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Rutgers Athletics makes leap from Nike to adidas Brian Fonseca correspondent

Rutgers Athletics is making the move from the swoosh to the stripes.

The University’s athletic department officially announced a partnership with adidas on Monday morning, confirming reports released last week. NJ Advance Media was the first to report the deal, which marks the end of a five-year collaboration with Nike that officially comes to a close on June 30.

The agreement will make the Herzogenaurach, Germany company the official athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand of all 24 Scarlet Knight athletic programs beginning on July 1, 2017.

“Ever yone here at Rutgers is excited to be partnering with adidas,” said Director of Athletics Pat Hobbs in a statement. “Our coaches and students know they will be getting outstanding apparel and equipment with which to compete.

As important, adidas will bring unmatched ser vice to our programs.

We look for ward to celebrating

much success together, both on and off the field.”

The deal runs through the 202324 season, according to a release, but the terms of the contract have not been released.

The release went on to mention a further collaboration between adidas and Rutgers beyond the “strategic uniforms” it will make for the Knights to wear on the field and the court.

The University and apparel giant will “collaborate on marketing opportunities and the development and enhancement of the licensed retail landscape” on the New Brunswick campus.

“We are extremely excited about our new partnership with adidas,’’ said head football coach Chris Ash in a press release. “We are committed to giving our student-athletes the best to help them on and off the field. Adidas is the perfect partner to outfit our players as they compete.’’

Of the 24 head coaches at Rutgers, head men’s basketball coach Steve Pikiell may see the biggest change as a result of the deal.

The partnership between Rutgers and adidas will become effective on July 1 and will replace the fiveyear partnership the department had with Nike. PHOTO ILLISTRATION BY JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR In an era where apparel companies play a large role in the AAU summer circuit — which leads many high-profile players choosing schools based on the company they have apparel deals with — the move to adidas could create more difficulties on the

recruiting trail for the first-year head coach.

Nonetheless, Pikiell is on board with the transition.

“Partnering with Adidas is the right move at the right time,” Pikiell said in a statement. “As we embark on this exciting new

era under Pat Hobbs, our affiliation with this global leader will strengthen our brand locally, nationally and worldwide. Adidas’ track record of outfitting worldclass athletes will be a strong See adidas on Page 5

U. does not plan to place shelter at Scott Hall stop Nikhilesh De correspondent

Rutgers University does not plan to reinstall the bus shelter which used to stand at the Scott Hall bus stop.

The school only has bus shelters at stops which are exposed to the elements with no other options available, said Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and

Operations Antonio Calcado. Scott Hall is not the only bus stop which does not have a shelter.

“For example, on Livingston, we have one at the corner of Rockafeller and Joyce Kilmer, but not in front of the Student Center,” he said in an email. “The Yard has multiple options for refuge if needed. Bus arrival and departure times can be See stop on Page 4

The Spring Festival show, organized by the Rutgers Chinese Students and Scholars Association, included performances by dance groups, martial artists and musicians. Participants have been working on the show for the last five months. Christina Gaudino

Students perform in Chinese New Year Gala after 5 month preparation Christina Gaudino contributing writer

The Rutgers Chinese Students and Scholars Association (RCSSA) celebrated the Chinese New Year on Sunday with a performance at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus.

The theater was packed with students and community members alike looking to enjoy a night of traditional Chinese dance, martial arts and modern music.

It also included a fashion show featuring both old and contemporary styles, as well as performances

by the Central New Jersey School of Ballet, Rutgers’ K-pop Dance Cover Club called HARU and Casual Harmony, a Rutgers a capella group.

Dr. Amp, a band formed by Rutgers students, also performed See preparation on Page 5

The University is currently working to fix the arrival boards at the Scott Hall bus stop. Administrators do not plan on implementing a weather shelter at the location. JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

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The Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research and the TA Project presents “Creating eBooks for the Classroom” from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. at the Center for Teach Advancement and Assessment Research on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Zimmerli Art Museum presents “Drawing Club for Children and Young People” from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. Prices of admission can be found online.

Digital Classroom Services presents “Student Engagement with Poll Everywhere” from 10 to 11 a.m. at Tillett Hall on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Sorority hosts weekend leadership retreat for women

During the summit, participants shared their experiences and networked with leaders from a variety of backgrounds and majors. The goal of the conference was to create connections while also tackling social issues and gaining leadership experience. FACEBOOOK

Kimberly Peterman contributing writer

Last weekend, the Omega Phi Chi sorority held a retreat for female leaders, which aimed to support Rutgers women and promote solutions to prominent social issues.

Mason Gross School of the Arts junior Asia Docker y ran the event and said that the goal was to empower women and provide them with tools to be better leaders.

Dockery has been in the Omega Phi Chi sorority since the Spring 2016 semester and she is currently the public relations chair.

Omega Phi Chi was founded in 1988 at Rutgers to represent females from diverse backgrounds. According to the site

for the national organization, the overall purpose of the sorority is to promote unity among all women.

The idea for the summit was first proposed by a member of the

acting as the event’s co-sponsor and co-marketer.

All of the students at the conference were considered campus leaders, Dockery said.

One of those speakers, School

“For the overall Rutgers community there are limitations.

I don’t often see it. Especially in the room, it’s predominantly women, women of color, and it’s not often that I see things

“This is a good way to reach out to other people, to go to things like this because it’s not just about women’s rights, it’s about human rights ...” thu truong School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore

group in December to provide a platform for speakers to address Rutgers women, Dockery said.

While Omega Phi Chi organized the event, the Asian-American sorority Alpha Kappa Delta Phi also helped,

of Arts and Sciences senior Chelsie Riche, shared her experiences studying abroad in South Africa, emphasizing differences she saw in education based on class and race as well as the need to make lasting change.

like that and I think that if it was something that we were to build upon within the larger framework of Rutgers that would be great,” Riche said.

Thu Truong, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore,

is not in either of the sororities, but decided to attend after seeing promotions for the event on Instagram. She was interested because she is a mentor at Douglass Residential College (DRC) and a classroom facilitator who wanted to further develop her leadership skills, she said.

She felt she got a lot out of the program because it allowed her to connect and learn with other women leaders while focusing on broader social issues, Truong said.

“There are not a lot of people outside of DRC doing this,” she said. “This is a good way to reach out to other people, to go to things like this because it’s not just about women’s rights, it’s about human rights and I think I need you need to learn things like this.”

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Comedian W. Kamau Bell performs on Livingston campus Chloe Dopico

“You can’t really hope for ending racism in about an hour, but as long as the conversation is differDiscussing topics ranging ent, then mission accomplished. from U.S. Census forms to Colin Even if the conversation is ‘I hate Kaepernick and the Black Lives that and I’m going to write the Matter movement, W. Kamau Bell school and I hope he never comes brought his socio-political come- back again,’” he said.

Bell is also the star of CNN’s dic act to the Livingston Student “United Shades of America,” Center last Thursday.

Bell presented his act, which is which dives into various subcultitled “W. Kamau Bell Curve: End- tures and groups in the country. ing Racism in About an Hour,” He said the discussion of racism and said the name of the show is something society should have was based on a social sciences had a long time ago.

Bell said the discussion was not book from the ‘90s.

In one chapter, the book theo- had when Christopher Columbus rized that black people were not landed in the West Indies or when genetically capable of learning at black people were brought over to the same level as white and Asian produce free labor, or when Chipeople, he said. When he wrote nese people were put to work on his show, this theory immediately the railroads.

“It’s a discussion I think we came to mind.

“The book, ‘The Bell Curve,’ have had versions of it ... Like was this totally racist book about the civil rights movement in the black people’s inability to learn 1960s was just a big ‘hey, Amerand now I can sort of reclaim it,” ica, can we talk?’ and it worked on some level but certainly, he said.

The show addressed a number (Dr.) Martin Luther King (Jr.) of racial and social issues, which and Malcolm X didn’t die beshaped the second part of the cause they were like, ‘I feel like we did it all,’ they were taken show’s name, Bell said.

“And then the ‘Ending Racism out,” he said. “The fact that we in About an Hour’ is just a way to have elected President (Donald explain what I was doing because J.) Trump shows that we really not everybody knows “The Bell need to have a conversation.”

Overall, Bell said the main Curve” is a racist book. It’s also tongue-in-cheek — you know it’s purpose of his show is to make about racism but you also know people laugh with humor that is relatable to it’s comedic so the audience. it’s hopefully “Cer tainly not going to be subjects I some sort of “You can’t really hope for the choose to be dry lecture but ending racism in about funny about that really dean hour, but as long as the are more politpends on who shows up. Beconversation is different, ically charged and certainfore you even then mission ly if you get walk it lets you accomplished.” it wrong the know what stakes can be you’re getting a little highW. Kamau Bell into and I think er, but ever y Stand-Up Comedian that’s important comic gets nitespecially when picked by the I wrote the audience they show,” he said.

Bell’s act included jokes on a va- play in front of,” he said. “Kevin riety of things, from touching black Hart is just better at it than I am, people’s hair to Colin Kaepernick’s but it doesn’t make what any of refusal to stand for the National An- us are doing, really on some levthem. He used a multimedia pre- el, all we are just going for the sentation as a background, refer- laugh and if the laugh isn’t there then it doesn’t matter what the encing photos, videos and quotes.

Bell said the goal of his jokes work is about.”

As the show came to an end, is to encourage the audience to leave the show having different Bell provided what his show’s ticonversations than the ones they tle promised.

“How to end racism? Keep a previously had.

In turn, he hopes the audience sense of humor. Racism is now will walk out feeling differently over,” he said, pausing. “Just kidding that’s your job.” about racism, he said.

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W. Kamau Bell emerged in the mainstream after starring in a show called “United Shades of America” on CNN. His comedy routine revolves primarily around racial and social tensions, and is titled “Ending Racism in About an Hour.” JEFFREY GOMEZ / PHOTO EDITOR

stop

Presently, bus arrival boards at Scott Hall are not operational because of changes in AT&T service continued from front monitored through phone apps or the board system.”

The Yard @ College Ave. is home to several restaurants, as well as a common area in the apartment building near the back of the facility.

Students should probably not wait inside the dining facilities at the Yard, said School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior Alyssa Norman. She works at a restaurant, and her employer would not allow students to wait inside if they were not ordering food.

Glenn Arnold, the manager of Bella’s Burger Shack, said he would not mind if students had to wait without ordering, so long as they did not make a mess or disrupt operations.

“They can smell the food — hopefully they’ll order next time (they visit),” he said.

Having a shelter would be a better solution than asking students to wait inside one of the restaurants, said Luigi Camilli. The School of Arts and Sciences junior would like to see the old facility at Scott Hall return.

The shelters especially help during windy or rainy days, said School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Priyanka Patel. “(A shelter) doesn’t cover that many people, but if it’s raining or (windy), it covers (them). A lot of students don’t carry umbrellas so it would help,” Norman said.

The arrival boards, which normally indicate when the next bus will arrive, are not presently operational. This is because AT&T — which provided the 2G service needed to

run the boards — no longer offers 2G service, said Jack Molenaar, senior director of the Department of Transportation Services.

The signs were first introduced to the campus in 2006, but will now need to be switched out for new versions which can use 4G service, he said in an email.

“We are in the process of getting a quote to switch out the components for a 4G system,” he said. “Step one was to switch over all the campus buses’ Global Positioning Units so that all riders could still track the buses online and on their smartphone apps.”

Every bus on campus has been running with the new system since the beginning of the Spring 2017 semester, he said.

“We prioritized this over the signs since not every stop has a sign but everyone can use the app and see the system online,” Molenaar said.

“The next step, which we are working on now, is to replace the components in the signs so that they can receive the 4G signals. Our plan is to have the signs working again within the next two months.”

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CRIME Feb. 14 CINNAMINSON — ProKu Klux Klan fliers were found outside some Burlington County homes Sunday. Authorities are investigating a handful of KKK recruitment fliers that were found as a “bias incident.” The flier included a phone number — which directed the caller to a prerecorded message from the “loyal white knights” of the KKK — and printed “Love your race” and “Stop homosexuality and race mixing,” on the back of the sheet. Authorities are unclear of the hate group that distributed these fliers but are currently investigating this incident.

Feb. 14 CLAYTON — Authorities seized 163 bags of heroin after a raid in a Nor th Broad Street home last week and arrested two suspects. The suspects, Willis Cooper, 35, and Sunshine Jarrell, 35, were both arrested after police searched their home and found 163 bags of heroin, Suboxone pills and marijuana. Cooper and Jarrell were indicted on several charges including possession of a controlled dangerous substance and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in a school zone.

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NJPIRG campaigns for reusable energy Zachary Peterson contributing writer

The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) had their spring kick-off meeting on Feb. 1 to discuss their plans and expectations for the upcoming semester.

Rutgers’ local chapter of NJPIRG is an organization dedicated to serving students and the community at large by running campaigns to address timely social and environmental issues, said Jeannemarie Ryder, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and a member of the group.

“NJPIRG is the largest student run and student funded non-profit in the state,” she said.

The kick-off meeting began with several guest speakers, including Ethan Schoolman, a professor in the Department of Human Ecology.

After an introduction to the organization and the speakers, each of NJPIRG’s several campaigns was highlighted by their respective leaders, Ryder said.

Each leader then broke off into a smaller, more focused group to discuss their plans for the semester.

One main project for NJPIRG this semester is 100 Percent Renewable, 100 Percent Possible.

The mission of this campaign is to get Rutgers to commit to implementing a climate plan to reduce their carbon footprint, she said.

“By 2018 we want President (Robert L.) Barchi to sign onto ( the American Colleges and Universities Presidents Climate Commitment),” Ryder said.

The ambitious campaign plans to power Rutgers electrically through renewable energy by the

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year 2030, and have it completely powered by renewable energy by 2050, she said. They have many subsequent goals in mind to aid progress in achieving that goal. ”Smaller steps accumulate to make big changes,” Ryder said.

Some of their more short-term goals include getting 5,250 student petitions supporting their cause, 95 faculty endorsements, 125 student group endorsements and more, she said.

“We’re a group here on campus where people actually take action,” Ryder said.

Another campaign NJPIRG will be focusing on this semester is their open and affordable textbooks campaign, said April Nicklaus, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore and a member of the club.

The idea of this campaign is to get more classes to use open-license textbooks, Nicklaus said.

Open-license textbooks are free and just as reliable as other textbooks, she said. They are written by experts in their field and are also peer reviewed.

“The average student spends upwards of $1,200 a year on textbooks,” Nicklaus said.

The program has worked with the Rutgers Office of Information Technology to develop a grant program, she said. Initially, it was a $12,000 grant, split into 12 individual $1,000 grants. These were given to faculty who were willing to adopt open-license textbooks.

Due to a large number of applications, the grant was increased to 32 individual $1,000 grants, Nicklaus said. She is very pleased with its success so far and plans to continue to work on it.

During the course of one year, this open and affordable textbook

The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) held their Spring kick-off meeting on Feb. 1 to discuss the campaigns they hope to initiate on campus this semester. One of their primary projects aims to reduce the University’s carbon footprint. FLICKR program will save students $1.6 million, she said.

NJPIRG is student run and funded, so it will always work for the good of the students, Nicklaus said.

“We have all the incentive in the world to continue working for the students,” she said.

the organization of the event, Ding said.

“We spent 5 months to prepare Spring Festival celebration was held at Nicholas for the New Year Gala performance,” she said.

Music Center on Douglass campus Ding performed at the event with a traditional Chinese instrumembers,” she said. “So that ment called a Chinese zither. The continued from front has a special meaning for Chi- sound was produced by the plucka mix of popular Chinese and nese people.” ing of its strings.

People eat a special food during American music. The event was She began to learn the instruco-sponsored by the RCSSA and this time of the year called tang ment as an 8-year-old primary the Confucius Institute of Rut- yuan, which means “get-together” school student, Ding said. or “reunion,” Pan said. gers University.

“It has more than 5,000 years of Sharon Ding, an international history in China,” she said.

“The Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China,” student from Nanjing, China and The variety of performers said Pan Pan, makes the a student at show special, the Graduate and is reflecSchool—New tive of the Brunswick “My favorite part of the gala is that it not only includes student body, and part-time Ding said. traditional Chinese music and dance, but also has lecturer in the “I think the ballet, a cappella and belly dance.”

Department of show gives Asian Languagstudents at sharon ding es and Cultures.

Rutgers a platBloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Junior Because form to know the holiday is more about the based on the Chinese tradilunar calendar, tional culture there is no and festival,” exact date, but it usually falls be- a Bloustein School of Planning she said. tween late January and February. and Public Policy junior, is a mem“My favorite part of the gala is “It’s the beginning of the new ber of RCSSA and participated in that it not only includes traditionyear, and ever ybody, wherever the Chinese New Year Gala for al Chinese music and dance, but they are, they all come back to the first time this year. also has ballet, a cappella and belThe New Year Gala is mainly ly dance,” Ding said. “People can their home to have dinner with their family and to celebrate organized by RCSSA’s entertain- share multiple cultures together this festival with their family ment department, which oversees and share happiness.”

One of the most important things about NJPIRG is that it gives power to the students, Nicklaus said. It works for them and with them to solve problems that are affecting them.

“A lot of people are frustrated and feel that they don’t have a

voice,” she said.

Niklaus said she joined NJPIRG because she wanted to represent the student body and the community at large and work for their greater good.

“We’re here for you,” Nicklaus said.

adidas All 24 Scarlet Knight teams will transition from Nike to adidas apparel on July 1 continued from front asset as we work toward shared excellence. Those three stripes are synonymous with success.

We are confident this relationship will help elevate our program and Rutgers Athletics.”

The move may also impact Pikiell’s par tner at the Rutgers Athletic Center. Head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer has had a relationship with Nike even prior to the company par tnering with Rutgers in 2012.

Nike named its second child development center — a 35,000

square foot facility that provides care and learning programs for nearly 300 children between the ages of six months and 5-years-old in Beaver ton, Oregon — after Stringer in September of 2008.

Regardless, she praised the deal.

“Adidas is a globally known brand that is committed and enthusiastic about ser ving the Rutgers Athletics community,” Stringer said in a statement.

“We look for ward to seeing the innovative design for game and team apparel they have in store for the Scarlet Knights.”

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Even albums without Grammys are excellent

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016 was an incredible year for music, espeFROM BREAKS TO BARS cially hip-hop. It was another year of pushing the horizons of this ever-evolvJHANVI VIRANI ing genre, with projects coming from artists as diverse as Young Thug to Anderson .Paak. And it’s hard for the Grammys, or any awards program, to contain that wide scope of talent into a constricted list of nominations. There has always been some level of controversy surrounding award nominations, whether it was last year when Nicki Minaj called out the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for overlooking black female artists, or this year when Frank Ocean refrained from submitting his album “Blonde” for consideration in the 2017 Grammys. The Grammys, in particular, has faced substantial backlash from the hip-hop community for not properly recognizing hiphop in proportion to other genres, the most recent example being last year when Taylor Swift’s “1989” beat out Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp A Butterfly” for the Album of the Year award.

But this isn’t a criticism of the nominations for this year’s hip-hop album of the year award. Because Chance the Rapper’s mixtape “Coloring Book” winning despite its streaming-only release was a win for indie hip-hop and independent artists everywhere. This, in honor of last weekend’s Grammy Awards, is a recap on 2016 hip-hop as a whole.

These are some albums that, I think, despite not being nominated for Grammys this year, elevated the hip-hop industry last year.

After over two years since his last work, “Cilvia Demo,” Isaiah Rashad finally released his second album “The Sun’s Tirade,” and it was well worth the wait. It is easily one of the most lyrically and musically powerful albums of the year. It begins with “where u at?”, a skit that acknowledges the frustration of people around Rashad as he continuously stalls his new project release. And from there, he takes us on a journey through his personal struggles, particularly his battle with substance abuse, which was a major reason his album took so long to release. As he takes the listener through his life, he folds in commentary on the rap industry and society as a whole,

“Featuring artists ranging from Bryson Tiller to Kendrick Lamar, it inevitably included a wide range of sound, each of which was crafted to perfection.” which solidifies his authority as a voice as a distinguished rapper.

The switching from personal introspection to social observation come together to create a full tour of Rashad’s personal psyche, culminating in an album worth appreciating.

Maybe he didn’t submit it for Grammy consideration, or maybe the committee didn’t consider it a full album, but Kendrick Lamar has to be recognized as one of the rappers that made 2016 a great year for music. “Untitled Unmastered” may not have been as refined as K-Dot’s previous projects, nor did it have the same story-like progression through the songs like his past three studio albums. But this album brought another layer to Lamar’s discography, one that reveals the grittiness and raw intensity of his process through album creation.

The fact that Travis Scott wasn’t nominated represents what many think is wrong with the Grammys and their take on hip-hop music.

Whatever what you think of trap music, you can’t deny that it continues to become a more prominent influence on hip-hop culture. 2016 was a monumental year for trap music because it was the year people stopped dismissing the genre and finally started recognizing it as a legitimate art form. It was a year where Donald Glover could go to the Emmys and call Migos the “Beatles of this generation,” and people actually listened. And if one trap album had to go to the Grammys, it had to be “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight.” Travis Scott created one of the most commercially successful and well-produced albums of the year.

Featuring artists ranging from Bryson Tiller to Kendrick Lamar, it inevitably included a wide range of sound, each of which was crafted to perfection. And Scott should have been recognized for it.

Bas’s album “Too High to Riot,” is almost a year old, so it’s easy to forget that his sophomore album falls into this Grammy cycle. But when you realize that this album has been overlooked by the Grammys, and most music awards in general, it’s absolutely heartbreaking. Bas presented one of the best hip-hop albums of the year and, in my opinion, one of the best in all genres. Bas created a musical masterpiece of varying sounds that explore landscapes of jazz, blues, soul and every crevice in between. His lyricism fit together and melted into the music flawlessly, as he explored topics like his place in the chaos of society, the death of his aunt and his voice as a black American. It’s easily one of the most memorable, yet grossly underrated, projects of 2016.

Jhanvi Virani is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year majoring in Computer Science and History. Her column, “From Breaks to Bars,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Pakistan has no love for Valentine’s Day South-Asian country’s banning of holiday is misguided

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f you go anywhere on campus today, it is guaran- than 1,000 people, about 50 percent of men and teed that you will see an overabundance of heart- women said they expect to have sex because it is shaped decorations and puns regarding love. It Valentine’s Day. But that is not the only premise of is, in fact, Valentine’s Day. But the same cannot be the holiday.

Valentine’s Day is a commercialized holiday. Buysaid overseas in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.

The Islamabad High Court released an order that ing and giving gifts, going out on dates — these are bans public celebrations of Valentine’s Day. This in- all ways in which capitalism has leaked in and taken cludes a range of areas like government offices and over the holiday. This may be seen as a negative holpublic places, and also bans media outlets from cov- iday, but at the end of the day, to some people, Valering any Valentine’s Day events. The High Court entine’s Day is a chance where they can display their ruled that the festivities surrounding Valentine’s Day love and appreciation for people in their lives. The promoted “immorality, nudity and indecency,” and government of Pakistan may be against what many that they endorse a culture that opposes the one es- people expect out of Valentine’s Day, but outright tablished by the Islamic faith, which is the majority banning the holiday seems a bit drastic.

One may think religion of Pakistan. that no one from This is not the America should first time the High “But banning a holiday that is meant judge the cultural Court has taken acdiscussions of othtion against the into simply be a day to spread love seems er countries, but ternational holiday. outlandish, especially when there are people the belief that celeIn previous years, brating Valentine’s Jamaat-e-Islami, who enjoy the holiday.”

Day equates to the Islamic political something immoral organization and and disgusting is social conservative movement in Pakistan, has been known to hold ral- unfair, and linking their decision to Islam is not lies against Valentine’s Day — last year the group exactly appropriate.

Islam may, as many other religions, condemn the publically burned Valentine’s Day cards. Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain supports this ban, idea of premarital sex, but there is nothing in Islam claiming that the celebrations that surround the that is against showing affection to your spouse and holiday are too Westernized and have no place in a those you love. In fact, showing love and tenderness country that functions primarily under the Islamic to the people in your life, especially your husband or law. Tweets from Pakistani citizens echoed these wife, is promoted within the religion.

Those who do not enjoy Valentine’s Day should thoughts as they posted that Valentine’s Day is a holiday of “vulgarity.” These are hateful words for not have to celebrate it, no one should have to do something they don’t want to do. But banning a holthe holiday of love.

But Pakistan’s motivation behind the ban may iday that is meant to simply be a day to spread love have some standing. Although the holiday itself be- seems outlandish, especially when there are people gan as a celebration of fertility and then eventual- who enjoy the holiday. Banning the public display ly became associated with love in the 18th century of Valentine’s Day will not stop people from buying because of Chaucer, the modern incarnation of Val- each other gifts and spending a night out with their entine’s Day, the holiday sometimes surrounds the loved ones, so going the extra mile to ban this holiidea of sex. In an ABC survey answered by more day gives Pakistan a not-so-loving image.

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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Supporters of pro-life movement have ironic justifications CALL FOR CHANGE PRIYANKA BANSAL

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odily autonomy is a term that dictates how we carry, use and control our own bodies. It plays a role in how we situate ourselves in everyday issues, legal situations and even medical responsibilities — especially when it comes to abortion rights. By giving states the individual rights to regulate abortion services, many movements and ideologies have been pushing the public to oppose women’s rights to those services. These pro-life groups push to limit women’s rights to have control over their own body.

Within the past year, states have begun to individually place as many bans on abortions as possible. State governments make this possible by extending the wait periods for women to get legal abortions, placing bans after a few weeks and regulating abortion clinics — which is arguably the most clever ploy taken by pro-life groups. By shutting down and limiting the rights of abortion clinics, abortions are not technically against the law, but impossibly difficult to get. Although it’s been over 40 years since abortions were legalized in the United States, in recent years states have been working to make sure

the procedure is nearly unattainable for those who seek them. North Dakota, for example, decreased its abortion limit to 6 weeks in 2010, a point where most women don’t even know they’re pregnant.

In addition to this, necessary public funding for abortion services are being cut, categorizing abortion cases as something that is not a proper medical procedure. This is known as the Hyde Amendment, which has been around since 1976.

As they seek out medical coverage for

Thus, labeling the anti-abortion movement as pro-life has a sense of irony in it.

For the fetus that does not have a life yet, we sacrifice thousands of women’s lives. These women have established careers, families, relationships and hope for their futures.

Forcing them to throw that all away is beyond comprehensible. Additionally, many women in need of these services seek abortions because they cannot provide a future for their baby, due to their age, financial stability or a myriad of other circumstances.

“The Mexico City Policy cuts U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations if they perform or promote abortions, making it more difficult for women to use these services nationwide.” pregnancies, medical insurance programs refuse to give medical coverage for most abortion services, viewing it as an unnecessary, nonmedical procedure. This is unfair because abortion services are often completely necessary. Because of these obstacles, many women seek out desperate measures that are often under-the-table, unsanitary and dangerous, for their abortions. Before abortions were legal, 5,000 women died annually due to these covert procedures.

According to research at the Guttmacher Institute, “In 2011, the unintended pregnancy rate among women with an income below the federal poverty level ($18,530 for a family of three that year) was more than five times that among women with an income at or above 200 percent of poverty.”

If a woman cannot provide for herself properly, the child she is being forced to have will certainly not have the brightest future or one that is financially stable — a fact that pro-life activists should take into account.

President Donald J. Trump’s infamous recent executive order on abortions is under speculation amongst pro-choice activists. The Mexico City Policy cuts U.S. funding for non-governmental organizations if they perform or promote abortions, making it more difficult for women to use these services nationwide. This policy (majorly overseen by men), reduces a woman’s rights to her own body, but also severely affects the people around her. Without international organizations operating their share of abortion services, it is predicted that 2.1 million unsafe abortions, as well as over 21,000 maternal deaths, could occur in our near future. This policy brings up a plethora of questions. Why are men deciding what women do with their bodies?

Why is the nation working to value the lives of unborn fetuses, a bundle of tissues and cells, over the lives of actual mothers? The reinstatement of this policy should not just be under speculation by a select few, but by everyone. The unintended deaths of thousands of women a year should be a matter everyone should be fixing. Pro-life groups work to take away the right a person has to their own body. Bodily autonomy is not a feminist idea, it’s a basic human right.

Priyanka Bansal is a Rutgers Business School first-year double majoring in business and journalism and media studies.

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U. works towards applying virtual reality to student life

The Cyberlearning Innovation and Research Center (CIRC) is currently developing an app that displays three-dimensional synthetic objects in response to trigger images. PHOTO ILLISTRATION BY MADHURI BHUPATHIRAJU

Madhuri Bhupathiraju science editor

For years, people have been studying augmented and virtual reality. Now, Rutgers’ faculty is working towards integrating augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) into a learning environment so that the technology can help individuals study other subjects.

The Rutgers Cyberlearning Innovation and Research Center (CIRC) aims to assimilate contemporary technology into the learning environment at the university.

The center has been active for a little over a year now.

James Chun, the associate director of the center, gave an

overview of some of their current projects.

Their projects include gamification tools, a glass board project for better teaching videos, improving the system of online classes and recitations and the integration of AR and VR into university life, Chun said.

Augmented reality is an experience in which synthetic objects are integrated into the surroundings. This requires some sort of lens to view the synthetic item.

Chun, along with others from the center, is working on an augmented reality app specific to Rutgers.

“The concept is that, when you write an augmented reality app, there are two things you need,”

he said. “You need a trigger, which could be a picture or even a 3D object. Then you need to put a camera over it. It does a recognition sequence and then it has an action.”

The actions or response to the trigger could be a variety of things including static or mobile 3D objects or even videos.

In the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus, Chun has programmed a sketch of a DNA molecule on the ground floor to act as a trigger. When hovering the app over the image, a giant rotating three-dimensional DNA molecule appeared on the screen of his phone.

“You could make photocopies of the image and it would still appear,” Chun said.

For the most part, if the trigger image were a different size or color, the app would still elicit the same response. The size of the

trigger corresponds to the size of the 3D item displayed, Chun said.

Currently, Chun and his team are searching for different areas and ideas in which to use the technology.

“We’re going in a few different directions for this app. We’re trying to figure out how to incorporate it into a lot of cool things.

We’re starting to look for partners everywhere,” he said.

One such direction includes applying triggers into textbooks to make them more interactive.

Sometimes people have a hard time understanding what they’re reading in a textbook or are not able to properly understand a 2D image, Chun said.

With the app, people would be able to pull up the corresponding video or 3D image to the material on the spot without having to do any extra google search, he said.

Chun is also currently working with the Zimmerli Art Museum to develop an app for museum visitors.

Right now they are working with Honoré Daumier’s collection of terra cotta statues, Celebrities of the Juste Milieu. This exhibit is the only complete set in the United States, according to Zimmerli.

“We are going to make 3D scans of [the busts], and the museum will have cards designated to the statues,” Chun said, “You can look at the cards and read the history behind it, and the app will pop up this entire statue in 3D. That way you can take a look around it.”

The CIRC team also has plans to create something interactive for Rutgers’ Day on April 1.

They plan on organizing a puzzle where different booths have different triggers that display certain synthetic clues. The triggers would be on cards where one side of the card is the trigger, and the other has a bit of information about that specific department.

“That’s it, it’s just like a little advertising card. We’re trying to drive traffic through certain places,” he said.

The technology could also be used to help Rutgers Academic Affairs, which gives tours to incoming students. Every building could be turned into a trigger, Chun said.

Virtual reality is another technology the CIRC team is looking into.

“We have 3D cameras and we’re trying to build a scalable VR project. We’re trying to build something that every student could use,” he said. “With google cardboard becoming much more prevalent, anybody with a cellphone can get a headset and have a VR experience.”

One idea for Rutgers Day involves setting up a 3D camera in the center of the field during the setup of stages for the event and making a time lapse, Chun said.

On the day of the event, during the activities, people can put on the headset and see an empty field and see it progress up until the point where they are at on Rutgers Day, he said.

“We’re still trying to come up with ideas of what we can do.

Coming up with ways to build immersive environments for people to learn or teach in. How? I’m not exactly sure yet,” he said.

DIVERSIONS

February 14, 2017

Mark Tatulli Horoscopes

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Page 9 Eugenia Last

Happy Birthday: You can figure things out if you put your mind to it this year. Negotiate your position personally and professionally. Look for the best opportunity and make that your destination. There is plenty to gain if you are willing to take a little initiative. Trust in yourself and follow the path that makes you feel most comfortable. Your numbers are 7, 12, 23, 29, 34, 42, 49.

Over The Hedge

T. Lewis and M. Fry

Non Sequitur

Wiley

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Draw on the knowledge and experience you have and share your thoughts with those looking for similar results.

Intelligence and physical efforts will allow for greater opportunity to build your own foundations for success. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Change will be within reach. Take the initiative to reach out and grab what you want. There is no room for hesitation if you want to get ahead. Share your thoughts and make things happen. Engage in intellectual and physical activities. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Learn as you go. Put in the time to discover new possibilities. Be a participant and offer alternatives. It’s up to you to follow through, so don’t wait to be asked to join in. 3 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Check out what’s going on behind the scenes, but don’t share information about your personal affairs.

Learn from the way others behave and the outcome of questionable decisions. Don’t feel pressured to participate in something that doesn’t interest you. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Work toward a better you. Get into better physical shape. The changes you want to see happen will only take place if you instigate them on your own. Emotional relationships with children, family or your partner will improve with conversation.

5 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep your life simple and your plans within budget. Don’t be tempted to keep up with those who profess to be doing spectacularly. Someone offering false impressions will distract you from reaching your goals. 2 stars

Pearls Before Swine

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make plans to travel. Plan to incorporate both business and pleasure into your arrangements. You’ll learn by observing someone with experience. Take care of responsibilities and you will gain support and long-lasting allies.

Romance and domestic changes are encouraged. 4 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Money problems will develop if you aren’t smart about the way you handle investments, spending habits and your generosity. Being able to say no to someone asking for too much will help keep you out of trouble. Honesty must prevail. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Express the way you feel about situations at work and at home, and you will have a positive impact on the outcome. Your willingness to do the work to make things happen will help you gain respect. 4 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A diplomatic approach to any situation you face involving peers, neighbors or relatives will help you avoid trouble. Don’t fold under pressure or give in to someone using brawn over brains to get his or her way. 2 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do whatever needs to be done in order to get what you want. Make this a day of celebration. Join forces with someone who contributes positively to your life. Explore, experience and work to become the person you want to be. 5 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t feel overwhelmed or pressured by what others do or say. Make choices that suit you, not those around you. It’s important to live up to your standards and beliefs, not someone else’s. Observe but don’t give in to pressure. 3 stars

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Universal Crossword ACROSS

61 Sulks with poked-out lips

1 Sounds of disapproval

62 Problem for a plumber

5 Relieve, as thirst

63 Word with “googly” or “bug”

10 “Don’t change this!” (editorially) 64 Containing much sugar 14 Go on a tear

65 Brief moments of time?

15 “Are ya game?”

DOWN

16 Thing that’s hard to resist

1 Arched facial feature

17 “The Simpsons” bus driver

2 What a scout recites

18 Barcelona bye-bye

3 Not duped by

19 Victor of a historic duel

4 Military prison

20 Interpreting calendar

5 Mystic masters

abbreviations (Part 1)

6 Filled, as a ship’s hold

23 Kevin of “A Fish Called Wanda”

7 Absinthe flavor

24 90-degree headings, right?

8 Door fixture, often

25 Capacitance measurements

9 “ ___ on Down the Road”

28 Like a fireplace in February

10 Certain sandwich chain

30 “What am ___?” (auction

11 Makes level or uniform

question)

12 Great white heron, e.g.

31 Calf, out on the range

13 Slender gulls with forked tails

44 Craftiest

33 Electrify or stun

21 Elderly and then some

45 Uris novel (with “The”)

36 Interpreting calendar

22 Gigglish utterance

46 Part of a burning match

25 South Pacific island nation

47 Type of race with

abbreviations (Part 2) 40 “___ be my pleasure”

26 Adjoin

41 Responded to being fleeced?

27 Fruit peel

48 Make up for

42 First name among jazz legends

28 See 21-Down

49 Copy of Essence magazine,

43 Dog and ___ show

29 “This is an exact quote”

44 Destroys, office-style

31 “It’s now or never” time

50 One way to cook onions

46 Businessperson’s crime

32 Poem form

52 Salespeople on the road

49 Major religion

33 With the right skills and attitude 53 Certain type of precipitation

51 Interpreting calendar

34 Use an acetylene torch

54 Tender to the touch

35 Notable times, historically

55 Suffix with “psych”

57 Quite an amount

37 Your place or mine

56 Catches some winks

58 Follow in order

38 Female Bobbsey

59 Itsy-bitsy thing

39 Some imaginary sea creatures

60 Lion’s crowning glory

43 Golfed on a green

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Yesterday’s Solution

multiple runners

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Yesterday’s Solution

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February 14, 2017

TEST Rutgers hits road to square off against ranked Boilermakers in West Lafayette continued from back and third nationally behind No. 8 North Carolina and Kent State.

The number may be slightly inflated due to some putrid shooting — the team rank dead last in the Big Ten in shooting percentage with a 41.3 percent clip that ranks 307th out of 351 teams — but it represents the team’s biggest strength nonetheless.

It also proves to be one of its biggest weaknesses.

The Knights (13-13, 2-11) have yet to win a game in which they were out-rebounded. It has happened on eight occasions, with the 72-63 loss to Pitino’s Golden Gophers serving as the latest example.

It won’t get any easier with a trip to West Lafayette on Tuesday up next on the docket. Though No. 16 Purdue (20-5, 9-3) isn’t as tall as Minnesota as a team, the Boilermakers have what Pikiell called “two of the biggest guys in the world” playing in the post.

He was referring to 6-foot-9inch Caleb Swanigan, a candidate in the conversations for both the Big Ten and National Player of the Year awards, and 7-foot-2inch center Isaac Haas. The two players rank first and third on the team in rebounding, playing major roles in Purdue ranking as the top defensive rebounding team in the conference.

Given the size of the challenge, Pikiell said he’ll make some changes to the rotation.

“Every game poses different problems for us,” Pikiell said before facing Minnesota. “We’re going to have two big guys in that line up (against Purdue) … It’s gameby-game, we go by matchups,

who’s playing well (and) who’s healthy, that kind of thing.”

He mentioned sophomores Shaquille Doorson and Ibrahima Diallo by name, saying a combination of the two or either of them playing with starting center C.J. Gettys is likely to be used.

Whereas Diallo hasn’t seen much of the floor since his impressive display against Seton Hall in the final non-conference game of the year, Doorson’s role has grown in the past couple of weeks. He tied a career-high with 6 points against Ohio State, all of which coming off of putbacks as he collected six rebounds.

Candido Sa, Rutgers’ third reserve big, spent most of the season as the trio’s leader in minutes but has suddenly been held on the bench in the past week. The junior played just two minutes in each of the last two games after logging double-digit minutes in all but one of the Knights’ first 23 contests.

“I just like the lineup and Eugene has been really good,” Pikiell said of Sa’s limited usage against Minnesota. “Candido’s got to stay ready. It’s not little league baseball. You practice hard, you get opportunities … I thought that was the best lineup (Saturday) against their players.”

Perhaps its no coincidence that this comes as Rutgers’ return to near full strength.

Junior guard Nigel Johnson returned to action from a knee injury against Ohio State, logging 17 minutes in Columbus before putting in 20 minutes at the Rutgers Athletic Center against the Gophers. Sophomore forward Jonathan Laurent finished Saturday night with a minute less than

NIGHT RU honors seniors, but cannot overcome mistakes in home defeat to Maryland continued from back just same major mistakes that we unfortunately couldn’t come back from.”

Rutgers, sporting its pink and black uniforms for its breast cancer awareness campaign, looked ready from the start after recording a season high score of 48.725 on

Johnson, his first double-digit outing since picking up a foot injury a couple of weeks ago.

Pikiell said the injuries are “day-to-day”, but when facing a top team in the conference at its home venue where it lost just twice this season, the Knights will need all the bodies they have. “(The Big Ten schedule) is definitely a grind,” Gettys said.

“You’re gonna get every team’s best every night and we’ve definitely seen that and we’ve given our best every night, except for the Iowa game. I just think we need to continue to fight and work on the little things.”

The talent gap between Rutgers and its next opponent is nothing new, it has been dealing

with this issue for most games since joining the Big Ten three years ago. It leaves little margin for error for any hope of an upset to emerge.

It means the Knights will need to have an uncharacteristically good night from the free throw line, an area that’s doomed them on more than one occasion. That includes a 10-for-22 game against Minnesota and an equally woeful 10-for-24 night in College Park in a loss to Maryland, two of the worst clips that led to Rutgers ranking fourth-from-last in the nation in free throw shooting at 61.6 percent.

In a season of monumental improvement from a year ago, the struggles at the line are a blast from the past, perhaps the biggest reason

that the progress is seen everywhere but in the Knights’ record.

“Yeah, definitely, because we’re not getting blown out or anything like that,” said sophomore guard Corey Sanders when asked if his second season on the Banks feels different than his first.

“We’re fighting in every game. It’s frustrating that we’re losing but you could see the progress and that’s something we look forward to seeing. But we want to win, and we can win in this league. It’s just unfortunately, there’s things holding us back from winning.”

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Sophomore guard Corey Sanders has upped his production in Big Ten play and the Knights will depend on him against No. 16 Purdue. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017

vault, led by sophomore Michelle Amoresano and her score of 9.800, a new season high of her own and good for third on the night.

“I thought we did a lot of really positive things today,” Levine said. “I mean vault – vault was the best vault we’ve done this year.”

After finishing the first rotation in first place, the second rotation on the uneven bars was coming up. With a few mishaps, the

Senior Claire Jones competed in her final home meet for Rutgers and had a strong meet, scoring a 9.825 on the balance beam. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017

Knights finished with a score of scores were good and my team is 47.925 and quickly lost their lead just awesome.”

Still in second place behind to Maryland. Despite that, senior April Baker did score a 9.775 that Maryland, Rutgers would need a near perfect score on floor to have netted her a third place finish.

On Baker’s exceptional perfor- a shot at coming in first place. The mance at her last regular season Knights went on to score a 48.650 home meet, Groden emphasized and finished with a total score the leadership and poise she and of 194.150, behind Maryland’s the other seniors brought to the 195.050. Groden tallied a 9.775 to lead her team and was good for team night in and night out.

“The seniors are like the best third on the night. She received first place with cheerleaders on her all-around the team as well score of 39.000. as gymnasts,” “I’m feeling she said. “They “I think we took a step pretty good,” added a lot to in a direction that I Groden said. our team and really like.”

“39.0 is a score I’m really sad to that I’m happy see them go.”

Louis levine to have. It’s an Next came Head Coach improvement the balance from the past beam, which meet that we has been Ruthad and I’m algers’ best event all season, and it would not disap- ways looking to go up and up.”

Coach Levine was proud of how point. With a score of 48.850, another season high, the Knights took all his team handled themselves and three top spots on the night. Junior fought until the end, but knows Makenzey Shank came in first with there is still work to be done.

“I thought we went out there a score of 9.850, followed by senior Claire Jones and her 9.825 while and we kept fighting through Groden rounded out the top three from the beginning of routines till with a 9.775. Freshman Polina Po- the end of routines,” Levine said. liakova also scored a season high “Overall we (have) got to keep getting better if we want to do of 9.750.

“I actually tried not to think what our goals are and really just about it,” Jones said when asked try and keep pushing forward.” about how her senior night went.

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Page 11 WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD RUTGERS WRAPS UP FINAL INDOOR MEET OF SEASON

Rutgers collects 4 ECAC qualifiers at Valentine Invite Kevin Stapleton Contributing Writer

The Rutgers women’s track and field team wrapped up its final meet of the indoor regular season last weekend with an admirable team ef for t at the David Hemer y Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Despite injuries to key track and field athletes, the Scarlet Knights managed to earn four Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) qualifying scores.

Rutgers was led by a strong performance in the triple jump event, in which senior Br yanna Grant earned fourth place with an ECAC qualifying score of 12.28 meters.

Grant’s effort marks her fourth consecutive top-five placement in the triple jump since the start of the 2017 indoor season. Her previous three triple jumps earned her consecutive titles to start the year.

The Knights also saw three other ECAC qualifying scores in Boston.

Junior Brianna Haspel placed 24th overall in the 800-meter event and set a new personal record with an ECAC qualifying time of 2:13.12. Her previous best was set earlier this season at

Senior Bryanna Grant finished in fourth place in the triple-jump at the Valentine Invitational this past weekend with a mark of 12.28 meters. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2016 the Rutgers Invitational, where the junior took the 800-meter title with a time of 2:17.76.

Graduate athlete Alayna Famble placed 13th in the 400-meter

event with an ECAC qualifying time of 56.65 – a season-best for Famble.

Also posting a season-best time was graduate athlete Paige

Senatore in the 5000-meter event.

She posted an ECAC qualifying time of 17:15.30.

Elsewhere at the Valentine Invitational, Rutgers athletes

put in solid per formances.

Junior Imani Beauliere finished 23rd in the 200-meter event with a time of 25.31.

Senior Kaitlyn Bedard earned 18th in the 1000-meter event with a time of 2:58.36.

In the 60-meter hurdles, junior Oksana Sokolova led the Knights by finishing 28th with a time of 9.23.

In the 4x400-meter relay, the Rutgers A squad of sophomore Nabiya Garrett, Famble, Beauliere and Sokolova placed 15th overall with a time of 3:54.44.

In field events, the Knights saw notable ef for ts by freshman L ynnea Davis, who placed 35th in the long jump event (4.70 meters), and sophomore Cameron Daniels, who placed 17th in the shot put event (12.33 meters).

In less than two weeks, Rutgers will travel to the Spire Institute in Athens, Ohio to participate in the culminating meet of its 2017 indoor season – the Big Ten Indoor Championships. The championship meet will span Februar y 24 and 25 and will arguably present the greatest challenge of the season for this young Knights team.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS-PURDUE, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

RU faces tough road test in No. 16 Purdue Brian Fonseca Correspondent

Before Richard Pitino finished his postgame press conference and left the podium in the interview room deep in the bowels of the Rutgers Athletic Center Saturday, the head coach of Minnesota gave a near-perfect description of how the Rutgers men’s basketball team has been performing in its first year under head coach Steve Pikiell.

“They play hard and they play tough,” Pitino said. “It is a scrappy, scrappy team and they have the rebounding numbers and are top 50 in (defensive efficiency rating) ...

That’s what you try to do in your first year. It is very obvious what (Pikiell) is trying to do.

He is trying to get his guys to play scrappy, tough UConn-type basketball. That is very evident. They have an identity and I believe well-coached teams have an identity.”

That identity is one of hard-nosed defense and relentless effort on the boards. The result has been a staggering improvement across the board from last season, but it is in rebounding, particularly on the offensive glass, where the Scarlet Knights thrive.

They average 15.2 offensive rebounds per game, good for the top in the Big Ten See TEST on Page 10

Head coach Steve Pikiell has recognized his team’s progress this season, but understands they will need to play at a much higher level in order to compete with No. 16 Purdue. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017

GYMNASTICS RUTGERS FINISHES 2ND IN HOME FINALE

Knights take 2nd place on Senior Night Robert Sanchez Contributing Writer

Coming off of a 194-point performance at Ohio State last week, the Rutgers gymnastics team competed at home one final time this season in front of a sellout crowd at the Livingston Recreation Center while also honoring its seniors against Maryland, Penn and Yale.

The Scarlet Knights (10-6, 1-4) scored season highs on both vault and beam, normally putting them on their way to another meet win. Unfortunately, they stumbled on bars, an area that they have struggled all season in, and couldn’t quite come all the way back.

“For bars I think it’s confidence,” said junior Libby Groden when asked how they can improve in that area. “It’s being able to hit under pressure. We go in the gym every single day and we can hit routines and we’ve got to be able to do that (during meets).”

Despite not having its best night on bars, Coach Levine liked what he saw out of his team.

“I think we took a step in a direction that I really like,” Levine said. “I thought we did some really great bar routines, we just didn’t do enough of them. There were Junior Libby Groden put forth a strong performance in Rutgers’ second place finish at Saturday night’s quad meet, winning the all-around competition with a score of 39.000. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2017

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NBA SCORES

Philadelphia Charlotte

105 99

Brooklyn Memphis

103 112

San Antonio Indiana

110 106

Orlando Miami

116 107

Oklahoma City Washington

98 120

Detroit Milwaukee

89 102

SCOTT GOODALE,

head wrestling coach, will lead his team at the NWCA National Duals against No. 11 Lehigh.

The No. 12 Scarlet Knights will travel to Pennsylvania on Friday.

Rutgers faces Lehigh last year in the same event, defeating the Mountain Hawks, 18-15.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL SWIMMING AND DIVING at Purdue

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Big Ten Champioinships vs. Purdue

Tomorrow, All Day, Tonight, 7 p.m., West Lafayette, Ind. West Lafayette, Ind.

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., RAC

SOFTBALL vs. Northern Illinois Friday, 9 a.m., San Diego, Calif.