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The Daily Targum caucused its 147th editorial board, a group comprised of three first-year students, four sophomores and five juniors on Feb. 6 in the Livingston Student Center. TYLER KARALEWICH

Targum Board 147 looks to improve upon predecessors ALEXANDRA MEIER STAFF WRITER

The Daily Targum has had a rich 147 years of history, from covering the first collegiate football game and suggesting that Rutgers change its color to scarlet to gaining its independence from the University. This year alone, the Targum covered a great deal of big news, such as the Condoleezza Rice protests, Rutgers’

entering the Big Ten Conference and New Brunswick’s #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations.

As the archivists of University history and curators of campus discussion, the 146th editorial board took great pride in covering such events and carrying out Targum’s traditional values. Yet, last Friday marked the time for them to pass the torch to their successors. Although the Targum’s 147th editorial board fac-

es a great deal of challenges in the evolving world of journalism, these talented students are driven, eager and ready to take the reins.

LEADING LADIES Newly appointed Editor-in-Chief Marielle Sumergido, a School of Nursing junior, started her tenure at The Daily Targum as a staff photographer in September 2012.

From there, Sumergido, from Monroe Township, New Jersey, secured a spot on the masthead as the 145th board’s Social Media Editor and later the 146th board’s Online Editor.

Her decision to push herself to the top of the masthead was rooted in a desire to push herself to become a leader and absorb as much experience as possible.

Managing Editor Michelle Klejmont, a School of Arts and Sciences

KATIE PARK Students registered for online classes in the Mason Gross School of the Arts for the spring semester are coming face-to-face with ProctorTrack, the recently-launched service that asks students to scan their faces, IDs and knuckles via webcam to prevent cheating on online exams. ProctorTrack commands an additional student fee of $32, in addition to the mandated $100 convenience fee.

ProctorTrack, which debuted on Jan. 6, promotes itself as the “only fully automated remote proctoring solution,” using only the beady eye of the student’s webcam to maintain the integrity of taking exams in a largely unregulated environment.

The move is one in accordance with the United States Department

of Education’s Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, which requires colleges and universities with distance education programs to have mechanisms in place to ensure academic integrity, said E.J. Miranda, University spokesperson.

Under the act, he said it is within the authority of all colleges and universities to implement secure log-in usernames and passwords, proctored exams and identification verification technologies as they become widely accepted. Currently, Rutgers implements programs Examity and ExamGuard in addition to the newly adopted ProctorTrack.

The identification verification technologies adopted by colleges and universities, as stated by the DOE, are expected not to infringe on students’ violation rights, he said.

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U. unveils plans for redesigned College Avenue

Students protest use of exam tool ProctorTrack ACTING NEWS EDITOR

sophomore, joined the Targum the first day of the Spring 2014 semester after seeing a post on the Rutgers Photographers’ Facebook page.

Soon after, she became the 146th board’s Photo Editor.

“Once I got here, I was hooked,” said Klejmont, from Bayonne, New Jersey.

To Klejmont, the Targum

AVALON ZOPPO ACTING ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The College Avenue campus is expected to undergo major design reconstruction in approximately 15 to 20 years, according to Rutgers officials. COURTESY OF ANTONIO CALCADO

­­VOLUME 147, ISSUE 1 • SCIENCE... 7 • OPINIONS ... 8 • DIVERSIONS ... 10 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 12 • SPORTS ... BACK

Promenade down the Raritan River boardwalk. Jog across the biker and pedestrian footbridge connecting Livingston campus to the College Avenue campus. Enjoy meals at a replacement for the Brower Commons dining hall.

In the next 15 to 20 years, students will be enjoying these activities and more on the transformed campus, said Richard Edwards, chancellor of Rutgers–New Brunswick, referring to the University’s Physical Master Plan.

The plan, which was unveiled last week at Winants Hall to Board of Governors members, includes SEE PLANS ON PAGE 6

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Campus Calendar MONDAY 2/9 Rutgers Center for Lipid Research Seminar Series presents “Genetic and Environmental Regulation of Lipid Metabolism in the Zebrafish” from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Food Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Association of Undergraduate Geneticists presents “Would you like to major in genetics?” from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

TUESDAY 2/10 Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Raphael Trio with CJ Chang” from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Admission costs $5 for students, $10 for alumni and seniors and $15 for the public.

Rutgers Theater Company presents “School for Scandal” from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Philip J. Levin Theater on Douglass campus. Admission costs $15 for students, $20 for alumni and seniors, and $25 for the public.

WEDNESDAY 2/11 Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy hosts “Global Health Panel 2015” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Civic Square on the College Avenue campus.

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Center for Global Education hosts “How to Study Abroad with Your Major at Rutgers” from 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at the Allison Road Classroom building on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Debate union hosts Henry Rutgers Invitational WEINI ZHANG STAFF WRITER

Armed with arguments, robust vocal chords and lots of attitude, visiting students from across the countr y convened at Scott Hall last weekend to argue with each other for the Henr y Rutgers Championship Invitational.

The Rutgers Debate Union hosted the invitational as par t of the American Parliamentar y Debate Association at Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus on Feb. 6 and 7.

“We have 106 teams [and] 212 speakers representing over 25 colleges throughout the countr y,” said Nick Hansen, a junior in the School of Ar ts and Sciences and housing director of the invitational.

The tournament concluded with David Israel and Juliana Vigorito from Johns Hopkins University ranking first, with Aaron Murphy and Jerusalem Demsas from College of William and Mar y taking second place.

As the host, Rutgers did not par ticipate in the tournament, Hansen said.

“Ever y weekend there are two to three ADPA tournaments going on,” said Victoria Disla, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore and treasurer of Rutgers Debate Union.

“Since Rutgers is unopposed, we are the only scheduled tournament of the weekend and ADPA also holds its board meetings here,” she said.

Each team participating in the tournament went through five preliminary rounds of debate on Friday and Saturday morning, said Naeem Hossain, a first-year School of Arts and Sciences student, member of Rutgers Debate Union and a judge in the tournament.

Teams were given their win to loss record after the preliminar y rounds, he said, where a tabulation room sorted out the records of the teams and put the best 16 teams into a bracket system where they would debate against each other in octofinals, or the top eight, Hossain said.

After wards, the winning teams went on to quar ter finals, semifinals and finals. Those were “out rounds,” or elimination rounds, he said.

“Speaker points also helps us make the decision when there’s

a substantial number of people who have broken into the 4 to 1 spectrum,” Disla said. “Not all of them will make into the elimination rounds. Some get cut out based on that.”

The Rutgers Debate Union executive board and tournament staf f members were re-

“Anything greater than that, you have to be Jesus Christ for, but it is not impossible.”

VICTORIA DISLA Rutgers University Debate Union Treasurer

sponsible for smooth event operations during the tournament, Hansen said.

“We have 60 judges and over 100 teams,” Disla said. “There is one judge for inrounds and three for out rounds.”

Alumni who are no longer eligible to par ticipate in the tournament, af fectionately called “dinosaurs” or “dinos,” stay involved as judges, Hansen said.

“A lot of ‘dinos’ end up becoming really influential in government or finance,” Disla said.

“It’s a great chance to bond with people who have long been known in the circuit for great argumentation.”

Judging in the debate tournament is based on the substance of one’s argument, according to the APDA website.

Deepta Janardhan, alumi coordinator for Rutgers Debate Union, said she judged rounds based on how compelling and logical the arguments were.

“You can’t just explain your own ground,” she said. “You also have to engage in conversation with the other side of the round, and explain why helping the rest of the world is a more valuable way to spend your time and resources.”

Janardhan said she saw interesting topics being debated in the tournament and gave the highest scores she ever gave.

Speaker points can range

from one to 30, but most speakers are in the range of 25 to 26.75, Disla said.

“Anything greater than that, you have to be Jesus Christ for, but it is not impossible,” Disla said.

Disla said the APDA tournaments allow for the “Government” side to choose topics based on their interests. The opposition does not know the topic in advance, and attacks based on case statement and the “Government’s” arguments.

“A great thing about APDA is that you get to present things you truly care about and arguments that are exciting, innovative, intelligent and intelligible to both sides,” Disla said.

Weini Zhang is a School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student majoring in economics and mathematics with a minor in Italian. She is a staf f writer for The Daily Targum. Follow @ WenergyZplus for more stories.

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PREDECESSORS Moving to use Snapchat will help expand digital influence, Goulet says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

ACOUSTIC AMBIANCE The Cold Weather Company, a New-Jersey based folk/alternative

band, performs at the Rutgers University Programming Association’s Spring Kickoff Concert Feb. 6 at the Livingston Student Center. COLIN PIETERS

confidence to her desk.

With this position, she hopes to inspire columnists to be perceptive and sharp and plans to encourage diverse sets of student leaders to share their views and stories.

community was the hook that reeled her in. As editors, both her and Sumergido became addicted to Targum culture. Some of their favorite collegiate memories transpired in the Mine “THE SPORTS GUYS” Street editorial of fice, such as singing karaoke late at night, Garrett Stepien, a School of dancing to goofy YouTube songs and laughing at Ollie the Arts and Sciences sophomore, developed a liking for sports at of fice hedgehog’s antics.

One of Sumergido’s favorite as- a young age — before he could pects of working at the paper is meet- read, he would flip through ing new people and watching editors the pages of the Star-Ledger’s sports section. and staffers grow and succeed.

Nevertheless, Stepien hesitantBut the two leading ladies also prioritize the growth of the paper ly joined the Targum at the will of as a whole. They want to promote his mother, beginning in the Fall a digital-first mentality and find cre- 2013 semester as the beat writer ative ways to incorporate video and for women’s track.

Now, he feels humbled to take other multimedia into storytelling.

Sumergido hopes to make on the position of Sports Editor, working alongcontent fun side Associate and approachSports Editor able, and Kle“Once I got here, I was Kevin Xavier, a jmont believes hooked.”

School of Arts as students and Sciences intertwined in MICHELLE KLEJMONT junior. the Rutgers Acting Managing Editor Xavier, who c o m m u n i t y, previously the editorial served as manboard’s reaging editor latability can of Mercer County Community help them do so.

College’s “The College VOICE,” wants to bring his versatility to the NEWS TEAM, ASSEMBLE desk. With Xavier’s experience in School of Arts and Sciences videography, the two editors plan junior Katie Park stepped up to transform sports storytelling to lead Targum’s news desk as by incorporating multimedia into News Editor after working as a the desk. correspondent for more than a THE NEW AND THE year. Having lived in six differOLD ent states and worked for Newark-based nonprofits her freshSchool of Ar ts and Sciences man year, Park brings a fresh, socially-conscious perspective to sophomore Danielle Gonzalez had stepped down from her the news desk.

Already, pieces of her vision for role as Managing Editor to asthe news desk have come to fru- sume the Associate Features ition. Loyal Targum readers will Editor position.

Under Gonzalez’s leadership, notice that today’s paper excludes a University section, includes the Targum revamped its arts a police blotter and features writ- and entertainment section, Inside ers’ Twitter handles at the end of Beat, and with her new position, she will have the opportunity to each news story.

Long-term, Park aims to legit- strengthen it. Now that she no imize the Targum, veering away longer co-manages the office, she from boring event coverage and intends to focus more on thinking producing stories that students creatively and exercising her writing muscles. want to read.

The 147th board also has its Her creativity and work ethic will help her accomplish this, fair deal of fresh faces, includalong with the help of her three ing Social Media Editor Melanie associates: Dan Corey, a Rutgers Goulet, a School of Arts and SciBusiness School first-year student, ences first-year. Goulet originally Avalon Zoppo, a Rutgers Business intended to work at the design School first-year student, and Na- desk but reasoned that working tasha Tripathi, a School of Arts with social media is more fun.

“Everyone has social media, so and Sciences junior.

Even though Corey consistent- why not,” she said.

She hopes that social media will ly asserts that “news is hard,” his intuition combined with Zoppo’s help the Targum engage with its passion for writing and Tripathi’s online readership and is willing to care for the community make experiment with new platforms, including Snapchat. them an effective team.

Although several positions have yet to be filled, Sumergido OPINIONS said she is confident in the abiliOpinions Editor Yvanna ties of the current trainees: Chris Saint-For t, a School of Ar ts Roney, Maegan Kae Sunaz, Aaron and Sciences junior, became Savage, Ramya Chitibomma, Naaz involved in the Targum last se- Modan and Rachel Narozniak. mester with her column, ‘Three Alexandra Meier is a School Layers Deep,” where she discussed the social issues that of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in Journalism and Meaf fect black America.

Her personal experience facing dia Studies and minoring in these issues allowed her to form Anthropology. She is the former a thick skin that binds together editor-in-chief of The Daily Taran “unashamed” sense of self — gum. Follow her on Twitter @ consequently, Saint-Fort brings alexrosemeier for more stories.

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CRIME FEB. 7 Eleven New Brunswick residents were indicted by a Middlesex County grand jur y for manufacturing and distributing heroin out of a drug mill run at 289 Seaman St. Derek Fuqua, Tyquan Fuqua, Hassan Fuqua, Raquan Fuqua, Sandra Fuqua, Tyrone Fuqua, Cynthia Fuqua, Vance Parker, Marion Darby, William Cruse, and Elijah Parker were named in a 27-count indictment that charged the group with drug distribution, drug manufacturing, conspiracy, weapons charges and a number of other counts after arrests were made in November.

FEB. 7 A woman unaffiliated with Rutgers reported being inappropriately touched along her inner thigh by a man around 2 a.m. while riding on a campus bus traveling from the College Avenue campus to the Cook/ Douglass campus. The man, described by the Rutgers University Police Department as “short and stocky male of Hispanic descent,” committed a similar act to the same woman while she was walking to a bus stop on Hamilton Street. The perpetrator was last seen exiting the bus on George Street between New and Morris Street.

FEB. 6 Michael Mahony, the former chief housing inspector for New Brunswick, was sentenced to three years of probation after admitting to a third-degree possession of cocaine charge in November. The charge comes after he was caught in a drug investigation by state authorities last year, when authorities pulled him over, searched his city-owned vehicle near his home and found cocaine in his vehicle. In accordance with state law that does not order jail time with third-degree charges if there is no previous felony conviction, Mahony will not go to jail, but he is barred from taking public employment in New Jersey.

FEB. 5 Three armed gunmen forced their way into a Courtland Street home, where they displayed firearms and demanded marijuana. The residents of the home complied, and the gunmen removed the narcotics and other items of value. The gunmen, described by the Rutgers University Police Department as “dark-skinned black males,” approximately 6 feet tall and in their early 20s, fled the home toward Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Easton Avenue after obtaining the items. None of the residents were harmed.

PROCTORTRACK Student data is deleted from ProctorTrack servers within 30 to 60 days of final exam CONTINUED FROM FRONT

But ProctorTrack, a tool Miranda called affordable, versatile and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, is raising considerable skepticism among students and faculty alike.

Pavel Mishin, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore enrolled in an online section of “Dance Appreciation,” said he only spotted the notice for ProctorTrack when he was combing through eCollege, the online learning platform for Rutgers.

Not all students are aware of the $32 fee, nor that ProctorTrack is not compatible with the operating system Linux, he said. And for the students that lack a webcam, like Mishin, among other issues concerning big data, resentment toward the program continues to grow.

Recently, student discontent with ProctorTrack manifested itself into a petition on change.org, created by Betsy Chao, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

The mandatory ProctorTrack software is “infuriating,” Chao wrote.

“On an even more serious note, I certainly thought that the delicate issue of privacy would be more gracefully handled, especially within a school where the use of webcams was directly involved in a student’s death,” Chao said. “As a result, I thought Rutgers would be highly sensitive to the issue of privacy.”

In a recent announcement in response to student controversy, Rutgers administration said ProctorTrack software does not access any of the files on a student’s hard drive except for the audio, video

and screenshots recorded during an exam.

Student webcam videos during exams are not streamed live to anyone, according to the announcement. The videos are only captured and stored locally until they are uploaded in pieces to ProctorTrack servers for automated analysis.

Once student data is captured and uploaded to ProctorTrack’s secure servers, the notification said the information is analyzed

“From my point of view as an instructor, I don’t see the appeal at all because I don’t see how it could possibly curb cheating for someone dedicated to cheating.”

DAVID BLACK Third-Year Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Philosophy

automatically by algorithms to identify any possible anomalies or breaches to test policies.

In the case of test policy breaches, the data relevant to those breaches are sent to the instructor, and stored at the University learning management system, or the LMS, according to the announcement. All student data is automatically deleted from ProctorTrack servers within 30 to 60 days of the final exam of the course.

At this time, the announcement said students would get an email notification confirming that all proctoring data has been perma-

nently purged from the servers.

Still, opponents of the program continue to raise questions about ProctorTrack’s efficacy.

“From my point of view as an instructor, I don’t see the appeal at all because I don’t see how it could possibly curb cheating for someone dedicated to cheating,” said David Black, a third-year graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Philosophy.

And students have taken it upon themselves to demonstrate just how ProctorTrack can be bypassed.

According to a blog post on madebyknight.com, test takers can intercept the video feed to project a modified or replaced scene, trick ProctorTrack with pre-recorded video, tape the test material directly behind the computer screen or otherwise simply don sunglasses.

But for the students that feel uncomfortable being recorded while taking an exam can work with their instructor to arrange an alternative way to take an exam, either by coming to campus to take a live, proctored exam or taking the exam in a traditional classroom setting, Miranda said.

The University understands that this new approach for Rutgers to meet government standards may take time, according to the announcement released by administration.

“The goal of using ProctorTrack is to always provide the student a safe, simple and secure method for taking an online test anywhere, at any time in the privacy of one’s own space, while ensuring we protect and preserve all student data that we collect.”

Katie Park is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in Political Science and minoring in Sociology. She is the Acting News Editor for The Daily Targum. Follow her on Twitter @kasopar for more stories.

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PLANS Rutgers spent more than $2 million to hire firm that worked on master plan, Edwards says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

proposals for a new student center, a boardwalk along the Raritan River and a footbridge for pedestrians and bikers.

“That pedestrian bridge would give a more direct way for people to get back and forth between the campuses, which currently is virtually impossible,” Edwards said.

Rutgers spent more than $2 million to hire a consulting firm that has been working on the plan for the past 18 months, said Antonio Calcado, vice president of Facilities and Capital Planning.

Consultants visited the New Brunswick campus to meet with students, faculty and staff, Edwards said. The firm held open town hall meetings, conducted student surveys and created an interactive map that tracked the flow of student traffic throughout the day.

Edwards said the University

hopes to use that data to improve classroom scheduling and enhance utilization of the buses.

The first phase of the plan involves consolidating financial aid, registrar, admissions and residence life into a “Student Services” building on Busch campus. This will allow the “old and decrepit” Records Hall to be torn down and replaced with a new dining facility, Edwards said.

After the new dining hall is built, Brower Commons will be knocked down and replaced with a new student center, he said. These changes to the “heart of the campus” will be some of the first to take place within the next five years.

“We can’t take down Brower [Commons], which is very outdated, because we are serving thousands of meals a day there,” Edwards said.

Another major piece of the plan is developing transportation hubs, he said. George Street would become a one-way southbound bus lane and

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Neilson Street would become a gen- ships and collaborations with New University, but disappointed he will erally one-way northbound route. Brunswick, Edwards said. Feder- graduate before seeing any changes.

Among the other changes pro- al money is also a possibility for “I think it is great there’s going posed in the plan are faculty hous- funding transportation changes. to be so many new additions on ing on Cook campus, high-tech re- “It’s hard to raise private money campus, and I’d be really exsearch parks built on the Livingston to knock down a building,” he cited to see Brower replaced,” and Busch campuses and a bus said. “It’s hard to imagine some- he said. “It’s too bad I’ll [have] and bike lane connecting the two. one donating money to have their graduated by then, though.”

The most challenging task in bring- name on a sign that says ‘We paid But Calcado and Edwards agree ing these plans to fruition will be fi- to have this knocked down.’” that the proposals will still impact nancing the boardwalk, transporta- The plan has been presented in a alumni. The changes will increase the value of tion hubs and a Rutgers foot bridge, EdEdwards said. “Anytime we can improve the University, academically or degree, wards said.

Dining faciliphysically, it is a source of pride for students. Even when “Anytime we ties and housyou leave and become an alumni, it is still your can improve ing, on the othuniversity.” the University, er hand, can academically be financed ANTONIO CALCADO or physically, with “reveVice President of Facilities and Capital Planning it is a source nue bonds.” of pride for stuR e v e n u e dents,” Calcabonds finance projects that generate PowerPoint presentation, which do said. “Even when you leave and university income, he said. has slides showing artist render- become an alumni, it is still your “You can borrow money [for new ings of the proposals, Edwards university.” housing and dining facilities], said. In the future, he hopes to Avalon Zoppo is a Rutgers but the money comes in because have the plan presented at a RutSchool first-year students are paying for dining gers University Student Assem- Business and housing,” Edwards said. “... bly meeting so more students student majoring in pre-busi[those projects] don’t require can see the University’s future. ness. She is an Acting Associate you to go out and raise money.” Trevor MacCormack, a School of News Editor of The Daily TarRutgers will be exploring a vari- Arts and Sciences senior, said he gum. Follow @AvalonZoppo for ety of public and private partner- is excited for the changes in the more stories.

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February 9, 2015

Science

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Engineering student creates new polymer glass WEINI ZHANG STAFF WRITER

Nearly two summers ago, Bharath Krishnamurthi, a then rising sophomore in the School of Engineering, combined pressure, heat, glass powder and an ionic liquid to create a new glass polymer.

This type of new glass polymer has extensive potential uses if developed, said Masanori Hara, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. The goal is to make a non-flammable, non-toxic, chemically resistant and mechanically strong polymer whose structure is based on silicon.

Hara and Richard Lehman, chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, led four undergraduate students in search for the best recipe of making this new type of glass.

The research project began two years ago when Hara said he came up with a tentative idea to make a new glass polymer.

Krishnamurthi joined half a year later through the Aresty Research Center Summer Science Program.

“Although in my mind I [thought] it is going to work, there [was] no guarantee,” Hara said. “We tried various tempera- Masanori Hara (far left) and Richard Lehman (far right), faculty members in the School of Engineering, directed four undergraduate tures and it still didn’t work [… students, including Bharath Krishnamurthi, in search of the best type of glass polymer. COURTESY OF CRISTIAN OLIVARRIA but Krishnamurthi] was per“It’s not like I have to be “One thing notable about our created graphene, he said. They The new glass polymer sample sistent. He further lowered the temperature and a nice piece of owes its low softening tempera- method is that we are using a top- used adhesive tape to remove layers material science in order to ture to ionic liquid, or the “magic down approach,” Hara said. “We of carbon from graphite, the material do this,” Krishnamur thi said, sample [was] made.” now a junior. “The direction of don’t design the polymers from found in pencils.

Previous breakthroughs have salt,” Hara said.

The project is interdisciplinary, the research is how much you Usually in a polymer unit, hun- the very base. On the contrary, convinced the team that these glasses can replace plastics for use dreds of small molecules are con- we take what is already in nature.” Olavarria said. It is a joint effort can apply the crazy ideas on This process is similar to how the with both chemical engineering the spot and then just [figure] nected linearly, he said. Strong in the future, Krishnamurthi said.

Plastics, such as Polyvinyl bonds like ionic or covalent bonds 2010 Nobel Physics Prize Laureates and material science engineering. things out.”

Chloride, or PVC, are organic connect the chains of molecules polymers structured by carbon, to each other.

The purpose of the ionic liquid an element far scarcer on the earth compared to silicon, which is to let the salt of the liquid go can be found and easily utilized in into the regions between chains, making it more flexible, he said. rocks and sand, Hara said.

“The ionic liquids we use are “[A] silicon and oxygen bond is very stable and it doesn’t burn,” liquid at room temperature,” he he said. “[The polymer] is in- said. “If you add [ionic liquid] to organic as well. Some organic glass or brittle minerals, the salt polymers can be easily digested molecules go into the regions between the [in the human chains, making body] and can it more flexible be very toxic.” and easier to Oil must “The direction of the Therebe burned to research is how much you move. fore, the new create plastics, said Cristian can apply the crazy ideas glass or mineral Olavarria, a on the spot and then just is going to behave like a polysophomore in [figure] things out.” mer.” the School of Ionic liquid Engineering. that provides There is a much BHARATH KRISHNAMURTHI the flexibility greater amount School of Engineering Junior is also called of silica, or silip l a s t i c i z e r, con dioxide, in Hara said. The the world than question is to find what type of there is carbon.

With a sample at hand, the salt can result in the most deteam went on testing the sam- sirable characteristics of the ple both qualitatively and quan- new glass polymer.

Creating samples of the polytitatively, in ways such as mechanical and thermal testing, mer is the job of Olavarria’s team, Krishnamurthi said. They found he said. They would combine maout that the new glass polymer’s terials in set percentages, usually melting temperature is 150 de- given by Hara, and see how well the result would conform to the gree Celsius.

“We call it glass but it is not team’s needs.

Initially, the team dissolved actually glass in the traditional sense, since the processing tem- glass powder with other materials perature of glass is over 600 de- in water and then applied presgree Celsius, [and for some] over sure and heat, a process called 1000 degrees Celsius,” Hara said. compression molding, Hara said.

“We made it easy to process com- When the method showed no pospared to glass and non-flammable itive results, they came up with the idea of mixing them directly. compared to plastics.”

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Vaccinations are designed to protect Social contract, public safety at stake in vaccination debate

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he vaccination debate has resurfaced on a na- individuals wiping their mucus on banisters and coughtional scale due to an outbreak of the measles. ing into open air. Because of this, public elementary and So far since the onset of the outbreak, there middle schools often require children to be vaccinated have been 155 documented measles cases in 14 Amer- in order to enroll. Similarly, Rutgers requires students ican states, including New York and Pennsylvania. Both living on campus to have a meningitis vaccine. The noPresident Robert L. Barchi and Gov. Chris Christie have tion of herd immunity (also known as community immuspoken out on the issue, emphasizing the importance of nity) presents the strongest argument for receiving vacvaccinations. Barchi has had his children vaccinated and cinations. There are people who cannot be vaccinated vaguely implied that everyone should be vaccinated, say- due to poor health or age. Therefore, if individuals who ing that it is in the public’s best interest for children and cannot be vaccinated are surrounded by people who individuals to receive vaccinations. Christie, however, have received vaccines, then they too are protected.

The idea of a social contract is heavily embedded in believes there should be an element of personal choice when it comes to vaccinations. His children are vaccinat- the debate for or against vaccinations. By interacting in ed, but he believes in a balance between a parent’s choice social spaces, everyone gives into the notion in some way or form. When walking on a busy street, you exand the government’s duty to maintain public health.

There are numerous myths surrounding whether vac- pect people to walk in a certain direction. When you take public transporcinations are necessary. tation, you expect the A common misconcepsubway or bus to artion is that the diseas“The idea of a social contract is heavily rive at a certain time. es being vaccinated embedded in the debate for or against But when someone against no longer exist abruptly stops walking — but this is far from vaccinations. By interacting in social and changes direction, true, especially given spaces, everyone gives into the notion in or when the subway the current outbreak. some way or form.” arrives early or the bus While diseases such gets there late, your as rubella or polio are perception changes. unlikely to surface en masse in America, these infectious afflictions and others You encounter the unexpected and are tasked with findlike them are still present in other nations. Just because ing a way to deal with it. The same analogy is easily apa disease does not seem to “exist” in the United States plied when discussing vaccinations.

No one expects diseases like measles to cause an does not mean that it can’t migrate to the nation through travel or otherwise. Increased globalization has given outbreak because simply put, contracting measles is rise to Americans traveling to less traditional nations, uncommon. When millions of Americans get vaccinated where vaccinations may not be as accessible or common- against a disease, the possibility of having that disease place. A similar argument against vaccinations is that decreases, causing that disease and its effects to fade they contain unnatural or harmful substances. While this from memory. However distant the thought of getting may be true, there are tons of substances people put into a harmful disease may be, the possibility still exists. their bodies on a daily basis — ­ including preservatives, That forgetfulness, coupled with a lack of understandprescription drugs as well as recreational drugs — that ing about vaccines and fear of their assumed effects, lead parents to not vaccinate their children and causes may cause worse health-related problems.

People get sick with colds and the flu all the individuals to shy away from taking them themselves. time. Each winter, public spaces fall victim to run- Being vaccinated or not is a choice, but the effects of that ny noses and brutal coughs as they bear the brunt of choice do not rest solely on the individual.

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Don’t pick between majors, choose career options instead

ASK THE CAREER SPECIALIST ANDREW SEGUEL

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s a first-year student, you have about four to five years before you graduate. However, after graduation you have 40-50 years before you retire — perhaps longer. Despite this, college students tend to focus on the short-term decisions of choosing a major and less so on the long-term decision of choosing a career.

Using this framework, it would be beneficial to reevaluate how students think about their future. Instead of deciding your major first and then trying to figure out what careers are available to you, first decide what careers interest you and then figure out which academic experiences will best help you achieve this career goal.

Deciding on a career takes time, so it is ideal to start this process during your first year. As a Career Development Specialist at the University, I know a few things — #humblebrag — and I highly recommend the following strategies: 1. Self-Assessment - Most professionals in career development agree that choosing a career occurs by first learning more about yourself. It helps to know and understand your own personality, interests, skills and values. This helps lead you to career

options that are compatible with who you are. We offer a free online assessment that measures these four areas and suggests potential careers.

2. Career Interest Clusters – When knowing your interests, be open to possibilities. It’s been shown that the majority of students who start their first year fixed to a specific major or career will change their mind, sometimes even two or three times, before graduating. Having your plans change can be very frustrating and

your CareerKnight profile at careers.rutgers.edu/CareerKnight. By doing so, you will be able to view employment opportunities, networking programs and workshops aligned with these broad career clusters that will help you explore possibilities.

3. Your mission - A student will often declare a major without a clear reason or a long-term purpose. With the major itself being the isolated goal, what propels a student forward is simply completing the set requirements of the degree program

“Instead of deciding your major first and then trying to figure out what careers are available to you, first decide what careers interest you and then figure out which academic experiences will best help you achieve this career goal.” discouraging. You’ll have more of an advantage if you focus on broad industries during your first and second years.

I would encourage you to join one or more of the following five broad “career clusters.” 1. Arts & Entertainment, 2. Business & Communication, 3. Health, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM), 4. Education, Public and Human Services, 5. Food and Agriculture & Environmental and Natural Resources — and if you are unsure of what you want to do then join our sixth cluster called Students Still Deciding.

You can join a cluster by selecting it in

in order to graduate. However, once those requirements are met and you graduate with your degree, what will then carry you forward?

This idea of choosing a long-term purpose to guide your education is sometimes referred to as “purpose learning.” It is similar to the idea of choosing a career in order to choose your major. It can be conceptualized by completing the following statement: I am studying _____ to _____.

For example: “I am studying Psychology and Communication to enhance the effectiveness of cross-cultural marketing” or “I

am studying Computer Science and Political Science to change the way our generation engages with their governments.”

This assists in guiding you to “why” you take the classes you decided to take, student groups you decided to join and internships you decided to do. You can have a strong foundation that clearly defines what you want to achieve in your long-term professional life — making it that much easier to determine what to do in the short-term to achieve that.

4. Career counseling, first-year career Fridays - I don’t expect you to suddenly be an expert in managing your career development just by reading this column and following the suggestions above. At University Career Services, we offer free career counseling appointments to help students at any point of their academic career.

We offer exclusive appointments just for first-year students on Fridays throughout the spring. You can schedule an appointment with our career counselors via your CareerKnight account.

My fellow counselors and I look forward to seeing you in person, helping you discover your specific career goals and how to achieve them!

“Ask the Career Specialist” is a column by Rutgers University Career Services that runs alternate Mondays. Submit career questions for future columns by emailing careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu.

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Manslamming study is not scientifically accurate Should established scientific and journalistic practices be ignored in favor of emotionalism and moral panic? The Targum apparently believes they should, evident by the front page news story, “Alumna conducts city ‘manslamming’ test.”

The article concerns Beth Breslaw, a 2012 graduate of the university, who conducted her own “social experiment” by walking around crowded streets in New York City and refusing to move out of the way of oncoming pedestrians. She then claims that a “significantly higher number of men” bumped into her than did women.

No numbers are reported as to how many men or women were bumped in to, and yet the conclusion is drawn that manslamming is an example of a “gender-based microaggression” (a vague and unsupported term).

The Targum also writes that the experiment “showcases the prevalence of male privilege in the most minute aspects of society. Breslaw’s experience suggests that some men might be oblivious to space entitlement, but others may forcefully defend male privilege by teaching her a lesson.”

Just how is this conclusion drawn?

This article is a perfect example of using unverifiable, uncontrolled, anecdotal evidence to support claims with a political slant.

Breslaw is no scientist. Neither is she a researcher. According to nymag.com, which originally posted her story, she is a “labor

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organizer,” which lends credence to the idea that she has a certain agenda and that her “experiment” is, correspondingly, probably full of her own biases.

Why wouldn’t she report a single statistic?

Did she target an equal number of men and women? How did she choose which men and women to slam into? Clearly, city streets are so crowded that she would have had to pick and choose to some extent. What is her height compared to the average city pedestrian? If she is significantly smaller than the average man, it would make sense that on a busy day she would feel “invisible,” as she reported. Did she control for pedestrians who seemed stressed or in a hurry, and vice versa? Did she use a representative sample size?

None of these questions are answered in the article. Bad science. In fact, there are no checkable facts reported at all! And due to this lack of verifiable reporting, for all the reader knows, the entire “experiment” could have been fabricated. Essentially, the article amounts to hearsay, an opinion piece. And yet the Targum thought it significant enough to report as front page news, and thus give the experiment factual, non-opinion credibility. Bad journalism.

But, of course, I can’t make a judgment about the legitimacy of the test because, as the experiment demonstrates and article stresses, I’m a white man who downplays anecdotes like these to assert my male entitlement.

Aldo Mayro is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics and philosophy with a minor in cognitive science.

Roundtable on Charlie Hebdo promotes strong discussion, conversation I write to thank the Depar tment of French for the roundtable “Charlie Hebdo: Facts and Questions” it organized on Thursday, Feb. 6 in Brower Commons. It is rare that we at Rutgers come together as a community of scholars, students and global citizens to address matters of great moment. We did so on Thursday.

Many of us at home and abroad were shocked by the events in Paris last month. One way this shock registered — at first as a cer tain numbing and need for orientation — was in the staking out of all too familiar positions and the closing of ranks. On Thursday, those ranks were opened and time was taken to explore complex issues in a patient, nuanced and self-critical manner.

The roundtable began with concise, tremendously informative remarks by colleagues in French, Histor y and Sociology, providing much needed cultural context and historical background. The floor was then opened and, as microphones were passed around the room, an extremely lively exchange ensued.

Many of the toughest, most thoughtful and penetrating questions came from the undergraduates. Perhaps more than anything else, it was their candor and

the intensity of their engagement that made the event so memorable.

I sat there thinking this is what we’re about –– This is the kind of conversation the University was designed to foster. It reminded me of the teach-in organized last spring to discuss the invitation of Condoleezza Rice to speak at the Rutgers commencement. My colleagues Uri Eisenzweig and François Cornilliat were involved in the planning of both events and I would like to thank them for gathering us in our great diversity of views and experiences to engage in serious, thought-provoking discussion and debate. As a professor of German and Comparative Literature, I was particularly proud at both events to see colleagues and students in the language depar tments bringing their considerable exper tise to bear on issues of great concern to us all.

When the global reaches us locally, as it did with such violence last month and as it does in more subtle ways ever y day, I am grateful to have colleagues and academic events that help us begin to orient ourselves amid the shock, providing us with much needed frameworks of thought and enabling us to ask harder, more informed and probing questions.

Michael G. Levine is a professor of German and comparative literature and chair of the Depar tment of German, Russian & East European Languages and Literatures.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

February 9, 2015 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (02/09/15). Partnership generates fortune this year. Cement old bonds as new ones form. Many hands make light work, especially with seemingly impossible, huge or entrenched goals. Miracles arise in collaboration. Income surges after 3/20. Step into a new direction with research after 4/4. A shared financial opportunity arises after 10/13. Come together for community thriving. Share your heart. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries ( March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Spend time with your crew today, close to home.

Play with friends and family. Take care of something you said you’d do. Check to be sure your message gets through. Keep it simple and to the point.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Do simple work now. Productivity reaps extra reward today. Focus on providing excellence. Short-term priorities hold your focus. Take one step at a time, with attention to detail.

Winning is fun, and possible. Do the homework.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Studying and practicing something you love goes well today. Changes are apt to work out in your favor. Results are positive.

Your discipline is impressive, too.

Avoid a controversial topic. Play for a good cause.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Take care of urgent matters first. Conditions seem unsettled. Don’t overlook an important task. Let family help you streamline your routine. Allow extra time for unexpected circumstances. Choose an astute partner.

Learn from a child.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — You’ve got the gift of words today. Use them with someone close to you. Deepen friendships. Create better sales talk. Talk to your team, and listen. Consult with a respected mentor. Choose the message.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Focus on immediate objectives, and rake in the dough.

The situation could seem delicately balanced. Be careful not to stumble. Hold your head up. Never let them see you sweat. Put in the effort and profit.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — You can get whatever you need. Be very careful now.

Don’t get cocky, or you could miss an opportunity. Go ahead and play the hero... someone appreciates the help. Enjoy a little friendly competition.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Recharge your batteries while you review the plan.

Finesse the details. Think things through to their logical consequences. Maintain some mystery.

Broaden your horizons and push boundaries. Prepare but don’t go yet. Peaceful rest rejuvenates.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Talk to your friends for greatest impact today.

Make and receive promises. Work together to handle a job that’s coming due. Get social, either in person or online. Connect with your circles.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Take charge, but be nice about it. Assume authority, and schedule commitments rigorously. Delegate what you can. Use what you’ve got. Lively music sets the tone. Focus on one action at a time, and profit.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Explore a lesser-known part of your own backyard or neighborhood. Discover new flavors and sensations. Try on new ideas. It doesn’t need to be expensive in time or money. Savor a short excursion. Learn new tricks.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Handle insurance or financial paperwork. Make repairs to valuable equipment. Save spare parts. Put on some good music and get into organizational productivity mode. Invite your partner to join in. Your relationship grows stronger with time.

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PROSPECT Russell tallies 23 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists as OSU routs Rutgers at RAC

February 9, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK SENIOR DUO COMBINES FOR JUST 17 POINTS IN BLOWOUT LOSS TO BUCKEYES

Jack, Mack struggle in front of pro scouts SEAN STEWART CORRESPONDENT

CONTINUED FROM BACK On Ohio State’s (18-6, 7-4) next possession, he whipped another seamless pass down low to Tate for a tough layup in traffic.

Eighteen seconds later, Russell swished a deep two-pointer coming off a screen at the top of the key to push the lead back up to 7357. And finally with 4:17 to play, he corralled his 10th rebound for his first triple-double of the year.

With 23 points, 11 boards and 11 assists in 35 minutes, even a rookie sensation who is second in the Big Ten in scoring and has dazzled all season long was accomplishing new things.

“One of his biggest strengths is that he has pieces on his team that allow other teams not to be able to help off,” said junior guard Bishop Daniels. “Or we can’t play a certain type of defense because everybody else on his team is a threat, too.”

The Knights were not even close to being able to say the same in another clear-cut Big Ten mismatch.

Senior forward Kadeem Jack and senior guard Myles Mack combined for only 17 points on 7-of-20 shooting. Neither reached double figures for the first time in conference play.

Rutgers’ bench chipped in 14 points — nine from Foreman — after producing only four the previous two games. Except most of them were when the game was out of reach in the second half.

The Knights’ early offensive struggles lied within another 2-3 zone, which Ohio State head coach Thad Matta employed not long into the first half.

“A lot of it just has to do with us not hitting shots,” Daniels said of Rutgers’ troubles against zones.

“We get open shots, we get the ball in the paint, we get the ball in the middle of the zone, and we’re just not hitting them. That’s something we as players have got to work on.”

Rutgers conver ted 29 percent of its attempts from the field compared to Ohio State’s sizzling 50.8 clip.

The Buckeyes’ superior depth showed with 26 bench points, shredding the Knights’ man-toman schemes as thoroughly as Michigan State did Jan. 29 in Rutgers’ last outing at the RAC. Ohio State even completed two alley-oops from out of bounds in the second half to add insult to injur y.

“It was really difficult to come back,” Mack said. “They run their sets, they execute, they get the ball to their best players and they make plays.”

The 180-pound Russell was at the heart of it all, showing of f exceptional quickness, crisp passing ability and a lethal left-handed jumper from ever ywhere on the floor.

“I had watched him on tape.

The more I watched, the less sleep I got,” said head coach Eddie Jordan. “He’s calm; he sees ever ything; he’s patient; he delivers; he reads the defense; he’s got a real smooth game about him.

The kid’s going to have a great, great future.”

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

Despite the prospects of an eighth-straight defeat, the Rutgers men’s basketball team returned to the court Sunday evening at the Louis Brown Athletic Center with the backing of a sell-out crowd.

Among the 8,003 in attendance were 22 NBA scouts, all gathered in Piscataway for one reason.

D’Angelo Russell and No. 20 Ohio State were in town and given the guard’s 6-foot-5 frame and ability to make eye-popping plays, scouts wanted to see for themselves if he was worth the hype.

But when scouts gather to analyze one player, the stage is set for others to display their skills to the professional level’s talent evaluators.

That was the case for the Scarlet Knights’ star duo in guard Myles Mack and forward Kadeem Jack — both have been considered as possible second-round NBA picks.

Unfortunately for the senior pair, only Russell made a lasting impression.

The No. 3 overall prospect on Chad Ford’s big board on espn. com had a career night. He scored a game-high 23 points with a combination of quick drives to the paint and a soft jumper. Russell also dished out 11 assists and collected 11 rebounds for the first triple-double of his college career.

Meanwhile, Mack and Jack combined for just 17 points which included a poor first half where they were held to 10 points on 4-of-14 shooting.

Though Jack did manage 5 points after the break, he played just five minutes in the second half.

“I just thought the guys played harder when he was on the bench,” said head coach Eddie Jordan on his decision to bench Jack. “As a team we played harder.”

Mack finished the game with 8 points on 3-of-10 shooting which included going 0-of-4 from three-point land. It was a disappointing performance given his form the last couple games where he combined for 40 points, but the 5-foot-9 St. Anthony (N.J.) high school product said he wasn’t worried about the potential impact it could have on his draft value.

“Yea [Jordan] brought it up to us, but I just play my game,” Mack

Senior forward Kadeem Jack loses control of the ball Sunday at the RAC. Jack tallied nine points in RU’s 79-60 loss to OSU and played only five minutes in the second half. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER said on the scouts in attendance.

“Whatever happens, happens. You can’t play good every game, so I just didn’t have a good game today, but I’m looking past that. Whatever happens is going to happen. I just look forward and take the positives out of it.” *** Although Russell’s dazzling performance played its part in extending Rutgers’ woes in Big Ten play, poor shooting from beyond the arc once again made a difference.

The Knights shot an atrocious 4-of-23 from 3 which included going 0-of-10 in the first half. Ohio State did not make a single 3-point shot in the second half but managed six in the first half, led by forward Keita Bates-Diop who scored 12 of his 14 points from the threepoint line.

While the Buckeyes were without their top long-range shooter in forward Marc Loving—the nation’s second best 3-point shooter at 53.2 percent — Bates Diop’s baskets were more than enough.

Ranking second to last in threepoint percentage during Big Ten play entering the game, the struggles from deep were hardly surprising, but Rutgers believes creating shots hasn’t been the issue.

“That’s one thing that we can do, we can get the ball to the rack,” said junior guard Bishop Daniels who finished with a team-high 17 points. “We can shoot jumpers we can put up shots. There’s no way we can’t get our shots off. Our whole thing is we’re missing them.

Just plain and simple, we’re just missing them and as players we have to get in the gym.”

*** If the Knights can salvage one positive from the game, the return of freshman guard Mike Williams is one of them.

After missing a little over two weeks with an ankle injury, Williams returned with 23 minutes off the bench.

His production was far from ideal, scoring three points on 1-of-10 shooting, but his return gives Rutgers some much needed depth in the backcourt.

“The ankle’s getting there,” Williams said with a chuckle on how he felt. “I am at 90 percent out of 100 [right now] but I should be fine.”

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February 9, 2015 WRESTLING NO. 21 RUTGERS 22, NO. 25 NORTHWESTERN 19

MEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS 10, ST. JOHN’S 8

RU finishes out Big Ten schedule on high note, tops Northwestern TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT

It star ted of f as strangely as possible for the Rutgers wrestling team when it traveled from Wisconsin to Chicago for its dual meet on Sunday against Nor thwestern.

In two out of the first three bouts, the Wildcats forfeited at 157 pounds and 174 pounds — the latter being something they have done all season. The Scarlet Knights had a commanding 12-3 lead after the fact.

A string of three-straight losses, including a pin of 197-pounder Hayden Hr ymack, left the Knights in a tough situation with three bouts remaining and the score tied, 15-15, with the last bout against NCAA Champion Jason Tsirtsis.

But after a pair of wins by sophomore 133-pounder Scott DelVecchio –– who earned a buzzer-beating 10-1 major decision –– and a 4-2 decision from Anthony Ashnault, the dual was sealed against No. 25 Nor thwestern and confirmed a 22-19 win for No. 21 Rutgers after junior 149-pounder Ken Theobold dropped a 12-2 major decision to Tsir tsis.

The win proved important for the Knights as they collected another win and finished out their Big Ten schedule on a high note.

“DelVecchio’s major was huge. In the third period up 5-0, we were like, ‘Listen, you have to think major,’” said head coach Scott Goodale. “It would take

some pressure off of the last match knowing that they had Tsirtsis. I thought it was big that we got bonus points late, and again, its bonus points coming up big for us. Good for Scott, that’s a great win and a great bounce back win.”

While there were some other surprises in the dual, perhaps none were more important to the outcome than the forfeit at 157 pounds.

At 174 pounds, Northwestern has forfeited all season long, so that was expected. But Goodale said he saw their wrestler warming up and was unsure why he didn’t take the mat to start off the dual-competition.

“No, we didn’t expect that at all,” Goodale said. “At 174 pounds, they have been doing it all year so we knew that was coming, but at 157, it was kind of a last-second thing. We saw him working out, warming up and he weighed in. For some reason, and I don’t know if it was because the match started at 157-pounds, but he didn’t wrestle. I felt good about Perrotti anyway and what he could do.”

After a loss to No. 18 Wisconsin on Friday by virtue of bonus points criteria, Goodale admitted he thought it might be tough to rebound after a difficult defeat.

But it was what he saw in the practice room on Saturday that made him believe his grapplers had put the loss behind them and were confident in their bout versus the Wildcats.

“Nah, it was a tough match to lose, and it was one of the tougher ones since I’ve seen here,” Goodale said. “I’ve been on the winning side of those kind of matches, and ver y rarely been on the losing side of something like that. It was hard and I didn’t know how these guys would bounce back. But [Saturday] was one of our better practices out here and it was great. They didn’t say a word and they knew it — these guys want to win.

They knew that stung a little.”

With all eight of the Big Ten matches out of the way and Rutgers on to two more non-conference bouts before the conference postseason and the NCAA tournament, Goodale knows where the Knights size up.

He also knows the level of talent they have faced in conference play.

“To be in this conference you have to be good and if you don’t hear of a kid, it doesn’t mean they aren’t good,” Goodale said. “There’s no breaks and it doesn’t matter if you are 1-6 in the Big Ten, or you are 6-1 – and the per fect example was Friday night against Wisconsin. We’re 1-6 and they’re 6-1, and that was probably a match we should have won. Anything can happen on any given night.

The Big Ten is ever y bit of good as adver tised.”

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Junior goalkeeper Kris Alleyne stopped seven shots against St. John’s in Saturday’s 10-8 season-opening win in Queens.

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Knights’ netminder sparks team in win KEVIN XAVIER ACTING ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Last time was different.

The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team had made a change in goal when they last met St. John’s back in April in Piscataway. Entering that matchup, it had been five years since the Scarlet Knights came away from a tussle with the Johnnies victorious.

But the Knights held off St. John’s that day, in part on the strength of their goaltending with junior Jake Andersen in net, earning the 16-13 win.

Senior Kris Alleyne began as the starting goaltender for the first 10 games of last season, but was sidelined down the stretch as he battled injuries and inconsistent play. Andersen was deemed the replacement for the last four games of 2014 and made the most of it, registering the first Big East Tournament win in program history.

But on Saturday in Queens, Alleyne got back on track.

The senior netminder rebounded from a rough third quarter where he gave up four goals and stifled the opposing offense with five of his 11 saves coming in the fourth quarter, leading Rutgers to weather the second half surge from the Red Storm in a 10-8 season-opening win.

Head coach Brian Brecht was enthusiastic about the way his goalie closed in crunch time.

“Kris has been here before.

He has a lot of minutes logged,” Brecht said. “He had a solid day, but he was exceptional down the stretch in the fourth quarter.”

Alleyne attributed his restored agility to dropping 15 pounds in the offseason.

“I’ve been watching a lot of film with the coaches,” Alleyne said.

“I’ve really dedicated myself to fine-tuning my body and my game and just working out the kinks.”

Rutgers got a jump start from two newcomers with sophomore midfielder Jeff George, a transfer from UMass, netting two goals on six shots in the first game of his Rutgers career. Freshman Jules Heningburg added two goals and an assist in his collegiate debut.

“I thought some of the new guys really contributed,” Brecht said. “Heningburg, playing his first game and he gets two and one. Jeff George, the transfer,

playing his first game with us got a couple goals. So, we were really happy with the contributions from the new guys.”

Combine the new flavor with old faithful in 2014, sophomore Christian Trasolini, and the Knights’ offense displayed a potent attack, developing cohesion as the game went on.

Trasolini drove four goals past St. John’s keeper Joe Danaher, actively launching seven shots throughout the remainder of the contest.

For Brecht, though, Trasolini’s performance was ho-hum.

“Christian [Trasolini] was our leading scorer last year, so he played just how we expected,” he said. “… If we can’t get goals from him, we are going to have trouble.”

The game held a different level of significance for Trasolini, as he attended high school 15 minutes from St. John’s in New Hyde Park.

The sophomore led all returning players in goals last season with 27 and finished second on the team with 40 points.

Trasolini deflected the credit for the offensive output and with good cause, as five different Knights tallied a goal. The sophomore attacker knows the numbers game in lacrosse is the more shots put on-net, the more goals will be scored.

“I think it was just the offense,” Trasolini said. “We were clicking on all cylinders. We knew our tendencies, we knew each other so well it allowed us to get all those shots.”

Rutgers jumped out to a 3-0 first quarter lead before St. John’s climbed back in the game with three unanswered goals of their own, concluding with a shot that snuck past Alleyne with 11 seconds to go in the first half.

After the Johnnies took a 7-4 lead in the third quarter, Rutgers struck back with 6-1 run to close out the contest and begin the year 1-0.

The boys on the Banks will have little time to celebrate. With a trip to Richmond next weekend, followed by a matchup with No. 9 Virginia on Feb. 21, it’s imperative the Knights remain focused.

But after his team getting its first win of the season in a rivalry game, Trasolini thinks Rutgers opened up 2015 with a statement.

“We are going to be a powerhouse team, so they [St. John’s] are just going to have to deal with that.”

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EFFORT

BID

Rutgers compiles 167 points after taking first place in five events at Armory

Scaife compensates for poor performance with late bucket to seal win for Rutgers

CONTINUED FROM BACK Dunbar said. “He stressed to us that we needed all hands on deck, and I feel like everybody stepped up and put one of their best performances forward.”

Mulqueen was elated with how Dunbar performed, saying that the junior has been a vital part of the team this season.

“Rajee Dunbar was ver y impressive, just as he has been impressive all season,” Mulqueen said. “He has a tremendous work ethic and it is showing in his races.”

Another standout for Rutgers was junior weight thrower Joseph Velez, who won the weight throw with a toss of 61’ 4.75”, also good for an IC4A qualifying mark.

A transfer from Ohio State, Velez was glad to win his event and wants to build on his performance moving forward.

“Going into the competition I felt good and warmed up well,” Velez said. “I got better with each throw and came out with the win, and now it’s time to start focusing on the Big Ten Championships.”

Junior jumper Emeka Eze won the fifth event for the Knights, beating his competition in the long jump with a leap of 23’ 6.75”.

His jump netted another IC4A qualifying mark for the Knights, and they finished the Championships by gaining a total of nine qualifying marks.

A minor downside to the meet was that some key athletes sat out once again as they continue to deal with nagging injuries.

The team is hoping to get guys like senior jumper Corey Crawford back in time for their first ever Big Ten Championships coming up in a few weeks.

“The only negative to the meet is that we are still missing a few top performers who are recovering from injuries,” Mulqueen said. “We hope to get everybody back soon.”

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CONTINUED FROM BACK The teams traded baskets for the rest of the first half, as the Knights closed out the period with a 24-21 lead heading into the locker room.

As the second half star ted, Rutgers got out to a 15-6 run to take a 39-27 lead with over 12 minutes left in the contest.

To complement Laney’s standout per formance, junior wing Kahleah Copper poured in 16 points and five rebounds. Between the two, they pitched in for 33 of the Knights’ 57 total points.

For Copper, it was a typical per formance. During the sixgame win streak Rutgers has been on, she has been averaging over 16 points per game.

Freshman guard Shrita Parker came of f the bench to score eight huge points for the Knights in the game, providing a spark for the second unit.

Scaife’s two early fouls threw off her rhythm for the entire game, as the sophomore wasn’t able to make the impact normally expected from the team leader in points per game. She registered only six points and four rebounds, shooting an uncharacteristic 3-for-11 from the field couple with careless ball control, committing five turnovers.

Even with those errors, Scaife and the Knights found a way to win.

She may not have had the most illustrious per formance in her second year on the squad, but that didn’t matter.

When it mattered most, Scaife did what scorers — and leaders — do, delivering the dagger to keep the flame alive in Rutgers’ recent hot streak.

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Junior wing Kahleah Copper pitched in 16 points to complement Laney’s game-high 17. The two combined for 33 in the win.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We are going to be a powerhouse team, so they are just going to have to deal with that.”

- Sophomore attacker Christian Trasolini after the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s 10-8 win at St. John’s

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MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 20 OHIO STATE 79, RUTGERS 60

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

RU survives on road after late comeback bid

Complete effort leads Knights to championship MIKE O’SULLIVAN

CONOR NORDLAND

STAFF WRITER

CORRESPONDENT

In a season littered with injuries and a struggle to find consistent team results, the Rutgers men’s track and field team had a breakthrough performance by winning this weekend’s Metropolitan Championships.

The Scarlet Knights won the event with a score of 167 points, edging out second-place Manhattan, which scored 149.5 at the Armor y.

Scoring was spread throughout all different events for the Knights at the Championships, completing the goal they had after struggling with expanding their range of scores during their first few meets.

Rutgers won five event titles in total, much to the delight of head coach Mike Mulqueen.

“It is always good to win a team championship,” Mulqueen said. “What was nice is that everyone contributed to the win. We scored in every event that we entered.”

Junior jumper and sprinter Rajee Dunbar had a remarkable day for the Knights, winning three events in total. He took first place in the 60-meter run with a time of 6.85 seconds, while taking home the 200-meter title in a time of 21.77 seconds.

He was also a part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team, along with freshmen Jordan Jimerson and Stuart Tweedie, accompanied by senior D’Andre Jordan. The four ran a time of 3:16.47, good for an IC4A qualifying mark.

Dunbar was elated with his individual performance and the team’s achievements as a whole, knowing how important this meet was to the Knights.

“Coach Mike [Mulqueen] really stressed that we needed to come out and put our best foot forward to win this championship,”

To say that Tyler Scaife was having an of f day was a bit of an understatement.

Normally when the sophomore guard’s shots don’t fall, the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s chances of winning begin to plummet.

But when her team needed it most, she rose to the occasion.

Clinging onto a three-point lead after a late run by Michigan narrowed the deficit, Scaife nailed a jumper with roughly one minute remaining to give the Scarlet Knights some breathing room and an eventual 57-50 win in Ann Arbor.

Senior wing Betnijah Laney found Scaife for the spot up shot in the waning moments. With 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Laney recorded her 16th double-double of the season.

Rutgers (18-5, 9-3) withstood the comeback bid from the Wolverines in the second half to pick up its sixth-straight win — its eighth in its last nine contests.

Defense was once again a deciding factor in the Knights in the victor y, forcing 13 turnovers and stifling Michigan (14-9, 6-6) to shoot 26 percent from the field. It was the third time in the past four games Rutgers held its opponent to 50 points or fewer in a game.

But early on, the Knights got off to a slow start as the Wolverines pounced out to an 8-2 run. Both Scaife and senior center Christa Evans got into early foul trouble picking up two apiece in the first 10 minutes, disrupting the planned lineup and rotations throughout the rest of the game.

Rutgers answered quickly, going on a 7-0 run of its own to tie the game at nine.

SEE EFFORT ON PAGE 15

Ohio State guard D’Angelo Russell races up the floor Sunday evening at the RAC. He recorded his first triple-double of the season to hand Rutgers its eighth straight loss.

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Top NBA prospect dismantles Rutgers GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT

Senior D’Andre Jordan ran in the 4x400 relay that took first place this weekend.

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D’Angelo Russell crouched over and dribbled the ball repeatedly back and forth just in front of midcourt, staring straight into Mike Williams’ eyes.

No. 20 Ohio State’s freshman phenom let the first-half game clock wind down before drifting to his left, inducing a double-team from the Rutgers men’s basketball team.

Russell, projected to be a top-three pick in June’s NBA Draft, immediately knew what to do.

Flashing the court vision that 22 scouts in attendance craved, the 6-foot-5 guard flicked the ball into the corner to Jae’Sean Tate. His teammate did the rest, attacking an unguarded lane for an easy dunk.

It was that effortless of a Sunday evening for Russell and the Buckeyes, who

dissected the Scarlet Knights from start to finish in a 79-60 blowout at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

“He’s always looking up the floor,” zWilliams, a fellow freshman guard, said of Russell. “You’ve got some freshmen that have tunnel vision. They try to get their [points], but I think he’s ready for the next level. The way he was composed even with me harassing him ... he just looked comfortable out there.

That shows that he’s a really good player.”

Rutgers (10-15, 2-10) dropped its eighthstraight game, showing few signs of life in the process.

With six minutes left in regulation, the Knights crept back within 12 on a layup from freshman forward D.J. Foreman. A sold-out crowd within RAC was back on its feet.

Then, Russell took over again.

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NBA SCORES

Chicago Orlando

98 97

LA Lakers Cleveland

105 120

Indiana Charlotte

103 102

Minnesota Detroit

112 101

Atlanta Memphis

88 94

LA Clippers Oklahoma City

108 131

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GRETA LEBERFINGER,

senior swimmer, posted a season-best time of 1:03:41 in the 100-meter breastroke to net a first-place finish, helping the Knights sweep the competition on Senior Day on Saturday.

Senior wing Betnijah Laney recorded her 16th double-double of the season.

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KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

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TENNIS

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at Miami

Valentine Invitational

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Saturday, noon, West Point, N.Y.