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The National Society of Colle-giate Scholars (NSCS) and Active Minds, a nonprofit organization promoting mental health aware-ness, released new data on the mental health of high-achieving col-lege students and information on how universities can help students facing mental health challenges, according to a press release.

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Jade Stepeney, a School of Arts and Sciences junior and the social media chair for the Rutgers—New Brunswick NSCS chapter, said she believes high-achieving students at Rutgers are facing pressure not only from academics, but also eco-nomic and social factors.

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Dr. David Livingston, professor and chief of the division of trauma and surgical critical care in the de-partment of surgery at the New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), has been announced as the next presi-dent of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), a national scholarly organization ded-icated to the science and practice of the field of trauma and critical care, according to a press release.

“Dr. Livingston has led efforts to transform the Eric Munoz Trauma SEE INSTITUTION ON PAGE 4

Center at University Hospital into a nationally ranked center known for innovative trauma care pro-grams,” said Dr. Anne Mosenthal, professor and chair of the depart-ment of surgery at NJMS. “As an internationally known leader in academic trauma surgery, he has advanced innovations in research, and care of the injured for 25 years. It is so wonderful to see him recognized by AAST for his leader-ship and accomplishments.”

Livingston will take over an orga-nization that serves to advance the

The Rutgers University Student Assembly plans on voting on a bill, the Community Oriented Review Board Act, that would give it a say in hiring University police officers. BEN CHELNITSKY

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The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) plans on voting on two pieces of legislation at this week’s meeting on Thursday, Oct. 31, according to a RUSA press release.

The first legislation will be the Community Oriented Review Board (CORB), which will authorize the student assembly’s ability to have a say in the hiring process of new officers for the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD), according to the release.

“Rutgers University students are the primary recipients of Rutgers University Police Department services,” the release stated.

The second piece of legislation will be the Bill to Mandate the Consistent Documentation of the Meal Swipes for Charity Program, which, if passed, would require organizations involved in the Meal Swipes for Charity Program to document all its expenditures, according to the release.

“Meal Swipes for Charity relies on guest swipes from students to raise money, and is thereby directly paid for by students through their meal plan fees,” the release stated.

The new legislation will allow RUSA to be more transparent and more consistent in documenting the financials involved with the Meal Swipes for Charity Program.

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Rutgers begins support helpline for legally blindAPARNA RAGUPATHI

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Since Oct. 1, calls have been coming in to a Rutgers-based peer support helpline for the legally blind, the first of its kind in the nation.

The program, called Eye2Eye, provides support for people and families who are having difficul-ties with emotional adjustment to vision loss, said Steve Silverstein, the program’s co-director.

“A peer helpline provides phone-based information and support for a specific population, and the peo-ple receiving the calls are from the same population, and so have lived experience with the issues that call-ers are calling in about,” he said. “The Eye2Eye staff members are all people who are either blind or who have lost most of their vision and who have gone through the phases of adjusting to losing their vision.”

The program, said a recent press release, is funded by a grant from the Lavelle Fund for the Blind which serves the Tri-State area. Rutgers has more than 20 years of experience setting up peer help-lines, Silverstein said. The Recipro-cal Peer Support (RPS) model was developed by Cherie Castellano, an Eye2Eye co-director.

All of the Eye2Eye peer counsel-ors have gone through the challeng-es of vision loss and have adjusted to a new lifestyle, Silverstein said. They also have a history of provid-ing support to others who are blind,

Steve Silverstein, Eye2Eye’s co-director, said that the program provides emotional support. RUTGERS.EDU

Silverstein said. The program hopes to help individuals who are having difficulties recovering their self-es-teem and quality of life.

“It’s important to understand that most people who are blind are not depressed,” Silverstein said. “However, it’s also true that in the early stages of adjusting to vision loss, depression and anxi-ety rates are very high, and even 2 to 3 years after living with vision loss, about 25% of people continue to struggle with significant mood and anxiety issues even when they have successfully learned many life skills.”

When people call the help-line, the Eye2Eye team collects medical history and information about their emotional and social adjustments to vision loss. Those questions and others are meant to get a complete sense of each caller and their needs in order to connect with them and provide as-sistance, Silverstein said.

A cornerstone of the Eye2Eye mission is resilience training, he said.

“Our goal is not simply to help people feel less depressed and anxious, but also to help them feel like they are thriving and leading meaningful and enjoyable lives,” he said. “As part of that, we coach people on how to develop skills to cope with stress and part of this includes a focus on their strengths and wellness like good nutrition, exercise, socialization and brain health.”

When people call Rutgers’ helpline, they share their past medical history and information about their emotional and social adjustments to vision loss. FLICKR

whether through participating in support groups or teaching others how to use assistive technology.

The peer counselors are not the only ones who have experienced vi-sion loss first-hand, Silverstein said. One of the program supervisors, he said, is a blind doctoral-level psy-chologist who provides individual psychotherapy for those struggling with vision loss at the University Behavior Health Center (UBHC) Clinic in Edison, New Jersey.

At the state level, agencies like the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Im-

paired (NJCBVI) provide support groups, vocational rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, he said. But there are few options for one-to-one counseling.

“We only know of one therapist in the entire state of New Jersey who specializes in working with people with vision loss, and so there was really a shortage of psychological services available for this population. While what we are offering is a range of emotional and informational sup-port services and not individual psy-chotherapy, we believe this will still be very helpful to callers,” he said.

The helpline, which is run through Rutgers UBHC, ad-dresses a need for psychological resources for the legally blind in New Jersey, Silverstein said.

“Eye2Eye was established, to provide emotional support, refer-rals and information for people who are blind or who are losing their vision, and who wish to speak with someone else who has gone through the process of ad-justing to losing vision,” he said.

That process can be an over-whelming challenge that sometimes leads to depression and anxiety,

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“There is a stigma that students with high GPAs have it all togeth-er. Letter grades have come to define students, especially those seeking graduate or professional schooling,” Stepeney said.

The survey found that many respondents have sought out help when facing mental health chal-lenges, whether that be counsel-ing, peers or University faculty. Respondents cited the stigma

toward mental health, a lack of fi-nancial resources or a preference for dealing with issues on their own as reasons for avoiding help, according to the release.

Laura Horne, the chief program officer of Active Minds, said pro-fessors and academic advisors do not have to be mental health ex-perts to help students facing men-tal health challenges, according to the release.

“(Faculty) can help a struggling student just by being there for them,” Horne said.

NSCS and Active Minds rec-ommend that faculty should validate the feelings of their stu-dents and emphasize that asking for help is normal, according to the release. Faculty include contact information for mental health services on their syllabi or provide a list of these resourc-es to individual students who come to them for help.

Faculty are also encouraged to practice self-care themselves and include well-being skills in their curriculum. Suggestions include mindfulness activities in class or setting daytime deadlines that will prevent students from losing sleep to complete assignments, according to the release. Faculty can also ask administrators to pro-vide more resources and training surrounding mental health issues.

At Rutgers, Stepeney said she is grateful for the professors who promote mental health awareness as well as the faculty at Counsel-ing, Alcohol and Other Drug As-sistance Program & Psychiatric Services (CAPS). She said she hopes the University will continue to expand CAPS services.

“The current system is built for short-term care, which un-doubtedly helps many students work through stressful events,” Stepeney said. “I think that work-ing on outpatient services for stu-dents once they leave counseling at CAPS should be Rutgers’ main priority, as working through mental health does not end after one semester.”

“(Faculty) can help a struggling student just by

being there for them.”

LAURA HORNEChief Program Officer of Active Minds

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INSTITUTIONAAST advances science of trauma for surgical care nationally, worldwide

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study and practice of traumatic surgery, according to its website.

He also serves as an associate fellow of the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, where he has worked to study the hematologic response, or blood’s response, to injury, according to the release.

At NJMS, Livingston has con-ducted research on trauma out-comes, survivorship and gun vi-olence, according to the release.

Livingston will serve as presi-dent-elect of AAST until Sept. 11, 2020, and will then serve as pres-ident until Oct. 1, 2021, according to the release. It was the AAST Nomination Committee that voted Livingston as its next president.

Before serving in his new role, Livingston served on the

AAST Board of Managers in 2018, and as a member-at-large from 2015 to 2018, according to the release. As president, Liv-ingston will chair the AAST’s Membership Committee, Board of Managers and the Scholar-ship, Awards and Development Committee, as well as a member of the Executive, Program and Nominating Committees.

The Rutgers NJMS was founded in 1954 and currently graduates approximately 170 physicians per year, according to the release. It is the oldest school of medicine in the state of New Jersey.

“It is an incredible honor to be selected as the next president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma,” Livingston said, according to the release. “The AAST is looked upon na-tionally and worldwide as the leader in advancing the science of trauma, surgical critical care and emergency general surgery. As injury is now the leading cause of death in people under 45 years of age worldwide, the public health issues we tackle are truly global in scope. I look forward to leading an amazing organization with such talent-ed individuals, to further the AAST’s scientific and education-al achievements across the coun-try and around the world.”

“It is an incredible honor to be selected as the next

president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.”

DAVID LIVINGSTONProfessor

Livingston poses with Amy Gore, a former resident at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School after performing a procedure together in the operating room in 2018. RUTGERS.EDU

A Rutgers University student club — the All Marxist-Leninist Union (AMLU) — was recently joined by members of other con-

cerned student organizations at a meeting where we heard several speakers denounce a proposed law that would severely restrict the rights of students in public schools and on college campuses to dissent from U.S. foreign policy and the rights of students to work in solidarity with Palestinian people.

There is video of the event. Two dozen students attending signed up to form the New Jersey Commit-tee to Protect Dissent to work to kill the chances of this bill passing the state legislature.

The NJ S4001 Bill, if passed, would persecute any group or individual in educational institutions like high schools and universities who would be “delegitimizing Israel by denying the Jewish peo-ple their right to self-determination and denying Israel the right to exist.”

That section of the bill, in the end, would prohibit Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) and Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) clubs and speakers on campus and thus restrict their right to speak and pro-test against Israel’s war crimes.

In my opinion, critique of Israel is not antisemi-tism, as the Palestinian people have a right to stand up against Israel’s undeniable war crimes and contin-uous killings of innocent people by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who, coincidentally, are also responsi-ble for training the U.S. law enforcement, a fact that was acknowledged even in the United Nations (UN).

Since Israel continues to be the most beneficial strategic zone of the imperialist domination of the U.S. in the Middle East, it is in the interest of the American capitalist state to pass resolutions that would benefit their interests. Such is the NJ S4001 which, by purposefully using ambiguous language, would silence Palestinian resistance voices at Rutgers University.

We, the AMLU, stand against NJ S4001 bill. The bill would not be needed even if it truly fought against antisemitism. Such bills and legislations, thankfully, already exist.

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Pros of minimalism are far from minimal

the speed of our current society, trends come and go quicker than ever. One trend that has been gaining momentum once again is minimalism.

Minimalism is about living with less. Less financial burdens, no unnecessary expenses and a simple philosophy of it is about getting rid of the excess stuf f and choosing to live life based on experiences rather than material possessions and statuses.

Throughout this article, I will be discussing what it means to be a minimalist and the benefits that can come from it.

Many people still view minimalism as the idea that people who choose that lifestyle give up all the modern conveniences in the world and go live in a cabin the woods with no electricity. Of course, they can do that, but the modern-day lifestyle is much dif ferent. A person can choose what type of minimalist lifestyle they lead.

The first benefit of switching to minimalism is that decluttering helps you destress and organize. The minute you start cleaning out your garage and throwing out car oils that are older than the house you live in, the sooner you realize how much space you actually have and how insuf ficiently you use it.

Many people are known to not let go of material things with the thought that they might use it one day. Being able to declutter and list what things are priorities for you will lead to less worrying about what is where and how much more you need of something.

For example, if you found a t-shirt that fits your body perfectly and you like the quality, buy it in stock, because you never know when it will come out again and get some of the same color and some that are different. Do the same with pajama wear, jeans, sweats, sweat-shirts and dress shirts.

Minimalism also allows for refocusing, since when you have a lot of material things your focus can be scattered. When you live a more materialistic lifestyle you stress about how to pay for all the new different clothes and tools you want to get that are not neces-sary, and worry where you can fit them in your house.

But with this new approach, when all that stuf f is gone, you will be able to use your time to focus on things more important to you like your health and the people around you.

Another thing crucial to minimalism is longevity. Here I will also tie in how technology can be a benefit, and not a distraction from the minimalist lifestyle. Instead of buying 12 watches and having a watch room, buy that one timeless classic with a hint of modern watch and purchase different wrist bands for it.

Less stuff equals more money, and the more you lessen the num-ber of luxuries and material things from your life, the easier it will be to maintain your expenses and balance in your life. Speaking of longevity, purchase the best quality smart television after research-ing it and deciding that it will last you the longest compared to the other brands.

That is called long term minimalism, and it is just as effective, since you are able to use a modern material thing, but you do not have to worry about replacing in any short-term period.

Above all else, you will have more energy. Without the stress of dealing with clutter and continuously growing stacks of material things you forgot you even had, you will now be able to use that energy toward your goals for that day and for your own health.

People without the burden of status, constant need of instant grat-ification from social media (something minimalists also use less of and put restrictions on) and just the materialist lifestyle in general tend to be healthier, happier and more strong-willed than their coun-terparts who have made their materialism so habitual and so sec-ond-nature that they cannot do without it nor try to.

The beauty of minimalism is that it is a choice. People can choose how far they want to go into minimalism and whether to have that lifestyle, but I guarantee you at the very least it will help you realize how much value you at times give to valueless things.

The biggest thing I learned from minimalism is that I will not lose anything at all from not having that newest phone, or those newest shoes or the most likes and comments. I learned to better take care of myself and use my time efficiently. Making a schedule I can stick to has never been easier after implementing some of the guidelines created by minimalism.

I recommend to all my readers to just consider implementing a few of these strategies into your daily lives, as I assure you they will only help you.

Kaan Jon Boztepe is a School of Arts and Sciences senior double majoring in philosophy and history. His column, “Kaanotations,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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New Jersey bill would silence dissent, prevent criticism of Israeli policies

The anti-war and anti-imperialist struggle would most certainly be crippled, as U.S.-Israeli imperialism is undeniably a global force at the center of many de-structive wars and conflicts across the world.

The ability of groups to form coalitions among the anti-imperialist Left would be strictly limited under the bill in such a way that our liberties of free assem-bly would be curtailed.

But we are not alone in our opposition to this bill. A statement from the Rutgers campus group Anak-bayan Rutgers stated, “We must unwaveringly say that fighting for the basic rights to life, land, water, and democracy for Palestinians through boycott or any other means is not a crime, and it is not anti-se-mitic. The passage of this unjust bill would fly in the face of both academic freedom and freedom of dis-sent, and more primarily the Palestinian people and their just struggle for liberation.”

Meanwhile, high school students concerned about their rights to advocate in the public schools have started a petition which stated in part: “We are opposing NJ bills S4001 and A5755 introduced by Sen. (Stephen) Sweeney (D-N.J.) and Assem-blywoman (Annette) Quijano. This proposed law dangerously conflates criticism of Israel with An-tisemitism. It would punish legitimate dissent of U.S. foreign policy and its support for Israel. We support student rights to free speech in and out of school, (and to) criticize American foreign policy.”

For students and faculty that stand firmly against Zionism and apartheid in Palestine, we must form a combined ef fort to educate our-selves and the public regarding Zionism and the NJ S4001 bill. Unions and Palestinian solidarity groups may also want to release statements that condemn the bill.

Time is running out. This bill must not be al-lowed to reach the floor. Efforts to organize a common struggle for the liberation of the working class and for the oppressed people’s world could be crushed through NJ S4001.

We invite you to join the New Jersey Committee to Protect Dissent to protect the rights of students and faculty to discuss and criticize U.S. foreign policy and to support the struggles of the Palestinian people.

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Puritanism’s influence felt in modern American politics

I n the wake of what I consider the new age of the American political zoo, which harasses the one that is

constantly observing it from both the Right and Left and the up and the down and the diagonal on a 450-degree angle — you get the point — the meta-conversation some-times is most relieving.

You know, the zoned-out, drool-collecting, mindless-of-the-news-reel conversation that is best had autonomously with your head buried in a pillow waiting for the temporary death of sleep, or with a friend so close and dear that whatever quasi-philosophical stuff you are spewing will not haunt you with em-barrassment at a later date.

Because the meta, specifically in the sociocultural sense, at least for me, is of-ten astoundingly exciting and mystical. Meta-anything most naturally diminishes the elements from which it arose to such utter minutia, it descales to dust what we might consider the Everest of our day. From that descaling arise some particu-lar insights that somehow dull the rage of modernity.

The meta-theory that I have come to en-joy, mostly because I came up with it individ-ually — no, I did not pour over the American Sociology Review on a Saturday afternoon — is what I call the “New England Feel.”

I was struck with the idea in my junior year of high school, unsurprisingly in

English class. Having read Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” I was left awed by one of my favorite lines in American literature: “The Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the Devil’s last preserve, his home base and the citadel of his final stand.”

That sentence invariably defines all the complexities of that Salem folk, the Puri-tan folk to be exact, perhaps the most me-ta-American folk to ever live.

The Puritans were an extraordinary

bunch. They were Old Testament people, who set out to seek the new Canaan across the Atlantic, escaping persecution.

Once they found themselves in the un-friendly terrain and weather of Massachu-setts, the Puritans showed almost super-hu-man work ethic, building colonies along the coast through superbly harsh winters.

Perhaps the most incredible part of this group was their persistent self-deprecation. Jonathan Edwards, a clergyman, captured the Puritan mentality in his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” which called the Puritan people to be forever in fear and awe of the almighty that was forever itching to plunge them all into the depths of hell.

That was reflected in the Puritans’ sim-plistic lifestyle and devotion to work, as well as the non-shockingly high levels of neurot-icism and fear. These people functioned on some very turbulent moral grounds. They were terrified of him, the one that had the unlimited power of their destruction, but paradoxically saw themselves in his light.

They saw themselves as unworthy of his love, but claimed evil all things other than themselves.

The Puritan town versus forest motif ex-plored by Miller has been echoed consis-tently throughout American history. The pious self-righteousness and aggressive polarization of “our way” and “their way” has been seen in the Revolutionary War, the signing of the Declaration of Indepen-dence, the ratification of the Constitution, the Civil War, the American industrial rev-olution, the McCarthy era, both the Jim Crow era and the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the War on Drugs and the War on Terror.

Many years after the Puritan faith had disintegrated, in a 1993 interview conduct-ed by literary critic Larry McCaffery, the

revered writer David Foster Wallace said: “This is so American, man: Either make something your God and cosmos and then worship it, or else kill it.”

I doubt the American-Puritan extremism that Foster Wallace was describing is either good or evil. It is so deeply woven into the American cultural quilt, that a classification would do it a great disservice.

It is simply American, and has brought this country its greatest triumphs and most horrific embarrassments, and to this day continues to do so.

Choose any group in modern Ameri-can politics and squint slightly to see the New-England feel living on long after the death of its creators.

Be it President Donald J. Trump’s an-nouncement of the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi carried out by the Armed Forces or his attacks on Hunter Biden, or the House’s push for impeachment, or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) Green New Deal, or Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (D-Vt.) free college for all policy, in every political rhetoric, with almost no exception, the devil’s citadel and his final stand are always on the other side of the political spectrum as the speaker stands in the bountiful light of creator-like morality.

Here is to the most meta-American folks to walk this land, making the modern politi-cal conversation seem like pitiful conviction!

Yan Leyzervych is a Rutgers Business School first-year majoring in finance. His column, “American Insights,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Diplomacy through dress: British royals visit Pakistan

@muslim: Uyghur Crisis, influence, social media activism

MALIHA KHANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

More than a week ago, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, otherwise known as Prince Wil-liam and Catherine Middleton, paid a visit to the nation of Paki-stan by request of the Common-wealth office.

In order to maintain strong re-lations with other countries and support charitable causes, the royals often embark on an annu-al “royal tour.” A member of the monarchy hasn’t visited the for-mer British colony in 13 years.

While on their trip, the Duke and Duchess grew accustomed to a number of Pakistani tradi-tions and participated in what the nation qualifies as fulfilling pastimes, some of which include historic sightseeing, rutted rick-shaw rides, games of cricket and evenings showcasing the beauty of Qawwali music. Throughout such endeavors, the royals were seen dressing in traditional Paki-stani attire.

While their mission to promote the importance of children’s edu-cation and healthcare seemed to create quite the buzz, it was their wardrobe which developed viral attention across the internet.

Upon their arrival, the Duke and Duchess were seen wearing

a simple western ensemble. The following day, Middleton was quick to adopt customary Paki-stani dress. She wore a striking cobalt blue suit, known as the sal-war kameez. This particular look consists of a pair of trousers, wide at the waist and fall tapered at the ankles, and a straight-cut tunic which sits just above the knees.

While some may consider this accessory old-fashioned, Middle-ton opted for a dupatta (a long scarf) which was draped over her shoulder to complete the look.

In honor of their first official vis-it to Pakistan, the Duke and Duch-ess were celebrated at a function held at the nation’s monument in Islamabad. Throughout the eve-ning, the royals exchanged words with a number of well-known indi-viduals in the creative industry as well as business and politics.

One of the more captivating mo-ments of the night was the way in which they arrived at the scene. Far from conventional, the Duke and Duchess stepped out of a rick-shaw, a popular mode of transpor-tation usually operated by a man. While the vehicle was adorned in world famous Pakistani truck art, the sight of attraction was of course the patrons seated in the back.

Middleton stepped out in a Jenny Packham gown, immersed in em-erald green and sparkle, complete

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge rode to events in an ornate rickshaw, aligning with traditional Pakistani culture for the first visit in 13 years by members of the royal family. INSTAGRAM

For this excursion, Middleton once again chose a green ensem-ble, but paired with gold this time. The look was yet another salwar kameez created by Pakistani de-signer, Maheen Khan.

When entering the space, Middleton wore a headscarf as a means to cover her hair. This modest piece was inspired by the typical form of dress a Pakistani woman would wear while attend-ing a religious sermon or prayer.

In addition to the mosque, the royals engaged in a classic game of cricket while in Lahore. While the Duke wore tradition-al western clothes, Middleton wore an ivory kurta paired with trousers created by Pakistani designer Gul Ahmed. To elabo-rate, a kurta resembles a loose collarless shirt often aligned with casual wear.

A sweet touch to this Ahmed piece was its embellishment of Jasmine flowers. The Jasmine flower is known as the national flower of Pakistan and one which invokes modesty and amiabili-ty — the many principles upon which Pakistan was founded.

It may seem vain, but the roy-al’s visit was a welcome sight. Many took to Instagram showing their approval, and it was an over-all engaging trip through tradi-tional Pakistani garb.

Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, runs the account @muslim on Instagram. Currently, the account has more than 30,000 followers. COURTESY OF AMEER AL-KHATAHTBEH

AISHAH MUHAMMADCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh is a Muslim activist and a School of Arts and Sciences senior. He may seem like an average stu-dent, but he is most popularly known for his viral campaign to shed light on the Uyghur Mus-lim persecution in China.

If you didn’t know, in China, at least a million Muslims are being detained in the country’s

self-described “re-education cen-ters,” which are actually torture or internment camps. These “Xin-jiang re-education camps” have been run by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region government since 2014. The Uyghur Muslim population has been detained without any charges against it or any fair trial in these secretive camps all across China.

Reports have shown that these detainees are forced to drink alcohol, eat pork (which

are forbidden in Islam) and un-dergo brainwashing such as be-ing forced to study communist propaganda for hours every day and chant slo-gans cheer-ing for the long life of Xi Jinping, the general sec-retary of the C o m m u n i s t Party of Chi-na. Escapees have also re-ported upon being tortured, while also being forced to live in cramped and un-sanitary living conditions.

Although there have been at-tempts by the U.S to shut down these camps, none have been suc-cessful and they continue to run even today. Most Americans and the world aren’t even aware of this issue occurring right now due to failure of adequate media cover-age and lack of popularity on this issue. This is where Al-Khataht-beh steps in and decides to post facts, articles and information in order to educate his followers and others on this issue on his Insta-gram page called @muslim.

One campaign of his that has been very successful is called #CloseTheCamps. This post has more than 178,000 likes and it's an image of two hands: one red with yellow stars to symbolize China

and one blue with a white symbol of Islam being strangled by the hand of China with blood pour-ing down on the words "#Clos-

eTheCamps." It has gone viral with many people — Muslim or not — posting this image on their Instagram stories and thus letting people know about this issue.

When asked what it takes for information or a post to go viral, Al-Khatahtbeh said, “DM-ing in-fluencers and having them share the post on their story is what made this post go viral.” After the post went viral, @muslim gained more than 15,000 followers.

“This is an issue and it is not talked about and what made it go viral is because people relat-ed to it and saw how messed up it was. Making this post go viral was a team effort with the influ-encers who followed the account and for everyone who shared the post. Through sharing, the post went viral ... The first day it hit 5,000 likes. Then I went to

sleep and woke up and the next day there were 11,000 likes. I don’t know what happened, but then it jumped to 25,000,

to 50,000 and then eventually 100,000 likes. We thought 'Oh my god, this is crazy!'” he said.

His future plan for this account is to make it into a media site such as Teen Vogue

or Muslim Girl. When asked if he believed that he is a Muslim activist, he said, “Definitely, I always stood my ground on is-sues with the Muslim commu-nity. This account is for Muslim people, but we also tie it with human rights. We talk about Black Lives Matter and issues that af fect people in general. People may bash us and say we are being very progressive but Islam is all about humanity. We are all about being peace-ful and sending that message out there.”

Whether you are Muslim, go ahead and check out Al-Khataht-beh’s page and see what else he has on there. Not only does he tackle the issue of Uyghur, but he also has many informative and funny posts about climate change, protests and other Islamic issues.

with a sheer chiffon scarf to be laid at her side. As for Prince William, he opted for a sherwani — a long coat-like garment, usually worn on formal occasions. His sherwani, in particular, was turquoise and stud-ded with diamonds.

Both the Duke and Duchess chose dark green and blue hues, as they emulated the national col-ors of Pakistan.

To continue their tour of Paki-stan, the royals set out to Lahore,

the second-most populous city in the nation known for its historic sights and deep-rooted culture. Placed on the outskirts of the Walled City is one of the most fa-mous landmarks in the country, the Badshahi Mosque.

In an effort to seek knowledge of growing interfaith communi-ties and the history of the Mughal dynasty, the Duke and Duchess paid a visit to the holy sanctuary during their first days in the city.

“Making this post go viral was a team effort with the influencers who followed the account and for everyone

who shared the post.”

AMEER AL-KHATAHTBEHSchool of Arts and Sciences Senior

Happy Birthday: Put everything in order and a plan in place. Gather informa-tion, and reconnect with people who have been instrumental in your accomplish-ments. Greater recognition will be yours if you step into the limelight and use your experience to encourage new and exciting possibilities. Working with what you’ve got, you will find the key to happiness. Your numbers are 5, 11, 23, 27, 31, 34, 48.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make up your mind -- either you are in, or you are out. Size up whatever situa-tion you face, consider what’s doable and make your move. Don’t expect everyone to like your decision; you and your happiness are what matter in the end. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Thrive on what’s new and exciting. Take in what’s going on around you, and in-corporate anything you find interest-ing into whatever you pursue. A part-nership looks fascinating but deceptive if one or both of you aren’t being completely honest. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gull-ibility will be your downfall. Listen carefully, question what sounds too good to be true and make deci-sions based on facts, not emotions. An offer will lack the fundamentals required to build a strong base on which to build. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use your intelligence, memory and voice to make the right decision. Align yourself with people who are just as eager to help and reach a shared destination. Self-improvement will help you advance personally and professionally. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Uncertainty and confusion should be dealt with smartly. Don’t follow someone be-cause you don’t know which way to turn. Ask questions, look at every an-gle and learn whatever you need to know to make the best decision. 2 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A change to the way or where you live is favored. Evaluate your current situation, and make adjustments that will encourage you to excel. It’s up to you to make decisions that ensure your happiness. Personal gains, love and romance are within reach. 4 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get back to your roots, and talk to someone who can shed light on family history. Make a point to learn something that will help you head in a direction that will bring you greater joy. Educate and participate. 3 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s up to you to bring about a change that will make you happy. Discipline and hard work, along with honesty and openness, will help you make positive adjustments without interference. A romantic gesture will bring you closer to someone you love. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look at every possibility, but real-ize you can take on only so much. Choose what moves you the most or where you believe you can make the most significant difference. Keep private matters a secret and your possessions and passwords out of sight. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take the plunge, and make a change. A new pursuit looks incredible, and mixing the old with something orig-inal will bring depth to what you do best. Reunite with people you enjoy collaborating with, and see what tran-spires. Romance is encouraged. 4 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lis-ten, but don’t feel you have to make a move or follow someone’s lead. Your effort will be better spent overseeing your money matters and any updates that are about to lapse. Responsibility should be a top priority. 2 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What you do for others will not go unno-ticed. The rewards will be great, and the satisfaction will lead to per-sonal growth and changes that en-courage a happy and healthier life-style. Love, creativity and romance are on the rise. 5 stars

Horoscopes Eugenia Last

DIVERSIONS Page 9OctOber 29, 2019

©2019 By Eugenia Last distributed by Universal Uclick

Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Non Sequitur Wiley

Lio Mark Tatulli

Over The Hedge T. Lewis and M. Fry

Yesterday’s

Solution

ACROSS

1 *”KA-BLAM!”

5 *”Cheers” for the other team

9 *Big cheese

13 Suit in King Arthur’s court?

15 Feature of “this clue ... ue ... ue ...”

16 Minstrel’s instrument

17 Lerner’s partner

18 “Pay ___ mind!”

19 School founded by King Henry VI

20 19-Across’ country: Abbr.

21 Actor Sal

23 Already cut, as logs

24 20th-century example of the

starred word ladder’s start

28 Home of MA and PA

29 Apt first name for a

retirement planner

30 Lowest Monopoly roll

31 Taunts

34 Noted fabulist

36 Meat paired with Swiss

37 Sacagawea dollars’ equivalents

38 Exclaims

39 “Joker” or “The Lion King”

40 Gomez Addams’ cousin

41 Coeur d’___

42 Honorific

43 Still in the package

44 Like crunchy carrots

45 Identify on Facebook

46 20th-century example of the

word ladder’s end

53 Fish-eye, for one

54 Bedtime story?

55 Southeast Asian language

56 Provide money for

57 Feathery wraps

58 Absolutely necessary thing

60 Together, musically

61 “My treat!”

62 Skin care brand

63 *First lady Truman

64 *Top, or tops

65 *It might be placed on

a pedestal

DOWN

1 Hay machine

2 Maine college town

3 Horseshoelike Greek letter

4 Cut, as grass

5 Existence

6 Black pawns in chess, e.g.

7 Response to a good explanation

8 Great Lakes’ ___ Canals

9 Sheep sound

10 “Spill the beans!”

11 Deliberately delay

12 Former Pres. Obama, once

14 Careless

22 With 23-Down,

almost instantly

23 See 22-Down

25 Bitterly regrets

26 Busy boy on Valentine’s Day

27 Amiens’ river

31 Departing

32 Theater break

33 “Don’t tell anyone this ...”

34 “Anything else?”

35 German article

38 Attired

39 Newton fruits

41 Performing ___

42 Western discoverer of

New Zealand

(MANTAS anagram)

45 Caddy contents

47 South American range

48 Royal baby buggies

49 Change, as a password

50 Candy heart sentiment

51 Welcome desert sights

(and sites)

52 Absent from

56 ___ Four

57 Short haircut

59 1997 sci-fi comedy, for short

Yesterday’s Solution

Universal Crossword

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Knights’ Moneme scores 3 goals to add to her team-high 9 on season

MATCHES

CONTINUED FROM BACK

Sophomore goalkeeper Meagan McClelland has allowed only 5 goals in the last eight games that the netminder has appeared in for Rutgers. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2019

After the score was equaled, the Spartans subbed in half of their team to try and get a different flow going, but the Knights took it upon them-selves to seize the opportunity and score what would be the game-winning goal from none other than Moneme.

Unlike other corner kicks, Aylmer tapped the ball to fresh-man forward Emily Harrigan, who sent the ball right back to Aylmer. Aylmer then launched the ball into the box where Moneme budded

DELANEY ZUBRICKSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers field hockey team has been finishing this sea-son off with a bang. Last Friday, the No. 18 Scarlet Knights (10-6, 4-3) defeated Michigan, which would be their second-highest ranked win in Rutgers history. Then on Sunday, the Knights took on Temple and came out with another victory.

Starting off with the game against the Wolverines (13-4, 5-2), which was the program’s first-ever win over the team, Rut-gers took a clear lead and shut out Michigan for the rest of the game. It ended in a 3-0 win for the Knights, and had a lot to do with their defense.

This game was like no other this season because Rutgers was able to keep the Wolverines from only attempting one shot on goal for the whole match. On the oth-er hand, the Knights were able to take six shots, and each one of them was on goal.

Overall, this game had a clear winner from the beginning, since Rutgers’ confidence has sky-rock-eted during play. Each goal was scored by a different player, with the first being made by junior mid-fielder Katie Larmour. The second was from fifth-year senior back Austyn Cuneo, and the last goal was made by junior back Kerrie Burns.

Cuneo and Larmour have al-ready had their fair share of goals this season with 14 between the two of them, while this was Burns’ fourth goal of the season.

Moving onto the game against

the Owls (6-9, 2-4), this was a clos-er contest even though Temple isn’t ranked. The only goal that was scored was by Cuneo in the final 9 minutes of the game, which is a surprising point.

This was another blowout for the Knights, though. For this game alone, Rutgers had 19 shots and 11 shots on goal, which is an enor-mous gap between the one shot that the Owls made in the entire game.

Temple’s goalkeeper, Cris-tina Carotenuto, had her work cut out for her, and she was able to hold the Knights back for almost the whole game. Carot-enuto made 10 saves out of the 11 shots on goal, which was an incredible feat considering the pressure Rutgers was putting on the Owls offensively.

The Knights decided to play senior goalkeeper Amanda Lamb instead of the usual junior goalkeeper Gianna Glatz. Lamb only had to make one save for the game and had a slow day for the rest of it.

Temple didn’t even have any penalty corner opportunities, so Lamb didn’t have much of an action-packed game. Rutgers ended the game with 14 cor-ners, but Carotenuto was solid in goal.

Throughout the game, there were two leaders in shots and they came from Cuneo and fresh-man fullback Rachel Houston. Houston has especially started to shine in her first season as a Knight. Of her five shots, four of them were on goal, which can be compared to Cuneo’s five shots and only two on goal.

Rutgers improves record with vital victoriesFIELD HOCKEY NO. 18 RUTGERS 1, TEMPLE 0

Junior goalkeeper Gianna Glatz did not allow a goal in the Knights’ shutout victory against the Wolverines on Friday afternoon. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2019

Houston has made significant progress since the beginning of the season. With only one regular season game left, there is still time for her to show how much of an impact she can have on this team.

With the Penn State game ending the regular season for Rut-gers, the event will be something that the Knights can confidently

walk into. The Nittany Lions are 3-4 in the conference and 4-11 on the season.

“We knew it was going to be physical,” said head coach Mer-edith Civico after the win against Michigan. “We knew we had to execute on set pieces, and I think the coaching staff and the assis-tant coaches do an amazing job

on attack penalty corner and de-fensive penalty corners. So I think our preparation was key. I was so pleased with the team, really the whole team all week, from the freshmen to the underclassmen to the starting group.”

Rutgers will play its last reg-ular season game against Penn State on Sunday, Nov. 3.

AT MICHIGAN

Nneka Moneme: Game-winning goal in 43rd minute

Meagan McClelland: Five saves, no goals against, full 90 minutes

played in net

heads with Michigan State’s goal-ie for the ball and headed the ball into the net for the win.

“We’ve said all year long that we bend, but we don’t break. This win today really showcased that mentality,” LaPlant said. “Going down 2 goals early on is never easy to come back from, but we never put our heads down. We worked our way back and scored 3 nice goals along the way.”

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AT MICHIGAN STATE

Amirah Ali: Ninth career goal in 26th minute

Taylor Aylmer: Two assists

MICHIGAN ROAD TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

OctOber 29, 2019 Page 11

Sophomore running back Isaih Pacheco scored his first touchdown since Aug. 30 in Rutgers’ win against Liberty on Saturday. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2019

Running game shines at SHI StadiumJAKE SCHMIED

SPORTS EDITOR

One of the key assets of the Rutgers football team’s offense the past several years, indepen-dent of its sub -.500 records, was the strength of the running game. And this showed time and time again this past Saturday.

The Scarlet Knights (2-6, 0-5) have undergone changes to their offense since they lost 52-0 to Michigan at the end of September. Former head coach Chris Ash was relieved of his duties, as was John McNulty, the team’s offensive co-ordinator since last season.

But, with interim head coach Nunzio Campanile making his ascension from the tight ends coaches position to his new role, the offense has resembled a run-pass-option (RPOs) style, similar to how he operated his offense back at powerhouse New Jersey high school Bergen Catholic, where he garnered the first state title since 2004.

When Campanile first instilled the new offense into his players, Rutgers lost to Maryland 48-7, the Knights only ran for 151 yards and threw for 163 passing yards. In that game alone, Rutgers lost 36 yards on the ground.

Fast forward to this weekend,

Campanile’s fourth game as the head coach. The offense seemed to be gelling under the third differ-ent quarterback to take snaps un-der junior center Michael Maietti.

Redshirt freshman quarter-back Johnny Langan was tapped in as the starter in the Knights’ loss against the Terrapins along with Campanile. But, the play call chemistry was working this past weekend.

Langan, an honorary member of Rutgers’ backfield, had his best career day passing and run-ning, combining for 310 yards. For this feat, he was named the Knights’ first Big Ten Freshman of the Week (along with Penn State defensive end and How-ell, New Jersey, native Jayson Oweh) since 2017.

Langan’s stats included his first career passing and second career rushing touchdowns. True freshman wide receiver Isaiah Washington shared in the game of firsts by hauling in a 51-yarder from Langan and tak-ing it to the house.

Langan compiled 118 yards on the ground while only losing 5 yards the entire 60 minutes, his lowest number all season, with his longest run of the game a 17-yard-er. He also threw for 192 yards and no interceptions.

FOOTBALL KNIGHTS TOTAL 271 RUSHING YARDS AGAINST FLAMES

Sophomore running back Isaih Pacheco scored two touch-downs on 107 yards, his first scores since he amassed four touchdowns against UMass on Aug. 30.

“Looks like there’s some growth, and hopefully we can keep doing that,” Campanile said. “There’s been much better balance in who is -— the ball distribution, who is really important. I thought

that we had the type of balance that we would look for in the run pass.”

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VOLLEYBALL RUTGERS 3, NORTHWESTERN 2

Knights capture 1st Big Ten win in 4 yearsRAY LEWIS

CORRESPONDENT

The last time the Rutgers volleyball team won a match against a school in the Big Ten was on Oct. 21, 2015. That was more than four years ago.

The series against Northwest-ern on Sunday afternoon changed all of that.

Starting off the event, the Scarlet Knights (7-14, 1-9) fell behind 1-0 to the Wildcats (9-13, 0-10) on an attack error by sophomore outside hitter Tali Marmen. Though this was un-fortunate and put Rutgers in an early hole, it ultimately did not amount to much chaos for the Knights as they were able

to string together a 5-0 run immediately after.

The rest of the set displayed a sort of previously non-exis-tent ferocity for Northwestern, but back-and-forth play dom-inated the rest of the contest with the score staying close for much of it. The set only ended once the Wildcats’ Nia Robin-son attack error gave Rutgers the 2-point lead needed to win the set, ending the contest by a final score of 27-25.

While this was assuredly an ex-citing occurrence for the Knights’ head coach C.J. Werneke and his players, there was a milestone achieved in the first set by a Rutgers player that can be considered to be even more worthy of an ovation.

Senior middle blocker Jas-mine Stackhouse, the only play-er to have competed with some of the women that captured the first-ever conference win for the program in 2015, took over sole possession as the all-time leader in block assists for the Knights as her two in the first set contributed to the 336 that she has compiled in her four-year career. It was a long time coming for Stackhouse, as she is the longest-tenured player in the program.

Whether it was this achieve-ment that motivated this volley-ball program, or the fact that all the practice was seemingly starting to turn into some pos-itive results for the team, what

followed up this first set win for Rutgers was another one in the second contest, with the Knights taking the bout by a fi-nal score of 26-24.

Marmen’s 3 kills in the set contributed to a team-high 14 on the day, and helped the Rutgers offense, led by sophomore mid-dle blocker Merle Weidt, capture an important 2-0 lead to start off the match for Sunday afternoon.

As the day wore on, it seemed as though all of the ex-citement and anticipation had ultimately been for nothing as Northwestern stormed back in the third set to take the contest by a final score of 25-16. The Knights were falling back into their old ways, with a number

of self-inflicted attack errors to show for it.

Their struggles continued into the fourth set as well, though they did find their footing as they kept the score close for much of the bout. While the Wildcats took the set by a final score of 25-23, it looked that Rutgers was back to playing at a competitive level for the afternoon.

They confirmed that theory in the fifth and final set of the match.

The Knights took the 15-10 set victory and did what hadn’t been done since 2015: They won a con-ference match.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I thought that we had the type of balance that we would look for in the run pass.”

— Football interim head coach Nunzio CampanileSPORTSTUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2019 ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COMRUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK

JOHNNY LANGAN,redshirt freshman quarterback on the football team, was selected as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. He had a career-best 118 rushing yards and 198 passing yards last Saturday. He combined for two touchdowns.

MEN’S SOCCER

VOLLEYBALL

WRESTLING

at Lehigh

at Nebraska

vs. Long Island University

Today, 7 p.m., Bethlehem, Pa.

Friday, 8 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.

Saturday, 10 a.m., College Avenue Gymnasium

EXTRA POINT KNIGHTS SCHEDULE NFL SCORES

OaklandHouston

CarolinaSan Francisco

Green BayKansas City

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1351

3124

WOMEN’S SOCCER NO. 21 RUTGERS 3, MICHIGAN STATE 2

Junior forward Nneka Moneme accumulated a total of 6 points, five shots and three shots on goal in her efforts for Rutgers over the weekend as the team defeated the two schools it faced in Michigan. BENJAMIN CHELNITSKY / OCTOBER 2019

VICTORY IN MICHIGANKnights take down Wolverines, Spartans in conference matches

ALEX FABUGAIS-INABACORRESPONDENT

Nothing can stop the Rutgers women’s soccer team. In its last two Big Ten match-es in Michigan, the No. 21 Scarlet Knights (14-2-2, 8-2-1) upset the No. 16 Wolverines (12-4-1, 7-2-1) in a 1-0 shutout, then took down Michigan State 3-2 to close off their conference season on the way to the Big Ten tournament.

Leading the pack is junior forward Nneka Moneme. The Union, New Jersey, native has had a breakout season, marking four consec-utive games where she’s scored a goal against a Big Ten opponent.

Moneme clinched the game-winning goal against Michigan on Thursday evening and

scored 2 goals against the Spartans (8-9-1, 1-8-1) on Sunday to come back from a 2-0 defi-cit. Her total is now at 11 goals this season.

At the start of the match against the Wolverines, Rutgers held a tight defensive battle with Michigan that put together sev-en shots in the first 40 minutes of play. The Knights only registered one shot in the be-ginning, having to defend the net for most of the first half.

With just more than 2 minutes left in the half, senior midfielder Taylor Aylmer post-ed two back-to-back shots to claim posses-sion of the ball. Neither of Aylmer’s shots went in, but Rutgers was able to retake possession, giving junior forward Amirah Ali an opportunity to quickly pass to senior forward Brittany LaPlant.

LaPlant bounced the ball into position for Moneme to storm into the box and seal the deal with a shot to the back corner of the net.

The Knights may not have had many offensive opportunities, but they took the advantages that they did have to upset the Wolverines for their second Big Ten loss of the season.

Fast forward to Sunday afternoon, Rut-gers rallied a comeback win against Mich-igan State to come from behind its biggest deficit this season.

Coming off of their conference win against Michigan, the Knights were sloppy in the first couple of minutes of the Spar-tans’ game. The ball flew back and forth in the first half, and Michigan State scored its 2 goals in 17 minutes of play.

Instead of shutting down, Rutgers rose to the occasion and responded with 2 goals of its own. Aylmer sent a long pass from midfield into position for Moneme.

The Spartans’ goalkeeper ran forward to try and take over the ball. Moneme and the goalie collided, but it was Moneme who came around the other end to tip the ball into the net.

Less than 3 minutes later, Ali was sur-rounded by four Michigan State defenders. She cleared the ball to LaPlant, who short passed it back to Ali in a better position for her to shoot. Ali launched a fast ball to cross over into the far back corner to tie up the game.

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