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sophomore wide receiver da-coven bailey is no longer part of the rutgers football program following his arrest for sexual assault, a rutgers of ficial con-firmed with the daily targum on saturday morning.

bailey played in 11 games last season with three starts at wide receiver. He scored his first ca-reer touchdown on a 34-yard catch against washington. He also saw time on defense, regis-tering 11 tackles and a sack, while leading the team with nine special teams tackles.

the news of the accusations was first reported by kXii and

confirmed by the targum.bailey, 19, was arrested in de-

cember after being accused of raping a 15-year-old in his home-town of pilot point, texas. three other men were involved, while bailey was initially the only one that the victim could identify.

the incident occurred at a party in July in pilot point and the three other men involved — all from tex-as and not associated with rutgers — were also arrested.

per denton county Jail records, bailey was booked on dec. 29 and released on a $20,000 bond on dec. 30.

He was dismissed in January and is no longer a member of the football team nor is he enrolled at the university.

Dacoven Bailey, sophomore wide receiver for the Rutgers football team, was arrested on sexual assault charges in conjunction with three other men in December. He was dismissed from the team in January. tHE DaiLY targUM / SEptEMbEr 2017

Football player removed from program after sexual assault charges

Rutgers Senate to discuss its policy suggestions for Barchi AndREW pETRynA

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this coming Friday, the rutgers university senate will meet at the campus center in camden, where students, staff and faculty represen-tatives from all factions of rutgers will meet to discuss future policy and the university state of affairs.

the senate is a body of 246 mem-bers from all campuses and schools within the university that is tasked with advising university officials in-cluding rutgers president robert l. barchi and regulating important academic relationships and policies.

“the rutgers university senate is the only advisory and legislative body that represents the entire community of faculty, students, staff, administrators and alumni to the rutgers’ president and boards,” according to the senate’s website. “it serves as the principal advisory body to the president.”

meeting eight or nine times a year, the senate serves primarily as an advisory organization according to Joseph markert, a faculty representa-tive for the rutgers business school.

though it provides insight and guidance to barchi on certain mat-ters, it also has the power to directly regulate things like the academic calendar and official relationships between the university and other institutions of education.

the assistant professor of profes-sional practice was elected to the senate 12 years ago when he was still a part-time lecturer. now he represents the rutgers business school and is up for re-election ev-ery three years. though listed as a faculty representative, markert said his job is to represent the interests of his entire school.

“whenever bills come up, or we call them ‘charges,’ which would

have an impact on the business school and the business school stu-dents, i try to represent the needs of the business school in my vote,” markert said.

along with being a senator for more than a decade, markert is also the co-chair of the Faculty and personnel affairs committee. such committees receive charges or proposals from other senators and parts of the university, address their concerns on certain topics and then debate and draft legislation around them, much like in the actu-al u.s. senate, markert said.

once a charge is passed, it is pre-sented to barchi who, depending on the nature of the bill, can present it to the board of governors who may then choose to adopt the bill as policy. the senate often advises the president on many important issues and challenges facing the university.

the senate also has the ability to set academic standards. these include the requirements for admis-sion, qualification for certain hon-ors and scholarships, as well as the metrics by which professors and other teachers are assessed and their workload.

the senate has advised the the university on many matters, including the recent merger with university of medicine and dentistry of new Jersey. as new schools are created and incorporat-ed into the university, the senate changes to accommodate the pres-ence of new interests and expands its membership.

along with faculty and staff repre-sentatives, the senate has 58 student members tasked with representing the interests of their colleagues to the rutgers administration.

shivane patel, a school of envi-ronmental and biological sciences sophomore, is one such student. as

a representative from the school of environmental and biological sci-ences, he brings the interests and concerns of those thousands of stu-dents to the senate floor.

“as one of the student senators, i represent the voices of thousands of students and make sure it is heard by the president and his adminis-tration,” patel said. “thousands of students pay thousands of dollars to attend this university, and deci-

sions made at the senate affect each and every one of us. as a result, i believe that it is imperative that stu-dents get a say in these decisions and speak for or against them.”

patel, like other student repre-sentatives, gets elected by the gov-erning association of his respective school, in his case, the sebs gov-erning council. student representa-tives present the concerns of their schools to the senate, and relay

these judgements and actions back to their governing bodies.

“every meeting, the senate makes decisions that can impact many people at rutgers — espe-cially students,” patel said. “being a part of every meeting becomes crucial because as university sena-tors, we get the privilege of being a part of an important decision-mak-ing process, so each and every vote matters.”

Joseph Markert, a faculty representative for the Rutgers Business School, assists other students, alumni, administrators, faculty and staff in informing University President Robert L. Barchi on pressing matters at Rutgers. rUtgErS.EDU

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Custodian pairs art, revelatory sermons in push away from drugsEmrE UgUrlU

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As a missionary, artist, writer and foreperson for custodial ser-vices at University Facilities and Capital Planning, Nelson Seda is a man with a mission.

“The Green Prophet” is 1 of the 8 books Seda has published, stemming from biblical passag-es and his own take on morals and ethics.

His book has been distributed to missionaries all over the world including in the Philippines, South America and Portugal, he said.

Seda said he received the idea to write a book by partaking in puppetry and clowning during an outreach event he was in.

He said he started of f with a puppet and then the idea got bigger.

“From there kids liked it and I thought I could expand it and write it as a book,” Seda said.

He said he did not expect any monetary gain from publishing his book.

“I didn’t charge, I just gave them out,” Seda said. “I don’t ex-pect to be rich, I just want people to enjoy life and enjoy what God has to offer. After that, that’s their choice — we all have choic-es you know.”

Among his goals include re-writing the rest of his books and doing the illustrations for them, he said. He also wants to open up a small business in graphic design, for t-shirts with his own art on it.

Seda said he has also done missionary work in the Canary Islands. As an aspiring artist, he painted two murals there and hopes to do more mission-ary work.

What drew him to missionary work was the need for change in his life, he said.

“I was a person that had drug problems, I drank a lot,” Seda said. “I got involved with the wrong people, bad people. I end-ed up needing a change and my sister took me to church and (I) ended up getting saved that way.”

He said that he worked in a factory plant at the time, where he did quality control work and spent

a lot of time communicating with every employee.

The employees knew him as a person who was always drinking, partying and clubbing, he said. Then — all of a sudden — they saw a change. He said he believed that mis-sionary work was his next step after his experience at the Canary Islands.

Seda said he has worked at Rutgers for more than 15 years, and finds time to write his books during the weekends and when he is off from work.

He said he does not do pup-petry or clowning anymore, but he has taught his three children and wife to do so — who are still continuing the outreach.

Family plays a large role in Seda’s personal life. He said he wants his kids to understand that there is nothing like family, and he tries to instill this belief in and around the facilities he works at.

He said that as a pastor he nor-mally does not get to see the lives

of the people he changed, and does not expect to.

In one instance, a man did ap-proach him to talk about the affect of his preaching, he said.

“‘I remember you, you were the guy who was crazy on the stage preaching the gospel, I re-member you,’” Seda said that the man said to him. “‘You said to

make a change and I changed my life. I was homeless, I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have anything going for me. I was on heroin. I’m mar-ried now, I have a good job, I have two kids, and every time I think about her as I walk in the front door of my house it’s what you said that comes to mind.’”

Seda said that people make their decisions and put them-selves in different situations, but that they also have the ability to make decisions and get them-selves out.

As for Rutgers students, Seda said they should look to find some-thing that makes them happy, not necessarily what will make them

the most money. His proudest ac-complishment is his children.

“I see that their minds are developing con-fused,” Seda said. “I always

see students in one area of what they want to do, which is which occupation will I profit from the most. My opinion, if you’re going to make more money and you’re not happy, you’re going to be mis-erable. You look for something that you feel that you’re going to be happy in.”

“I was a person that had drug problems, I drank a lot. I got involved with the wrong people, bad people. I ended up needing a change and my sister took me to church and (I) ended up getting saved that way.”

NELSON SEDAForeperson for Custodial Services at university Facilities and Capital Planning

Nelson Seda, a member of the University’s custodial services and author, showcases his personal interpretation of morality and ethics as inspired by his faith. “The Green Prophet” is 1 of 8 books published by Seda distributed to missionaries in countries across the world. RUTGERS.EDU

As an aspiring artist, Seda visited the Canary Islands and finished two murals. He plans on returning and building on the missionary work he completed during his initial visit. PIXABAY

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U. food-raiser incentivizes students with video game truckAnthony VentrigliA

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Fans of Smash, the game com-monly known as Super Smash Bros., and others like it, met members of Rutgers Off-Cam-pus Living and Community Part-nerships for the “No Hunger Games” — a food-raising effort in New Brunswick.

Students who donated any amount of food to the Rutgers Stu-dent Food Pantry gained access to a truck equipped with a number of different video game consoles. The event took place outside of the organization’s building at 39 Union St. off of College Avenue.

Philip Chambers, the associate director of Rutgers Off-Campus Living and Community Partner-ships, said the event was a way to encourage charity in students while having fun.

He said that one of their goals is “getting students to realize they can blur the line between service and fun, while being productive at the same time.”

Games like Dragon Ball Fight-erZ, Super Smash Bros. and Call of Duty were all available in the truck for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Some students attended the event and played video games, oth-ers simply stopped by and dropped off donations for the pantry.

Chambers said that the event was held in the gaming truck be-cause it was difficult to gain an on-campus venue which would

be practical for off-campus stu-dents. The event was focused on raising aware-ness about food insecurity and giving peo-ple the oppor-tunity to get more involved.

S t u d e n t s that live off campus are still in the Rutgers bubble and forget that they are

also a member of another commu-nity outside of Rutgers, he said.

The organization encourages stu-dents to acknowledge the needs

of others, especially those who have less access to food.

Of f-campus living is, “more than going to class and going home, it is in-teracting with business own-ers, interact-ing with your

neighbors and your community,” Chambers said.

This is the first of what the or-ganization has planed to make a recurring, semesterly event, said Rahul Pant, a good neighbor li-aison with Rutgers Off-Campus Living and Community Partner-ships. The event was organized by the department with help from the Good Neighbor Program, a marketing team for the University Division of Student Affairs.

“Food insecurity is a prob-lem that we’re trying to solve within the Rutgers community,” Pant said.

Good neighbor liaisons are off-campus students who work on distributing information and per-

forming outreach for off-campus residents, he said.

Pant said the pantry has been helpful for several students he knows, students who otherwise may not have been able to afford food or may not have been able to eat one or two meals a day.

The partnership hosts many events throughout the year fo-cused on students and charity. It will host “Project Night Night” in late February, where the organi-zation will collect blankets, books and stuffed animals, package them in bags and send them to children in homeless shelters, according to the off-campus website.

It also runs various service days and a semester of service programs, according to the site.

Chambers said this event is im-portant to students because of the sense of morality and service that it brings to the community. It also can help a student grow as a per-son outside of classes.

“We are really getting at the heart of not only being a successful stu-dent or successful citizen, but a pro-ductive and holistic human,” he said.

Students who donated nonperishable food items to the Rutgers Student Food Pantry were given access to a truck loaded with Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles for some needed game play. PIXABAY

“Food insecurity is a problem that we’re trying to solve within the Rutgers community.”

Rahul Pantgood neighbor Liaison with rutgers off-Campus Living and Community Partnerships

CRIME

JeRsey City Three men were stabbed during a fight on the first level of a JC Penny in New-port Mall. All three victims suffered injuries that were not considered life threatening. The fight began in the bedding department of the store. When cops arrived on the scene, blood stains and broken fix-tures could be seen. No arrests have been announced.

BuRlington County Christo-pher K. White pleaded guilty to multiple charges after holding a 17-year-old girl hostage and lur-ing her into prostitution in South Jersey. On Friday he pleaded guilty to first-degree promoting prostitution of a minor and sec-ond-degree facilitation of human trafficking. The investigation revealed that White and his wife lured the girl to a motel, under the pretense of paying her to babysit their two children. Over the span of 10 days, the couple forced the victim to have sex

with up to five men a day. White will serve a 13-year sentence in state prison and upon release, will be registered as a sex of-fender and remain under parole for life.

BeRgen County Early Sunday morning, a body was found in the Hackensack River, accord-ing to authorities. After the po-lice received a call, the body was found behind The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack. The in-vestigation is ongoing.

atlantiC County Jose Rojas, 35, has been charged with first-de-gree aggravated manslaughter after causing the death of his four-month-old son. On Jan. 29, police responded to a call at the 6000 block of Hoover Drive and when they arrived they found the child with no pulse. Doctors at Children’s Hospital of Phil-adelphia stated the child suf-fered numerous hemorrhages, consistent with severe trauma.

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Ryan StieSiAssociAte News editor

Adjunct professor Mazen Adi is no longer employed by Rutgers University following scrutiny sur-rounding his ties to the Syrian regime led by President Bashar al-Assad.

University spokesperson Neal Buccino confirmed this in an email to The Daily Targum.

“Part-time lecturer Mazen Adi is not currently employed at Rut-gers University—New Brunswick and has not taught here since the summer of 2017,” he said.

The University did not comment on the reason for Adi’s departure.

Assad’s regime has been ac-cused of numerous human rights violations, for example, in Septem-ber investigators from the United Nations said they had document-ed 33 chemical weapons attacks to date — 27 of which were from the Assad government, according to Reuters.

Adi drew scrutiny because of his role as a diplomat and legal advisor to the Permanent Mission of Syria to the Unit-ed Nations, according to The Targum. The position entailed him representing Syria in all meetings that took place in the United Nations Headquarters. These meetings dealt with a variety of international legal

topics, like international hu-manitarian law and internation-al criminal law.

While at Rutgers, Adi worked in the Department of Politi-cal Science and taught classes such as International Criminal Law and Anti-Corruption, Ex-tremism, Violence and Political Change and Theories of Terror-ism and Counter-Terrorism, ac-cording to the department web-site. He joined the University in September 2015.

The Targum reported that he was slated to teach the course In-ternational Criminal Law and An-ti-Corruption, during the Spring 2018 semester, prior to his leave.

An independent watchdog group, UN Watch, brought atten-tion to Adi’s former ties in No-vember. The group called for the the United States to deport Adi, according to its website.

Adi “acted as an apologist for the mass murder committed by the Assad regime against his own people, helping Syria to win im-punity at the UN to conduct con-tinued war crimes,” according to the site.

Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, said, “It ought to be a matter of profound concern that an American university would al-low an apologist for the Syrian re-gime’s genocide to be a teacher,” according to the site.

Rutgers professor no longer works at U.

Mazen Adi is currently not employed by Rutgers, according to an email from University Spokesperson Neal Buccino. Adi was a part-time lecturer and held a prior position as diplomat and legal advisor to the Permanent Mission of Syria to the United Nations. RUTGERS.EDU

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Nassar’s conviction gives taste of justice

A s Alexandre Dumas once said, “Women are never so strong as after their defeat.”

This statement could not possibly ring anymore true after more than 150 women have confronted Larry Nassar for his blatant abuse of power as a sports physician.

Nassar spent his career as a sports physician sexually abusing and mo-lesting young women who entrusted themselves in his care. He spent the entirety of his career fooling parents and by using his reputation as an excel-lent physician for children, and he allowed parents to entrust their own chil-dren with a monster who disguised sexual abuse as professional treatment.

But, even after Nassar’s pathetic plea of how hearing all of his vic-tims’ impact statements have pained him, “... Nassar wrote to the court recently in which he defended his medical care, said he was ‘manipulat-ed’ into pleading guilty and accused the women of lying.”

This sheer lack of remorse and this disgusting audacity to place blame on his victims is a reason why this entire #MeToo movement has recently become the most powerful and effective tool on social media to spread knowledge and rid ignorance about the prevalence of sexual abuse and harassment toward women.

The entirety of Nassar’s scandal has resulted in this domino effect. Society is finally beginning to witness, experience and have the answers to questions that have been targeted toward victims and survivors of sexual abuse ever since women began to voice the injustices they face. In regard to cases of sexual harassment, assault or abuse toward women, there is always question regarding why women choose to wait so long before they speak. We suffer from this societal disease that makes it our initial response to make women feel as if they choose to victimize themselves by staying silent for so long.

I think it would be almost stupid for anyone to say that Olympic medal-ists like Simone Biles and Aly Raisman are weak. These two women are some of the most elite and professional athletes in the entire world, and watching female Olympians share and relate to struggles that affect so much of the female population is heartbreaking. These women are re-silient. They are survivors. But as if living with the details of their sexual abuse was not difficult enough, it is almost inspirational to watch women like Jamie Dantzscher admit how Nassar was so manipulative in his sexu-

al abuse that for a moment, he almost appeared like her “guardian angel.” Sexual abuse has never been black and white — it has taken decades

for society to finally realize that stereotypes regarding sexual abuse and assault toward women, which “have” to be defined as physical struggles or immediate anger, are the only ways to validate these cases of abuse. As to why it had to take more than 150 women to be taken advantage of by Nassar for society to finally understand is completely infuriating, but wom-en like Dantzscher paint a clearer image for all of us as to how those who abuse their positions of authority genuinely seem to their victims. Instead of blaming women for the injustices that happen to them, I think it is time people began to question how one man managed to upheave the entirety of the U.S. Olympics Committee by establishing a position for himself that made it disgustingly simple for him to molest young gymnasts. It is almost this reconciliation between pain and bitter laughter seeing and hearing about women who experience sexual assault not taken seriously, because there is no way possible that the monsters they accuse could possibly ex-ist. But now we have a monster who undermined the entirety of the Olym-pics committee, and as for how far his sexual abuse actually pervades soci-ety — that is something that we have not quite figured out yet.

Women who stay quiet are not weak. Women who initially trusted those who sexually abused them are not suffering from any case of ab-sent-minded and whimsical changing of mind. And what they have to say is completely valid. The entirety of this sexual abuse scandal has finally begun to combat the outright sexism and misogyny painted on women for simply being women. Not only do we get a glimpse of what it feels like for these females assaulted in Nassar’s “care,” we also realize the extent of a woman’s power. Through broken bones, sprained ankles and raw blisters on top of hours of brutal training, these women achieved their gold medals while battling the demons that Nassar created for them.

These women have become trailblazers for what it means to be female professional athletes, and most importantly, a chance for all victims out there to get a glimpse as to what justice truly looks like once served.

Ashley Wang is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in En-glish and minoring in philosophy. Her column, “A Third Person Perspective,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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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Student parents deserve accomodations

A s midterms approach, the stress associ-ated with college life begins to set in once again. Students who have jobs so as to give

themselves a bit of extra financial support experi-ence even higher levels of stress around this part of the semester, trying to balance their work sched-ules with the time necessary to be allocated toward studying. For some students, this can seem almost impossible. But seemingly invisible to much of Rut-gers’ student body is a group that experiences the pressure of both school and work on top of an even more stressful feat — parenthood.

Contrary to the common conception of a col-lege student, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research reported that more than a quarter of college students have children in this country. At Rutgers, the demo-graphic is presum-ably no dif ferent. Since 2015, mem-bers of Rutgers Students With Chil-dren (RSWC) have been pushing to be genuinely acknowledged by the University as a population and to receive sim-ple access to information and resources that may work to help them stay in school and obtain their degrees. After being essentially ignored despite dozens of meetings with members of the admin-istration, RSWC has issued President Robert L. Barchi a de facto ultimatum in the form of a peti-tion with a list of 12 immediate and long-term de-mands, none of which bear any significant mone-tary requirement. The petition has received more than 400 signatures so far.

As we know, college is more important today than it has been throughout history. People with college degrees statistically make significantly more money and, obviously, have access to more job opportuni-ties. A single mother especially without a college de-gree is in a tough spot, and if the University neglects to grant them the help they need to graduate without jumping through hoops to do so, these students’ chil-dren will be in an even tougher spot.

One demand on the petition is priority registra-tion for student parents. This would allow students with children who have hectic schedules – just like student athletes — to sign up for classes at times that work for them. Another is to be tracked and named as an official population at Rutgers, which would make these students feel less invisible and marginalized and allow for the tracking of the group’s graduation and retention rates. A third de-mand is for an overt presence at orientations, so that incoming student parents can learn about the group and the help it can offer them. These are just three examples of relatively simple requests made by RSWC for the past two years that have been ef-fectively ignored by the administration. In an ideal world, all of the requests made by this group would

come to fruition, but we clearly do not live in an ideal world. With that said, though, the reasoning behind the lack of recep-

tiveness to this group by the University even for its simple requests is puzzling, especially because there are so many other groups on campus that re-ceive ample support and advocacy, as they should, such as Counseling, ADAP and Psychiatric Ser-vices and the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance.

The Rutgers University Division of Student Affairs presumably exists to promote academic and person-al success for all of the University’s students, no mat-ter what group or groups they belong to — this no doubt applies to student parents. RSWC has done an admirable job advocating for its own causes, and it seems the time has come for the University to show it some respect, if not for the student parents, at least for their children whose futures may depend on their parents’ degrees. The administration has the ability to significantly diminish intergenerational poverty by helping student parents on their path to gradua-tion — we hope it makes the right choices with re-gard to this matter in the months to come.

U. has distinct opportunity to address intergenerational poverty

“... more than a quarter of college students have children in this country.”

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Current Republicans’ disregard of deficit shows hypocrisy

A s the 2008 recession was in full force under former President George W. Bush, Republicans scrambled to

do anything in their power to reverse the deleterious effects of the market crash on the U.S. economy. To their credit, Republi-cans broke with party orthodoxy in order to stimulate the economy, deciding to cast away their concerns with deficit spending and government intervention in the market in order to adopt Keynesian policies meant to manufacture demand and get more mon-ey spent back into the economy.

Yet, beginning with the inauguration of former President Barack Obama, Republi-cans were seemingly no longer interested in stimulating the market, citing newfound concerns with creating large deficits as a bigger existential worry than the massive amounts of Americans who found them-selves out of work. Curiously enough, this hardline stance against adding to the nation-al debt was nowhere to be found under the Bush administration, where the 43rd pres-ident oversaw massive increases in discre-tionary spending stemming from economic uneasiness and the foreign wars in the Mid-dle East. In addition, former Vice President Dick Cheney also said early on in Bush’s

first term that “Reagan proved deficits don’t matter,” yet Republicans were blind to this point of view during Obama’s time in office.

Now as we fast forward to today, the same Republican Party that held the gov-ernment hostage and threatened to cause it to default on its debt under Obama has not only passed a two-year government spend-ing package that will cost upward of $500 billion, but also passed a sweeping tax cut bill just a couple months ago that is slated to add more than $1 trillion to the national debt over the course of the next decade.

While many Republican lawmakers have spoken out about the importance of the government spending bill and tax cuts in providing stability and support for the working class, this behavior still signifies a marked shift from the Republican deficit hawks who have held up spending increas-es under Democratic regimes. But, one Re-publican who is not in favor of the deficit in-creases under the Trump administration is libertarian Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has denounced his fellow Republicans as being hypocritical and “complicit in the deficits.”

Even so, Republicans, such as Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), have touted the positives of their accomplishments, especially when it comes to the impact of the new tax cut legislation on working families. They have said that: “Take home pay is going up, wages are going up, benefits are going up, businesses are expand-ing.” Yet, while Republicans have tried to mold their rhetoric surrounding the tax cuts around giving a boost to the lower and mid-dle class, the actual language of the bill lends it more to being a handout to the wealthy

than some sort of stimulus to the needy. Take, for instance, the fact that in order

to pass the law through both chambers of Congress while abiding by Senate rules, the Republicans were forced to choose between putting an expiration date on either the cor-porate or the individual tax cuts. While one would think a bill meant for the people would make this an easy choice for those at the bot-tom rungs of the economic ladder, Republi-cans decided otherwise. They chose to make the tax breaks for businesses permanent, while slapping an expiration date on the ones

for families that reads “2026,” which also just so happens to be a midterm election year, sig-naling that conservatives plan on using the expiration of the tax cuts for working people as political leverage against the Democrats.

Most concerning for working families, though, is the blame to which Republicans levy for the proliferation of the national debt. Ryan has made it known that he faults enti-tlement programs for blowing up the nation-al debt, completely disregarding the steps his own party has taken since former Pres-ident Ronald Reagan’s administration that have resulted in that very same outcome. Contrary to popular belief within conserva-tive circles, it is estimated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that more than 90 percent of the benefit dollars that entitle-ment and other mandatory programs spend go to assist people who are elderly, serious-ly disabled or members of working house-holds. But, while the tendency of Republi-cans to disregard deficits while in power is certainly a brazen example of their hypocri-sy, I find it more hypocritical that conserva-tives would pass off their tax cut legislation as a victory for the working class when the government programs working Americans rely on are next in the crosshairs to be cut.

Hunter Maenner is a School of Arts

and Sciences junior majoring in criminal justice and political science. His column, “Maenner’s Musings,” runs on alternate Mondays.

“Most concerning for working families, though, is the blame to which Republicans levy for the proliferation of the

national debt.”

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Waking up to 30-degree weath-er and having to rush to a Mon-day morning class makes it very tempting to just roll out of bed in the sweats we slept in, but our winter attire doesn’t always have to consist of Rutgers hoodies and the first pair of sweatpants we see in our closet. According to the groundhog, there’s still a month left of winter, so it’s never too late to swap out our go-to cozy outfit for clothes that will make us look and feel good.

Since we can’t control how cold the weather will be, the easiest way to look cute and still be cozy is to layer. Wearing a button-down shirt under a sweater or putting on a long sleeve under a cardigan can keep out the cold, while still being stylish.

Manuel Silva, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, has made the effort to not let the cold weather keep him in sweatpants and a hoodie.

“It is crucial to layer in the wintertime. Layering is such a diverse way of looking cute in the winter,” Silva said.

There are endless ways to layer, and playing around with wintertime essentials, such as sweaters, turtlenecks and jackets, can give you easy, comfortable and fashionable outfits each day. By just layering items that you al-ready have in your closet, you can

create new outfits that don’t take much effort to put on.

For the guys out there trying to figure out how to layer, Silva’s favorite layered outfit consists of a wide neck sweater, which is easy to put on and made of knit material, a Henley thermal underneath for warmth, a pair of jeans or joggers and a jack-et. Another go-to look is a long sleeve turtleneck shirt under an oversized sweater, ripped jeans and a leather jacket. The great part about layering is that when it starts to get warm — which happens often due to the con-stant fluctuation in temperature in New Jersey — you can always take a layer off.

Shoes and accessories can make a big difference in our everyday outfits, and they take minimal amounts of effort when getting dressed in the morning. Instead of wearing your everyday sneakers to class, maybe put on a pair of boots. Not only do boots go with plenty of outfits, they are also effective in keeping our feet warm in the blistering cold. From com-bat-inspired to knee-high boots, there is a style that can work for everyone. Over-the-knee boots are popular right now, and can be worn with jeans tucked in or paired with a dress.

Chelsea boots for men are in style right now, giving guys a way to add a little more flair to a plain outfit. Adding acces-sories that are both stylish and

functional are great ways to change up your clothes. Hav-ing a patterned scarf or a knit beanie are great ways to protect ourselves from bone-chilling wind while also adding another component to an outfit. Want to wear low-top shoes but dread the freezing wind on your an-kles? Finding a pair of colored or patterned socks to peek out of your shoes is a subtle but trendy way to alter an outfit.

Wearing prints or adding a pop of color during the gloomy and dark days of winter can help us feel a little better about having to leave our warm homes.

“Clothes can really make you feel some type of way,” Silva said.

There is some truth to the saying “Look good, feel good” — you’d be surprised at how putting in a little extra effort into your outfit can affect your confi-dence for the day. Wearing funky pants or a bright-colored sweater can have the same effect. Instead of just wearing plain clothes, do-ing this can make you look and feel good since it seems that you put in some extra effort into your day, even though it’s just a simple change between wearing a plain black t-shirt to wearing a striped one.

A current trend right now are glen plaid pants. Since they are printed pants, they look super fashionable even though they feel like joggers. The best part of having articles of clothing that

School of Arts and Sciences juniors Lona Sniderman and Kristen Wall paired combat boots with layered sweaters, proving winter style doesn’t have to be compromised. COURTESY OF KRISTEN WALL

are printed or colored is that they aren’t just limited to winter attire, and can be worn during any time of the year.

The wintertime struggle is real, and that is definitely something

we can all agree on. Our outfits don’t have to reflect that strug-gle. By making simple swaps to our everyday outfits, we can go from tired, college student to full-on fashionista.

Sick of binge-watching? Find these page-turners on campusJoRDan LeVYCorreSPonDent

The semester has kicked into high gear, so naturally, stress levels are rising, too. When Netflix and Twitter finally stop being good dis-tractions from homework, maybe it’s time for a book. With libraries on ev-ery campus — as well as the Rutgers Barnes and Noble — there’s no ex-cuse for not being able to find some-thing good to read. If you need help getting started, here’s a good list to kickstart your reading adventures.

“BLooD in the WateR” BY heatheR ann thompsonAvailable at the Rutgers Barnes

and Noble, this is a stark retelling of the 1971 Attica Prison Upris-ing. Thompson delves into the nitty-gritty details of the circum-stances that led to the revolt of the prisoners from a federal level to happenings inside the prison. After the small revolution, Thompson covers the following trial and the subjugation of the rebellious pris-oners. Thompson’s study on Attica is a multilayered look into the fab-

ric of American culture at the turn of the 1970s.

“Knees of a natuRaL man” BY henRY Dumas This is a collection of poetry from

the former Rutgers student and re-nowned author. Dumas, a fiction writer and poet attended Rutgers for several years without ever attain-ing a degree, but his work speaks for itself. Using vivid imagery to describe life as a Black man in the mid-1900s, Dumas’s poetry has el-evated his status even with a short

career. Unfortunately, Dumas was killed by a New York City Transit policeman at age 33, but his work is still immensely influential. This se-lection of poetry is available at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library.

“homegoing” BY Yaa gYasi

This is a historical fiction novel about half sisters and the different paths their lives take after one is sold into slavery, while the other isn’t. Spanning multiple genera-tions and timelines, the award-win-ning novel explores the slave trade and early America at an intensely personal level. Gyasi, who visited Rutgers at the beginning of the school year, has crafted a hit with “Homegoing,” being noted in NPR, The Washington Post, Esquire and more. “Homegoing” is available at the James Dickson Carr Library on Livingston campus.

“going to meet the man” BY James BaLDWin

Baldwin, known for his essays as well as his fiction, weaves tales of people trying to get by. The premises of the stories can seem mundane, but Baldwin’s incisive writing makes the inner thoughts of his characters a story in and of

itself. Exploring social, racial and gender norms, his stories are a reflection on how life in America’s recent past was full of radically different challenges than today. “Going to Meet the Man” is avail-able at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

“fLash of the spiRit: afRican anD afRo-ameRican aRt anD

phiLosophY” BY RoBeRt faRRis thompson

As we’re more familiar with the Michelangelos and Picassos of the world, a profile on African and Afro-American forms of art and philosophy is an eye-opening read. The book’s exploration into how art is a part of African life and religion documents a history that goes back to ancient times. Exploring Yoruba gods from Nigeria, Vodou in Haiti and various South American coun-tries, this is a great book to learn about art outside of Europe. It’s available at the Art Library on the College Avenue campus.

These selections are just a few different types of books available at Rutgers. Regardless of how you get your books, give some a try sometime.

As winter weather lingers, keep your wardrobe fresh

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Happy Birthday: The more discreet you are, the easier it will be to get things done. Refuse to let anyone drag you into his or her dilemma. Concen-trate on being your best. Set realistic goals and take precise action to avoid setbacks and frustration. Use your intellect to guide you in a direction that honors hard work, dedication and long-term success. Your numbers are 1, 13, 20, 23, 36, 38, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make moves for the right reasons. Acting on impulse instead of foresight will lead to a mistake that will be difficult to rectify. An intelligent assessment of the situation you are facing will pay off. 2 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ex-pand your interests to include skills and knowledge that can comple-ment what you already have to offer. Slowly explore options that can be applied to help others. Your input will lead to advancement. Change should begin within. 5 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Easy does it. Only take on what you know you can handle. If you over-step your bounds, someone will let you know. Change will cause con-troversy. Have a backup plan ready to implement. Learn from your mis-takes. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and start making plans to engage in the activities and events that entice you. Use your imagina-tion and you will come up with a plan that enhances your personal life and relationships. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s up to you to bring about change. Use your knowledge to overcome excessive behavior or to ensure that you don’t let generosity leave you low on funds. Focus on equality when dealing with partnerships of any kind. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s up to you to bring about change. Do what suits you, not what someone else wants you to do. Following in someone else’s footsteps instead of branching out and doing your own thing will be a letdown. 5 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t count on inside help. You’ll meet with opposition if you make changes at home. Get involved in activities or events that allow you to use your intelligence. A short trip or unusual purchase will be enlightening. 2 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stay focused on what you can realistically accomplish. Your input will help to temper what’s going on around you. Accept change as part of a necessary process. Don’t put blame where it doesn’t belong. 4 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ease into your day. Keep past expe-rience in mind so you know what to watch out for when dealing with friends and relatives. Patience and common sense will be necessary. Honesty is encouraged, even if it hurts. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Personal achievements are high-lighted. Spend more time honing your skills, updating your image or looking for a unique way to make money using your talent, experience and knowledge. Don’t follow others -- do your own thing. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Walk away from temptation. Know your limits and stick to what works best for you. Change can be good as long as you stick to what you know is do-able and say “no” to unrealistic ven-tures. Know your boundaries. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Use your intuitive insight to help those less fortunate. What you offer others will be rewarding, but don’t let any-one take advantage of your kindness and generosity. Know your limita-tions and don’t let anyone deprive you of peace of mind. 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 “___ Darn Cat!”

5 Small arguments

10 Unenviable destiny

14 Dingle Bay site

15 Synagogue book

16 “Need anything ___?”

17 From a distance

18 Antitheft device

19 Favoritism or prejudice

20 Loanable Halloween material?

23 Nervous

24 Recant

25 Trophies and such

28 Grounded measure?

30 Indian garment

31 Detest

33 Like slick winter roads

36 Disapprove of nearly everything?

40 A farm abode

41 Dental filling

42 ___ Bator, Mongolia

43 Dog command

44 Nears midnight

46 Love at the Eiffel Tower

49 Not frozen or canned

51 Mistaken bits of wood?

57 Yet another time

58 Cracks the books

59 Eye part

60 Sinatra or Turner

61 Star’s little turn

62 Drip through cracks

63 “___ does it”

64 Cause of insurance fraud

65 ... candle at both ___

DOWN

1 Bluish-green hue

2 Record player

3 Middle East native

4 Places to observe plants

5 Activates

6 “Graph” starters

7 “The Sheik of ___” (song)

8 Edible Tahitian root

9 Oafish sort

10 Make fillets

11 Miscellaneous assortments

12 City of Japan

13 Disheveled

21 Connecting word

22 Common pack animal

25 Makes requests

26 Be stalled in a line

27 Highfalutin’

28 Ship-to-shore call?

29 It’s corny

31 With skill

32 Squeezing creature

33 Not busy

34 Extended family

35 Strong longings

37 “Glycerine” start

38 Type of lab or fingerprint

39 Old place to go?

43 Place of many heroes?

44 Teacher’s teaching

45 Thing on your butt?

46 Let up, as rain

47 Frenzy

48 Foretelling signs

49 Gets all frothy

50 Event with clowns

52 Huge sea creature

53 “B.J. and the ___”

54 Bakery mainstay

55 Like a propped ball

56 Gullible victims

Yesterday’s Solution

Universal Crossword

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Senior guard Mike Williams made his long-awaited return to the court for Rutgers on Saturday. Williams was out due to injury since mid-January. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / DECEMBER 2017

Williams, Omoruyi returns not enough as Rutgers losing streak climbs to 7

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Knights shoot 37 percent from field in blowout loss to No. 10 Terrapins

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Williams brought some life back into the squad, with both return-ing to form from their injuries and keeping Rutgers in the game from then on.

One of Omoruyi’s first contribu-tions — appropriately enough — was a taken charge, his 21st of the season. Nobody else on the team has taken more than one charge this year.

Though Nebraska still had its way on offense, the Knights’ crawl back was a result of everyone con-

Maryland having the upper hand for the most part. Rutgers com-mitted 10 turnovers in the first 10 minutes, which the Terps con-verted into 9 points.

Fifth-year senior guard Kath-leen Fitzpatrick ended the quar-ter with a long 3-pointer that cut Maryland’s lead to 3 points.

The second quarter, on the other hand, belonged to Mary-land. The Terps outscored the Knights 21-8, and ended the half with a 16-point lead. They shot more than 50 percent from the field, while Rutgers shot at a 40-percent clip, missing a few wide-open shots.

The Knights did cut the lead to four with 3:43 to go in the half, but Maryland responded with a 13-1 run heading into halftime, estab-lishing control that it would keep in the second half.

“They just capitalized on our turnovers and not rebounding,” Harris said. “That’s what made the lead bigger.”

The third quarter was more of the same, but a late-scoring burst al-lowed Rutgers to cut into the deficit a bit and make it an 11-point game heading into the fourth quarter.

The Knights managed to make it a 10-point game twice in the fourth quarter, but they were never able to make it a single-dig-it deficit. The Terps ended the game on an 8-0 run to finish the game with their biggest lead of the afternoon.

Like most other recent loss-es, multiple players and coaches

blamed a lack of focus on the loss. In particular, Carey said that the lack of focus allowed opponents to score more easily.

“We just need to focus more and go hard in practice,” she said. “A lot of teams score off of us not being focused and ready to get back in transition.”

Rutgers ended the game with 22 turnovers, the most since its season opener, directly leading to 18 points for Maryland.

“I thought the turnovers were atrocious,” Stringer said. “You can’t have 22 turnovers and win a basketball game. Many of those were, for a lack of a better word, stupid. We were just trying to throw it to people instead of letting (the play develop) and see what was going on.”

The Knights also shot 1-for-12 from the 3-point line, while the Terps made 4-of-9 from beyond the arc.

Following four straight games against ranked teams, Rutgers gets a breather this week when it plays Wisconsin on Wednesday night.

Despite the lack of focus and a few on-court lapses, there were still things for the Knights to be proud of coming away from this game, especially since it was a lot closer than other recent losses to ranked teams.

“Everybody made a conscious effort to try to play with a level of pride and believed that we could get it done,” Stringer said.

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Junior forward Stasha Carey was all defense on Sunday, grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking two shots against No. 10 Maryland. GARRETT STEFFE / FEBRUARY 2018

tributing — not just the standard two-player combinations.

Junior guard Corey Sanders and freshman guard Geo Baker did in fact help that along, help-ing feed Omoruyi and Freeman inside and finding space for Wil-liams and sophomore guard Issa Thiam on the perimeter.

Unfortunately for Rutgers, that all largely went away soon into the second half. The boost Williams and Omoruyi gave the team off the bench was not enough to off-set its shooting woes.

The Knights finished the day sitting at 35 percent from the field, regressing from the first half — a pattern felt throughout the squad. Among Rutgers players attempting five or more shots, none mustered up a field-goal clip more than 36 percent.

That belonged to Omoruyi and Freeman, both going 5-of-14 from the field with 11 and 12 points, respectively. The frontcourt duo held its own on the boards as well, contributing greatly to the Knights’ overwhelming offensive

rebounding advantage, grabbing nine between them.

Rutgers edged the Huskers, 21-12, on the boards offensive-ly, but as evidenced, that margin means little if the team cannot take advantage of its second chance opportunities.

That is what happened Satur-day afternoon and for the most part, that is what has happened the last seven games for the Knights.

When they have rebound-ed or defended well, they have not been able to double down through their offense. What is encouraging for Rutgers — what have been the most promising signs that have come out of this losing streak — are the returns of Williams and Omoruyi, who seem to have not lost a step, play-ing meaningful minutes Saturday.

If the Knights can find their shoot-ing form, and Williams and Omoruyi can provide that much-needed flexi-bility on defense, they are capable of stringing together a few wins as the season winds down.

With only four games sepa-rating Rutgers from the Big Ten Tournament, those things are going to need to come together sooner rather than later.

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Heningburg, Rose combine for 7 goals as No. 8 Rutgers remains undefeated

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a true freshman. With a full year playing alongside Heningburg, he has built a strong chemistry with his attacking counterpart.

The two combined for 8 points on Saturday and should be one of the best attacking tandems in the Big Ten.

“It’s awesome,” Mullins said of playing alongside Heningburg. “I feel like we have better chemistry and he’s obviously a great player, so he makes me better and I try to help him as much as possible.”

Mullins and Heningburg will look to be mentors to true freshman Tommy Coyne, who started his first career game against St. John’s, despite the fact that he is an early enrollee and should still be in high school.

If that means less numbers for Mullins, he is okay with that, as he noted that he doesn’t care about his individual numbers as long as the team is doing well.

“Honestly, if I don’t score anything or get any assists, (it) doesn’t matter as long as we’re scoring and we’re in the game,” Mullins said. “That’s all that matters.”

At the all-important faceoff X, Alex Schoen got things started,

but was streaky overall and finished at an even 50 percent (7-of-14).

Brecht made a switch later in the second half, having long-stick midfielder Kyle Pless take faceoffs to give Rutgers a new look at the “X.”

Pless finished just 2-of-6,

but Brecht said he liked the matchup and change of pace that Pless brought to the table.

“Kyle is someone that is in the game plan every week. He works on (faceoffs). It just allows us to have a different look,” Brecht said. “... Sometimes it’s about matchups. It’s not always about career and season totals. Sometimes in a 60-minute game, (in) a certain matchup, you need to have a change of pace. Kyle is our change of pace guy and did a great job.”

The defense for the Knights was very strong as per usual, despite the group giving the Red

Junior midfielder Kyle Pless saw action at the faceoff X for the first time this season in Rutgers’ 12-8 win over St. John’s on Saturday afternoon. JEFFREY GOMEZ / FEBRUARY 2018

“I feel like we have better chemistry and (Hening-burg’s) obviously a great player, so he makes me better and I try to help him as much as possible.”

KieraN MulliNsSophomore Attacker

Storm open looks early in the game that led to goals. They yielded just 2 goals in the second and third quarters, helping set the tone and let the offense put the game away.

With defense as a constant strength for Rutgers, the offense is what can take the team to new heights this season. If Rose can continue to be an efficient scorer (3 goals on five shots), it keeps defenses honest and opens up holes for guys like Heningburg and Mullins.

It goes both ways, though, as Rose noted that when those two put points on the board, it helps him

get open looks and leads to a better overall offensive performance.

“When Jules and Kieran are getting a lot of shots and scoring goals, it opens us up the midfield and vice versa,” Rose said. “That’s why we’re a (good) team and a good offense, because we do compliment each other well. I know Jules is gonna find me when he draws a lot of attention and I like to think I’d find him.”

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No. 18 Rutgers upset by No. 21 Minnesota at RACrobert sanchez

SportS Editor

It was supposed to be a great night for the Rutgers wrestling team as friends and family poured into the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) one final time this season to honor the seniors who were leaving behind their legacies for the program.

At the same time, the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (6-7, 2-6) were getting ready to face No. 21 Min-nesota (7-6, 4-4) in an evenly con-tested matchup.

The stage was set. But things don’t always happen like they do in the movies and Rutgers quickly realized that.

It was a strange match from the beginning, as senior heavy-weight Razohnn Gross — normal-ly the closer — got the call to start things off.

And despite his best efforts, the senior could not secure the victory on his night — mostly due to his struggles on the bot-tom, a theme plaguing the team throughout the night — falling to Rylee Streifel 2-0.

“We got ridden hard,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “You can’t win Big Ten matches, you can’t win national level matches if you can’t get off the bottom, so we gotta address it.”

No. 1 sophomore 125-pound-er Nick Suriano was out for the Knights once again as he con-tinues to deal with the flu. In his spot was freshman Luke Ecklof, who lost via technical fall to No. 6 Ethan Lizak, 16-0.

After Ecklof, No. 20 fifth-year senior 133-pounder Scott DelVec-chio took the mat to face No. 12

Mitch McKee. After a strong start by DelVecchio, McKee scored 5 unanswered points to take the bout, 8-6, spoiling another senior send off.

The Golden Gophers sent out another ranked wrestler at 141 in No. 14 Tommy Thorn and Rutgers countered with redshirt freshman Michael Van Brill. But like the previous three matches, Minnesota came out on top and had a convincing 14-0 lead after four rounds.

The Knights finally got on the scoreboard after No. 11 fifth-year senior Eleazar DeLuca beat Miles Patton, 6-4, in his final match at the RAC.

But after a 10-minute intermis-sion, it was more of the same as No. 17 Jake Short narrowly de-feated junior 157-pounder John Van Brill, 4-3.

“We need to win at heavy-weight and 133, (those) are big swing matches there and even (John) Van Brill those are really, really tight matches,” Goodale said. “We have a lot on the line for Big Ten seeding implications and we just didn’t win those.”

Rutgers staged a miniature comeback toward the end of the night, though, and it started with No. 11 fifth-year senior 165-pound-er Richie Lewis.

Lewis faced off against No. 8 Nick Wanzek in the match of the night and after two and a half periods of close wrestling, Lewis secured a takedown in his final seconds at the RAC to take the huge upset win, 3-1, energizing the crowd that was desperate to cheer for anything.

“I was happy he won,” Goodale said. “That’s a huge win. It seems

like every guy in this conference is a top-10 guy. At some point they’re gonna put (Lewis) in the top 10, I would think. So, he’s doing a good job, wrestling solid (and) knocking them off.”

Freshman 174-pounder Joseph Grello followed up Lewis’s per-formance with an impressive 12-7 victory of his own as the Knights inched closer, 17-9.

No. 12 fifth-year senior 184-pounder Nicholas Gravina — who is coming back next year for a sixth year — made it three in a row for the Knights as he handi-ly defeated Brandon Krone, 8-2, making things 17-12.

But that would be the closest Rutgers would get as fifth-year se-nior 197-pounder Anthony Mess-ner finished the night off with an 11-4 loss — a disappointing ending to a disappointing Senior Night.

Regardless of the wins and losses though, Goodale reflected on the seniors’ times here and what an impact they have made for this program.

“It’s a pretty special group,” he said, also including Gravina and fifth-year senior Anthony Ashnault who is out for the remainder of the season. “They’ve had some great moments out at the RAC, they’ve won some huge matches. They’ve really, really put this program on the map there’s no question about it.”

The Knights are now under .500 for the first time in 10 years and are in danger of ending the season below .500 if they don’t take care of business against No. 20 Wisconsin next Friday and Princeton the following Sunday.

But Goodale knows what’s at stake as well, and knows what his team must do from here on out.

“I wanna win the next match,” Goodale said. “You know, Wiscon-sin is a big one for us. I’m sure this group doesn’t wanna be the team under .500 so we got two big ones next week and then we’re on to the postseason.”

As for the postseason, which will culminate in Cleveland, Ohio

from March 15-17, Goodale had one thing to say.

“There’s a lot more to do right now and it won’t be complete until Cleveland,” he said.

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“It’s a pretty special group. they’ve had some great moments out at the RaC, they’ve won

some huge matches. they’ve really, really put this program on the map there’s no question about it.”

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JAY NELsON, head coach of the softball team, took his team out to Fullerton, California over the weekend for the Titan Classic. Rutgers went 2-3 overall at the event, securing crushing victories over Middle Tennessee and Utah State.

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Rutgers suffers 18-point loss to No. 10 Maryland

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Sophomore forward Eugene Omoruyi returned to the bench on Saturday. THOMAS BONIELLO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

Junior midfielder Casey Rose scored 3 goals for Rutgers on Saturday. GARRETT STEFFE / FEBRUARY 2018

GRIffIN WhITMERCoRReSPoNDeNT

with a road trip to no. 16 Army looming, the rutgers men’s lacrosse team first had to deal with a pesky st. John’s team at home on saturday afternoon.

the no. 8 scarlet knights (2-0) did just that, overcoming a slow start to cruise by the red storm (0-1) by a score of 12-8.

saturday saw two veterans in senior attacker Jules Heningburg and junior midfielder casey rose lead the charge for rutgers, with Heningburg scoring 4 goals and dishing out an assist, while rose netted a first-half hat trick to jumpstart an initially slow offense.

After st. John’s jumped out to a quick 3-1 lead in the first quarter, rose scored 3 straight goals to give the knights a lead they would not relinquish.

“it felt pretty good,” rose said of his hat trick. “shots were falling, they weren’t sliding. (i) gotta shoot the ball when my hands are free.”

sophomore attacker kieran Mullins found the back of the net for the first time this season, netting 2 goals and finding Heningburg for a fourth-quarter assist.

while Mullins didn’t show up on the scoresheet last week against robert Morris, head coach brian brecht praised him for his relentless effort off the ball and helping facilitate the offense.

“we ask a lot of him, not just with the ball but off ball,” brecht said. “it was good to see him get on the scoreboard and get a few points today. we certainly need him to be one of our lead guys as we go through the season.”

Mullins enters his second year as a starter, after being thrown into the fire last season as

No. 8 Knights capture 2nd win over weekend

Junior forward Victoria Harris gave Rutgers a double-double performance on Sunday, scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. JEFFREY GOMEZ / NOVEMBER 2017

RU falls in 7th straight game to Cornhuskers

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MeN’SBASKeTBALL vs. Northwestern

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while a quick glance at the box score from the rutgers women’s basketball team against no. 10 Maryland suggests disappointment, head coach c. vivian stringer was quick to say that there were a lot of positives from her team’s loss yesterday.

“i thought that we played with a great deal of pride and intensity,” she said.

the scarlet knights’ (18-9, 6-7) 72-54 home loss to Maryland (22-3, 11-1) was their seventh loss in nine games, and marked the first time that they had a losing record in big ten play this season.

but instead of the negatives, stringer first focused on the positives. she praised certain players for stepping up and playing well, espe-cially compared to previous losses.

“i thought that vicki (Harris) and sta-sha (carey) made a conscientious ef fort

today,” stringer said. “we try to go to the inside where our strength is, and i thought that they worked extremely hard to make that happen. i’m normally upset with them, and they would say that, but they did a great job today. they read each other ex-tremely well and did everything they need-ed to do.”

Junior forwards victoria Harris and sta-sha carey combined for 19 points yesterday, with Harris’s 13 leading the team. she also collected 11 rebounds, leading to her second career double-double.

“coach asked me to step up, so i made it my focus to step up today,” Harris said. “it felt good.”

the game itself saw the terps handle rut-gers for the most part, although the knights did have some fight at some points. the first quarter was a back-and-forth affair, with

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the rutgers men’s basketball team walked into Lincoln on saturday in hopes of curbing a six-game losing streak against the most surprising team in the big ten this year — a fourth-placed nebra- ska cornhuskers.

six straight losses turned to seven for the scarlet knights (12-15, 2-12), and nebraska (19-8, 10-4) stood firm at fourth, as the corn-huskers defeated rutgers at the Pinnacle bank Arena saturday afternoon, 67-55.

the team recovered somewhat from its abysmal shooting performance last time out against indiana, but the knights saw shades of the Hoosier loss in the opening minutes.

it was a constant battle to work the ball around the perimeter or inside, and at the start, rutgers could do neither. its first pos-session ended in a shot clock violation, as a result of both the knights’ stagnant offense and nebraska’s suffocating defense.

the Huskers jumped out to a 20-4 lead to begin the game, with forward isaiah roby working rutgers on both ends, pocketing fifth-year senior forward Deshawn Free-man in the post and driving to the hoop early on.

whereas nebraska as a team could not keep that pace for the entire 40 minutes, roby did so on offense and defense. the sopho-more recorded his second double-double of the season, collecting 10 points and 11 re-bounds in the win.

the knights entered another game with poor-shot selection, settling for outside jump-ers and counting on offensive rebounds to get chances inside.

but the returns of sophomore forward eugene Omoruyi and senior guard Mike

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