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The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has looked at the land occupied by the Lincoln Annex School as the potential location for the new Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. FACEBOOK

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Members of the New Brunswick community continue to voice their opposition to the potential sale of the Lincoln Annex School to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH).

RWJUH has been looking to pos-sibly build the new Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey on the land currently occupied by the Lincoln Annex School, The Daily Targum previously reported in October 2019. The school hosts approxi-mately 750 students in the New Brunswick Public District.

Charlie Kratovil, the editor of New Brunswick Today and former

New Jersey patient tests

negative for coronavirus

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The Rutgers University-led New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research is one of the first centers in the country. RUTGERS.EDU

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mayoral candidate, said that mem-bers of the community have been trying to get the Board of Educa-tion to change their plans.

“There’s now awareness among the community that’s going to be af fected,” Kratovil said. “They’re starting to make their voices heard, and it’s really beautiful that that’s happening, but also really alarming that the Board of Education is not being responsive to the concerns.”

Kratovil said that the Board of Education has changed its prac-tices to make it more difficult for people to voice their thoughts at its meetings.

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The patient in New Jersey who was being tested for the novel coronavi-rus has tested negative, according to an article from NJ Advance Media.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted tests on the patient and reported negative results to the New Jersey Department of Health, according to the article.

“There is no other person in New Jersey under investigation at this time,” according to the Department of Health in a statement, according to the article.

Other potential coronavirus cas-es in New Jersey were also found to be false alarms, according to The Daily Targum. A patient in Philadelphia is being tested for the disease, but the results of that case are still unknown, according to NJ Advance Media.

Although only five cases were reported in the United States, ap-proximately 100 other patients are being tested, according to the NJ Advance Media. Globally, the virus has continued its spread, with ap-proximately 100 deaths and 4,500 other reported cases, most of which

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Michael Anestis, an associate professor of psychology at the Uni-versity of Southern Mississippi, has just been named executive director at the Rutgers University-led New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Re-search and will take over in July, ac-cording to a press release.

Anestis is a public health psycholo-gist and expert on both firearms and suicide risk, according to the release. He is also the director of the Suicide and Emotion Dysregulation laboratory.

Gun violence is a public health crisis that the center will continue to address through evidence-based solutions to help communities that are most impacted, he said accord-ing to the press release.

“The Center on Gun Violence Research, which is one of the first such centers in the country, is ex-cited to welcome Anestis, whose expertise will navigate the multifac-eted drivers of gun violence,” said Brian Strom, inaugural chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health

Rutgers researcher explains findings on glacial melting

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A recent Rutgers University study has found that tidewater gla-ciers could be melting underwa-ter at a faster rate than was once thought, according to an article on Rutgers Today.

This study was published in the journal “Geophysical Research Let-ters,” and used robotic kayaks to survey the ocean in front of the Le-Conte Glacier in Alaska, according

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Student interns work alongside state lawmakers

The internship program was sponsored by the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation and student interns were given the opportunity to work directly with state legislators and policy makers. RUTGERS.EDU

Four students from Rutgers University—Newark were recognized for their contributions to their summer internships. RUTGERS.EDU

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The New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assem-bly passed a joint resolution on Dec. 16 recognizing five stu-dents, four of whom are from Rutgers University—Newark, for their significant contributions during their summer internships, according to a press release.

The internship program was sponsored by the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus and the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation (NJLBCF), which aim to promote public pol-icy by connecting the communi-ty with elected officials, accord-ing to the release.

The NJLBCF partnered with the Rutgers University–New-ark School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), the Department of Political Sci-ence and the Office of Universi-ty-Community Partnerships.

“Many of the students had not had the opportunity to work with legislators and policy mak-ers,” said Dr. Diane Hill, assistant chancellor for university-commu-nity partnerships at the Newark campus, according to the release. “This program provided them with hands-on knowledge and supports them as change agents.”

The students, who worked in the districts where they lived,

were chosen based on their in-terest in legislative initiatives, district development and govern-ment operations.

The students from Rutgers University included School of Arts and Sciences—Newark (SASN) seniors Elijah Brown

and Assatta Mann, SASN junior Brandon Mathieson and SPAA graduate student Ricky Ste-phens, according to the release. Jada Grisson, an undergraduate at The College of New Jersey, also participated.

“This internship has helped me increase my knowledge of political science and has given me a passion for working in poli-tics,” Brown said.

The lawmakers who hosted the interns included City Coun-cil Chairman Chris James of East Orange, Assemblyman Benjie E. Wimberly (D-N.J.), Assem-blywoman Britnee Timberlake (D-N.J.), Assemblyman Jamel

Holley (D-N.J.) and Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D-N.J.), accord-ing to the release.

The students were able to work directly with their legisla-tors and policy directors during their internships, according to the release. They also worked on developing policy solutions that addressed various issues within their district or the Black community.

Mathieson said the intern-ship allowed them to have hands-on experience in the po-litical field that provided a dif-ferent learning experience than working in a classroom. Mann said she enjoyed working in her own district, according to the release.

“It has been a worthwhile and meaningful experience,” Mann said, according to the re-lease. “It provided experience in how politics works at the local and state level.”

Stephens said he was hired as a legislative aide by Holley after completing his internship, according to the release. He said students should make the most of their opportunities.

“There is something to take away from both the good and the bad experiences. It’s about really keeping things in perspective and using your experiences as tools to reach your professional goals,” Stephens said.

“This internship has helped me increase my

knowledge of political science.”

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CONCERNSelling Lincoln Annex School sacrifices quality of education, Thuravil says

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Charlie Kratovil, the editor of New Brunswick Today and former mayoral candidate, has been a leading member in the campaign against the selling of the Lincoln Annex School. FACEBOOK

“On a night when they had about 100 people coming to question them and challenge them on the school situation, they change their practices. They tried to limit the public’s ability to comment and so, thankfully, a lot of people in the audi-ence didn’t take it sitting down,” he said. “They got out of their chairs, they yelled, they chanted. We have a right to speak and people did do their best to make their voic-es heard despite the board shut-ting them down.”

Kratovil also said that the Board of Edu-cation has post-poned its next meeting for two weeks, and the Rutgers Board of Governors has moved the room for their next meeting to one that is significant-ly smaller.

“It seems like the Rutgers board and the Board of Ed are col-luding to both try and suppress the opposition to their dastardly plan to destroy an elementary school,” he said.

If the Lincoln Annex School is shut down and sold to RWJ, the students will expect to move to the Warehouse School, he said.

“It’s a warehouse, it was built to be a warehouse, but it’s been used as a school in the past when previ-ous promises to build new schools were broken,” Kratovil said.

The cause has received grow-ing support, including University groups that have spoken out to oppose the selling of the school.

The Rutgers University Student Assembly has recently passed a resolution condemning the con-ditions of the sale of the Lincoln Annex School.

“RUSA and listed sponsors condemn the sale of demolition of Lincoln Annex School before a new school is built for its students and advocates for an agreement that keeps in mind the fates of children and families affiliated

with Lincoln Annex School,” according to the resolution.

RUSA Pres-ident Jhanvi Virani was charged with the task of ad-vocating for this cause at the University’s administrative level, according

to the resolution.Kratovil said that RUSA’s reso-

lution also includes a number of co-sponsoring organizations, such as the Rutgers National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Residence Hall Asso-ciation and RU Progressive.

“It was such a pleasant surprise to see (RUSA) passed that reso-lution,” he said. “I had nothing to do with it. I didn’t even know they were considering it, I found out the next day.”

Neeharika Thuravil, a senior School of Arts and Sciences and co-president of RU Progressive, said that they are advocating for RWJ to build the Rutgers Cancer Institute at a different location, al-lowing the Lincoln Annex School to continue operating as a public educational institution.

“We do not support the sale at the cost of sending Lincoln Ele-mentary School’s students to a converted warehouse and do not stand for sacrificing the quality of education New Brunswick’s resi-dents receive, especially as Rut-gers stands as one of the largest institutions in the city with consid-erable influence,” Thuravil said.

The most recent Board of Edu-cation meeting, Kratovil said, was a critical moment.

“The last board meeting was real-ly a turning point, where they really didn’t understand how much oppo-sition there was until I said during my remarks, ‘Since you’re not go-ing to let people speak, everybody who’s here against the sale of the

school stand up,’ and practically the whole room stood up,” he said.

Kratovil said that they will con-tinue to target groups, such as the New Brunswick City Council, the Board of Education and the Rutgers Board of Governors, in hopes that they can campaign and advocate against the sale of the Lincoln Annex School.

Sciences. “He, along with his colleagues at Rutgers, has unpar-alleled experience to deliver in-sights that inform public policies and prevent the tragedies that have become all too common in American society.”

Anestis said Rutgers will be-come a national leader in gun violence prevention due to New Jersey’s commitment to fund and support gun violence re-search, according to the release. He said this support will hope-fully be a model for other areas in the country.

The New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research is located at the Rutgers School of Public Health and is funded by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. The center was opened last year as 1 of only 2 centers in the nation that focus on gun violence research, according to The Daily Targum.

At the center’s inauguration last year, Co-Director Bernadette Hohl said that the center involves interdisciplinary partnerships, ac-cording to the Targum.

RESEARCHCenter will continue to serve community under his leadership, Anestis says

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“(It is) also really alarming that the Board of Education is not being

responsive to the concerns.”

CHARLIE KRATOVILEditor of New Brunswick Today

“There’s value in a center ap-proach — we can support a broad range of activities beyond just the one project. It gives the opportuni-ty for respectful, mutual, beneficial collaborations,” she said. “We’re re-ally able to maximize those relation-

ships for multiple projects and activ-ities. It provides the opportunity to train future leaders, leverages many of the resources being provided to us and allows us to be responsive to the needs of communities.”

Anestis said the center will continue to serve the community under his leadership, according to the release.

“Homicide, suicide and unin-tentional deaths by firearm will all be proportionally represented in our work as we seek to dra-matically decrease the number of Americans impacted by gun violence each year. Drawing on the University’s expertise in public health, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, medicine, law, nursing, social work, pub-lic policy and engineering, the Center will continue to focus on meaningful work with and for the communities it seeks to serve,” Anestis said.

There are 100,000 firearm-re-lated injuries each year, with ap-proximately one third resulting in death, according to the press release. Of these, New Jersey has an average of 475 firearm-related deaths annually.

While the state’s firearm laws are more comprehensive than other states, gun violence still has economic and psychological ef-fects on New Jersey communities, according to the press release.

“The Center represents an opportunity for New Jersey to address the varied needs of our diverse communities impacted by different forms of gun violence,” said Perry N. Halkitis, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health. “We are thrilled to welcome Anes-tis as the executive director of the New Jersey Center on Gun Vio-lence Research.”

“There’s value in a center approach — we can

support a broad range of activities beyond just the

one project.”

BERNADETTE HOHLCo-Director of New Jersey Center on Gun

Violence Research

Michael Anestis, an associate professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, will take over the center in July. TWITTER

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NEGATIVEApproximately 100 American patients being tested for coronavirus

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were reported in China, where the virus originated.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) requested the United States De-partment of Health and Human Services to take better precau-tions to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country, ac-cording to the Targum. They also

asked the CDC to include the Newark Liberty International Air-port to be included in the list of airports screening passengers for the disease.

Debra Chew, an assistant pro-fessor of medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who previ-ously worked for the CDC, said it will be a while before a corona-virus treatment is developed, ac-cording to the Targum.

Only five cases of coronavirus have currently been confirmed in the United States. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

to the article. Ice calving — when slabs of ice break from glaciers and fall into the water, creating large waves — makes the area dangerous for ships.

“With the kayaks, we found a surprising signal of melting — layers of concentrated meltwa-ter intruding into the ocean that reveal the critical importance of a process typically neglected when modeling or estimating melt rates,” said Rebecca Jack-son, a physical oceanographer and assistant professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, according to the article.

Jackson was a lead author of the study, according to the article. She led the study while she was at Oregon State University.

Underwater melting occurs where freshwater discharge drains at the base of a glacier.

FINDINGSUnderwater melting occurs when excess freshwater drains at base of glacier

CONTINUED FROM FRONT Discharge-driven melting oc-curs when freshwater discharge drains at the base of a glacier, according to the article. Ambient melting occurs when the glacier melts directly into the ocean.

This study came after a study previously published in the jour-nal “Science,” according to the article. The study measured the rate at which glaciers were melting by pointing sonar at the LeConte Glacier from a distant ship. The findings of this study showed that the melt rates were higher than expected, but with-out explanation.

For the first time, the Rutgers study was able to find that ambi-ent melting accounted for a large portion of underwater glacial melting, according to the article.

The results of this study will help to better understand the pro-cess of submarine melt and how to evaluate sea level risks, accord-ing to the article.

The Rutgers study found that ambient melting accounted for a large portion of glacial melting. FLICKR

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Kobe Bryant’s career transformed sports

By this time, the news had already broke about the helicopter crash and the death of his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna Bry-ant, as well as eight other passengers including Kobe himself. Brian Shaw, a former teammate of Kobe, was talking about his own fami-ly’s tragedy, when his parents and sister were killed in a car crash. On the topic, he said, “When they’re gone, that’s all that you have, are the memories.”

Growing up as a New York Knicks fan, Carmelo Anthony was my guy. Despite being a stand-up person and an amazing player, playing in the big market has made him a target for controversy. Despite trade rumors and frictions with coaches, I stood by him until his eventual departure. Still, to this day, I have friends and even family that ask me, why I vehemently and consistently took his side.

I have eaten countless dinners with Anthony, only separated by a television. I cheered when he was traded to the Knicks, and cried after he was traded away. Once, following an eighth grade basket-ball game, I rushed back home to see Anthony score his 62nd point of the night to break a Knicks record.

More recently, after reading that he was back in the league after a year’s hiatus, I called my parents and we all celebrated his return to basketball as if it were a long-lost friend visiting from across the country.

What some might not realize, is that people like me can see our lives through the careers of people we have never met. Per-sonally speaking, the dynamics of puberty and adolescence were only met with the constants that were my parents and the Knicks. Anthony is not just a basketball player, he is family.

While I was never a fan of Kobe, I respected him as he deserved. I have watched him beat us on Christmas, score 61 points in Madison Square Garden and sink a couple of tough threes during his last visit to New York. But beyond my memories, are those from people who watched him score 81 points in a game.

Memories from people who watched him win five championships. These were the same people chanting MVP during introductions when the Los Angeles Lakers came to town and yelling “Kobe!” during pickup games. The same people who were pro-Kobe in the Greatest of All-Time debate.

The same people who shed tears as he had 60 points in the final game of his career.

I give my deepest regards to Vanessa Bryant and her three daughters, and I can only imagine what losing a husband and daughter would be like. But I would also give my condolences to those who did not know Kobe personally. While you still have high-lights, books and articles to read and watch to relive memories, you cannot make new ones anymore.

So for that, I am sorry for the death in your family.

Tarek Mohammed is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in mathematics.

January 29, 2020

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Racism’s impact grows during outbreak

W ith the coronavirus potentially spread-ing into New Jersey, students are best advised to remain vigilant regarding

their health.“The New Jersey Department of Health is in-

vestigating a possible case of the novel corona-virus ... The unidentified patient is awaiting test results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and no further details are being provided at this time,” according to The Daily Targum.

In addition to remaining vigilant regarding their health, students should also take special precaution to remain vigilant regarding racism and racist narratives used by their peers. During times like these, when an outbreak is closely as-sociated to a particular nation — as is the case with the coronavirus and China — racism against the inflicted nation tends to rise.

“ ... the reactions in Canada – which includes some of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world – expose a current of everyday racism which is al-ways present. ‘Two or three months from now, the coro-navirus will likely be gone. But this is not just a public health issue. This is an issue of racism in Canada,’” an ar-ticle from The Guardian said.

Racism, general prejudice and disease have a history — it is certainly not something exclusive to the current outbreak in China. Back in 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) broke out, also in China. This resulted in a wave of racism and prej-udice against the Chinese community.

Journalist Evelyn Kwong, writing for The To-ronto Star, detailed her experiences during the 2003 outbreak.

“My memory of SARS was constantly being asked by classmates and strangers if I had the vi-rus — despite that fact that I could in no way have come in contact with the illness. I had to keep prov-ing to others that I was ‘whiter’ than what they saw as Asians by throwing out my Chinese lunches that my mom would pack or never clearing my throat when I needed to. But that didn’t stop people from avoiding my mother and me in public spaces,” Kwong said.

While critiques of the Chinese government for downplaying the severity of the outbreak are warranted, vile, widespread hatred fueled toward

the nation’s citizens are completely out-of-place and hateful.

China is not the only country whose population and broader ethnic community has faced attacks due to a disease that they had no part in propagating. Ebola broke out in 2014, beginning in Africa. The disease was also accompanied by a wave of racism, much like the current coronavirus and SARS.

“America: your xenophobia is showing. Many have lost sight that the only way to become infected with Ebola is by coming into contact with the bodily fluids of someone who’s showing symptoms. Others have ignored the fact that, so far, no one who came into contact with Duncan has developed symptoms of Ebola. Instead, there are calls for larger quaran-tines in Dallas — or a continent-wide one in Africa,” an article from The Verge said.

It is clear that racists will use whatever ammuni-tion they can stumble upon to fuel their prejudiced views, and something as drastic and devastating as disease is no exception.

Perhaps the most infamous case of disease being used to fuel prej-udice is the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s, which ex-tended well into the 1990s and still has repercus-sions today.

The impact from AIDS-relat-ed homophobia was felt by the homosexual male community espe-

cially — not only through typical forms of discrim-ination, such as verbal or physical harassment, but also medically as well. Due to the stigma around ho-mosexuality, the public was wary of addressing the disease, which cost lives. Former President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary even laughed when asked about the crisis.

“As the anti-gay reaction gained steam across America with the election of Moral Majority ally Ron-ald Reagan, activists found their demands for atten-tion for a growing medical crisis were ignored,” NBC News writes.

It is clear that prejudice has no place in society, even more especially when an outbreak occurs. While, thankfully, the coronavirus has not been wea-ponized too aggressively — yet — the public must not let disease dilute their egalitarian views.

And if New Jersey is unfortunate enough to ex-perience the coronavirus, Rutgers students, con-sidering the diverse population and wide atten-dance at the school, have to also remain unbiased and empathetic.

On the evening of Kobe Bryant’s death, I was watch-

ing Gametime on NBA TV.

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Epidemics prove to be fertile grounds for prejudice

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“It is clear that prejudice has no place in society, even more especially when an outbreak occurs. While, thankfully, the coronavirus has not been weaponized too aggressively — yet

— the public must not let disease dilute their egalitarian views.”

It seems like the Rutgers board and the Board of Ed are collud-ing to both try and suppress the

opposition to their dastardly plan to destroy an

elementary school...

QUOTE OF THE DAY

CHARLIE KRATOVILEditor of New Brunswick Today

January 29, 2020 OpiniOns page 7

Rivia, grunts in defeated acceptance and then swears. A succinct and entirely under-whelming response to imminent danger, and, ironically, a near perfect representa-tion of the attitude of younger generations toward world news.

The growth of the anti-vaccine move-ment and the recent outbreak of the Wu-han coronavirus saw another resurgence in plague meme variations.

Concurrently, the massive ongoing toll of the Australian bush fires, said to have re-sulted in the deaths of 1 billion animals so far, is not doing much to alleviate the chaos that has drowned the cheer and optimism of the new year.

This apathetic, wry approach to cop-ing with the rapidly derailing state of the world is something uniquely millennial and Generation Z. Their concerns are not unfounded: Last year, the United Nations warned that only 11 years remain before climate change damage becomes danger-ously irreversible.

For the younger generations, this se-ries of tragedies compressed within the span of a single month is a grim reminder that time seems to be running out. What better way to deal with the inevitable than to joke about it?

It is very entertaining most of the time. But there is an undercurrent of worry re-garding the implications of such content going viral. Because the internet is es-sentially one enormous, twisted game of

the Telephone Game, and what may have been intended for harmless fun can easily be warped into a Pandora’s box of misin-formation, fake news and panic, inciting an inflated, contagious sense of dread.

“#WWIII” is a simple example of the aforementioned phenomenon. Many Tik-Toks and tweets joked about being drafted into military service. Although amusing at first, the rapid circulation of these memes led to alarming levels of dread and paranoia — are we really going to be drafted? And, by extension, are we really going to war? Concerns escalated in volume until the gov-ernment website for the Selective Service System (SSS) crashed.

For better or for worse though, the re-ality is different. “All men ages 18 to 25 who are citizens or immigrants living in the United States are required by law to pro-vide basic personal information to the SSS, an independent agency that maintains data on those potentially subject to a draft.” The key word being potentially.

Military conscription in the United States was abolished in 1973. Even if a na-tional emergency were to be declared, the United States Congress would have to pass a law for the president to sign in order for the draft to be reinstated.

Nonetheless, the internet ensures that people still remain fearful and unaware even when the truth is right at their finger-tips. For example, in light of the coronavi-rus outbreak Plague Inc., an application

and online video game released eight years ago by Ndemic Creations, surged in popu-larity. “Some players have suggested peo-ple were downloading the game as a way to cope with fears surrounding the virus,” according to the BBC News.

The objective of the game is to spread an infectious disease before scientists discov-er a way to contain it. In response to its me-teoric rise in popularity, Ndemic Creations released a statement clarifying that “the current coronavirus outbreak is a very real situation which is impacting a huge number of people … we would always recommend that players get their information directly from local and global health authorities.”

No one can say for sure whether an apoc-alypse will occur in approximately a decade. But it is the spread of misinformed rumors that will wreak immeasurable havoc before it happens, directing energy away from the causes that need the fullest attention of the masses. People must arm themselves with education now more than ever to combat the stress from 24/7 internet connection. Are memes fun? Sure.

But facts are necessary, and should be our bedrock in the turmoil to come.

Sruti Bezawada is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in marketing and double-minoring in japanese and digital communications and information media. Her column, “Traipse the Fine Line,” runs every alternate Wednesday.

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While jokes have their place, facts must remain our bedrock

T wo days into the new year and things were already going downhill.

The Pentagon confirmed the death of Major General Qasem Soleimani of Iran’s elite Quds Force on Jan. 2, a hero to the Iranian people. His assassination exacer-bated the already strained relationship between Iran and the United States, lead-ing to mixed reactions from various world leaders, steep drops in the stock prices of oil and a sharp spike between the overall United States and Middle Eastern tension.

Cue the internet.Almost as soon as the news broke, an out-

pour of World War III memes followed. Dark humor, surrealism and outright absurdism blended in classic millennial-Generation Z existentialist-dread fashion, resulting in the “WW3” and “WWIII” hashtags to be looped more than 1.6 billion times on TikTok alone.

This situation is not standalone. An-other meme started circulating various social media platforms like wildfire, stat-ing, “When it’s finally 2020 but you real-ize that both 1820 and 1920 had massive plague outbreaks.”

One of the most popular variations of this meme features a scene from Netflix’s rendition of “The Witcher,” where actor Henry Cavill, as the character Geralt of

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No chance at goodbye: Shows that ended prematurelyCATHERINE POSYTON

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

HBO’s recent adaptation of the celebrated DC Comics, "Watch-men," will not be renewed for a second season after creator Damon Lindelof expressed a loss of interest.

With a highly respected rating of 96% on rotten tomatoes and 8.1 on IMDb, fans are puzzled and dis-appointed with Lindelof’s decision.

While it seems unlikely for a cre-ator to cancel a hit TV show, we’ve all had at least one guilty pleasure end sooner than we had hoped.

Shows we indulged in like “The Carrie Diaries,” “Up All Night,” “Happy Endings,” “Trophy Wife,” “Veronica Mars” and so many more were taken off the air too soon or without a proper goodbye for its fans.

Characters were left underde-veloped, cliffhangers were never answered and storylines had yet to be finished.

In the past 20 years, some televi-sion shows stand out more than oth-ers. Here are the top five television shows that ended way too early.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU (2002-2006)

After Holly’s dad moves to Ja-pan, she moves in with her much older sister Val who lives in New York City.

Through heartbreaks, school, work and friend turmoil, Holly and

Val face the world together. De-spite their frequent disagreements with one another, the Tyler sisters were always there for one another.

As cliché as it may seem, this plot was never executed before and it ended far too early.

Although the Warner Bros. gave its fans a well-deserved exit as Val and Holly both ended up with their dream guys, its raw comedy had the material and rel-evance to keep going for at least one more season.

BABY DADDY (2012-2017)Every now and then someone

can surprise you and prove every stereotype wrong. “Baby Daddy” did just that when protagonist Ben opened his apartment door to find a baby girl at his front steps.

After confirming that he fa-thered baby girl Emma, the 20-something-year-old bachelor decides to keep and raise her to the best of his ability with the help of his two best friends, brother and mom. Mirroring a modern day “Three Men and a Baby,” the ABC Family sitcom started off as a hit.

The show oddly came to an end after just 11 episodes in its last season, half of what viewers were used to, ending with un-answered questions and unfin-ished storylines.

Ben never found his dream girl that creators had been hint-ing toward for the previous two

seasons. Fans also missed out on the long-awaited wedding of best friends, Riley and Danny.

It may have gotten more sea-sons than most, yet, fans de-served closure.

FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (2014)

Since the success of “Seinfeld,” every television show afterwards has tried to mimic its original-ity by writing around a group of close-knit friends. Television shows “Friends” and “How I Met Your Mother” are successful ex-amples of the proven formula.

“Friends with Better Lives” at-tempted to follow the successful recipe in this failed sitcom.

Each character represented a dif ferent aspect of life. Andi and Bobby were the married cou-ple, Will the divorcee, Kate the workaholic and Jules and Lowell the honeymooners.

Every character was easy to relate to, and every storyline was immersed in genuine comedy and optimism.

The show came to an unfortu-nate cancellation without a prop-er ending.

WHITNEY (2011)Comedian Whitney Cummings

plays herself in this “Mad About You” imitative sitcom. Whitney and Alex face the obstacles of main-taining a healthy and long-lasting

Actresses AnnaSophia Robb and Freema Agyeman starred in the show "The Carrie Diaries." Many complain that this show ended too early. TWITTER

"Parasite" film starts discussion on foreign film importance“Parasite” keeps increasing its in-fluence abroad. Another important factor that has affected the movie’s popularity is the incredibly positive social media response and word-of-mouth recommendations.

It is difficult to say for sure that “Parasite” will make people more responsive to films from abroad like this in the future, but Bong will certainly gain a bigger follow-ing after this international hit.

There are numerous aspects of Bong’s “Parasite” that make it appealing. Bong’s movies usually involve a plot which unveils a par-ticular aspect about society that runs rampant, out-of-control and invisible – with a good serving of dark humor, of course.

Perhaps these social issues aren’t constantly noticed in the quiet passing of our lives, but stories often serve the purpose of putting the uncomfortable truths into the spotlight. Bong displays it quite shamelessly on wide-screen with great emotional impact and eye-catching entertainment.

In “Parasite,” Bong focuses on the socioeconomic issues preva-lent in South Korea. Much of the conflict is stirred by the impacts of income gap, represented by two families of the opposite eco-nomic status. Something that is also referred to in the movie – and is also prevalent in many circum-

stances of students – is the rela-tionship between prestige, money and education.

The story is based on modern South Korea, so there may be de-tails about the characters and set-ting that are harder to catch or un-derstand without cultural context. Despite the cultural differences, the struggle for prosperity as well as status in a capitalist system is something that any audience can resonate with. And when the gap between the lower and upper class-es becomes more apparent, it can also feel hopeless to outdo that sys-tem in order to rise a little higher.

"'Okja,' 'Snowpiercer,' 'Para-site,' they’re all stories about cap-italism. Before it’s a massive, so-ciological term, capitalism is just our lives,” Bong said, according to an interview by Vulture.

After winning the Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, in his speech Bong expressed his wish for people to be able to watch films of any language: “Once you overcome the one inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films."

Films from other countries may be of a different language, but they can also serve as a bridge between countries so people can overcome differences and find more similari-ties in societies miles away.

relationship with the help of their emotionally unstable friends.

Perhaps if “Whitney” had aired ten years earlier competing against hits like “Will & Grace,” it could’ve survived longer than two seasons.

FREAKS AND GEEKS (1999-2000)

Celebrated director Judd Ap-atow’s first attempt at a hit TV show was “Freaks and Geeks.” Similar to “That ‘70s Show,” the show revolves around Lindsay and her younger brother Sam.

Growing up in the ‘80s, goody-goody Lindsay finds herself be-friending the stoners and slackers of the town, while Sam tries to find popularity despite being the common nerd by his peers.

Stars Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, James Franco and Busy Philipps all got their start on this show that was just too early for its time. The last episode ends on a cliff-hanger disappointing its fans who never found out what happened to Lindsay after she was last seen running away from home.

Choi Woo-shik and Song Kang-Ho are actors in the award-winning film, "Parasite." Director Bong Joon-ho is gaining applause and criticism on the internet for his films. TWITTER

MIRIAM KIMCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” has been making a name for itself across media, drawing in excep-tional reviews for its visuals, story-telling and themes. Many around the globe are calling it one of the best (if not the best) films of 2019 – the numerous awards handed out in ceremonies throughout the world further emphasize the glob-al recognition it has garnered.

Although “Parasite” is the Ko-rean filmmaker’s most recognized work in an international point of

view, it is by no means Bong’s first hit. Other notable works, such as the crime drama “Memories of Murder,” monster film “The Host” and sci-fi adventure “Okja” has made him recognized as one of the greatest Korean filmmak-ers from both the domestic and the international audience.

In general, foreign language films rarely achieve significant attention in the U.S. compared to their domestic competition, but now and then there are examples that surpass the language barrier to find its way to the U.S. mainstream au-dience. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden

Dragon” and “Life is Beautiful,” two of the highest-grossing foreign lan-guage films in the U.S. according to IMDb, are examples of this.

Part of “Parasite's” internation-al commercial success can be at-tributed to Bong’s consistency of creating one successful work after another, which has raised higher and higher expectations for his upcoming works.

Yet, unlike the buzz surround-ing Bong’s latest feature, his older films have been contained to a niche, in addition to the Korean viewership. But this niche seems to have gained more presence as

Happy Birthday: Control will be required to take the edge off anxi-ety. A settled mind will help fight against making impulsive decisions that can lead to mistakes, insult or injury. Channel your energy wisely, and the world will be yours; make a fuss, and you’ll achieve little. Optimize your chance to advance using precision and detail to flourish. Your numbers are 9, 17, 23, 28, 30, 35, 42.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep life simple and moving forward. Refuse to let what others do influ-ence you or lead to emotional, fi-nancial or physical excess. Put time and energy into whatever will ben-efit you the most. Use your intellect to win your battles. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make changes that are in your best in-terest. Watch what others do, and refuse to get pulled into something that is all hype and no action. Have a plan in mind, and you will exceed your expectations. 3 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Chit-chat, consider your options and contribute to something that you find worthwhile. Refuse to let any-one mess with your emotions, lead you astray or take what’s rightful-ly yours. Plan to win, and you will outsmart the competition. 4 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): An emotional matter will consume you if you aren’t careful. Put concerns in perspective, realize success is your best revenge, and don’t waste time on people or situations that are not worth your while. Focus on peace and love, not creating chaos. 2 stars. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep mov-ing. Idle time is the enemy. Line up the people who enjoy the same things you do, and make plans to do something that will bring results and keep you out of trouble. Make smart decisions. 5 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t leave anything to chance. Changes you make at home will not please everyone. Don’t let an emotional situation end up costing you finan-cially. Change can be useful, but it has to be done for the right reason and be within budget. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get out and about. Spend time with people who share your beliefs and opin-ions, and you will discover informa-tion that will help you expand on a plan or idea you want to pursue. Don’t let someone negative dis-courage you. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Get-ting out of your typical environ-ment will be enlightening. Sharing space with someone who is work-ing toward a similar goal or life-style will be encouraging. Personal growth, love and peace of mind are within reach. 5 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Use your intelligence, knowledge and experience to bypass someone who is trying to lead you astray. Know in your heart what you want, and make adjustments that will ward off temptation and promote personal gain. Let go of the past. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Share what you have, what you know and what you want to pursue with someone you love. A change at home will end up being much bet-ter than anticipated. Don’t fight the inevitable. 4 stars AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Be direct, precise and willing to do the work to get results. A simple approach to whatever you do will help you keep your costs down and leave more time to add small but essential details. 4 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll benefit the most if you work alone. Interference is the enemy, and argu-mentative people will leave you in limbo regarding how to move for-ward. Keep your financial and per-sonal matters private and your opin-ions and feelings to yourself. 3 stars

Horoscopes Eugenia Last

DIVERSIONS Page 9January 29, 2020

©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 You may drive one in a garage

6 Angry

9 Picked hairstyle

13 Anti-inflammatory brand

14 Fishing rod

15 Lunchtime for many

16 *Series of toy cars?

18 8 on the Beaufort scale

19 Rejection might bruise it

20 Loonie or toonie

21 Aromas and odors

23 Singer Yoko

24 Duck’s beak

25 Auto additive brand

28 *A company’s may increase

through innovation

33 Price-fixing group

35 No from Kamala Harris

36 Graduate, for short

37 First zodiac sign

38 Not gross

39 Ecological community

40 Capital of Italia

41 Many a free shirt

42 Electronic arrow

43 *Like Romeo and Juliet

46 “Don’t ___ this at home”

47 Chinese currency

48 Amer. currency

49 Think highly of

52 Prevent from having puppies

53 Exec who tracks cash flow

56 Feet of ___

57 *Certain guitar music combo

60 Doughnut feature

61 Untrustworthy sort

62 Revealed a secret about

63 Had a debt

64 Tree with an American variety

65 Weevils, e.g.

DOWN

1 On the ___ page

2 Liquid-Plumr target

3 Completely change

4 December 24, for one

5 Greets in a friendly way

6 Ghostly sound

7 Boxing great Muhammad

8 Compactness

9 Thin pasta

10 Young horse

11 Cinnamon ___

12 Tip jar fillers

14 Previous

17 Like most music

22 Real estate database: Abbr.

24 A drummer keeps it

25 Marks for life

26 Clairvoyant’s set of cards

27 ___ donna

29 Joints with caps

30 “It’s ___ cause!”

31 Mill product?

32 Nail file material

34 Visibly upset

38 Gas in an OPEN sign

39 Genre of “Rush Hour”

41 Stomp on

42 Longtime labor leader Chavez

44 Stage prompt

45 Great, or what can precede

the starred answers’ beginnings

49 Bat’s navigational signal

50 Like the fabled tortoise

51 “Tall” story

52 Did the crawl, say

53 Temporary beds

54 Worry

55 Bookie’s concern

58 It’s crude at first

59 Hot pink or fire-engine red

Yesterday’s Solution

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Knights will attempt to win 2nd matchup of year against Fighting Illini

HOME

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Rutgers moves to 4 games over .500 in Big Ten play

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the stands. He then sprinted to the other side of the court to fin-ish an alley-oop for the Knights.

The Boilermakers, who are usually very disciplined with pro-tecting the ball, struggled with the Knights’ defense all night. They averaged only 11.7 turnovers per game before last night’s contest, but reached their season average before the second half even began against Rutgers.

In the second half, the Knights struggled with their shooting, sporting a 33.3% mark for the latter part of the game. Although the team struggled with its scor-ing, Rutgers showed its defensive abilities within the last 3 minutes of play. One of the plays made was a clutch steal by graduate student forward Akwasi Yeboah.

Yeboah shared his thoughts on how his leadership will help the Knights down the road.

“Great teams always find a way to win,” Yeboah said. “Caleb made big-time free throws. It’s just all

about being positive and leading by example.”

Sophomore guard Caleb Mc-Connell lead the night in scoring for Rutgers with 16 points. He shot a perfect 12-12 from the field in the process. The Knights had four players in double fig-ures once again: Yeboah (10), Harper (10), Baker (10) and Mc-Connell (16).

The biggest takeaway from this game is that head coach Steve Pikiell’s ranked squad has the best Divison I home re-cord in the country. As a result, there have been five straight sellouts for Rutgers. Pikiell shared his thoughts on the Knights’ home court advantage and what the Rutgers communi-ty means to him.

“I mean, since I got here, they have been great. They’re coming and they are loud, you know? I mean, our students, you walk around campus now, and our stu-dents have been great,” Pikiell said. “They’re all very important to us.”

Sophomore guard Caleb McConnell contributed to the win with a team-high 16 points on 2-of-5 shooting. He went 12-of-12 from the free throw line. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2019

The only two players that start-ed every game they dressed for so far have been Petra Holešínská and Kennedi Myles. The 5-foot-10-inch Holešínská, born in Czech Republic, is leading Illinois with

an average of 14.3 points per game (PPG).

Holešínská’s production off the glass isn’t as strong as her oth-er strengths, though, as she sits in the middle of the pack for the Fighting Illini with 3.3 rebounds per game (RPG). Holešínská has plenty of time to dominate on the floor as she is second on the team in minutes per game, averaging 26.9 minutes per contest.

Leading Illinois in that cate-gory is Myles with 28.5 minutes per game. She sits in second on the team in PPG with 10.2. Using her 6-foot-2-inch frame, Myles has muscled her way into the top of the leaderboard in rebounds, av-eraging nine RPG.

Rutgers will also have to keep an eye on Ali Andrews. Andrews is averaging 9 PPG to go along with four RPG.

The Knights come into the game looking for redemption af-ter losing to both representatives of the state of Michigan in the Big Ten. They lost to Michigan State

at home with a 66-55 loss and came back to the Banks from Ann Arbor with a 71-57 loss in tow.

Rutgers has started the same unit for all but one game. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer has previously stated she will play whoever it takes to win, regard-less of age. If Stringer chooses to stay with the usual starters, the Knights will look to lead-scorer junior guard Arella Guirantes.

Guirantes is averaging 19.4 PPG, which is possible because she shares the floor with junior forward Tekia Mack. Both play-ers are averaging 6.4 RPG. Mack has also directly helped the scor-ing effort with her 12.5 PPG.

This game will be important for the starters and the bench. If the starters can break out of what-ever has been holding them back, they will show that the past two games were unlucky coincidenc-es. If the bench can pick up where the starters left off and continue what they started, this team will show the Big Ten that it is a force to be reckoned with.

One bench player looking to make her mark is sophomore guard Zipporah Broughton. Hav-ing been sidelined by injury, Broughton has shown that she can step it up when needed.

In the game against Michi-gan, she was second on the team with 13 points, with 9 of them coming from deep. Additionally, Broughton was on the hardwood for 27 minutes, logging more time than Mack and junior for-ward Mael Gilles.

“(Broughton), you’ll see a lot more, and a lot more time that she’s going to be able to play,” Stringer said.

For updates on the Rutgers

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True freshman center Maori Davenport played 15 minutes in Rutgers’ previous game with Illinois, ending the night with six rebounds. BEN CHELNITSKY / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / DECEMBER 2019

“(Broughton), you’ll see a lot more, and a lot more

time that she’s going to be able to play.”

C. VIVIAN STRINGERHead Coach

January 29, 2020 Page 11

Alvarez, Pagano continue to impress for KnightsWRESTLING TAKEAWAYS FROM RUTGERS’ WEEKEND MATCHES

CHRIS RODGERSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Over the weekend, the Rutgers wrestling team notched a com-manding 29-7 win over Indiana on Friday and lost a close back-and-forth dual with Purdue, by a final score of 20-18 on Sunday.

On Friday, the No. 23 Scarlet Knights (8-4, 3-3) dominated the Hoosiers (1-6, 1-5) on the mat all night long, using eight individual wins to secure their latest Big Ten victory. But on Sunday Rutgers re-turned to the Rutgers Athletic Cen-ter (RAC) and lost in a frustrating performance to the No. 13 Boiler-makers (11-2, 4-1), dropping its Big Ten record to 3-3 for the season.

Coming off an encouraging win on Friday over Indiana, head coach Scott Goodale seemed no-ticeably frustrated during the press conference on Sunday, fol-lowing the Knights’ close loss to Purdue, in which the dual came down to the very last match.

“It’s frustrating right now, can’t let matches like that go,” Goodale said. “Honestly, we kind of got beat up in a lot of different spots tonight, we were really exposed.”

Rutgers will look to shake off this tough loss on Saturday when it heads to Madison Square Gar-den to face Michigan, as the team takes part in the annual Big Ten

Super Saturday event. But, first, some takeaways from this past weekend’s meets for the Knights:

NO. 9 TRUE FRESHMAN 133-POUNDER SAMMY ALVA-REZ CONTINUES TO IMPRESS

The No. 9 ranked 133-pounder has been a bright spot for this team all season long. So far the Garfield, New Jersey, native is 19-6 in his first year on the Banks. Alvarez has posted an impressive 5-1 mark against InterMat-ranked oppo-nents thus far, which includes big wins against DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven), Anthony Madrigal (Okla-homa) and most recently Jordan Decatur (Ohio State).

Alvarez was undefeated last weekend in a perfect 2-0 effort. On Friday, he beat the Hoosiers’ Cayden Rooks in a decisive 14-5 major deci-sion in which he looked to be in con-trol the entire match. On Sunday, he secured an easy 6-0 victory over the Boilermakers’ Travis Ford-Melton.

Alvarez is rapidly becoming one of the toughest wrestlers on the team. It is no easy task to per-form so well as an underclassman in the Big Ten either. If he can continue to wrestle like this, Alva-rez looks to be an important part of this team in the near future, as Rutgers will host the Big Ten be-tween March 7 and 8 at the RAC.

GRADUATE STUDENT 197-POUNDER JORDAN PA-GANO IMPROVED TO A 18-6

MARK IN THE YEAR

Pagano, also in his first season as a Knights wrestler, equaled the 2-0 mark of Alvarez this past weekend when he beat Indiana’s Nick Wilham 7-0 on Friday and Christian Brunner of Purdue, al-beit by default, on Sunday.

The No. 18 ranked 197-pound South Brunswick, New Jersey, native has put together quite the resume so far during his first sea-son with Rutgers. For example, just two weekends ago, he re-corded a major decision when he beat Jonathon Fagen of Cornell. Back in November, Pagano won the 2019 Navy Classic Champion for the Knights and hasn’t looked back since.

Pagano redshirted last year and sat out all season due to in-jury. His return has proved to be a major factor in the success of Rutgers wrestling this season. If he can stay healthy and continue to wrestle the way that he is, look for Pagano to be a major part of the Knights’ winning formula moving forward.

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Head coach Scott Goodale will take his team to Manhattan on Saturday, where Rutgers will face Michigan in the Big Ten Super Saturday event. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / DECEMBER 2019

CHRIS TSAKONASCORRESPONDENT

To say it’s been a dream start for Rutgers men’s basketball is an understatement. At 11 games over .500, the No. 25 Scarlet Knights (16-5, 7-3) are exceed-ing the expectations of almost every observer.

As head coach Steve Pikiell likes to remind his players, they were projected to finish 12th in the Big Ten at the start of the season.

As Pikiell also likes to remind the media, Rutgers plays in the toughest basketball conference in the country – the Big Ten. Year in and year out, the Knights have had to face off against perennial college basketball powers like Michigan State, Michigan, Wis-consin, Indiana and Maryland.

The conference is tough enough most years, but this sea-son it’s especially tough. Some bracketologists have as many as 12 Big Ten teams in the NCAA Tour-nament if the season ended today.

That is what makes the im-probable run that’s taking place on the Banks right now even more remarkable. Rutgers doesn’t have an easy path to the dance floor by any means, though. The Knights’ remaining slate ranks third in the country in strength of schedule, according to ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.

That includes a brutal stretch toward the end of the season, when Rutgers will play three of its last four games on the road, all against probable tournament

teams (the Badgers, Penn State and Purdue).

The lack of a road win against a quality opponent remains a glaring resume hole for the Knights. The only win away from home this year for Rutgers came in early January against Nebraska, which is classi-fied as an unimpressive Quad III win in terms of bracketology.

The Knights will have a golden opportunity to get at least a neutral site win this weekend, when they take on the Wolverines from Madi-son Square Garden. Michigan start-ed the year red hot under first-year head coach Juwan Howard, but has dropped four straight and will come off a tough midweek road trip.

Rutgers’ 15-0 home start (which is now the best home re-cord in the country for Division I schools) has given them some leeway, though. Barring a major collapse, the Knights just need to steal a road game or two to have a bulletproof shot at their first Tour-nament bid since 1991.

The most exciting part of all of this? They’re still one of the least-experienced teams in the country – checking in at 244th in experience. Rutgers will only lose forwards senior Shaq Carter and graduate student Akwasi Yeboah to graduation. Its core, comprised of sophomore guards Ron Harper Jr., Montez Mathis, Caleb McCo-nnell and center Myles Johnson has two years of eligibility remain-ing for each player.

It’s a tough road ahead for the Knights. But, if the first 21 games are any indication, Pikiell and his squad are up to the task.

MEN’S BASKETBALL KNIGHTS LOOK TO SECURE MARCH MADNESS BID

Excitement builds as Tournament approaches

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I mean, our students, you walk around campus now, and our students have been great.

They’re all very important to us.”

— Men’s basketball head coach Steve PikiellSPORTSWEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 2020 ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COMRUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK

SAMANTHA BUDD,senior on the women’s lacrosse team, is 1 of 3 Knights to be named by the league as a Big Ten Player to Watch for the upcoming season. Last season, she finished second on the team in points and goals with 49 and 36, respectively.

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

SWIMMING & DIVING

Metropolitan Championships

vs. Illinois

vs. Nebraska

Tomorrow, All Day, Staten Island, N.Y.

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Rutgers Athletic Center

Friday, 5 p.m., Rutgers Aquatics Center

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS-ILLINOIS, TOMORROW, 7 P.M.

MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 25 RUTGERS 70, PURDUE 63

Knights stay undefeated at RAC with victory

RU takes on Illinois, looks to rebound at home

SEE HOME ON PAGE 10Senior center Jordan Wallace played just 11 minutes in the Knights’ last game against the Fighting Illini. She finished the contest with one rebound. BEN CHELNITSKY / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2019

Sophomore center Myles Johnson holding down the paint on defense. He finished the game with two blocks, two steals and five defensive rebounds. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2020

GIDEON FOXCORRESPONDENT

After losing by its largest margins of the season in the past two games, the Rutgers women’s basketball team looks to restore it-self to its former glory Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Rutgers Athletic Center.

Lining up against the Scarlet Knights (15-4, 5-3) will be Illinois, which suffered a 75-51 loss at the hands of Rutgers approximately three weeks ago.

The matchup featured 10 Knights con-tributing points. It also highlighted the importance of accountability toward fel-low teammates.

Senior center Jordan Wallace played only 11 minutes, bringing in one rebound. True freshman center Maori Davenport did what needed to be done on the boards and hauled in six rebounds. Helping her was redshirt freshman forward Tyia Singleton, contributing with her share of four rebounds.

That game was one of many contributing to a season that has not been what the Fight-ing Illini (10-9, 1-7) were hoping for. In their most recent game, they fell at home to Mary-land by a score of 79-60, bringing their losing streak to three games.

MATT DECEGLIESTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s basketball team se-cured its 15th win at the Rutgers Athletic Cen-ter (RAC). The No. 25 Scarlet Knights (16-5, 7-3) took down Purdue 70-63. Rutgers was up 17 in the second half until the Boilermakers (11-10, 4-6) made the game a nail-biter down the stretch, cutting the Knights’ lead to 3 with less than a minute to go.

Before the game, Rutgers paid tribute to the nine that lost their lives in the helicopter crash on Sunday, including Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant. The Knights sport-ed Bryant tribute shirts and the RAC community had a moment of silence before tip-off. Junior guard Geo Baker reflected on Bryant’s passing.

“It’s a terrible situation, but it makes you look at life differently. I always viewed Kobe as some-one who was indestructible or immortal. He’s a God in the basketball world. It’s just something you don’t expect to hear,” Baker said.

Rutgers sparked a run in the first half af-ter sophomore guard Ron Harper Jr. made a highlight play. After getting emotional during the Bryant tribute, Harper Jr., who wears No. 24, saved an out-of-bounds play by diving into

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