On Friday, Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) marched down College Avenue to deliver a “eulogy” for workers’ rights. The march was part of the “Fight for $15” campaign, a movement that is advocating for the minimum wage in New Jersey to be raised to $15 an hour. The “Fight for $15” campaign is carried out throughout more than 300 cities in the U.S. and 60 countries throughout the world on six
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different continents, according to its website. The protesters carried a coffin down the main drag of the College Avenue campus and played instruments to draw attention from bystanders. They also handed out flyers to passersby. A mock funeral procession was held to symbolize workers’ rights being dead at Rutgers, said Justin Valeroso, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “We were just coming up with action ideas in our meetings and See rights on Page 4
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Recipient of Rutgers housing lottery No. 1 shares story
The Rutgers housing system uses a combination of seniority points and randomly assigned lottery numbers to determine where students will live. Meet this year’s recipient of the ultimate prize — lottery No. 1. insTAGRAM
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in a double because of the prices of on-campus housing, she said. Because she is going to be a senior next year, she was unhappy It is something every Rutgers with the dorm decision. student desires, yet very few ac“So low-key I was hoping to tually achieve — the No.1 lottery maybe get space in the annual a decent housing lottery. enough lotDespite the rartery numity of receiving the “Last year when I applied I got 8,049, so I was expecting a number around there again. But I was so proud ber to get a first spot, many of myself even though it doesn’t make much sense since the lottery is random, but still.” single. But students still yearn once I told for it every year. Morgan Jones my mom I Rutgers School of Rutgers School of Nursing Junior and Recipient of Lottery No. 1 got number Nursing junior Morone she was gan Jones said it felt so happy unrealistic when for me,” she she received the email from Residence Life that thought the number was a used throughout the housing with the No.1 spot, it would be sil- said. “Though it wasn’t (until) the ly of her not to select The Yard as next day that she called me and selection process. said she was chosen as number smudge on her phone. told me to ignore our conversaSeniority also plays a fac- her first choice of living options. After re-logging into her email one this year. During winter break, Jones tion from winter break and apply “Last year when I applied I got to make sure it was not an error, tor in the housing lotter y as 8,049, so I was expecting a num- Jones said it took her 10 minutes to well, according to the website. and her mother had discussed to The Yard because she wants ber around there again. But I was realize what actually happened, and Students are assigned points housing options and came to the me to have the best senior year I so proud of myself even though it then she called her mom to explain. based on their class year, with conclusion she would have to live possibly can.” Associate news editor
doesn’t make much sense since the lottery is random, but still,“ she said. When she got the email on Jan. 26, Jones said she could not believe it, and she initially
The housing lotter y is completely random, according to the Rutgers Residence Life website. Each student who applied for the lotter y is given a computer-generated number, which is
upperclassmen assigned more points toward on-campus apartments and underclassmen assigned more points toward doubles and suites. Jones said she feels as though
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U. lecture series explores nuances of gender roles Abdallah Mohamed Ewis
New Brunswick residents, but most of the attendees were undergraduate students. “I think intersectional feminism Rutgers’ Institute for Research on Women (IRW) is working to is really critical in many ways bestimulate and expand feminist cause everyone comes from difscholarship and activism beyond ferent overlapping communities, the Department of Women’s and and therefore everyone is a complex individual who experiences Gender Studies. The organization has been the world in unique and distincworking with feminist and queer tive ways,” she said. Jennifer Doyle, a professor at theory scholars across the nation to compose its annual interdis- the University of California, Rivciplinary Distinguished Lecture erside and a Rutgers graduate, Series, under a new theme — will present a lecture in the series “Feminist In/Security: Vulnera- to discuss workplace and college bility, Securitization and States of campus harassment and discrimiCrises,” according to the website. nation. Her speech will take place In addition to the Distinguished on April 13, and is entitled “ParaLecture Series, IRW holds three noia, Sex and the Workplace.” “One of the themed prochallenges that grams annual“I think intersectional is very parly, said Sarah Tobias, assisfeminism is really critical ticular to the issue of sexual tant director in many ways because harassment and event cooreveryone comes from and sex and dinator of IRW. different overlapping gender based “We are discrimination talking about communities ...” is that we tend feminist inseto think of the curity in variSARAH TOBIAS workplace as ous different Assistant Director of the Institute for a space that is ways,” she Research on Women separate from said. “We are our sexual lives an interdisciplinary institute, which means we ... that it’s always distributive, have folks from different disci- that it’s somehow the opposite of plinary perspectives who come to work,” Doyle said. ”So I am contalk to us, and also people who in- fronting those sets of assumptions tegrate lots of perspectives within about the workplace community.” With the growing decay of tratheir work.” The series has proven popular ditionally-represented feminism, in the past, Tobias said. Audience the movement has transformed members varied between gradu- into various smaller, intersectionate students, staff members and al ones, she said.
“Each feminist at Rutgers has her own story and struggle, I would ask them to listen to each other and look around the room and see who’s missing and who should be there and work towards making that space more dynamic, more generous and more welcoming,” Doyle said. The Distinguished Lecture Series will be concluded with Doyle’s lecture, as she examines how paranoia over protecting college students will often lead to a rise of insecurity among the students as well as law enforcement, she said. “In one space (college campuses) we’re confronting the problem of sexual assault and intimate partner violence as an aspect of campus life, and the University as an institution responds with an increase in a policing dynamic which actually does not make the campus safer and in fact, makes the campus more violent,” Doyle said.
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Waylen Glass and Stephen Weiss are training for benefit of having students run the the positions of design ediTargum is that its editors know tor and associate news ediwhat is happening on campus and tor, respectively. Students should continue readcan report to their peers. “I love writing and editing, so ing the Targum to stay up-to-date this isn’t just a job to me,” Saad on what is happening within the said. “This is me doing what I University, Herzog said, just like love. I take a lot of pride in my they would read any other news work and I’m going to make the source. Her main focus next year ops section of the paper show will be on the content produced that … I get to work with people by the paper. Her goal is to ensure that evwith different viewpoints who all ery article share the compublished is mon interest of something evgetting their “I love journalism and ery member voice out there the impact that it can of the organiand I really like that.” have. I love being in the zation can be proud of. The 149th newsroom when we “I love joureditorial board break a story.” nalism and the also includes impact that Managing EdAlexandra Dematos it can have,” itor Katherine Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Targum DeMatos said. Moretti, Sports “I love being in Editor Jon the newsroom Spilletti and Associate Sports Editor Griffin Whit- when we break a stor y and rush mer, Photo Editor Jeffrey Gomez to get it out as soon as possible. and Associate Photo Editor Dim- I love seeing the creation of both itri Rodriguez, Features Editor a print paper and our online Brittany Gibson, Video Editor presence from ever y angle. It is Nicole Lagos and Associate Video an incredible feeling to be able Editor Jilleunice Buhain, Associ- to put out news ever y day, and ate News Editor Chloe Dopico, being (editor-in-chief) will allow Associate Copy Editor Saige Fran- me to help push the Targum furcis and inaugural Science Editor ther and really strengthen our online presence.” Madhuri Bhupathiraju.
The “Fight for $15” campaign aims to raise the minimum wage we realized we wanted to do for all campus workers, not just something theatrical. Something students and adults, she said. “Can we really be revolutionary that’ll show off our point but also make it kind of fun and light. We without paying workers what they chose a funeral because it sym- deserve?,” Premanand said. Mariah Wood, a School of Arts bolized workers’ rights being and Sciences junior, said she is dead,” he said. Valeroso said he hopes to see concerned about the allocation more students and workers advo- of school funds going to the wrong places. cate for higher minimum wages. “This year we had an $83 mil“The average Brower employee makes roughly $12,000 a year and lion surplus and last year we had a $71 milthe poverty lion surplus. level is $23,000 That money living in New “We were just coming could be goJersey, so doing up with action ideas in ing to families the math, it’s and to workobviously an our meetings and we indication that realized we wanted to do ers,” she said. Students Rutgers isn’t dosomething theatrical.” should care ing enough for about this istheir workers,” justin valeroso sue because Valeroso said. School of Arts and Sciences Junior the Rutgers Considering community Rutgers’ surleans on its plus of money in recent years, Valeroso said the workers, and without them, the University should have the funds community would fall apart, Wood to increase minimum wage with- said. The march was the result of people coming together to fight out increasing tuition. Akarshna Premanand, a School for something that they really beof Arts and Sciences first-year, said lieve in. “If you honestly believe that a the issue boils down to morality and the fact that people deserve new academic building is worth to live comfortably and safely — more than somebody being able something difficult to do on the to feed their kids at night, that’s minimum wage at its current level. kind of worrisome,” she said.
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Each year, the Rutgers Institute for Research on Women (IRW) hosts three themed programs to encourage conversations on the intersectionality of feminism and the prevalence of gender in everyday life. RUTGERS.EDU One of the most daunting insecurities that women on college campuses face are sexual assault and natural social subordination in relationships, where “rejected gender roles are forced upon them,” she said. Aylin Uncu, a School of Ar ts and Science sophomore and member of the IRW, said realizing the prominence of gender in ever ything greatly altered her perspective. “You can always look at anything from a gendered perspective. That goes to say ever ything from negotiation, to architecture, to queerness and ever ything in between,” she said. The lecture series embodies these various forms and intersections of feminism and sees the insecurities and securities of various social circumstances by using different academic and analytic skills, Uncu said.
The main insecurity facing feminism as a whole is not just popular misunderstandings by the public, she said, but also a lack of communication within the movement itself. Uncu said one of the best lectures was Carol Cohn’s “Playing on Insecurities,” because it discussed the important role of women in government and their role as international peacekeepers. Lack of female representation in the government and international community creates an insecurity where men are expected to represent women. “Take an hour and a half out of your normal day-to-day and just really listen to someone completely associated with something you’ve never heard about before,” she said. “It’s going to change how you view things in the best way possible.”
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continued from front “Second, we are working with many of the schools and units from throughout the university to enrich and enhance their programming — all of which is geared towards our students.” According to the Office of the Chancellor, the goal of the initiative is to highlight the aspects of Rutgers that make it a unique and historic institution. “I think (former) President Obama’s speech really resonated with us — especially the portion from where we got our inspiration,” he said. Rutgers has released a full schedule of events on their campus calendar. They are presented by both the Office of the Chancellor and Rutgers Student Access and Equity. “Chancellor Edwards believes that the president noticed what we all already knew — that Rutgers—New Brunswick is a special place,” he said. “So he asked us to think about what ‘America Converges Here’ really meant and our interpretation was that (former) President Obama noticed the uniqueness of our people, our contributions to big ideas and our place — specifically New Jersey, which has been a crossroads for diverse people and thought since our country’s founding.”
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Serbia needs help with refugee crisis
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reezing temperatures for days, for GOT RIGHTS? weeks and even months, are what several thousands of immigrants HARLEEN SINGH and refugees have faced in Serbia. The country is perhaps facing one of the most brutal refugee and humanitarian crises at the moment. In March of 2016, the European Union (EU) and Turkey signed a € 4.7 billion ($5.9B) deal to address the migrant crisis. The deal declared that all refugees and migrants traveling to Greece were to be sent back to Turkey if they did not apply for asylum or if their claims were rejected. But in return, the EU promised to welcome one Syrian refugee for resettlement in Europe for every person deported back to Turkey. As a result, multiple countries in the area, simultaneously, began closing their borders to such migrants. The fencing of these countries shut down the direct migrant path to central Europe, known as the Western Balkans route.Those that had failed to tread this path on time are now facing crippling apprehension. Those that are still brave and desperate enough to push through, end up in Serbia, a non-European country. According to the UN Refugee Agency, there are between 7,000-7,500 refugees stuck in Serbia right now. Of that number, 1,500 are living on the streets and are mostly from Pakistan and Afghanistan. But the more alarming fact is that 60 percent of the refugees and migrants in Serbia are minors. Many families can’t make the trip to Europe but send their young ones in hopes for a brighter future for them. As a result, many children are on their own, navigating the roads or tagging along with amicable adults. Many of the minors try to apply for asylum and have been refused, while others carry around their expulsion papers. About 150-200 migrants enter Serbia every day, and of them, half are minors. The Serbian government is not handling the situation adeptly. It has prohibited the involvement of any humanitarian organization to intervene and aid the people, and with sub-zero temperatures and dwindling resources, survival is a struggle for many. To create warmth,
“It has prohibited the involvement of any humanitarian organization to intervene and aid the people, and with sub-zero temperatures and dwindling resources ... ” the refugees burn whatever they can to start a fire. Thus they have become desperate enough to burn toxic materials such as plastics, which release insidious fumes that have given many respiratory problems. The main problem is keeping the migrants alive in unheated tents. They have neither access to electricity nor water, as the pipelines have frozen over, but access to food isn’t as big of a struggle since several donors have reached out and have supplied the refugees one meal per day. But warm clothing is hard to come by and the first to run out of supply. Serbia is in the middle of a political game with Europe. A majority of the European countries disapprove of the way Serbia is handling the situation, but Serbia doesn’t want to succumb to Europe’s way of dealing with the refugees — which is by forcing them to go to camps. People are afraid to go to camps in Serbia, as the country is known to deport them off to Macedonia and Bulgaria. Besides warehouses, the camps don’t have much to offer in terms of safe lodging. The government is aware that it legally cannot take care of these mass amounts of people and in fact discourages them from flocking into the country, as people are only entering to pass through to go to central Europe. Central Europe is seen as “El Dorado,” a sanctuary where migrants can obtain proper documents, schooling, a fresh start and some peace — which is all that a refugee wants. With temperatures falling to as low as -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit), Doctors Without Borders (DWB) has sent out staff to help with the situation. A doctor visits each of the sites twice a week and the usual reports include upper respiratory problems and frostbite. In efforts to help ameliorate the situation, DWB also set up several large tents without government authorization a couple days ago. This could actually be impactful, as the government would want to reprimand those that don’t abide by the rules, but removing the tents would be “officially” leaving sick children and helpless elders in the cold, therefore forcing them to try and provide an alternative. But at the end of the day, I can’t help but be skeptical. People, such as the migrants, are simply passing through and thus are treated indifferently, and the government tends to leave the problem for the next country, as history has repeatedly shown. I hope I am wrong, but I envision mass expulsions and an increased amount of traffickers handling the situation as it is a very lucrative business. In time, these migrants will leave the limelight and when that happens, we will cease to talk about them until the next unfeasible situation arises. Harleen Singh is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year majoring in cell biology and neuroscience. Her column, “Got Rights?”, runs on alternate Mondays.
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Fight for your rights, just not literally Violent protests at U.C. Berkeley do not send right message
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Although U.C. Berkeley is known for its history controversial debate over freedom of speech broke out after a frightening display of free of protests — including violent ones — the response speech was displayed last Wednesday night has never been like this. But Trump’s dedication to “free speech” creates a complex conversation about at the University of California, Berkeley. After conservative, British journalist and entre- the subject. First, it is important to realize that a preneur Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to appear group of 150 people only represent a very small and speak at U.C. Berkeley, a series of violent pro- fraction of 2,000 peaceful demonstrators, and just as tests broke out on the university campus. The pro- media does with many small minorities of a larger tests were said to be caused not only by the contro- group, it is wrong to identify a total population by versial comments made by Yiannopoulos in the past, the actions of a part of it. In fact, the arrests that but also his alleged plans to publicly name undocu- were made were found to be people who were not mented students during his speech. Although these even students of the university. And Trump’s claim plans were never verified, most students claimed that protests were infringements on free speech is that they would not put it above Yiannopoulos to do contradictory to itself because the act of protesting so considering his previous offenses of mocking a is an action of free speech as well. Considering that transgender student and being banned from Twitter he was also talking about the protests in whole, prioritizing one form for cyber bullying acof free speech over tress Leslie Jones. another is in fact, But the protests “The scene was terrifying enough to picking sides. that ensued ensured That being said, that Yiannopoulos cause the campus officials to cancel the the people who would not get the Yiannopoulos appearance that day, if were dressed headchance to make one to-toe in black clothof his controversial anything, for his own safety.” ing, smashing wincomments. dows of businesses Protestors dressed that belonged to entirely in black made up a group of 100 to 150 people who triggered everyday people and desecrating the area near the violent acts amongst the other 1,500 to 2,000 peaceful Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union went about it protestors. The group clad in black entered the scene completely wrong. Protesting can be a powerful tool, and we were reand were violent upon their arrival. They threw rocks, fireworks and gas grenades at the police. These pro- minded of this fact from the recent protests such as testors also knocked down barriers around the site the ones incited after the “Muslim ban,” as well as where Yiannopoulos was supposed to speak and even the Women’s March on Washington. But destroying set a generator on fire, which caught on to trees. The property and being violent is not the way. Protesscene was terrifying enough to cause the campus tors should start fires with their words, not literally. officials to cancel the Yiannopoulos appearance that When someone chooses to get violent, it discredits day, if anything, for his own safety. This prompted out- whatever he or she is fighting for. Violence defeats rage from President Donald J. Trump. On his twitter, the purpose of your message and instead makes it Trump wrote: “If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free easier for those in opposition of you to claim your speech and practices violence on innocent people with ignorance and lack of self-control. These 100 and 150 a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS.” people who chose anger and destruction completely Yiannopoulos supported Trump’s words and called eradicated the efforts of the other 1,000 people fighting the right way. for a cut to federal funding for the university. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 149th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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I grew up in midst of working at The Daily Targum FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK DAN COREY
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t was a crisp, sunny Sunday afternoon. Not even a week prior I moved into Allen Hall on Busch campus, and I was very aware that I was out of place as a journalism student living with mostly STEM majors. It only made sense for me to stop by The Daily Targum’s editorial office (located at 26 Mine St. at the time) and check out the weekly writers’ meeting that was posted on their website. I still remember how I was greeted: “Welcome! … Yikes, what writers’ meeting?” Fast-forward to a few days later, I was taking the EE to Bayard Street for my first story. It was about local Hub City businesses making pop-up parks out of parking spaces, and I barely knew what I was doing. I distinctly remember trying really hard to score an interview with the mayor of New Brunswick because I thought doing so would impress the editors. I was unsuccessful. What I submitted was pure garbage, to say the least, but it certainly added a new degree of humbleness to “humble beginnings.” At the time, I never knew I would become the editor that others tried to impress, and that I would break three national news stories
after interviewing the 44th president of the United States. The Targum has been the only real constant in my life for the past two and a half years. I don’t really know what it’s like to be a Rutgers student without also being a member of the Targum’s editorial staff. I never got to see the sunset regularly at Rutgers until this semester, and I’m still not used to getting enough sleep at night (not that I’m complaining) or feeling like I have enough
no question that overseeing the Targum’s referendum demanded every ounce of energy, as the editors’ jobs and the future of the second-oldest college newspaper in the United States were on the line. But days after the referendum passed, I was invited to the first White House College Reporter Day and secured the opportunity of a lifetime. I asked former President Barack Obama for an interview in the press briefing room, and we spoke over the phone less than 24 hours
“I distinctly remember trying really hard to score an interview with the mayor of New Brunswick because I thought doing so would impress the editors. I was unsuccessful.”
time to do anything in general. I guess the best way I can describe it is that it’s similar to “The Shawshank Redemption,” when Red’s adjusting to life on the outside. But even though the Targum has been a source of stress like any job would be, I cannot overstate the amount of benefit I’ve derived from my experience at the college newspaper. The year 2016 was the most turbulent yet rewarding year that I’ve ever endured, both privately and professionally. There’s
after I covered Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) campaign rally at Rutgers last May. Working at a college newspaper during the contentious 2016 presidential campaign made me step into a microcosm of our immensely divided political landscape. I received hate mail and death threats, but I also received support from Rutgers students, alumni and former Targum editors alike. Most importantly, I had the unwavering support from my staff — and for that, I am forever grateful.
With that being said, I can’t say goodbye without thanking the people who made all of this possible. To Board 146: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to train. To Board 147: Thank you for giving me a space to make mistakes. To Board 148, the business department and productions staff: Thank you for giving me a chance to lead. To Avalon and Nik: Thank you for putting up with me, and for always being by my side during the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. And to Alex, Katie and Board 149: Thank you for being the best possible group that I could ever imagine passing the torch on to. The Daily Targum threw me up, tossed me around, chewed me up and spit me out. But I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. I’m going to miss the late nights in the room I’ve been lucky to call my own office. I’m going to miss hearing the office’s gentle buzzing noise after everyone else is gone around 1 a.m. I’m going to miss the momentary peace of walking down the empty streets of New Brunswick after finishing the day’s work. But what I’m going to miss most is working with my best friends. The Targum made me grow up both as an individual and as a professional — and it gave me so much more than I could have ever asked for. Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in journalism and media studies and marketing. He is a former editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum.
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SIMPLE SCIENCE MADHURI BHUPATHIRAJU Science editor
The North American Disease Intervention (NADI) organization aims to prevent cases of undiagnosed diabetes and hypertension by offering clinical training. The group was formed by a Rutgers alumnus who is now a student at New Jersey Medical School. COURTESY OF Aayush Visaria
Organization seeks to prevent undiagnosed cases of diabetes Madhuri Bhupathiraju Science editor
Chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension have long afflicted people in the United States. The North American Disease Intervention (NADI) is an organization that aims to raise awareness about diagnostic and preventative measures for diabetes and hypertension. Aayush Visaria, a first-year medical student at New Jersey Medical School, started the organization in 2014 during his senior year as an undergraduate at Rutgers University. “What I wanted to do was develop an organization where we would have screening events and test everyone for hypertension and diabetes,” he said. The aim is to be able to reduce the number of undiagnosed cases and to try to prevent diabetes
and hypertension in order to decrease the burden in the long term, Visaria said. One of their main missions is to try to be innovative in their ways of targeting diabetes and hypertension, so the organization has different projects that they are currently working on, he said. The organization holds medical tables, which are screening events in community venues such as libraries, temples and farmer’s markets. Undergraduate students measure blood pressure and blood sugar as well taking the body mass index of participants. At certain events they also perform EKG (electrocardiogram) tests, Visaria said. Students use information from these tests to see if a patient is possibly at risk for diabetes or hypertension. Visaria said as students they can inform participants whether they
are at risk and take that information to follow up with their doctors. “There are a lot of undiagnosed cases in New Jersey and globally. The more screening events we have, the more people will be aware of their condition,” He said. “Even if they don’t have diabetes or hypertension, if they’re aware of their blood sugar and blood pressure, then they’re going to be more willing to be preventative in their lifestyle.” Alisha Sharma, a School of Arts and Science senior and co-president of Rutgers NADI, said the club has an upcoming counseling program for people interested in tracking their health. Students interact with the general public in a way that they can keep up to date with them on a weekly basis, she said. “Rather than just seeing them once, we want to keep up with them so we can find out what
Ever wonder how your Super Bowl brew was made? First, in order to break up the kernels, various types of malt are mashed together. This extracts fermentable sugars and creates a product known as grist, according to First We Feast. The grist is added to heated water and natural enzymes from the malt break the down the starch into sugar, according to the site. This content is sent into a lauter tun where wort, a sweet liquid, is extracted from the grain husks, according to the site. The wort is then boiled. Next, hops are added to the mixture. Hops are a type of plant
that helps provide beer with its taste, aroma and also acts as a preser vative, according to All About Beer. After ward, the wort is added to a whirlpool where any solid malt or hop particle are removed, according to First We Feast. The liquid is then fermented by adding yeast. The yeast transforms the wort into beer by creating alcohol and carbon dioxide, according to the site. Finally, the beer is left alone in order for it to mature. Once matured, it is filtered, carbonated and then passed onto a beer tank. The beer is stored in a cellar for about 3-4 weeks before being packaged, according to the site.
“(NADI) really got me out they’re doing to improve their diet,” she said. “Participants can of my bubble because you get enter any questions they may to interact with a lot of people have online, and we also work on during the screening events. I possibly implementing new exer- felt I was really engaging with them,” he said. cises in their lifestyle.” “It (has) helped me not only The organization also is involved in public health research, for experience, but also health Visaria said. They use publicly wise. Now I’m more aware about available datasets such as the how to stay healthy and also enNational Health and Nutrition joy spreading that information,” Examination Survey (NHANES) he said. Jariwala provided by along with anthe Center other NADI for Disease m e m b e r, Control and “Now I’m more aware Stephanie Prevention about how to stay healthy Walsh, have (CDC), as well as data collectand also enjoy spreading started a YouTube channel ed on their that information.” as a part of the own. During organization. their screenMitesh Jariwala The first video ing events, School of Arts and Science Sophomore created was members give about how supthe participlements and pants quesvitamins are tionnaires to beneficial and also a little harmful fill out. In order to volunteer at the to your body, Jariwala said. In terms of moving for ward, medical tables, all NADI members are required to attend one Visaria hopes that the organizatraining session. Training ses- tion will spread to other universions are held once every semes- sities across the nation. “Currently we do most of our ter, he said. Members are taught how to operation in N.J. through Rutmeasure different vital signs like gers. If we can get more students pulse rate, respiratory rate, BMI involved, then we could expand to and grip strength as well as mea- a national level,” he said. Visaria said that currently suring blood pressure, he said. Members are trained by current hypertension and diabetes diagnosis is not always completely medical students. “They’re (medical students) accurate. NADI is trying to be teaching it the same way they innovative and look at blood preslearned and from the same sure variability and see if there books that they’ve learned,” are better ways to diagnose hyVisaria said. “We give ever y- pertension and diabetes. Visaria said he wants to exone packets from Bates, which is the book used by all medical pand NADI one day to focus on schools and all health profes- chronic diseases beyond diabetes and hypertension to ones such as sional schools.” After training, members are vitamin D deficiency, anemia and required to take a practical and polycystic ovary syndrome. “We want to give college stutheoretical assessment before participating in any medical ta- dents a means to gain clinical experience, as well as reaching bling events. Mitesh Jariwala, a School of out to the general public to edArts and Sciences sophomore ucate them about preventable and general member of NADI, diseases such as diabetes, hyjoined the organization because pertension, and stroke,” Sharma he felt the clinical experience said. “Often times people are would be good exposure for his faced with diseases that could ver y well be prevented.” future in nursing.
DIVERSIONS
February 6, 2017
Mark Tatulli Horoscopes
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Happy Birthday: Follow through with your ideas, plans and your dreams. Turn something you love to do into a bigger part of your life. Invest more time in yourself and the people you enjoy being with. Take the initiative to get involved in making your home and family life better. Making positive changes is up to you, so get moving. Your numbers are 3, 10, 21, 27, 30, 42, 46.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put more energy into your relationships. Make an effort to compromise and play fair. Good things will happen if you are helpful and encourage others in their efforts. Plan your actions and budget your time carefully. Romance is featured. 4 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Expand your mind. Delve into the unknown or sign up for a retreat. Knowledge will be enlightening and give you a better perspective when it comes to dealing with children, family and affairs of the heart. Travel and education are encouraged. 5 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Enjoying what you do will make it easier to do a good job. Use a little ingenuity and approach your responsibilities in a unique and interesting way and you will come up with ideas that will make you more marketable. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look for unusual ways to improve your surroundings without being excessive or going into debt. It’s important to maintain financial stability if you want to avoid adding more stress to your life. Hard work will bring the most satisfying improvements. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take the high road and don’t be influenced by what others do. Live within your means and take what you do seriously. Live life with integrity and treat other people with kindness and compassion. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t stress out when you should be concentrating on the people and projects that bring you joy. Don’t be afraid to do things differently or to say “no” to the demands being put on you by others. 3 stars
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s up to you to bring about changes. Self-improvement projects, educational pursuits and partnerships are all favored. Get involved in networking groups and you will discover opportunities you didn’t know existed. Travel, adventure and serious relationships will transform your life. 4 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t lose out just because someone is putting unreasonable demands on your time. Take care of what needs to be done quickly and move on to projects, events or activities that will ensure that your interests are met. 2 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take every opportunity you can to gain ground and get your way. Your charm and winning attitude will be difficult for others to resist. Drum up support and make your way to the finish line. Romance is favored. 3 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Bide your time. Don’t limit what you can do or take on assignments that deter you from reaching your goals. Set priorities and map out your course of action to ensure that you will not fall short. 3 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s full steam ahead. Don’t look back or sideways, just keep moving forward until you reach your destination and are satisfied with the results you are getting. Take control of your life and do what’s best for you. 4 Stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll have to control your emotions and let your creative mind take over if you want to get past the barriers that stand in your way. A unique approach will impress someone who will recommend you for future projects. 2 stars
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HISTORY
It was Sanders who spear- extra aggressive,” Sanders said. the late push from the Nittany Liheaded Rutgers, leading all scor- “My 3-ball was falling tonight. ons, despite some late turnovers, with 25 points to go along with Coach was telling us they were another lackluster clip from the Rutgers lets 13-point lead dwindle away, ers six rebounds and four assists in going to go under every screen, free throw line (13-for-23) and an but holds on for 1st Big Ten road victory one of his best performances in a so I just took advantage of it and unconscious day from Penn State Rutgers jersey. that’s things I’ve been working junior Shep Garner. Garner came out of the gates He scored in every way pos- on in the gym. There were open blazing hot, continued from back holding back a late comeback bid sible, going scoring 15 of his from the hosts long enough to 4-for-5 from team’s first 19 road, something it failed to do in secure a 70-68 victory to finally beyond the points, hitting 4 arc in addiits first 23 attempts. break the streak. “Made some big plays down the stretch, as did of his first 5 atHe had some help hammering When the Knights (13-11, 2-9) tion to his everybody ... when he plays like that, it really helps ...” tempts from behome the message. reached the locker room, they usual acroyond the arc. He “(Assistant) coach (Jay) Young were met with the chalkboard on batic layups STEVE PIKIELL finished with 24 tear had a speech (Friday) night say- the wall marked with a big number and Head Coach points on 9-fordrops when ing we’re the team getting bullied 23 with an ‘X’ right through it. 13 shooting, inright now on the road,” Sanders “It’s hard to win in this league,” a t t a c k i n g cluding 6-for-9 said. “We’re 0-23 so we’re either Pikiell said. “They’re a terrific the rim and from deep, but gonna add the 24 or we’re going team, they’re well coached and we going 5-for-8 to cut it down right now.” had a stretch there where it was a from the free throw line. shots that I was taking and once only scored 7 points in the secWith junior guard Nigel John- I hit like two or three, I was really ond half. The Knights heard it loud long stretch. I got tired of reading it It would not be enough to tip and clear. at the bottom of every game. I don’t son, the team’s third leading scor- finding a groove.” They responded in historic want to be labeled by those kind of er with 11 points per game, out Sanders hit the Knights’ final the balance of Rutgers domifashion, going down to Happy streaks so our guys did something with a lower body injury, Sanders bucket, his fifth free throw with nance on the glass — they outreValley and conquering the Nitta- about it today. They worked hard. carried the extra load himself. five seconds to go, to put Rutgers bounded the Nittany Lions 39-27 and outscored them 17-4 on sec“I knew without Nigel, that’s back up by 2 points. ny Lions. Rutgers led Penn State They decided they were going to a scorer out there so I had to be (12-12, 4-8) for all but 50 seconds, win a road game in the Big Ten.” But his biggest contribution ond-chance points — in the paint down the stretch was the final act and in their minds. Penn State head coach Pat of an impressive defensive display on Penn State guard Tony Carr, Chambers saw in his team what holding him to a pedestrian 3-for- Pikiell saw in the Knights against 11 day, with 11 of his 17 points Iowa — and it cost the Nittany Lions like it cost Rutgers. coming from the free throw line. “(The Knights) played harder Sanders would stay in front of Carr on the final possession, forc- and when you play harder, good ing an awkward lay up attempt things happen,” Chambers said. that would go wide as the clock “I didn’t think we had that juice. expired, the horn sounding as We didn’t have that energy. We most of the 9,529 at the Bryce Jor- didn’t have that burst. We didn’t have that giddy up. I felt like we dan Arena let out sighs. Despite playing 39 of the had a good day yesterday, really game’s 40 minutes, Sanders positive, upbeat, ready to start jumped around at the buzzer, as swinging again and I watched energetic as he was out of the gate. them throw the ball up and “He was tough today,” Pikiell thought, ‘we’re in trouble.’ I could said of Sanders. “Really was excited see the body language. I could about the toughness he showed to- see the energy.” With the script flipped, Rutday. Made some big plays down the stretch, as did everybody … when gers is happy to finally taste viche plays like that, it really helps ev- tory on the road. But that doesn’t erybody. And on the defensive end mean the Knights will be content is the job I think you don’t see … with just crossing out the 23. “We’re excited, but this is just he had a tough matchup today with Carr … he had his work cut out for the first step,” said senior center C.J. Gettys. “We got 7 more him. He’ll sleep well tonight.” Had Penn State hit the shot, it games left and then the Big Ten would have completed a 13-point Tournament. This is a stepping comeback, one that started soon stone, a step in the right direction after Rutgers took its biggest lead and we want to build on this.” of the game with just under eight For updates on the Rutgers men’s minutes to play. But the Knights hung on for the basketball team, follow @briannnnf Freshman forward Issa Thiam plays defense on Penn State guard Tony Carr during Rutgers’ 70-68 first time on the road and overcame and @TargumSports on Twitter. win over the Nittany Lions on Saturday. Carr only shot 3-for-11 from the field. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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n the African Cup of Nations final on Sunday, Cameroon rallied from a 1-0 deficit to beat Egypt, 2-1, through a match-winning goal in the 89th minute by substitute Vincent Aboubakar. Aboubakar clinched Cameroon’s fifth African title with a clinical finish in an attack that started from outside the box. He delivered the country its first African title since 2002. Twenty-nine minutes before, Aboubakar’s teammate, defender Nicolas Nkoulou equalized after a 22nd minute goal by Mohamed elNeny for Egypt to open the scoring. Cameron pulled off an upset tournament win after not being regarded as a championship-caliber team.
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os Angeles Clippers forward Paul Pierce, started in the team’s game against the Boston Celtics on Sunday at a sold-out TD Garden in Boston. Pierce returned for his final Boston farewell and an emotional one
IN BRIEF at that, after spending 15 seasons with the Celtics and winning an NBA Finals with the team in 2008. Pierce, who had only appeared in 12 games up to Sunday’s game, got the nod from head coach Doc Rivers, his coach in Boston on that 2008 championship run. “I’m glad Doc was able to get me out there one last time, knowing that this would be my last game as a player in the Boston Garden,” Pierce said after signing autographs before the game. “I’m just soaking it all in, enjoying ever y moment of it, giving it back to the fans what they gave me.”
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he St. Louis Blues lost forward Robby Fabbri to an ACL injury, the team announced Sunday. After being checked into the boards by Pittsburgh’s Carter Rowney in the first period of Saturday’s game. Fabbri is anticipated to be back in time for 2017-2018 training
camp, though the injury is a major blow to a team that has fallen out of Western Conference playoff position after losing six of its last eight games. The Blues also fired head coach Ken Hitchcock last week.
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ach Lavine, Minnesota Timberwolves guard, will miss the rest of the season due to a torn ACL, the team announced Sunday. Lavine injured his left knee in a game against the Detroit Pistons. The guard was in the middle of one of his best seasons to date in his young three-season career, averaging 18.9 points per game and three assists per game. The Timberwolves, ranked 13th in the Western Conference with a record of 19-32, strolled into the season with high expectations behind the young core of Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns. Lavine’s injury adds another blip to an already disappointing season.
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CLASH After split weekend in Michigan, RU nabs win over Indiana before trip to Columbus continued from back Scott Goodale has in mind for the Knights in the final two dual meets before the tournament. To be frank, it needed to be perfect. But that’s not to say Goodale was demanding falls from every one of his wrestlers. Sometimes perfection just means staying consistent or rising above adverse circumstances. Of course, when junior Anthony Ashnault smells 6 points, he takes.
“I got so excited when I locked it up that I just jumped after it. It wasn’t the prettiest, but I got the pin and I was pretty excited,” Ashnault said. “I was relaxed. Didn’t get over-anxious at all, just kind of calm. Waiting for my turn to go shine.” At No. 6 in the nation, the 141-pounder burst out of the gate with a fall in 1:30, making quick work of Indiana’s Cole Weaver and effectively putting the meet out of reach for the Hoosiers. Ashnault’s presence hasn’t gone unnoticed in the Rutgers camp.
He has provided much-needed stability in the middle of the lineup, won both of his matches last weekend and nabbed another one Sunday. Usually a paragon of consistency alongside Ashnault is junior 184-pounder Nicholas Gravina. As the only ranked match of the day and the second on the card, the match between No. 13 Gravina and No. 7 Nate Jackson was highly anticipated. And many in attendance at the RAC Sunday afternoon anticipated a win for Gravina. But with a 5-4 decision, Jackson and the Hoosiers hammered through the ironclad wall that is Gravina and came away with one of their three wins for the day.
Sophomore 174-pounder Jordan Pagano secures a takedown in the opening bout versus Indiana on Sunday afternoon, which finished 2-0, to Pagano. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
On the other hand, senior 149-pounder Ken Theobold, who doesn’t usually find himself coming from behind, corrected a less-than-stellar histor y against opponent Chris Perez with an 8-1 decision. Historically 1-2 against the Hoosier before Sunday, including a 10-6 loss at the 2015 NCAA Championships, Theobold leveled with Perez with a commanding victory, flirting with 6 points on multiple occasions. With the meet out of reach for the visitors, it seemed Goodale was content with shaking the lineup around, as he opted for 157-pounder Anthony Giraldo over No. 18 John Van Brill and 165-pounder Dylan Painton in what has been a turbulent weight class for the Knights this season. Even the structure of a conventional dual meet was thrown out the window. Rather than start with the 125-pound division, sophomore 174-pounder Jordan Pagano christened the afternoon with a defensive clinic. After landing a takedown in the opening minute of the bout, Pagano blocked attack after attack for two full periods to reach a 2-0 decision that brought Rutgers into the lead. “That’s his fifth nationally ranked win,” Goodale said. “He’s emerged, he’s emerging, he keeps beating really good guys. He’s emerging. It’s a problem we have, who we’re gonna wrestle, and Jordan, he’s got five nationally ranked wins there. That’s a big win for him.” Amid all of the good on Sunday, one of the most reassuring signs for the Knights coaching staff was seeing true freshman 197-pounder Matthew Correnti pull out a
win amid an up-and-down weekend out West. Correnti, who went 1-1 last weekend, won by major decision in a 10-0 shutout over Jake Hinz. But 125-pounder Brandon Paetzell, another true freshman on the Rutgers’ roster, seemed unable to escape the shadow of an 0-2 record in Michigan as he fell 7-3 to last year’s fifth-place 133-pounder in the Big Ten, Elijah Oliver. Dropping three matches in a row after a blazing spell of ranked wins, Goodale preached the importance of Paetzell stepping out of that slump heading into tournament play. “It’s the same thing we always ask from Brandon. Get to these guys’ legs, wrestle hard, make him wrestle you back. But you gotta get your attacks off, and he didn’t do that,” Goodale said. “That’s where he’s struggling right now. He’s a true freshman, you’re gonna go through these little bit of slumps. He’s gotta fight his way out of it.” With another tough matchup ahead of him and the team as a whole Monday, an urgency has set in for the Knights, and Paetzell’s performance is integral to Rutgers leaving Columbus as the victors. Junior heavyweight Razohnn Gross, whose overtime win marked his fourth in a row, stressed the team’s philosophy with an overnight turnaround. It’s simple, but with the Knights set to qualify multiple wrestlers for postseason play, it’s essential. “We did what we did today, and we’re going to Ohio State tomorrow and we’re going to wrestle our butts off,” Gross. For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow @jon_spilletti and @TargumSports on Twitter.
WOMEN’S TRACK RUTGERS PLACES 2ND AT METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Knights come up short at Metropolitan Championships Kevin Stapleton Contributing Writer
The Rutgers women’s track and field team started off February with a strong team effort at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., last Friday. The Scarlet Knights, though unable to successfully defend their 2016 championship, earned second place overall with a team score of 127 points. St. John’s took this year’s championship with a score of 142.5 points. Rounding out the third, fourth and fifth place spots was Manhattan (108 points), Stony Brook (78 points), and Fordham (73 points). Rutgers saw four first-place titles captured during the championship meet. Junior Bryanna Grant produced her third triple-jump title of the 2016-2017 campaign with an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) qualifying score of 12.34 meters. Senior Sarah Robbie earned first place in the 800-meter event with a time of 2:15.72. Robbie also played a vital role in the 4x400-meter event along with senior Ellen Miller, sophomore Jenna Sobieski and junior Brianna Haspel, as the foursome captured second place
with an ECAC qualifying time of 9:20.43. Haspel had another strong performance on Friday, taking first place and setting a new personal record in the 1000-meter event with a time of 2:55.91 – another ECAC qualifier for the Knights.
In her final Metropolitan Indoor Championship meet, graduate athlete Paige Senatore took first place in the 3000-meter event with an ECAC qualifying time of 9:54.96. Rutgers also saw an impressive outing by junior Bria Saunders, who took second place with ECAC qualifying times in both
the 60-meter (7.54) and 200-meter (24.62) events. Junior Oksana Sokolova saw dual runner-up performances in field competition, taking second place in the high jump (1.60 meters) and pentathlon (3391). Next week, the Knights will head to Boston, Massachu-
setts, for the two-day Valentine Invitational meet. It will be the last outing for them before they head to Geneva, Ohio, for the Big Ten Indoor Championship. For updates on the Rutgers women’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior Bryanna Grant captured the long jump title at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships on Friday in Staten Island. It was her third title of the year and an Eastern Collegeiate Athletic Conference qualifying mark. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2016
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MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 70, PENN STATE 68
RU makes history in win over Penn State Brian Fonseca Correspondent
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — After putting in one of its worst performances of the season against Iowa, a 20-point loss that saw head coach Steve Pikiell dig into his team for the first time, the Rutgers men’s basketball team was given two days off, both to rest and reflect. In its return to practice Friday, Pikiell took the team through a film session of that contest, pointing out the issues he saw. “He wasn’t proud at all,” said sophomore guard Corey Sanders. “It was lack of toughness, lack of heart and we weren’t ready to play from the jump. So he was really stressing that we needed to make some changes.” With a trip to State College, Pennsylvania coming up the next day to face Penn State, a team that spoiled New Years Day for the Scarlet Knights with a win at the Rutgers Athletic Center despite half the Nittany Lions suffering from a stomach flu, it had to happen fast. Pikiell stressed that the contest with the Nittany Lions was a chance to show the toughness he said they lacked. More importantly, it was another chance for Rutgers to prove it could win a Big Ten game on the Junior guard Mike Williams defends Penn State guard Tony Carr during Saturday’s game in State College, Pennsylvania. Rutgers defeated Penn State, 70-68, for the Knights’ first road win as a member of the Big Ten Conference. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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WRESTLING RUTGERS 25, INDIANA 9
Rutgers tosses IU ahead of OSU clash Jon Spilletti Sports Editor
After leaving the Rutgers Athletic Center and trekking to Columbus, Ohio only hours after on Sunday, the Rutgers wrestling team knew two things. One was that there were only two dual meets separating it from tournament season. Convention or confusion would have to be compromised for the other in order to find the right chemistry that makes the team tick. And that needed to happen fast. The other was that after a weekend in Michigan billowing in unmet expectations, the No. 14 Scarlet Knights needed to tap into one of those two in order to have success in Bloomington and St. Louis in March. With a 25-9 dual meet win over Indiana (9-7, 2-5), Rutgers (11-3, 5-2) unlocked a tenacity and urgency that didn’t make the trip with them to the Great Lake State, as the Knights won seven of 10 matches Sunday. Jagged and rough as Rutgers’ last few weeks have been, Sunday’s affair against a middling Big Ten side like Indiana needed to run smoothly. With only a month of play left before the Big Ten Championships, rounding the edges is what head coach Junior 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault launches an attack on Cole Weaver, whom he made quick work of with a pin in 1:30. No. 6 Ashnault continued his good run of form Sunday, improving to 21-3 on the season. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR NHL SCORES
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STEVE PIKIELL,
head men’s basketball coach, led the Scarlet Knights to their first ever road victory as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Knights went on the road and took down Penn State by a score of 70-68. Rutgers is back in action Wednesday at Ohio State.
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