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Students at Rutgers come from a variety of religious backgrounds and practice faith differently. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

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As Christianity continues to decline in the United States, more Americans are identifying as religiously unaf filiated, ac-cording to a new study from Pew Research Center.

Researchers randomly inter-viewed 168,890 Americans via tele-phone between 2009 and 2019 about their religious identities, beliefs and practices. The sample of Ameri-can adults included a range of age groups, ethnicities and religious af-filiation, or lack thereof.

The study found that between 2009 and 2019, the number of religiously

unaffiliated Americans rose by 30 mil-lion, while the number of Christian adults went down by 11 million.

Individuals who are considered as religiously unaffiliated identify as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular, according to the study. Connor Boxczyk, a Rutgers Busi-ness School sophomore, identifies as the latter.

“Do I think there could be some higher form of consciousness, en-ergy or being that will forever be beyond my understanding and is god-like? Sure, why not? Do I have a strict, specific belief system based on that? No,” he said.

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Tyler Kepner, a writer from The New York Times, spoke to Rutgers students about baseball journalism and its ever-changing nature. TWITTERSEE CAMPUS ON PAGE 5

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Tyler Kepner, a journalist from The New York Times, came to Rutgers to talk about the release of his new book, “K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches” on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Kepner has been a national baseball reporter for The New York Times since 2010. He began his career at the publication in 2000, cultivating his passion for sports journalism by covering the New York Mets for two seasons. From 2002 to 2009 he covered the New York Yankees.

Kepner highlighted his opinion on the art and craft of baseball

HAYLEY SLUSSERSTAFF WRITER

Rutgers officials have provided The Daily Targum with additional in-formation on the Nov. 11 Hong Kong protest panel sponsored by the Insti-tute for Research on Women (IRW).

Reports of students removing event advertisements lead the In-stitute to request additional Rut-gers University Police Department (RUPD) officers, said Sarah Tobias, associate director of the IRW.

“Organizers became aware of credible threats to protest and po-

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pitches, modern-day baseball journalism and how it has changed.

He said that the whole premise behind his book was centered not around players themselves, but rather the analyzation of the 10 baseball pitches.

“Why don’t we expand ... instead of making those 2 or 3 pitchers the characters, we make the pitches themselves the characters and then I can dive into what made them so great and what made those guys great? If you made this sinker a character, how would we talk about it? Who were the kind of people to learn that pitch, where did they

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The New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) is currently investigating an off-campus robbery on Plum Street near Hamilton Street. The incident occurred on Sunday, Nov. 17 at approximately noon, according to a University-wide crime alert.

The victim of this incident, who is affiliated with the University, reported that they were walking on Plum Street when they were

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tentially sabotage the event. They knew that tensions around the issue were high: Publicity for the event was repeatedly destroyed, and a vid-eo clip of a flyer being aggressively torn down was widely circulated on-line,” Tobias said.

Many of the students walked out during the question and answer session and did not stay to listen to the answers from the panelists, Tobias said.

There was a brief intermission between the presentation and the

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Expert discusses causes of technology addictionAPARNA RAGUPATHI

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More than 150 medical profes-sionals, students and advocates attended the seventh annual Ur-ban Mental Health Conference at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) in Newark. The theme of this year’s conference was technology addiction.

Technology addiction is simi-lar to substance abuse disorders and other behavioral addictions like sex and gambling, said Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at NJMS Dr. Petros Levounis. The cardinal symptom, in his opinion, is continuing to over-use technology despite knowing about the consequences.

“‘I know it’s bad for me, and I’m trying to cut down, but I can’t. I say that I will have some time for homework and I won’t play games, but I can’t stick to my own resolutions.’ That’s a sign that something may be going wrong,” he said.

For many, the symptoms are not severe. Only a very small subset of people will end up with some form of technology addic-tion, he said.

Levounis and other psychi-atrists and specialists in ad-diction medicine tend to only see severe cases of technology addiction, but he said there is a gray area of people who do not meet the formal criteria of addiction and still experience problems and complications due to technology addiction.

While technology addiction is studied as a separate disorder, Levounis said that many addic-tions can come with mental ill-ness. For example, he said that people who suffer from alcohol-ism have increased risk for anxi-ety and depression. But interest-ing relationships emerge when it

Levounis said that technology addiction is similar to different substance abuse disorders and other behavioral addictions. Continuing to overuse technology while knowing the consequences is a big cause of technology addiction. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

Dr. Petro Levounis, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at New Jersey Medical School, said there are different levels of severity when it comes to technology addiction. RUTGERS.EDU

comes to technology addiction, he said.

“People who suffer from in-ternet gaming disorder have lower rates of alcohol use than the general population,” Levounis said. “Does that mean that inter-net gaming is a protective factor against alcoholism? Perhaps. It also may mean that people who are attracted to internet gaming are somehow less inclined to be using alcohol.”

Many of the patients who come in with technology addiction end up being depressed, anxious and sometimes overly irritable, Levou-nis said. Their professional and personal lives often suffer signifi-cantly from the addiction.

At the conference, Levounis was one of many panelists who presented on technological ad-dictions like internet gaming, cybersex, social media and on-line auctions.

Particular issues with online auctions are often seen in elderly populations, he said. Technolo-gy addiction is not unique to the young population, Levounis said, but some stereotypes about mil-lennials may be true.

“The idea is that millennials are as hardworking, motivated and ambitious as previous gener-ations. It’s just that they are much more inclined to do the work on their own time than someone else’s schedule,” he said. “This is directly related to an explosion of technology that allows for more flexible schedules.”

Technology being a large part of everyday personal and professional life, Levounis said it is dif ficult to quantify technol-ogy addiction.

“You cannot put an hour limit on it. For a lot of people, tech-nology isn’t just recreation. It’s a huge part of their everyday professional world and their

livelihood,” he said. “Even a psychiatrist like myself, I find that I spend a significant amount of time in front of a screen. It’s more based on the consequence – you find yourself neglecting major responsibilities of life.”

Levounis suggested that stu-dents put space and time limits on technology, according to infor-mation from the American Acad-emy of Pediatrics. He said many people have made the bedroom or dining room a technology-free zone, or have set aside time, such as during dinner, where they will not use their phones.

Every year, Levounis and his husband host a dinner party for his medical students with only one rule: no cell phones at the dinner table.

“This past summer was the first time the poor things couldn’t really help themselves. They would go to the bathroom to check their cell phones or I would catch them sometimes at the end of the table on their phones. I don’t think they meant any disre-spect to me,” he said. “I think they just couldn’t help it – it was pretty frightening to me.”

While there are behavioral therapies available to help treat technology addiction, Levounis said he would like to see technol-ogy fight technological addiction.

“Why not take advantage of the attachment somebody has for technology to devise some interventions that will come through the internet and be able to teach people how to handle

technology in a healthy way?” he said.

While the dark side of technology is addiction, Levou-nis said we cannot forget about the mental health benefits of technology.

“I’m thinking about the LGBTQ+ youth in the past who may have grown up in a highly homophobic environ-ment without knowing anyone else who was gay and feeling incredibly isolated, alienated and depressed,” he said. “Now, finding a kindred spirit is only a click away. People have devel-oped communities and support for each other and have im-proved people’s mental health in tremendous ways, in very real ways.”

November 19, 2019

FAITHStudies show more millennials are identifying as religiously unaffiliated

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Some students say that they were exposed to more religious ideas and gained new perspectives after attending college. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

Data from the study also shows generational gaps in religious af-filiation. While more than 8 in 10 members of the Silent Generation identify as Christian, 4 in 10 mil-lennials are considered religious-ly unaffiliated.

Hailey Parikh, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said improved quality of life is causing this generational difference.

“Population growth has reached a certain peak, mortality rate is at a low. And we’re also in a period of relative economic growth,” she said. “It would make sense why the intervention of religion and God would not be very necessary at the moment.”

Brought up in a Hindu and Jain household, Parikh has identified as an atheist since the seventh grade. Many have told her that a lack of religion would make her cynical, but she said it makes her self-dependent.

“Most theists look for a sense of security and well-being in exter-nal sources of God and religion. I like to believe I have a degree of agency on these matters,” she said. “I still think religion as a way of life can be comforting and give a sense of identity and communi-ty. But it is certainly not for me.”

Director of the New Jersey chapter of American Atheists Bill Goers said the generational differ-ences may also reflect an increase in religious tolerance.

“If it’s somebody my age that I’m talking to and they’re Chris-tian, you can see the hair stand up on the back of their neck. They are not happy being around some-one who says they’re atheist,” he said. “Whereas if a 25-year-old person is talking to a friend and one happens to be religious and the other isn’t, I don’t think it’s as big of a deal.”

Between 2009 and 2019, the number of religiously unaffiliat-ed millennials increased by 13%, while the number of Christian millennials decreased by 16%, the study found.

Dr. Dugan McGinley, a teach-ing instructor in the Department of Religion, said that this could be due to increased skepticism of re-ligious institutions.

“Millennials may see corrup-tion in the church or other reli-gious institutions and become dis-illusioned with religion,” he said.

A college education also plays a factor in religious affiliation, according to the study. Since 2009, the number of college graduates who identify as Chris-tian has gone down by 13% while the number of religiously unaffil-iated college graduates has gone up by 12%.

Boxczyk, who was only ex-posed to Christianity, Judaism and Islam growing up, said he gained new perspectives on reli-gion in college.

“I actually had a class on Byz-antium and the rise of Christi-

anity and Islam that, if anything, made me even more skeptical of organized religions since it was framed almost as a second form of government and control,” he said.

For other students, college made them believe more strongly in Christianity.

“The appeal of Christianity or religion for some students is the community they find,” McGinley said. “Their beliefs are often re-flective of the people they spend time with.”

Blessy Patel, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, is a small groups leader in the Rut-gers Indian Christian Fellow-ship and said that she only tru-ly experienced God in college.

“I was always a reckless kid so I thought I would be wild with all the freedom college provided me, but God made himself evident in my life in ev-erything I did though my class-es, people and events I went to,” she said.

College’s ef fect on religious af filiation is not unique to mil-lennials, McGinley said. Older generations also went through periods of religious question-ing during college, he said, but did not identify as agnostic or atheist because it was not so-cially common.

“Today, because it’s so com-mon, millennials are much more willing than previous generations to identify as atheist or agnostic,” he said.

PANELKenneth Cop says activity at Hong Kong protest panel was closely monitored


question and answer session, in which Tobias and others ob-served a conversation she de-scribed as seeming “heated.”

“We noticed a large, predom-inantly male crowd encircling a woman sitting on the other side of the room, in a way that I perceived as intimidating,” she said.

The panelists were still able to effectively deliver their message, Tobias said.

“I didn’t notice anything else about the audience’s behavior — but I was focused on the panel it-self, not the audience — and only noticed the latter when it made its presence felt,” she said.

The University has received the reports of poster removal but has not identified the perpetra-tors, said Neal Buccino, a Univer-sity spokesperson.

“All allegations of violations of the University Code of Student Conduct are referred to the Office of Student Conduct for investiga-tion,” Buccino said.

Officers wanted to monitor activity at the panel because the event was open to the public and groups had differing views, said RUPD Chief Kenneth Cop. The event, which was held in Trayes Hall, reached capacity, he said.

“Several prospective attendees were not permitted to enter as a result,” he said.

No suspicious activity was re-ported to the RUPD, Cop said, but Tobias witnessed students pass-ing out flyers protesting the event and multiple interruptions from the audience.

“Some audience members voiced loud objections to the ban on photography and significant discontent when they were told to submit questions for the Q&A session via an online form,” Tobi-as said. “Audience members also repeatedly interrupted the speak-ers, although never for an extend-ed period.”

The flyers handed out accused Hong Kong protesters of commit-ting “terrorist attacks,” accord-ing to the Targum. Additionally, students who were opposed to the question and answer system accused the event organizers of preselecting questions.

“Audience members also repeatedly interrupted the speakers, although never for an extended period.”

SARAH TOBIASAssociate Director for Institute for

Research On Women

The Rutgers University Police Department checked the bags of all attendees upon entering the Hong Kong protest panel. SALMA HQ

November 19, 2019

CAMPUSKepner compares baseball journalism to Cameron Crowe movie


Kepner came to the University to speak to students about his book, “K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches.” THOMAS ABUSADA

A Rutgers student was approached by an unknown male who demanded their personal belongings. SALMA HQ

approached by an unknown male on foot. The perpetrator allegedly made a verbal demand for the victim’s personal property and displayed a knife, according to the alert.

STUDENTRobbery was not on campus, but RUPD reminds students to stay vigilant, according to alert

CONTINUED FROM FRONT The perpetrator fled into an unknown direction and the victim was not physically harmed during the incident, according to the alert. The description of the perpetrator is currently limited.

The NBPD asks anyone with information, or who may

learn it and how did they apply it?” Kepner said.

He went on: “If you threw these 10 particular pitches, well I was going to try to find you, even if you weren’t a hall of fame kind of guy, as long as you were in that era. Those were the guys I wanted to get and it was great, it was like a scavenger hunt.”

In the lecture, Kepner also highlighted how baseball journalism has changed over time, to mirror what he experienced. Kepner references the movie “Almost Famous,” written and directed by Cameron Crowe, as a way to resemble what is happening with modern-day baseball journalists.

“It’s about a kid who is 15 years old and is really eager to get into the writing business into the rock and roll world and he sees the whole other side of it, but he is still so wide-eyed and genuine about his love of the industry for music,” he said. “They tell him that music isn’t the same anymore, it’s the death rattle, and he said ‘I’m here for that.’ I feel like that maybe baseball doesn’t have the exact same hold on America as it did in the 50s or the 80s. I’m not sure if that’s true but that’s

what a lot of people are thinking, but I don’t really care because right now is a really fun time for a baseball writer and I want to be there for it.”

Kepner fell in love with baseball from a young age, particularly pitching because of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton, his favorite baseball pitcher

at the time. Kepner made an entire career from baseball without playing.

“You know I can’t throw lefty, can’t throw in the 90s with a killer slider but I can try. I became

a pitcher in middle school, high school, little leagues and that’s as far as I went ... at Vanderbilt (University) I realized what I wanted to do: I wanted to immerse myself in baseball through journalism,” Kepner said.

have been in the area at the time, to contact the NBPD De-tective Bureau, according to the alert.

The Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) reminds you to reduce your chances of being a crime victim by taking various precautions, such as immediately reporting suspicious activity, remaining aware of your surroundings and walking in groups when traveling at night, according to the alert.

“Right now is a really fun time for a baseball writer

and I want to be there for it.”

TYLER KEPNERThe New York Times Journalist

A udrey Hepburn wore her little black dress in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Tom Cruise had his Ray-Ban in “Risky Business,” Madonna

brought the bullet bra to mainstream streetwear and the cast of “Euphoria” now has a generation of teen-agers running around with tubs of craft glitter falling off their eyelids.

But these pop culture icons are known for more than just one trend. Hepburn also brought us the camel trench coat, oversized blackout sunglasses and the ”poor boy” sweater, and Madonna made ev-eryone wear neon from head to toe and stack ban-gles up to their elbows.

Moreover, shows like “Friends” brought us a cornucopia of what we all refer to now as general ‘90s fashion: flannels, cropped sweaters, layering dresses over shirts, etc. Everyone wanted to be Carrie Bradshaw, AC Slater and Fran Fine.

Pop culture has always been pull-ing the strings of the mainstream fashion industry. It dictates what is “cool,” thus driv-ing the demand for what gets sold in stores, what you see in magazines and creates what consumers will define as trendy and “normal.” This is all solid-ified with headlines using these characters as refer-ence points in magazines then, as well as now, like, “How to Dress Like Rachel Green From Friends” on POPSUGAR and “10 Style Tips You Can Learn From ‘Saved by the Bell’” from Complex’s style section.

These references ring in our ears daily as its branding, and its influence is splashed across every billboard, newsstand and every corner of the inter-net influencing younger generations and their defi-nition of cool.

Every show or movie inspires a subculture in the mainstream fashion industry, separating us to fit into the little boxes each fictional world sets for us: prep, grunge, goth, street, emo, skater, punk, etc.

“Brown” characters do not get the choice to ex-plore these categories, let alone have their own

OPINIONS

Young people must fight gun violence

loved ones goodbye on this past Thursday. A 16-year-old boy unloaded gunfire at his high school in Cali-

fornia, killing two students and injuring a total of six just before turning the gun on himself. And as usual, it trended across all social media platforms. As usual, students of all ages cried out for reform, our leaders sent their condolences and we all vowed for change.

Now, three days later, the shooting that forever altered the lives of so many, is already being pushed out of the media cycle. Just like Columbine, Parkland and Sandy Hook, the gun debate heats up, then simmers down. Especially in the case of Saugus High School, because the reality of school shootings have become so normal, people are not maintaining their outrage.

They expect these heinous acts, they defend the fact that crazy people will be crazy and that there is nothing we can do. Without the shock factor that mass shootings used to give us, people began to lose their spark and come to terms with the normality of shootings that has only occurred in recent decades.

The incoming generation cannot lose motivation. We cannot throw our hands into the air and resign ourselves to the fact that nothing ever changes, that we did the best we could. It is plainly and simply written into our laws how policies change.

We vote, we elect people that speak to what we want to get ac-complished and they do their best to make it happen. Things do not change immediately, we still face problems of racism and sex-ism, civil rights battles we have fought for decades. But every day, we move forward. And we must move forward with the movement against gun violence.

Approximately two years ago, thousands of students and faculty members internationally walked out on March 14, 2018, to protest gun violence. A few weeks later, the “March for Our Lives” was one of the biggest youth protests of all time. Millions of people rallied, organized, marched and protested.

People everywhere, especially youth, all want the same thing. We want change, we want these shootings and gun violence to end. And for a minute there, in the wake of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, shooting, when the world stood up and said “never again,” it seemed as if things were changing.

But the fight lost steam. As the school shooting disappeared from the news cycle, society got distracted. The fierce student activists fad-ed from the forefront of our minds. And we moved on. And the issue of gun violence is still as prevalent as it ever was.

The largest group of active voters is senior citizens. The laziest voters are the newest generation. In the age of instant gratification, where our smartphones and the internet offer us whatever we need in seconds, Generation Z is ignorant to the fact that real, legitimate change takes time.

We write off elections, we claim our voices do not matter. They do not matter if we do not use them.

It is easy to walk out of your school in the name of reforming gun vio-lence. It is easy to hashtag #MarchforOurLives on twitter. What comes after is the hard part. The dedication to making a difference. The long, uphill battle for the reform of gun control.

It is possible, our history shows us that. Segregation did not end when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, or when Rosa Parks refused to get off the bus. Equality was not achieved when Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, for the first time ever in the United States. The things that matter do not come instantly.

We cannot lose sight of the urgent issue of gun reform, no matter how hard or uncomfortable it is. The generations before us have fought their battles. It is our turn now.

Laura Esposito is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in journalism and political science. Her column, “Unapologetically,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

November 19, 2019

COMMENTARY

Representation of ‘brown’ characters in media often racist, discriminatory

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personalities. Everyone from Bangladesh to Mo-rocco and every country in between, making up a vast cultural, religious, linguistic and socio-historical spectrum, has been condensed to a one-size-fits-all identity in pop culture, an identity now widely re-ferred to as “brown.”

This is where representation comes into play. With our culture stripped from us to make us easily digestible as token characters, so has our relation-ship with our traditional and modern fashion and art scenes. The children of the diaspora grow up with a whitewashed version of our identity made up of a mish-mash of broadly Middle Eastern, African and Southeast Asian cultural elements fed to us as if they are all interchangeable.

Yes, brown characters have a choice when it comes to fashion and identity. They are either the oppressed hijabi risking it all for a white boy or the nerd in a turban with three lines.

This is our norm in the public eye. When a hijabi E-girl tweets a mirror selfie, it should not spark so

much outrage that it goes viral and forces her to deac-tivate her accounts.

Brown culture includes the mod-ern and the tra-ditional. It covers everything from a mom’s sari and

a salwar kameez worn with jeans and Nikes, the vibrant red, indigo and green patterns on a jellabi-ya you wear around the house and on the keffiyeh stowed away in every Palestinian’s car just in case. If you are fortunate enough to have such a rich cultural background, represent it, and represent it right. Hol-lywood will not do it for us.

The charity organization United Muslim Relief Rut-gers—New Brunswick chapter is doing just that. This Thursday, it will host a charity fashion show showcas-ing the multi-faceted world of Desi, Arab, North Afri-can and Middle Eastern fashion in all its glory.

With the rise of Arab pop-artists, North African hip-hop musicians and Southeast Asian fashion design-ers, it is vital for us to pay attention to all the different shades of “brown” and all they can offer us.

Salma HQ is a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior majoring in visual arts.

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Coup of Bolivian president caused by capitalist dominance

A lthough not widely reported in the media as such, a coup has forced out Bolivian President

Evo Morales. Morales’s candidacy would have orig-

inally been unconstitutional — a three term limit outlined in the 2009 Constitu-tion of Bolivia. But, in 2017, Bolivia’s Con-stitutional Court ruled against imposing term limits, claiming limits demonstrate a violation of human rights.

This was rightly questioned as a case of governmental overreach. Bolivian cit-izenry had voted only one year prior in favor of a referendum disallowing three consecutive terms. Morales, who has been president since 2006, would have been in violation of this had the courts not stepped in.

While there exist serious flaws with the democratic validity of Morales’s entrance into the race, election day had confirmed his mandate to govern with a 10-point margin over his main opponent, former President Carlos Mesa. Claiming election fraud, Mesa deliberately motivated violent opposition protests that would eventually be joined by the army.

After an audit conducted by the con-tinental Organization for American States — a forum led by the right-wing

governments of countries like Brazil and the United States — determined that claims of election fraud and tampering were now seen as legitimate by an agitated militant opposition. This is all, of course, substantiated by literally no evidence.

Morales offered to participate in new elections to confirm his support among the Bolivian people, but this was not enough. Facing these pressures, he fell, announcing his resignation on Nov. 10.

The reign of Leftist thought, whether in a radical or social democratic tradi-tion, has been dominant in Latin Amer-ica for many years. In the second half of the 20th century, this would often lead to violent military coups sponsored by the United States. Countries like Guatema-la, Brazil and Chile are among the many countries in South America with histor-ically Leftist governments that suffered at the hands of the United States coups and military operations.

This begs the question, what was so ter-rible in these countries that would warrant the bloodshed and political instability that followed the United States military opera-tions? A democratically elected Jacobo Ár-benz wanted to peacefully redistribute land from corporations to the poor in Guatema-la. A democratically elected Salvador Allen-de sought to nationalize key industries and place power in the hands of the Chilean worker. They simply had the audacity to put people before profit.

A true “pink tide” of Left governments would not come again until following the fall of the Soviet Union, a moment that would soothe the United States’ Red Scare just enough to allow a resurgence. Hugo Chávez’s 1998 victory in the Ven-ezuelan presidential election marked the beginning of a new wave of radical governments. Morales’s 2006 victory in Bolivia is often seen as an extension of this movement.

Morales’s tenure as president has pro-duced one of the most successful socialist economic transitions in history. He acts as head of the Movimiento al Socialismo, or Movement toward Socialism, a federa-tion that is the foundation of his progres-sive platforms.

By nationalizing industries such as gas, oil and communications along with redis-tributing vital resources such as land to the poorest Bolivians, poverty was slashed in half. Morales invested in infrastructure and public transportation, increasing qual-ity of life for the indigenous and rural com-munities of Bolivia. An increasing min-imum wage, powerful unions and a deep culture of political mobilization among common Bolivians were all strengthened under his administration.

The interim “president” of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, has set a vicious anti-indig-enous and anti-worker tone in the first few days of her administration. She was chosen without the proper quorum for

representatives and outside the proper line of succession. She is the product of a coup and her current rhetoric reflects this.

Many pro-Morales protestors, largely poor and indigenous Bolivians, have been killed by security forces defending the act-ing government.

Áñez has in the past referred to indige-nous religious practices as “satanic” and upon her declaration of power declared the “Bible has returned to the palace.” With the targeting of pro-Morales leaders and Leftist opposition to the coup, the transition of power has set the stage for a dangerous right-wing or fascist presence though Áñez, a sad addition in a long line of such regres-sions in Latin America.

Morales has for now been granted asy-lum in Mexico and hopes that he may re-turn to seek office once again. What we are seeing now is nothing new. The crimes with which Morales is burdened are the same of his predecessors.

Morales is the first indigenous pres-ident of Bolivia. He is a cocoa farmer, a labor leader and a man willing to put his people above profit.

For that he has been silenced — it is now up to the Bolivian people to speak for him.

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FKA twigs channels heartbreak, alienation on new recordA.J. FRIGOLETTOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Five years after the release of her critically acclaimed debut album "LP1," English singer, songwriter and dancer FKA twigs has aban-doned her cold and cryptic aesthet-ics in favor of something more sin-cere and emotionally tender.

Unlike her previous projects, which feel like FKA twigs puts on an outward performance, "MAGDA-LENE" is more intimate and openly reveals her feelings of vulnerability.

Most notably, her highly pub-licized relationship with actor Robert Pattinson ended. She iden-tified this breakup as directly in-fluencing her new music.

Vulnerability is most seen in the album’s lyricism, which heav-ily portrays themes of an emo-t i o n a l l y devastating b r e a k u p and the d e s p a i r that comes with it. This time around, instead of having her voice be a single element of her music, it’s the clear center of it. The instrumentals simply accom-pany her voice and provide an ee-rie and everflowing backdrop.

With the help of a new batch of producers, including Nicolas

Jaar, Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never and Skrillex, "MAG-DALENE" properly serves as a progression from FKA twigs’s pre-vious work. Her last project was in 2015, the glitchy and nocturnal "M3LL155X EP," and the four years in between have left an imprint on FKA twigs’s artistic impression.

"MAGDALENE" seems to take in-spiration from other dense, surrealist works, such as those from ground-breaking artists like Kate Bush and Björk. Pushing pop’s boundaries and conventions with experimental intentions isn’t something that FKA twigs is new to, but her approach has completely changed.

Instead of favoring the com-plex and challenging, on "MAG-DALENE" FKA twigs is at her most accessible and inviting.

The al-bum be-gins with “thousand eyes," a minimalist vocal track that fea-tures airy vocals over oscillating

synths that build up and descend in waves. The song portrays FKA twigs’s growth in awareness to the circumstances of her breakup. His departure from their relation-ship reveals his lack of interest: “If you don’t pull me back, it wakes a thousand eyes."

The intense track “home with you” is about struggling to help others in a time of personal cri-sis. FKA twigs’s towering vocals bleed into raw distortion. The track’s melancholy piano and subtle drum programming work organically. The song’s end cre-scendos into an orchestral climax, a change in pace for the artist who typically favors wonky and me-chanical instrumentation.

The delicate pianos and creep-ing drums continue to dominate in the album’s next track, “sad day,” a concise, progressive pop song. The track continues the themes of picking up the pieces after a breakup.

“Holy terrain” is the album’s trendy radio single. FKA twigs sings over a moody trap beat, with Atlanta superstar Future mumble-crooning at the track’s end. While the release of the track as the album’s main sin-gle in September may have led many to believe FKA twigs was going to make a trap album, the song is really her only venture into the genre.

It's a refreshing change of pace in the album’s flow, serving as a memorable and unique moment that stands out but also fits per-fectly in, like a jigsaw puzzle piece.

“Mary magdalene” is another ever-evolving track, beginning with a spiritual sonic vignette, which develops into a sticky cho-rus and an explosive finish. In

Leaving Robert Pattinson inspired large parts of "MAGDALENE," FKA twigs's latest album. Electronic artists like Nicolas Jaar and Oneohtrix Point Never contributed instrumentals. TWITTER

the song, FKA twigs explores the religious figure as a female sym-bol. The song “fallen alien” works as the album’s climax in overall tension, containing a dense and convoluted instrumental with a suspenseful pitch-altered choir.

“Mirrored heart” and “daybed” begin the album’s descent into a sense of peace, away from the ca-tharsis of the pulsating drums of the previous tracks. The former song is a truthful experience that speaks of how those you choose to love mirror your own inten-tions, motives and person. The

latter is an affectionate song about accepting all of life’s events, for the sake of moving forward and better mental status.

The album’s final track, “cello-phane,” works poignantly as its closer, wrapping up the concept of "MAGDALENE": Relation-ships are a test of self-preser-vation and self-worth. When we split apart from and end relation-ships is when we naturally and instinctively choose to evaluate ourselves, our motives, where we are coming from and where we are heading next.

New ethical dilemmas: Is internet access our common right? CAROLINE HARING

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The internet is utilized for many activities: shopping, com-munication, education, job searching, entertainment and more. But does this make inter-net access a human right?

Many seem to believe that it does, in fact, linking internet ac-cess to being the greatest source of knowledge, and thus, by default humans should have the right to

access it. Others highlight the fact that internet access is not a hu-man right in “less-developed soci-eties,” and thus, only in countries similar to that of the United States, where it is essential in order to “enact (in) meaningful ... free de-bate” as a means of political, dem-ocratic involvement, it is a “basic” and “inherent right,” said Rutgers Senator Oluwatobi Omotoso.

There is no doubt that the abil-ity to acquire knowledge through the web is indeed important and as

some might say vital, but, dubbing internet access as a human right is a bit of a stretch, to say the least.

This does not mean that the internet should be blocked or ac-cess prevented to any individual, but it should not be guaranteed. No individual should be given a free device with access to the in-ternet, on the grounds that such a luxury is a human right.

This act would be synony-mous with creating a highway straight from every town in

In a world that is increasingly online, internet access is a growing debate in the realm of human rights. A consensus has yet to be reached, but it's a prescient question. UNSPLASH

the United States into all the major cities based on the fact that access to a city and all its offerings is a human right. One can argue free transportation, whether that be a car or any oth-er means of travel, is a human right. Transport to and from work should be guaranteed.

Let’s consider bandwidth. Is 5G a human right? Is the access and utilization of 5G unfair and unjust toward the person with 3G? Where would this stop?

One can make arguments that various aspects of life are human rights — but that does not make them reasonable. There is a dif-ference between skill, information and what is needed to take part in our democracy and the mindset of "anything goes."

As with access to education, many cut class, drop out of high school and choose not to go to college despite some people’s outlook of education as a right. If one needs or desires access to in-ternet, they are able to attain it, as with education, all that is needed is an effort on the individual’s part to become privy to it. There is a right to have the ability to access the in-ternet in certain regard, but not to be given it nor guaranteed it.

Just because one buys insur-ance for their car, it does not mean

to say that the car owner will be involved in a crash and will avail themselves of the insurance at any point in time: Access to the inter-net does not correlate to a citizen using the internet for certain.

In short, access to the web should be available if an individu-al finds themselves so inclined to make use of it.

If an individual yearns to access the web and they can't afford in-ternet connection nor a device to access it, there are various outlets available of which no citizen is pre-vented from utilizing. These chan-nels include a local UPS or FedEx store, a local library, a community center, a fitness center, a cafe or restaurant, an office space or a friend or relative’s house.

These places serve as platforms where WiFi is free of charge or the ability to access a computer or other device is available to all. There is no issue or preventative measures toward internet access.

Access to the web is not a hu-man right, but that does not make the prevention from accessing it just or lawful, which in the case of the United States isn’t the case.

One can't guarantee internet access to all people, but if a cit-izen wants access they should have the means to do so and carry out that wish.

“Vulnerability is most seen in the album's lyricism, which

heavily portrays themes of an emotionally devastating

breakup and the despair that comes with it.”

Happy Birthday: Hit the reset button, and review what you’ve done. Consider what’s worth keeping. Cleaning house will result in better insight into what’s possible moving forward. The change will spark enthusiasm for doing something that makes you feel alive. Face your demons head-on, and make an effort to improve your life physically, emotionally and spiri-tually. Your numbers are 5, 11, 21, 27, 37, 45, 48.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ex-plore your options, pick up infor-mation, boost your qualifications or change your image to suit a new adventure. Branch out and see what life has to offer. A physical change will boost your confidence and push you to master something you enjoy. 5 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An unexpected turn of events will end up surprisingly well. Getting to-gether with someone who can offer you information or point you in the right direction will encourage you to make a move you weren’t antic-ipating. Follow your heart. 2 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A heart-to-heart discussion will lead to new beginnings. You can resolve business or personal problems us-ing charm and persuasion. Invest in yourself. You’ll be able to turn one of your skills into a money-maker. Do things right the first time. 4 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your mind may be on socializing, but it should be on work, money and suc-cess. An exciting proposal will lead to a partnership that looks like a good fit. Go over essential details first to avoid a setback later on. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be tempted to overspend or be too generous. You can’t buy love and expect to gain respect. Be a straight shooter when it comes to what you want and what you are willing to offer. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out of the house to avoid tension or temptation. Attend a function that will give insight into trends or possibilities. Someone you connect with will offer you a deal that could change your life. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A deci-sion you make won’t be accepted by everyone. When faced with opposi-tion, rely on your charm to persuade others to at least try doing things your way. Romance is in the stars and will improve your life. 4 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A couple of adjustments to the way you live will help you feel more at home in your surroundings. It’s OK to be different as long as your motives are honorable and you are willing to be responsible for your actions. 2 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put more thought into how you look, how you treat others and who you associate with. Traveling will be a learning experience. Make sure you have up-to-date documen-tation. Choose to keep the peace if tempers start to mount. 5 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take care of personal matters. Deal with authority figures, and put any issues that could interfere with your plans to rest. A past partner will have something interesting to offer. Reach out and see what’s up and how you can be of assistance. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t trust hearsay or take anything or anyone for granted. Go to the source, and find out the details first-hand. Put your money and posses-sions in a safe place. An unexpected financial or legal change needs to be addressed immediately. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An unusual offer, gift or gain will take you by surprise. Don’t let someone from your past interfere in your af-fairs. Choose to help people or or-ganizations that interest you. Avoid indulgent behavior or promising more than you can deliver. 3 stars

Horoscopes Eugenia Last

DIVERSIONS November 19, 2019

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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 City in eastern Mo.

4 Jazz sessions

8 Did a deli worker’s task

14 Palindromic sheep

15 “I don’t think so”

16 Length of service

17 *Patch substance, sometimes

19 Patio furniture material

20 Attempts, informally

21 Dwell

23 Height: Prefix

24 *Like most Christmas trees

28 Separate grain from

30 Pertinent

31 Worm’s-___ view

32 Make no decision about

35 Acronymic furniture retailer

36 *Bad space to land on

after passing go

39 Leveling wedge

42 Nash who versified, “... if called

by a panther, Don’t anther”

43 Army or fire insect

46 Cockpit backup

49 Jesuit missionary Francis

51 *One attacking settled beliefs

54 Humorist Bombeck

55 Like cutting-edge gadgets

56 Pale

57 Snob descriptor

60 Fifty-fifty flip, or a hint to each

starred answer’s first four letters

62 Castle tower

63 Tear apart

64 Big Island garland

65 Bygone town announcers

66 What an interviewer does

67 Baltimore winter hrs.

DOWN

1 Having feeling

2 Subject to spasms

3 “Agent Running in the Field”

author

4 Sticks (out)

5 Often-seared tuna

6 Literature Nobelist Alice

7 Bright finish

8 Conflict

9 Chief

10 Stir together

11 Word after “cold” or “crew”

12 Obama ___ (2009-17)

13 Man cave, perhaps

18 Duck instrument in “Peter and

the Wolf”

22 Autographed

24 In high style

25 Wine barrel wood

26 A, in Normandy

27 Shark habitat

29 Personal ID

33 Play the flute

34 “I can’t believe it!” letters

36 Verbal hide-and-seek giveaway

37 Send an emoji, say

38 Ortiz of “Whiskey Cavalier”

39 The “S” of STEM, briefly

40 Ad follower?

41 Wall St. launch

43 Safety feature on a hamster ball

44 Usually victorious rivals

45 Buses, bikes and such

47 Hang without purpose

48 Groups of eight

50 One may be bulletproof

52 Ghana’s capital

53 High heels, e.g.

56 “No ifs, ___ or buts!”

57 List-ending abbr.

58 PETA target

59 End of a short work week?

61 Pen filler

Yesterday’s Solution

Universal Crossword

November 19, 2019

Rutgers defeats Harvard after comeback effort in 2nd quarter

OPPONENT

CONTINUED FROM BACK

Knights take down Bulldogs in 1st event of weekend series

VICTORIES

CONTINUED FROM BACK

the Knights felt an unfamiliar feel-ing: They found themselves trail-ing for the first time in approxi-mately 130 minutes of gameplay.

After points from all over the floor, including a statement layup from Sanders, Harvard called its first timeout. The quarter fin-ished with a score of 19-17 in fa-vor of the Crimson.

Stringer pointed to her team’s 44.4% shooting from the field as the main reason for the decline.

“We were just missing shots at the beginning,” Stringer said.

Rutgers came back from its huddle in-between quarters look-ing like a different team. It had several fast breaks and aggressive drives leading to 10 points in the paint during the quarter.

The Knights’ defense looked as strong as ever. What will be remembered on defense is a powerful block on the baseline from Gilles.

Rutgers marched back to the locker room with a comfortable lead of 39-27.

The second-half scoring opened with a layup from Mack. She and Sanders led the scoring efforts in the third by putting up layups from every angle. Mack’s athleticism was on display as she soared over two Harvard defend-ers for 2 of her 10 points.

The Knights had their most dominant quarter of the game in the third, where they scored a to-tal of 24 points.

Head coach Scott Goodale has guided his team to five victories so far this year with the latest one coming against California State Bakersfield. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2018

California native, took down the Bulldogs’ Robert Garcia IV for his first career fall.

Aguilar’s match against Garcia IV was the only time he would take the mat. Redshirt freshman 125-pounder Malcolm Robinson appeared at the lowest weight class on Saturday against the Roadrunners, defeating Ale-jandro Hernandez-Figueroa in an 8-2 victory.

No. 20 true freshman 133-pounder Sammy Alvarez, who jumped into the national rankings after defeating two ranked opponents in Troy, New York, earlier this month, split his two matches over the weekend. He handled Fresno State’s Gary Joint 9-1 before Chance Rich of California State Bakersfield pinned him on Saturday.

True freshman 141-pounder JoJo Aragona suffered his first collegiate defeat at the dual meet level over the weekend, losing to DJ Llehman 4-2. Arag-ona did not compete in the sec-ond event, as junior 133-pound-er Zach Firestone wrestled up a weight class to take his spot against the Roadrunners.

Firestone lost 18-12 to Angelo Martinoni on Saturday. Against California State Bakersfield, Rut-gers won by 12 points en route to a 24-12 victory.

In another forceful fourth quarter for Rutgers, the ball spent most of its time on offense for the Knights. When it was in the hands of the Crimson, Gilles quickly changed that by wres-tling the ball away.

Freshman center Maori Dav-enport was even able to excite the crowd by using her 6-foot-4-inch frame to muscle her way in. The final frame was an example of the persistence of a Rutgers team that continued to attack the hoop, re-gardless of the score.

In the second half, the Knights began to use a full-court press, la-beled by Guirantes as the 55. The guard was confident in the team’s ability to run the press.

“The 55 is really our identity,” Guirantes said. “We just know once we start the 55, we have a certain attitude.”

That attitude propelled Rut-gers into only letting up 19 points in the second half.

Three players finished with a double-double, including Wal-lace, who had the first of her ca-reer. She finished the day with 14 points and 10 rebounds in what she felt was the best game of her career.

“I was really working hard for it,” Wallace said. “I just tried to concentrate efforts on boxing out and getting every rebound I can get.”

Although she didn’t register a double-double, Sanders had a huge impact as well, scoring 14 points.

Junior guard Arella Guirantes tallied a total of 19 points in her team’s game against the Crimson to add to her season total of 87 points. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2019

Redshirt freshman 149-pounder Gerard Angelo captured a major de-cision against No. 18 Russell Rohlf-ing. Fifth-year senior 184-pounder Willie Scott wrestled in place of junior 174-pounder Joseph Grel-lo’s place, who was injured during the RU Quad Meet during the first weekend of November. Scott cap-tured a technical fall over Josh An-nis of the Roadrunners.

Scott also wrestled on Fri-day, but lost to the Bulldogs’ No. 15 Jackson Hemauer in the 174-pound weight class.

Junior 157-pounder Michael Van Brill and redshirt freshman 184-pounder Billy Janzer secured 2-0 records over the weekend. Van Brill, who wrestled at 141 pounds last season, defeated Jacob Wright of Fresno State and Wyatt Gerl of California State Bakersfield.

Janzer held the Bulldogs’ Dominic Kinkaid without any points en route to a 4-0 win. The Elk Township, New Jersey native also scraped by the Roadrunners’ Josh Loomer in a 1-0 win.

Janzer started the season with three consecutive wins at the quad meet back on Nov. 2 at the RAC. He had a major decision, a win by forfeit and a regular decision win in his first appearance this season.

Junior 197-pounder Matthew Correnti, who was a national tour-nament qualifier back in 2017, defeated Dom Ducharme of Cali-fornia State Bakersfield.

November 19, 2019

MEN’S BASKETBALL ST. BONAVENTURE 80, RUTGERS 74

Knights fall to Bonnies for 1st loss of yearJOSHUA VALDEZ

CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers men’s basketball team took its first loss of the sea-son this past Saturday by a final score of 80-74 on the road against St. Bonaventure. The Scarlet Knights (3-1) nearly erased a 19-point first half deficit, but ul-timately could not complete the comeback against the Bonnies at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.

Shooting efficiency played a central role in the first half scor-ing gap. St. Bonaventure shot 17-of-29 from the field in the first two quarters, good for 58.6%. On the other hand, Rutgers shot just 9-of-28, reaching only a 32.1% mark.

Missed free throws were also a problem for the Knights, which is a familiar issue from last sea-son. They shot 19-of-30 from the charity stripe, reaching only a 63.3% mark. Junior guard Jacob Young struggled the most from the line, shooting 1-of-5.

With that being said, Young’s game also had positive aspects. He dished out a career-high eight assists, showing that he can still help the team even when he is having an off-day with his shot.

Along with Young, the rest of the team also greatly improved in the second half. Rutgers out-scored the Bonnies 44-37 on 53.5% shooting, while holding St. Bonaventure to 40%.

“We came back in the sec-ond half,” said head coach Steve

Pikiell. “I was proud of the final 20 minutes, but you can’t spot a team that many points on the road.”

The main catalysts for the Knights’ late surge were soph-omore guard Caleb McConnell (13 points), sophomore center Myles Johnson (12 points) and ju-nior guard Geo Baker (11 points). Graduate student forward Akwasi Yeboah also chipped in 10 points.

McConnell’s effort was espe-cially notable, as he shot a career best 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Considering the rest of the team’s struggles at the line, his perfect effi-ciency was a refreshing bright spot.

3-point shooting was another area of concern. As a team, Rut-gers shot 7-of-25 from beyond the arc, good for just 28%. Baker especially struggled from long-range, shooting 3-of-10.

The lack of shooting efficiency canceled out the Knights’ solid effort on the boards. They out-re-bounded the Bonnies 39-31, with McConnell and senior forward Shaq Carter leading the team with six rebounds each.

Head coach Steve Pikiell had led his team to three straight wins before Rutgers took the loss in Toronto for its first of the year on Saturday. GARRETT STEFFE / FEBRUARY 2019

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS RECRUITS 4 TO OPEN SIGNING PERIOD

Stringer attracts ranked prospects for 2020RAY LEWIS

CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers women’s basket-ball team has featured a talented and diverse group of players to start the 2019-20 season.

From true freshman center Maori Davenport to graduate stu-dent guard Khadaizha Sanders, players from all different stages in their careers have shown their abili-ty to contribute for a Scarlet Knights (4-0) program that has gotten off to a successful start to the year.

This past week, head coach C. Vivian Stringer was able to attract even more promising prospects for the future as four different players were recruited for Rut-gers to open up the National Sign-ing Week for the team.

Among the incoming fresh-men that were included in the signing were post Sakima Walk-er, forward Chyna Cornwell, guard Elizabeth Martino and winger Erica Lafayette.

Walker, who is labeled as the No. 21 ranked prospect in the nation by the All-Star Girls Report, is entering her senior year of high school after a 2018-19 campaign that saw the post’s Africentric Early College team go an undefeated 28-0 on the season.

With Davenport likely still in the early stages of her development as a cemented member of the Knights’ frontcourt for next season, Walker has the ability to tally some min-utes while also gaining some valu-able experience in playing under

Stringer for the upcoming years that she will be a part of her new team.

Accompanying the post for next season on the other side of the court will be Cornwell. Reigning from Newton-Conover High School, the forward will be embarking on the final stage of a high school career that has seen the North Carolina All-State performer score a total of 1,848 points in the three years that she has been with the team.

Though Rutgers already has a number of forwards on the team, including juniors Mael Gilles, Tekia Mack and redshirt fresh-man Tyia Singleton, there is no reason to believe that, come later in her career with the Knights, Cornwell will have any problem adjusting to an increased number of minutes with her new team.

Sharing the time on the court for the next immediate season, though, will be three-star recruit Martino. The guard, who was giv-en the opportunity to try out for Team USA in the 2017 FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship, along with a spot on the SW Steal-ers in the USA Basketball 2019 3x3 U18 National Championships, was described by Stringer as “a great shooter who believes every single shot is going down as she shoots it.”

Given the fact that some of Rutgers’ current veteran guards in Sanders and graduate student Danielle Migliore are reaching their final years of eligibility for the Knights, it will be interesting to see exactly what kind of impact the two

vets will have on Martino before the incoming freshman steps onto the court in 2020.

Another recruit that will cer-tainly look to open some eyes is No. 40 ranked winger — according to espnW Hoopgurlz — Lafayette. The “combo guard,” as Stringer described her, averaged approxi-mately 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game in her junior year of high school.

Lafayette will certainly seek to carry some of that offensive success into a Rutgers program that has thrived off the high-level production from its other contrib-utors in the first four games of the Knights’ season thus far.

While the four aforementioned recruits will certainly have a long way to go in becoming solidified members of the team, there is no doubt that each will be bringing a sto-ry of success from their earlier high-school career in the hopes of translat-ing it to a bigger stage on the Banks.

The ability to do so would be vital in not only producing the de-velopment of the next core of the Rutgers program, but also in the establishment of one that could bring home the championship-cal-iber season that is entirely possible for the Knights, given the diverse group of talent that has already showed its potential in fielding a developing yet successful team.

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Head coach C. Vivian Stringer recruited players of four different positions in the Knights’ attempts to build for the future with the signings. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2018

Twenty of the team’s re-bounds were on the offensive end, continuing Rutgers’ trend of strong play in the paint this sea-son. Yeboah and McConnell each led the team with four offensive rebounds. Going forward, the Knights simply have to convert more shots to make use of their effectiveness on the boards.

On defense, Rutgers had issues containing Alejandro Vasquez (20 points) and Justin Winston (19 points). Each player was effective from the three-point range, with Vazquez shooting 3-of-5 and Winston shooting 4-of-5. The Knights will look to tight-en up their perimeter defending when they host Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday, Nov. 20.

With challenging Big Ten games on the horizon, Rutgers needs to iron out some issues on both ends of the floor. Shooting efficiency from both the field and free throw line needs to improve. The Knights also have to play a strong game during both halves, rather than hav-ing to dig themselves out of a large deficit in the latter part of the game.

The team’s performance in the next three games against the Lum-berjacks (4-0), NJIT and UMass will show how prepared they are for conference opponents. The first one on the slate for Rutgers is Michigan State, whom the team will face on Dec. 8.

“We’ve got to get better,” Pik-iell said. “Hopefully this is a real learning experience for us.”

“We’ve got to get better. Hopefully this is a real

learning experience for us.”

STEVE PIKIELL Head Coach

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I was proud of the final 20 minutes, but you can’t spot a team that many points on the road.”

— Men’s basketball head coach Steve PikiellSPORTSTUESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2019 ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COMRUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK

ADAM KORSAK,junior punter on the football team, has been named a Ray Guy Award Semifinalist by the Augusta Sports Council. He has won the weekly award three different times this season and has landed 28 punts inside the 20-yard line.

VOLLEYBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

WRESTLING

at No. 17 Purdue

vs. Stephen F. Austin

Navy Classic

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., West Lafayette, Ind.

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Rutgers Athletic Center

Saturday, All Day, Annapolis, Md.

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WRESTLING RUTGERS 24, CALIFORNIA STATE BAKERSFIELD 12

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 74, HARVARD 46

Knights’ starters help down Ivy League opponent

Rutgers captures road sweep with 2 victories

SEE VICTORIES ON PAGE 10No. 19 fifth-year senior heavyweight Christian Colucci took down Fresno State’s Randy Gonzales and California State Bakersfield’s Jarrod Snyder. He finished the weekend with two wins. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2019

Graduate student guard Khadaizha Sanders is averaging 9.3 points per game and approximately five rebounds per game after a contest against the Crimson that saw her total 14 points and three rebounds for Rutgers. THE DAILY TARGUM / FEBRUARY 2019

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After sending some of its student-athletes down Route 1 South for the Princeton Open two weekends ago, the Rutgers wrestling team embarked on a two-day trip to Califor-nia to take on Fresno State and California State Bakersfield.

Returning to the dual slate, the Scarlet Knights (5-0) allowed 13 and 12 points to the Bulldogs (0-4) and the Roadrunners (0-3) en route to a road sweep, their first appearances away from the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC).

The last time Fresno State wrestled against Rutgers, the Knights came out victo-rious with a 24-point victory at last season’s home quad meet in Piscataway. This time, the Bulldogs secured more individual wins on their home court.

No. 19 fifth-year senior heavyweight Christian Colucci started the weekend off with a major decision over Fresno State’s Randy Gonzales. The win was 1 of 2 victo-ries for Colucci, who also took down Cali-fornia State Bakersfield’s Jarrod Snyder in a tight 3-2 outing.

Redshirt freshman 125-pounder Nico-las Aguilar made his anticipated debut in a scarlet and white singlet. Aguilar, a Gilroy,

GIDEON FOXCORRESPONDENT

Harvard may boast high levels of success in the classroom, but the Rutgers women’s basketball team dropped both knowledge and 74 points on the Crimson (3-1) on the court.

In a Sunday matinee game at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), the Scarlet Knights (4-0) showed how basketball is played on the Banks and won by a final score of 74-46.

Rutgers stayed with what had been work-ing and started the usual line-up that includ-ed graduate student guard Khadaizha “KK” Sanders, senior center Jordan Wallace, junior guard Arella Guirantes and junior forwards Tekia Mack and Mael Gilles.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer won her 503rd game while with the Knights, sitting at sixth place for all-time wins in NCAA wom-en’s basketball behind Sylvia Hatchell of North Carolina.

“Really, and truly, my gratification is at the end of the game: sit back, relax and smile,” Stringer said.

Both teams failed to score on the first few possessions of the game. Rutgers drew first blood with a layup from Wallace. Soon after,

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