Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980. MONDAY JANUARY 27, 2020 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK Weather Partly Cloudy High: 45 Low: 30 KOBE BRYANT Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, dies in helicopter crash SEE SPORTS, BACK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM ENDORSEMENTS The ethics of promoting a presidential candidate SEE OPINIONS, PAGE 6 VOLUME 151, ISSUE 112 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • OPINIONS ... 6 • INSIDE BEAT... 8• DIVERSIONS ... 9 • SPORTS ... BACK GRAMMY MISCONDUCT Former CEO highlights issues with award show SEE INSIDE BEAT, PAGE 8 U. climate task force discusses initial report Robert Kopp, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, is a co-chair of the task force. RUTGERS.EDU Professor explains spread of coronavirus MADISON MCGAY CORRESPONDENT The President’s Task Force on Carbon Neutrality and Climate Resil- ience, originally announced by Uni- versity President Robert L. Barchi in September 2019, have released its preplanning report that outlines a comprehensive Climate Action Plan for the University to consider. The task force consists of 12 members. Robert Kopp, a profes- sor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, and Kevin Lyons, associate professor of pro- fessional practice at Rutgers Busi- ness School at Rutgers–Newark and Employee sues Rutgers for racial discrimination SEE REPORT ON PAGE 5 SEE DISCRIMINATION ON PAGE 5 The new strain of coronavirus began in Wuhan, China, and was linked to a seafood and live animal market which has since been shut down. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Eleanor Bullock, a member of the Rutgers University Procurement Services, was not told why she did not receive a promotion, which is a violation of state law. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS associate director of the Rutgers Energy Institute, have worked as co-chairs for the task force. The 43-page preplanning report looks at models from other public sector universities and market enti- ties, and lays out a plan for the next 18 months, Kopp said. “Equity and other concerns have to be central to it,” Kopp said. “I think where we have an opportu- nity to innovate is really thinking about how Rutgers can not only get our own act in order, with much of which we’ve been doing, but with- out a structured shift strategy to allow us to evaluate and communi- cate what we’re doing.” HAYLEY SLUSSER STAFF WRITER The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 56 people and affected ap- proximately 2,000 others in China, where it originated. The virus is continuing to spread globally, ac- cording to an article on CNN. Debra Chew, an assistant pro- fessor of Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who used to work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the disease belongs to a larger family of viruses that has previously not been seen in humans, according to an article on Rutgers Today. “While a lot about this new coro- navirus is still unknown, it may have been transmitted to humans from an animal source, as many of the confirmed early cases were linked to a seafood/live animal mar- ket in Wuhan, which has since been closed,” Chew said, according to the article. Chew said in the article that close contact with someone infected with MADISON MCGAY CORRESPONDENT A Rutgers University employee has filed a lawsuit against the Univer- sity after claiming she was not given a promotion due to her race, according to an article on NJ Advance Media. Eleanor Bullock, a member of the Rutgers University Procurement Services, said that the University had hired several white men and women for jobs over the years that she had applied for, according to the article. Bullock said that she was repeat- edly denied these positions without an explanation, a violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimi- nation, according to the article. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month, according to the article. “No one, absolutely no one of authority in University Procure- ment, has ever sat with the plaintiff to help, to guide, to consult, to di- rect, to assist, to support except to simply deny her of the opportunity which she believes is the result of blatant discrimination and racism,” Bullock’s attorney wrote, according to the article. A Rutgers University spokes- woman said that the University will SEE SPREAD ON PAGE 5
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Serving the Rutgers community
since 1869. Independent since
1980.
MONDAY JANUARY 27, 2020RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK
WeatherPartly Cloudy
High: 45Low: 30
KOBE BRYANT Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, dies in helicopter crash
SEE SPORTS, BACK
ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM
ENDORSEMENTS The ethics of promoting a presidential candidate
GRAMMY MISCONDUCT Former CEO highlights issues with award show
SEE INSIDE BEAT, PAGE 8
U. climate task force discusses initial report
Robert Kopp, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, is a co-chair of the task force. RUTGERS.EDU
Professor explains spread of coronavirus
MADISON MCGAYCORRESPONDENT
The President’s Task Force on Carbon Neutrality and Climate Resil-ience, originally announced by Uni-versity President Robert L. Barchi in September 2019, have released its preplanning report that outlines a comprehensive Climate Action Plan for the University to consider.
The task force consists of 12 members. Robert Kopp, a profes-sor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, and Kevin Lyons, associate professor of pro-fessional practice at Rutgers Busi-ness School at Rutgers–Newark and
Employee sues Rutgers
for racial discrimination
SEE REPORT ON PAGE 5
SEE DISCRIMINATION ON PAGE 5
The new strain of coronavirus began in Wuhan, China, and was linked to a seafood and live animal market which has since been shut down. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Eleanor Bullock, a member of the Rutgers University Procurement Services, was not told why she did not receive a promotion, which is a violation of state law. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
associate director of the Rutgers Energy Institute, have worked as co-chairs for the task force.
The 43-page preplanning report looks at models from other public sector universities and market enti-ties, and lays out a plan for the next 18 months, Kopp said.
“Equity and other concerns have to be central to it,” Kopp said. “I think where we have an opportu-nity to innovate is really thinking about how Rutgers can not only get our own act in order, with much of which we’ve been doing, but with-out a structured shift strategy to allow us to evaluate and communi-cate what we’re doing.”
HAYLEY SLUSSERSTAFF WRITER
The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 56 people and affected ap-proximately 2,000 others in China, where it originated. The virus is continuing to spread globally, ac-cording to an article on CNN.
Debra Chew, an assistant pro-fessor of Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who used to work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the disease belongs to a larger family of viruses that
has previously not been seen in humans, according to an article on Rutgers Today.
“While a lot about this new coro-navirus is still unknown, it may have been transmitted to humans from an animal source, as many of the confirmed early cases were linked to a seafood/live animal mar-ket in Wuhan, which has since been closed,” Chew said, according to the article.
Chew said in the article that close contact with someone infected with
MADISON MCGAYCORRESPONDENT
A Rutgers University employee has filed a lawsuit against the Univer-sity after claiming she was not given a promotion due to her race, according to an article on NJ Advance Media.
Eleanor Bullock, a member of the Rutgers University Procurement Services, said that the University had hired several white men and women for jobs over the years that she had applied for, according to the article.
Bullock said that she was repeat-edly denied these positions without an explanation, a violation of the
New Jersey Law Against Discrimi-nation, according to the article.
The lawsuit was filed earlier this month, according to the article.
“No one, absolutely no one of authority in University Procure-ment, has ever sat with the plaintiff to help, to guide, to consult, to di-rect, to assist, to support except to simply deny her of the opportunity which she believes is the result of blatant discrimination and racism,” Bullock’s attorney wrote, according to the article.
A Rutgers University spokes-woman said that the University will
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Martin J. Blaser, Henry Rutgers chair of the human microbiome, and Dominguez-Bello are both involved in Canadian Institute for Advanced Research’s Humans and the Microbiome program and published their theory earlier this month. RUTGERS.EDU
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Two Rutgers University professors involved in a think tank proposed a new hypothe-sis stating diseases like cancer and diabetes can be transmitted between individuals through microbes that live on and in humans, according to a recent press release.
Maria Dominguez-Bello, Hen-ry Rutgers professor of micro-biome and health, and Martin J. Blaser, Henry Rutgers chair of the human microbiome, are both members of the Canadian Insti-tute for Advanced Research (CI-FAR), and play a role in CIFAR’s Humans and the Microbiome pro-gram, according to the release.
Their team proposed its the-ory about disease transmission in an article in “Science” earlier this month.
Dominguez-Bello said that while there is no science to back up the specifics of the idea yet, it is based on existing literature.
“If you put the microbiome of a diseased mouse into another mouse, you accelerate and in-crease the risk of disease in the recipient mouse,” she said.
The microbiome is a part of the human body that is made up of mi-crobes that have co-evolved with humans, Dominguez-Bello said.
“(The microbes) are human in that humans are their only habitat, but they are not human in the sense that they have dif-ferent genomes,” she said. “They live in humans and they regulate human physiology.”
Dominguez-Bello said ani-mals and plants all have their own microbiomes. Complex life forms have evolved in the pres-ence of microbes and microbi-al interactions are critical for health and well-being.
One example of microbiome transmission between humans is a fecal transplant in colitis cases. Fecal transplants, accord-ing to a 2019 editorial by Blaser in “The New England Journal of Medicine,” involve administer-ing fecal matter from a healthy donor into an ill person. The process, he said, has been ef-fective in treating patients with certain infections.
“You find your husband on the street basically, you are not genet-ically related. But your microbi-omes become closer, that’s well known,” Dominguez-Bello said.
“If you know that between husband and wife there is a lot of microbiota transmission, does it imply that if a person with colitis marries a person that is very healthy, they will improve their disease? Or could that person transmit their pro-inflammatory microbiota to the healthy person?”
The hypothesis could also have implications for therapies or issues such as obesity. Like the human genome, microbes can be manipu-lated, Dominguez-Bello said.
“If you take germ-free mice, separate them into two groups and give one group the micro-biota of dead mice and the oth-er group the microbiota of live mice, then the same group of mice divided into two groups
Maria Dominguez-Bello, Henry Rutgers professor of microbiome and health, said microbes can be transmitted and can regulate human physiology. FLICKR
show two dif ferent phenotypes. The ones that receive microbi-ota from obese mice gain more weight than ones who don’t. The same with Type 1 diabe-tes,” she said.
Dominguez-Bello said the article is meant to open up a dialogue on the potential pos-itive or negative ef fects of mi-crobiota transmission between humans and encourage new research. Her team at CIFAR
thinks research on this issue is important for both healthy and diseased individuals.
“This is a perspective paper. It’s not a facts paper,” she said. “Nothing has been done scientif-ically already. We are opening the question so that by publishing it, somebody may be interested in studying it or some foundation may see it as important and open a call for funding.”
Dominguez-Bello said CIFAR
is an opportunity for professionals across disciplines to work togeth-er to study societal problems and areas for further research.
“We just go there to talk about anything that occurs to us,” she said. “It’s important because there aren’t many op-portunities to sit there and lis-ten to sociologists and anthro-pologists and historians and philosophers and ask questions about the microbiome.”
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REPORTCommunity participation is important for creating Climate Action Plan, Barchi says
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Kopp said that the Climate Action Plan will focus on not only emissions directly produced by the University – such as transportation and land use – but also products purchased from third parties that may be asso-ciated with carbon footprints.
The success of the Climate Ac-tion Plan, Lyons said, is depen-dent on actually following up its plans with action.
“Really, the preliminary report was just to identify Rutgers and who we are. You have to get to a point where you have to say, ‘Okay, now we (have) to do it,’” Lyons said. “We have to actually develop a blueprint for how, because we’ve seen in past reports that come out and say ‘Hey, this is what the is-sue is,’ and then it sort of sits up on a shelf somewhere and nobody does anything about it.”
Engaging the entire Rutgers community is a priority, Kopp said. The task force aims to look at how the University can be a catalyst in the develop-ment of climate policy through-out the state.
“One of the things the task force can literally do is just en-gage the whole community. We’ve already started bringing on a whole bunch of staff mem-bers onto the task force,” Kopp said. “We’re in the process of getting student representatives from all four campuses – Chan-cellor unit campuses – onto the task force.”
When asked about Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) and his recent-ly announced Energy Master Plan, Lyons said that the opera-tional side of the University will work in alliance with what the state is doing.
Kopp also said that while Mur-phy’s Energy Master Plan stated that their goal was to have 100 percent clean energy economy by 2050, the University’s report did not outline a specific time frame.
“You want that decision to be based on thoughtful analysis, not just on picking a number,” Kopp said. “I think it’s fair to say that if the state has a target of 2050 car-bon neutrality, as a University, we have less of a challenge than the state as a whole. We better be bet-ter than the state target.”
Lyons said that in order to work this plan into every aspect of Rutgers, the report needs to be worded in a way that allows everyone in the University com-munity to be involved.
“We’re taking it seriously and that takes time to get into the crevices and all the places that the University would need to be on board. Every faculty, staff and student needs to be a participa-tory member in this, so it has to be written in a way, this final big report, that everyone feels that, ‘Hey, this is me. I’m part of this as well,’” Lyons said.
In a University-wide email, Bar-chi announced the task force’s plans to hold town hall meetings in Camden, Newark, New Bruns-wick and Piscataway in February to receive public input on the Cli-mate Action Plan.
“Active participation across Rutgers is critical to the pro-cess of creating our Climate Action Plan,” Barchi said, ac-cording to the email. “We need to hear from our students, our faculty and our staf f, as well as alumni and members of our governing boards, about the
most important steps we can take to achieve our goals.”
Lyons also said that these town hall meetings and this Climate Action Plan aligns itself with the interests of student environmental groups on campus. He said this will not replace those organizations, but instead give them a chance to collaborate with the University community on a larger scale.
“This is not just a Rutgers-on-ly initiative. This is who we are,” Lyons said. “We’re part of this state and we’re part of the com-munity as well.”
the disease facilitated its spread. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. The virus can also re-sult in severe symptoms such as pneumonia, kidney failure or death.
Because the virus is new, Chew said, there is no specif-ic treatment, but the individual
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University President Robert L. Barchi created the climate task force in September 2019. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR
symptoms can be treated. She said the CDC and the World Health Organization are cur-rently researching the virus to understand the causes and im-prove the treatment, according to the article.
“Since this is a new virus, there is no vaccine, and it can take (a) number of years for a new vac-cine to be developed,” Chew said.
Five cases of the coronavi-rus have been reported in the United States, according to CNN, but Chew said the risk for Americans is still low, ac-cording to the article. Melodee Lasky, assistant vice chancellor for Health and Wellness, sent a University-wide email on Jan. 23 to inform students about the symptoms of the disease.
“While there have been no reported cases in our region, I urge everyone to be mindful of the symptoms and to seek treat-ment immediately if you feel you may have contracted the ill-ness,” Lasky said.
not comment on pending litiga-tion, according to the article.
Bullock was hired by the Univer-sity as an assistant buyer in 1998 and was later promoted to a buyer position, according to the article.
When Bullock was first hired, she had a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and has since earned two master’s degrees from Rutgers University, according to the article.
Bullock said that she still holds the same job despite earning these degrees, with the recently
Debra Chew, an assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, said the virus currently has no cure. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
DISCRIMINATIONDespite earning multiple degrees, U. did not agree to promote her, Bullock says
CONTINUED FROM FRONT changed title of “category ana-lyst,” according to the article. She claims she was doing the work of a higher position.
She is not only suing the Uni-versity, but also the purchasing department and its acting direc-tor, according to the article.
Bullock is charging that she was discriminated against based on her race and was treated in a less favorable manner than white employees with similar creden-tials, according to the article. She is asking to be reinstated to “her right position” and provided with full back pay and seniority.
Bullock said white employees in the purchasing department with similar credentials were treated favorably. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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Taking breaks from technology is crucial
development, perhaps a new gadget or a cool new program, is a tremen-dously satisfying thing.
It is wonderfully exciting to expedite an annoying process — to au-tomate something right from a cell phone, to have access to something that once took days or weeks to process right away. In spite of this, over-reliance on digital technology is a dangerous habit and a threat that is relatively unique to the students of today.
As with any change, there are potential harms that come along with the benefits, abundant though they may be. It is important, not just as scholars but as people, that students develop an awareness of the patterns they have implemented into their lifestyles, and evaluate them in order to make positive changes, changes that may manifest both personally and academically.
One common issue is over-attachment to digital correspondences. Even without touching social media and the complexities that arise in that sphere, there has never before been a point that people are so reachable by so many people at virtually all times.
The common mindset of the time dictates that it would be absolutely dreadful to spend a day without a cell phone, or to keep it turned off and away through most the day. Some might note that the circumstances of their lives necessitate this constant communication — such is exactly my point.
There is an expectation regarding ease of communication that has never existed before, and it is a burden. Responding to messages and being open to texts, emails and whatever else at all times is a stressful thing — there is no time to sit back and dedicate oneself wholly to relaxation, and likewise no time to focus in and dedicate oneself wholly to a particular task.
This is a stressful way to live, and distractions (even if they are important distractions) intrude upon the task at hand. There are professors who demand that students refrain from cell phone use in class, and this is sometimes looked upon as a burden — indeed, per-haps it is — but a cell phone does represent a very real distraction during this period.
It would be folly to presume that prior to the digital age, there was no way to not pay attention during class, and it is not as though skip-ping class is a modern development. But now the delineation between distraction and necessity has become blurred and hazy to an extent not before seen.
I would advise, as a challenge of one’s own willpower, spending a couple with one’s cell phone nestled comfortably at home.
At first, it may seem difficult, but generally, few messages require such an urgency that they cannot wait a few hours. Society got along well enough for a very long time before this new-found challenge to a healthy work-life balance arose, and there is no reason things particu-larly need to be this way now.
After a couple of days, evaluate the changes resulting from dimin-ished attachment to a phone — depending upon the role it played prior to this little experiment, the way things turn out could be helpful in evaluating healthy personal choices. At the very least, it could make for an interesting consideration.
The relationship between digital development and academics takes a particularly interesting turn when one considers the role that mod-ern devices often now play in learning itself. Many students, in spite of the numerous studies claiming diminished retention of knowledge, are happy to continue taking notes during class on a laptop in lieu of the traditional reliance upon pen and paper.
Online classes and hybrid classes, heavily centered online, have emerged and offer an alternative to the traditional lecture format. The exceptional convenience of these classes is difficult to overstate.
For non-traditional students, for those who have difficult work sched-ules, particular personal obligations or even issues pertaining to trans-portation, being able to work at one’s own pace, at one’s own conve-nience and virtually anywhere is a tremendous boon.
Online classes make it much easier for many more people to pursue education, simply put. Conversely though, there is a cer-tain emotional, shared process to learning. A good lecture is not a mere recitation of the slides and some notes from the textbook, but consists of dynamic mutual connections between the students and the professor.
Online classes are certainly well and good, but even when utilizing webcams and voice chat, the benefits of the deeply human nuances of a good lecture cannot be emulated.
Online classes are a wonderful tool, and make logistic manage-ment much easier, but I would advise students who are fortunate enough to have physical lectures available to them to take advantage of the resources at hand — there are few opportunities in life to ded-icate oneself wholly to learning, and it would be tragic to squander such an opportunity.
Ash C. Dunlevy is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in plant science, agriculture and food systems. His col-umn, “Tempus Fugit,” runs on alternate Mondays.
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W hile a newspaper, or any other source of news, endorsing a political candi-date may seem a natural, if not inev-
itable occurrence at first — after all, those who work in the media, biased or not, have access to contemporary and topical information — the truth of the matter is that journalistic institutions should abstain from endorsing candidates.
The Iowa Caucuses, set to be held on Feb. 3, is one of the first and most important races in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. The Des Moines Register, an influential newspaper in the state, endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for the primary, according to The New York Times. By doing so, it dampened its public perception of ob-jectivity and robbed impressionable voters from its personal agency.
“The newspaper, Iowa’s largest and most influen-tial, gave Ms. Warren a boost just over a week before the caucuses on Feb. 3, when Iowans will take part in the first nominating contest of the primary cycle,” according to the article.
Additionally, The New York Times itself confus-ingly endorsed two candidates with very different views, Warren and Sen. Amy K l o b u c h a r (D-Minn.) for the primary. Such a fickle and irreconcil-able endorse-ment by a na-tional outlet is bound to cause issues.
Newspapers have “news” within its spelling. News is simply the relaying of events to the pub-lic — that is the jurisdiction of their authority. Passing along information does not make news institutions an authority on any matter aside from passing along information.
The problem with news agencies endorsing can-didates is not merely due to news’ responsibility to remain nonpartisan. Certain sections of newspapers — such as the one you are reading this piece in — are dedicated toward more partisan, non-objectivist ideas and ethics.
An editorial is the opinion of a news team’s editori-al board, a group usually separate from news report-ers and editors. While news editors are seldom — if ever — included on the editorial writing team, the public may not know that.
They simply read that “The New York Times” or “The Wall Street Journal” is endorsing a candi-date, and if they personally disagree with the en-dorsement of that paper, or even if they do agree,
there will be a shadow of doubt over that paper’s ability to remain impartial and the reliability of the news source’s content.
This is especially important for journalistic institutions in the modern day. Politicians from the entire political spectrum try to gain leverage over journalists, labeling them — sometimes cor-rectly — as biased. When public trust in journal-ism is shaken by politicians, so too is the founda-tion of a functioning governmental and political system, as the public needs a bedrock to rely on in terms of receiving information.
When facts are deemed as interpretative, a vac-uum opens for government officials to act cor-ruptly, as any media reporting on such corruption will be doubted. In essence, the media turns from a governmental watchdog to a political lapdog for politicians to exploit, use and berate at will.
Endorsements from large institutions also dilute how the electoral process works. Peo-ple should be granted the facts, which is what a newspaper is designed to provide, and make their voting decisions on their own. Powerful cor-porations should not be granted a vocal authority
over elections. Newspapers
and other jour-nalistic institu-tions delude t h e m s e l v e s through hu-bris into be-lieving that they are doing
something particularly noble by providing infor-mation, when the reality is that they are merely like any other large, rich and powerful organiza-tion. Imagine the backlash if Amazon endorsed a candidate.
Additionally, who comprises the editorial staff of large newspapers? Nearly universally, they are rich and powerful people who do not represent the full spectrum of American society. A farmer from Illinois or an entrepreneur living in California is not going to be best represented and advocated for by a newspa-per’s editing team.
All in all, the public has a right to know informa-tion, and journalists are critically important for that reason. That being said, newspapers should not be telling the public what to do with that information, particularly when it comes to supporting a certain political prospect.
By doing so, they harm the electoral process and prevent people from arriving at the voting decision that is best for them, aligns with their situation and reflects their personal ethics.
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Journalism, endorsements should not mixEndorsing candidates casts doubt on impartiality of news
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perhaps do not know this, but Trump is not being convicted.
At this moment, approximately half the country approves of removing Trump from of-fice. For impeachment, you need two-thirds of senators, so it is fair to say that you will rough-ly need two-thirds of Americans, or at least 60% of Americans, to make removal realistic.
The founders made the level for conviction two-thirds as to make it a higher level of sup-port need-ed than a simple ma-jority vote. It would be a bad state of play if presidents could come and go with half the United States Senate voting for conviction.
The other reason Trump will not be convicted is that he enjoys an incredible amount of support among the Republicans. He holds an 88% approval rating among the Republicans, according to Gallup.
This is important because the Republi-cans are not going to break from the base. If the Republicans are not going to break from the President, he will not be convict-ed. I even think some red-state Democrats will break with the party and vote to acquit.
Furthermore, democratic leadership has taken a path that will turn people off from caring.
First, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
delayed sending the impeachment to the United States Senate in a ploy to get more favorable trial rules. This was a baffling decision, based on the idea that this would give her leverage over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
The only problem is that it does not make any sense at all. Why would McCo-nnell care one bit when the trial happens?
The only people who care about getting the trial done are Demo-cratic Sena-tors running for president who would rather be in
Iowa. So of course, McConnell got what he wanted, and Pelosi lost some of her reputation as a clever political player.
But, more importantly, impeachment was used as a political tool which hurt its importance in the mind of the American people. Furthermore, it made the Dem-ocrat leadership look hypocritical as it rushed through the impeachment hear-ings because it was “so important to get this done quickly.” By delaying it, it made itself look dishonest.
This brings me to the other part of the trial that turns people off.
Since there is not much drama in what the outcome will be, the media and the Democrats have focused on the question of whether there should be witnesses.
Now, this is a good political weapon for the Democrats because people generally will think there should be witnesses. That being said, it again puts the Democrats in a bad light. That is because it was the job of the House of Representatives to get wit-nesses and present a case.
The Democrats rushed the impeach-ment hearings and then delayed the trial, so it makes people believe this whole thing is for more political noise.
Furthermore, if the senators are ar-guing over witnesses and not whether Trump committed high crimes and mis-demeanors, they are more likely to tune it out. The more the United States Senate focuses on things not directly related to the important question, the more people will ignore the trial.
The American people are tired of both political parties. It has been four years of controversies from both sides of the politi-cal aisle. The majority does not want to have to care about Washington D.C. and I firmly believe people are not invested in this im-peachment because it is just too much.
Combine that with the fact everyone knows how it will end, and they would rath-er focus on other things before the election in November.
Robert Suriano is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history. His column, “A RINO’s View,” runs on alter-nate Mondays.
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Impeachment proceedings have fallen flat, are excessive
I am a political junkie. I cannot get enough of politics. I
follow it, I volunteer for campaigns, I write about it and I talk about it. I even spent a night last semester watching re-runs from the United Kingdom gener-al elections (sup ladies). That is to say I think about politics a lot, perhaps too much. So, I should be in my element with this impeachment trial of President Don-ald J. Trump, and I should be attached to C-SPAN night and day.
I am not. The whole process has me rather bored
and I think most Americans feel the same way. One piece of data to support this is
that the television viewership is pretty low, as compared to other recent events like the confirmation hearing of Su-preme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In a more anecdotal piece of evidence, as I was writing this column, my roommate asked me what it was about and when I told them they sighed, shrugged and walked out of the room.
The question is why? Why are Americans — or perhaps more succinctly, why am I — having a tough time investing energy into this historic trial?
The first and probably the most import-ant reason is that the result is a foregone conclusion. I hate to break it to those who
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Former Grammy CEO alleges bias within organizationCATHERINE POSYTON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The always illustrious Grammy Awards aired last night on ABC following days of public criticism after its CEO was abruptly sus-pended without warning.
Chief Executive Officer of The Recording Academy Deborah Du-gan has accused the award show’s Recording Academy of gender and race discrimination, as well as sexual misconduct, both before and after her suspension. This case is the latest addition to the #MeToo movement.
Nearing the end of her five-month employment, Dugan claims that she sent an email to human resources on Dec. 22 expressing concerns of board members’ behaviors and voting irregularities, according to NBC News. Dugan went on to also state that she was sexually harassed by the Academy’s lawyer, Joel Katz.
Almost a month later, Dugan was placed on adminis-trative leave just 10 days before the music awards allegedly due to claims that she “created a ‘toxic’ work environment with an ‘abu-sive and bullying’ management style,” according to the article.
A previous co-worker at the non-profit AIDS advocacy group, Charles Gibbs, publicly expressed his shock about these claims and went on to tell the media that Dugan is “one of the most compassionate and selfless people” that he had ever met, ac-cording to The Los Angeles Times.
Since Dugan’s absence, she has denied the inauspicious alle-gations against her and has filed a complaint with the Equal Em-ployment Opportunity Commis-sion. Reportedly, the complaint explains the malpractice and intol-erance she uncovered at the Acad-emy, according to The Atlantic.
Dugan cited several statistical facts within the complaint. More spe-cifically, she reminded the public that within the past five years, 9.3 percent of nominations in the telecast’s top five categories have been women.
This is not the first time the Grammy has faced criticism in the public eye.
In 2018, pop singer Alessia Cara was the only woman who had won a solo award. During a
press conference, the Academy’s previous CEO, Neil Portnow, was asked about the circumstances of the fact.
Portnow responded saying “‘women who have the creativity
in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers and want to be part of the industry on the exec-utive level’ simply needed to ‘step up,’” according to The New Yorker.
During his 16-year high-rank-ing residency, Portnow has al-legedly been accused of rape by an anonymous Carnegie Hall per-former. Dugan has asserted that the Recording Academy’s board of trustees knew of the claim.
Though these allegations sup-port Dugan’s argument about sex-ism in the workplace, the Gram-my has denied these assertions after an internal investigation took place, according to The Atlantic.
In the wake of the misogyny surrounding the esteemed award show, the #MeToo movement be-comes more prominent than ever as opening statements of the ever so infamous Harvey Weinstein tri-al goes underway.
Over the past three years, count-less women have come forward indicating blatant corruption and sexual misconduct in the workforce, sending the media into a frenzy. Dis-tinguished conglomerates like NBC, Fox, Hollywood and now the Record-ing Academy have been blamed for protecting the predatory behavior.
The #MeToo movement took off when actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan broke their silence and accused Weinstein of sexual
The former Chief Executive Officer of The Recording Academy, Deborah Dugan, has accused the Grammy of misconduct and bias. She was the first woman to hold the position. TWITTER
assault, prompting victimized women everywhere to come for-ward with their own stories about the lewd abuse of men in power, according to BBC. The term "Me Too" was first coined in 2006 by so-cial activist Tarana Burke.
Amid the accusations, Today show co-anchor Matt Lauer was immediately fired after being suspected of several counts of sexual harassment by fellow em-ployees dating back to 2014, ac-cording to Variety.
Now, at the height of the empow-ering cultural phenomenon, Holly-wood has gone on to make money by exploiting assault stories inspired by events in recent releases such as “Bombshell,” “The Morning Show” and “Unbelievable.”
While no acts of sexual mis-conduct by employers at the Recording Academy have been confirmed, the fight for gender equality in a patriarchal work envi-ronment and society continues to grow more aggressive every day.
Studying tips for organized, healthy start to Spring 2020 semester RHEA SWAINCORRESPONDENT
As we head into a new semes-ter and a whole new decade, college life will only get busier and more stressful in the months to come. Spring into the Spring 2020 semester with confidence and make sure to be on top of your academics, without neglect-ing your physical and mental well-being. Here are some help-ful study hacks to help you effi-ciently handle your course load this semester.
PLAN AHEAD OF TIMESetting up a planner, Google
Calendar or Bullet Journal takes a matter of minutes and can really set you up for success this semester.
Having everything – your class and work schedule, university events, midterms, quizzes, dead-lines, final exams, textbook rental returns – listed in a digital or written repository will help you maintain your work-life balance by giving you a visual summary of the semester.
The early bird gets the worm: Start this planning process at the very beginning of the semester by
highlighting important dates on your syllabi and promptly input-ting them into your planning tool of choice.
FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACEYour physical space greatly af-
fects your mental state, so it's im-portant to know what you like when it comes to creating a productive, distraction-free study environment. Whether you're intensely writing out an essay, doing a long assigned reading or taking down notes for a difficult class, make sure you have everything you need within arms
Bullet Journaling, pictured above, is one of the many ways to get organized. Using keys, rulers, pens and a lot of planning, some use the Bullet Journal to formulate their days. KELLY CARMACK
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reach: books, headphones, statio-nery, snacks and water.
Sit at a clean and well-lit desk in your room, or head to a local cafe for a change of pace. In the city of New Brunswick, I'd highly rec-ommend Hidden Grounds Coffee on Easton Avenue and Caffe Bene on George Street.
Timing is especially important. Once you've endured the Add/Drop week at Rutgers and finalized your schedule for the semester, identify substantial chunks of time where you can comfortably fit in some quality learning. Also, take into ac-count if you're a morning person or night owl and plan life accordingly.
TAKE A BREAKGiving yourself a moment to
breathe every few hours during a long day of studying is the ultimate form of self-care and can help pre-vent burnout in the long run.
A productive break could sim-ply mean stepping away from your desk to grab a bite to eat, or socializing with your roommates and friends. Doing some medita-tion or exercise, or even a 20-min-ute face mask in between study sessions, are great ways to treat yourself for working hard.
Try to minimize your screen time during breaks, as it's almost too easy to get sucked into your infinitely entertaining social me-dia feeds. Since much of the 21st
century studying happens through the means of a laptop, you might be putting more strain on your eyes than you need to if you keep periodically looking at your phone. To avoid this most accessible form of procrastination, put your phone on Do Not Disturb or Airplane mode when you need to study.
GET TO SLEEPCollege culture often romanti-
cizes binge eating and all-nighters and hypes up being overworked, underfed and sleep-deprived. But, getting six to eight hours of sleep is an incredibly viable lifestyle and should be a no-brainer for most.
In order to sustain good grades, try to get your sleeping schedule in order alongside consistent hydra-tion and a balanced diet. There are plenty of sleep alarm applications available that can help you curate and maintain a healthy sleep cycle.
Naps are also a great way to take a pause, but be aware that long naps can set you back in terms of productivity by making you groggy. The ideal nap time is around 10 to 20 minutes, accord-ing to an article on The Huffing-ton Post. The article also explores the concept of a caffeinated nap, which suggests that a healthy dose of coffee before a nap of the aforementioned brief duration can enhance the benefits of an after-noon coffee and siesta.
Happy Birthday: Preparation and organization will be essential this year. Getting everything in order will help ease stress and encourage positive change. The less you have to feel responsible for, the better. An emotional change should go along with clearing the clutter from your life. Getting tan-gled up in someone’s affairs will lead to confusion, uncertainty, anger and disengaging from relationships. Your numbers are 7, 12, 18, 26, 31, 34, 46.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ful-fill any promises made, and get on with your day. Stay focused on re-sponsibilities, tying up loose ends and helping someone in need. The more you do, the better you will feel. Personal growth will change your life. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s up to you to bring about change. Stop waiting and start doing. Update your look, and search for new ways to use your skills. Offer solutions, and be willing to lend a helping hand. Something good will tran-spire. 4 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put more thought into job responsibili-ties. Don’t count on someone to do the work for you. Expect someone to try to tempt you to do something that is indulgent or that could upset someone you love. Be firm and say no. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put in the time, and reap the rewards. Don’t be shy if you have an idea or think you can solve a problem; speak up. Your input will cause some con-troversy, but in the end, it will lead to personal gain. 5 stars LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Put a limit on your generosity. If you overspend, you will be left short when it comes time to pay your bills. Clear thinking should take precedence over impul-sive action. Handle a challenge with care. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A change will lift your spirits and en-courage you to participate more in your community. Networking events will allow you to show off your skills and bring about positive change. A partnership looks promising. Choose patience over aggression. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take your time, think matters through and take a wait-and-see approach regarding what’s going on around you. Don’t get upset over the chang-es someone makes. Choose to take a pass instead of offering criticism or complaints. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A change of scenery will lift your spir-its. Chill out, and enjoy the process of preparing for something that looks promising. Show affection, and be innovative in the way you approach a lifestyle change. Personal improvement is on the rise. 5 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be careful how you handle friends and relatives. Offer sound solutions if asked for your input. Don’t engage in gossip or listen to someone who is offering a speculative point of view. Truth and facts matter. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Review projects, and see if there is any value in revisiting an old idea or plan. Getting together with someone you haven’t seen in a while will be a reminder of things you used to love doing. Romance is favored. 4 stars
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Think and do. Following through with your plans will keep you occupied. Don’t worry about the changes someone is making. Accept inevitable change, and carry on doing your own thing. Question motives if someone is too complimentary or generous. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Help a cause. Reach out to someone from your past. A chance to address a matter that was left undone will encourage you to move forward. A change should be made for the right reason, not out of anger or revenge. 3 stars
Bryant’s career accolades include 18 All Star Game, 15 All-NBA selections
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Knights hang on despite late comeback effort from Cornhuskers
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having a particularly good game at this point, with 3 points on 1-of-7 shooting from the field. With that being said, the team still trusted its captain with the last shot. The sus-pense thickened in the arena with each second that he dribbled. As the final seconds counted down, Baker crossed over, stepped back and launched a long three-pointer.
Pure chaos ensued at the RAC. The noise was deafening as the shot went in, and the team swarmed Baker. Not only did Rut-gers preserve its undefeated home record, but Baker also proved that the injury did not take away his clutch gene. He is still the go-to player in a do-or-die situation.
“When that shot went in, it was just a winning feeling,” Baker said. “It felt really good. But it’s not about me making the shot, it’s about us winning the game. There were so many other plays before that shot that helped us win this game.”
In addition to Yeboah’s, many of those “other plays” were also
made by sophomore center Myles Johnson (9 points, 11 rebounds), sophomore guard Caleb McCo-nnell (12 points, four rebounds) and junior guard Jacob Young (12 points, three rebounds). Going past the box score, though, the entire team played impressive de-fense at the end of the game.
“Five straight stops,” said head coach Steve Pikiell. “There were long rebounds too. Everyone had to come together. We’re a good defensive team.”
Defense and rebounding are the reasons why the Knights are 13-0 at the RAC, the best home record of all Division I programs. Once again, they won the battle of the boards in this game, 42-35. If the team can keep out-rebound-ing its opponents on a regular ba-sis, Rutgers can stack up against anyone in the country.
“The RAC was awesome,” Pik-iell said. “The environment helps us a ton. It wasn’t pretty, but I kinda like those games. You have to figure out a way to grind out some games.”
him as a man who was much more than an athlete.”
O’Neal was another member of the basketball community who spoke about Bryant’s life.
“Kobe was so much more than an athlete, he was a family man. That was what we had most in common,” O’Neal said. “I would hug his children like they were my own and he would embrace my kids like they were his.”
Obama also took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the
matter and condolences to the Bryant family.
“Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act,” Obama said. “To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.”
Kobe Bryant was a five-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, 17-time NBA All-Star, the 2007-08 NBA MVP and sits fourth on the all-time scoring list.
Just hours before Kobe Bry-ant’s death, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers passed him on the all-time scoring list in Phil-adelphia, Kobe Bryant’s home-town. James took the time after the game to share with the media many experiences him and Kobe
Graduate student forward Akwasi Yeboah led all players with 20 points on 6-of-10 shooting. He also tallied seven rebounds, one steal and one block. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2019
Bryant had shared over the years, along with his thoughts about passing him in scoring.
“It doesn’t make sense. Just to make a long story short, now I’m here in a Lakers uniform, in Philadelphia, where he’s from. The first time I ever met him, gave me his shoes on All-Star Weekend. It’s surreal,” James said. “It doesn’t make no sense, but the universe just puts things in your life. And I guess when you live in the right way, when you just give it everything to whatever you’re doing, things happen organically.
Approximately 16 hours later, Kobe Bryant was reported dead. In the Rockets-Nuggets game Sunday, a moment of silence was held for the “Mamba.” In the Rap-tors-Spurs game, both teams drib-bled out the first 24-second shot clock in tribute to Kobe Bryant, who famously wore the number 24 throughout the latter half of his career. Six NBA games are sched-uled to be played today, with many more tributes to be expected both tonight and throughout the rest of the season.
Although this news was as-suredly shocking and heart-breaking for the basketball community, Kobe Bryant and his daughter’s lives extended beyond the realm of the sport. Kobe Bryant was active in his community, his daughter’s young basketball career and throughout the NBA world. He coached for Gianna Bryant’s basketball team, who was a ris-ing star in her own respect.
What Kobe Bryant leaves behind is not only a career of a number of dif ferent acco-lades and accomplishments, but also an impact on the many lives he was involved with over the course of his playing and post-retirement endeavors.
In 2018, Bryant became the first former basketball player to win an Oscar. His movie, titled, “Dear Basketball,” won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. WIKIMEDIA
“It doesn’t make no sense, but the universe just puts things in your
After suffering two losses last weekend at the hands of Cornell and Penn State, the Rutgers wres-tling team returned to the win col-umn with a dominant 29-7 victory over Indiana at the Rutgers Athlet-ic Center (RAC) on Friday.
Starting at 149 pounds on Sun-day against Purdue, the No. 22 Scarlet Knights (8-4, 3-3) had a slim 18-17 advantage over the No. 13 Boilermakers (11-2, 3-1) before the final bout of the day at 141 pounds.
Seeking his second win of the weekend slate, true freshman 141-pounder JoJo Aragona earned a takedown to conclude the open-ing period over Purdue’s Parker Filius, one of 10 redshirt sopho-mores on the Boilermakers’ roster.
The bout was knotted up at two in the second period. The score remained like that until the fourth period, where Filius ulti-mately came out victorious with a 4-2 meet-clinching victory for the road team.
Rutgers has now lost its last two Big Ten meets in conference com-petition, falling to a .500 record in that department on the season.
The Knights captured four in-dividual wins against Purdue, in-cluding a pin 3:45 into the match by true freshman 165-pounder Jackson Turley. It was his first
pin against any Big Ten opponent. Turley made his first start at the RAC since defeating Centenary’s Jeremy Nurnberger 9-3 for the Chester, Virginia native’s first win of his career on the Banks.
No. 22 redshirt freshman 184-pounder Billy Janzer mus-cled out a 3-1 win in extra time over Max Lyon on Sunday. He was two-for-two on the weekend, as he secured a win over the Hoosiers’ (0-6, 0-5) Jake Hinz on Friday evening.
No. 18 graduate student 197-pounder Jordan Paga-no swept this weekend’s dual meets. Against Indiana’s Nick Wilham, Pagano held him score-less through three periods, ulti-mately coming out on top with a dominant 5-0 victory.
On Sunday, though, Pagano’s win was in a different manner. Wrestling the Boilermakers’ No. 7 Christian Brunner, who is ranked inside the top 10 by Intermat and FloWrestling, Pagano won by inju-ry default 5:49 into the bout.
In the third period of Paga-no’s win over Brunner, the South Brunswick, New Jersey native swept his leg under Brunner in a takedown attempt. While the officials congregated at the scor-er’s table to review the potential 2-point takedown, Brunner was in pain. He hobbled off the mat with the assistance of trainers, as the
referees called a win for Pagano by injury default.
The upset by the 20th ranked Pagano over the 7th ranked Brunner was his 18th victory of the season, adding onto his record of 18-6.
No. 9 true freshman 133-pound-er Sammy Alvarez finished the weekend 2-0. He defeated the Hoosiers’ Cayden Rooks in a 14-5 major decision while working a 6-0 win over Travis Ford-Melton in full time.
Alvarez, like Pagano, is 18-6 in his first season as a Rutgers wrestler. His last loss came against the No. 2 Nittany Lions’ (7-1, 4-0) Roman Bravo-Young at Penn State.
The loss against Purdue was the Knights’ first loss of the series all-time. Rutgers still maintains a 4-1 advantage over the Boilermakers.
One of the most notable wins of the weekend was in a bout that lasted less than a minute and a half. Wrestling at the end of the Knights’ lineup against Indiana, junior 197-pounder Matthew Cor-renti was tapped in to fill sopho-more heavyweight Alex Esposi-to’s spot in the lineup.
Rutgers will head to New York City on Saturday for a matchup with Michigan, the first part of a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden in the annual Big Ten Su-per Saturday event.
Junior 165-pounder Brett Donner earned a major decision win to help the Knights defeat the Hoosiers on Friday. Donner has a 13-11 overall record this year. CURSTINE GUEVARRA / DECEMBER 2019
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KRISTIANA ZAHARE,sophomore on the tennis team, won 3 of her 4 matches over the weekend. Zahare claimed a singles victory on Friday against Army and followed up her effort with a win in both singles and doubles against Drexel on Saturday.
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Baker’s game-winner propels Rutgers to victory
Kobe, Gianna Bryant die in helicopter crash
SEE CRASH ON PAGE 10Kobe Bryant played for Team USA in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. The USA jersey was the only other one worn during his 20-year professional career. DANIEL HUGHES/AF.MIL
Junior guard Geo Baker had 6 points on 2-of-8 shooting from the field against the Cornhuskers. He added three assists and one rebound in addition to his game-winning shot. DUSTIN NILES / PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2019
MATT DECEGLIE & RAY LEWISCORRESPONDENTS
Kobe Bryant, an NBA icon who in-spired the world over the course of his professional basketball career, died at age 41 in a helicopter crash in the Los Angeles area Sunday morning. Nine people were believed to be on board, with one of them being Kobe Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant.
The group was traveling to one of Gi-anna Bryant’s basketball games when the crash occurred. It is reported that the dead include a parent and one of Gianna Bryant’s teammates. Vanessa (wife/mother), Natalia (daughter/sister), Bianka (daughter/sister) and 7-month-old Capri (daughter/sister) were not involved in the crash.
The tragedy sent shockwaves through not only the NBA, but also the rest of the world. Many prominent figures have spoken out, including icons like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, Luka Dončič, J.J. Watt, former President Barack Obama and many others as well.
“Most people will remember Kobe as the magnificent athlete who inspired a whole gen-eration of basketball players,” Abdul-Jabbar wrote on Twitter. “But I will always remember
JOSHUA VALDEZCORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers men’s basketball team de-feated Nebraska at home on Saturday after-noon by a narrow score of 75-72. The No. 24 Scarlet Knights (15-5, 6-3) and the Cornhusk-ers (7-13, 2-7) almost went to overtime at the sold-out Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), but junior guard Geo Baker had something to say about that.
The game was deadlocked at 72-72. Com-ing out of a timeout, Rutgers had the ball with 30 seconds left. Baker, despite starting the game on the bench, was the man with the ball in crunch time. While he has had decreased minutes recently due to his thumb injury, he is still the team’s unquestioned veteran leader.
Baker dribbled the ball down to 17 sec-onds and attempted a three-pointer. The ball clanked off the rim and into the outstretched arms of graduate student forward Akwasi Yeboah. The clutch offensive rebound was one of many important contributions Yeboah made on the day, as he led the Knights with 20 points.
Yeboah immediately kicked it back out to Baker at the top of the key. Baker had not been
