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KRITTIKA BHADRACONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Board of Governors has recently approved the change of name of the Department of Wom-en’s and Gender Studies to Depart-ment of Women’s, Gender and Sex-uality Studies.
The entire multi-layered process took more than two years to get ap-proved, as confirmed by Mary K. Trigg, the associate professor and chair of Women’s, Gender and Sex-uality Studies, Institute of Women’s leadership at Rutgers University.
She went on to discuss the de-tailed process from the beginning
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name for gender studies
TREVION ANGLINCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers alumnus Peter Sullivan recently launched “Jackpocket,” the first state-approved, third par-ty mobile lottery application in New Jersey.
Three of the official state lotter-ies: Powerball, Mega Millions and New York Lotto, are on the app, with more in production for the up-coming years, Sullivan said.
Lottery tickets are scanned and safely stored within the app. Users have the option of turning on their
U. launches new sexual harassment website, resources
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MADISON MCGAYASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
Rutgers University announced the launch of its new website on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Culture Change, according to a Uni-versity-wide email alert.
This website is another part of the University’s collaboration with the National Academies of Scienc-es, Engineering and Medicine, ac-cording to the alert.
It is also collaborating with other peer institutions in order to change
In order to change the name of the department, the faculty held a vote and brought the proposal to the School of Arts and Sciences chairs. GOOGLE MAPS SEE STUDIES ON PAGE 4
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JOANNE CHUNGCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University has been transi-tioning between the Sakai learning management system (LMS) to Can-vas at a fast pace, according to a University spokesperson.
“The use of Canvas increased from 26% of all courses in 2018 to 48% of all courses during the Fall 2019 semester,” the spokes-person said.
Canvas surpassed Sakai in usage for the first time since last semes-ter, according to the LMS usage statistics on the Rutgers Canvas website. The LMS statistics list Sakai usage in the Fall 2019 semes-ter as 33.4% and Canvas usage as
46.8%. This is the near-opposite of those from the previous spring se-mester, in which Canvas accounted for 27.8% and Sakai accounted for 49.3% of LMS usage.
This change is the result of various schools at Rutgers tran-sitioning to Canvas. The LMS Transition Steering Committee, formed last year from staf f, stu-dents and faculty, has been de-veloping and testing migration processes with these schools, ac-cording to the spokesperson.
“Several academic units, includ-ing the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers Biomed-ical and Health Sciences and the
until the approval, saying that the faculty had to vote upon the name change and seek approval from the School of Arts and Sciences chairs.
“From there the School of Arts and Sciences sent it to the Provost/Chancellor’s Office, who upon ap-proval forwarded it to the Executive Vice President for Academic Af-fairs, Barbara Lee, for her approval,” Trigg said. “Upon administration approval, the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning processed the department name change as an information item to the Board of Governors, where it
push notifications to be notified if they win. The app is compatible with PayPal, major credit cards and bank accounts, Sullivan said.
There are currently two ways to play: public and private pools, with more on the way. Public pools allow you to play with any-one through the app, while private pools can be played among friends or family by invitation, Sullivan said. The app also offers a Game of the Day that draws at the end of the day.
Sakai, a learning management system used at the University, will be replaced by Canvas. KELLY CARMACK / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
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Research shows gender bias in images of jobs
Singh works in the School of Communication and Information on the College Avenue campus. The study he worked on showed how media platforms, which use algorithms to curate content, tend to show more biased images. THE DAILY TARGUM
HAYLEY SLUSSERNEWS EDITOR
A study conducted by Rut-gers researchers found that biases related to gender and dif ferent occupations are preva-lent in images on various media outlets, according to an article from Rutgers Today.
Images depicting men and women as librarians, nurses, engineers and computer pro-grammers generally represent or reinforce gender stereotypes, according to the article. The study analyzed pictures from Twitter, The New York Times, Shutterstock and Wikipedia and compared them to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on gender representation in each of these fields.
Women were overly repre-sented in images of nurses or librarians and were not pictured as frequently in the technical fields, according to the “Journal of the Association for Informa-tion Science and Technology.” Websites like Twitter, which curate content based on an al-gorithm, were more likely to be biased, but sites like The New York Times and Shutterstock had more representation.
“More direct content curation will help counter gender stereo-types,” said Vivek Singh, an as-sistant professor of library and in-formation science in the School of Communication and Information, according to the article.
In the cases of female civil engineers and male nurses, the directly curated sites actually
offered more images of them than would be expected based on the information from the BLS, according to the article.
The number of images of women in male-dominated pro-fessions on Twitter increased from 2018 to 2019, pointing toward more accurate gender representation in the media, ac-cording to the article.
Mary Chayko, a sociologist and interdisciplinary teaching professor at the School of Com-munication and Information, was a co-author on the study.
“Gender bias limits the ability of people to select careers that may suit them and impedes fair practices, pay equity and equal-ity,” Chayko said, according to the article. “Understanding the prevalence and patterns of bias and stereotypes in online images is essential, and can help us chal-lenge, and hopefully someday break, these stereotypes.”
The researchers said this information could help prevent developers from including gen-der bias in digital media plat-forms, algorithms and artificial intelligence, according to the article. The study’s findings can also help media outlets deter-mine whether human content curation or algorithmic content curation is the best option, de-pending on the platform.
The study was co-authored by Raj Inamdar, a research as-sociate at Rutgers’ Behavior-al Informatics Lab and Diana Floegel, a doctoral student at the School of Communication and Information.
Vivek Singh, an assistant professor of library and information science, said directly curating content can limit gender stereotypes in media. RUTGERS.EDU
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RESOURCESWebsite includes feedback form for members of U. to provide thoughts on harassment policies
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how sexual harassment and gen-der discrimination is viewed, according to the alert. They fo-cus on legal compliance and re-sponse, as well as prevention and cultural change.
The website includes various reports on sexual harassment in our culture and society, accord-ing to the alert. A feedback form is also included for members of the University to provide their thoughts on the website, as well as existing policies on sexual ha-rassment, sexual misconduct and gender discrimination.
The University also provided updates on the progress of recom-mendations that have been made by the report of the Rutgers’ Com-mittee on Sexual Harassment Pre-vention and Culture Change, ac-cording to the alert. This includes the Consensual Relationships Pol-icy and a University-wide Policy Review, among other things.
While the University is proud of the work done thus far, more needs to be done to create a cul-ture where every member of the Rutgers community is free from all forms of harassment and sex-ual misconduct, according to the alert.
The website was made in collaboration with the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, according to the email. KELLY CARMACK / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
was approved at (its) December 2019 meeting.”
Trigg said that this name change reflected existing faculty expertise and engagement with sexuality studies changes in the curriculum over the past decade and greater intellectual trajectory of the field.
“Our investigation of the 19 oth-er Ph.D.-granting departments in women’s studies revealed that nine — a full 50 percent — have added ‘sexuality studies’ to their titles,” Trigg said.
She said she believed that in-stitutions doing work on gender assumed that sexuality should be in the title. The proposed name change aligns more closely with the titles of many women’s and gender studies doctorate-grant-ing institutions, as well as titles of undergraduate programs, certifi-cates and centers.
Trigg pointed to Barnard Col-lege’s Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies for undergraduates, the Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and
STUDIESOther Ph.D. programs for women’s studies include ‘sexuality studies’ in title
CONTINUED FROM FRONT Sexuality for Ph.D. students at Uni-versity of California, Berkeley and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at New York Universi-ty as examples of similar programs.
Trigg said these courses were designed to take global and com-parative approaches to a wide range of issues, like cultural con-
structions of race, gender, sex and sexuality, as well as the issues pertaining to these identities.
In order to explore strategies for social change, students learn how women and men mobilize lo-cally, nationally, regionally, trans-nationally and globally to frame agendas that challenged racial, sexual and gender domination.
HAYLEY SLUSSERNEWS EDITOR
Kenny Britt, a former Rutgers football player who went on to play in the NFL, was arrested on Saturday in Bayonne, New Jersey, for possession of marijuana less than 50 grams, according to an ar-ticle from NJ Advance Media.
Bayonne Police Captain Eric Am-ato said Britt was pulled over at the intersection of 33rd Street and Ken-nedy Boulevard, according to the article. Officers who approached the vehicle said they smelled an odor of marijuana and searched the vehicle.
Britt was issued a summons for the drug charge, along with pos-
Former U. athlete is arrested for marijuana charges
session of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle and obstructing passage of other mo-tor vehicles, Amato said, accord-ing to the article. His court date is pending.
Britt played football at Rutgers from 2006-2008 and is
the University’s all-time lead-ing receiver.
Between 2009-2017, Britt played professionally with the Cleveland Browns, the New England Patri-ots, the Los Angeles Rams and the Tennessee Titans, according to Hudson County View.
Kenny Britt played football at Rutgers from 2006-2008 and went on to play in the NFL. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Trigg said over the past two decades, the faculty members, as well as the intellectual trajectory of the field, has demonstrated that some of the most fruitful ways of studying gender also entail con-sidering how sexuality informs social and cultural meanings and practices across time and space.
“The inextricable yet irreduc-ible relations and tensions be-tween gender and sexuality have provided the impetus for some of the most exciting work in the field. Indeed, Rutgers’ faculty have been at the forefront in mak-ing these contributions, and we are renowned internationally as leaders in the field,” Trigg said.
Trigg said the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Ph.D. program attracts many applicants, reflecting the strength of the department. She said the first Henry Rutgers Term Chair in Sexuality, Gender and Race was recently hired and shows how committed the Univer-sity is to the field.
Trigg also said that the de-partment was still working on formally changing the names of the degree programs, including the Bachelor of Arts, Master’s and Ph.D. programs. Once all of these changes are approved, the name change would be ret-roactive and apply to all degrees earned in the department.
“Rutgers’ faculty ... renowned internationally
as leaders in the field.”
MARY K. TRIGGDepartment of Women’s, Gender and
Sexuality Studies Chair
“Otherwise, there will be no substantive departmental changes: The name change simply reflects existing faculty expertise and engagement with
sexuality studies, the trajectory of the field nationally and inter-nationally and curricular devel-opment to meet student inter-est,” Trigg said.
Mary K. Trigg, the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies chair, helped with the name change. RUTGERS.EDU
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Rutgers Law School have begun or completed their migration pro-cess,” the spokesperson said.
Steven Mayer, a School of En-vironmental and Biological Sci-ences sophomore, is one student who has seen most of his classes move from Sakai to Canvas and prefers Canvas.
“I would like for them to all go on to one and make it be more concise with my schoolwork and make sure I’m not missing any assignments,” he said. “So if they can all go to Canvas, that would be great.”
Rachel Minhee Han, a School of Engineering junior, has also seen a difference, but only in her non-engineering courses. She said that the transition is really slow.
“I feel like if we really all want to use Canvas, we need to do it all at once,” Han said.
Pranay Neelagiri, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said that more of his classes are using Sakai than Canvas this semester.
“It’s kind of weird,” he said. “Last semester I think most of my professors used Canvas and only one used Sakai, but this semester four of my professors are using Sakai and only one is using Canvas.”
Sakai’s lingering presence is in part due to the steering com-mittee’s direction for schools to continue using their current LMS until further notice. They will each collaborate with the Canvas project team to develop a migra-tion plan for Canvas, according to the spokesperson.
COMMUNITYU. is paying Instructure large sums of money to use Canvas, Goldstone says
CONTINUED FROM FRONT The School of Arts and Sci-ences is one of the schools on standby. Dr. Andrew Goldstone, associate professor in the English Department, said that the only good thing about the transition is that he has not been told to use Canvas yet.
“I am very unhappy about it,” he said. “The decision to ‘transi-tion’ to Canvas was made with no serious consultation with faculty. I have heard nothing but bad things about Canvas from colleagues at other institutions that use it.”
Sakai has two advantages over Canvas, according to Goldstone.
The first is its project site. This feature enables one to create and join collaborative groups for re-search, colloquia and other aca-demic activities. Goldstone said that it will be extremely disruptive to research if all faculty are moved from Sakai, and that the large number of faculty that pointed this out caused the Canvas transi-tion to get pushed back.
The second advantage is that Sakai was developed by a non-profit consortium of univer-sities, according to Goldstone. He said that he has confidence that Sakai has been developed by peo-ple who care about the mission of the University and have had experience meeting the needs of students and faculty, but cannot say the same about Canvas.
“The University is paying In-structure, the company that makes Canvas, more than a mil-lion dollars in fees,” he said. “Ul-timately that money comes out of tuition payments and funds from the state of New Jersey. And who are we paying? Unlike the
non-profit foundation that devel-ops Sakai (with Rutgers’ partici-pation) Instructure is a for-profit company. It is ultimately answer-able to its shareholders, not to students, faculty or the public. Who then makes the decisions about the quality of education you students receive?”
Dr. David Hughes, professor of Anthropology and treasurer and chief negotiator of the Rutgers American Association of Universi-ty Professors and American Fed-eration of Teachers, shared Gold-stone’s views. In addition, Canvas was not designed for college students and the user agreement reflected the lack of academic free-dom outside the University setting.
“Canvas used to prohibit all us-ers from posting content which was defamatory or obscene,” Hughes said. “Public pressure forced Instructure to change the user agreement, so that it now says that you shouldn’t put any-thing obscene on a website, un-less it’s justifiable for pedagogi-cal purposes.”
Hughes said that this change is good, but there is still no need to replace Sakai.
“There’s no need to spend a lot of money and to compel faculty to use another platform, especially a platform which was not actually de-signed for college students,” he said.
Despite the School of Arts and Sciences waiting to transi-
tion, some professors within the school have migrated on their own, including Hee-Chung Chun, assistant professor of Korean in the Department of Asian Studies. She said it was difficult to adjust at first, but she no longer minds using Canvas.
“If it’s something that we have to do, then I think it’s okay as long as we have the proper support re-garding transition,” Chun said.
She said that the steering committee’s approach to transi-tion is realistic.
“If everyone’s doing everything at the same time, it’s crazy and nobody’s getting proper support,” she said. “So I think in that sense (its) speed is quite good.”
If the player wins, funds will be sent directly to their bank account or can be put back into the app if they choose to play again. Sullivan said the app also has a feature called autoplay, which automatically puts money into a pot once it hits a cer-tain jackpot amount, so players will not miss a large payout opportunity.
The app requires you to be at least 18 years of age and will scan government-issued identification upon first use. Users can also refer the app to their friends and earn $10 each.
Users can set limits to playing which are enforced by the app, but can be adjusted once every seven days.
Sullivan graduated with his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in 2007 and then re-ceived his master’s degree in finance and banking from Stock-holm University. He has a vari-ety of experience working with interaction design, user interface design and product development.
Jackpocket launched at the end of December 2019 and has raised more than $35 million so far. The company is headquartered in New York City with 70 employees as of now.
APPLICATIONLottery application appeals to millennials, with 70 percent of audience less than age 45
CONTINUED FROM FRONT “It was almost a three year process … and the application process took (more than) a year. That’s where we had to showcase our technology, compliance with
verifications and all the protec-tions to make sure consumers were protected,” Sullivan said.
Jackpocket has a predominant-ly younger audience with 70 per-cent of its players being less than the age of 45, Sullivan said. This app appeals to millennials who would otherwise not play the lot-tery, building a bigger base for the game. The app also has a heavy emphasis on user friendliness.
“When we build something it has to be simple enough that my dad can use it,” Sullivan said when asked about the app’s layout. “We build all our technology and de-
sign in house. We really care about the user experience.”
Michelle Wong, the vice presi-dent of marketing for Jackpocket, went into detail on its approach to marketing the app.
“We have an integrated market-ing approach that encompasses traditional offline channels such as radio and TV, and mobile-first digital channels such as Snap-chat,” Wong said.
Though Jackpocket has just started, the company has plans for expansion into other states, said Carter Vance, the general counsel for the company.
“Each state is different and we’re not just looking at states with the biggest populations. My hope is that every year we look back on 12 months of incredible growth,” Vance said.
A portion of the app’s profits goes toward charitable donations, which Sullivan also makes a note of.
“(Approximately) 30 percent of our sales go to good causes. Vet-eran care, elderly care, education ... Our whole mission is to create more incremental income for those beneficiaries.” Sullivan said.
Sullivan said one of the biggest benefits of launching this app in New Jersey is becoming involved with his alma mater again.
“I am a proud Rutgers alumni and I want to inspire other Rutgers graduates to go on and pursue different business opportunities. We’re always open to recruiting from Rutgers,” Sullivan said.
Peter Sullivan said approximately 30 percent of Jackpocket’s sales go to charitable causes. TWITTER
Dr. David Hughes, treasurer and chief negotiator of the American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers, spoke against the transition to Canvas. RUTGERS.EDU
“I want to inspire other Rutgers graduates to go on and pursue different business opportunities.”
PETER SULLIVANCEO of Jackpocket
T his past weekend, Taylor Swift released her much anticipated documentary “Miss Americana” on Netflix.
The documentary follows Swift during her 10-years-and-counting in the spotlight. It show-cased her known public battles with Kanye West and the Kardashians and her struggle to open up politically and risk backlash. But what shocked so many viewers was when Swift candidly opens up about an eating disorder she still battles to this day.
For the duration of Swift’s career, she has been known for being extremely thin. When she opened up about subconsciously starving herself, it came as a shock to fans. And for many, it served as a wake up call.
With 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffering from some sort of eating dis-order, the stereotypes and false stigmas surround-ing them are as ever present as they were 10 years ago. Swift put it perfectly herself as she explained in her documen-tary that as she starved herself after receiving negative comments about her ap-pearance in the media, she did not come to terms with having an eating disorder.
“I don’t think you know that you’re doing that when you’re doing it gradually,” she said simply.
When picturing eating disorders, what immedi-ately comes to mind are sickly, unhealthy-looking people suffering from anorexia or a girl throwing up in a bathroom after binge eating. Sometimes the signs are not as obvious.
Sometimes it starts with obsessing over your calo-rie count and feeling guilty for eating even when you are hungry. Maybe it starts with taking a laxative after you ate too much or forcing your fingers down your throat just one time, which turns into two times and more. It is easy to justify in the beginning.
With constant scrutiny from social media, every-one — not just celebrities — has platforms to feel insecure, which can lead to dire consequences.
Swift explained how when she was stuck then, she received backlash for not having curves, but
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Morality’s existence rests on presumption
I believed studying the works of prolific philosophers could give me guidance and clarity. Plato, for instance, places justice in the highest class of “good.” One of his pupils said that having experienced injustice men created laws. But he goes on to say that people are only just, when they know they will be held accountable for their actions.
I do not believe this to be the case in every instance and that it more so depends on who the person is. This brings the idea of con-science into question. What is it and why is it not uniform through-out all people? Does it even exist? Although there is no scientific way to prove it, yet from experience, most would agree that it does in fact exist.
I believe there is some level of intrinsic good within everyone and that most people have a desire to be good people. But “good” is relative. In the case that God does not exist, good is simply defined as what most people believe it is.
Therefore, one’s conscience is nothing more than a reflection of what the average person would want you to do in every situation. Many people in Nazi Germany were brainwashed into believing that they should report Jews found hiding their identity. It would go against their conscience not to report such instances. And yet we would call that act one of pure evil.
So one’s conscience is not tied to any objective standard of moral-ity because there is not one, and instead hinges on the wishes of the masses. But if a God does exist and has set out laws for us to live by, then there would be an objective standard of morality and you could for a fact call the acts of Nazi Germany or Leopold II of Belgium (Congolese genocide of 12 million) evil.
Aristotle believes human beings do evil out of ignorance. I have not found this to be the case. At what age are we expected to know better? Is “evil” not obvious? Alas, in entertaining the thought I have forgotten that there is no objective evil, thus invalidating Aristotle’s original sentiment entirely. There are no evil acts: only acts.
Human beings are unworthy of defining what evil is. What man’s word is more valuable than another? What majority is of more worth than a minority? If we (I and the reader) can agree that all human beings are equal, and that we cannot uniformly agree on anything throughout all of humanity, then who decides what evil truly is? No man, woman, majority or minority is qualified.
And so there are no evil actions: only actions. There is a difference between what is good by definition and what
is good for the society we are all a part of. We can define the latter. In this case, evil is often any act that breaks the law. But laws are made by men and men are not perfect, thus explaining why laws are repeatedly changed over time.
Additionally, most of us would agree that just because something is against the law, it does not make it evil. Escaping from slavery was against the law. Does that make it evil? Is a human being wanting to be free from forced labor evil?
So we cannot possibly look to our laws as proof that objective moral-ity exists. So what are we left with? What do you believe? Do you think the ethical connotations of rape and murder are subject to opinion? This is exactly the case if God does not exist.
We have already agreed that all human beings are equal. So no one person or majority can decide what evil is. Therefore, if someone were to murder a member of your family, you have every right to call them evil but absolutely no way to prove it. The mur-derer may believe what they did was good. Perhaps it gave them joy and they perceived their actions as beneficial toward society as a whole.
Your word is of no more value than theirs because you are both human beings. Or do you believe that what they did is objectively evil? Do you know for a fact that rape, murder, slavery and every-thing similar to these things are evil? Is objective morality real? If it is, then there would have to be someone or something, far greater than human beings, who decides what is and is not evil. That thing is what religious people refer to as “God.”
You may be satisfied with the notion that evil is simply what most people say it is. But if you believe that objective morality is real, and evil can be labeled so by definition and not opinion, then you must believe that God is real. In clinging to the notion that God does not exist, you are declaring that morality itself is nonexistent as well.
For without God we are not moral beings at all: simply beings.
Paul Lewis Taylor is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore ma-joring in psychology. His column, “Unfiltered Truth,” runs on alter-nate Tuesdays.
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UNFILTERED TRUTH
now that she has grown sizes and gotten over her eat-ing issues, she is scrutinized for not gaining weight.
“There’s always some standard of beauty you’re not meeting,” she said.
And for some, these expectations unfold into serious and obvious eating disorders, but for so many across the country, the battle every day is much less obvious.
“You don’t ever say to yourself, ‘I’ve got an eating disorder.’ But you know you’re making a list of every-thing you put in your mouth that day. And you know that’s probably not right. But then again, there’s so many diet blogs that tell you that that’s what you should do,” Swift said.
It is underrated how easy it is to experience body dysmorphia and eating disorders. It is so typical to fall prey to the judgments of social media and the unrealistic expectations posed in movies and the in-ternet. Eating disorders and body dysmorphia are a growing problem as social media becomes more and more prominent in everyday lives.
With constant access to viewing people deemed “bet-ter than yourself,” it is easy to want to skip a meal. We
must, as a society, look past the facade of social media, where edits run rampant and only the very best is put online. It is a breed-ing ground for feel-ing insecure. And insecurities lead to
unhealthy relationships with both food and exercise.Swift was very vocal about the fact that she was
once a size zero and is now a size six. And though people still make comments about her gaining weight she explains she is happier this way, because this is how she is supposed to be: more energized and healthier than she has ever felt before. Because a preoccupation with weight and an obsession with exercise only make you feel worse.
With years in the spotlight under her belt, Swift is an expert when it comes to hate and negative com-ments. But even she succumbed to insecurities that blossomed into eating problems, which shows how even the strongest among us are susceptible to po-tential eating disorders due to the toxic environment of social media.
Laura Esposito is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in journalism and political sci-ence. Her column, “Unapologetically,” runs on alter-nate Tuesdays.
I s there such a thing as objective morality? In contemplating this
question I quickly came to my own answer.
PAUL LEWIS TAYLOR
Taylor Swift’s ‘Miss Americana’ shows eating disorders can manifest silently
UNAPOLOGETICALLYLAURA ESPOSITO
“ ... these expectations unfold into serious and obvious eating disorders, but for so
many across the country, the battle every day is much less obvious.”
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Our lack of sincerity comes with serious emotional consequences
A spiritual deprivation permeates throughout modern life. Orig-inally, this decrepit order was
limited to a materialistic upper-middle and upper-class, but with the proliferation of modern computing technology, it has ex-tended into the depths of a socio-econom-ically stratified society.
This spiritual bankruptcy is not literal — for instance, it is not evinced in the falling rates of religious practice, per se — rather, it is displayed through a plethora of emotional failings seen in modern human interaction. It is seen in the fall of sincerity. It is seen in the inability for us to communicate without an incessant need for cynical humor.
American author David Foster Wallace phrased it better than I ever could: “What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sen-timent is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really human ... is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naïve and goo-prone and generally pathetic.”
Equipped with irony and cynicism, people avoid genuine behavior and openness, and thus, evade all the failings that come with be-ing a human being. That disconnective tool-box enables us to rise above the very stark, very real falterings of our imperfect selves.
This fear of ourselves is not without conse-quence — the unfortunate fact of the matter
is that quite the opposite rings itself true. Without sincerely connecting to our peers, we miss out on a cornerstone of human life — the ability to forge real, meaningful connections. This most dangerously manifests itself into isolation, and perhaps this can be chalked up as a reason for the rising rates of depression our generation has been tasked to endure.
Ernest Hemingway pioneered aesthetic cynicism with his post-World War I master-pieces, most notably, I would argue, “A Fare-well to Arms.” Who could blame a generation deemed “lost” for holding a grudge against this collective, brief excursion into existence?
Hemingway originated the normalcy of cynicism, but sincerity was revived post-World War II. The ‘50s — though incredibly ugly in its underbelly — were a time when sincerity, no matter how hypocritical as its pervasiveness was, was the mainstream.
As silly as this may initially sound, sitcoms are a great indicator of how a society is cur-rently conducting itself. Sitcoms are sup-posed to mirror — of course, not perfectly, as they are still a form of entertainment — the minutiae of the world they are airing in. In the ‘50s, when sincerity was the norm, shows like “I Love Lucy” and “Leave It to Beaver” were of popular consumption, and those shows were comedic without being ironic or gener-ally mean-spirited. The characters connected with each other through their humor, rather than putting each other down with it.
Fast-forward to the ‘90s: “Seinfeld” and “Friends” dominate the airwaves. Both shows
— despite their legitimate humor — are su-premely mean-spirited. The focus of both shows are groups of friends and despite this, the characters are constantly putting each other down for a quip. That is not a complaint about either “Seinfeld” or “Friends,” but a complaint about the society they mirror.
What happened between the ‘50s and ‘90s that made everybody so ironic, so cynical and so mean-spirited? Why, during that pe-riod, did we turn more bitter? Why did we renounce sincerity?
As affirmed in the opening paragraph — rampant, unchecked technological progress.
Technology itself — mainly computing technology — has been known to restrict self-reflection and effectively harm mental health in the process.
Psychological expert Sherry Turkle out-lines this well in her work “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other,” where she writes: “To-day’s adolescents have no less need than those of previous generations to learn empathic skills, to think about their values … But tech-nology, put in the service of always-on commu-nication and telegraphic speed and brevity, has changed the rules of engagement with all of this. When is downtime, when is stillness?
This lack of self reflection — exclusive to modernity — disallows us from truly find-ing out who we are. People are not in touch with their authentic side and resultantly re-sort to irony as their predominant method of communication.
Now onto the “progress” bit: Prior to the Industrial Revolution — and, in a more pro-nounced manner, prior to the computing tech-nology revolution of the ‘80s, ‘90s and onward — things changed subtly from generation to generation. You grew up in the same world as your parents, who grew up in the same world as their parents and so on and so forth.
The world is now an ever-morphing enti-ty, one that changes year to year, month to month, week to week and day to day. It is not the still, inelastic world that we evolved to live in but a variable exercise in chaos. There is an aching sense of powerlessness that comes with this which further alienates ourselves from ourselves.
This is only going to worsen as technol-ogy continues to proliferate and grow at an even more rapid pace. I, as a 19 year old in university, can see a major difference in how my elders — who were not as harshly subject to rapid technological growth — and my peers communicate. While my el-ders are still less sincere than their elders, they are more-so than the younger gener-ation, who seem unable to communicate without some half-witted quip baked in.
It is not all doom and gloom. I do have hope that we will wake up to the damage of our ironic ways. The requirement for that would be a widespread recognition of tech-nology’s widespread consequences.
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Several young climate activists you may want to know MIRIAM KIM
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
At long last, there is more atten-tion drawn toward the concerns about climate change. Protests have sprouted across the globe, particularly among the youth who understand the need to take action to protect the future and the generations after them.
The most recognizable figure of this movement is Greta Thunberg, whose speech at the United Nations garnered attention for her indignant passion toward the inactive response
on the dwindling environment. Increased discussion on the issue
has highlighted the damaging cli-mate change effects on the world, as well as the political barrier that prevents the initiative to protect it.
Yet, there have been many other young activists advocating for solu-tions around the world. Even if they remain out of the media’s focus, the planet thanks the hard-earned con-tributions of these climate activists.
RIDHIMA PANDEY
Pandey is from the Uttarakhand region in the Northwestern state of
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, an indigenous climate activist and hip-hop artist, is active in his community. He continually educates people on environmental issues. INSTAGRAM
India, where in 2013 she witnessed the traumatic effects of climate change at the 5 years old. The flood that destroyed many lives influ-enced her to become an activist, ac-cording to the The Times of India.
In 2017 — at just nine-years old — she set up a petition with the National Green Tribunal Act, challenging the effectiveness of India’s climate change policies. Pandey wants the government to consider the impacts of climate change more seriously, due to the damage it has done and will do in the future. Their case also calls on the government to create a na-tional greenhouse gas emissions inventory and carbon budget.
Pandey continues to participate in climate change events in her country and has plans to organize a non-prof-it that gathers young activists.
MARINEL UBALDOMarinel Ubaldo experienced
an environmental tragedy in the same year as Pandey. She was 16 years old when the Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in 2013, which killed thousands and left many more homeless.
Ubaldo shows how marginal-ized groups are forced to pay for the environmental damages, gen-erated by those who are unaware of their plights: “Some countries that have historically contributed most to climate change are still not fully feeling its effects. It’s im-
portant that they hear our stories, so they realize that it is affecting real people today,” she said, ac-cording to Amnesty International.
Now 22 years old, Ubaldo contin-ues to advocate for safer conditions for the lives ravaged by the disas-ter. She also wants governments to recognize the need for immediate action against climate change.
XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZLike Thunberg, Martinez’s
speech at the United Nations in 2015 garnered him a lot of at-tention in the media. Martinez started publicly speaking about environmental issues at the 6 years old, and he continues to use this skill today for court cas-es and to educate people about various climate issues.
“Indigenous peoples see them-selves as caretakers of the planet ... But I learned about human life-styles, how our greed and ways of living are destroying our planet for the profit of this generation. It freaks me out,” he stated, according to an interview with The Guardian.
He is also the youth director of Earth Guardians, a non-prof-it organization that focuses on building a diverse team of young people and encourages them toward global activism.
QUANNAH CHASINGHORSEAlso with indigenous roots,
Chasinghorse’s background is
from the Gwich’in and Lakota Sioux tribes located in Alaska. Environmental issues pose a big problem for their lifestyle, be-cause Alaska is particularly vul-nerable to the effects of climate change compared to the rest of the United States.
The state is heating up at twice the rate as the rest of the coun-try, according to the National Climate Assessment, according to The Rising. Seeing the neces-sity for change in order to protect her home, Chasinghorse raised a concern to the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN).
She talked about the need to fix the current state of the climate for the sake of future generations, and presented a plan to bring awareness to the emergency. Despite the disagreements from those who were more concerned about the wealth of oil and gas re-serves quietly residing in Alaska, on Dec. 21, the AFN eventually passed the resolution.
The deteriorating environment is shoved into the younger gen-eration’s responsibility and to the next. Therefore, it is crucial to put the voices of youth at the forefront: Without preserving these determi-nations, especially from people of color, it will further spiral the en-vironmental protection cause into darkness. Climate change is an emergency, and after every year its sirens sound louder.
Rutgers student Emily Chan creates card game 'Stop Requested' MERCEDES S. VIERA
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers-themed card game of your dreams is finally here! Stop Requested is a Cards Against Hu-manity-esque game with question and answer cards that are specifical-ly geared toward Rutgers students.
Emily Chan, a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in human resources with a minor in entrepreneurship, along with her business partner Tim Lee, a Rut-gers alumni, created this fun party game. I sat down with Chan in the student center on the College Av-enue campus to learn more about Stop Requested. As she sat down with her box of 200 cards, I was in-stantly impressed. The cards were so well-designed with their cute geese logo that I instantly wanted to take a photo of them.
Lee is currently attending the University of Pennsylvania as a graduate student and was in-spired by their own themed cards game, Squirrels Without Morali-ty. “It was doing very well on their campus and he thought: Why wouldn’t Rutgers students like it too?” Chan said.
The whole process took a year, from creating the cards and find-ing a good company to print them to designing the box and getting a box supplier. Lee handles the
logistics and financing of the business, while Chan’s job is mar-keting and spreading the word around campus about their excit-ing new game.
Coming up with ideas was a joint effort, though: “The cards were an ongoing thing, we would bounce ideas off each other, we will always come up with new ideas to incorporate,” Chan said.
While the game is launching in just two weeks, the creating pro-cess is never done. Because of the nature of memes, Chan and Lee couldn’t include more recent ones like the lobster on the Col-lege Ave campus. We’ll just have to wait for an expansion pack that, as Chan assured me, will be a lot more wild and coming very soon.
Of course, the infamous Rut-gers busses could not be left behind. The name behind the game is an obvious reference to this, but I wanted to know if there was anything else behind it. “We went through lots of dif-ferent names, throwing things at each other that were Rutgers related,” Chan said. “‘Stop Re-quested’ sounded catchy.”
Now, as a clueless transfer stu-dent who spends all of her time on the College Ave campus and on Douglass campus, I just had to ask about the geese. The game’s full name is “Stop Requested: A Game
Emily Chan's card game involves elements of Rutgers culture, like the Busch geese and several famous inside jokes that only Rutgers students would get. SALMA HQ / PHOTO EDITOR
for Angry Drunk Geese,” after all. “We were both personally trauma-tized by the geese on Busch (cam-pus),” Chan said. “What kind of geese are these? They’re Rutgers geese, that’s what they are.”
As Chan began to take out the cards from the box and spread them on the table, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at some of the answer cards. They were hi-larious! I can definitely imagine having a good time with them at a small party or with roommates.
Among my favorites were: “Try-ing to plan your life on Degree Navigator before the depression
kicks back in,” “Easton Avenue as a dating strategy,” “An equally confused undergraduate some-how getting paid to tutor you,” “A long line of every (Rutgers) bus except the one you actually need” and “Flirting on Sakai/Canvas discussion boards.”
But I just had to know Chan's own favorites. These were her top six: “Arriving in 1, 1, 36 minutes,” “Depression,” “F*ck Penn(sylva-nia) State (University),” “Another d*mn parking ticket,” “F*ckboys with names that start with the let-ter J” and “Paying to access your own homework.”
As our conversation came to a close, I asked Chan the most fa-mous advice question out there: What would you say to other students who want to start their own business?
“When it comes down to it, you’re just going to put your mind to it and get started. No one else is gonna get started for you. If it’s something you’re passionate about, you’ll definitely reap the rewards from that,” she said. “It’s really fulfilling to do something that you care about. In this case, making Rutgers students happy in this depressing place.”
Happy Birthday: Do your best, and you’ll get the most in return. Added disci-pline will help you reach the goals you set this year. Fitness, organization and putting everything you want to keep in your life in its proper place will help you prepare for new beginnings. Look inward, and you’ll discover what it is you can do to improve emotionally, physically and spiritually. Your numbers are 4, 12, 20, 26, 31, 35, 48. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stay on top of your game. Don’t overreact. Do more and complain less, and ac-complish what you set out to do. Once you establish your position and what you want, it will be easy to manipulate situations to benefit you. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get out, meet new people and try things you’ve never done. You’ll benefit from the interactions you have with established individuals. A new out-look will lead to greater confidence. Elders, children or peers will offer exciting options. 5 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s what you do that counts. If you leave a good impression, you will prosper. Take the initiative, add extra detail and do your best to stand out. Adopt-ing a proactive attitude, taking action and finishing what you start will bring positive results. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Start talking, and you’ll build an audi-ence. There is plenty to gain from the people you encounter and the partnerships you develop. Change can be useful and benefit you if you stop complaining and start making adjustments. 4 stars LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your charm will entertain whoever you encoun-ter. A job done well will impress on-lookers; however, don’t think you will reap the rewards without continued effort. The best way to secure your position is with consistency and supe-rior work ethic. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Emo-tional matters will surface. Be pre-pared to deal with whatever pops up, and move on. Use any opportunity to demonstrate how you feel and what you want to happen, and you will get the help you need to allow you to excel. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Be willing to give and to take. Travel, even if it’s only a short distance. A new hobby or creative project, or getting out with friends will lead to new begin-nings. The options that keep you ac-tive will bring the best results. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do something unique, and you will find it enlightening. You can make a dif-ference at home if you start renova-tions, redecorate or make a physical move that will eliminate problems that are holding you back. Act on your gut feelings. 4 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It will be up to you to get things under-way. Plan an adventure, visit an exot-ic destination or open your heart to someone you want to get to know bet-ter. Let your imagination flow and your free spirit dictate your destiny. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Make a move, put your finances in order and implement the profession-al, financial and personal changes you want to happen. Tackling home im-provement projects or changing your living arrangements is encouraged. A lifestyle change will improve emotion-al and physical health. 5 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Focus on what you believe in, and make a change that will strengthen your rela-tionship with someone special. Stop beating yourself up, and start doing something that puts a smile on your face. Live in the moment, and do things your way. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take on a project if it will help you seal a deal or advance. Don’t leave any-thing undone or in someone else’s hands. Be responsible, share your ideas and form alliances, and you will get ahead. Change is necessary, so forge ahead. 3 stars
Horoscopes Eugenia Last
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Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Non Sequitur Wiley
Lio Mark Tatulli
Over The Hedge T. Lewis and M. Fry
Yesterday’s
Solution
ACROSS
1 Prize won by Marie Curie
6 “How ___ I to know?”
9 Stylish
13 Elicit a grin from
14 Type
15 WNBA game site
16 Like schemes that require money
18 Ada Lovelace’s poet father
19 Arrays of resources
20 Bedecks
21 What might hold a lot of cereal
22 Down Under birds
23 U.K. lawmakers
26 Ready for shenanigans
31 Lumps of dirt
33 From both speakers
34 Nadal, to fans
35 Org. concerned with wedge issues?
36 Dutch cheese
37 Fascinate
40 Diva’s domain
41 Amy Winehouse album with the
song “Rehab”
44 Taylor Swift’s signature lipstick shade
45 Takes all of, as a blanket
46 (I’m shocked!)
48 Garment tied with an obi
51 Sour candy brand
55 Shade similar to eggshell
56 Especially eager
57 Thompson of “Thor: Ragnarok”
58 Fireworks reaction
59 Central Florida city
60 To be, to Trajan
61 Make-out sesh in the park, e.g.
62 Maguire of “Spider-Man”
DOWN
1 California wine mecca
2 Congresswoman Ilhan
3 Purchases
4 ___ Park, Colorado
5 Meteor shower named for a
zodiac constellation
6 “Weeping” tree
7 “___, poor Yorick!”
8 Where to see the 5-Down
9 Hibernation at ultra-low
temperatures, in sci-fi
10 Sir, in Stuttgart
11 Privy to
12 Headphones, slangily
15 Take aboard a spaceship
17 ___ Alto
20 Famous ___ cookies
22 Sicilian peak
23 Golden Arches pork sandwich
24 Primary strategy
25 The fourth letter of “cancel,”
but not the first
27 TV dance judge Lythgoe
28 “A 23-Down and fries,” e.g.
29 Sister Sledge’s “___ Family”
30 Wanderer
32 Candidate who’s a long shot
35 Places for a pint
38 2017 Allison Janney biopic
39 Type of ‘60s boots
40 Response to “I’ve got an idea!”
42 Mystery great Christie
43 Online shopping icon
47 Retail spot for Spot
48 Toy with a tail
49 Burl who sang “A Holly
Jolly Christmas”
50 Velvety forest growth
51 Ebony or mahogany
52 Saudi, e.g.
53 Hand (out)
54 Dog command often given
with a forward-facing palm
56 Short flight
Yesterday’s Solution
Universal Crossword
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Knights look to begin win streak against Buckeyes tomorrow night
RECORD
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Rutgers must learn from blowout loss to Maryland on Sunday
DEFEAT
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compared to Maryland’s 19, the Knights found themselves in a 44-26 hole by halftime. Junior forward Tekia Mack scored 5 of her team’s points in the period off of free throws and the offense looked mostly dormant going into the final two quarters.
Once the second half com-menced, whatever hope that still existed would soon be evap-orated. The Terrapins built up a 27-point lead with less than 2 minutes remaining in the period and ended the quarter up 24 with a 68-43 lead.
The lead would be fur-ther extended throughout the fourth period, with Maryland eventually taking the win by a 29-point margin.
Despite Mack’s ability to contribute, as she finished with 13 points, seven rebounds, two steals and one block, Rutgers as a whole was unable to play an efficient game on Sunday.
Guirantes, in addition to her seven turnovers, scored a team-high 15 points, but shot a dissat-isfactory 5-of-18 from the field in the process.
Sophomore guard Zipporah Broughton and senior center Jor-dan Wallace scored 5 and 3 points on 2-of-7 and 1-of-7 shooting from the field, respectively.
The Knights, who are current-ly averaging 39.7 rebounds per game compared to their opposi-tion’s 35.4, also lost the rebound-ing battle to the Terrapins. Rut-gers grabbed 31 boards, 10 less than Maryland’s total.
The Knights also tallied only sev-en assists in the contest. The Terra-pins ended the afternoon with 15.
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer expressed her thoughts on the performance following the con-clusion of the game.
“We had too many turnovers, not enough assists or rebounds. It’s tough to win when you don’t rebound or move the ball,” Stringer said.
Senior center Jordan Wallace committed five personal fouls in the Knights’ loss. She also tallied 3 points on 1 of 7 shooting from the field. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2020
conference than anything else. For example, while Rutgers se-cured the victory against the Wildcats (6-16, 1-11), keep in mind that it was taken to overtime on its home court. The Knights never had the lead in regulation, and if it weren’t for junior guard Geo Baker’s 23-point scoring run after the first half, Rutgers would have lost that game.
The close nature of that con-test goes to show not only the elite quality of the Big Ten, but also the unpredictability of it as well. One would not have expect-ed Northwestern to come in and nearly hand the Knights their first home loss of the season, based on its losing record. With that being said, the Wildcats are clearly a talented basketball team. They simply happen to be in what is arguably the best con-ference in the nation.
If a last-place team is good enough to challenge Rutgers, imagine what a team that’s in contention can do. That’s what the Knights have to consider when preparing for their trip to Columbus, Ohio.
If Rutgers wants to get its first road win since Jan. 3 at Nebraska, it will have to step up and play a complete game. It can’t afford to try to dig itself out of an 18-point deficit this time. It needs to play well out of the gates, ideally with Baker picking up right where he left off.
“Geo did an awesome job,” said head coach Steve Pikiell after the Northwestern game. “During the timeouts, he was like ‘Coach, I got it. I got it.’ It’s a nice feeling. He got it going, and we needed every one of them.”
The Knights would great-ly benefit from a similar
performance from Baker on Wednesday. This is the time of year when a team leader can rally the troops and help push them to the next level. If he can pull it off, Rutgers has a legitimate chance against the Buckeyes.
With that being said, the Knights will need more to go right than just Baker’s scoring. On defense, they have to key in on center Kaleb Wesson (av-eraging 14.9 points per game) and guard Duane Washington Jr. (10.8 points per game). They also have to keep up their re-bounding and inside presence on both ends of the floor. If they can dominate on the glass, espe-cially on offense, it can only im-prove their chances.
Rebounding alone is not enough, though. The loss to the Wolverines (14-9, 5-7) showed that getting boards does not help if they don’t turn into buckets. In that game, Rutgers out-rebound-ed Michigan 51-37. It didn’t mat-ter, though, because it only shot 27 of 83 from the field (32.5%).
The Knights have to shoot well as a team, especially on the road. In order to improve their efficiency, they can try and get high-percentage looks at the bas-ket. Getting sophomore center Myles Johnson some layups ear-ly would also help.
Regardless of Wednesday’s result, though, it is important to remember how far this pro-gram has come since Pikiell was hired.
“I’m proud of these guys,” Pikiell said. “They took on the challenge. We didn’t have a new practice facility. We didn’t have (a ton) of tradition. We didn’t have sell-outs. And those guys took on the challenge of trying to raise the program in the best league in the country.”
Head coach Steve Pikiell will look to guide his program to its second road victory of the season tomorrow when it faces Ohio State. DUSTIN NILES / FEBRUARY 2020
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Rutgers rebounds from loss in win over RiderWRESTLING RUTGERS 25, RIDER 6
CHRIS RODGERS &RAY LEWIS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER & ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers wrestling team bounced back from its weak performance in Friday night’s loss to Illinois with a decisive victory over Rider on Sunday. The Scarlet Knights (9-6, 3-5) defeated the Broncs (10-3, 6-1) by a score of 25-6.
One matchup that occurred pitted true freshman 141-pound-er JoJo Aragona against former Rutgers wrestler Peter Lipari. Aragona executed a buzzer-beat-ing reversal in tiebreaker period No. 4 to beat Lipari 3-2 in dra-matic fashion.
Both wrestlers scored points on escapes during regulation, leaving the match tied heading into overtime period No. 1. The first two tiebreaker periods mir-rored the regulation as neither Aragona or Lipari were able to score more points.
During the tiebreaker period No. 3, Lipari nailed an escape, which gave him a 2-1 lead. Ara-gona then pulled off a reversal at the buzzer to knock off Lipa-ri, who entered the weekend ranked No. 25 in the nation at 141 pounds. Aragona let out a scream as he left the mat. The victory made it 10-0 in favor of
the Knights and set the tone for the rest of the meet.
Lipari, who had a solid three-year career for Rutgers, finished off his 13-14 campaign last sea-son with a ninth place finish at the Big Ten. Then, at the NCAA Championships, Lipari went 1-2.
Ironically, it was Aragona that seemed to force Lipari to enter the transfer portal back in November, after he lost his starting spot to the true fresh-
man. Lipari was granted instant eligibility and has been wres-tling for Rider ever since. This victory over his former team-mate could be a confidence builder for Aragona moving for-ward as the Knights prepare for the postseason.
Head coach Scott Goodale expressed his gratitude for Rut-gers’ overall performance in the match.
“It was great to see our guys finish their matches from top to bottom,” Goodale said. “We
got an awesome start from 125 pounds and he just didn’t stop from there. We train real-ly hard week in and week out and I’m glad we were able to put it all out there tonight to get the victory.”
Looking ahead, the Knights will host Northwestern at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) at 7 p.m. on Friday night. This will be their last Big Ten meet of the regular season.
The Wildcats (4-6, 2-5) have lost 3 of their past 4 matches, with the latest coming against No. 6 Ohio State.
The last time Rutgers and Northwestern met was in the 2017-18 season, when the Knights took a 13-22 win on the road.
Rutgers will then visit Princ-eton on Feb. 23 to close out its regular season. The Tigers (6-4, 4-0) have back-to-back matches against Penn and Drexel on Feb. 15 before facing the Knights.
Then on March 7 and 8, Rutgers will host the Big Ten at the RAC. It will be the first time the Knights host a confer-ence event since 2019, when the EIWA Championships were held at the RAC.
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CHRIS TSAKONASCORRESPONDENT
It was déjà vu for the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, who rode another hot start to a decisive 17-10 win over St. John’s — extend-ing its win streak against the Red Storm (0-1) to seven straight.
The Scarlet Knights (2-0) had another ef ficient of fen-sive game, with junior attacker Adam Charalambides leading the way with a double hat-trick. Junior attacker Ryan Gallagh-er was right behind him with 4 scores, which tied a career high for him. Seven dif ferent Rut-gers players were credited with one assist each.
“Our team can be pretty le-thal on offense when all six guys on offensive are banging the ball around,” Charalambides said. “Our guys were doing a great job of drawing slides, that’s what al-lows me to get open, so credit to those guys for helping set it up.”
The key difference in this game came off of turnovers. The Knights were able to cause 18 turnovers, coughing up the ball just nine times themselves. That advantage was a big part of the reason why Rutgers was able to
have such a dominant outing.“We played really well today,”
said head coach Brian Brecht. “We played with a lot of tempo and a lot of energy for the second game in a row.”
The Knights struggled to get anything going from the X, finish-ing just 6-of-31 on draws against St. John’s. They also struggled
to collect ground balls, being out-done 39-to-23 in that aspect of the game despite a career-high six ground balls from junior defender Garrett Bullett.
With that being said, the tran-sition offense and tough defense was enough to make up for that, as both teams finished with 48 shots.
Rutgers benefited from a lock-down showing from the backline,
MEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS 17, ST. JOHN’S 10
Knights continue offensive efficiency going 23-of-24 on clears. By limit-ing second chance opportunities, the Knights were able to disrupt the Red Storm attack and create opportunities the other way.
“We cleared the ball excep-tionally well,” Brecht said. “I was pleased with the team’s effort.”
Junior goalkeeper Stephen Russo had another solid outing be-tween the pipes, starting off strong with nine saves in the first half. While it was an open competition during the offseason, Russo seems to have the position locked down as the schedule begins to heat up.
Now with two straight wins under its belt, Rutgers finds itself unscathed heading into a critical two-game road trip against ranked opponents in Army and Loyola.
When the Knights played those two teams last year, they dropped both games and fell to 2-2, which became an ominous sign of what was to come against ranked opponents.
If they want to prove that this time is going to be different, the next two weeks are a golden chance for them to do so.
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Junior attacker Adam Charalambides tallied 6 goals in Rutgers’ win over the Red Storm on Saturday. He also contributed one assist in the effort. BEN CHELNITSKY / FEBRUARY 2020
“It was great to see our guys finish their matches
from top to bottom.”
SCOTT GOODALE Head Coach
“We played really well today. We played with a lot of tempo and a lot of
energy for the second game in a row.”
BRIAN BRECHT Head Coach
True freshman 141-pounder JoJo Aragona defeated the Broncs’ Peter Lipari 3-2 in the fourth tiebreaker period of the bout. He now has 11 victories. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / FEBRUARY 2020
STATS FROM LAST GAME
GALLAGHER
4 GoalsOne Assist
SANGUINETTI
2 Goals
SPROCK
1 GoalOne Assist
BULLET
Six Ground Balls
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“I’m proud of these guys ... Those guys took on the challenge to raise the program in the
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SEE RECORD ON PAGE 10Junior guard Geo Baker scored 25 points in the Knights’ game against the Wildcats. He also had five assists and six rebounds in the win. DUSTIN NILES / FEBRUARY 2020
Junior forward Tekia Mack ended Sunday’s contest with 13 points on 4 of 7 shooting. She also had two blocks and one steal in the effort. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2020
JOSHUA VALDEZSPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers men’s basketball team will travel to face fellow Big Ten program Ohio State on Wednesday. The Scarlet Knights (17-7, 8-5) are coming off of a thrilling overtime win against Northwestern, extending their home record to a NCAA-best 16-0.
Rutgers has made it clear this season that it is a different team depending on where it plays. While it has been perfect at the Rutgers Athlet-ic Center (RAC), it is just 1-5 away from home. Additionally, it lost a neutral-site game at Mad-ison Square Garden to Michigan at the Big Ten Super Saturday event. The Knights simply have not been able to perform to their potential without the support of their home fans.
If they want to solidify their NCAA Tour-nament chances, though, they need to figure out a way to steal a couple of road wins. The Buckeyes (15-8, 5-7) present a unique chal-lenge. Although they are currently sitting 10th in the conference standings, their plac-ing is misleading. They are not only receiving votes from the AP Poll, but also were ranked as high as No. 3 earlier this season. They are also 11-2 at home.
Ohio State’s placement in the standings is more of a testament to the strength of the
RAY LEWISASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers women’s basketball team lost on the road to Maryland on Sunday by a final score of 79-50.
It has now lost 4 of its past 6 games and will head to East Lansing, Michigan, for its next game with Michigan State on Thursday. The Scarlet Knights (17-6, 7-5) previously lost to the Spartans (11-11, 4-7), on Jan. 20 by 66-55.
Needless to say, things could be better for Rutgers.
Sunday began with the No. 13 Terrapins (20-4, 11-2) taking an early 7-0 lead off of four Knights turnovers that occurred within the first 2:30 minutes of the game. Junior guard Arella Guirantes had 2 of those 4 and ended with seven, a career high.
The turnovers contributed to Rutgers’ in-ability to catch up to the early lead Maryland built up in the first quarter, as the Terrapins led by at least 5 points from the halfway point of the period to the end of it. The Knights went into the second quarter of the game down 25-17.
The next period didn’t go much bet-ter for Rutgers. Putting up only 9 points
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STEVE OWENS,head coach of the baseball team, will take his program to Coral Gables, Florida, for its first game of the year on Friday. The Knights will take on Miami from Feb. 21 to Feb. 23. for a three-game series before facing North Florida.