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AndREW PETRynA Correspondent
tuesday night, the sigma al-pha epsilon pi sorority along with sigma alpha mu hosted “are you smarter than a 5th grader,” a fund-raising event at the Hillel House on college avenue.
all proceeds from entry fees and snacks went to the american Jewish world service (aJws), an interna-tional organization devoted to pro-moting human rights and fighting poverty in underdeveloped parts of the world. it is inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice, and
works to advance the rights of op-pressed people worldwide, accord-ing to the organization’s website.
the event, which was open to the public, had students answer a round of eight questions on different top-ics, with each round more difficult than the last. students competed in teams and faced off against each other, seeing who could get the most questions right.
sigma alpha epsilon pi is a new sorority focused on Jewish inter-ests. it is all-inclusive and has 11 active chapters in seven states,
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Rutgers library debuts archive featuring life of Frank LautenbergERicA d’cosTA
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yesterday, alexander library launched an exhibit that honored the life and work of late senator Frank lautenberg (d-n.J.), a renowned public advocate, en-vironmentalist, world war ii veteran and new Jersey’s lon-gest-serving senator.
the exhibit includes life-long memorabilia from baby pictures to letters from presidents thanking him for his service.
lautenberg’s story started in pa-terson, new Jersey. He devoted his life to serving his community, said kristen michaels, a former staffer of the senator. in fact, she said his work saved lives, affected the en-tire nation and is still relevant in today’s society.
He became the president and ceo of automatic data process-ing, inc. (adp) in 1975. three years later, he became the exec-utive commissioner of the port authority of new york and new Jersey. He then ran for the senate to bring his passion and ideas to life. lautenberg won a seat on the senate floor in 1982 and went on to serve for five terms.
throughout his years, he fought for a sanctuary and presumptive ref-ugee status for Jewish people com-ing from the former soviet union, said sheridan sayles, archivist for the Frank lautenberg papers. He lobbied to prevent domestic vio-lence convicts from owning guns, which is still relevant today in the light of national shootings, she said.
His major legislative achieve-ments include writing the bills that prohibited smoking on airplanes and raising the national drinking age to 21.
sayles said that in the 80s, when the drinking age in new york was lower than new Jersey’s, many
young individuals would drive to the city, become intoxicated and then drive back home drunk — re-sulting in several fatalities. she said his bill greatly reduced the number of drunk drivers.
“He literally saved lives,” sayles said.
ian grubman, a fellow staffer of lautenberg’s, said that as many rut-gers students are probably aware, transportation to new york from new Jersey can be unpredictable, time consuming and hectic.
grubman said lautenberg strove to improve the lives of garden state residents by planning the creation of the gateway tunnel, a project that was never approved by former gov. chris christie (r-n.J.), but was set to be an expansion of the northeast corridor rail line and would expedite travels into the city.
“He always recognized the im-portance of rutgers to the state. rutgers was lucky to have such a fighter in the senate,” grub-man said.
despite recognition from former presidents like bill clinton, george bush, ronald reagan and barack obama, lautenberg was anything but ostentatious, said Jennifer sneed, a fellow staffer of his.
“no matter how successful he got, he always remembered where he came from, his roots, how hard it is to struggle,” sneed said.
according to michaels, lauten-berg’s family was far from well-off so he worked hard for everything he attained. after graduating from nut-ley High school, he served overseas in world war ii from 1942 to 1946. He even went to college at columbia university on the g.i. bill, because of his family’s financial circumstances.
“He’d take out the garbage, he’d take the dishes at the table, nothing was too much for him, he wasn’t a prima donna,” said bonnie lauten-berg, his wife.
grubman said he was popular with both political parties, which paved his dynamic success with bipartisan bills in multiple areas of senate discussion.
because of lautenberg’s dedica-tion and inspiration, his work is still being continued by his colleagues and family.
bonnie lautenberg and ellen lautenberg, his oldest daughter, both carry on some of his legisla-tive efforts, even after his death.
“so much of his legacy lives on,” ellen lautenberg said.
the alexander library will dis-play the exhibit throughout the summer until august.
bonnie lautenberg said that her husband specifically arranged for rutgers to be the site that would hold his archives after he passed. He wanted it to be rutgers over princeton because rutgers truly serves the students of new Jersey
— the state he was so passionate about, she said.
grubman said he is content that lautenberg’s history will be preserved so well at the universi-ty’s archives.
“it’s critical that all of these ar-tifacts, his letters, his papers stay in new Jersey, and i think it’s a treasure for the state ... sena-tor lautenberg was new Jersey,” he said.
Before Sen. Frank Lautenberg died, he arranged for his archives to specifically be held at Rutgers. He believed that the University provided for the students of New Jersey, something he was passionate about during his time in government. WikiMEDia coMMonS
Despite recognition from former U.S. presidents, such as Bill Clinton, George Bush and Barack Obama, Lautenberg maintained his humility and sought to improve the lives of New Jersey residents — he was born in Paterson, New Jersey. tHoMaS boniELLo / aSSociatE pHoto EDitor
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The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents “Record Linkage: Methods, Patient Perception, and Applications in Database Research” from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research on the College Avenue campus. This event is free and open to the public.
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Rutgers subjects new courses to extensive academic approvalRyan StieSi
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The over 100 majors offered at Rutgers did not appear overnight, in fact, some of the newer aca-demic programs have been in the making longer than a traditional undergraduate program.
As new businesses and indus-tries rise, college students de-velop different needs than those of the past. To keep up and also guarantee academic quality, the University has a lengthy “New Program Approval Process,” ac-cording to a document from the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning (OIRAP).
“It was literally a five-year pro-cess through the Rutgers under-graduate and graduate faculty,” said Mike Finkelstein, director of the Global Sports Business M.S. Program, about the process of moving from an idea to a function-ing program.
The global sports business graduate program began classes in the Fall 2016 semester, Finkel-stein said.
The process started by going through Rutgers undergraduate and graduate channels, meeting with deans and faculty in various committees, he said. Following that was an external review from a sepa-rated peer. Once approved the pro-posed program was then sent to the Board of Governors before finally facing approval from the state.
“The program approval pro-cess is designed to encourage collegial discussion at all levels of the University,” according to doc-umentation of the process.
The procedures serve to provide a rational method of development, cons idera t ion and approval that weighs topics like academic quality, relevance, need and resources necessary for a particular pro-gram, according to the document.
In hopes of making decisions in a “collegial fashion,” academ-ic programs generally start from specific faculty or departments, before moving up the pipeline.
Finkelstein said the genesis of his graduate program was that himself and his colleagues all moved from professional busi-ness settings prior to teaching. As a result, the director focused on creating an “experiential” and “ap-
plied” program, where students stray more from traditional, em-pirical book learning and focus on experiences in the field.
“And in that vein our goal is to produce graduates who are im-mediately able to add value to the
area that they are particularly in-terested in in the sports business world,” he said.
Similarly, Michael Adas, for-mer director of the Masters pro-gram in Global and Comparative History and a professor in the Department of History, said his program initially focused on high school teachers already in the workforce who needed extra ed-ucation to teach classes like Ad-vanced Placement Global History.
He explained that the idea was first discussed approximately five years ago.
Since then, the program has gone through the approval pro-cess and currently provides cours-es set up to accommodate both
Ph.D and M.A. students, he said.“I think the first year we had
10 or 12 (students), and that was out of 30 or 40 applicants,” Adas said.
Following faculty and depart-ment level discussion, where those in the discipline can see what pro-grams are worthwhile, a campus review takes place. A “Program Announcement” is used to pro-vide outlines for development and needs, according to the process.
Relevant faculty groups then review the program, and a related dean works with campus figures to initiate any other necessary re-views. If successful, the Program Announcement is then presented to the “Provost” or executive vice
president for Academic Affairs.“In general, the key con-
cerns to be addressed by any proposal for a new program are academic quality, relevance and need, and adequacy and com-mitment of all resources neces-sary to support the program,” according to the process.
Up next, barring approval, is review by an external consultant.
According to the document, the consultant will review written
documentation, visit the site and submit a written report to OIRAP. In determining the consultant, OIRAP contacts professionals in the field to curate a list of finalists and decide.
The next step is a trip to the Rutgers Board of Governors. There, the Educational Planning and Policy Committee of the board makes a recommendation to the full board for review, ac-cording to the process.
If successful still, the last ob-stacle a program proposal faces is review by the President’s Council and the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
Finkelstein said that while the process is extensive, some of that is because committees might only meet on a quarterly basis. There is time from meet-ing to meeting that is just spent preparing documentation for the next meeting.
In the state’s review, The President’s Council receives the Program Announcement and de-termines whether there are any problems. If no problems regard-ing its mission, excessive cost or program duplication, then it can be implemented.
If problems are found, they can either be resolved within the council or referred to the Com-mission on Higher Education.The Commission has authority regarding concerns over cost, duplication or exceeding an institution’s mission. Unless it specifically disapproves of a pro-gram in the following 60-day re-ferral period, the new program will be approved.
Being an interdisciplinary area of study was a contributing factor
in the success of the global sports business program, Finkel-stein said.
He explained that the graduate track includes many topics in
the realm of “Arts and Sciences,” like economics and communica-tions with sports journalism and media, among others.
“So the business of sport lit-erally touches all of our lives in ways that we may or may not actu-ally perceive,” he said. “And com-bined … add up to well over $600 billion dollars a year — arguably making the business of sports the fifth or sixth biggest industry in the world.”
“And in that vein our goal is to produce graduates who are immediately able to add value to the area that they are particularly interested in in the sports business world.”
Mike Finkelsteindirector of the Global sports Business M.s. Program
Mike Finkelstein, director of the Global Sports Business M.S. Program, said getting the program into a classroom took more than five years. It began by speaking with undergraduate and graduate students and meeting with University staff. rutgers.edu
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reliefSigma Alpha Epsilon Pi’s first chapter was founded in 1998
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according to its website. Found-ed in 1998 at the University of California, Davis, it focuses on sisterhood and the Jewish com-munity while also maintaining many aspects of greek life.
“Sigma is special in that we are a Jewish-interest sorority,” said Hannah Cohn, the philan-thropy chair for the sorority and a School of Environmental and
Biological Sciences sophomore, in an email. “A lot of our events are surrounded by Judaism like religious events, Jewish holi-day events and we participate in weekly services at Hillel. We are a proud Jewish organization!”
Miraz Rafaeli, a founding member of the sorority and its current president, said that Ep-silon Pi is a social organization that meets the Panhellenic re-quirements — but that Jewish
sisterhood and community is its main focus.
The School of Arts and Scienc-es sophomore said the sorority was chartered last semester and currently runs most of its events through the Hillel House on Col-lege Avenue.
“Hillel is like a Jewish Student center,” Rafaeli said. “Anyone can come in here and study, and it hosts many different events.”
She said Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi hosts frequent philanthropic events, mostly for Jewish organi-zations and causes. Many of its members are involved with other Jewish programs and events, like the Jewish Agency Israel Fellows program and Birthright Israel.
Hillel is an international or-ganization devoted to serving Jewish students on campuses all across the world, according to its website. A “Hillel” is a center that serves the Jewish student body of a particular institution of higher education. These centers seek to promote Jewish leader-ship, community and to help stu-dents build connections and stay involved in Jewish life during and after college.
There are more than 500 Hil-lel communities on campuses all across America. Rutgers Hillel was founded in 1943, and has been serving the Jewish-un-dergraduate student body ever since, according to its website.
Last spring, the organization fin-ished constructing its $18-mil-lion, 35,000-square-foot facil-ity on College Avenue, called the Eva and and Arie Halpern Hillel House.
The building serves the com-munity by supporting many dif-ferent student groups, and pro-viding a safe space for Jewish students to congregate. Hillel hosts many events and programs that help students connect with the community, such as lecture, films, religious activities, con-certs, classes, Shabbat activities and many other services.
It serves approximately 6,400 Jewish undergraduate students at the University.
Paulee Manich, Sonya Abrams and Hannah Cohn are all members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi. Many of the organization’s events are centered around Judaism, as members participate in weekly services at Hillel House on College Avenue. FACEBOOK.COM
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As New Jersey unemployment rises, U. students remain steadyChristian Zapata
News editor
New Jersey’s unemployment rate has spiked, surpassing the national average nearly an en-tire percent.
Over the last month, unemploy-ment in the Garden State has seen a steady increase, nearly passing the national unemployment rate by 1 full percent — the first time a split of this size has been seen since 2015, according to an article from NJ Advance Media.
Despite lagging behind the national average for some time, New Jersey saw hope for a turn around in 2015. At the time, for-mer Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) corrected reports that placed New Jersey above the national unemployment average — cit-ing its decrease to 4.6 percent in 2017, according to a previous ar-ticle by NJ Advance Media.
“That means our job growth in New Jersey, is four times high-er than previously estimated for 2016,” Christie said. “So all of this previous reporting about New Jer-sey lagging the rest of the country turns out to be incorrect.”
Christie praised the one-tenth of a point that separated New Jersey’s unemployment rate from the national average — a num-ber that is now approximately 10 times that amount, according to the article.
Since last summer, New Jer-sey’s rate began to increase once more and maintained a steady
incline until it tapered off in Janu-ary, according to the article.
New Jersey’s rate currently sits at 5.0 with the national aver-age at 4.1.
Away from suggesting an in-creased rate is indicative of a poor economy, the national un-employment rate only accounts for prospective employees who have yet to find work. If an indi-vidual is without work and has given up in his pursuits, the gov-ernment does not factor them into the overall number, accord-ing to the article.
Despite this, Rutgers students seem to be unphased by high un-employment rates.
Earlier this year, The Daily Targum reported that amid in-creases to the national average, 86 percent of Rutgers students who graduated with a Bache-lor’s degree either enrolled in graduate school or found work after graduation. That is 5 per-cent higher than the national average, according to The Rut-gers University Career Services post-graduate survey.
Career fairs, “Road to Industry” programs and drop-in sessions at Career Services are some of the ways Rutgers brings its stu-dents resources that jumpstart post-graduation activity, said Me-lissa Blake, associate director of Strategic Communication & Mar-keting of Career Services.
“Just because you couldn’t make it here in person today, doesn’t mean that you can’t
pursue an opportunity with an employer in our of fice any-time because that’s what we do all year round for students,” she said.
Forty-one percent of graduates reported that campus recruiting services facilitated their activities
after graduation, Blake said. Janet Jones, the director of
Employer Relations at Career Services, said having Rutgers on any resume or diploma has a pro-digious effect.
“Often times, when I’m trying to describe Rutgers’ brand to
employers, besides intelligent and academically focused, they’re leaders, they’ve gained experience through internships ... They’re scrappy, and they’re ready to work ... They’re per-sistent ... It’s the work ethic. It’s not feeling entitled,” Jones said.
Melissa Blake, associate director of Strategic Communication & Marketing of Career Services, advises that students utilize the many resources Career Services has to offer if they cannot make it to an in-person event, as a way to jump-start their careers. RUTGERS.EDU
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Zoning regulations choking U.S. growth
A decade after the housing bubble burst and sent the global economy into a tailspin, America finds itself in the midst of a different kind of housing crisis, one that takes aim directly at
the poor and silently imposes immense costs on the national economy.No, there is not another looming crisis on Wall Street, but one that
strikes at the heart of the “Main Street Economy”: the cost of housing is becoming unaffordable for so many Americans.
There is perhaps no city in America that better exemplifies this cri-sis than San Francisco. A year-end report from the real estate search engine Abodo revealed the median one-bedroom rental in the city fetches more than $3,000 per month. Living in the city has become a luxury only the well-off can enjoy, as purchasing a median-priced home in San Francisco now requires an annual income of at least $303,000. More broadly, rent is skyrocketing around the country, dwarfing rates of inflation and wage growth. In June 2017, the Department of Labor showed that rent had climbed 18 percent in the previous five years.
Why is this happening? Many economists say the primary culprit is the excessive use of zoning regulations. For the last century, cities and towns have used these policies to soften some of the ugly side effects of rapid in-dustrialization. They used zoning to separate residential and commercial ar-eas or address environmental concerns. Today, zoning laws limit the height and width of buildings, attach parking requirements to new housing units or require new construction fit with an area’s architectural style. Often, they ei-ther directly or effectively prohibit the construction of affordable housing. In combination with burdensome permitting processes, these laws make it too expensive to build much at all, let alone keep up with the housing demands of an expanding population. Even as the national economy sees solid growth and low unemployment, housing construction remains slow.
While typically issued under the guise of legitimate environmental or social concerns, these regulations are often really efforts by exist-ing homeowners to boost their own personal wealth. By restricting the supply of housing, property values skyrocket. Since the housing stock
cannot expand enough to match increased demand, rent prices rise. While the benefits of these policies go almost exclusively to the up-
per-middle class and rich, the adverse effects fall squarely on the poor. As rents rise, the poor are priced out of their own cities when wages cannot keep up. With cities and towns across the country engaging in this “exclusionary zoning,” mobility has plummeted to record lows. The poor and working class simply have nowhere to go.
This trend is cutting off what has historically been one of the most important pathways out of poverty in America. In the past, the poor have been able to pull themselves upward by migrating to booming cities of-fering higher wages and greater opportunity. But these days, workers cannot afford to move because entry-level rent in so many urban areas is unaffordable. This has two big consequences for those living paycheck to paycheck. First, it forces tenants to fork over a higher share of their income to rent, a share that has reached a record high. Second, it cuts off a critical vehicle for wage growth. Estimates of the overall effect this trend has on economic growth are staggering. The Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets produced a study that calculated that signifi-cantly reducing zoning restrictions could increase GDP by 9.5 percent.
Unfortunately, this national problem probably cannot be solved on a national level. Zoning decisions are almost always made locally by city councils or commissions, making it difficult for federal authorities to force change. Former President Barack Obama and his top economist Jason Furman took an interest in this issue late in Obama’s second term, but the federal government could not go much further than making rec-ommendations and providing incentives for cities to reform themselves.
Ultimately, fixing this problem may require a cultural change that makes people more cognizant of the adverse effects excessive zoning restrictions have on the poor, but there are steps that state and local governments can take to make issuing new restrictions more difficult. Perhaps we can look to Houston, Texas as a model for reform. Houston does not have zoning at all, instead piecing together other light-touch policies to address environmental and social problems. It should be no surprise that Houston and other Tex-as cities with few zoning restrictions are much more affordable than their coastal counterparts, attracting economic migrants from all over the country.
While this path may not satisfy the aesthetic tastes of the country’s upper-middle class, it will do the far more important job of creating a more broadly-prosperous America in which people are free to move in search of opportunity.
Connor O’Brien is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in eco-
nomics. His column, “Policy Over Politics,” runs on alternate Thursdays.The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 150th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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“... there are steps that state and local governments can take to make issuing new
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Farmers market should be affordable
I t is true — money technically cannot buy health. But what it can do is offer a person the option to eat healthily, which is largely the
same thing. Rutgers Gardens, located on Cook campus,
gave rise to the Rutgers Farmers Market in 2008, the aim of which is to provide the Rutgers community the opportunity to experience and purchase fresh, locally grown and prepared foods. The garden is approximately 180 acres and features approximately 40 acres of color-ful plant displays and 70 acres of woods. The market itself is located within Rutgers Gardens. Access to fresh and healthy foods like this is crucial for stu-dents in multiple ways, and the market of fers us a chance to know exactly where the things we eat come from. But as is common-ly understood, farmers markets usually have rel-atively steep prices.
Healthy and fresh foods are often expensive, and for people who live in urban environments like what we see on the College Avenue campus and the surrounding area, access can be seem-ingly nonexistent — which is why farmers mar-kets like Rutgers’ are important. But if students, especially low-income students, cannot af ford to utilize the market then its potential for good is wasted. Those of lower socioeconomic status, then, are essentially blocked out and must resort back to a cheap and fast food type diet.
There is a clear correlation between poverty and poor nutrition. And with that said, students are not often swimming in money — which is why many classically resort to eating mac-and-cheese or ramen for dinner multiple nights a week. Good nutrition, according to a Harvard Medical School
blog, can translate into a healthy mind, and when looked at through the scope of student benefit, if the University is truly interested in putting ef-fort toward the promotion of good mental-health practices then promoting easy access to healthy foods and education about their importance should presumably be a part of its plan.
Students should be educated about the impor-tance of eating healthy and be motivated to do so. This is a necessary aspect of improving our community’s general quality of life. One of the new aspects of the Rutgers Farmers Market is the building of a green roof to allow the market
to conduct business in any weather con-dition while also pro-viding space to grow more crops. This new green roof for the market brings up an interesting idea regarding incorpo-rating more easily accessible healthy foods in the more ur-ban locations of the Rutgers community — put gardens on
the roofs. Community gardens of fer ways for stu-dents to have cheap access to fresh and healthy foods. It can also teach students valuable lessons about independently sustaining themselves.
The most important thing to take away from this is that students should at least have the choice of eating healthy. The University has tak-en strides in recent years by of fering students more healthy options in dining halls, but more can surely still be done. Considering the link between a healthy diet and a well-functioning brain, no students should be forced to resort to a constant unhealthy diet under the University’s watch. These sorts of things of course do take time and resources to implement, though. It will not happen overnight, but access to healthy foods has the ability to transform our communi-ty’s quality of life.
Healthy diet can translate into well functioning brain
“Considering the link between a healthy diet and a well-functioning brain, no students
should be forced to resort to a constant unhealthy diet under the University’s watch.”
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Students have the ability to enact real societal change
T he quote “be the change you wish to see in the world” is written on a staircase at Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Sar-ah Chadwick, a survivor of the Feb. 14 mass shooting, said she read it every day while walking to class. Now, she and many of her classmates are living Gandhi’s words by launching a wave of gun reform activism — one equipped with experiential dialogue and the hearts of young people. In a matter of a week, they have grown to out-lead the lead-ers of our country.
After news broke that 17 people were mur-dered at a high school in Florida, the recog-nizable post-gun violence routine began once more. There was the causality count update, fascinations with the white shooter’s backstory, social media outpours and the in-evitable offering of “thoughts and prayers.”
But, quickly it seemed responses from the victims shared a different tone. Stu-dents, who just lost friends and endured possibly the most terrifying moment of their lives, were speaking out with thought-fulness and conviction. Rather than taking their rightful privacy, they looked into the lens of media cameras and confronted the NRA, Congress and the president himself.
With teary eyes and strong voices, they demanded one thing: change.
In turn, the high schoolers also did what any fed-up, passionate young person would do: take matters into their own hands. Chadwick and her friends, Cameron Kasky, Emma González, David Hogg and Sofie Whitney to name a few, generated a sweeping movement called #NeverAgain with a clear goal for stricter back-ground checks on gun buyers. Their words and campaign spread, and a march on Wash-ington, D.C. has been scheduled to confront the epidemic of mass shootings in schools.
The actual reason why this specific move-
ment may be the one that sparks change has less to do with their rational arguments and more to do with how they carry them. The young people of #NeverAgain have grown up with one thing other famous initiatives have not: the internet. These students know how to get word out and do so quickly. They understand the nature of hashtags, how to rally on the digital sphere and even shut down trolls who label them as “crisis actors.”
And those from Stoneman Douglas are not alone. Two days ago, at least 1,000 students from the West Boca High School left their classrooms in the middle of the schooldays to hike 12 miles to neighboring Parkland and pay their respects. They too wanted to protest gun violence and pushed past their administrators to do it.
In the midst of the uprising, President Donald J. Trump ordered the Department of Justice (DoJ) to issue a ban on bump stocks, a semi-automatic weapon converter like the one used in the Las Vegas massacre. Trump has been seemingly open to improving gun
reform, nonetheless the devil is in the de-tails. It still remains to be seen if the DoJ or White House will actually follow through in prohibiting these so-called bump stocks. Re-gardless, this action alone is not enough. Not for me, nor for the students of Parkland.
As raw videos surfaced from inside the school, I forced myself to watch them. If students, not much younger than I, had to experience this firsthand I could do them
the favor of not shutting my eyes. What I saw and heard through blurry cell phone footage reaches past the word traumatic. The terror and fear of the victims can be felt through the screen.
If survivors have the courage and resil-ience to speak out against the nature of guns in our country, their voices in the mega-phone must be respected. They are not just students. They are not just children. They are survivors of a brutal attack who have be-gun a new fight to never see it happen again. The American people need to join that fight to press lawmakers for gun regulation.
Representative John Lewis (D-Ga. 5th District), one of the key proprietors of the civil rights movement, was first arrested in 1957 at 17. Many do not recognize this, but outspoken teenagers have been the source of unstoppable action in our history. It was students who populated a large margin of the civil rights movement — marching, sitting, speaking, suffering and prevailing for the world they wanted their futures to exist in.
The students of Marjory Stoneman Doug-las High School and their supporters do not seem willing to let the conversation go quiet. Neither am I. Young people have changed America before, and they will do it again. Only this time, the revolution will be televised.
Julia Deangelo is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies. Her column, “All That Fits,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
“Many do not recognize this, but outspoken teenagers have been the source of unstoppable action in our history.”
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National Margarita Day calls for tequila
JULIA TERRANOVASTAFF WRITER
Every year on Feb. 22, we cele-brate National Margarita Day. It’s not clear why Feb. 22 was chosen to be the date of celebration, but we can only assume the first cele-brators needed a break from Feb-ruary as much as all of us do. How can we pay our respects to such a historical and delicious cocktail? By drinking it, of course.
Whether you choose to order one at a bar or make one at home, this tequila, Triple sec and lime juice cocktail with a salted rim will add a ray of sunshine to your day. The exact history of the cocktail’s origin
is a little muddy, with many hope-fuls claiming to be the frosty drink’s original creator. What we do know is that the margarita was invented in Mexico around the 1930s or 40s when a bartender mixed tequila,Tri-ple sec and lime juice over lots of ice.
Of course, there are many vari-ations to the margarita. On the rocks or frozen is just the begin-ning, as nowadays people add all sorts of things to margaritas, from mango to jalapeno. Most cocktails that are popular in the U.S. right now are veering away from the syrupy-sweet drinks of the 90s and 2000s and toward more smokey and botanical flavors. A recently popular variation is to swap the tequila for
mezcal for a drink that smolders. If you don’t want to make your own
margarita, there are plenty of places to get them in New Brunswick. Es-quina Latina on 25 Liberty St. has many options, including a pineapple chipotle version. Happy drinking!
CLAssIC MARgARITA RECIpE2 oz. tequila 1 oz. Cointreau or Triple sec1 oz. freshly-squeezed lime juice1 lime wedge, for garnishSalt, for garnish
Rub the rim of the margarita glass with lime juice, dip into a plate cov-ered in salt. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine tequila, Cointreau or Triple sec and lime juice. Shake and strain into an ice filled glass, top with a lime wedge and serve.
Note: The classic margarita is not a sweet drink. If you’re looking for something a little sweeter, add a bit of agave nectar or simple syrup.
Traditionally a Mexican drink, the Margarita is one of the most popular cocktails in the U.S. today. It’s simple, too, as it only needs for tequila, Triple sec and some lime. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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With its unbeatable prices and one-of-a-kind selection of prod-ucts, it’s no surprise that Trader Joe’s has such a substantial cult following. And with the chain’s recent North Brunswick opening, which sits less than 10 minutes from College Avenue, it’s easier than ever for Rutgers students to fill their kitchens with cheap, good staples and snacks.
Since Trader Joe’s is a paradise of treats unseen in Stop & Shop, it can get pricey to try everything out at once. Here’s a comprehen-sive list of absolute TJ’s favorites that’ll allow you to sift through the aisles with ease.
MANdARIN ORANgE ChICkEN
This freezer section favorite is one of Trader Joe’s best sellers for a reason. It’s simple, really: tender chicken, crispy breading and a sauce where spicy meets sweet. Twenty-two oz. of the quick dish will cost you only $4.99.
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COFFEE CONCENTRATEThe best way to cut down on
your Hidden Grounds spending habit is to make coffee at home. For a simple .83 cents per cup, you can enjoy a smooth cold brew every day, made with USDA Or-ganic coffee beans. Just mix in milk (dairy or not) or water, serve over ice cubes, and sprinkle in a little sugar to taste. A 32 oz. bottle of this cold brew is only $9.99.
sOY ChORIzOFor something veggie but spicy
and delicious, TJ’s offers a soy sau-sage alternative that’s easy to make and perfect for your next breakfast
burrito venture, added to chili or stuffed in peppers. Even meat eat-ers will enjoy this. For $1.99, you can score a 12 oz. package.
MEdITERRANEAN hUMMUsThis hummus is easy to love:
it’s creamy, whipped and topped with delicious pine nuts. As one of TJ’s most-purchased products, and reasonably priced at $3.99 for a 16 oz. container, it’s bound to be your new favorite dip.
COOkIE BUTTERIf you’re looking for the cook-
ie version of Nutella, TJ’s Cookie Butter is a delectable choice. It’s a Belgian shortbread cookie spread in a jar, and you can smooth it onto a slice of toast or a waffle for serious sweetness. It can double as a dip for pretzels and strawberries, or you can delve into the cookie butter with a classic mode of consumption -- you, a spoon and the jar. The dip is priced at $3.69 for a 14 oz. container.
spATChCOCkEd LEMON ROsEMARY ChICkEN
Sometimes cooking is hard, so TJ’s is here to help. The chain has prepared the chicken for grilling or roasting, and seasoned it, too. All that’s left is popping the yum-my chicken into your Easton Av-enue oven until it’s browned and the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s hard to beat at $4.49 per pound.
FROzEN ChOCOLATE CROIssANTs
For a flaky, chocolatey breakfast tomorrow, you must defrost these puppies overnight. But by the time you pull them out of the oven in the morning, taste their flaky delicious-ness and realize that four of these croissants are as much as one at a coffee shop, it’ll all be worth it. Four croissants cost $3.99.
Find affordable foodie favorites at Trader Joe’s
Happy Birthday: Do your best to get ahead. Believe in yourself and your abilities. Don’t show anger when staying calm will get you where you want to go. A financial opportunity will develop from a kind gesture you offer or the input you give as a volunteer. Sign up for the causes that move you and you will make a difference. Your numbers are 7, 10, 19, 27, 33, 42, 49.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): An op-portunity will arise if you have been patient and willing to listen to the powers that be. Don’t let anger or opposition get to you. Stick to what you know and do best and listen to those offering positive change. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Op-portunities will open up if you share your thoughts and feelings. Embrace the future with enthusiasm and with the purpose of striving for greater stability and security. Partnerships will bring out the best in you. 3 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Dig deep and do your due diligence when dealing with peers, people who work in administrative posi-tions, government agencies or insti-tutions. A wrong move will turn into a learning experience that could end up being costly or ruin your reputa-tion. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): A part-nership will encourage you to try something new. Broadening your cir-cle of friends will spark an interest in developing a skill you haven’t used for some time. Let your imagination help you find answers and solutions. 4 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Try not to overreact, spend when you shouldn’t or take on too much. When you have a choice, remain moderate and don’t get involved in something that will cause you stress or complicate your personal life. 2 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Short trips, networking, educational pur-suits and meetings are all favored. Discuss your intentions with others and you’ll be offered information that will help you fine-tune your plans. Refuse to let your personal life interfere with your professional goals. 5 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emo-tions will interfere with your train of thought. If you can’t decipher what others think or want, it may be best to observe the reactions you get as you move toward your goal. Keep-ing the peace may not be possible. 5 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be careful if someone asks you to invest too much in something risky. Con-sider how much you need to spend and what you can do on your own. Don’t let emotional situations lead to temptation. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look for new opportunities or bet-ter ways to invest your money. Don’t take a risk or let someone else handle your personal affairs. Stay focused on what’s important to you and protect your possessions and assets. 3 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put more time and energy into get-ting ahead. Professional and per-sonal goals are favored, and great-er opportunities are heading your way. Someone from your past will encourage you to mix old and new ideas together. 5 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be tempted to sign up for something or book a trip you can-not afford. You’ll be happy you took a pass and have money in the bank as the month comes to a close. Try to break bad habits and avoid poor influences. 2 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Fol-low through with your plans. Make changes that will benefit you as well as those you love. Step up and take over. Show your strength and cour-age and you will gain respect and ownership of whatever you pursue. 4 stars
Horoscopes Eugenia Last
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Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Non Sequitur Wiley
Lio Mark Tatulli
Over The Hedge T. Lewis and M. Fry
Yesterday’s
Solution
ACROSS
1 To a great distance
5 “Ain’t ___ Shame”
10 Do some warehousing
14 Altar approach
15 Distiller Walker
16 Cannes “film’”
17 Feature of “Twin Peaks”?
20 Bug between molts
21 Sportscasting position
22 Rhythmic Cuban dance
25 U-turn from new
26 What you run to win
28 “___ only money”
30 Most played part of a 45
34 Indian dress
35 Have great respect for
37 Photographer Goldin
38 Be a good marketer
41 “Who am ___ say?”
42 Takeoff surface
43 So-so grades
44 Lease again
46 Make a decision
47 Title for Shakespeare
48 Attachment to 62-Down
50 A singing voice
52 Fixes
56 Puzzler
60 Yarn makers of old
63 Be a hawk
64 Recorded
65 ___ mater
66 Violin’s pins
67 Sees
68 Pig food
DOWN
1 Prefix with “biotic”
2 Be servile
3 Car rental company
4 Tether
5 About 100,000 BTUs
6 Concealed
7 “Who ___ you?”
8 Spanish appetizer
9 Acid variety
10 Reprimands
11 Neat
12 Some bills
13 Major direction
18 Stretched tightly
19 Sandwich meat
23 Brasserie
24 Try
26 Fry in a pan
27 Flynn of old Hollywood
29 Assembly in D.C.
31 Word with “ear” or “tube”
32 Saw socially
33 Adam’s grandson
34 Mix
35 Info from the pilot
36 “... and so on”
39 Come by
40 Egg-shaped wind instruments
45 Some antelopes
47 City in Germany
49 Southern breakfast dish
51 Requisites
52 Post back to a host
53 Fencing weapon
54 Engine’s warning sound
55 Hike a pigskin
57 Four fluid ounces
58 Note to the office staff
59 Stat not in a hospital?
61 Fed. mailing ctr.
62 Runway model?
Yesterday’s Solution
Universal Crossword
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Rutgers already played 3 games in Florida last weekend against Miami
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out of 3 games from a strong San-ta Clara team out west.
Before traveling to Port Char-lotte, Boston College will make a pit stop in Fort Myers for an exhibition game against the Bos-ton Red Sox, as Major League Baseball begins its spring train-ing schedule.
One player to expect more out of this weekend is freshman pitch-er Eric Heatter, who was named
Fifth-year senior guard Tyler Scaife dribbles up the court against Iowa. Scaife scored a career-high 30 points in Rutgers’ overtime loss to the Hawkeyes. GARRETT STEFFE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Big Ten Freshman of the Week af-ter his dominant debut last Sunday against the Hurricanes. Heatter en-tered the game in the fifth inning after the Knights put up a 7-spot in the fourth to take a 2-run lead.
Heatter kept Miami at bay for four innings, giving up just three hits while striking out a staggering eight batters, punching out the side in the sixth and seventh innings.
“This is a well-deserved hon-or for Eric,” said head coach Joe Litterio to scarletknights.com
about Heatter’s conference hon-or. “He went out there and com-peted, attacking the strike zone and keeping hitters off balance. This was a great performance to build from.”
This was just the second Fresh-man of the Week honor for Rut-gers since joining the conference, with Heatter joining senior infield-er Milo Freeman back in March 2015 as the only other recipient.
After Heatter’s strong perfor-mance, don’t be surprised if he gets even more innings this week-end, if not a start, as the Knights aim to get back on track in Florida.
For updates on the Rutgers base-ball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
10-of-14 shooting. She also hauled in a game-high 14 rebounds.
The Hawkeyes had another 20-point scorer in Chase Coley, who dropped 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting while also shoveling out four assists on the night. Iowa’s other two double-digit scorers came from Kathleen Doyle with 14, and Makenzie Meyer who had 11.
With one game left to go on the year, the Knights should be able to go on the road and take care of business against the Wild-cats, one of the conference’s bot-tom three teams. Rutgers also has a chance to secure its 20th win of the season, a stark difference from last year’s 6-24 finish.
As it stands with one game to go, the Knights cannot move any higher than the ninth seed head-ing into the Big Ten Tournament.
In front of them is Indiana, who has nine conference wins this sea-son, putting Rutgers two games back with just one game to go.
The only team that could catch them would be Penn State, who is a half game back at 7-8. The Nittany Lions will face Ne-braska on the road on Thursday, and Nebraska is one of the Big Ten’s top teams, with a confer-ence record of 10-4.
Because the Knights should be locked into the ninth seed come Big Ten Tournament time, they would square off with the eighth seed, and that has the pos-sibility of being Indiana, Purdue or Michigan.
Rutgers will travel to Chicago to take on Northwestern on Sun-day at 3 p.m.
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Multiple Knights are looking to improve their chances for NCAA’s this weekend
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Junior swimmer Francesca Stoppa finished fourth in the 200-yard butterfly last weekend at the Big Ten Championships, breaking her own program record in the process. JEFFREY GOMEZ / JANUARY 2018
women’s track and field big ten championships, tomorrow, all day
Rutgers heads to Ohio for Big Ten Championships
The next day, Walkowiak earned the bronze medal in the 3-meter diving competition, and the day after that finished seventh in platform diving to close out the week. Walkowiak became the first Knight swimmer or diver to be given All-Conference honors since Rutgers became a member of the Big Ten in 2014.
Two other Knights are coming off big weeks in Columbus, freshman Sveva Schiazzano and junior Francesca Stoppa.
Schiazzano broke two 16-year-old records over the weekend, as she swam the 1,000-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle, the fastest in program history last weekend during the event finals. The Sorrento, Italy native surpassed the record of Rutgers Athletics Hall of Famer Erin McIntyre, who set the mark in 2002.
Schiazzano made her first appearance on the Big Ten podium by placing eighth in the event, as well.
Stoppa had the highest event finish for Rutgers in any swimming event, finishing fourth
in the 200-yard butterfly, while breaking her own school record in the process with a new mark of 1:55.95. After this past weekend, Stoppa is the owner of the 100- and 200-yard records for the Knights and is showing no signs of slowing down.
Maccoll could not be more effusive in his praise of Stoppa last week.
“Fran is impressive because she keeps getting better,” Maccoll said. “It shows she is happy, the training is working and she’s not getting complacent. Women can plateau at this age, but not her, and that’s a testament to how hard she works.”
With their performances this past week, Schiazzano and Stoppa are virtually, but not officially, guaranteed spots at the NCAA Championships.
Two swimmers looking to also compete at the NCAA Championships are junior Vera Koprivova and sophomore Francesca Bertotto. Their times at the Big Ten Championships — Koprivova in the 200-yard backstroke and Bertotto in the 500-yard freestyle —
gave them a better chance at NCAA’s, and they will try to solidify their bids at the ECAC Championships this weekend.
Overall, Maccoll is very happy with the performance his team put up last week and thinks it bodes well for the future of the team.
“We were happy with the records,” Maccoll said. “It shows how far Rutgers has come. You look at how long those records have been on the board, it shows where those teams were nationally. This shows that Rutgers is back. Diving scores a
bunch of points, but we scored more individual swimming points than ever before. It shows the development of this entire program.”
For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
ian QuinnStaff Writer
The Rutgers women’s indoor track and field team has its big-gest meet of the season this week, as it heads to Geneva, Ohio for the Big Ten Championships.
The meet will come after a two-week hiatus for most of the team, although some members of the team did compete at the Princeton Invitational last week.
The Scarlet Knights will cer-tainly hope to continue the mo-mentum they have built up the last few weeks into the Champion-ship Weekend.
Rutgers has had three meets over the past two weeks, including the Princeton Invite, the SPIRE Insti-tute Invitational and the David Hem-ery Valentine’s Invitational, and the Knights have had varying degrees of success at all three meets.
At the very least, Rutgers hopes to have a performance that was as strong as its performance last year at the conference championship.
At the Big Ten Indoor Champi-onships last year, the Knights had eight season-best performances as a team to go along with two top-10 finishes and new personal records for three members of the team.
Then-senior Bryanna Grant set a personal record in the tri-ple jump during the conference championship last year.
After collecting three tri-ple-jump titles throughout the season last year, Grant had a phenomenal performance during conference championship week, setting a career-best in the event while placing in the top 10 of the event as well. She reached a dis-tance of 12.42 meters, beating her previous record of 12.36 meters.
Meanwhile, fellow senior Sarah Robbie had her own personal best
in the 800-meter broken as well, when she crossed the finish line with a mark of 2:10.34, surpassing her previous time of 2:11.28.
The last Rutgers team member to capture a new personal record at the Big Ten Championships
last year — and the only one still on the team this year — is senior Bria Saunders. The then-junior broke her personal record in the 60-meter, while placing 14th in the event by finishing with a time of 7.53.
The team will look to have an even better performance than it did last season, with more person-al records being broken and more top-ten finishes in the events.
The Big Ten Indoor Cham-pionships will be held on
Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24, with events being held all day.
For updates on the Rutgers women's track and field team, fol-low @TargumSports on Twitter.
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“fran is impressive because she keeps getting better. It shows she is happy, the training is working and she’s not getting complacent.”
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EXTRA POINT
TOMMY COYNE, freshman attacker on the men’s lacrosse team, was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his performance against No. 9 Army last weekend. Coyne scored 3 goals and added an assist for 4 points in Rutgers’ 9-7 loss.
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WOMEN’s bAsKETbALL IOWA 77, RUTGERs 67
Scaife drops career high in Rutgers loss to Iowa
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Head coach Joe Litterio led Rutgers to a 1-2 record last weekend in Florida. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / APRIL 2017
Junior swimmer Vera Koprivova hopes to improve her chances at qualifying for NCAA’s. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / NOVEMBER 2017
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the rutgers swimming and diving team will be staying in Piscataway this week, as it prepares to host the ecAc championships this weekend. the ecAc championships will be held at the rutgers Aquatics center starting on Friday and ending on sunday.
Last week, the scarlet knights had multiple impressive performances at the big ten championships in columbus, Ohio.
rutgers finished ninth overall at the big ten championships, matching its placement in the event last year, but only scored 386 points, not matching the program’s previous high of 446 that it reached in 2017.
but despite the lower point total, swimming head coach Jon Maccoll was still happy with the performance last week.
“the week went really well overall,” Maccoll said to scarletknights.com. “ninth place is a great result in the best swimming conference in the nation, and we swam better and better each day. they made the adjustments, kept the energy up all week and really had fun supporting each other.”
there were several knights who had very impressive performances last week, some of which were good enough to qualify for the ncAA championships in March.
senior diver Addison walkowiak has been the team’s breakout performer all season, and it was no exception during conference championship week. walkowiak broke her own school record and became rutgers’ first-ever big ten All-conference performer, as she finished as the runner-up in the 1-meter diving competition.
this was the third time that walkowiak has one-upped her own record on the 1-meter board just this season.
RU hopes to break records at home title meet
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer thinks things over on the sideline. Stringer suffered her 400th career loss as a coach on Wednesday. GARRETT STEFFE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Knights head down south for Florida tourney
MATThEW hOWESTAFF WRiTeR
Last night, tyler scaife of the rutgers women’s basketball team had arguably one of the best games of her career. On senior night at the rutgers Athletic center (rAc), in front of a home crowd, the fifth-year senior guard scored a career-high 30 points.
the only spoiler? the scarlet knights dropped the game to the iowa Hawkeyes in overtime, 77-67. After being outscored 13-4 in the first quarter, rutgers came roaring back in the second, winning the quarter 21-6.
in similar fashion, scaife was the only double-digit scorer for the knights in the game, dropping 30 points on 14-of-28 shoot-ing from the field. to cap off the career per-formance, scaife also only had one turnover in the game.
Junior center victoria Harris and graduate student guard nigia greene each had 7 points
apiece for rutgers, with Harris adding in sev-en rebounds, as well. Junior forwards stasha carey and caitlin Jenkins each had 6 points on the night, while Jenkins also contributed 10 rebounds.
in overtime, iowa went on an 18-8 run to seal the deal and secure the win. with the win, the Hawkeyes move to 22-6 on the sea-son and are tied for third with Minnesota in the big ten with a conference record of 10-5.
with one game left to go before the big ten tournament, the knights fall to 19-10 on the season and 7-8 in conference play. they currently sit in ninth place in the conference, and will play northwestern — who is 10-19 and just 3-12 in big ten games — to end the regular season.
For iowa, a plethora of double-digit scorers helped it beat rutgers. Megan gustafson was red hot from the field, scoring 27 points on
sTEphAN ZATZSTAFF WRiTeR
coming off its first series of the year against Miami, the rutgers baseball team will trek back down to Florida this Friday, as it heads to Port charlotte to take on indiana, st. bonaventure and boston college at north charlotte regional Park.
it was an up and down opening weekend for the scarlet knights (1-2) , taking 1 out of the 3 games against the Hurricanes.
the biggest downfall for rutgers was the starting pitching, as all three starters strug-gled in each of the three games. the biggest highlight was the bullpen, as it limited the damage, allowing just 1 run in all three games combined.
the offense was inconsistent but improved each game, putting up 1, 5 and 7 runs, respec-tively, throughout the series. expect the bats to wake up in Port charlotte after shaking off the rust toward the end of the series last weekend.
the knights will get the weekend started on Friday at 3 p.m., when they take on big ten-favorite indiana. Although the Hoosiers are a conference rival, this game will not count toward big ten play.
indiana comes into Friday’s game at no. 17 in the country. rutgers will look to change that, carrying its momentum from the game-three win last sunday against Miami.
On saturday, the knights will match up with st. bonaventure at 1 p.m. for a matinee game. the bonnies have yet to get their sea-son started and will have their first game on Friday when they take on chicago state.
to close out the weekend, rutgers will have a morning matchup with boston college with an 11 a.m. first pitch. the eagles are coming off a very strong weekend, stealing
TRACK AND FieLD
Big Ten Championships
Tomorrow, All Day,geneva, ohio
SoFTBALL
at Kennesaw State
Tomorrow, 5 p.m.,Kennesaw, ga.
BASeBALL
vs. indiana
Tomorrow, 3 p.m.,Port Charlotte, Fla.
SWiMMiNg AND DiViNg
eCAC Championships
Tomorrow, 10 a.m.,Rutgers Aquatic Center
NCAAM SCORES
Xaviergeorgetown
Texas Techoklahoma State
ClemsonVirginia Tech
8977
7179
58 65
georgia TechVirginia
North CarolinaSyracuse
MichiganPenn State
5465
7874
7263
