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Rutgers protests tackle minimum wage, faculty wage increasesRYAN STIESI
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
At the tail end of the Fall 2017 semester, University President Rob-ert L. Barchi raised the schoolwide minimum wage by 30 percent, from $8.44 an hour to $11 an hour, fol-lowing a semester of protests. This spring, protesters took back to the streets to address more issues.
Demands for higher wages, health services for part-time lectur-ers, fair contracts and services for students with children, among oth-ers, were made public and brought to the administration’s attention. Here is a recap of the semester’s most prominent protests and the results that followed.
THE FIGHT FOR $15Rutgers United Students Against
Sweatshops (USAS) continued
its campaign for a $15 minimum wage on campus this semester. On Dec. 12, 2017, the student organi-zation shut down a Rutgers Board of Trustees meeting when mem-bers refused to leave until Barchi met their campaign demands, The Daily Targum reported. Earlier in the same week, the University an-nounced a raise to $11 an hour.
“Well obviously we’re very en-thused with everyone who showed up who you know fought for the be-lief that everybody here does deserve a living wage,” Avery Elford, media liaison for USAS, said to the Targum at the time. “I think that we do believe we can win, and this $11 was already proof that we are putting pressure on the administration here and we be-lieve that we are gonna keep it up, we are gonna shut down every meeting until we get what we deserve, which is a $15, living minimum wage.”
In February, the Targum report-ed that 12 students involved in the protest received police charges. These included a disorderly per-sons offense stating that students acted in a way that disrupted a “lawful meeting, procession or gathering,” and a petty disorderly offense that stated that students “purposely caused” or “recklessly created” alarm.
After entering the meeting, members of the organization bypassed police and took to the center of the room where they refused to move until board mem-bers agreed to their demands, the Targum reported.
Despite this, USAS continued its campaign.
On Feb. 23, members of the orga-nization marched from the steps of
RUSA introduces new board, initiatives
ERICA D’COSTAASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) had an event-ful year, naming Suzanne Link as the new president of RUSA for the 2018-2019 school year and imple-menting a free menstrual hygiene product program on three campus-es at Rutgers.
Link ran on the One Rutgers tick-et — one of four tickets on the ballot.
One Rutgers, led by Link, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, and vice-presidential candidate Jaidev Phadke, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, focused on the issue of college affordability during their campaign, as reported earlier by The Daily Targum.
The ticket plans to fight for an increase in the maximum award for Pell Grant recipients, assure food access to Rutgers students struggling with food insecurity, advocate for increased state fund-ing and continue to support the Employer Participation in Student Loan Assistance Act.
Evan Covello, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy senior, stepping down from his 2017-2018 RUSA presiden-cy, said that it was a lot of work, but he would do it all over again if he was not graduating.
“I would say the thing I am most proud of is the legitimacy we’ve built as advocates for students,” said Covello, who has been on the RUSA board for the past three years.
Using the money left in the bud-get in ways that will directly help students is one thing he still wants to accomplish before graduation, he said. This has already been set in motion through partnering with the Rutgers Student Food Pantry to address food insecurity and setting up a program to make menstrual hygiene products free on campus.
The recent pilot program was launched across the Cook, Busch and Livingston campuses and sup-ply students with access to free menstrual products.
Once RUSA was introduced to the possible hindrance of that goal via feminine products, it conducted research, said Covello.
In discussing the logistics and finances of implementing the pro-gram, RUSA reached out to other on-campus organizations, such as The Women’s Center Coalition (WCC), The Douglass Governing Council (DGC) and the Universi-ty Facilities and Capital Planning (UFCP), said Covello.
Despite the recent arrival of the new government body, Link plans to further develop the program.
“I am looking forward to sitting down with UFCP this month to dis-cuss the success of this program and how to expand it to our other campuses. I am pleased at the prog-ress that has been made thus far on making menstrual hygiene prod-ucts free at Rutgers University and this is a program that I will continue to improve as president,” she said.
This semester’s protests for higher worker minimum wages and better teacher salaries took to the streets, featuring various activist organizations. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2018
Dan Schulman, PayPal president and CEO, is this year’s commencement speaker. He formerly served on the University’s Board of Governors and Board of Trustees. JEFFREY GOMEZ / MAY 2017
ERICA D’COSTAASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Members of the University’s Board of Governors meeting an-nounced Dan Schulman, presi-dent and CEO of PayPal, as Rut-gers—New Brunswick’s 2018 commencement speaker earlier this year.
Schulman, who formerly served on the University’s Board of Trustees, will receive an hon-orary Doctor of Humane Letters degree and give a speech to the Class of 2018 on Sunday, May 13
at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway.
The long-anticipated announce-ment comes six months after the University asked former Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden to be this year’s grad-uation speaker.
Dory Devlin, University spokes-person, confirmed that Biden was un-available for graduation in an email.
“Former Vice President Joseph Biden was unable to attend the May 13 commencement ceremony. We are thrilled he came to Rutgers in October to rally students around the It’s On Us campaign aimed at ending
sexual assault on college campuses,” she said.
The official 2018 graduation head-liner has a long list of accomplish-ments, titles and awards.
His journey started at AT&T in 1981 as an assistant to an accountant executive, when his first paycheck there totaled to $208 — he is now worth millions. He later took on leadership roles at Priceline, Amer-ican Express, Sprint and notably at Virgin Mobile as the company’s founding CEO, Devlin said.
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Scaramucci talks anti-Semitism at U.
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Former White House Communi-cations Director Anthony Scaramuc-ci stopped by the Chabad House ear-lier this semester where he spoke about his experiences with Judaism, ways to promote its preservation and his life during and after his time at the White House.
“Countering BDS Campaigns on Campus with Anthony Scaramucci” was organized by the Orthodox Jew-ish Chamber of Commerce (OJC) with help from Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) and featured a panel of members from the University’s Orthodox Jewish community.
Duvi Honig, the founder and CEO of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, said that Scarmucci was invited to discuss the effects of hatred and the dimin-ishment of Judaism, along with its artifacts such as the Torah.
Scaramucci is known for his time serving as White House communi-cations director this past summer and the 11 days, as corrected by him, that transpired between his appoint-ment and removal from the position.
He listed three rules that he sug-gested the audience never forget. The first, that it is an individual’s cul-ture that matters most.
“No. 2 … is super important to realize this, the Jewish community globally for 5,500 years is hunching over its weight … Just look at the sta-tistics, you’ve killed it in commerce, you’ve killed it in the arts, you’ve killed it in science … the byproduct of your culture has led to unbeliev-able charity all around the world.”
Lastly, he said that passing the ethos of Judaism onto new gener-ations will benefit the culture and offset hatred.
After concluding his speech, Scar-amucci spent the remainder of his time answering audience questions.
When asked about his position on the U.S. airstrike against Syria, he said that the tribe present in the area targeted has occupied the space for thousands of years as a “ritualistic tribe that will fight to the death.”
“Their attitude is, and some peo-ple have this attitude, obviously the Nazi’s had this attitude, they’re supe-rior to other people and so therefore if I’m gassing somebody else they’re subhuman to me,” he said.
Scaramucci responded to a ques-tion regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict with an assessment of the land, which he said should stay in the hands of the Jewish people in order to secure their survival. He is a proponent of a one-state solution, one in which Jewish people and Pal-estinians retain their legal and polit-ical character as separate nations, and suggests a strategy that protects statehood above all else.
In a surprise announcement, Scaramucci was awarded a photo album from the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.
“This gift on behalf of YAD VASH-EM, which came from them on their own good will to Anthony, demon-strates how much his visit impact-ed all Holocaust survivors through the recognition and understanding which Anthony generated about the Holocaust and the 6,000,000 Jews de-stroyed in the name of hate,” Honig said to The Daily Targum.
Earlier this year, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Ruth B. Mandel, the director of The Eagelton Institute of Politics, about her involvement in the women’s political movement, the 2016 election and student civic engagement. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2018
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit earlier this year, initially scheduled for the College Avenue Gymnasi-um, attracted more than 5,000 students to the Rutgers Ath-letic Center for an event host-ed by the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Clinton spoke on a number of topics, including American democracy and its institutions, Clinton’s political career and her involvement in the women’s polit-ical movement, with Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics Ruth B. Mandel, The Daily Tar-gum reported.
She was this year’s Clifford P. Case Professorship of Public Af-fairs — a title established by the Rutgers Board in the 1980s after Case’s death in 1982 — joining the ranks of previous recipi-ents, such as former President Gerald Ford, former Vice Presi-dent Walter Mondale and former speaker of the House Thomas “Tip” O’Neill.
Clinton was paid $25,000 to attend the event, according to the Targum. In 2014, she stat-ed that money she earns from University talks fund her philan-thropic efforts through the Clin-ton Foundation — an operating foundation that works to create economic opportunity, improved public health and inspire civic en-gagement and service, according to its site.
Reading from a list of crowd-sourced questions, Mandel asked that Clinton comment on miscon-ceptions surrounding her life, how she responds to comments that she should exit the public stage and how to sustain female empowerment in politics.
“I have often thought that I am a kind of a Rorschach test for peo-ple who are trying to make sense, not just of me personally, but of women’s roles and women’s ex-panded opportunities in not only America but around the world,” Clinton said.
Clinton said that following the 2016 election, she felt pres-sure to remove herself from the public sphere and con-versations over social issues.
When asked how people could support efforts to sustain female political involvement and the support of institutions that sup-port women regardless of their standing, she said there are three interrelated challenges.
The first, to convince wom-en to get involved, the second that there will be backlash from people who do not want to see preconceived notions changed and who oppose women running in government. The last is that women who are new to politics and effecting change are not aware of how long it can take, the Targum reported.
Speaking on the merits of be-ing a woman, she said that during the election she wanted people to
Clinton discusses women in politicsembrace that she was a woman, but to also consider what she had to offer. She found common cause in a number of areas with other women in office.
“If you start with a shared perspective about what an issue is, bring public awareness, you can then discuss the details,” she said.
Clinton went on to speak on a number of topics, including Rus-sian collusion during the 2016 election and civic engagement among young people.
“And we don’t want to turn decision making over large parts of our lives to unelected powerful interests. We want to be in a po-sition where we are calling the shots,” Clinton said.
The business executive is no stranger to Rutgers. He served on the Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2012, before joining the Uni-versity’s Board of Governors from 2008 to 2013. His mother was also an as-sociate dean at the University.
“As PayPal’s leader, Schul-man is focused on transform-ing financial services to make life easi-er for billions of people around the world,” Devlin said. “With his deep experience in payments and mobile technology, the New Jersey native is guiding PayPal to reimagine how people move and manage money, and how merchants and consumers interact and transact.”
His long list of accomplishments includes being crowned by For-tune as one of the top-10 CEOs in
the world and being named one of the top-100 most creative people by Fast Company.
Although the University has paid honorariums thousands of dollars, the leader of PayPal will not be paid for his speech.
R u t g e r s —Newark and R u t g e r s —C a m d e n a n n o u n c e d Queen Latifah and Anita Hill, respectively, as their 2018 com-m e n c e m e n t speakers.
The Class of 2018 will be one of the most diverse, accomplished and largest ever, en-compassing students from 40 states and more than 60 countries, the Targum reported.
Courtney McAnuff, vice presi-dent for Enrollment Management, labeled the class as “one of the most academically talented and diverse groups of students to ever enter the University.”
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SPEAKERSchulman served on Rutgers’ Board of Governors from 2008 to 2013
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“... Schulman is focused on transforming financial services to make life easier
for billions of people ...”
DORY DEVLINUniversity Spokesperon
Brower Commons on College Av-enue, throughout Downtown New Brunswick and eventually ended in front of Old Queens as part of their fight for $15, according to the Targum.
USAS marched in solidari-ty with other organizations on campus, including the American Association of University Profes-sors-the American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) and the Democratic Socialists of America, according to the Targum.
“This was real and this was a movement moment,” said Mari-ah Wood, a USAS organizer and School of Arts and Sciences se-nior, at the time. “This was us tak-ing back our streets and showing that we aren’t going to back down even in light of these heinous charges that have been pressed against 12 student leaders.”
BARGAINING FOR FAIR CONTRACTS AND SERVICES
With part-time lecturer con-tracts set to expire over the sum-mer, AAUP-AFT was also involved in protests. The organization joined others on Tuesday, April 10 in a protest outside of the Board of Governors’ meeting in Winants Hall, according to the Targum.
In a series of chants and speeches, members of the group called for fair contracts and protected healthcare ser-vices for part-time employees.
“The response hopefully will be in the coming months when they see our show of power, they see how many people came out, how many members we have,” said Jerald Isseks, a student in the School of Graduate Studies and teacher assistant, at that time. “Our membership is at like 60 percent capacity right now which is the biggest its ever been, it went up from like 20 per-cent to like 60 percent in the last three years, so hopefully that’s a little bit of a message to them that we mean business.”
STUDENTS WITH CHILDRENRutgers Students With Children
(RSWC) is another active group on campus that has campaigned to increase resources for student-par-ents on campus. This semester, the group posted an online petition that received more than 600 signatures and outlined its demands, accord-ing to the Targum.
Anjanette Vaidya, president and founder of RSWC, along with the organization called for de-mands like priority registration, being tracked and named as a population and subsidized child care, among others, according to the petition.
“We’ve been asking the ad-ministration for basic supports and services for student parents that other higher education in-stitutions have provided their student’s parents with for years,” Vaidya said at the time.
PROTESTSLast year, President Barchi raised worker minimum wages to $11 per hour
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ERICA D’COSTAASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
In January, Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) was sworn into office as New Jersey’s 56th governor. His inauguration has brought New Jer-sey closer to legalized marijuana, a higher worker minimum wage and college affordability.
Murphy visited Rutgers last week on his 100th day in office to reflect on his cabinet’s accom-plishments since January, reiterate his policies and perspectives and highlight his vi-sions for the fu-ture of the Garden State, The Daily Targum reported.
The event was presented by the Center on the American Governor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics and Rutgers University Press.
Last week, the governor signed into law a bill that will ban employ-ers from paying women anything less than their male counterparts in an effort to close the gender wage gap.
Signing the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act gives women the strongest equal pay protections in the coun-try and will set a national standard against discrimination in the work-place, Murphy said.
He also recently passed the au-tomatic voter registration law with the goal to “open up democracy” and bring a larger, more diverse population to the polls.
Murphy mentioned that his cur-rent cabinet has made history with
the nation’s first-ever Sikh Ameri-can attorney general, Gurbir Gre-wal, the state’s first Muslim Amer-ican commissioner of Health, Dr. Shereef Elnahal and the first Black adjutant general, Jemal Beale.
The governor said that New Jer-sey has a bright future ahead. He hopes to tackle more issues that
directly impact citizens of the Gar-den State.
Murphy said his next steps are to sign gun control bills that close loopholes in the background check system, expand Planned Parent-hood, legalize marijuana, end mass incarceration — especially for people of color — review crim-inal sentencing guidelines, protect DREAMers, block drilling of the Jersey shore and create a tax fair-ness system.
“With the tur-moil in Wash-ington and the seemingly nev-er-ending political convulsions, it has invariably fallen upon states to act. Right now, gover-nors have never mattered more,”
he said on his 100th day in office. “So when President (Donald J.)Trump and Republicans are work-ing at odds with our future and our values, whether it be on funding the gateway tunnel, or hurting our DREAMers or passing a tax plan that victimizes our middle class, we are fighting back.”
“Right now, governors have never mattered more ...”
PHIL MURPHY Governor of New Jersey
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This year’s Dance Marathon marks 20 years of philanthropic efforts on behalf of Rutgers and its various student organizations toward The Embrace Kids Foundation. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2018
RYAN STIESIASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
From food-raisers to dancing for change, the Rutgers community has come together in many ways this semester. Here are five ways students have given back to the community since January.
DANCE MARATHON RAISES MILLIONS FOR THE KIDS
2018 marked the 20th annual Rutgers University Dance Mara-thon (RUDM) and the second time that members of greek life, athletes and the Rutgers community raised more than $1 million for The Em-brace Kids Foundation. The grand total amounted to $1,055,468.37 and 24 hours of non-stop dancing, according to The Daily Targum.
Hannah Rothstein, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and a Dance Relations Captain, worked alongside a crew of directors and fellow dancers to recruit dancers and prepare for the event.
“I think it’s like contagious, once you start and someone else gets in-spired and they want to do it and it just makes you want to keep going and keep seeing how much more you can make an impact and how much more you can get involved,” she said to the Targum at the time.
INITIATIVE PAINTS NEW BRUNSWICK
The New Brunswick Community Arts Council, Mason Gross School of
the Arts and the Highland Park Arts Commission paired approximately 20 local artists to display art in storefront windows across the city and raise awareness for social justice issues in an initiative called “Windows of Under-standing,” according to the Targum.
The event was in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and took place on Church, George and French Streets in New Brunswick, along with Raritan Avenue in High-land Park.
“I think it’s critical in this media landscape that we seize opportuni-ties to create ‘peaceful disruptions’ in people’s dailyness,” said Cassan-dra Oliveras-Moreno, the Commu-nications and Collaboration admin-istrator at Mason Gross School of the Arts and the initiatives’ found-er. “I think art has the ability to communicate across boundaries that other mediums can’t.”
STUDENTS DONATE FOOD AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES
Rutgers Off-Campus Living and Community Partnerships hosted “No Hunger Games” — a food-rais-ing effort in February. The event featured a video game truck, fea-turing a variety of games and con-soles, available to those that do-nated to the Rutgers Student Food Pantry, according to the Targum.
Philip Chambers, the associate director of Rutgers Off-Campus Liv-ing and Community Partnerships, said the event was a way to encour-age charity while having fun.
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi so-rority along with Sigma Alpha Mu hosted “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader,” a fundraising event at the Hillel House on the College Avenue campus in February. All proceeds went to the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international organization devoted to promoting human rights and fighting poverty in underdevel-oped parts of the world, according to the Targum.
The event featured a round of eight questions on different topics, each round increasingly difficult than the last. Students competed in teams and faced off against each other, seeing who could get the most questions right.
SENIORS LEAVE THEIR LEGACYThe Rutgers Class of 2018 Scar-
let Senior Campaign gives Rut-gers students the chance to give back to areas of the University that meant a lot to them, accord-ing to the Targum. Marques Jules, the senior class gift campaign co-ordinator and a School of Arts and Sciences senior said, “… I have a real understanding of the huge impact that philanthropy has on the student experience. I want my classmates to know that too — and to take action.”
Currently, 738 people have donat-ed and more than $19,000 have been raised, according to its website.
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Fifth-year senior guard Tyler Scaife finished her last year on the Banks averaging 19.4 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game. In April, Scaife was drafted No. 20 overall by the Phoenix Mercury. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2017
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Junior guard Corey Sanders carried Rutgers to its first Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, averaging 24.7 points per game. Sanders was selected to the All-Big Ten Tournament Team, the first Knight in the Big Ten to don that honor. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / MARCH 2018
Happy Birthday: View your cup as half full and take advantage of every opportunity until it overflows. You’ll have the added discipline and drive to conquer all you set out to do. The world is your oyster as long as you are willing to live in the moment and enjoy the blessings and gifts you’re so for-tunate to have come your way. Your numbers are 11, 15, 21, 27, 32, 34, 45.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let the changes going on around you cause discord. Diplomacy will be your best route to making your dreams come true. Observation coupled with hard work will lead to a steady incline. A physical change will make you feel youthful. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Part-nership issues can and should be addressed. Problems with a friend or relative will be resolved if you listen to what others want and incorporate elements that satisfy both you and those you deal with. Keep an open mind. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be realistic when it comes to partner-ships or helping others. Talk matters through; make sure you have a good understanding of what’s required or expected of you before you make promises. Acting on an assumption will lead to loss. 3 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Share your opinion and discuss new possi-bilities. Make good use of your tal-ents. Strive to do things differently, and aim to get ahead. Expand your interests. Choose to interact more with your peers and friends to devel-op important relationships. 5 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your talking will get you into trouble if you are too opinionated or make unrealistic promises. Change can be made, but before you begin, make sure your plan is doable. Look at all the conditions required to be successful. 2 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t be shy; stand up and voice your thoughts and feelings. You’ll make a difference to the people you talk to, and action will be taken to bring about positive change. Family and friends will rally around you. 4 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Tread carefully. The changes going on around you may not be as transpar-ent as you think. It’s up to you to decipher if someone is being fair or taking advantage of you. Don’t give in to unreasonable demands. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Talks will lead to better relationships. Ex-press your thoughts; you’ll be offered valuable information that will help you reduce risk and home in on what will bring you the greatest success. Keep your emotions in check. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Hide out at home or with those you know you can trust. Avoid anyone using emotional bribes or manipula-tion to get you involved in something that is questionable. Walk away from anyone who is demanding or argu-mentative. 3 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let situations that develop unfold naturally. Greater opportunity will result if you are amicable and will-ing to work with the majority. How you deal with matters at home and at work should be based on thought-fulness and understanding. 4 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t travel too far from home or get involved with people who are indulgent or have different beliefs, poor values or bad habits. Learn from past mistakes, and avoid fold-ing under peer pressure. Concen-trate on exploring your assets, not developing liabilities. 2 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look for a way to get ahead financially. Address legal concerns; you’ll clear the passageway allowing you to fo-cus on what you want to pursue. A joint venture will turn into a pros-perous venture. Someone from your past will surprise you. 5 stars
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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 Social blooper
6 Plant starter
10 Wound cover
14 Ceremonial elegance
15 Drop-off spot?
16 Goya’s duchess’ place
17 Jack’s superior
20 Old Man’s place
21 Facts for computers
22 Scottish lords
23 Trees for flooring
25 Physics’ units of work
26 LSD, familiarly
28 Bad stuff in court
32 Wreck but good
34 All stretched out
35 Backtalk, in slang
38 Othello alias
42 Rejection words
43 Common precipitation
44 Extend a subscription
45 Eden villain
48 Tosses in
49 Achieve perfectly
51 Hops dryers
53 Quite a lot
55 Standard measurement
56 Boston Harbor drink?
59 Your ace beats him
62 Enameled metalware
63 “___ Christie”
64 Neural transmitters
65 Actor Wilson
66 Blast, as of wind
67 Staff anew, non-PC
DOWN
1 Is sentenced to
2 Persistent pain
3 Minute dog injuries?
4 Helpful website letters
5 Musical exercise
6 Boil or churn
7 Writer Ferber
8 Stroked item
9 Cleverly artful
10 Exec’s pay
11 Adhered
12 French fathers
13 Thick-stringed guitar
18 A throw
19 Crooked poker player
24 Type of cheese
26 Abbr. on a memo
27 Salmon variety
29 Repair wrongs
30 U.K. military branch
31 Hefty ride
33 Legendary Rhine rock
35 City in Minnesota
36 Like cold tea
37 Church row fillers
39 Wave maker
40 It needs mending
41 All straightened up
45 Satiny
46 Milk variety
47 Dash instrument
49 Slangy impossible
50 British pop star
52 Be a wool gatherer
53 Director Preminger
54 Get hooked on hosiery?
55 Some atomic particles
57 It’s fired up in a lab
58 Org. kin
60 It grazes in Africa
61 Simple chopper (var.)
Yesterday’s Solution
Universal Crossword
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Knights can’t pick up win on road, get swept for 2nd time this season
WEEKS
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior attacker and captain Jules Heiningburg had 2 goals and two assists in Rutgers’ season finale loss to Ohio State. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2018
it pay by scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the frame.
The score remained 2-0 for a few innings until the Boilermakers plated 1 in the sixth and 1 in the seventh, and stifled every Rutgers attempt at a comeback. Fifth-year senior first baseman Chris Folinusz led off the top of the ninth with a double, but the subsequent three batters were all retired.
Purdue ended the Knights’ hopes of winning the series the next day, winning 9-4. The Boilermakers scored 3 runs in the bottom of the first, but once again Rutgers loaded the bases in the second, this time with no outs. But, just like the day before, it wasn’t able to bring across a run, and Purdue increased its lead to 5 in the bottom of the inning.
“It’s a big m o m e n t u m shift for the other team,” Litterio said. “That’s why I preach two-out RBI’s, because when we get the big hit with two outs, it’s a big momentum killer for the other team. When you get bases loaded with no outs and don’t score, it puts everybody in a tougher situation at the plate because now they’re
starting to press a little bit, and the other team gets momentum off of that.”
Sophomore pitcher Tommy Genuario pitched a career-high four innings in relief for the Knights, allowing 2 runs on four hits with three strikeouts. The starter, freshman Harry Rutkowski, lasted three innings and allowed 7 runs on seven hits and four walks. After starting the season 4-0, he has taken the loss in his last four outings.
Junior catcher Nick Matera drove in 2 of the 4 Rutgers runs and had two hits, tied with Folinusz and redshirt freshman shortstop Dan DiGeorgio for the team high.
The Knights lost the series finale 1-0, suffering their third shutout of the season. After graduate s t u d e n t pitcher Karl Blum allowed an earned run in the first, the pitching staff combined to allow no more runs, but Rutgers was unable to even the score.
Blum pitched a career-high five innings in the loss, and juniors Ryan Wares and Serafino Brito combined for three shutout innings. The two teams combined for seven hits and while the Boilermakers had eight runners reach scoring
position, the Knights had just three.
“We had plenty of opportunities this weekend,” Litterio said. “We had plenty of guys in scoring position, we just never got the hit that would capitalize and break it open. It seemed like we were always playing from behind. When you do that, it’s tough to score runs.”
Rutgers now faces Columbia at home tomorrow before hosting Michigan for a weekend series, hoping to turn things around after a series that multiple players considered a letdown.
Still, there’s hope that they can turn it around as the season hits the final month.
“We didn’t score enough runs to win the games this weekend,
but I think it’s part of baseball and we’re going through a bit of a slump right now,” said senior infielder Kyle Walker. “We’ll be swinging the bats soon enough, and we’re excited to get back out there this upcoming week.”
For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior pitcher John O’Reilly pitched seven innings last Friday, allowing 3 earned runs on nine hits by Purdue in its 4-0 win over Rutgers. DANIEL MOREALLE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2018
other 4-point game and push his total to a Big Ten-leading 69 on the season.
The Knights will now be the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament and will face No. 1 seed Maryland on Thursday night in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Rutgers fell to the then-No. 1 overall Terps by a score of 11-10 earlier in the season in College
Rutgers makes Big Ten Tournament after Michigan beat Penn State Sunday
LOSS
CONTINUED FROM BACK Park and would likely need a win on Thursday to keep its hopes alive for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Winning the Big Ten Tourna-ment would give the Knights an automatic bid to the NCAA Tour-nament.
For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @GriffinWhitmer and @TargumS-ports on Twitter.
Rutgers has 3 games left this season to try ending its losing streak
STREAK
CONTINUED FROM BACK
“We had plenty of opportunities this
weekend ... we just never got the hit that would capitalize and break
it open.”
JOE LITTERIOHead Coach
lating three RBI’s. Rutgers’ only two RBI’s in the game came from sophomore infielder Anyssa Iliop-oulos on a fielder’s choice, and a safety squeeze bunt play from se-nior catcher Sierra Maddox.
Hoklotubbe singled in the game, moving her hit streak to nine and her reached base safely mark to sixteen games in a row.
Despite an excellent pitching effort from Jones in the third and final game of the series, the Knights fell to Michigan State, 2-0. Jones pitched six innings, al-lowing only 2 runs on three hits. Unfortunately, Spartans starter Kristina Zalewski was just a lit-tle bit better, tossing a complete game shutout with five strikeouts.
Hoklotubbe was 2-3 in the game, moving her hitting streak to 10 games in a row, and tying junior
shortstop Jess Hughes with 17 straight games reaching base on the season.
With only one series remaining on the season for Rutgers, it is hop-ing May will deliver better results than April did. The Knights were 0-15 in April, their last win coming on March 31, a 4-2 over Penn State.
Rutgers will return home to play its final three games of the season this weekend against In-diana. Despite being just 24-27 on the season, the Hoosiers own one of the top records in the Big Ten with its 16-4 mark.
For updates on the Rutgers soft-ball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore center fielder Hailey Hoklotubbe went 4-9 in three games this weekend, scoring 1 run and stealing a base for the Knights. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2018
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Overall it was not very good. We came down here to try to win a series, but we didn’t swing the
bats or field very well.”
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EXTRA POINT
CHRIS GOTTERUP, freshman on the men’s golf team, finished tied for 18th place at the Big Ten Championships this weekend. Gotterup produced a two-under-par 68 in the first round and a one-under-par 69 in round two of the tournament.
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 19 OHIO STATE 10, NO. 9 RUTGERS 7
Knights make Big Ten tourney despite road loss
SEE LOSS ON PAGE 10
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SEE WEEKS ON PAGE 10 SEE STREAK ON PAGE 10
Junior pitcher Whitney Jones pitched 11 innings for Rutgers this weekend. CASEY AMBROSIO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2018
Junior catcher Nick Matera drove in 2 of Rutgers’ 4 runs in game two. DANIEL MORRALE / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2018
JORDAN FARBOWITZCORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers baseball team headed to West Lafayette, Indiana hoping to win its eighth series in the last nine weekends. Instead, it suffered something that only happened to it one other time this year.
The Scarlet Knights (22-18, 6-9) were swept for the second time in the last three weekend series, losing at Purdue (24-16, 10-4). It was the first time they lost a series to the Boilermakers, having won series’ in 2015 and 2017.
“Overall it was not very good,” said head coach Joe Litterio. “We came down here to try to win a series, but we didn’t swing the bats or field very well. I’m not very happy about the results.”
Rutgers committed five errors on the weekend, resulting in 4 unearned runs. The five errors matched the number it committed the last time it was swept, which was at Illinois two weeks ago.
The first game of the series saw senior pitcher John O’Reilly go seven innings, allowing 3 earned runs on nine hits, but he received no run support as the Knights were shut out, 4-0. It was O’Reilly’s first loss since opening day against Miami.
“I think I did alright, but I’m a little disappointed that we couldn’t pull out a win on Friday night,” O’Reilly said. “The team has been giving me run support all year long, so I can’t really get too frustrated about that. I can only control what I can control. I know I can do better, but I gave my team a chance, which is all I can do.”
The team had a chance to take the lead early, loading the bases with one out in the second. But a strikeout and a flyout meant it came away with nothing, and Purdue made
Rutgers suffers 2nd sweep in 3 weeks to Purdue
Head coach Brian Brecht lucked out on Sunday after Michigan took out Penn State to put Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament. DECLAN INTINDOLA / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2018
RU losing streak climbs to 15 at Michigan State
GRIFFIN WHITMERCORRESPONDENT
Thanks to Michigan beating Penn State earlier in the day, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team was not playing for its life on Saturday afternoon against Ohio State.
But, the No. 9 Scarlet Knights (9-5, 2-3) didn’t exactly put forth an inspiring per-formance, as they were easily put away by the Buckeyes (8-6, 3-2) to the tune of a 10-7 scoreline.
The story of the day was the discrepancy at the faceoff X. A week after going 0-for-10 in the second half against the Nittany Lions, Rutgers failed to win the first 13 against Ohio State, which included all nine in the first half.
And despite the performance in the first half, the Knights were down just 4-3 at half-time. It’s reasonable to expect an average per-formance in the second half would have led to a more favorable result.
But Buckeye Justin Inacio would not cool off, winning the first four in the third quar-ter, which led to 4 straight Ohio State goals to push the score to 8-3.
After that eighth goal, Rutgers finally won its first faceoff of the game and senior midfielder Christian Mazzone scored to make it 8-4.
Senior faceoff specialist Alex Schoen would win the first faceoff of the fourth quar-ter for the Knights, leading to sophomore attacker Kieran Mullins’s goal that made the score 8-5 and put a scare in the Buckeyes.
But with its back against the wall and need-ing a win to keep its season alive, Ohio State responded with 2 goals in the next 3 minutes to go up 10-5 and put to rest any thoughts Rut-gers had of a comeback.
Senior attacker and captain Jules Hening-burg added on 2 goals late to give him an-
MATTHEW HOWESTAFF WRITER
Thank goodness April is almost over. With three losses this weekend to Michigan State, the Rutgers softball team extended its los-ing streak to 15 in a row, having not won a game in the entire month of April. The Scarlet Knights dropped the games by scores of 4-2, 9-2 and 2-0.
In game one, junior pitcher Whitney Jones took to the circle for Rutgers. Jones tossed four shutout innings before giving up 3 runs in the fifth. In total she pitched five innings, giving up 4 runs and four walks. The loss moves her record to 8-14 on the season.
Senior first baseman Rebecca Hall was a perfect 3-3 on the day, including an RBI single in the sixth inning. Sophomore right fielder Nicole Bowman put the Knights on the board first in the game, with an RBI single in the fourth inning that put Rutgers ahead 1-0 at the time.
With her single in the first inning, Hall moved into second place on the program’s all-time hit list with 213 total base knocks. She trails only alumnus Carla Camino, who has 233 all-time hits.
Sophomore center fielder Hailey Hoklo-tubbe also extended her hit streak to eight games and has reached base safely in the last fifteen games.
During game two of the series, freshman pitcher Taylor Manno got roughed up in the circle for the Knights, allowing 5 runs (3 earned) through three innings of work. She received the loss, moving her to 0-2 this year. Freshman pitcher Taryn Collins came on in relief, allowing 4 runs in two and one thirds innings of work.
For the Spartans, left fielder Kelly Zack-rison hit 2 home runs in the game, accumu-
BASEBALL
vs. Columbia
Tomorrow, 1 p.m.,Bainton Field
BASEBALL
vs. Michigan
Friday, 3 p.m.,Bainton Field
MEN’S LACROSSE
Big Ten Tournament
Thursday, 5 p.m.,Piscataway, N.J.
SOFTBALL
at Michigan State
Friday, 3 p.m.,Softball Complex
MLB SCORES
San FranciscoLA Dodgers
Chicago (NL)Milwaukee
HoustonOakland
42
20
8 4
NY MetsSan Diego
Kansas CityChicago (AL)
CincinnatiMinnesota
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