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Students, faculty react to Democratic debate

University President Robert L. Barchi announced that he will be stepping down as Rutgers’ president in June 2020. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

JAIMIN GANDHICONTRIBUTING WRITER

University President Robert L. Barchi announced that he will be stepping down as Rutgers’ presi-dent in June 2020, The Daily Tar-gum reported earlier this semester. Here, several former faculty and University senators give perspec-tive to former Rutgers presidents.

Scott Whitener, who went to The Juilliard School to master the trum-pet, was a professor in the music de-partment for 47 years from 1966 to 2013. In an interview, he compared his experience, changes in values, changes Rutgers experienced and shared what he thinks the Univer- SEE LEADERS ON PAGE 4

sity should stand for: education for the students.

Whitener is now retired and lives with his wife and two dogs, he said. He went on to tell how the Universi-ty worked during his tenure.

Whitener became a part of Rut-gers when Mason Gross was pres-ident of the University. During that time, the faculty would teach the students just like every other pro-fessor. Then came Edward Bloust-ein in1971. He later brought a big-ger administration.

During the time Gross was president, the faculty prided them-selves in being called “amateur

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Eagleton’s Center for Youth Politi-cal Participation hosted a Democratic debate viewing party Tuesday night, which garnered a crowd that organiz-ers said was larger than expected and educated students on the candidates.

The viewing, at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus, filled nearly every seat with approxi-mately 80 students present. Students watched the Democratic candidates spar over issues ranging from health-care, foreign policy to impeachment

While some students came in with their own political preferences, others wanted to learn more about the race. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITORSEE DEBATE ON PAGE 4

and more for more than 3 hours. While some students came in with

their own political preferences, others wanted to learn more about the race.

“I came to get more knowledge-able about the candidates,” said Ce-line LaBelle, a School of Environmen-tal and Biological Sciences senior. “I don’t have one I’m super happy with at this point. I just wanted to see in a structured event what’s going on.”

Still, she conceded that Sen. Eliz-abeth Warren (D-Mass.) was a fa-vorite of hers.

Some students may find the calendar on Canvas useful, others like Chris Kozak, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, prefer Sakai’s organizational format. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

HAYLEY SLUSSER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As Rutgers begins to phase out older learning management sys-tems like Sakai, Blackboard and Moodle, students and professors are learning to adjust to the new-ly implemented platform known as Canvas.

These systems are used by pro-fessors to make announcements, provide links to resources and col-lect assignments for each of their classes, with Sakai being the most popular. Eventually, these platforms will become obsolete and all profes-sors will be required to move their course information to Canvas. SEE SYSTEM ON PAGE 5

“The move from multiple learning management systems to a single, University-wide (sys-tem) will foster collaboration, re-duce complexity and simplify the learning and teaching experience for Rutgers students and faculty,” said a University spokesperson in an email.

The spokesperson said that they understand that professors who are accustomed to platforms like Sakai will need time to adjust. Training and support programs are being provided by the Univer-sity for professors who have begun the transition.

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Athletics sets record for graduation rate successMADISON MCGAY

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Rutgers Athletics has set a school record for its graduation success rate (GSR), according to the NCAA’s annual report that was released on Wednesday for all Division I institutions.

With an overall GSR of 89, Rutgers Athletics had seven programs with perfect rates and 17 out of 20 programs that earned rates of 80 or above, according to a Rutgers Athletics press release.

All 20 programs had GSR totals at or above the federal rate with their sport in this year’s report, 11 of 12 women’s teams having rates of 92 or above, according to the release.

Rutgers women’s basketball, field hockey, women’s golf, gymnastics, women’s lacrosse, swimming and diving and tennis all earned a perfect GSR of 100, according to the release.

Gymnastics has earned a perfect GSR in every NCAA report for the last 15 years. Women’s lacrosse, field hockey, women’s basketball, swimming and diving and women’s golf have also all maintained streaks of perfect GSR for the past few years, according to the release.

Programs such as men’s lacrosse, baseball, softball and

Rutgers Athletics Director Pat Hobbs said that Rutgers University student athletes set records both on and off the field. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

wrestling have all earned program-record rates this past year, according to the release.

The Rutgers Athletics program has earned an overall rate of 85 or above for 10 consecutive years, with 15 out of 20 programs either maintaining their GSR from last year or achieving an increased rate, according to the release.

There was a school record of 276 student athletes, of at least sophomore standing, who earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2018 and 2019, according to the release. This included 145 in the spring, 46 in the winter and 85 in the fall.

Rutgers Athletics Director Pat Hobbs said that Rutgers student athletes set records both on and off the field, which reflects a cultural commitment to success as Scarlet Knights, according to the release.

“We are very fortunate to have academic support and coaching staf f invested in the personal and professional development of the young men and women we serve. Every day we are proud of our student athletes, and every day we are given even more reason to be so,” Hobbs said, according to the release.

With an overall graduation success rate of 89, Rutgers Athletics had seven programs with perfect rates and 17 out of 20 programs that earned rates of at least 80 or above. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

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LEADERSOmotoso says that Barchi’s job is really difficult to do

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administration.” They prided themselves because they were academics and teachers first.

It started with Gross, who was very keenly interested in the un-dergraduate experience of the students. Since Gross went to the University of Cambridge, he wanted the students at Rut-gers to get a similar experience, Whitener said.

The two primary differences between then and now were that the faculty stood strong while there were only a few. The sec-ond difference was that the aca-demics were quite rigorous. The first-year students were told that the flunk-out rate was 50%, Whit-ener said.

“It was quite tough to survive academically,” he said.

Professors had high stan-dards, the atmosphere was very different and the faculty expect-ed a lot from the students. Gross was concerned about the total experience. Not just the aca-demic constraints but also what other life-changing experiences a student could have at Rutgers, Whitener said.

Classes used to end at ap-proximately 4 p.m., then there were all kinds of organized ex-tra-curricular activities. Even today, extra-curricular activi-ties are still a part of the Rut-gers experience, with more than 600 clubs for students to be in, he said.

The biggest impact Gross had on Rutgers was bringing di-versity to campus. Gross point-ed out that the representation of minorities is decidedly lower than the proportions should

be, in terms of the citizens of New Jersey.

This led to the creation of Livingston College. Along with the existence of the School of Arts and Sciences and Cook College, which was the agri-culture college, Livingston College had to have an urban focus, Whitener said.

Whitener said he believes that the new president should be the one that brings the fo-cus back to the students rather than making sure the Universi-ty is profiting.

Oluwatobi Omotoso, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, is a senator in the University Senate. Oluwatobi said he believes Barchi is a man with a really difficult job to do, as there are a lot of moving parts and diverse interests.

“Rutgers is a university that demands a lot of itself,” Omoto-so said.

He also added that every com-munity demands a lot out of Rut-gers because it prides itself in be-ing incredibly diverse and in line with the American tradition.

Plus, Rutgers looks fundamen-tally different from what he has gathered from the earlier years of the University. For example, there have been many integrations of schools, he said.

One of the key points is that Omotoso said that Barchi has tried to make the University a 21st-century university. In the last 10 years, it has become quintessentially modern Amer-ica, trying to become intersec-tional and trying to become more inclusive in terms of what it teaches its students.

It is a battle that the School of Arts and Sciences senators

fight in the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) ev-ery day. It communicates with Barchi and try to push the Uni-versity in that way.

“He’s trying to manage fund-ing whatever expenditure has been yearned on,” Omotoso said.

Omotoso said that the most important thing is that Barchi is on board with the University try-ing to be as inclusive and diverse as it can.

When it comes to thinking about the next president, Omoto-so said he believes that the Uni-versity should really commit to

improving mental health services at Rutgers.

Although he noted Rutgers mental health services have im-proved over the last 10 years, and are even the leaders in the Big Ten Conference in that field, Omotoso said, “Rutgers could do so much better.”

Barchi is currently trying to manage funding whatever expenditure has been yearned on, said Oluwatobi Omotoso, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR

DEBATEBooker receives 1 clap when introduced, in lieu of applause lines

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For a majority of the debate, the crowd remained static, although Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) elicited a singular clap when introduced. In lieu of applause lines, though, the crowd burst out into chuckles multiple times, like when Warren boasted about her 70,000 selfies as “the new measure of democracy” or when Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) exclaimed he “wrote the damn bill.”

While most of the audience trickled out after the second commercial break, many stayed. Some who remained, though, said staying helped put a fresh perspective on policy and ideas.

“I’ve found (staying) worth-while,” said Mathilde Roux, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Plan-ning and Public Policy graduate stu-dent. “The beginning of the debate kind of lost me, since it was hashing out stuff we’ve already talked about but I felt like the middle part of the debate had a lot of news questions and new thoughts on old questions I felt was really worth listening to.”

Among the 19 Democrats still in the race for the presidency, only 12 candidates took the stage in Otter-bein University in Westerville, Ohio.

Candidates were required to poll at minimum 2% in four Democratic Na-tional Committee (DNC)-approved polls and receive a minimum of 130,000 unique donors by the Oct. 1 deadline, according to the DNC.

The candidates included Joe Biden, Warren, Sen. Amy Klobu-char (D-Minn.), Sanders and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), as well as South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), billionaire hedge fund manager Tom Steyer, businessman Andrew Yang, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ju-lián Castro and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D).

Event organizers saw the event as a success in informing stu-dents on their civic duties and politics in general.

“I think (the viewing is) really important so that we can stay ig-nored on what is happening in pol-itics,” said Jessica Ronan, the pro-gram coordinator for Eagleton’s Center for Youth Political Partici-pation. “If there was a Republican debate, of course we’d show that as well. Learning about each can-didate, really informing their de-cision helps when they are going into the voting booth.”

Event organizers saw the event as a success in informing students on their civic duties and politics in general. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

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Raluca Musat, a teaching in-structor in the Writing Program, said the training program was a helpful introduction but is learn-ing more through trial and error when implementing Canvas in her courses.

“You really have to use it to figure out what problems you’re going to run into,” she said. “It’s a process of discovery.”

Musat said one benefit of us-ing Canvas is the features that help students collaborate through group work, such as automatically assigning papers for peer editing. Other features that she said she found easy to use on Sakai, such as setting up office hours, are more difficult on Canvas.

“When I set up office hours in advance for upcoming weeks, I cannot break up the time into ap-pointments,” she said.

Musat said it is possible that there is an easier way to set up time slots for office hours through Canvas, but she has yet to figure it out.

The University has also looked to students for feedback, and a spokesperson said that Canvas’ grading system is highly popular. One new feature allows students to enter hypothetical grades to see what scores they must earn on future assignments in order to boost their average.

Jahnasia Cummings, a School of Arts and Sciences sopho-more, said Canvas offers a bet-ter system for explaining the grading process.

“You can see everything down to attendance on why your grade is the way it is,” she said. “On Sakai you don’t know, you just see whatever

grades they put in and that’s it. Can-vas shows you everything.”

Cummings also said that Can-vas is more convenient than Sakai due to its mobile application, which sends notifications to a student’s phone when announce-ments or grades are posted. Sakai is currently offered on mobile devices through the Rutgers app, but the Canvas app is separate and managed by the website’s parent company, Instructure, Inc.

Maham Aslam, a School of En-gineering senior, uses Canvas as a mentor for a class to take atten-dance and post announcements. She said the website’s features are not very different from Sakai, and finds it is easy to use.

Aslam said that one advantage of using Canvas is that it makes communication between students and professors easier through its direct message feature.

“I think with Sakai, the teacher al-ways prefers you email them directly rather than messaging them through Sakai,” she said. “On Canvas, they kind of use it as a middle ground and you can message a teacher straight through (the website).”

While this system might be convenient for students and pro-fessors to relay simple messages, Musat said that professors are un-able to attach documents to direct messages on Canvas and that if she wanted to send a document, she would have to send a normal email anyway.

When Aslam is using Canvas as a regular student, she said she likes how the platform consol-idates information from all her courses. The calendar and dash-board features on Canvas show assignments and announcements for all classes at once, whereas

Sakai keeps each course’s infor-mation separate.

“With Sakai, you have to go to your class, and then calendar, and then it will be only that class,” Aslam said. “(Canvas) just keeps you organized way better.”

While some students may find the calendar and dashboard on Canvas useful, others like Chris Kozak, a School of Arts and Sci-ences sophomore, prefer Sakai’s organizational format.

“Sakai is more manageable to use, I just think Canvas is not as easy and there’s too much going on,” he said.

One difference between Canvas and Sakai is the different ways in

which files and resources are or-ganized within each course. Owen Donnelly, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said he is used to Sakai’s format and finds Canvas too complicated.

“(With Sakai) it’s easier to click on different things, easi-er to find stuff and navigate the whole site,” Donnelly said. “With Canvas, there are like 10 differ-ent ways to get to the same spot or the same information.”

Aslam also said she under-stands how people unfamiliar with Canvas could be confused by the file storage system.

“Sakai having the resources tab is kind of clear that that’s

kind of a file dump. On Can-vas, you can have files on mod-ules, pages, files, (there are) many places to find one thing,” she said.

Rutgers has not provided a timetable for when all professors are expected to move to Canvas, but the spokesperson said they expect the transition to take place over a few years. Students and professors will have time to adapt to Canvas as it becomes more widespread.

“I think we just have to be pa-tient and give it a chance,” Musat said. “(Students and instructors) are both in this phase of learning and discovering.”

Maham Aslam, a School of Engineering senior, said that Canvas makes communication between students and professors easier. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

DOWNTOWN New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill and New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy attended the Oktoberfest event in downtown New Brunswick last Saturday, where they socialized with guests. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

S omebody once told me — and I am sure that you have heard it countless times in your life — money cannot buy happiness. Now,

there is some truth to that old proverb, but for the most part I think it is nonsense.

The individual who uttered those words was prob-ably never poor. That person was most likely born into a wealthy environment and never yearned for anything in their life. I am willing to bet that person never went hungry.

I am not talking about a hunger you get from missing a meal or two every now and then. I am talking about a hunger you get when you have not eaten for days and your body decides to cannibalize itself. A hunger that fills your stomach with heavy cumbersome knots that make even the slightest movement a mind-numbing, agonizing experience.

Yeah, that guy never went through anything like that. But unfortu-nately, many people have from time to time.

Personally, I like the way Kanye West spoke about money in an inter-view he did a while ago. He said, “Having money isn’t everything, not having it is.” When I first heard him say that, I thought of two things.

The first thing that came to mind was, “Did Kanye really say that?” West is the last person I would ex-pect to have such a deep thought. This was coming from the same guy who petulantly snatched the mi-crophone out of Taylor Swift’s hands during the Vid-eo Music Awards (VMAs).

“Yo Taylor, Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” he said after doing that.

It is my favorite West incident due to the sheer awkwardness that it created in the room. Anyway, the second thing I thought of was that he was spot on with that statement.

Money is just one little piece of tile in the intricate mosaic that is life. That mosaic is filled with people from all over.

One of those groups of people are the homeless. I think being homeless in America is a good example of what West was trying to convey in that interview.

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Rutgers bus system must be abolished

two sophomores pondering the meaning of the bus names.It was a great question. In light of the namesake of this column, the

hallowed LX bus, it seemed only fitting that I should have an answer to that. Little did I know, that answer would end in a call for the dissolu-tion of Rutgers buses.

I went on a great investigation to answer the biggest mystery of our generation: What do the bus names mean? And I would have been writ-ing about that investigation now, had it not all been spoiled for me in the end by a sophomore who handed me a small pamphlet titled “What Every Knight Should Know.”

I thought there was going to be some contrived nonsense and a se-cret cult involved in deciphering the magic letters of the bus names, but it was much more boring than I expected.

I felt these explanations were lacking. So instead, I would like to pro-vide the real description of the buses, something actually useful rather than “destinations.” Who cares what campus the buses go to? The real question is, how do they feel? This is my definitive guide to Rutgers buses.

H: Housing Busch — I need to get to my car on Busch campus. A: Academic Busch — I am that desperate to get to my car on

Busch campus. LX: The Livingston Express to College Avenue — I am a campus

elitist, or I am okay knowing I might get trampled today. REXL: The Cook/Douglass Express to Livingston — I thought it was

an LX and I regret everything.F: Freeway to Cook/Douglass — I could leave the College Avenue

campus and never go back. EE: Everything Else to Cook/Douglass — I missed the F bus, or I

live in New Brunswick. B: Busch — I question my major every day. C: Commuter loop Busch — I thought it was a B bus.REXB: The Cook/Douglass Campus Express to Busch — It is 2 a.m.

and I am leaving the party. Knight Mover: Oh god. It is 3 a.m., please get here faster. Weekend 1: The tolerable one. Weekend 2: This is why everyone parties on Thursdays.With that said, it is time to say “down with the buses.” No one likes

them and if they say they do, they are lying. Hear my case.I pray for safety whenever I step on a crowded LX bus. I swear up

and down when four A buses arrive but I needed an H bus. I grieve inconsolably when I sit in a puddle of leaked air conditioner fluid on an EE bus.

I thought if we students aired these collective grievances enough, Rutgers would fix its lousy buses, until I found out that Rutgers does not actually own the buses. Instead, our hard-earned tuition money goes to the Rutgers administration privatizing the buses out to a corporation.

So coincidentally, administration salary bloat seems to increase. Almost as if a pat on the back for a hard day’s work of denying the simple public service of adequate transportation. As the premier public university of New Jersey, Rutgers has a duty to serve the people, not profit off of them.

Enter First Transit, the corporation contracted by Rutgers that actu-ally runs the system. Sometimes you will see a small car near the buses with a harrowing pink-and-blue logo brandishing the name.

A cursory glance of its upbeat website belies the dreary lived experi-ence of anyone who has had to suffer through an overcrowded LX bus at 5:30 p.m. in a heatwave when the air conditioner is broken, as usual.

In its vision and values page, First Transit stated “People are our most valuable asset ... Safety is our way of life, not a trend.” Students certainly feel like valuable assets when they are stuffed into a cattle car misla-beled “LX” while the safety of the administration’s wallet is maintained.

The University is attempting to patch things up with Course Atlas, which seems to be less of an Ace bandage and more of a foul, used, hairy Bandaid that sits at the bottom of the Sonny Werblin Pool.

When the problem is an incompetent privatized transportation sys-tem, algorithms and throwing professors under the not-so proverbial bus are not the solution.

There might be hope, one day. Every now and then, if you look through the old master plans of Rutgers in special collections, some-times you will hear optimistic talks of a mystical Rutgers monorail that would connect all the campuses in one closed loop.

It could magically solve congestion and get anyone anywhere at any time. It is ever-elusive and unattainable, shrouded in untold pollution and demolition of an already dismembered city.

Sometimes though, I just wonder if there is a world where this col-umn is called “Thoughts from the LX Boxcar.”

I digress. In the meantime: Abolish Rutgers buses.

Anthony Ballaro is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in classics and public health. His column, “Thoughts from the LX,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

OctOber 17, 2019

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THOUGHTS FROM THE LX

Homeless, impoverished exponentially disadvantaged by employment process

Let us look at a random homeless person in Man-hattan, and for the sake of this example, we will call this person “Rob.” Rob could be homeless for several reasons. Maybe he had a drug habit that ruined his life, or maybe he had a booming business and lost it all in a bad deal.

Who knows? It does not really matter how Rob became homeless. It matters why he cannot stop being homeless.

To me it boils down to a simple observation: You need money to stop being homeless. Normally the idea is you get a job so that you can make money, but if you think about it, you need to have money first to get a job.

Rob needs money so that he can rent a room, take a shower, buy new clothes and feed himself so that he has energy to look for a job.

Unfortunately, Rob does not have the ability to do any of those things because he is broke. It seems to me that once you have descended into a state of home-lessness, you cannot dig yourself out of that hole.

Rob finds himself in a vicious cycle that involves needing money to make money. That is pretty ironic if you ask me, and sad at the same time. So, I think here you can see that money is not every-thing, but not having it is.

That vicious cycle kind of reminds me of the average college student. Students enroll in college every year due to the promise of high paying jobs in the future.

But in order to get those high-paying jobs you must pay an inordinate amount of money to a university. Again, without any money, you cannot enroll in col-lege, because you would be unable to pay tuition.

We can also attribute our current political climate to the effect of not having money. The current admin-istration in the White House was voted into power because a vast number of civilians lost their jobs and feared for their income.

Okay, so having money is not going to ensure that you are happy and content. But I know for certain that if you are broke and have bills to pay, you are probably not going to be happy.

Kevin Giardinieri is a School of Engineering sopho-more majoring in industrial and systems engineering. His column, “Thoughts from the back of the class,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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OctOber 17, 2019 OpiniOns page 7

Brexit will test Great Britain’s allegiance to democracy

I n 2013, while giving a speech advo-cating for a new treaty with the Eu-ropean Union (EU), former British

Prime Minister David Cameron offered the British a chance to determine the future of their country when he said, “And when we have negotiated that new settlement, we will give the British people a referendum with a very simple in or out choice. To stay in the EU on these new terms, or come out altogether. It will be an in-out referendum.”

On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on whether to re-main in the EU. Cameron had made clear what a referendum on the “European ques-tion” would look like.

Either the UK would adopt a new EU treaty, or cease to be a member of the union altogether. The next day, the results indicat-ed that a majority of British people, 52% to be exact, had voted to leave the EU. Now, it was up to Parliament to carry out the will of the people and deliver “Brexit.”

After Cameron’s resignation, former Prime Minister Theresa May assured the public that she understood her job was to deliver Brexit. While she herself had voted to “remain,” May famously declared that “Brexit means Brexit and we’re going to make a success of it.”

On March 29, 2017, May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty of the EU. Article 50 is a

political procedure that announces a mem-ber state’s desire to withdraw from the EU.

The invoking state has two years to nego-tiate a “divorce deal” from the EU, though the deadline may be extended via a vote in the European Council, and no deal is necessary for a member state to withdraw. The reason departing members are given a chance to make a deal is to soften any short term economic pain and minimize disrup-tions to business activity.

Parliamentarians have pushed for a “soft Brexit,” or a withdrawal deal ensuring that the UK would follow all of the rules, reg-

ulations and tariff requirements of the EU without actually being a member. A soft Brexit would essentially render the UK a non-voting member of the EU and prevent it from making independent trade deals with other countries.

While the political establishment favors a soft Brexit, it would not be in line with what Cameron promised the British people if they chose to leave the EU.

If the UK decided to leave the EU with-out a deal, or what is known as a “hard Brexit,” this would mean that the UK is immediately liberated from all EU business regulations and free to pursue an economic

agenda as determined by the British people through its parliamentary process.

More importantly, a hard Brexit would grant the British people what they voted for. This would disrupt business activity in the short term, but given the EU’s restrictive trade policy and burdensome regulations, a complete and total break from Brussels would give the UK a chance to open up its markets and establish bilateral trade deals that would prove immensely beneficial in the long term.

Before the March 29 deadline, in a final move of political desperation, May offered to resign as prime minister in exchange for Parliament’s

approval of her third Brexit proposal. Her will-ingness to sacrifice the prime ministership did not impress her colleagues who, for the third time, rejected her withdrawal agreement.

Following this effort, the EU agreed to extend the withdrawal date to Oct. 31.

On June 7, as a result of her failure to de-liver Brexit and facing mounting opposition in Parliament, May resigned from her posi-tion as prime minister. May’s ineptitude on the Brexit issue can be chalked up to her unwillingness to leave without a deal.

Unfortunately, as new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has found out, this unwill-ingness runs rampant in Parliament.

While Johnson would prefer to leave the EU with a deal, his conviction to deliver Brexit with or without one was what got him elected. His first move was to suspend Parlia-ment in order to prevent it from passing leg-islation blocking a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31.

But the UK Supreme Court ruled John-son’s move unlawful and Parliament passed the Benn Act, which mandates that, unless he comes up with a soft Brexit deal, John-son will be forced by law to ask the EU to extend the deadline to Jan. 31, 2020.

This is a deliberate effort to undo the re-sults of a free and fair democratic process through legislation designed to force an ar-rangement in which the UK remains under the rules and regulations of the EU. The widespread view of the political establish-ment is that Brexit was a mistake.

In their view, it is up to them to correct the popular will of the people by stalling for time with a half-baked deal and forcing a second referendum that would overturn the results of the first. In this, they have completely undermined and disenfranchised the 17.4 million people who partook in a democratic exercise with the expectation that their vote to leave the EU would be respected.

In the coming weeks, the world will find out if Parliament will respect the people’s vote, for Brexit has now become a referendum on the legitimacy of British democracy itself.

Matthew Mai is a School of Arts and Sci-ences sophomore majoring in public policy. His column, “Beneath the surface,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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How to avoid grievances of gaslighting in relationshipsPAYAL PATEL

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Gaslighting is a common form of manipulation that is used to make others feel as if their story, emo-tions and/or experience is invalid.

Recently, this concept has been played up in the media, from polit-ical matters to instances concern-ing celebrities, but it’s also some-thing many have experienced in their daily, personal lives.

It happens all the time. From romantic relationships to friend-ships to peers, many have been spoken over or in-validated in what they express to the opposing par-ty. The use of dis-missive language undermines their feelings and belittles them. Being gaslit can leave them feeling un-heard and unseen, and if this oc-curs repeatedly in a relationship, it can become toxic and eventually end the relationship altogether.

Alexis Thompson, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, has faced the pressures of being in a friendship in which her feelings were manipu-

lated and this constant state of stress led her to end the relationship.

“When I was younger I didn’t have that many friends at my school. One day I met this girl, and it seemed like we really clicked. She was a little bit controlling, but I fig-ured that that was just her person-ality," she said. "Eventually, I began to feel really uncomfortable about where our friendship was heading,"

Thompson added: "We would con-stantly get into these little arguments, and I would always end up feeling really terrible afterward. She always

had a way of turn-ing everything wrong with our friendship onto me, and I always felt so guilty. I didn’t want to lose her as a friend, but I also hated feeling like I

was always doing something wrong.”Gaslighting can have an impact

on a person’s emotional and mental well-being. It creates a scene of de-ception, making the person being gaslit feel as if they're repeatedly at fault.

“I constantly felt guilty because I was constantly being told that I was the cause of all of the downfalls of

our friendship. I didn’t really know how to act or what to say around her because I hated arguing. I let her manipulate me for so long be-cause I thought that I needed her as a friend, but after a while, I just became drained," Thompson said.

In order to reduce the occur-rence of gaslighting in interper-sonal relationships, it’s important for those guilty of gaslighting to self-reflect and realize how their ac-tions and words can affect a loved one. It’s crucial to make active ef-forts in trying to understand where the other person is coming from, rather than placing your feelings above in an attempt at superiority.

Healthy relationships, romantic and platonic, are based on many factors, but the ones that will play active roles in reducing gaslighting are understanding and compassion.

Allow partners and friends to be open and vulnerable about how they may feel toward you, as an open mind and mature conversation can aid in the betterment and strength of the relationship. Being self-aware about toxic behaviors will only help improve your relationships.

Don't doubt the ones you love or dismiss their feelings, as it may encourage the other person to end

Gaslighting is a type of interpersonal manipulation. There are a few tell-tale signs to indicate if you are a victim of this form of emotional abuse. TWITTER

their relationship with you and may negatively affect their mental state. Self-fulfillment should not always be a top priority in a relationship.

Don’t let what you don’t un-derstand stop you from allowing the other person to speak their mind. It creates holes in the foun-dation of the relationship, which

will eventually cause everything to fall through and crumble. This prevents and silences people from speaking on their experiences and allows toxic behavior to continue.

Gaslighting your partner or friend jeopardizes the solidity of the relationship and sets an un-healthy precedent.

'House of Sugar': Alex G deals with selfishness on 8th albumA.J. FRIGOLETTOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

On “House of Sugar,” Alex Gi-annascoli’s, better known as Alex G's, eighth studio album, and his third album since signing to Dom-ino Recording Company, the cel-ebrated do-it-yourself (DIY) indie artist shines at his brightest.

His most complex collection of songs yet, Alex G embraces his folk and neo-psychedelia sounds and sharpens them into something that rings brutally honest.

The record displays Alex G at his most willing to experiment with his established sound, with stylistic pro-duction choices and delicate arrange-ments that exhibit an emotional and

wonky stream of consciousness. This is most notable through the album’s strange flow, which is seem-ingly divided into three parts.

The first stretch of the album features Alex G’s grandest and most polished songs to date. “Walk Away” serves as an atmo-spheric entrance to the project, with layered production of flow-ing synths, guitars, obscured vo-cals and compressed drums.

“Hope” is a melancholic, pristine ode to his friend who’d passed from overdosing on fentanyl. Contain-ing angelic synths, melodic guitars and a warm bass synth line, Alex G sings about hope, or the lack thereof. “Southern Sky” is a dreamy folk song that features glimmering pianos and

strings, sonically not too far off from a track off of Sufjan Steven’s famous “Illinois” album.

“Gretel” serves as the center-piece of “House of Sugar,” instru-mentally and lyrically. The first and main single released to pro-mote the album, the 3-minute track feels colossal in emotional weight, credited to the song’s haunting in-strumentation and lyrical themes drawn from the Brothers Grimm tale, "Hansel and Gretel."

Here, Alex G is at his most transparent, and his metaphorical study of human selfishness and overindulgence is a compelling example of humanist pessimism.

The following track, “Taking,” resolves the gloom of the previous

Philadelphia's Alex G explores new sounds and subjects on "House of Sugar." The singer delves into electronic elements and reflects on past negative behavior and his hometown. TWITTER

track with mellow lo-fi indie instru-mentation, featuring Elliott Smith-es-que guitar playing, cozy synths and airy vocals.

The middle section of the al-bum holds together a string of sonic vignettes. The tracks from “Near” to “Sugar” are easily the least conventional songs on the album, as well as the shortest.

“Near” features the distinct words “All I want is to be near you,” with “you” repeating over with emphasis, on top of a frantic rhythm that communicates anxiety and despair. “Project 2,” an instru-mental track, is Alex G’s take on more experimental electronic mu-sic, with an irregular drum pattern and layered harmonizing synths that come and go unexpectedly.

“Bad Man” features twangy vocals from Alex G, cryptically singing about selfishness (again) and bomb raids. “Sugar,” the final vignette in the album’s middle sec-tion, is a cinematic instrumental that features indecipherable altered vocals. The piano is suspenseful, and the orchestration adds tension.

The third and final stretch of the album echoes much of the humble indie-Americana music that is evident in his previous stu-dio album, “Rocket.”

“In My Arms” continues the album’s lyrical themes of ego-centrism and opportunism. “I take it in, I do without / I nev-er care what we talk about.” “Cow” changes the tone, as it features more hopeful lyrics about a confession of love, even if he describes his love as a “big

old cow” — maybe he’s being tongue-in-cheek.

“Crime” also has the lyrical themes of selfishness that exist throughout much of the album. On the track, he threatens to leave his love interest if he isn’t entertained and doesn’t get what he wants. “Careful what you do / Or I'm leaving without you.”

“SugarHouse (Live)," the clos-ing track on the album that fea-tures live saxophone reminiscent of Clarence Clemons (of E Street Band fame), wraps up the lyrical matters of self-serving behavior and toxic relationships with an awakening of self-awareness.

“SugarHouse” is a casino in Alex G’s hometown of Philadelphia, and he compares keeping his true self and intentions concealed to the trickery of the games at his local casino. “You never really met me / I don't think anyone has / But we could still be players together / Let SugarHouse pick up the tab.”

“House of Sugar,” while im-pressive and abundant in creative ideas, does feel a bit unstructured in moments, and the middle stretch of sonic-vignettes may feel a little tedious and under-cooked. The album is also quite a bit front-loaded musically, as the standout instrumentation is in the first stretch of the album.

But the feats outweigh the flaws, and the consistent lyricism makes the album Alex G’s most splendid and intimate project to date.

Best tracks: "Hope," "Southern Sky," "Gretel," "Cow"

Worst track: "Bad Man"

"Self-fulfillment should not always be a

top priority in a relationship."

Happy Birthday: Keep moving forward. You have plenty to do if you want to be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities heading your way. Con-centrate on physically making things happen that will encourage you to go after your dreams. Settling for less will not lead to happiness or prompt you to engage in friendships. Your numbers are 6, 10, 18, 23, 32, 36, 41.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get things done. Stop thinking about all the challenges, and start heading in a direction that will lead to greater joy, expectations and personal gains. It’s up to you to get the background, ed-ucation and connections to make your dream come true. 4 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Chang-ing your mind a lot means you aren’t ready to make a decision. Look to those who have preceded you and the mistakes they have made. Noth-ing happens overnight, but it can be achieved faster if you choose the proper channels. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Keep moving forward. It’s the physical footprint you make that will bring you to a place that offers insight, knowledge and experience. Knowing your boundaries but pushing the lim-its will keep you balanced, focused and satisfied. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t let anger step in and take over. Nurturing will get you further and help you un-derstand what others are experiencing. Compassion, understanding and love will promote trust, respect and conti-nuity in what you strive to achieve. Ro-mance is featured. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Consider what others do and how you can fit what you have to offer into the mix. Working uniformly to make improve-ments will bring you closer to people who share your interests and con-cerns. Walk away from those taking a different path. 4 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share in-formation to gain valuable insight into new possibilities. Hold off on making a decision or joining forces with someone presenting a plan that doesn’t match up to your budget, values or timeline. A change of scenery is favored. 2 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Start the ball rolling. Get your papers in or-der and your plans documented. If someone doesn’t want to tag along, don’t be afraid to go it alone. What you accomplish can lead to more cash, higher position and greater satisfaction. 5 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A per-sonal change you make will encour-age you to get involved in activities that excite you. Choose to be physi-cally active and use your imagination, and you will attract relationships that motivate you. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you don’t feel passionate about something you are doing, it’s time to switch things up a bit. Look around you and gravitate toward the people who are just as excited as you about future dreams and possibilities. Take action. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A change at home will encourage you to spend more time there. A unique proposition will entice you. Get the lowdown, and consider how best to move forward. An unusual oppor-tunity will turn into a moneymaking adventure. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pay attention to detail, and take care of personal matters yourself. A posi-tive change you make to the way you live will encourage you to save more and do something construc-tive at home that brings in extra cash. 5 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Vol-unteer to help a cause, and you will make a difference. Use your intelli-gence, and physically take charge of situations that need to be adjusted. A contract will help you feel secure and encourage confidence as you move forward. 2 stars

Horoscopes Eugenia Last

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Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

Non Sequitur Wiley

Lio Mark Tatulli

Over The Hedge T. Lewis and M. Fry

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5 Apt name for a

23andMe employee

9 Largest member of the

dolphin family

13 50%

14 Felt ill

15 Washerful

16 The tech-savvy builder ___

19 Crumble over time

20 Keg feature

21 Riot squad’s substance

24 Button-shaped chocolate

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29 Pittsburgh NFL team

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33 “Great” guy

34 Brain wave test: Abbr.

35 The tech-savvy midwife ___

39 Feathery neckwear

41 Amounts of paper

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45 Have as a boss

47 Super 8 and others

49 Post-op program

50 Hits the gym

51 Outdoor clothing store

53 Gaiety

54 The tech-savvy doctor ___

61 Hamilton’s nemesis

62 It’s a long story

63 Diet hidden in “pancake toppings”

64 “___ woke!”

65 Cannon garments

66 12/24 and 12/31

DOWN

1 Sushi bar tuna

2 Published, as a story

3 Golfer Ernie

4 Polite opening line?

5 Covers in shiny leaf

6 Anyone ___ (not you)

7 Just-purchased

8 Peer review suggestion

9 First mate, say?

10 “Winnie-the-Pooh” youngling

11 Crow’s cry

12 Pop-ups and such

14 Take out ___ (borrow)

17 Best Picture winner after

“The Artist”

18 Appoint for

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22 Fair-hiring inits.

23 Appealing kind of offer for

a home seller

25 Christmas tree detritus

26 Rap pioneer Mac ___

27 Food additive letters

29 Joe ___ (average guy)

30 Tips of boots

31 Yada, yada, yada, for short

33 RBI or ERA

36 His job’s in “Jeopardy!”

37 Spanish for “to be”

38 Federal Reserve increase

39 Happy hour haunt

40 Tip jar bill

43 Seasonal ailment

44 Nile viper

46 Battle call

47 Fable takeaway

48 Where to see Samantha Bee

50 Auto shop buys

52 “This ___ funny”

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54 Eye logo network

55 Dwelling that might be

made of mud

56 Timeline part

57 Adversary

58 Gun, as an engine

59 Uintah and Ouray

Reservation dweller

60 Castaway’s message

Yesterday’s Solution

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Rutgers looks to come out on top against Buckeyes in underdog fashion

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Knights preserve their unbeaten record in non-conference matches

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game on average, while Rutgers makes approximately 1.58 goals per game.

This was similar to the No. 10 Northwestern statistic, that made 3 goals per game. Against the Wildcats, the Knights lost with a final score of 4-1.

On the other hand, Rutgers is right there next to the Buckeyes with a .636 shots on goal percentage. Ohio State just scrapes by for the lead with a .671 shots on goal percentage.

These numbers show that when the Knights take a shot, it will more likely be on goal than not. While on paper the Buckeyes have the slightly better hand, it has been that way for a lot of teams that Rutgers has gone up against and taken the win.

Moving into individual players, the first strong player that Ohio State has would be Mackenzie Al-lessie, who has the leading number of goals for the Buckeyes. Allessie has a total of 12 goals for her team, and she follows in second on the team in assists with five of her own.

Allessie was a top player in the nation for scoring goals in high school and continues to shine at Ohio State. Her shots on goal per-centage is an impressive .723 with 34 shots on goal.

For the Knights, in the lead is fifth-year senior back Austyn Cu-neo. Cuneo has 4 goals and six assists. She also has 23 shots on goal with a .676 percentage. But, she does not lead in goals.

Sophomore midfielder Valentino Amrobsio has 18 shots in his 13 games played for Rutgers this year in an offensive-minded role. BENJAMIN CHELNITSKY / OCTOBER 2019

Pablo Ávila, who beat the keeper from point-blank range.

Temple almost had the equal-izer in the 64th minute, when he had an opportunity from 10 yards out that was fired over the bar.

He redeemed himself 2 min-utes later, when a cross from ju-nior defender Brandon Golden’s shot was deflected to the feet of true freshman midfielder Antho-ny O’Donnell. He found Temple outside the box, and he fired a rocket inside the right goalpost to tie it up at 2.

Both teams had their opportu-nities to take the lead, but neither Rutgers nor the Hawks could find a winner in regulation. The game would go into a double-over-time period, which was the sec-ond game this year in which the Knights went into extra time.

Hartford shelled Rutgers with six shots in the second period of overtime, but couldn’t seriously threaten true freshman goal-keeper Oren Asher. The best op-portunity came in the 102nd min-ute, when the Hawks found the net off a rebound from a corner kick. The referees called a foul on the play, sealing the draw for the Knights.

After the game, head coach Jim McElderry praised the team for getting a result after facing ad-versity on the road.

“We challenged the guys at halftime to not only play well, but to fight for a result, and they responded well,” McElderry said. “To come back from down 2-0 is excellent.”

The draw preserves Rutgers’ unbeaten record in non-confer-ence play with just one non-Big Ten game to go.

For the Knights, the focus shifts to a road game at North-western on Sunday afternoon, where they’ll look for their second straight Big Ten win. With just four games left in the regular season, Rutgers could give themselves an outside shot at a top-four spot in the Big Ten Tournament.

For updates on the Rut-gers men’s soccer team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

It is junior midfielder Katie Larmour who has 5 goals and one assist this season.

Larmour also leads Cuneo in shots on goal percentage. Even though she has 16 shots on goal, Larmour has a .762 shots on goal percentage, which tops Allessie of the Buckeyes.

While it appears as if Ohio State has the better players, the team just has more attempts. In the few shots Rutgers takes and the goals that it makes, the team is right there with the Buckeyes in precision and accuracy.

A good example of this shows up in corners. The Knights have had a total of 71 corners this season, and Ohio State leads Rutgers by a mea-sly two corners. This is such a small margin that shows the tight game coming up this weekend.

In the goal, there’s junior goal-keeper Gianna Glatz. The Knight comes in at the exact same place as Aaliyah Hernandez on the Buckeyes.

Glatz and Hernandez are both at 52 saves for this season, and the opponents come in at 70 and 72 for saves by period for Rutgers and Ohio State, respectively.

Adding together the saves, goals per game, shots on goal per-centage, and individual game stats, this will definitely be the closest game the Knights and Buckeyes play this season thus far.

For updates on the Rutgers field hockey team, follow @TargumS-ports on Twitter.

Sophomore midfielder Tayla Parkes has 2 goals and two assists on the season to give her a total of 6 points on the year for the Knights. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2019

“We challenged the guys at half time.”

JIM MCELDERRY Head Coach

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MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS DEFENSE SEEKS GROWTH

Knights look to improve in key areasJOSHUA VALDEZ

CORRESPONDENT

As the Rutgers men’s basket-ball team is gearing up for the start of the season, it’s still work-ing hard to improve on certain areas of weakness from last year.

One of these areas is defense. “I don’t like where our defense

is,” said head coach Steve Pikiell. “It’s just not where it should be for having veteran guys.”

Looking at the Scarlet Knights’ defensive stats last year, there is room for improvement. They ranked just 11th out of 14 Big Ten teams in points allowed per game, with 68.8. They also ranked 10th in opponent field goal percentage, with 42.5%.

With that being said, Pikiell stressed that he sees potential for improvement.

“We just have to become more consistent. We’ll go on a three day stretch (in practice) where I really like us a lot,” Pikiell said. “Then we’ll go two days where I think ‘oh boy, we have a long way to go. We’ve got to continue to harp on it and be good at it. I think we have a chance, because our length is outstanding. We’ve got the longest team we’ve ever had, but we have to be tough-er. We have to be disciplined, and believe in our teammates.”

The team’s frontcourt does have some towering players, in-cluding 6-foot-11-inch sophomore forward Luke Nathan, 6-foot-9-

inch senior forward Shaq Carter and 6-foot-10-inch sophomore center Myles Johnson.

Johnson offered insight into his role on the team and how he will help them improve.

“Me being the biggest, I’m more of the post presence and rim protector,” he said. “But we’re di-viding the responsibilities equally,

everyone needs to do their part.”Look for him to use his height

and rim-protecting skills to help Rutgers block shots in the paint. This was yet another subpar de-fensive category for the Knights last year, as they ranked just 10th in the conference with 124 blocks. Johnson himself was second on the team last year, with 23 blocks.

Another area of concern is free throws. Pikiell gave a come-dic response to a reporter bring-ing up the team’s 63% free throw percentage, ranked the worst in the conference.

“It’s a new year now, we’re at 0%. We have to improve in that area, certainly. We’ve spent a ton

Senior forward Shaq Carter totaled 101 rebounds last year for Rutgers, accumulating an average of 3.6 per game in the 28 that were played for the Knights. GARRETT STEFFE / MARCH 2019

of time with it, and you hope that the right guys are taking the free throws, too,” Johnson said. “I cer-tainly believe adding (true fresh-man guard) Paul Mulcahy, and (junior guard) Jacob Young will help. (Graduate student forward) Akwasi Yeboah shoots well over 80% from the line for his career. That helps, but our other guys have to get better too.”

One of those “other guys” is Johnson, who made just 40% of his free throws last year.

“Every day we shoot free throws” Johnson said. “We make it a big part of our practice to get on the line and make free throws. We’ve been doing challenges to simulate the pressure of making it in a real game. We added incen-tives and punishments for making and missing shots. Personally, I changed my form as well.”

Rutgers will hope to build on its hard work this presea-son to turn these two areas into strengths. The good news is that the majority of the team is healthy going into the year, which gives them an opportunity to keep de-veloping and improving.

“Knock on wood, our health is good,” Pikiell said. “Other than the regular nicks, we’re pretty good in that area for this time of year. I’ll double-knock to that.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

Rutgers visits Princeton for local inviteGIDEON FOXCORRESPONDENT

Cross country is never a well-spectated sport, especially in the college world.

There are a multitude of reasons for that, including bad weather during races, because they’re outside during the fall and winter seasons. Another reason is since courses are built to traverse hills, go in and out of wooded ar-eas and sometimes feature water obstacles, it’s impossible to deter-mine a location for bleachers.

Even if there were bleachers, runners only pass a certain spot once or twice.

Most of the crowd tends to stay at the finish line where it can watch exhausted runners use whatever energy they have left to try to move up a few places.

But there’s more to the sport than what meets the spectator’s eye during a race.

There are months of intense training that lead up to each race. This year for the Rutgers men’s cross country team, its training fea-tured “more mileage and longer, dis-tance-based track and tempo run”, said head coach Mike Mulqueen in an article by The Daily Targum.

Depending on what a course may feature, teams will adjust their training. In preparation for the Ohio State Invitational, the Scarlet Knights practiced run-ning up and down hills that were higher than what they would see at Ohio State. Preparation is key

to winning races, especially when it is tailored to a specific race.

Runners also must eat a care-fully balanced diet, with foods that will satisfy them and help their bodies recover after a workout. It’s important for each runner to know which foods satisfy their health needs. When the team eats togeth-er at Livingston Dining Commons, they all know what they should eat.

“Some guys have special meals,” said senior Andrew Comito.

All of their hard work has paid off this year. Rutgers has boasted several impressive achievements this season including a first-place finish at the Fordham Fiasco, and most recently a third-place finish at the Metropolitan Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

During a race, there are both team and individual aspects. As teammates, you work together to score a low number of points and lead by example, as senior Cole Pschuner and Comito do.

Individuals have to carry their weight to not score a higher number of points. Unlike most other sports, teammates can physically help you. They can pass the ball to you or block for you. In cross country, your teammates are always there to help, but it is an individual effort to cross the finish line as quick as possible.

The Knights run in the Big Ten and compete with the likes of the Buckeyes, Indiana and Michigan.

For updates on the Rutgers

men’s cross country team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY PRINCETON INVITE, TOMORROW, ALL DAY

Head coach Mike Mulqueen and the Knights head down to Princeton this Saturday for the team’s final event before the Big Ten Championships on Nov. 3.THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2018

“Me being the biggest, I’m more of the post presence

and rim protector.”

MYLES JOHNSON Sophomore Center

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We just have to become more consistent. We’ll go on a three-day stretch (in practice) where I really

like us a lot.”

—Men’s basketball head coach Steve PikiellSPORTSTHURSDAY OCTOBER 17, 2019 ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COMRUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK

AMANDA VISCO,senior back on the women’s soccer team, was named Defensive Player of the Week for Rutgers after notching the game-winning goal off a corner kick in the Knights’ game against the Hawkeyes on Oct. 4. It was the second of the year.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

VOLLEYBALL

vs. Purdue

at No. 21 Ohio State

at Michigan State

Tonight, 8 p.m., Yurcak Field

Tomorrow, 3 p.m., Columbus, Ohio

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., East Lansing, Mich.

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MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 2, HARTFORD 2

FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS-NO. 21 OHIO STATE, TOMORROW, 3 P.M.

Knights set to challenge Buckeyes on road

Rutgers ties Hartford in comeback effort

SEE EFFORT ON PAGE 10True freshman midfielder Jackson Temple had a goal in the Knights’ Tuesday night contest against the Hawks, giving him a total of 5 on the season in his 13 career games for Rutgers. BENJAMIN CHELNITSKY / OCTOBER 2019

Junior goalkeeper Gianna Glatz has 52 saves for Rutgers to help her accumulate a .743 save percentage this year in her 12 games played between the pipes. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2019

CHRIS TSAKONASCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers men’s soccer team got off to a rough start on the road, but came back from 2-0 down to tie Hartford 2-2 on Tues-day night.

The Scarlet Knights (7-3-3, 1-3-1) con-trolled much of the first half, but conceded against the run of play in the 34th minute. After a failed clearance, the Hawks’ (7-2-4, 2-0-1) Jovanté Etienne brought the ball down the right wing, and sent in a cross that was put home by teammate Tomer Drimmer at the top of the box.

Drimmer’s finish would put Rutgers down a goal at the break, and things went bad to worse after the second half got underway.

Two minutes into the second half, Etienne collected a goal kick on the edge of the 18. With space to maneuver, he played a ball across the face of goal to find teammate Con-nor Aksoz at the edge of the six, doubling the Hartford’s lead.

They wouldn’t stay down two goals for long, as the Knights struck back in the 49th minute. True freshman midfielder Jackson Temple delivered a cross from the right wing that was deflected by a defender. It found the feet of sophomore midfielder

DELANEY ZUBRICKSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers field hockey team is heading out to the Buckeye Varsity Field to take on No. 21 Ohio State. The No. 18 Scarlet Knights (6-6, 1-3) will be playing their closest ranked match this season but during an away game. While Rut-gers is 2-3 in away games, it is only 3-3 at home.

They are fairly evenly split, and the Buck-eyes (6-6, 1-3) are 3-4 at home, so this game is very closely matched up.

Going into the details of each team, the Knights have had some tough matchups in this season alone. They have gone up against eight ranked teams, and this game on Friday will be their ninth ranked game this season.

Out of those ranked teams, Rutgers has beaten two. First it was then-No. 24 Maine and also then-No. 6 Princeton, but every game in between those rankings have ended in a loss.

But, both the Knights and Ohio State are 1-3 in the conference, which is a factor that will play into the competitive nature of this game.

For the team as a whole, the Buckeyes take the lead when it comes to goals scored per game. Ohio State makes 3.50 goals per

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