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BOG refuses to hear faculty concerns

By Danielle Gonzalez Staff Writer

About two hours prior to the Board of Governors meeting yesterday, members of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers and their supporters protested directly in front of Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi’s office about the University’s refusal to improve working conditions for non-tenuretrack faculty members.

The demonstration had been planned for a long time and turnout was strong, said Ann Gordon, chair of the non-tenure track bargaining team.

“It certainly didn’t change their mind about letting me speak,” she said.

The Board of Governors met yesterday in Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus to discuss future plans for the University and to highlight the work of numerous committee members.

Gordon said she signed up in July to speak for a total of three minutes at this month’s meeting. But the board refused to let her speak at today’s meeting.

“No one knows of an incident where that has ever happened,” Gordon said.

The protesters hoped to present the board with a packet containing names of more than 1,000 faculty and students who support resolu-

tions to reform departments across all three campuses, said Sherry Wolf, contract campaign coordinator for the AAUP-AFT. Faculty members on the non-tenure track are fighting for job security, consistent procedures and fair pay, Wolf said.

Those not on the tenure track are not offered as many multiple-year contracts, earn low wages and have no path or opportunities for promotions, she said.

“We are happy to work with the administration,” Wolf said. “But it’s not helpful when they stonewall us, don’t respect us, don’t pay us and refuse to give faculty multi-year contracts who have worked here for more than 20 years.”

By doing so, Wolf said, Rutgers is also cheating students, as faculty who earn low wages and need to work two jobs cannot bring their best performance in the classroom.

The protesters hoped the board would press the administration to do its job, she said.

Gordon said the faculty has been in negotiations with the administration for more than 10 months, and the administration agreed in January 2012 to negotiate with the faculty union.

Wolf said the board silenced the faculty today by not allowing them to speak, which she thinks is criminal.

“If you refuse to listen to the voice of the faculty, you’re gagging them,” Wolf said.

NJPIRG passes referendum for term bill fee

By Erin Petenko Associate News Editor

Physicists Eva Andrei and Karin Rabe were also named Rutgers Board of Governors professors, and Andrei was given a formal certificate during the meeting. The professorship was established in 1989 to recognize exceptional scholarship and accomplishment.

Barchi also discussed the final update of the University Strategic Plan, including the University’s mission, values and aspirations.

He said Rutgers has been gathering background data through nearly 80,000 surveys and quantitative analysis to achieve the Rutgers’ goal of being broadly recognized as one of the United States’ leading public universities.

Barchi said Rutgers’ strengths include its celebrated history,

The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group passed a referendum that would allow them to continue receiving student funding.

Emily Kowalski, an organizer for NJPIRG, said 10,794 students in New Brunswick voted in the referendum, which is required to happen every three years.

To get their optional $11.20 fee on the term bill, the organization has to have 25 percent plus one student from each school vote in favor of them, said Dan Xie, organizing director for the Rutgers chapter of NJPIRG. Kowalski said the referendum passed in ever y school, including in the School of Ar ts and Sciences, where 5,371 students voted af firmatively.

NJPIRG, which has been at Rutgers for 35 years, hired independent contractors to organize the events and workers to staff polling locations for five weeks, she said. Between volunteers and workers, 150 people were involved with the campaign.

NJPIRG is an advocacy and lobbying organization that sends most of its funds to lobbyists in Washington, D.C., she said. They

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President Robert L. Barchi spoke at the Board of Governors meeting yesterday on the College Avenue campus about the University’s Strategic Plan. THE DAILY TARGUM / FILE PHOTO / SEPTEMBER 2012 Although the faculty’s voice was not heard at the Board of Governors meeting, the union placed an advertisement in The Daily Targum yesterday to voice their opinion.

The statement, “Open Letter to President Robert L. Barchi,” included direct quotes and signatures from faculty members.

During the open session, Barchi introduced and thanked various committee members for their hard work and contributions to the University.

He also mentioned a news release issued earlier in the day, which stated that Rutgers plans to establish an enterprise risk, compliance and ethics office. Rutgers announced Ted Brown, former general counsel of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, would lead the program.

Professor leads exchange program in Bolivian city

By Sabrina Szteinbaum Correspondent

Mays Zubair, left, a doctoral candidate, talks to fellow doctoral candidate Adam Khan, center, and Dr. Mohammad Ali Chaudhry at the Global Health Fair yesterday at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Research Tower on Busch campus. SAAD SAEED KHAN

RBHS head looks at global health

By Cody Beltis Staff Writer

Brittany Reardon and Kate Pawloski immersed themselves in the Himalayas last summer with a desire to provide health assistance to the remote valley of Spiti.

Reardon and Pawloski, both students at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, featured their project yesterday at the fifth annual Global Health Fair, held in the

RWJMS Research Tower on Busch campus.

The Rutgers center for Global Advancement and International Affairs joined forces with RWJMS for the second time to organize the Global Health Fair, according to the RWJMS website.

“We always wanted to travel to India,” said Pawloski. “We thought it would be a great opportunity to mix medical school learning and experience a new culture.”

She said the pair provided health and dental care to Spiti. They found the locals lacked eye protection for the high level of ultraviolet sunlight, so they provided sunglasses, she said.

The students also referred patients diagnosed with serious illnesses or injuries to hospitals nearby and provided sexual education to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections.

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When Daniel Goldstein was in graduate school, he traveled to Cochabamba, Bolivia to study Quechua, the widely spoken indigenous language of the Andes. He became interested in the city and its political activity and found himself in the central Bolivian city time and again.

Goldstein, who has been a professor of anthropology at Rutgers since 2005, teaches classes on human rights, politics and the law with a focus on Latin America.

While in Bolivia during his fellowship, Goldstein said he became aware of the communities right on the city’s edge, where people who migrated from the countr yside settled.

The professor, who has penned two books and has funding for a third, said he began taking undergraduates to Bolivia in 2007, where they studied anthropological research methods, either the Spanish or Quechua language and did community service.

“After five years we had built a whole community center in one neigh-

borhood there where I had done a lot of my research for [my second book]” Goldstein said. “Students did a whole bunch of different projects — taught English, photography, arts and crafts, dance classes, films and videos.”

He practices engaged anthropology, which takes the discipline out of a strictly academic setting, Goldstein said. It becomes about working collaboratively with people in local communities to benefit the people, the researchers and anthropology as a science.

“I think anytime students get the chance to see in the flesh what they’ve been studying in their books, it can be a very powerful experience,” he said.

Goldstein received positive feedback from students following the trips, he said. He took away a perspective on how international service learning projects can be both for students and for community people, if they are run well.

Students who traveled with Goldstein to Bolivia have stayed in touch with the families they lived with, he said.

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The Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “An Evening of Clifford Odets” at 7:30 p.m. in the Jameson Studio Theatre on Douglass campus. The play will run from Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., until Dec 8. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for faculty, staff and alumni and $5 for students.

Thursday, Dec. 5

The Rutgers University Programming Association presents a screening of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” at 8 p.m. in the Rutgers Cinema on Livingston campus. Ticketing begins at 6:30 p.m. and an RUID is required for entry. Popcorn and soda will be provided free.

Rutgers Recreation hosts the Indoor Kickball Tournament at 7 p.m. in the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center. Team fee is $10. Register at imleagues.com/rutgers.

Friday, Dec. 6

Rutgers Gardens present a farm market at 10 a.m. at Hort Farm No. 1 on Cook campus. The market features locally grown and made fruits, vegetables, cheeses, breads and meats.

The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra performs at 7:30 p.m. in the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for faculty, staff and alumni and $5 for students.

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Jewish group hosts Hanukkah festival celebrating social justice

By Louis Cabrera

individuals view the world in a moral and value-based way, in religious and secular contexts.

“I think there are a lot of Jews The newly founded Jewish Artist and Activist Community held its that are involved on campus both third event in its history yesterday in the arts and in all sorts of social justice and human rights groups at the Douglass Campus Center.

The community brings to- because some of them are ingether students who identify as spired by Jewish values that they Jewish want to explore Judaism grew up with,” he said.

The “Festival of Rights” highand are interested in activism and the fine arts. For last night’s lights this positive and supportive event, the group hosted a secular message, Watenmaker said. PerHanukkah celebration, said Kate formers, social justice activists Thomas, JAAC’s founder and and Jewish students participated in the festivities. event organizer.

Sarah Harpaz, a School of Arts She said the community aims to provide a way for similar stu- and Sciences sophomore, said dents with similar passions to in- she enjoys how the event comtegrate through the performing bines two philosophies, advocacy arts, social justice and the culture and Judaism, into one.

“It really helps promote Jewof Judaism.

“I think bringing these iden- ish ideologies of making the tities for myself together makes world a better place,” she said.

Rather than a simple candle sense and is important because … they work hand in hand,” said lighting, Thomas said the event Thomas, a School of Arts and Sci- was instead a gathering of activists, artists and people who idenences senior.

The community attempts to tify with the Jewish culture and unify people’s identities and inter- community. Participants communicated and ests, she said. shared in the To that end, she of hosted the “Fes“I think bringing these consumption latkes, munchtival of Rights” identities for myself kins and biteto help foster Jewish valtogether makes sense.” sized pretzels.

The night ues and bring officially kicked like-minded Kate thomas off when Thompeople together.

Founder of the Jewish Artist and Activist as introduced Thomas said Community the purpose of the event invitthe “Festival of ed Jewish individuals and cultural supporters to Lights,” which was then turned come together and create an en- over to Watenmaker who disvironment that helps students ex- cussed the story and the traditional significance of Hanukkah. plore Jewish culture on campus.

Thomas said each candle of Heath Watenmaker, reform outreach initiative rabbi at Rutgers the menorah represented culturHillel, hosted a similar event years al, civil, social and developmental ago also called “Festival of Rights.” facets of the human race frameWatenmaker thinks the work, among others. Because festival fulfills a previously yesterday was the seventh night unsatisfied need in Rutgers’ of the holiday, only seven candles were lit, each by representatives Jewish community.

The celebration helps to of different social justice organidisplay the dynamic nature of zations on campus.

Rutgers Student Union lit the Judaism. He said Judaism has important messages and helps first candle, which represented Staff Writer

The Jewish Artist and Activist Community held their “Festival of Rights” event yesterday at the Douglass Campus Center to celebrate Hanukkah and activism. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER cultural and political aspects of the human race framework, and they spoke on their social action campaigns, their goals and achievements and how they related to the Hanukkah celebration.

A rapper, an a cappella group, Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops, a spoken-word poet

and many other performers and University social action groups worked together to bring this event to life.

When all seven candles were lit, the event came to a close.

Each lighting of the candle symbolized humanity’s transition into light, Thomas said.

Although the last drop of oil lasted eight days more than it should have, she said Hanukkah miracles cannot be expected. Instead, they should be chased, and through advocacy and action, changes can be made until miracles do happen.

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Spanish department.

“I basically went to Daniel, and I said ‘tell me why I should go with Goldstein was recipient of Rutgers Faculty you to Bolivia and not go to Peru,’ and he basically explained to me Scholar-Teacher award what the structure of his program was going to be and how it was gocontinued from front ing to be completely different, ungoals or progress.

In his second book, “Out- like anything else,” she said.

Selheim said aside from being “Many have gone on to get jobs lawed: Between Security and in human rights or to study hu- Rights in a Bolivian City,” Gold- supportive and approachable, man rights at the graduate level,” stein looked closely at the ways Goldstein is a skilled relationship he said. “They’ve gone on to work in which people without the le- builder and great at connecting for NGO’s and different things or gal protection of the state create with people.

“The thing about this program study urban planning, so I think it security for themselves.

“One of the things I became in- is if he stopped doing it, you could did have a big impact.”

Goldstein’s first book, “The terested in was how does that real- never have another faculty memSpectacular City: Violence and Per- ly conflict with questions of human ber or anybody else step in, because a lot of it revolves around his formance in Urban Bolivia,” was rights,” he said. relationships,” “Outlawed” based on his dissertation research she said. in a politically active marginal com- won the Leed Selheim Award in Urban munity in Bolivia.

“I was writing about what I A n t h r o p o l o g y, “I’ve seen how incredibly said Goldstein call ‘spectacular performance,’ which Goldstein vulnerable undocumented is a talented instructor and or ways in which people who are listed as the acimmigrants in this a humble perordinarily excluded from poli- complishment he country are to ... abuse.” son. tics … really force themselves is most proud of.

“WhatevGoldstein said into the public eye through perDaniel Goldstein er he said, formance … but then they also one of his favorite multiply it by engaged in collective violence courses to teach Professor in the Department of 10, and then which had a similar kind of ef- is “Anthropology Anthropology you’re a little of Human Rights,” fect,” he said. bit closer,” The goal of the book, Goldstein where he works she said. said, was to explore the ways in with upper-level Torres, a Rutgers alumna, which people who are excluded Anthropology majors and students from mainstream politics can use who are interested in the question said in Bolivia, students were able to practice what they violence and creative performance, of justice and rights, he said.

“I also really love teaching An- learned in the classroom. like dance, to voice their demands “It was a really refreshing exthropology 101, because it’s an opto the government. “[The government] did pay a lot portunity to really expose students perience because we were really more attention to that community who have no idea what anthropolo- getting sort of hands-on experience talking with people who were basithan they did to other communities gy is to the discipline,” he said.

Carolyn Selheim and Amy Tor- cally right out of what we were uswho didn’t do that sort of thing, so in the end it was an effective strate- res traveled with Goldstein to Bo- ing in our texts,” she said.

Torres worked with a team of livia on his first trip with students. gy,” he said.

Selheim, a Rutgers alumna, other students and talked with The strategy was also a difficult one, because he said people had to was 19 the first time she went. groups of vendors in Cochabambe aware that they could get a bad She said she had been deciding ba’s open-air market who did not reputation for being violent or dis- between Goldstein’s trip to Bo- have the legal rights to be selling obedient, which could harm their livia and a trip to Peru run by the their products.

December 4, 2013 These vendors sell cocoa leaves, fruit, juices and anything else they could make with their hands, and instead of having an established stand, she said they sold their goods out of pushcarts or on blankets.

“The people that we had the most contact with, their main priority was finding a place for their children to stay during the day while they were out selling in the market,” Torres said.

In conjunction with Goldstein, Torres said her team worked to help people figure out what their needs were, so she could help them help themselves.

She said Goldstein is smart, downto-earth, a great leader and stressed his approachable nature.

“He’s very patient, he’s good at explaining, so watching him interact with the participants we were working with was really illuminating,” she said. “Watching him doing that … was helpful for me … to just sort of see how the sort of theory of anthropology is put into practice.”

His newest project deals with a population closer to home than Bolivia, Goldstein said. Immigration has come to be seen as a security problem in the United States instead of an economic, human rights or political issue.

“I’ve seen how incredibly vulnerable undocumented immigrants in this country are to crimes and abuse,” he said.

Goldstein said immigrants felt vulnerable during much of the cleanup work after Hurricane Sandy.

“I’ve just become very active in trying to assist in any way I can toward making immigration reform possible and toward helping local immigrants in New Jersey to demand their rights,” he said.

Though he does not know what the ideal solution is, he said a humane solution is necessary.

“I think our current policies break up families, they put innocent people … in jail for extended periods, they subject nonviolent people who are taxpayers and hard workers … they subject them to imprisonment and deportation and I think all of that is highly inhumane,” he said.

Goldstein has funding from the National Science Foundation to do research on how undocumented immigrants use the legal system, he said. A book on the topic is in the not so distant future.

Dorothy Hodgson, former chair of the Department of Anthropology and a professor in the department, said Goldstein is a fabulous teacher, scholar and colleague.

Hodgson and Goldstein collaborated in expanding engaged anthropology at Rutgers, recruiting students and creating undergraduate and graduate courses on the topic.

“He’s very engaged, very personable, he’s a very committed teacher,” she said. “He puts a lot of energy into his teaching and gets students excited about the course.”

Hodgson said Goldstein was a recipient of the 2012 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education and The Rutgers Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award.

Goldstein said his work is not only about him but is a collaboration between all of the faculty and students involved with the Critical Interventions, Theory and Ethnography program at Rutgers.

“The whole program is really aimed at questions of justice and rights and social inequality and many people are doing this kind of engaged or activist work,” he said.

“So it’s really what gives the cultural anthropology program a very unique character.”

health In low-income countries, 4 out of 10 children die before age 15 continued from front

“Men would sleep with prostitutes, … and they would come back and give their wives STI’s,” she said. “We counseled the men on their behaviors, but it was very difficult.”

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences chancellor Brian Strom, the keynote speaker, said global health was an imperative for a 21st century academic health center.

Strom assumed his new position leading the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences on Dec. 2.

He is an award-winning professor and clinician and was a respected academic leader at the University of Pennsylvania.

He defined global health as interdisciplinary and transnational, providing population-based research with individual-level clinical care.

In high-income countries, such as the United States, the death rate of children under 15 is a mere 1 in 100, he said, while in low-income countries 4 out of 10 children die before they reach the age of 15.

“We have the luxury to argue about health care here,” he said.

“People in Africa and other underdeveloped regions just need the health care.”

As the new chancellor of RBHS, he outlined his global health mission, which plans to provide opportunities and training to undergraduate, graduate and medical students to function as global citizens and nurture them to be global health providers.

“We can’t just copy what we do in the U.S.,” he said. “We have to figure out what works and what doesn’t in less developed countries.”

Developing long-term, sustainable health programs and infrastructure to less developed countries is a serious goal, he said.

Strom worked with the International Clinical Epidemiology Network, established in 1979, to train clinicians and develop healthcare infrastructure in underdeveloped and developing areas.

With help from the University of Pennsylvania, he established a medical school and medical assistance in Botswana in 2001. Botswana’s large reserve of diamonds has made it one of the wealthiest countries in Africa, but the country had lackluster healthcare for their small population, he said.

“The major social event in this country was a funeral,” he said.

“Cervical cancer and HIV had an enormous impact.”

He said global health is not just a question of assistance, but it is also an initiative to develop infrastructure where citizens can provide to help themselves.

Another example of his own global partnerships with UPenn took place in Guatemala, where gun violence has caused depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He worked with other medical schools there to research and address these issues.

“Global health engagement needs to be done in partnerships,” he said. “We need to engage as many schools as possible for depth and talent in addressing local health problems.”

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humanities and natural science programs and physics and mathematics departments that are among the best in the nation.

Rutgers also benefits from its small but highly ranked performing and visual arts program, diverse student body and close proximity to major cities, he said.

Conversely, the University’s ranking in four out of five national polls is declining, its faculty recognition and productivity rates are below the average of similar universities and student satisfaction with the Rutgers experience is disappointingly low, he said.

For Rutgers to enter the echelon to which it aspires, Barchi said it must evaluate its foundational philosophy, find its strategic priorities and work on its integrating themes.

Barchi said Rutgers needs to envision how universities will be structured in the future by evaluating the near- and longterm impacts of technology and hybrid classrooms.

“How are we going to double the amount of students we have without bringing them on campus?” he said.

Barchi is also concerned with improving the student experience.

He said Rutgers needs more Living-Learning Communities, which allow students to feel comfortable at the University.

The honors college Rutgers is building will improve the atmosphere, Barchi said, as well as lessening the amount of time students spend on buses, which he understands is a significant source of complaints.

The new honors college will be ready for students to in the fall of 2015, and the Theological Seminary is in construction on Seminary Place.

Plans are also in the works for new buildings for the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and the Department of Engineering on Busch campus, Barchi said.

“They are tied to the strategic plan,” he said. “This is not random construction. These are pieces that we are trying to achieve within the next five to six years.”

One of the major concerns Barchi addressed was establishing an excellent faculty by increasing the number of faculty members and redesigning the graduate program.

“We need to add 300 faculty members to [the] New Brunswick campuses to meet the average of our peer schools,” he said. “To reach the aspirational goals we need about 1,000.”

During the meeting there was no mention of the faculty union’s protest or the Board’s decision to deny them a chance to speak.

“The University is only as good as the faculty we have, [and] we do have some great faculty, [but] we need more,” Barchi said.

Gordon said being prohibited from speaking was discouraging and a bad sign about the Board’s attitude toward faculty members.

“Students need to understand that when the faculty have crappy working conditions and low compensation, the [students] are the ones who are being cheated,” Wolf said.

hire professional staff to work full-time to pass student-related national legislation.

“We provide the community with tools to elevate the student voice,” she said.

Xie said the program is a success because NJPIRG is able to contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars to people who earn advanced degrees.

The lobbyists they hire work to counter big-bank lobbyists, she said.

According to the NJPIRG website, the group supported the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fought agribusiness subsidies, tested the toxicity of toys and consumer products and helped pass legislation against unlimited campaign funding in New Jersey.

The group also suppor ts initiatives on campus, said

Nick Jermer, the state board chair of NJPIRG. Recently, they have supported the Energy Corps Service program and a program to educate student about health care, said Jermer, a Rutgers Business School sophomore.

“Between flyers, one-on-one [meetings] and tabling events, we have been able to educate 8,000 Rutgers students,” he said.

Along with the student fee, they receive grants from private foundations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which supported their health care work, he said. But any loss of student funding would be a major hit on their budget and prevent them from hiring interns and staff members.

“We’ve decided that allocating the majority of our expenditures to [national and state] staff would produce the highest benefit,” Jermer said.

Jermer said he began working with NJPIRG as a part of their voter education campaign. This November, he coordinated their new voters’ project to mobilize students to the polls.

Xie said the group did not fund statewide lobbying because legislation prevented them from doing so.

“No student group that receives fund through a university can campaign on a statewide level,” she said.

Participation and ability vary between states, she said. California’s PIRG helped to pass legislation against plastic grocery bags.

Arizona attempted to start a PIRG chapter, and NJPIRG contributed funding last year to help them begin, she said.

According to an article published in The Daily Targum on Jan. 28, NJPIRG gave them $120,234 for the new chapter.

But Xie said the chapter has not started yet despite their funding because of government action regulating student advocacy. Diane Brown, executive director of the Arizona PIRG, was still working on getting the organization to students.

“There’s been heavy legislating action against student action there,” Xie said.

According to the article, NJPIRG chose to give the money to Arizona PIRG because they were trying to pass a referendum that would allow student chapters.

The ballot failed.

For the upcoming weeks, NJPIRG plans to continue their financial education program, she said, which teaches students how to counter debt and invest their money.

Xie wanted to teach students to get money out of their paychecks.

“A lot of people don’t know how to manage their finances,” she said. “We want to teach them that if they’re getting screwed, this agency will help them.”

Jermer said the organization was gathering support for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, including recruiting volunteers to raise additional funds.

For the following spring, the group plans to work on fracking prevention and ending hunger and homelessness in New Brunswick.

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December 4, 2013

Do you think holidays are too commercialized?

“They should be commercialized because it makes them special. We can use computers to make everything fancy. It modernizes them. Because everything is commercialized, an old-timer Christmas would not happen.”

Lindsey Williams School of Arts and Sciences First-year student

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Darpan Ganatra

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Jacquelyn Epstein

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Rutgers Business School Junior

Rutgers Business School Senior

“I think certain holidays are definitely more commercialized than others, but I’ve never felt that it detracted away from what the holidays are about.”

“Yes, because it’s not based on tradition anymore, it’s based on products. For example the Christmas presents we get are based on stuff we get on black Friday.”

“No, there is everything for everyone.

You can either celebrate holidays traditionally or commercialized. It’s up to you. No one really forces you to buy things. There always is a choice.”

“Yes ... Holidays are supposed to be about friends and family, celebration and having a good time, but because of commercialization it’s mainly about business and making money.

So the essence of the holidays has now moved from fun get-togethers to simply how much money a person can save.”

“Yes, there are a lot of advertisements in media and on TV. It makes holidays more official and less spiritual in a sense.”

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Few New Brunswick vendors offer vegetarian options

By Matt Mikolay Staff Writer

Americans love meat. According to the New York Times, the average American consumes about 8 ounces of meat per day — twice the global average.

In such a carnivorous country, it’s easy to understand why individuals who choose to exclude meat from their diets might face difficulty finding suitable meal options.

Presently, New Brunswick seems to suffer from a shortage of quality vegetarian restaurants.

Relatively few eateries exclusively cater to the vegetarian population. Nevertheless, several restaurants in the area offer vegetarian dishes on their menus.

Those bored with the vegetarian sausage at the dining hall can benefit from visiting certain restaurants in New Brunswick.

Maoz Vegetarian at 385 George St. distinguishes itself as one of New Brunswick’s strictly vegetarian restaurants. The eatery specializes in fresh-made vegetarian options, particularly falafel. The signature “Maoz sandwich” features a pita stuffed with hot falafel, topped with a combination of vegetables and sauces from their toppings bar.

Maoz Vegatarian serves gluten-free falafel, as well as Belgian and sweet potato fries. Freshly squeezed orange, carrot and apple juices are also available.

Mamoun’s at 58 Easton Ave. is famous for its falafel, but there is so much more to experience on the menu. The restaurant offers six different vegetarian sandwich options for only $3.50 each.

The restaurant’s “baba ganouj” sandwich features roasted eggplant with parsley, garlic and tahini served on pita bread. The “foul mudammas” sandwich includes cooked fava beans with garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. Beverages on the menu include tamarind

juice, mint lemonade, mango juice and spiced tea.

Makeda at 338 George St. offers Ethiopian cuisine in a sitdown environment. The dinner menu offers eight different vegetarian options. The “Atakilt Wat” features fresh green beans, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, green peppers and onions sauteed with ginger, garlic and tomatoes. The “Kik Alicha” includes yellow split peas cooked with herbs, green peppers and onions.

Many restaurants specializing in Asian cuisines provide tofu options that allow their diners who wish to forego chicken, beef and pork with a healthy, meatless alternative.

So Kong Dong Tofu House at 1755 Route 27 South in Edison, although outside of the city of New Brunswick, is worth a visit for their “sundubu jjigae,” a hot and spicy Korean soft tofu stew.

Meat and seafood options are available in the soups, but the mushroom soup option is just as praiseworthy. The level of spice in each soup is completely customizable. Also on the menu is “japchae,” a traditional Korean dish featuring clear noodles stirfried with vegetables.

KBG, Korean BBQ Grill, at 6 Easton Ave. offers an extensive level of customization in their menu. Meals are available in the form of a taco, burrito or bowl.

Instead of bulgogi beef, pork or chicken, the customer can opt for USDA-certified organic tofu.

Before selecting a sauce, the customer can choose to add one or more of their many vegetable options, including kimchi, kimchi cucumber, pickle cucumber, daikon carrots, corn, bean sprouts, tomato and spinach. KBG’s menu also features fried vegetable dumplings.

Noodle Gourmet at 43 Easton Ave. also offers a variety of tofu options on their menu, including “General Tso’s Bean Curd,” tofu prepared in the style of General Tso’s chicken.

KBG, Korean BBQ Grill, on Easton Avenue in New Brunswick offers extensive customization in their menu. The dish above has tofu, brown rice and a variety of vegetables. MATT MIKOLAY Standing gloriously beside veggie bacon and “tofurky,” the veggie burger is one of the most famous of all meat analogues. Here in New Brunswick, the veggie burger can be found at numerous restaurants.

White Rose Hamburgers at 43A Easton Ave. is famous for its slider-style hamburgers, but also features a veggie burger option.

In addition to their selection of hand-crafted beers, Harvest Moon Brewery & Cafe at 392

George St. offers a veggie burger served with tomato, red onion, red leaf lettuce, pesto mayo and a side of French fries.

Tumulty’s Pub at 361 George St. offers the “Double Veggie Burger” that features two grilled veggie patties topped with lettuce, tomato and onions. The restaurant also offers a grilled vegetable wrap made with squash, carrots, zucchini, spring mix and roasted red pepper mayo.

Though vegetarians might choose to forego meat, they need not forego quality eats.

New Brunswick would benefit from additional vegetarian restaurants, but there’s certainly a wide selection with various vegetarian options found on the menus of the city’s restaurants. Be sure to visit the aforementioned vegetarian options at one of New Brunswick’s many eateries.

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NJ’s use of curse words dismaying But we don’t really give a s--- about our ranking on a f------ list

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h goodness gracious, how can we possibly problems though. If we knew we were being rebe ranked number three on a list of the five corded, maybe we would be a bit more courteous states that curse the most in the nation? and s---. Then again, we don’t really care.

We really try the best we possibly can to control Golly gee, New Jersey! Is this really happening? our tempers! It’s a wee bit unacceptable that we What has this world come to?

Maybe if Marchex, the technology company that are number three on this list. Gee golly, we should performed the study, took into f------ account that we really consider cleaning up our acts to purify our are a state of commuters, that we can get seasonal- language like Washington and Massachusetts, who ly depressed and work really f------ hard to afford to are least likely to curse. I wonder what kinds of shelive in this motherf----- state, the study could have nanigans they talk about.

The technology company also compiled a list of been more accurate to say the least. A------s.

Marchex examined roughly 600,000 phone calls, states that courteously use the words “please” and according to nj.com, a majority of which were “thank you.” Southern hospitality certainly shines between consumers and businesses. They then its loving rays here! Should New Jersey be more polite like the Carolilinked the frequennas, Maryland, Loucies of the disgustisiana and Georgia? ing, forbidden curse “We’re not afraid to speak our Of course not. words used across We’re not afraid to the 50 glorious minds, and we don’t give a speak our minds, United States. s--- about what others have and we don’t give Marchex found a s--- about what that people are more to say about it.” others have to say likely to curse in about it. So what if the mornings rather we’re not “courtethan the afternoons and evenings. Well, no s---, Sherlock. According ous enough” to some asshole on the phone that we to a study done at Umea University, commuting don’t even know. At least we’re not holding back makes us f------ miserable. When we’re driving miles how we really f------ feel when dumb questions by every morning or sitting on a train to go make a businesses are being shoved down our throats at f------ living, we’re going to curse at annoying busi- the crack of f------ dawn.

Ugh. Is this list fucking serious? Oh wait, just nesspersons if we get pissed off.

Seasonal Affection Disorder, ironically known cursed!! How can we ever be forgiven for our dirty as SAD, affects many of us caring and loving New mouths now?

We fucking apologize for all of the fucking cursJerseyans. When we’re commuting awfully far distances in the cold winter, and when we’re exhaust- ing that we’ve done. But this shit was just really ed from helping make our world a better place, the damn aggravating. We don’t really give a flying dark and stormy skies can really bring us down. fuck about our ranking on a damn list compiled Holy moly, I mean how can we feasibly manage our by a bunch of assholes. One thing’s for sure — this mothafuckin’ bullshit ain’t got nothin’ on our time any better than we already do?

The “one-party consent” law in this state regard- Jersey roots.

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Voters cannot continue to support two-party system LEGALIZING LIFE MATTHEW BOYER

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ast for ward just three short years: It is 2016 and you either recently graduated college, or you will soon. The bills are starting to pile up, your student debt looms over your head as much as your parents’ bickering about your job prospects, and you can’t seem to obtain a reasonable health insurance plan under Obamacare. Then bam: These cheesy-smiling, celebrity candidates with hairdos to envy emerge onto the national stage. You guessed it, election season has arrived.

As a frequent Thursday through Saturday night bar-hopper with a car that needs fixing and an unemployment or underemployment issue that needs to be resolved, you find yourself genuinely interested in the 2016 presidential election.

Debates regarding tax increases, entitlement spending cuts and foreign relations escalate, although you feel your voice isn’t being represented. Reminiscing on

the only two presidential elections you truly remember in 2008 and 2012, you try to decipher what is different about this one. Although the two main parties have conflicting viewpoints, as a voter, you cannot seem to overcome a sense of abandonment from both.

The youth demographic was promised the most in recent elections candidates vowing to support fiscal responsibility, end prohibition of cannabis, legalize same-sex marriage and bring our troops home. These issues are pertinent to the lives of young people, yet little change has occurred regarding them. Today, the United States still has troops in about 150 countries, our youth are among the poorest our nation has ever seen and no one in the world has privacy on the Internet.

Additionally, the federal government is still raiding legal marijuana dispensaries in the state of Colorado. Today, we are living in an environment that is a result of the two parties that we have continually elected to office, but there is an emerging face on the block.

The re-energized yet early Libertarian Party, founded in the 1970s, is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the nation. Home to figures such

as former Republican New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who you may see frequently on Reddit, the party is known for its social liberalism and fiscal conservatism. Libertarianism as an ideology is supported by figures such as former Congressman Ron Paul, his son Senator Rand Paul, Barry Goldwater, Grover Cleveland, actors Vince Vaughn and Drew Carey and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The party brings a fresh voice to the table. Libertarians seek the utmost freedom achieved through minimal government intervention on social and fiscal issues.

Since most young people are socially liberal, the Republican Party is struggling to keep them under the so-called tent that is the GOP. The party is now facing an internal dilemma regarding the different viewpoints held by the more conser vative versus the libertarian wing. But can Americans afford to be dragged though more political battles in hope that Republicans end up like libertarians? When you consider our government’s inability to follow through on their promises, I don’t believe so.

Allowing more political parties than just the Democrats and Republicans to exist should be a goal all Americans strive to

achieve. It is because of the rules regarding campaigning and elections created by Democrats and Republicans that parties such as the Libertarians are prevented from obtaining power in America.

Come 2016, I hope that our political environment has changed. Unfortunately America will have endured eight years of Clinton, 12 years of Bushes, and eight years of Obama. The next election is not the time our country needs to elect a relative or friend of the status quo that has been plaguing us and therefore the future of our nation. When you go to the voting booth in the primary and the general election, remember these realities and vote for a third party regardless of their chances of winning. Although you may not want to defend yourself against accusations of “wasting” your vote and “handing” the election over to the opposition party, you will have to right to say you never supported those in power. Demand more from our government and refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils.

Matthew Boyer is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in political science with a minor in German. His column, “Legalizing Life,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

Digital becoming future of modern photography FRONTLINES SHIRLEY YU

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othing heats up a photographer or a photo enthusiast like the generation-long debate of “film vs. digital.” For me, the answer “digital” is a no brainer. I can understand the nostalgia of film, but digital photography is the future and we need to embrace it. Our parents had Polaroid, but we have Instagram. I’ve shot film and digital, and I don’t think that any 35mm film camera could ever compare to my Canon 5D Mk3.

Before digital, a photographer’s workflow was costly, time consuming and in-

sanely technical. Film was wasteful and the “inconveniences” associated with it had kept the practice of photography out of the hands of amateurs. Even if the initial expense of buying a camera was small, not everyone could own their own darkroom or outsource the entirety of their developing to a lab. Sometimes it was common to see a photographer spend 15 minutes trying to compose the perfect photo, because frames were limited and they couldn’t delete anything. If a photographer were shooting with strobes, it was standard practice to have an assistant manually meter every shot. Film proponents principally argue, “digital ruined the craft of photography,” but I believe digital streamlined photography and expanded it.

When digital was introduced, suddenly photography became quick, easy and affordable in the long term. The costs of post-processing had essentially been eradicated for consumers, and most people started to store and share their photos on the Internet. A staple criticism from film proponents is that with digital, “everyone can be a photographer,” or that there’s less legitimacy to those that shoot digital.

There’s even a Facebook page called, “Real Photographers Shoot Film.” Of course, that disregards the fact that living legends, from Annie Leibovitz to Patrick Demarchelier, who are long-time film-shooters, have already made the switch from film to digital.

With the popularization of consumer DSLRs and the availability of automatic camera functions, it’s become easier for the aver-

age person to take photos. But even if anyone could now become a hobbyist, still not everyone would be able to become a professional photographer. For professionals, having a proper digital workflow would be just as costly, time-consuming and technical as it could have been with film. Also, digital photography would introduce new levels of competition between photographers, because of the 21st century’s strong supply and demand for imagery. With digital photography, becoming a professional photographer has never taken more hard work and has never been more prestigious. We need to let go of the past.

Shirley Yu is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in journalism and media studies. She is the associate photo editor at The Daily Targum.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Yule Log ceremony embodies traditions of Douglass women Douglass Residential College, above many other characteristics, is known for its commitment to honoring old traditions and customs. Among many of those time-honored traditions is “Yule Log,” which takes place close to the start of the holiday season.

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This event has been a part of the college’s history since its opening in 1918, although it was not until 1927 that it was held in the chapel. The event began when students at Douglass, approaching their first holiday/ winter season, were asked to burn a Yule Log and illuminate a tree in front of College Hall. Over the years, this tradition has adapted and changed, but we still stay close to the traditions of the Douglass women before us.

Today, this event still stays strong in its traditional roots, while having adapted to

the wide range of students at Douglass. All readings and songs that are presented at the ceremony strongly embody the diversity of the women at Douglass Residential College. Douglass will celebrate this year’s Yule Log with a theme of highlighting human dignity and standing strong with Douglass’ commitment to support and promote women’s rights.

Yule Log will take place on Sunday Dec. 8 at 4:45 p.m. at Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus. The ceremony will feature

readings and songs, courtesy of the Voorhees Choir. A reception will follow in the Douglass Campus Center, with refreshments and dessert. Raffle prizes will be awarded as well that night, and we invite all students to come out to this event to support a longstanding tradition.

Plus, there will be free cake. Need I say more?

Inayah Lakhani is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

If you refuse to listen to the voice of the faculty, you’re gagging them.

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- Sherry Wolf, campaign coordinator for the AAUP-AFT, on the administration’s refusal to listen to non-tenure track petition. See story in FRONT.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

December 4, 2013 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (12/04/13). Romance, creativity and adventure colored this year. 2014 opens with a profitable bang. Transform your relationship to money to benefit all year. With respect and acknowledgment, partnerships expand. Spontaneous fun flavors May. Your communications turn golden in late summer, perfect to launch new endeavors or exhibit. Align your career with your passion, and you’re unstoppable. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Dreams contain tricky messages worth deciphering; write them down and consider the puzzle. Attend to career goals today and tomorrow. Don’t spend impulsively, even with good reason.

Stay put a while longer.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — You find what you seek out. Dive into work without delay. Transform priorities and dress the part; a new haircut or style would be nice. Get something you’ve always wanted. Own your new direction.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Put your heart into your activities. Make big changes for the next two days, but without spending yet. Emotional tension demands release; it’s a good thing, so let it flow. Take the time to listen. Test your results.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — It’s a good time to get your message across. Check your intuition by reviewing data. Don’t try to impress others, despite your brilliant idea. Keep it private for now and prepare. Exercise outside and think it over.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Don’t overspend or gamble today. There’s more work coming.

A rude awakening calls you to re-affirm a commitment. Remain patient. Work and make money today and tomorrow. Give and take. Inform the team privately.

Offer insights.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Work interferes with travel now, so make plans for later.

Postpone a shopping trip. Get an expert for the job (if you’re not one). Your love holds you to your highest ideals. Pay attention to that. Have inexpensive fun.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Shop carefully. The next two days are good for making changes at home. Be careful, though. Think things through before acting. Get everyone else on board to make a breakthrough. Sift for bargains.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — There are irregularities in cash flow, but it’s manageable.

You’re extra brilliant today and tomorrow. Believe you can prosper.

Emotions add motivation. Dress eclectic. Create a romantic venue and invite someone.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — A controversy gets sparked. Great abundance can be yours over the next few days.

Edit your lists and stay in motion.

Choose your activities well. You don’t have to tell everybody. Things could get tense. Try something new.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — The action today and tomorrow depends on your will power. Don’t make assumptions or spend frivolously. Relax. Work messes with travel plans. Establish boundaries. Lighten your load.

Your power’s increasing. Help partners work out a disagreement.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — A difference of opinion causes conflict at home. Meditate in seclusion. Note financial shortages and instability. Learn from others. Calm someone who’s upset.

Today and tomorrow, reflect and look back. Identify new resources.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Dive into a passionate effort. Associates need support now. It takes creativity to reach a breakthrough. Confer with allies today and tomorrow and try something new or unusual. Despite disagreement about priorities, you perform brilliantly.

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HURDLES Holmes keeps team’s spirits high having dealt with injuries, LeGrand’s paralysis continued from back games after Eric LeGrand was paralyzed.

His sophomore year in 2011, the 6-foot-3, 280-pound lineman scratched for more playing time, earning reps in all 13 games. He finished the campaign with 12 tackles and a sack.

But when Holmes finally assumed a star ting role last season and accumulated nine tackles in four games, his wrist injur y made him a spectator as Rutgers earned its first share of a conference title.

“You deal with some things that happen,” Holmes said. “There’s a lot of things that don’t go your

WILDCATS Early leads Davidson with 20 threes, 51-percent shooting from beyond arc continued from back Davidson (3-5) is arguably the most lethal offensive team Rutgers has faced this season, averaging 70.1 points per game.

The Wildcats also convert 6.4 3-pointers per contest, while the Knights are averaging only 1.7 buckets from behind the arc this season.

Wing Hannah Early leads Davidson’s deep shooting prowess with 20 threes on 51-percent shooting from long range.

Along with guard Laura Murray, the duo combines for 34.5 points per game.

“They’re a really good shooting team so we’re going to have to be out, we can’t sag back, and make sure that we stop their shooting,” said junior wing Betnijah Laney.

But the Wildcats, losers of five of their last six, have their own issues.

Opponents are tallying 77.6 points per contest against Davidson, which should bode well for a balanced Rutgers attack. At least two Knights have scored double figures in every game thus far.

And despite their efficient longrange shooting, the Wildcats are converting just 40.9 percent of attempts from the field as a whole. That will likely cater to Rutgers’ transition game and up-tempo ball movement.

Freshman point guard Tyler Scaife, who led the Knights with 18 points against Texas Tech, is proving capable of running Stringer’s aggressive offense.

“That’s my style since high school,” Scaife said. “I like to push the ball and find the open man.”

Rutgers also expects to be close to full strength tonight.

Laney, who missed two games with an ankle injur y, played 57 total minutes against LSU and Texas Tech. Prior to the injur y she averaged a double-double in three games.

Laney estimates her health to be about 90 or 95 percent at this point.

“I felt OK,” Laney said of the invitational in Brooklyn. “I was just coming off my injury and it wasn’t 100 percent.”

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way a lot of seasons, and you really can’t [dwell] on that. You’ve got to move forward.”

The trick has been getting younger teammates to buy in.

After the Knights’ season reached a new low with Saturday’s loss at two-win Connecticut, outside perception is growing that the locker room lacks focus.

Holmes admits he has seen younger players start to question things sometimes behind closed doors, but insists recent execution struggles are not for a lack of ef fort.

“As a senior and having a bunch of seniors out there in every group, we don’t allow anybody to come out there lackadaisical and just to throw

their towels in,” Holmes said. “I re- hard. I want to win for those types ally don’t look at effort being an is- of guys.”

Head coach Kyle Flood noticsue with us. We’re going to fight all es the team’s sense of urgency, the way until the end.”

Junior linebacker Kevin Snyder but at the same time believes said Holmes’ unwavering devotion Rutgers cannot get too caught up to the game is a contagious source in bowl eligibility.

“If you put of perseverance your focus on for the Knights. [that], you’re T h e y Rutgers Senior Rankings not going to hope to feed be as ready as off it come you need to Saturday’s 10. LS Robert Jones be to play the home finale.

9. FS Jeremy Deering game,” Flood “No matter said. “You’ve what the situa8. OT Antwan Lowery got to put your tion is, no mat7. DT Isaac Holmes focus on doing ter how much your job within we’re strugthe system to gling, he’s always out there and he’s ready to help the football team be 1‑0 and play. He’s ready to fight,” Snyder then all of those things we’ll talk said. “He understands where we about after the game.”

Still, Holmes knows what is are, and it’s just a fight. No matter what’s going on, he’s fighting. He’s at stake. With his college caplaying his hardest game he possi- reer on the line, he hopes to bly can. That’s why I want to play help the Knights regain control

of their destiny and finish what they star ted.

Even with a nagging elbow injur y this year, Holmes has star ted ever y game and racked 20 tackles.

After all, he is more than accustomed to obstacles by now.

“I wear a brace that ever ybody can see during the games, but I don’t feel as though that affects my play at all,” Holmes said.

“I still feel I play at a high level and I tr y to do as much as I can to help this team win, and that’s what I’m going to do all the way until my last game, whether it’s this week or down the road for a bowl game.”

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December 4, 2013 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

RU brings talent, motivation into year

By Louis Petrella Staff Writer

The Rutgers men’s track and field team exudes confidence after a strong end to its 2013 spring season.

The team finished its final season in the Big East Conference by placing third in the conference championships held at the Bauer Track and Field complex on Livingston Campus.

The Scarlet Knights will have no choice but to attempt to replace some of the best performers the school has seen in quite some time.

Thrower James Plummer is one major loss.

Plummer, a First Team All-American and Big East Champion in discuss, flourished at the end of the season. He threw a personal best at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June, enough for third place and a qualifying spot on the Team USA track and field roster.

Former jumper Adam Bergo also impressed with the winning high jump at the Big East Championships.

Amid all the losses, head coach Mike Mulqueen is looking forward to seeing how his incoming

freshman class will pick up where those players left off.

“We had a very successful outdoor season last spring,” Mulqueen said. “We graduated some high-quality players — losing an NCAA All-American and a couple of NCAA qualifiers — but we’ve also had a really successful recruiting class come in.”

Assistant coach Robert Farrell is pleasantly surprised at how well the team has come together after losing such important pieces.

“We’ve had a really strong fall,” Farrell said. “... The juniors and seniors we have now have filled in wonderfully and the team appears to be more united than ever.”

One of the returning athletes is junior sprinter Corey Crawford.

Crawford finished last season taking home the title at the Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational, and a second straight appearance at the NCAA Regionals. “[We’ve worked a lot on] strength training,” Crawford said.

“I am definitely a lot stronger, my running form has been getting better, my vertical went up, and I feel a lot more explosive than I was last season.”

Head coach Eddie Jordan slowed down practices since last Tuesday’s loss to Fairleigh Dickinson to teach his players, even though he likes high-intensity practices. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Thanksgiving break gives RU time to analyze its own approach entering GW continued from back lost, 73-72, last Tuesday to Fairleigh Dickinson.

The Knights transformed their approach with eight days between opponents. That included senior forward Wally Judge and junior guards Myles Mack and D’Von Campbell focusing their Thanksgiving break on it.

“It’s Thanksgiving, you’ve got a full stomach. Who can’t think well on a full stomach?” Judge joked. “Especially because I live with Myles and D’Von, so we sit down and watch games and we talk about everything that needs to be corrected, how us as a house can come to this gym and collectively push our other teammates to also get on the same page.”

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Jordan made practice a little different by toning down the intensity.

“I like high-intensity, get-afterit practices for as long as we can,” Jordan said. “But then sometimes, you’ve got to slow it down and teach. So that’s what we did the last couple practices.”

George Washington is strong inside and out, with for ward Isaiah Armwood the biggest interior threat.

Armwood averages 13.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. While his scoring numbers reduced against better opponents, he still blocked four shots against Creighton.

The Colonials average .425 shooting from 3-point range, which fares better than Rutgers’ .354 percent. Rutgers also allowed 11 3-pointers to Fairleigh Dickinson and 13 last Monday to Stillman College.

Junior forward Kadeem Jack sat out with a swollen ankle against Fairleigh Dickinson, but the loss was a wake-up call even to him.

“It should have gotten everyone’s attention very severely,”

Jack said. “So I think we’ll see when we play George Washington how we’re going to respond as a team.”

Rutgers shares a couple ties with George Washington. Jordan and head coach Mike Lonergan both went to Archbishop Carroll (D.C.) High School, and Judge is from D.C. But Judge’s focus is not on going home.

“I’m pretty much an emotionless guy,” Judge said. “If you talk to like a girl I’ve talked to, they’ll tell you they don’t get anything out of me. Even my mom is like, ‘smile sometime.’ I learned early not to let emotions over whelm me, and that’s why I just keep them under the radar.

It’ll be a big thing to see my family, but at the end of the day, I’m playing a game.”

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December 4, 2013 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK NO. 8: ANTWAN LOWERY

Guard endures tough year with deaths in family

By Josh Bakan Sports Editor

When the Rutgers football team lost 49-14 to Houston on Oct. 26, senior guard Antwan Lowery’s day was significantly worse.

“I had to bury my grandmother,” Lowery said yesterday post-practice. “It was hard for me to be away from the team.”

Lowery’s grandmother’s death piled another unfortunate event to

Lowery’s final year with the Scarlet Knights. Seemingly nothing went his way in 2013.

His grandmother raised him and his brother — former Knights linebacker Antonio Lowery — until Antwan Lowery was five.

Antwan Lowery’s grandfather passed away during training camp.

He said his grandfather came around pretty often when he grew up.

Then the Miami, Fla., native struggled on the field. After allow-

Two of senior guard Antwan Lowery’s grandparents passed away this season. He said he tried not to let it affect football.

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ing only one sack last year, Antwan Lowery lost his starting left guard job in spring practice.

Head coach Kyle Flood switched offensive line starters around last spring, which included shifting junior left tackle Kaleb Johnson to left guard and benching Antwan Lowery.

It turned out Flood’s intentions were more than bluffing to motivate his veterans. Antwan Lowery never started again, but he tried not to let personal issues affect him on the field.

His grandmother gave him the strength for these situations.

“Growing up, we had a lot of hard times living with my grandmother, making ends meet, different things,” Antwan Lowery said.

“But she found a way to provide for us and just to make us feel comfortable. Growing up, just to see the struggle that she went through, it made me and my brother tough.”

Rutgers recruited him in 2008 as a defensive tackle out of Christopher Columbus (Fla.) High School. Antonio Lowery was already with Rutgers, and a brotherly connection helps accelerate recruiting processes, Flood said.

“I think that what you know is the family and you know the family values and you know how they were raised and how they were coached,” Flood said. “ [But most Rutgers brothers] all had different personalities. None of them were recruited because they had siblings.”

Antwan and Antonio are certainly different.

“My brother’s probably a more social person,” Antwan Lowery said. “He can brighten a room in an instant. I’m probably more of a quiet kind of guy.”

Switching from defensive tackle to offensive line was one of Antwan Lowery’s first challenges at Rutgers.

Antwan Lowery was 2008’s ninth-best defensive tackle recruit nationally, according to ESPN. The change to offense flipped his football approach.

“On defense, you can go out and do your assignment and just attack,” he said. “On offense, it’s different. You really have to be on your Ps and Qs.” Lowery’s first eligible year was 2010, when Rutgers allowed 61 sacks. The Knights put those failures behind them, surrendering just 11 sacks last year.

“When you play offensive line, you don’t want to be in the spotlight,” said senior right tackle Andre Civil, who was also a redshirt freshman in 2010. “When you’re in the spotlight, you’re in the spotlight for doing something wrong.”

Antwan Lowery’s work paid off to get him all 13 starts last year, but he only played nine games sparingly this season.

This year had promising potential for Antwan Lowery, who landed on Phil Steele, SI.com and Athlon Preseason All-AAC First Teams.

It was not the way Antwan Lowery wanted his senior season

to go, but he still feels blessed for being on the team and having good health, he said.

But 2014 might be his year.

Lower y accepted an invitation yesterday to the Jan. 18’s NFLPA Collegiate Bowl for draft-eligible players.

He is sure his grandparents will watch.

“I just know that both my grandfather my and grandmother would always be waiting on the football field,” he said. “Now they have a perfect view watching me.

I took it as that. They won’t have to order me on TV anymore to watch me. They can just watch it from heaven.”

Rushing

struggles

and

sophomore running back P.J. James’ lower leg injury forced Flood to get creative with the running game.

Rutgers used one-back sets more frequently Saturday against Connecticut.

“Sometimes you separate the defense with blocking and sometimes you separate the defense formational,” Flood said of the sets.

The offense will not alter its philosophy for alternating reps if James, who Flood said is “50/50” to play, cannot go.

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Quote of the Day “I’m pretty much an emotionless guy. If you talk to like a girl I’ve talked to, they’ll tell you they don’t get anything out of me.”

— Rutgers men’s basketball senior forward Wally Judge on possible emotions with returning home to Washington, D.C.

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

FOOTBALL NO. 7: ISAAC HOLMES

Holmes fights through list of career hurdles

By Greg Johnson Associate Sports Editor

Senior forward Wally Judge said he and his housemates — junior guards Myles Mack and D’Von Campbell — reviewed plenty of film last week to remedy Rutgers’ struggles. The Knights are 4-4 entering tonight. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2013

Rutgers foe carries momentum

By Josh Bakan

The Scarlet Knights (4-4) can now measure their play against an opponent who stays competitive against ranked teams and even defeated then-No. 20 Creighton on Sunday.

George Washington’s (6-1) only loss came Friday against then-No. 25 Marquette. The Colonials’ track record ultimately makes them the favorite tonight in Washington, D.C., which would knock Rutgers below .500 before conference play even begins.

Sports Editor

Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Eddie Jordan already calls his team’s performance “unacceptable” eight games into the season.

He thinks that might include himself.

“I’ve got to look at myself in the mirror,” Jordan said post-practice Monday. “What [do] I have to do better to help us win?”

Senior nose tackle Isaac Holmes never thought it would come to this, but a harsh reality has crept up on him.

The Rutgers football team, once 4-1 and seeking a BCS bowl, has slipped to 5-6 with only one regular season game remaining.

Another loss keeps the Scarlet Knights from bowl eligibility and ends their season about a month earlier than expected.

For Holmes, a loss to South Florida would signal the premature ending of his redemption year.

Before the season, Holmes stressed he wanted to make his last year of eligibility count coming off a season-ending wrist surgery after only four games in 2012.

But with Rutgers currently third to last in the AAC in scoring defense, Holmes’ vision of a satisfying ending is in jeopardy.

“I didn’t see it going this way,” Holmes said. “I saw a brighter future for the team [after starting 4-1], but we dealt with some controversy and some adversity, and it’s just time for us to get it together as a team — as a whole, to go out the right way.”

Grinding through tough times is something Holmes can attest to his entire Rutgers career.

The Hoboken (N.J.) High School product and former No. 3 overall state prospect, according to Rivals, redshirted as a freshman in 2009. Then Holmes was a member of the 2010 team that lost six straight See HURDLES on Page 13

The Colonials already shut down Creighton forward Doug McDermott, who averages 24.9 points per game this season. McDermott recorded 7 points off 2-for-12 shooting against George Washington.

George Washington is in the middle of a good stretch, while Rutgers is not. The Knights most recently See momentum on Page 14

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS-DAVIDSON, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

RU focuses on pressure ‘D’ for Wildcats

By Greg Johnson

“At the end of the day we were mentally not there because we were excited, nervous, somewhat intimidated,” Stringer said. “We were excited playing the No. 15 team. Real Scarlet Knights don’t get excited about that.”

Presumably not as excited Saturday in the consolation game of the Barclays Women’s Basketball Invitational, the Knights took better care of the ball, committing just 11 turnovers in a 61-52 win.

Going back on the road tonight in Davidson, N.C., Rutgers (5-2) is stress-

Associate Sports Editor

As close as the Rutgers women’s basketball team came to vindicating its season’s hot start with a win over now-No. 13 LSU last Friday in Brooklyn, it troubled head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

The Scarlet Knights committed a season-high 29 turnovers, which the Tigers turned into 31 pivotal points in their 69-65 win.

ing pressure defense and efficient ball handling.

“We have to make small adjustments on our defense and not turn the ball over so much,” said sophomore wing Kahleah Copper. “I think we realized that once we didn’t turn the ball over so much [against Texas Tech] and made the defensive adjustments, we were going to be successful.”

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junior, returns this season to lead the men’s track and field team as the Knights prepare for their first indoor meet. He won the long jump this spring at the Georgia Spec Towns National Invite.

Senior nose tackle Isaac Holmes is no stranger to coping with adversity.

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knights schedule

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WRESTLING

FOOTBALL

at George Washington at Davidson

at Las Vegas Open vs South Florida

Tonight, 7 p.m., Washington, D.C.

Friday Las Vegas, Nev.

Tonight, 7 p.m., Davidson, N.C.

Saturday, 7:30 p.m., High Point Solutions Stadium