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Rutgers preserves history of Women’s March in archiveRYAn sTiEsi
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rutgers university libraries look to add and archive the most recent women’s march — in-cluding those taking place in new york city and new Jersey this past saturday — in order to document these notable protests.
one year ago, members of the rutgers special collections and university archive collected 60 signs and items used in women’s marches in new york city and washington, d.c., said stephanie crawford, an archivist with the uni-versity libraries.
this weekend the group con-tinued its work documenting and collecting objects from the march, she said.
“we collect new Jersey-based history, we collect women’s histo-ry and we collect grassroots activ-ism items in general, so this kind of fit right in with our collecting strategies,” crawford said.
she said the idea spawned when her and her colleagues attend-ed the women’s march last year. more than 2 million people across the world supported the move-ment in 2017 — protesting the first full day of president donald J. trump’s time in office, according to usa today.
crawford said her plans changed, as she realized that movements like the women’s march on washington archives project exist to document the oral histories of these events. she brought the idea to rutgers,
with a focus on collecting signs, who gave her the green light to be-gin the project.
while the official numbers are not in for this year’s march, craw-ford said the project has garnered more positive support through in-terested donors.
“when i attended the march-es, people were a little confused when i would go up to them and ask them for their signs, so i would hand out business cards, and then they would send me their signs later or they would choose not to,” she said.
crawford said she found a lot of signs by digging through the gar-bage and collecting those that peo-ple left behind.
people brought a wide array of signs to the march, but she wanted to collect signs that represented the diversity of women there — in addi-tion to finding some visually appeal-ing and well-made pieces.
marchers came from different backgrounds and demographics, and she said that having accurate representation for all the women present is important.
the signs are currently hosted in the library archives, crawford said. they are available for students and the public to see and use, and there are plans to host everything online in the future.
she said that as part of the women’s march on washington archive project, everything will eventually move online where peo-ple can access oral histories, pho-tographs taken at the marches and
This poster and others are now included in Alexander Library. The archive includes mementos from grassroot movements, women’s history and New Jersey-based history, that are available for students and the public to see and use. DEcLan intinDoLa
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in an email addressed to students, vice chancellor for student affairs dr. Felicia mcginty reviewed some new updates to the university’s stu-dent centers, psychiatric services and recreational resources.
last semester’s efforts to make student centers more “more in-viting and conducive to student engagement” have resulted in updates to the community gath-ering spaces, lounge furniture, equipment and meeting rooms — with plans to improve all facilities by the end of spring semester, mc-ginty said.
“we are also working closely with the rutgers commuter student
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Audit on NJ Transit may affect students
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gov. phil murphy (d-n.J.) signed an executive order on monday calling for a “full-scale” audit of nJ transit, addressing the issues surrounding the transport system that rutgers stu-dents rely on to get to nearby cities.
“this agency must be boiled down to its essentials and put back together again,” said murphy during a news conference at sum-mit train station, according to nJ advance media.
since 2009, nJ transit fares have risen 36 percent, according to nJ.com — an increase that can potentially affect the way commut-er students, and those who occupy internship positions in either new york city or philadelphia, look at their everyday commute.
when asked about the likeli-hood that an audit would result
in higher fares for new Jersey residents, murphy did not give a firm answer.
“i’m hard pressed to think that’s a conclusion,” he said. “i think we have to believe that there are ex-traordinary inefficiencies in this organization that we can be much smarter taking advantage of.”
in 2004, nJ transit began a part-nership with colleges and universi-ties in new Jersey, offering students a 25 percent discount for nJ transit monthly passes they purchase on-line, according to its site. by using nJ transit Quik-tik program, full-time undergraduate and graduate students receive discounted rail, bus or light rail monthly passes di-rectly through the mail.
pass prices vary based on how many trips are made monthly or the number of zones purchased, and
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photographs of the signs there.the women’s march on wash-
ington archives project is an en-deavor dedicated to preserving the importance of the January 2017 women’s march and its various
“sister” marches, according to their Facebook page.
“i hope that people can come and recognize that the march just wasn’t about one viewpoint, one kind of issue, there was a multitude
of voices because women are not just one demographic,” crawford said. “we are complicated and diverse and contradictory, and i think that our collection can high-light that.”
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Rutgers pledge to Paris Climate Accord inspires Antarctica tripErica D’costa
Staff Writer
As part of an initiative to study climate change, the University hosts a summer trip to Antarcti-ca for students interested in re-searching conditions at the south-ernmost continent.
Taylor Dodge and Rachael Young, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences seniors, were selected in December to participate in the trip.
Their classes in the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences sparked their interest in the field, said the pair in an interview with Rutgers Today. The duo met in an oceanogra-phy class taught by professors and marine biologists, Oscar Schofield, Scott Glenn and Josh Kohut, and were inspired by a documentary about Schofield’s work in the Antarctic.
This summer, Young will spend 12 weeks at sea in Terra Nova Bay, researching a species called Euphausia crystallorophi-as — crystal krill — that thrives off the ice in the Antarctic and plays a key part in the marine food chain. She said she plans on deploying a robot glider into the sea to study the abundance of this creature, its locations within the sea and involvement in the food web.
Dodge will travel to the op-posite side of the continent, the west Antarctic Peninsula, which is the fastest-warming place on the continent. She will spend six weeks working on the Long Term Ecological Research Program, collecting krill and gathering data on the peninsula.
The institute hosts several events every year to progress its efforts. These include con-ferences, workshops, research
opportunities, public lectures and film screenings regarding climate change, according to the site.
During the summer, Rutgers — among 180 colleges and uni-versities in the country — signed a pledge to continue following the Paris climate agreement, af-ter President Donald J. Trump’s
announcement that the U.S. would withdraw from the accord, according to an article by The
Chronicle of Higher Education.The pledge, “We Are Still In,”
gathered signatures from univer-sity presidents across the country.
The pledge says that “In the absence of leadership from Wash-
ington, states, cities, colleges and universities and businesses rep-resenting a sizable percentage of
the U.S. economy will pursue am-bitious climate goals.”
During a Rutgers Universi-ty Student Assembly (RUSA) meeting last year, the assem-bly passed legislation entitled,
“Resolution to Support the 100 percent Renewable Campaign at Rutgers University,” which rec-ommends that University Pres-ident Robert L. Barchi commits “to achieving a goal of 100 per-cent clean, renewable energy no later than 2050,” The Daily Tar-gum reported.
“It’s 100 percent feasible for us to move toward 100 per-cent renewable energy sources, and we’ve been steadily reduc-ing our nonrenewable energy sources since 2009,” said Dan Chulak, the University Affairs Committee chair and a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior.
Taylor Dodge (left) and Rachael Young (right) met in an oceanography class, where they discovered their mutual interest in the effects of climate change. In Antarctica, Dodge will work in the Long Term Ecological Research Program collecting crystal krill, while Young will study species that play a key part in the marine food chain. WIKIMEDIA
At the Tera Nova Bay research facility, students from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) will participate in a summer research trip to better understand the effects of climate change. WIKIMEDIA
“It’s 100 percent feasible for us to move toward 100 percent renewable energy sources, and we’ve been steadily reducing
our nonrenewable energy sources since 2009.”
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they can run upward of $300 for students making multiple trips throughout the week, according to the NJ Transit site.
For some students, whether they accept internships in the city de-pends on how much money those internships pay them for travel costs. The University’s School of Arts and Sciences created an intern-ship support fund a few years ago that supports students unable to meet these costs, said Steve Miller, director of undergraduate studies in Journalism and Media Studies.
“To me, in the journalism de-partment, and really any student here at the University, the intern-ship should be the capstone of your college career,” he said. “I don’t care what major you’re in, I
don’t care what major you’re in — it can’t be emphasized enough.”
An increase in tuition by $200, let alone the price of bus fare, is enough to prevent some students from returning next semester, Miller said. An entire semester’s worth of travel can look close to $1,000 out of pocket, in addition to tuition and other expenses.
“Last spring we had 11 stu-dents who, because they were commuting to New York City or Philadelphia, had done well in the classroom and other courses and there was a demonstrated need there, were able to get $100 or $200,” Miller said.
Murphy said he anticipates the audit will be completed as “fast as possible” — possibly within the next three months, according to NJ Advance Media.
Association (RCSA) on the grand opening of the new Commuter Student Lounge at the Douglass Student Center scheduled for lat-er this month,” she said.
The Graduate Student Lounge located on the College Avenue campus is currently undergoing construction, and its comple-tion is anticipated this semester. Some of its updates include ren-ovated office space for the Grad-uate Student Association (GSA), a dedicated office space for the dean of Graduate Student Life and a new Graduate Community Gathering Space, McGinty said.
Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Pro-gram and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) has expanded its hours. This comes after last year’s reported increase of students seeking mental health services by 29.6 percent and the number actually attending appointments up by 38.4 percent between 2009 and 2015, as reported by The Daily Targum.
Last year’s launch of the RU-Rec2GO application — which allows students to find Rutgers facility hours, register for fit-ness classes and browse the Fit-ness & Wellness schedule — is available to students on the App
store, according to Rutgers Stu-dent Affairs.
Dining services has expanded on-campus dining options with a second Panera Bread in the Bus-ch Student Center and extended hours of operation at the Dunkin’ Donuts located in the Douglass Student Center — now open un-til 10:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Meal swipes are also accepted at Harvest in the New Jersey In-stitute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH), Henry’s Diner and Woody’s Café.
“Your success is a shared re-sponsibility. My team of over 1200 dedicated professionals and I have created innovative learning opportunities, programs and ser-vices to prepare you to lead, serve and become engaged world citi-zens. We are ready to transform your student experience into a fruitful and memorable one, R U?” McGinty said.
NJ Transit’s partnership with colleges and universities in New Jersey offers students a 25 percent discount off monthly transport passes for bus, rail and light rail. Using Quik-Tik, graduate and undergraduate students receive their passes directly through the mail. WIKIMEDIA
MARCHING FOR CHANGE Taken at the second annual Women’s March on Washington, D.C., this year’s event built on the success of more than 2 million individuals who rallied for women’s rights and putting an end to sexual violence. FLICKR
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Tunisia requires economic reform
S even years after the Arab Spring, Tunisians have returned once again to the streets, demanding reform. Since the beginning of the month, small and medium-sized protests have erupted in
multiple towns and cities all across the north African country demand-ing economic opportunity, development and job growth. As of the time of this writing, the protests have begun to die out. Despite this, the pro-tests are significant because of the underlying issues that they reveal.
This newest round of protests was sparked by a series of price increases and tax hikes that are part of the country’s new finance bill. The bill is a result of austerity measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international donors. This is not the first time that Tunisians have felt the squeeze of the IMF. In the mid-1980s Tunisia experienced what would become known as the “bread riots,” a series of demonstrations that were sparked by similar austerity measures implemented after talks with the IMF. In response to the demonstrations, an IMF spokesman, Gerry Rice, announced that the IMF does not actually want austerity in Tunisia but instead is looking for “well-designed, well-implemented, socially balanced reforms.” The fund actually recommended measures to the Tunisian government that would protect the poor from the effects of subsidy cuts, according to the Financial Tribune website.
Although the government has attempted to claim that the price increases are on goods that only affect the rich, the prices of many staple goods, such as bread and phone cards, have increased as well. In an attempt to head off the unrest, the government announced that it would spend an extra 100 million dinars (approximately $40 million) on welfare payments. Unfortunately, this does not amount to much for the average Tunisian — approximately an extra $13 per person — and the welfare payments will still lie below the subsistence wage of 240 dinars per month. As a result, the attempted appeasement measures have had little effect on the protests.
While relatively small, the demonstrations have been more violent than usual. Dozens of protesters have been injured over the course of the past few weeks, and there has been at least one confirmed death. Protesters have engaged in looting and have even resorted to burning down a police station. It is important to note that not all of the protests have devolved into violence, many protesters have engaged in more peaceful demonstrations,
such as sit-ins and rallies. On the government’s side, security forces have cracked down severely on the demonstrations, using tear gas and batons to forcibly disperse the crowds. They have also arrested approximately 1,000 protesters. Human rights groups claim that these arrests have been largely arbitrary and that they have been arresting people simply for protesting rather than having committed any action that would actually be considered an arrestable offense.
Although the protests themselves are much smaller than those that swept across the country in 2011, they are indicative of a much larger problem: in the eyes of many Tunisians the revolution failed to achieve its goal. Yes, it succeeded in ending authoritarian rule over the country and creating a significantly more democratic system but in many ways Tunisians are no better off now than they were before the Arab Spring. In a poll conducted by the International Republican Institute, two-thirds of Tunisians believed that prosperity was more important than democracy. That same poll showed that Tunisians had an overwhelmingly negative view of the country’s economy with 61 percent of the population answering that the economy was very bad as opposed to just 20 percent immediately after the revolution. The democratic transition has not been without its hiccups. Tunisia has had nine governments in the past seven years, none of which has been able to make any significant progress on the economic front. Faith in the government is weak, and Tunisians look to other channels, such as taking to the street to protest, as more effective means of causing change.
These factors have caused Tunisians’ faith in democracy to be shaken. The belief was that a democratic transition would lead to an increased standard of living. While the transition has been relatively successful, the expected prosperity did not follow. Many yearn for the days before the revolution, to the days of strongmen rule when although freedom was repressed, people felt that they were better off. In the aforementioned bread riots, the president at the time was able to end them by reversing the subsidy cut — a unilateral move that is impossible to replicate in a democracy.
Yousuf Abdelfatah is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and economics. His column, “Global Perspectives” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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“The belief was that a democratic transition would lead to an increased standard of living.”
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Classroom tech may transform Rutgers
A significant burden to the students of Rut-gers—New Brunswick is the transportation system. While students become increasingly
frustrated with the buses, the University is seem-ingly frantically looking for ways to make them run more smoothly and efficiently. New bus lanes and bike lanes were implemented on College Avenue in the summer, but they are simply not enough to solve the problem. One of the main ideas behind this initia-tive with synchronous lecture halls is that by offering classes of this sort, the University will be able to cut out a good portion of student travel and hopefully alleviate traffic. So far the University has taken 10 large lecture courses and made them into syn-chronous lecture hall courses with the hope of reduc-ing the number of students who need to take the bus. So for example — in a class of 300, rather than possibly more than 150 students traveling on the buses there may now only be 50 traveling for that class. This is an im-portant goal because, in reality, the whole point of attending Rutgers is to go to class and learn. Without students actually being able to get to class efficiently, this is impossible. With that said, it is good to see the University coming up with innovative ways to solve the bus crisis.
Also in the vein of the student transportation is-sue at Rutgers is the amount of time that is wasted on the buses. Thirty minutes can make a big dif-ference in a student’s life, and time is too valuable to throw away being cramped in an overcrowd-ed bus. Reducing the amount of time students spend on buses will allow them to allocate more of their time toward things that are important. Though in the future this initiative may work to
help the transportation issue at Rutgers, we are not too sure about its ability to improve academia yet. While professors are able to see students and answer their questions, there is still a barrier be-tween them. This is no different than, say, a hybrid or online course, but some students work better when they learn in person. That being said, a pro-fessor can alternate classrooms so that both sec-tions get a chance to learn from them in person.
Rutgers spent $3 million to upgrade the two class-rooms, according to NJ Advance Media, and that does not include the necessity to hire extra TA’s to
ensure the remote classroom has no is-sues. With all of Rut-gers’ departments and organizations that could use alloca-tions, we hope that the administration has thought long and hard about investing such a hefty sum of money into this ex-periment. With that said, good foresight
in terms of technology could solidify Rutgers as an elite school in the future.
All things considered, we trust the University to do what is best for the school. The 2030 Mas-ter Plan is meant to revolutionize Rutgers, and if the plan succeeds then so do we, the students. As students, we also must have patience, which is what change often requires. The University is working diligently to improve the lives of its stu-dents, starting with how we get to class. Though $3 million is a huge amount of money, synchro-nous lecture halls do have the potential to change the way we learn for the better. Students at Rut-gers—Newark or Camden, or even students at other Big Ten schools may one day be able to share information and class material by way of this initiative.
Synchronous lecture halls could be worth their expense
“All things considered, we trust the University to do what is best for the school.”
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Social progress in South Africa must be prioritized
I t was after one Hispanic and one Indian colleague left me to stand in the flight boarding queue in Durban Internation-
al Airport that a man approached me. I am what most would consider white but let us use the term loosely as I was more of a light hue of salmon, as my sunburn entered the “peeling” phase. As I finished one last peel of skin, the man asked where I was from and what brought me to “the motherland.” I explained that I was a member of a Rutgers delegation which traveled to South Africa to learn more about Nelson Mandela and per-form social and economic justice research post-apartheid in partnership with South African students.
He responded in a defensive tone simi-lar to a kid when he gets in trouble at lunch and needs to justify why it was appropriate to put milk in his enchiladas, “well there is nothing really more to learn about Mandela, what could you possibly be researching?” I again explained that although Mandela had passed and apartheid ended, racial tension and identity still poses a challenge among South Africans, these challenges were the focal point of our visit. Apartheid was the systematic separation of races induced by Dutch Afrikaners to maintain white minority
control over Black people who comprised the majority of South Africa. Systematic leg-islation forced non-white people from their lands, diminished their access to quality education and restricted their travel to des-ignated public and private spaces.
“I got a quote for you about race, take out your phone and write this down.” It is always fun to decline an opportunity to be put in my place by a man, but I sacrificed the feminist in me to let this Pulitzer Prize winner drop a line. “There was no racism until apartheid ended,” he said. He be-lieved that apartheid did not work because
no one adhered to its policies. He shared an anecdote about his time in the technology sector where he worked alongside “Black colleagues.” Sounds a little similar to the “I have Black friends” logic. But hold your hats, there is more. He and his colleagues frequented whites-only restaurants, and when the restaurant attempted to deny his Black colleagues entrance, he simply demanded they allow them access or they
would all leave. It is here where we can get out of our seats and thank his courageous actions which dismembered apartheid.
But what is freedom? “Freedom is the ability to have opportunity and to make decisions,” said Sifiso Ntuli, a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and narrator of “Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony.”
Freedom is not freedom if it is on loan from the white hero’s library.
The man in the airport continued to share that he believes race is only now a problem as people segregate themselves
on the basis of race. It must be a difference of design tastes also. According to his log-ic, this must mean that Black South Afri-cans choose to live in the smallest tin and wooden shacks while whites grapple with which 5-bedroom, 2-bath mansion they want to buy on HGTV’s “House Hunters International.” While there are many poor whites, 10 percent of all South Africans — the majority white — own more than 90
percent of national wealth, according to a 2016 study.
While his logic ignores the history of land removals and separation of town-ships along racial lines which led to the present separation, his narrative points to an interesting point in how we under-stand and learn history. Told from dif-ferent races, classes, genders or sexuali-ties, narratives are different. The newest challenge in South Africa which echoes the challenge of every other historically oppressed group, is what will the future look like and by whom and for whom will its history be told? A new push for South Africa would be to alter its name, as it is the only country in the world to be named by its continental location.
Think about our very notion of moder-nity, a principle grounded in the idea of infrastructure, technology and income. The very measures and definitions of mo-dernity were created through a Eurocen-tric-masculine lens to the benefit of only a select few. In Africa and beyond, there is something crazy emerging where those who experienced the thing get to research and define the thing!
Francesca Petrucci is a School of Arts and Sciences junior double majoring in Journalism and Media Studies and Politi-cal Science and minoring in Spanish. Her column, “The Annoying Vegan Millennial,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
“Think about our very notion of modernity, a principle grounded in the idea of infrastructure,
technology and income.”
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Appreciate classic American dessert on National Pie DayAbigAil lyon
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It’s hard to name a dessert as sweet, iconic and American as pie, yet the classic dish tends to be overshadowed by other sweets and only served on special occa-sions such as Thanksgiving.
Luckily, Jan. 23 is National Pie Day, a holiday created sim-ply for celebrating the quintes-sential American dish. The “pie” part of pie day often takes on a number of meanings: Pie ob-viously can refer to a delicious dessert, or a savory dinner or a mathematical constant (pi). Be-cause of this, there are multiple ways in which you can partici-pate in the festivities. A pie by any other name would smell as sweet (unless it’s pi).
So whether you’re seeking a de-lectable blueberry crumble dish, a gooey slice of cheesy, tomato-y goodness or a math problem, you’re in luck.
bAke A piePies aren’t as easy to find in
the wintertime. You can’t heat up a slice of your grandmother’s luscious leftover Thanksgiv-ing apple pie to celebrate. You can’t prance over to your favorite orchard and pick one up that’s been baked with per-fectly in-season fruits. Grocery
stores sometimes have a pie se-lection, but they never capture the feeling and taste of some-thing homemade.
You don’t have to let your dreams be dreams — you can very easily bake yourself a nice pie that’ll taste just as lovely and enticing as it will smell in your kitchen.
Pie filling options are as vast as they are luscious, so part of the challenge with pie-crafting is pick-ing your filling. Cherry, obviously, is a solid decision. In “Paparazzi,” Lady Gaga once crooned, “loving you is cherry pie.” Lady Gaga thinks cherry pies are amazing and you may think so, too. Other simple and delicious choices in-clude apple, blueberry and straw-berry rhubarb.
If it’s from scratch, you will need several hours to craft a pie. You’ll have to forge floury, buttery dough into crust, which, though seemingly daunting, is quite simple. But then you must crimp it, mix up and pour in a filling of your choice, top it with more crust and bake for a lit-tle under one hour. It can be a time-consuming project, but it is a rewarding one.
Follow your favorite recipes, pie crust, fillings and all, until you find yourself with a golden crust containing something berry deli-cious inside.
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restAurAntIf making a pie is not something
you’d like to try, or if you don’t have access to a kitchen, dining out is a fun option. You don’t need to go crazy and break the bank, though — you can always go out for a modest dinner Old Man Raf-ferty’s and top off your meal with a lovely pie slice. The restaurant has a tempting display case full of mouthwatering choices. A few top picks include cherry crumb, pecan and blueberry crumb pies, and a slice will only set you back $6.45.
order A pizzA pieIf you don’t have much of a
sweet tooth, National Pie Day is the perfect excuse to indulge in the greasy goodness that is pizza. If not now, when? And New Bruns-wick, like all of New Jersey, is home to a plethora of pizza places that serve up good slices — stand-out shops include Daniel’s Pizza, PJ’s Grill and Pizza and Krispy Piz-za. Also, who doesn’t enjoy deliv-ery from the classic Italian restau-rant, Domino’s? That’s amore.
grind out A mAth problem
Just kidding — unless you actu-ally have pre-calc homework that you need to work on. You should always do your pre-calc homework.
A versatile dish with recipes ranging from sweet to savory, fruity pies are definitely a fan favorite and are often baked with seasonal fruits such as summer peaches. CASSIE MCTIGHE
Pie day may mean one thing for lovers of delicious desserts and savory dinners, and another
for math majors, but regardless, it surely is a good day to get your pie on.
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MOSCOW (AP) — An under-wear dance video filmed in a col-lege dormitory nearly got some Russian cadet pilots expelled and sparked a discussion among Rus-sia’s political elite.
The mock striptease recorded by cadets at the Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Institute went viral earlier this week. Some Russian politicians called on the public training school located in Lenin’s birthplace to expel the students. The Federal Agency for Air Transportation decried the video as an “immoral incident” and an “in-sult to civil aviation professionals.”
The students’ all-male rendition of the official video for Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction” showed a dozen fresh-men wearing boxer shorts, boots, chest straps and cadet caps, thrust-ing their hips to the beat as they walked around the dorm, mopped the floor and ironed their shirts.
The college video looks light-hearted, but the outcry over it highlights Russian unease with gay visibility.
Following legislation in several regions, Russia adopted a federal law in 2013 prohibiting the dissem-ination to minors of “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations.” The law has been condemned as an
outright ban on public discussions of LGBT issues, but authorities defend it as being in the interest of children.
Students at colleges elsewhere in Russia recorded their own vid-eos as tributes to the one made by the Ulyanovsk cadets. Two posted Thursday on YouTube showed stu-dents at an agriculture college and at school affiliated with the Rus-sian Emergency Situations Minis-try also dancing to “Satisfaction.”
Earlier this week, Ulyanovsk Governor Sergei Morozov or-dered an investigation of whether the future pilots who reportedly filmed the video in the dorm vio-lated the institute’s charter. But Morozov disagreed that the stu-dents deserved to be expelled.
The region’s transportation prosecutors concluded Thursday that the cadets and their video that “displayed signs of erotica” didn’t violate any laws or school rules. However, they issued a warning to the college’s rector for “failing to ensure the educational process.”
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the ec-centric leader of the LDPR party, rushed to the freshmen’s defense Thursday, saying he thinks they were undressed because the dorm was too hot.
“The central heating was work-ing well,” he said.
Semi-nude Russian cadets face expulsion
Happy Birthday: Keep your thoughts to yourself and abide by the rules. Focus on ways to offer constructive help without being overly critical. It’s how you handle others that will make a difference to the way things unfold this year. Stand tall and take the high road even when faced with tough decisions. Where there is a will, there is a way. Your numbers are 6, 17, 20, 28, 33, 39, 46.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may not like your current situation, but you can use your intelligence to concentrate on doing the best you can. Complaining or criticizing oth-ers will only make you look bad. Per-sonal improvements are favored and romance is featured. 3 stars
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Use your intelligence. Inconsistency will give others reason to mistrust you. Stick to what you know and only of-fer what you can. It’s better to show that you are reliable. Avoid overre-acting and being indulgent. 3 stars
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The changes you want to make will have to be well-thought-out. Avoid taking on too much or making snap deci-sions that will leave you short of cash or reneging on a promise you made. 4 stars
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Part-nerships will experience difficulty. It will be best to weather the storm by standing on the sidelines and observ-ing how situations develop. Leave room to make a hasty exit if neces-sary. Play it safe and avoid unneces-sary stress. 2 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A career change may tempt you, but get the lowdown before you make a move. You are better off making personal changes to your life before you take on a project that needs your undivid-ed attention. Romance is highlight-ed. 5 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Invest in yourself, not others. Walk away from fast-talkers and emotional manipula-tion. Trust in yourself, your skills and your ability to design your own life plan with confidence. Partner with those who have something to offer in return. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be tempted to make an emotional move. Before you say something you may re-gret, consider the outcome and how it will affect the people you love. Don’t act hastily when you need time to de-termine what you really want. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be extra careful in the way you present information. Precision and detail will be required to avoid being mis-interpreted. Refuse to let personal matters interfere with your profes-sional responsibilities. 3 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Refuse to let emotional issues ruin your day. Put the past behind you and head into the future without regret. Look forward to new projects and make the most of your time. Personal improvements are encouraged. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sensitive issues will need to be taken care of with diplomacy. Be a good listener, and once you’ve gathered all the information, consider your choices and respond with honesty and compassion. A professional mat-ter will turn in your favor. 2 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do your own research. Change can be good if it’s well planned and execut-ed with precision. However, snap judgments, assumptions and act-ing without thinking will keep you from reaching your goals. Rely on past experiences and choose wisely. 4 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Emo-tions will stand in your way. Make an effort to concentrate on what needs to be done, not what others are do-ing. Take care of your responsibili-ties regardless of interference. What you accomplish will lead to an unex-pected opportunity. 3 stars
Horoscopes Eugenia Last
DIVERSIONS Page 9January 23, 2018
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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 Paisley and Garrett
6 Fitzgerald and Joyce
11 Tattered cloth
14 Not yet ablaze
15 Banquet with insults
16 Word with “many years”
17 “Jeopardy!” feature
19 Choler
20 “It’s ___ cause”
21 Branching horn
23 U-turn from sweet
26 “Bravo” initiators
27 “Snowy” birds
28 Hispanic person
29 Start for a menu “king”
30 Spanish gentleman
32 Jumped for joy (var.)
35 Stir up sediments
37 Flip remark?
39 Historic 1944 event
40 Great sadness, poetically
42 Hawaii, on many maps
44 Sense No. 6
45 Cooks using radiant heat
47 “My kingdom for ___!”
49 New in Louisiana?
51 Lit or plastered
52 Tasty dishes
53 Part of a teapot
55 Wood-shaping tool (var.)
56 Ad-receiving roster
61 Golfer’s widget
62 Clownish caper
63 Safe spot
64 Be incorrect
65 Pains in the neck
66 Little bird sound
DOWN
1 Sign of spring
2 Chain letters, genetically
3 Louisville legend
4 Widen, as pupils
5 Needlelike instruments
6 Cupid relative
7 Vulgarian
8 Chem class setting
9 Obliquely
10 Tracer’s tool
11 Pressure-appliers for
bill passage
12 Correspond
13 Attachment to “concert”
18 Sheep with short wool
22 With defined muscles
23 Feature of Amish men
24 Frigid home
25 Pioneer
26 Certain noblemen
28 Some meat cuts
31 Human talons
33 No longer in
34 Used a keyboard
36 Oscar-winner Sophia
38 16 NFL games
41 Pathway, as for peace
43 Content of cognition
46 Mentally out there
48 One wanted in the wild West
49 Elliptical
50 Any commuter on a bus
53 Cut in an envelope
54 Little photos?
57 Word with “only money”
58 “Now ___ heard
everything!”
59 Catch, as a film
60 Stick with a bang
Yesterday’s Solution
Universal Crossword
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DelVecchio suffers upset, Rutgers closes out day with 4 consecutive match losses
frenzy
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Sophomore forward Issa Thiam has increased his 3-point field goal percentage to 41.8 this season, compared to his 30.3-percent clip last year. Jeffrey Gomez / associate PHoto eDitor / NoVemBer 2017
lead, although Lewis had multi-ple shots at Whites legs. Lewis managed a quick escape of his own, and rode out the remainder of the period to leave things tied 1-1 in regulation.
Neither side managed to score during sudden victory, so things moved on to the tiebreak-ers. Lewis scored another point during the first tiebreaker, and was able to stay on top through the second one to take the 2-1 up-set win over White.
The wins from this past week-end now have Lewis on a six-match win streak, and he does not think it will stop there.
Rutgers managed to get one more significant victory in Ne-braska, when No. 14 fifth-year se-nior 184-pounder Nicholas Gravi-na produced a huge upset over No. 7 Taylor Venz.
Gravina led at the end of the first period after an early take-down gave him a 2-1 lead over Venz. With a reversal and then a late takedown, Gravina took an even bigger 6-2 lead going into the final period.
Another Gravina takedown and the bonus point from riding time gave the Knights one of their biggest upsets of the season, a 9-3 win for the No. 14 ranked wrestler over No. 7.
With Rutgers up 13-7 after six matches, any of the final four could have potentially been the
difference for the team, but the Knights were facing tough com-petition at the end.
While redshirt freshman 141-pounder Michael Van Brill lost to No. 9 Chad Red Jr. 3-1, the upset of No. 17 fifth-year senior Scott DelVecchio to an
Junior 157-pounder John Van Brill may lose his No. 18 ranking after falling to Nebraska’s No. 8 Tyler Berger in Sunday’s final match. Van Brill did get a pin on Friday against Hofstra, but that might not be enough. Dimitri roDriGUez / PHoto eDitor / NoVemBer 2017
unranked Cornhusker really hurt the team.
But, in the final two matches at 149-pounds and 157-pounds, Rut-gers was set up nicely, with No. 13 fifth-year senior Eleazar DeLuca and John Van Brill representing them. But Nebraska had itself ready with two ranked wrestlers of its own.
DeLuca, who earlier this sea-son scored an upset over then-No. 5 Buckeye Ke’Shawn Hayes, was not able to get the upset this time, falling to No. 9 Colton Mc-
Crystal 7-2, giving the Cornhusk-ers their first lead of the match at 16-13.
With a chance to tie or even get the win, John Van Brill took the mat against No. 8 Tyler Berg-er. Van Brill was down through-out the match, first down 2-1 and 4-2 after two periods, but a stall call on Berger and riding time to Van Brill made it 4-4 at the end of regulation.
Unfortunately for the Knights, Berger secured a takedown in the sudden victory and took the
match 6-4, leaving Rutgers with the team loss at 19-13.
With No. 1 Penn State making its way to the Rutgers Athletic Cen-ter (RAC) for Sunday’s sold out match, the Knights should not look at whatever ranking they are giv-en coming off the Nebraska loss, and just pin-point where they can streak and take advantage in the toughest opponent of the season.
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men’s basketball thiam’s 16 points against iowa sets tone of game
Thiam showing potential with upped stats in 2017-18griffin whitmerAssociAte sports editor
“Today is my day,” Issa Thiam said after scoring 16 points and becoming the catalyst that pro-pelled the Rutgers men’s basket-ball team to an unexpected and dominant 80-64 win over Iowa at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) on Wednesday night.
The sophomore wing from Dakar, Senegal still has a thick accent, but spoke with mature words in what was his first time talking to the media in his Scarlet Knight career.
Those 16, including four made three-pointers, were a career-high for Thiam against a Division I opponent and perhaps a look into the future for a player bursting with potential.
Thiam caught fire early in the game and stayed in a groove, hit-ting all four of his shots in the first half. He said that his team-mates and coaches had been on him to shoot the ball more, as Rutgers currently ranks 313th out of 351 Division I teams in the three-point field goal percentage.
“Every day, (my teammates) say to me ‘You have to shoot.
You have to be ready to shoot.’ I keep practicing that way to shoot,” he said.
And when senior captain and guard Mike Williams went down with a serious ankle injury a week ago, it clearly had a huge affect on the team both on and off the court.
“All hands on deck,” said head coach Steve Pikiell on the ap-proach he has taken in wake of the injury.
That includes an increased role for Thiam, who has already made tremendous strides from a year ago.
“It’s so tough… If he’s hurt, I kinda go play the same (role) as him,” Thiam said. “He plays (with) toughness, I have to take that and my toughness and play (that way) to help the team.”
Last season, he was primarily a spot-up shooter and never real-ly put the ball on the floor. He did not rebound, play great defense or have any other offensive skills besides standing in the corner and shooting threes.
But in his second year on the Banks, Thiam has raised his three-point percentage from 30.3 percent to 41.8, displayed an ability to drive to the hoop, make mid-range jumpers and has even developed into a solid rebounder.
Whenever Thiam has a strong game, Pikiell always seems to focus his praise on his rebounding — a cornerstone of Pikiell’s rebuild.
“The team needs me. I’m 6’10” like that. I have to come and take the rebounds and go offensively,” Thiam said.
Coming to Rutgers at 6 feet 9 inches, the 190-pound Thiam lacked the thickness to rebound the ball well. But he is now listed at 6 feet 10 inches and has added noticeable muscle to his frame. Most importantly, though, he has learned how to use his height better and is a much smarter player.
Thiam is one of those players who can catch fire in a game and when that happens, it seems like he cannot miss. Since he is still relatively young, the confidence and mental makeup is not yet all the way there for him, but he has looked more comfortable shooting the ball as the season has progressed.
It is also very easy for a player of Thiam’s skillset to get deterred when shots do not go in. But he said on Wednesday that when he is focused and locked in, he knows he can play well.
“Confidence,” Thiam said of what it takes to get hot. “Coach said in the locker room, ‘Way to shoot it. Way to go. If you focus, you will play good.’ And come the game, (I need to) do the same thing. Focus.”
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Knights fall out of top 25 after losing 2 straight against Penn State, Nebraska
season
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Head coach C. Vivian String-er expanded on the lack of fo-cus seen during games as well as in practice.
“We haven’t been doing what we need to do, and I’m not sur-prised (that we lost),” she said. “We’re not working hard, exe-cuting, running through cuts or focusing on defense. We mean well and know what needs to happen, but we haven’t been ap-preciative enough of each other and what we have to do for each other in order for us to be a suc-cessful team.”
Stringer likened the Knights’ recent struggles during practice to a young child burning his hand on a stove. They have seen the warnings, and now they have to heed them.
After a first quarter with less than 20 points between the two teams, Nebraska held a 4-point lead and upped it to 5 by half-time, leading 27-22. Rutgers trailed from the halfway point of the first quarter on and finished the half with a field goal per-centage of 31, in contrast to the Cornhuskers’ 45.8.
Nebraska also controlled the third quarter for the most part, increasing its lead to 7 while shooting more than 50 percent, while the Knights shot from the field at a clip of 33 percent.
Rutgers attempted to close the gap multiple times in the fourth quarter and pulled within 3 with 5:56 to go, but the Husk-ers held the Knights scoreless the rest of the way to lock down the win.
Stringer said that the team tried to run isolation plays to prevent the Huskers from an-swering back but were unable to succeed with them. She also gave immense credit to Nebras-ka and said that it was the most
Junior forward Stasha Carey was on fire defensively against Nebraska, blocking three shots, grabbing eights rebounds and adding five steals on the night. YOSEF SERKEZ / NOVEMBER 2017
improved team in the country. Rutgers finished the game
with a field goal percentage of 29.3, the second-lowest total this season behind its 26.8 percent-age in its loss at Purdue earlier this month. The Knights total of 17 shots made was also the sec-ond-lowest of the season behind their 15 made against Purdue.
Nebraska also out rebounded Rutgers 40-29, and Stringer cited that as a cause for her team’s low shooting percentage.
“When you’re not rebound-ing well, then you’re going to shoot tentatively,” Stringer said. “When you rebound, then you’re going to shoot with a great deal of confidence, and you’ll get a second or third op-portunity (to score). We have not been rebounding, we’ve been counting on someone else to do our work.”
Fifth-year senior guard Tyler Scaife led the Knights with 20 points, and was their only scorer in double figures. Interestingly, she was not in the starting line-up but instead came in 3 minutes into the game.
Rutgers’ next game is at Indiana (9-12, 2-6) on Saturday afternoon.
After another game that both coaches and players agreed was a disappointment, the Knights now have to regroup and fix their mis-takes before their season goes off the rails.
“We should be playing far better, but hopefully it’s a wake-up call,” Stringer said. “It should have been a wake-up call against Purdue, and we’re deal-ing with the reality of what we need to do … I’m hoping that we can regroup and get back on the road that we were on and see it to its end.”
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IN BRIEF
T he New York Giants have announced Pat Shurmur as its new head coach.
Shurmur, the former offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vi-kings, will be the 18th head coach in Giants history and the third since 2015.
After the Vikings suffered a lopsided loss against the Phila-delphia Eagles 38-7 in the NFC Championship game on Sunday, Shurmur became available for teams to make their offers. The Giants and Shurmur had discus-sions earlier in the month and a deal looked likely. The contract is reportedly for five years.
“I want to thank (co-owners) John Mara and Steve Tisch for giving me the opportunity to be the head coach of the New York Giants,” Shurmur said. “I am look-ing forward to getting to work with (general manager) Dave Get-tleman and (assistant GM) Kevin Abrams and starting the process to once again build a champion-ship team.”
The Giants and Shurmur, who is known to work well with quarter-backs, will have the No. 2 overall
pick in the 2018 NFL Draft where a quarterback will likely be picked.
T he Milwaukee Bucks and head coach Jason Kidd have severed ties as Kidd
was fired yesterday after a 23-22 record so far this season — good for eighth in the Eastern Confer-ence. Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo reportedly called his coach 15 minutes before the firing asking what he could do, ac-cording to an ESPN article.
“He called me and said, ‘Coach, this isn’t right what they’re about to do, but (they) are gonna let you go,’” Kidd said.
After Kidd replied he had a “feel-ing” this would happen, Antetok-ounmpo said, “What can I do? I’ll call the owners, I’ll call my agent.”
Kidd then told Antetokoun-mpo, “There’s nothing you can do. All you can do is tell the truth. That’s it.”
About 15 minutes later, Kidd was informed of the firing when he met with general manager Jon Horst and team president Peter Fe-igin at a pizza restaurant — a deci-sion Kidd felt was “handled wrong.”
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“We should be playing far better, but hopefully it’s a wake-up call. I’m hoping that
we can regroup and get back on the road that we were on and see it to its end.”
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Knights endure 1st loss at RAC this season
RU loses in ranked frenzy against Nebraska
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See fREnzy on Page 10Fifth-year senior Richie Lewis, the No. 12 ranked wrestler at 165 pounds, upset Nebraska’s No. 11 Isaiah White on Sunday, after ending regulation tied. Lewis pulled away in the tiebreaker to secure the win. dimitri rodriguez / photo editor / december 2017
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer thinks a lack of focus has to do with Rutgers’ recent struggles as the Knights have lost two straight games against unranked Big Ten teams. Jeffrey gomez / associate photo editor / NoVember 2017
JacI cochRanE,sophomore on the tennis team, went 4-0 in single draws at the nJIT Invitational this past weekend, winning the single draw C title. Cochrane also went 2-1 in the double draws with teammate freshman Maya Jacobs until the title match.
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n.Y. armory Invitational
Friday, all Day,Bronx, n.Y.
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clearly, the rutgers wrestling team did not do what it had hoped to this weekend. the no. 16 scarlet knights (5-4, 1-3) suffered an-other big loss on sunday afternoon, falling to no. 18 nebraska (6-3, 4-1) on the road for yet another conference loss.
rutgers came into the cornhuskers’ territory as hot as one could be, having crushed Hofstra 37-9 less than 48 hours before the match in nebraska. the knights also had an individual wrestler that was hotter than the rest, in fifth-year senior 165-pounder richie Lewis.
Lewis, who is currently ranked at no. 12 in the 165-weight class, actually made the switch up to 165 from 157 midway through the sea-son, while no. 18 junior 157-pounder John van brill made the switch down from 165.
After a monstrous 22-6 tech fall victory over the Pride’s ricky stamm, Lewis was set to take on nebraska’s no. 11 isaiah white. coming into the match, Lewis had already secured two other ranked victories over then-no. 11 te’shaun campbell of Ohio state and then-no. 13 Anthony valencia of Arizona state.
through two periods on the mat, white led Lewis 1-0 after a quick escape to hold the
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it was a matchup between two of the big-gest surprises in women’s college basketball this season. two teams that had 12 wins between them last season, now facing each other in January with 30 combined wins. but, while nebraska looked improved, rutgers did not.
the scarlet knights (17-5, 5-3) lost to the cornhuskers (14-6, 5-2) 52-42 sunday night, marking their first home loss of the season after 12 straight wins. it was also the first time all season that they lost two games in a row, as they also lost at Penn state on thursday. After entering the AP top 25 for the first time in two years, rut-gers has lost 3 out of 4 and has dropped out of the ranks.
“it’s definitely frustrating losing at home, especially since we had a winning streak,” said junior guard khadaizha “kk” sanders. “but we need to bounce back and get back to where we have been … i can admit that we have lost focus, and we just need to take this as a learning lesson and buckle down, and it’s all going to start in practice.”
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Terrier Classic
Friday, all Day,Boston, M.a.
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vs. nebraska
Tomorrow, 7 p.m.,The RaC
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Dr. Sander Invitational
Friday, all Day,Bronx, n.Y.