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U. alumna, Ebola fighter named among Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ DAN COREY STAFF WRITER

Previous transfer students recommend joining student groups to facilitate the socialization process at the University.

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Transfer students offer tips for acclimating to Rutgers NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

First-year students at any university may find it difficult to get used to the new environment that is college. Transfer students must go through that process more than once.

Julia Palazzo, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said getting used to Rutgers was not a dif ficult process.

Palazzo, who previously attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, said being used to a state school helped her acclimate to Rutgers easily.

Having friends she could get help from when she needed also aided the transition process, she said. Familiar faces also helped.

Ektaa Sangvhi, a Rutgers Business School junior, transferred from the University of Mar yland. “[My friends would] tell me about stuff like ‘Course Sniper,’

which made it easier to register for classes,” she said. “More than using the school resources, I think I was fortunate to have friends that go here.”

The bus system was one of the more dif ficult aspects of transitioning.

Sangvhi’s friends helped her navigate through Rutgers campus, which has a larger public transpor tation system and more campuses than the University of Mar yland.

Similarly, Palazzo said making sure she took the right bus to class took some time.

While Rutgers has a transfer center for students, located on the second floor of Lucy Stone Hall on Livingston campus, Sangvhi never visited it. The one-day orientation program for transfer students was the only time she interacted with the center.

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Ella Watson-Stryker’s former Rutgers professors remember her as being smart, dedicated and interested in discussing issues. Watson-Stryker will now be remembered by the world for helping to combat the Ebola epidemic.

Watson-Stryker, a member of the Rutgers–New Brunswick Class of 2002, was recently featured as one of seven Ebola fighters who were collectively honored in December as Time magazine’s 2014 Person of the Year.

In an essay explaining the choice for 2014’s Person of the Year, Nancy Gibbs, managing editor of Time, said the Ebola fighters’ humanitarian work in the West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia was necessitated.

During a time when the global health system was “nowhere close to strong enough” to approach the disease, Gibbs wrote in the essay that Watson-Stryker and her fellow Ebola fighters were selected for the honor after answering a call to action.

“The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight,” she said in the essay. “For tireless acts of courage and mercy ... for sacrificing and saving, the Ebola fighters are Time’s 2014 Person of the Year.”

A New York City resident and health promoter at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, Watson-Stryker said in an interview

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Aniesh Patel, a 22-year-old fourthyear student in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, died on Jan. 13.

With respect to his family’s wishes, his cause of death is currently being withheld to the public.

His best friend, Diana Destin, said Patel, a graduate of Methacton High School from Norristown, Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly.

“He had actually just texted us [on the] Tuesday of his passing,” said Destin, a fourthear student in EMSOP. “Some of my friends were already in New Brunswick saying they missed him ... [Patel] texted ever ybody back saying he missed them too and couldn’t wait to come back.”

Destin, Patel’s closest friend since their first year of college, said

they met for the first time on their second day of school.

“He was a very kind, considerate person,” she said. “One of the nicest things about him was that he was very carefree, very chill. Everyone says that — everyone that ever met Aniesh said he was so chill.”

As students in the pharmacy program, many of their peers let their social lives fall to the wayside in lieu of studying, but Patel was not one to forget his friends in favor of coursework.

He cared so much about his friends and was always there for them, Destin said. She recalled staying up all night to study, and the two would be texting back and forth for hours trying to learn eight more lectures in preparation for the exam the next day.

“All some other people do is SEE STUDENT ON PAGE 6

with Time that her work is chiefly concerned with informing others about ways to protect themselves from Ebola.

“My job is primarily focused on making sure that people have the information they need about Ebola to protect themselves, their families and their community,” she said in the interview. “But it’s hard because people are afraid. Sometimes they think even just talking about it can bring the virus to them.”

Richard Schroeder, chair of the Department of Geography at Rutgers and Watson-Stryker’s former professor, said he is proud Watson-Stryker found a means of applying her geographical education to the fight against the Ebola epidemic, which has killed more than 8,000 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in 2014.

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NJ reduces Board of Trustees to 41 DAN COREY

Rutgers sees 8th student death since September

Ella Watson-Stryker, a Rutgers alumna, was featured on the cover of Time magazine for her humanitarian efforts treating the Ebola crisis in Western African countries. TIME MAGAZINE

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After several clashes with New Jersey lawmakers, including a 2010 proposal to incorporate Rutgers– Camden with Rowan University, Rutgers’ governing boards approved a restructuring of University governance on Dec. 18.

With permission from the University Board of Trustees and Board of Governors, the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly voted to downsize the number of trustees from 59 members to 41 in mid-December.

Sandy Stewart, chair of the Board of Trustees, said many wanted a restructuring of Rutgers governance since the integration of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He said a joint task force on governance created last summer suggested the change. “[The] recommendation from the joint task force on governance was that the size of the Board of Trustees was possibly too large,” he said.

“They [also] recommended that the range be somewhere between 36 and 43 members.”

The board’s reduction will first occur through a partial reversal of the

New Jersey Medical and Health Science Education Restructuring Act of 2012, according to a report on newsworks.org. With the latest change in governance, 13 trustees concurrently serving on the Board of Governors must relinquish their seats.

In addition to the 13 lost seats, newsworks.org reported on Dec. 23 the removal of five additional trustee positions through attrition. The elimination of 18 positions total now leaves only five publicly appointed trustees and 36 private ones.

Stewart said the purging of 18 trustees was heavily reliant on cutting Board of Governors committee membership in half and asking certain administrators to not attend meetings depending on their respective agenda items. He said these changes would improve the quality of discussion among trustees.

“It makes [the process] more effective by really allowing everyone to have a say in things,” Stewart said.

“The more people that can introduce their thoughts, the better decision that’s going to come out of it.”

The boards’ approval of the vote in Trenton seemingly ended a sequence of power disputes between state lawmakers, including Senate President

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Stephen Sweeney (D–3) and University governance.

While many attempts by Sweeney and other lawmakers to restructure Rutgers governance have been blocked by both boards, Stewart said the boards are not bowing to political pressure because the change was already in progress.

“The two chairs that [made] the task force on governance were talking about doing this prior to Senate President Sweeney making any comments about Rutgers governance,” he said. “This is the biggest governance change to the Board of Trustees in 60 years, so you don’t want to make it fast.”

Although Rutgers did not have the nation’s largest university Board of Trustees when it had 59 members, Stewart said it was close to it.

Richard L. Edwards, chancellor of Rutgers–New Brunswick, said the board had a greater number of trustees than most public research institutions in the United States.

“If you looked at various nonprofit organizations and educational institutions, the current size of the Board of Trustees would be on the SEE TRUSTEES ON PAGE 5

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The New Brunswick Jazz Project hosts “Daniel Simms Band” from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Tumulty’s Pub at 361 George St. There is a $4 cover charge for guests under the age of 21, and the event is open to the public.

WEDNESDAY 1/21 University Career Services hosts “All About Internships in Health Professions” from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Busch Student Center on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY 1/22 The Department of Nutritional Sciences hosts “Hunger and Income Inequality: Why they matter for public health” from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Food Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 1/23 The Center for Literacy Development hosts “47th Annual Conference on Reading and Writing” from 9 a.m. to 2

p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

Student Support Services hosts “Spring Open House” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lucy Stone Hall on Livingston Campus.

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SATURDAY 1/24 Mason Gross School of the Arts hosts “MFA Thesis Exhibition I: Catch and Release” from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Civic Square on College Avenue. The event is free and open to the public.

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City bike exchange program links community, students AVALON ZOPPO STAFF WRITER

Although Rutgers alumna Aimee Jefferson has had her driver’s license for more than a decade, she has never owned a car.

Instead, she relies on bicycling as her preferred mode of transportation. When she heard about the New Brunswick Bike Exchange program, the avid cycling enthusiast immediately jumped on board.

The NBBE is a program that collects and refurbishes donated bicycles, Jefferson said, which are then sold at a discounted price.

The proceeds from sales are sent to the Puerto Rican Action Board, a group that uses the proceeds to fund community programming.

Leighann Kimber, director of the program, said the mission of the NBBE is to ultimately provide equitable transportation. The program aims to serve people who cannot afford a car, a transit pass or a bike at retail price.

The Bike Exchange sells bicycles in good condition at up to 50 percent off the original retail price and adult bikes don’t exceed a price tag of $100, Kimber said.

Child bikes are sold around $10 in an effort to “see a kid happy to take a bicycle home.”

“If someone comes in and says ‘I only have $20,’ that’s fine,” she said.

“We want to empower people to be able to purchase it themselves, which is one reason we don’t give [the bikes] away for free.”

Jefferson believes every aspect of the NNBE is beneficial to the community, from providing affordable transportation options, saving bikes from dusty garages and landfills and generating money for PRAB’s programming.

“For a while I made the decision to bike based on financial reasons, but it has since evolved into an environmental, health and social issue now, too,” she said.

“There are a lot of other people who bike or want to bike for the same reasons.”

The NBBE is part of a family of Bike Exchanges located throughout the state, in Trenton, Newark and Plainfield, Jefferson said.

Since the inception of the NBBE in May 2013, the program has donated more than $9,000 to PRAB and sold more than 300 bikes to members of the New Brunswick community, Jefferson said.

From fall of 2013 to fall of 2014, Kimber has seen an increase in the number of residents and students buying bicycles, which she finds encouraging for environmental and fitness reasons.

“In the beginning of the year, students were buying the bikes as we were putting them on the

racks,” she said. “[The program] definitely encourages sustainable options for transportation, especially in an urban setting like New Brunswick.”

Colin Figueredo, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year, frequently rides his bicycle around campus because it is “fit and efficient.” He believes the NBBE program could greatly help Rutgers students, in addition to New Brunswick residents.

“I think the program is great,” he said. “The ‘Freshman 15’ wouldn’t exist if all these students just rode bikes to class instead of taking the bus.”

Figueredo believes that students on campus could benefit from the NBBE program becoming more integrated with Rutgers.

In an effort to connect with the Rutgers community, the NBBE has partnered with Scarlet Day of Service and the Semester of Service program, Jefferson said.

The exchange has also worked with the Office of Student Employment to set up a paid managerial position at the Bike Exchange, she said. Already, more than half of the volunteers are Rutgers students.

One of the most challenging aspects of running the exchange is the fact that it is completely volunteer-operated, Jefferson said, and finding volunteers to refur-

Since May 2013, the New Brunswick Bike Exchange has sold more than 300 bikes to the New Brunswick community.

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bish the overwhelming number of donated bikes is difficult.

“A lot of people think they need to have prior experience to work with us, which is not the case,” Kimber said. “We have experienced mechanic volunteers who will train the unexperienced volunteers.”

In the future, Kimber hopes the program becomes more of a fixture in the community through hosting a series of educational classes. The NBBE has hosted “bike rodeos” in the past, in which instructors teach

riders how to follow the rules of the road, ride safely and how to control a bicycle.

Last night, Kimber said the exchange hosted their first “Women’s Wrench Night.” An instructor discussed the basics of bike repair, including how to adjust saddle height and position, change a tire and adjust brakes. “[The exchange] is a pretty simple idea, but it seems to be working well and I think there is a real need for it in New Brunswick,” she said.

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ALUMNA Watson-Stryker graduated with two bachelor’s degrees in geography, religion CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“What Ella is doing on the ground in West Africa is tr yson-Stryker graduated with two ing to understand how Ebola is bachelor’s degrees, one in geog- moving and how to tr y to arrest raphy and the other in religion, that movement,” Schroeder said.

“She’s having to understand Schroeder said.

“I remember Ella as being very cultural practices ... local econsmart, very committed [and] very omies ... the physical environinterested in discussing issues,” ment, and how it can foster the he said. “It’s not surprising to see spread of disease.”

In her interview with Time, what she’s gone on to do with Watson-Stryker said it was “emoher life.” tionally Drawing devasparallels between “In Liberia people say this is a t a t i n g ” to see so epidemiman-made virus ... But the many inology, a branch of disaster that the virus has created dividuals is man-made. It’s something we succumb medicine to the that adhave chosen as humanity disease, dresses the to allow to happen.” meeting control of people bediseases, ELLA WATSON-STRYKER fore they and geTime Magazine ‘Person of the Year’ become o g r a p h y, sick and Schroeder bur ying said properly understanding the political, them not long after.

“Guinea broke my heart,” she economic and cultural environment of any region is necessary said. “I was not prepared for the level of mortality. I wasn’t prein humanitarian work.

He said Watson-Str yker’s pared to watch entire families die. study of geography allowed her I wasn’t prepared to watch entire to facilitate the promotion of villages die.”

James Johnson, a distinglobal health from an integratguished professor in the Deed approach.

A man undergoes a medical screening for the Ebola virus at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. As of Jan. 5, six Americans have returned to the country with Ebola. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS partment of Religion, said Watson-Str yker was clearly interested in the application of moral values and ethical precepts to international affairs, as well as the continent of Africa.

Johnson, who was her Henry Rutgers Scholars thesis advisor for the religion department, said Watson-Stryker’s newfound fame for combating Ebola showcases the application of a religious education to global affairs.

“This provides a striking example of what you can do with a [degree in religion],” he said. “It is a

very good example of what you can take away from a major in this field — concerns that have broad bearing on a whole variety of national and international issues.”

Johnson cited Watson-Str yker as one example of why it is useful and important to understand the implications of religion as a source of social organization and development.

“I’m enormously proud of her,” he said. “I’m very happy that somebody that I worked with has gone on to do this kind of [work] and make this kind of impact.”

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Palazzo says it is much harder to meet people if students do not get involved

Edwards says reducing Board of Trustees members from 59 to 41 will not diminish diversity of thought

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Ravi Patel, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, was unaware of the transfer center and its resources. He used NJTransfer to pick his courses at Middlesex County College and apply to Rutgers.

Classes at MCC were more classroom-based than the classes he attended after transferring, which were generally in lecture halls. He said the small classes were more conducive to learning than the large lectures.

Though the classes are a bit more difficult, Patel said, any student who puts time into learning the material should do well.

“I think [the University of Massachusetts] was a bit easier,” Palazzo said.

“I think [the] work [here] is a little bit heavier.”

Attending Rutgers was cheaper than paying out-of-state tuition at the University of Massachusetts, Palazzo said, and difficulties with financial aid made moving to Rutgers a logical choice.

Sangvhi went to the University of Mar yland to study pre-law but then decided to change her major. She transferred to avoid unnecessarily paying higher tuition for a degree in accounting.

Patel said the atmosphere at Rutgers was less than welcoming. Making friends in his lectures was a difficult process.

He was also unable to find people who could help him locate his classes when he first got to Rutgers.

Palazzo said University of Massachusetts-Amherst students

were nicer than the students she met after transferring to Rutgers, though Rutgers students were not necessarily unfriendly.

One of her main concerns was joining the University community.

“That was the big thing I was worried about,” she said. “I wasn’t sure what I was going to get involved in ... The thing is, I’m also commuting, so transitioning and commuting was a bit dif ficult.”

Joining a sorority opened more doors for Palazzo. She joined Phi Sigma Sigma after transferring to Rutgers. She was not a part of a similar organization while in Massachusetts.

Palazzo also joined RU-tv and is a news correspondent for Rutgers’ radio station, WRSU-FM 88.7. Joining all of these organizations helped her ease into Rutgers faster than if she had just met people in her classes.

Sangvhi said not joining an organization would likely have made it more difficult for her to get used to the University. She is a member of Alpha Phi Omega, a ser vice community.

“If you don’t get yourself involved, it’s going to be much more difficult to meet people,” Palazzo said. “If you join any clubs that are related to your major or are in your interests, that’s the best way to get friends.”

Sangvhi said Rutgers could be intimidating at first, but with time, adaptation could be easier for students.

Palazzo’s advice to new transfer students is to join groups on campus.

“Get involved, and don’t feel too overwhelmed,” she said. “[Your experience] will get better, and you will get used to [Rutgers].”

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very high end of what you typically would find,” he said. “Boards tend to be a bit smaller to facilitate more opportunities for discussion and interaction.”

He said the restructuring of governance would not significantly impact the decision-making capabilities of the board. Though the number of trustees was reduced, its new size is still considerable.

“It’s not going to be a small Board of Trustees after the changes,” Edwards said. “It’s still going to be substantial, and it’s still going

to provide opportunity for a wide range of different kinds of people to bring their thoughts to bear on any given issue.”

Francine Glaser, undergraduate Board of Trustees representative for the Rutgers University Student Assembly, said the board’s downsizing would be beneficial to the student body because it gives greater consideration to student input.

Glaser, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and an elected representative of the board, said the additional three student charter trustees would allow the student

Although she was honored with six other Ebola fighters as 2014’s Time Person of the Year, Watson-Str yker said she does not know how much of her work actually helps combat the epidemic. In her Time inter view, she said it is better to tr y than to feel helpless.

“In Liberia people say this is a man-made virus. And it’s not a man-made virus,” she said. “But the disaster that the virus has created is man-made. It’s something we have chosen as humanity to allow to happen.” voice to make a greater impact, especially considering how their positions are not part of the 18 that were removed.

“All students on the board will still be able to give their input,” she said. “Students will now have a slightly larger opportunity to give input ... the changes will not have negative impacts for students.”

Along with the more “efficient” decision-making process that comes with the board’s reduction, Stewart also highlighted the importance of the governing boards’ newfound relationship with lawmakers in Trenton.

“Rutgers and our legislators need to have a good working relationship, and unfortunately that has been missing,” he said.

“In the end, both sides got into productive discussions, [and] we wound up with something that’s good for the University.”

Richard Edwards, chancellor of Rutgers-New Brunswick, said the reduction in size from 59 voting members to 41 will be beneficial to the University, as it will encourage more deliberative discussion. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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STUDENT

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Patel, eighth student to die since September, was movie buff, ‘supporter of insect lives’ CONTINUED FROM FRONT

study, but Aniesh was that reminder that there’s more to live for than your books,” she said.

Outside of the classroom, Patel was a big movie buff. He loved the classics — Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and David Fincher’s “Fight Club” were two of his favorites.

He was also a supporter of insect lives, she said, laughing. During their first year in college, the first floor of their residence hall experienced a ladybug infestation. When Patel came downstairs, Destin and her friends expected him to save the day. Instead, he asked his friends to spare the bugs’ lives “because they were innocent.”

But for all of the film titles he could rattle off and the many bugs he rescued, he also had his weak spots, Destin said, and dancing was one of them.

He shied away from dancing,

she said, so whenever he did dance, like on Destin’s 20th birthday or more recently in an impromptu salsa dancing breakout, her friends were sure to capture the rare moment on video.

“He was such a bright personality to have in the room,” she said. “And looking back talking about him, it was all positivity — that’s all that surrounded him, really.”

Patel’s death marks the eighth student death since September.

He follows the deaths of students Caitlyn Kovacs, Darsh Patel, Paul Kim, Neha Musipatla, Michael Murray and Billy Roy Ouch.

Counseling for members of the University community grieving Patel’s death as well as counseling at large is available at Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program and Psychiatric Services, located at 17 Senior Street in New Brunswick.

Students living in on-campus facil-

Tim McDonnell returns home after October car accident DAN COREY STAFF WRITER

Aneish Patel, a fourth-year student in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, unexpectedly died on Jan. 13. COURTESY OF ZAHRA ALI ities are also encouraged to communicate with their Residence Life staff to cope with the loss. Off-campus or commuter students can speak with their dean of students.

Tim Grimm, located at Bishop House, 115 College Avenue, is the College Avenue campus dean of students. Michelle Jefferson, lo-

cated at 305 College Hall, is the Cook and Douglass campuses’ dean of students.

Jeffrey Broggi, located at Lucy Stone Hall A239, is the Livingston campus dean of students. Sandra Castro, located at the Busch Campus Center, is the Busch campus dean of students.

Rutgers junior Timmy McDonnell, 21, returned to his home after being struck by a car in New Brunswick, according to Verizon FiOS1 News on Jan. 15.

A car struck McDonnell the morning of Oct. 4 on Easton Avenue, according to a previous article in The Daily Targum.

McDonnell, from Holmdel, N.J., was then taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in critical condition.

According to The Daily Targum, Michael Schenk, 30, from Somerset, was driving eastbound down Easton when his car struck McDonnell at 2:16 a.m. near Olde Queens Tavern.

After spending 25 days in critical care, McDonnell awoke from his coma and was transferred to the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange on Oct. 29, according to The Asbur y Park Press.

Though he was out of his coma,

“From day one I told my parents that this day was going to come.”

MATTY MCDONNELL Brother of Tim McDonnell

McDonnell remained incapable of talking and could not move the right side of his body.

In a video posted online by Verizon FiOS1 News, McDonnell can be obser ved walking and performing rehabilitative exercises in a clip of him at the Kessler Institute.

Tim McDonnell, Timmy McDonnell’s father, said his son’s recover y is attributed to the outflow of kindness and support from fellow New Jersey residents.

“It’s been really dif ficult on ever ybody,” he said. “With all the prayers and all the help [from] ever ybody we’ve got around town, and all over New Jersey really, they kind of ‘willed’ Timmy back to health.”

According to Verizon FiOS1 News, Timmy McDonnell will resume his rehabilitation at the Kessler Institute this Monday, operating at a three day per week schedule. His father said this routine would likely last two months, later increasing to five days per week, focusing more on his cognitive activity.

It is currently unknown when Timmy McDonnell will return to Rutgers. The Jan. 15 video reports that his doctors expect the junior’s full recover y.

“From day one I told my parents that this day was going to come,” said Matty McDonnell, Timmy’s brother.

January 20, 2015

Tech Tuesday

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Tech reviews gadgets, gizmos that shook Y2K generation be as thin as it was. Despite that, though, with enough practice (and the help of T9 Word) anyone’s dad Most people would probably agree could learn to text like a champion that the most influential gadget of the on a Razr. If you haven’t seen one last ten or even twenty years is the in a while, it’s interesting to note smartphone. And 2014 was definitely that now, the Razr — once the hotthe year of the smartphone: it’s hard to test model on the runway — looks go 30 seconds in public without see- chunky in comparison to even the ing a person looking down, clutching largest modern smartphones. a glowing screen in their hand. iMac G3 — The iMac G3 was an Smartphones do everything: they infamous computer that would mark make our phone calls, store and play a new era of Apple, following the reall our music, send emails and text turn of Steve Jobs in the late 1990’s. messages, keep our calendars, let us The G3 was one of the first computplay games, read books and news arti- ers to ditch the floppy disk and adopt cles, connect through social media and the CD, which would eventually so much more. become the dominant media format.

But what about the devices that The transparent plastic design was we used before we could carry a eye-catching and OS X was a radidigital Swiss Army Knife in our cal take on how to make a computer pocket? The 1990’s and 2000’s operating system — Microsoft Ofwere full of weird gadgets that did fice had just come to the Mac, giving all kinds of things for us before Mac users access to a whole new levmore or less converging into the el of productivity. smartphone. Here are a few of the BlackBerry — Before the iPmost memorable gadgets of the rehone, before cent past.

Android, Hit Clips there was the — A shortBlackBerry. lived phe- “AOL Instant Messenger was the The Canade facto way to talk to friends. dian email nomenon but a phenomNothing has ever come close to destroyer is enon nonearound replicating that experience again still theless, Hit (they just — except maybe Facebook.” released the Clips were miniature BlackBerboomboxes ry Classic, that played which is exshort clips of late 90s and early 2000s actly what you’d expect it to be, a hits. Clips came from some of the best classic BlackBerry design with an artists and bands to ever make music, added touchscreen), but the days of all including the Backstreet Boys, Brit- your friends being on BBM are long ney Spears, *NSYNC, Aaron Carter, gone. Some people, like rapper Drake, Destiny’s Child, and P!nk. Thankful- swear by BlackBerry’s physical, rely, nothing was the same after more al-button keyboards, but most people functional MP3 players like the iPod, seem to agree that touchscreen only released in 2001 came to market and phones are the way of the future. effectively annihilated Hit Clips.

Tamagotchi — Before FarmNintendo GameBoy (Color, ville there was Tamagotchi. The eggAdvance, & Advance SP) — One shaped pet-game was fun, sure, but it word: Pokémon. The Gameboy de- also taught kids harsh lessons about fined a generation of video games, responsibility, like what happens if spawning hit after hit. The Gameboy you forget to feed your virtual pet for Color and Gameboy Advance re- a week. Tamagotchis also had one of fined the formula until perfection was the earliest incarnations of social netreached in the form of the Gameboy working, letting you trade items and Advance SP. Fun fact: the Gameboy interact with other players and pets is the third-highest selling video game using an IR blaster. system ever; the second highest is the PS2 and the first-highest is the Gameboy’s successor, the Nintendo DS. AOL / AOL Instant Messenger — “You’ve got mail!” was one of the catchiest phrases of the 90s. And let’s be honest: AOL was basically the entire Internet until the mid 2000s.

Free trial discs were everywhere, everyone’s email ended in @aol.com and AOL Instant Messenger was the de facto way to talk to your friends.

Nothing has ever come close to replicating that experience again — except maybe Facebook.

TI–83 — The Gameboy of calculators, the TI–83 is single-handedly responsible for half the country’s middle school population passing algebra.

Updates would come through the TI–83 Plus and Plus Silver editions, which added core improvements like more memory and a better display without changing the way the calculator actually works (just like the Gameboy Advance and SP). The standard calculator experience.

Motorola Razr — It wasn’t just the first “thin” phone, it was also one of the first mainstream phones that valued design above functionality.

Indeed, the Razr made a few design tradeoffs. Most notably was its oddly flat keyboard, which let the phone

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tudents in American classrooms are taught Movement. Racism isn’t always tangible. So while it about iconic figures in a gradual manner. At is true that laws have changed, mentalities have not. first, Martin Luther King, Jr. was simply a Laws and regulations cannot stop individuals from man who had a dream. A few years later, students hating one another, and nothing can regulate perlearn that not only did he have a dream, but that he sonal bias, thus making it easier than ever for social believed in nonviolence and led peaceful protests. Fi- interactions to revert to an archaic disposition that nally, students learn that he was unjustly jailed and was once commonplace only 50 years ago.

As of late, there is not one person leading the tragically assassinated. Regardless of this gradual learning curve, it is clear that MLK’s legacy is often charge against police brutality, a modern-day MLKreduced to a man who gave speeches, led march- like figure has yet to emerge. But there are those es and believed in a dream. Rarely is it mentioned such as Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice that MLK’s disdain for violence stemmed from the who exemplify the necessity of the movement. The Vietnam War, a fight that he openly condemned. No- deaths of these individuals — and the many more where in history books is it mentioned that he was an who have come before and after them — prove adulterer, that he fought for the rights of sanitation the staying power of this modern day revolution.

The protests seen workers and that throughout the he advocated for “MLK Jr. was a living, breathing example that streets of major citcurriculum reies and on college form. MLK Jr. Day believing in a cause and fighting for it at all campuses emulate is hardly intended costs, without giving up in the face of hatred, the spirit of the to be a day off from can bring about meaningful change.”

1960s.

Similarly, work or school. with a 21st-century Rather it was despin, action on the signed to become a national holiday to commemorate the life and lega- highways of social media has not waned as individcy of a man who truly believed in a cause so greatly uals retweet, re-blog and repeatedly post about conthat he risked his life for it. In 2015, however, given tinued injustice each day.

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Et moi, Je suis Charlie?: On the injury of hate speech A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN POLITICS MARGARITA ROSARIO

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llowing for ever y possibility of self-scrutiny, I will seek to address the violent redress of grievances enacted by the Kouachi brothers and the destructive and divisive rhetoric that has formed around the awful consequences of the recent attacks on the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. If I am successful at forming a distinction between critique and insensible rhetoric throughout this column, then with all due respect, I will have already done something that the Charlie Hebdo publication never did. As a journalist whose words are sometimes considered controversial, I have no doubt been forced to face the vulnerability of exposing my ideas quite a few times before. Indeed, I have been threatened with physical attack as a result of one of my publications and cannot even describe the emotional pain that one goes through upon a physical threat of censure. And yet, I find the global response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks utterly deplorable. The destitute unification of supposed “free-speech advocates” under the slogan “Je Suis Charlie” echoes the blind disregard of the publication’s despicable content, and more importantly, forms a binar y opposition between those who “identify” with the publication and those who do not.

Moments like these, when discourse is practically halted by the utter necessity to choose between two sides, the nuances of controversy are left unchallenged.

To state that which should not require a blatant appeal to reason: No amount of hate speech should prompt a belligerent response such as the one performed by

the Kouachi brothers. I am left shaking with rage at those comments that condone the attacks, stating that the Charlie Hebdo publication had it “coming to them,” — or to use the words that have been used against my writing, that one should “fight terrorism with terrorism.”

I am even gravely discomforted by the Pope’s allegation that religious material should overall be left uncharted.

What angers me about the publication, and why I will under no circumstances identify myself with “Charlie,” is that its material is not purely “satirical” as some would like to allege, but is rather a

Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira in the body of a monkey, echoing the many centuries of hate-imager y against black women’s bodies. Indeed, ver y few of the images published by the magazine can be considered “satire.” Instead, they ser ve as a painfully sad reminder of the anti-Jewish and anti-black caricatures that have propagated through racist communities for the past half-millennium, never mind the blatant Islamophobia that already governs contemporar y French politics.

The discourse surrounding the Parisian attacks reaffirm the rhetorical bi-

“When millions of Parisians took the streets with signs reading ‘Je suis Charlie,’ I could not help but feel that they were not supporting free-speech or arguing against the precarity of journalism, but were rather outright glorifying the Parisian publications, its outrightly racist tendencies and its right to continue producing hateful imagery.” clear deployment of vilified stereotypes for the use of mass-ridicule on unwarranted grounds — what I like to call “hate speech.”

Unfortunately, the most incendiar y images released by the Paris publication are not often included in a description of the magazine’s content. Instead, most news sources have focused on the images of Prophet Mohammad, which have been dubbed as the source of anger for most Muslim critics of the publication.

I myself find other images to be much more deplorable, such as the cartoon depicting four hijabi gap-toothed pregnant women yelling “Don’t touch our child benefits!” with the headline, “The sex slaves of Boko Haram are angr y,” or the depiction of black female French Prime

nar y of “with us” or “against us,” once again vilifying an entire community by forcing Muslims to come out as “anti-terrorist” and “pro-free speech,” as though such identifications are somehow deflected from being the usual state of the Muslim populous. Such calls for condemnation reflect a French society that is severely threatened by their own populous due primarily to fallacious associations. Although it is beyond doubt that the past few decades have seen a rise of religious fundamentalism within the inter working of terror organizations, it is sickening to see a whole religious entity and its followers ridiculed for something they neither chose nor would choose. A moment that caused me caustic pain and filled me with absolute ter-

ror was when I could hear the Kouachi brothers, inflicted with pride, yelling “Allah is the greatest,” or by other translations, “God is great,” forever associating these religious joyful hymns with the terrorist attacks that preceded them. A part of witnessing these events is recognizing that I will not be subjected to the backlash. I will not be the Arab woman being called a “terrorist” and pushed to the ground with my pregnant belly on Parisian streets. I will not be affected by the impending brutality that will govern public discourse for months to come. So to say that I was filled with terror is to assert the most miniscule of feelings: that of the bystander.

When millions of Parisians took the streets with signs reading “Je suis Charlie,” I could not help but feel that they were not supporting free-speech or arguing against the precarity of journalism, but were rather outright glorifying the Parisian publications, its outright racist tendencies and its right to continue producing hateful imager y. Critique is warranted against those who blindly support the publication — who think that by doing so, they are protecting free speech as an entity. Critique is also warranted against those who assert that one cannot freely cause injur y without expecting belligerent backlash. But to spew insensible rhetoric is to essentialize each position to an absolute, black-and-white, dichotomous stance in favor of a simple, homogenous, reading of these events.

If I am ever to place racial ridicule to a higher standard than complex discourse, then please, by all means, call me “Charlie.”

Margarita Rosario is a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in philosophy. Her column, “A Woman’s Place is in Politics,” runs on alternate Mondays.

America’s College Promise Plan needs more fine-tuning COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVE SERGIO ROJAS

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resident Obama’s State of the Union address will be televised tonight, but he has already revealed some of his proposals. Along with the usual set of tax policies — some sort of tax relief for the middle class and some sort of tax increase for wealthier people — the President’s plan to offer two years of “free” community college, known as America’s College Promise Plan, is what has caught the attention of the younger generation of Americans the most. The cost of college tuition has grown exponentially in recent times. Many students choose to attend two years of community college before going to a four-year university simply to save money. Others delay going to community college straight out of high school in order to work for wages and save money to enroll. Some students may never receive any form of higher education because they feel it is unaffordable. In turn, President Obama’s “free” community college tuition plan seems like a golden opportunity for all the young people in America who struggle with the decision to go to college for economic reasons. Will this plan really be free, however, and should it be implemented?

Although more information about the plan is expected to be revealed in the State of the Union address and in subsequent days, as of now, ver y few concrete details are known. Currently, the estimated cost is $60 billion, which is hardly free.

A quarter of the $60 billion would be paid for by the States with yet another unfunded mandate from Washington. While it may seem free for the students that bene-

gree in seven years, what makes anyone think it can be done in two? It would be a shame to see all this money invested for the noble purpose of offering Americans a chance to an education and having them squander both that chance and taxpayer money.

Some would argue America’s College Promise Plan is essential because some sort of college degree is necessar y for a

“I believe in, first and foremost, providing for the people of America, not the special interests of companies and their shareholders. While a tax increase to pay for a ‘free’ community college plan might not be the best investment for the future, a tax on companies seems like a great investment to bring millions of well-paying jobs back to this country.” fit from this, the American taxpayers will know the real cost.

Will the $60 billion of taxpayer money really be put to good use? The Washington Post reported that only one in eight low-income students enrolled in community colleges get a degree in three years. A 2013 report by the Massachusetts Teachers Association found only 17 percent of Massachusetts’ community college students earned an associate’s degree or certificate in seven years. If this amount of students can’t even earn a de-

well-paying job in our countr y today. Historically, this has not always been true.

When America was still the largest manufacturer in the world, a good paying job could still be doing labor, both skilled and unskilled. Over the last few decades, however, America has lost tens of millions of jobs, if not more, to overseas competition where it is cheaper for American companies to employ workers. The President and Democrats are ver y fond of taxation (the $60 billion for the community college plan is after all to be paid for through tax

increases). In order to bring the return of millions of good paying jobs to America, they should heavily consider taxing American companies that do not hire American laborers. While taxing companies may not seem like the typically conser vative or modern day Republican approach to things, I believe in first and foremost providing for the people of America, not the special interests of companies and their shareholders. While a tax increase to pay for a “free” community college plan might not be the best investment for the future, a tax on companies seems like a great investment to bring millions of well paying jobs back to this countr y.

The instant return of millions of manufacturing jobs to America is unlikely.

Luckily, the President’s plan hasn’t completely missed the mark. He is also proposing an initiative for expanding technical training programs, which will provide training for many American workers for the jobs that remain here. Technical and vocational training for young Americans is, in fact, a worthy investment. Hopefully, the President will realize this, expand on the details of this plan and implement it accordingly.

Sergio Rojas is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history and journalism and media studies. He is the chairman of Rutgers College Republicans. His column, “Common Sense Conservative,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (01/20/15). Collaboration wins this year. Nurture your relationships, your greatest wealth. Consider long-term visions. A new income source arises after 3/20. Declare your dream with a partner, and launch a new joint venture after 4/8. New opportunities for shared wealth arise after October. Compromise, negotiate and network for best results.

Stash away windfall coins. Speak your love. 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 an 8 — Collaborate with friends on projects that inspire and make a difference. You can achieve remarkable results. With the Sun and New Moon in Aquarius today, your team’s on fire. Vision + action = innovation. Realize a dream together.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Exciting new career opportunities appear. Focus on advancing your position. A new leadership phase dawns with the New Moon. Express your passion in your work. Explore your creativity. Go for a dream. Articulate your vision and mission.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Travel beckons over the next month with the Sun and New Moon in Aquarius. Go somewhere you’ve always dreamed about. Study and get your homework done first. The workload may be intense. Celebrate completion somewhere exotic.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Imagine your family’s future. New income is possible.

Discuss long-term goals and how to get there. The best things in life are still free. Save for bad weather. Sort, file and organize. Manage accounts and paperwork.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — A dream is within reach, if you work together. Encourage a miracle worker. Rely on each other.

If you don’t take action, an opportunity dissolves. Watch the insubstantial sift away. Good manners help you gain altitude. Make and accept promises.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Act decisively. Focus on your work over the next month with the Sun in Aquarius. A new level of service grows under the New Moon.

You don’t want to go anywhere.

Trust your own good sense.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Discover an epiphany about life, the universe and everything. It’s all about love. Share some. New opportunities to utilize your talents arise. Choose for fun and passion. Have it forward a larger dream. Stand with your heart.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Begin a new home phase under the Aquarius Sun and New Moon. Take care of household responsibilities and projects. Get family on board with the plan. Take the first steps. Get creative and save money. Make dreams come true.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You retain information especially well over the next month with the Sun and New Moon in Aquarius. You have a flair for storytelling. Write it all down.

Begin a new phase in a creative dream project.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — The Aquarius Sun and New Moon could inspire new income, in a new profitable phase.

Expenses could rise as well, so keep sharp watch. Don’t waste resources.

Recycle for maximum use. Realize a financial dream by going for it.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — You have the advantage this month, with the Sun and New Moon in your sign, ushering in a confident, powerful phase.

Keep your patience. Humility serves you well. Take significant ground with a personal dream. A loved one cheers.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Savor solitude and introspection. Make long-term plans. Something’s coming due. Be supportive. Listen to the wisdom of an elder. Visualize the dream. A miracle occurs when least expected.

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letic Bowl loss against Virginia Tech. He didn’t play a snap in last Nova sheds tears in front of year’s Pinstripe Bowl against Notre Dame after being benched for teammates after Rutgers’ the season’s final three games.

Quick Lane Bowl victory But Nova never folded after the failures and never succumbed to the intense scrutiny, instead CONTINUED FROM BACK coming back stronger and more determined after each setback.

Thanks to it, the school’s allIn a way, Nova felt responsible for letdowns as the program’s time leader in touchdown passcentral figure these past few es had a career season and now years. He knew how easy it could leaves Piscataway with a bowl have been for teammates to turn victory as a starting quarterback.

“This was really the only on him.

So as he stood at the center of thing left out there for him that an NFL locker room in perhaps he hadn’t accomplished, and he the defining moment of his ca- has — leading this team to a bowl reer, staring into the eyes of those championship,” said head coach he couldn’t feel more appreciation Kyle Flood. “He’s poured so much of his life into this program for, the senior was confused.

“It was just weird. After the over the last four years that it’d be hard not to game, evbe emotional erybody was a moment thanking me, “[Nova’s] poured so much in like this.” and I just He had wanted to let of his life into this plenty of help them know, program over the last four from some of ‘don’t thank me. I thank years that it’d be hard not the program’s b u i l d i n g you guys for to be emotional.” blocks. ever ything, Fr es hm an for just being KYLE FLOOD running backs there for me Head Coach Josh Hicks through the and Robert tough times,’“ said Nova, who was visibly teary- Martin exploded for a combined eyed underneath his camou- 302 yards and three touchdowns flage-colored golf cap. “They’re on 38 carries, becoming the first the reason why I was able to per- pair of Knights to each rush for 100 yards since 2006. severe and push through.”

The shifty 5-foot-10 Hicks, On this night, it encapsulated who led the attack with a gamethe fortitude of a trying career.

With 184 passing yards, two high 202 yards and 49-yard burst touchdowns and no turnovers, in the fourth quarter, landed the Nova helped the Scarlet Knights Quick Lane Bowl’s MVP award.

North Carolina’s porous de(8-5, 3-5) thoroughly dissect the Tar Heels for their first bowl win fense never had an answer for Rutgers’ balanced offense, which since 2011.

During that span, the Elm- effortlessly marched into the end wood Park, New Jersey, native zone in five plays on the game’s stumbled through a disastrous opening drive. The Knights steadiouting in the 2012 Russell Ath- ly built a 23-0 halftime advantage.

RETURN Michigan comes to Rutgers without its leading scorer in NBA prospect LeVert CONTINUED FROM BACK to get out there and get a win and it’s no different today. We definitely want to go out there and pull this one out and secure our home floor and get this win.”

Like Wisconsin did with the injur y to star for ward Frank Kaminsky, the Wolverines limp into Piscataway.

Star guard Caris LeVert was ruled out for the remainder of the season on Sunday after suffering a left foot injury in Saturday’s, 5654, victory against Northwestern.

The 6-foot-7 NBA prospect led Michigan in scoring at 14.9 points per game while also averaging team highs in rebounds (4.9) and assists (3.7) per game.

“That’s their best player right now,” senior guard Myles Mack said of LeVert. “Unfortunately [he got injured] but people are going to step up and we just have to know their sets and know what they do best.”

Even with Levert, the Wolverines have been under whelming this season. Starting the season ranked in the top 25, back-to-back losses in early December to N.J.I.T. and Eastern

Michigan followed by a drubbing at then No. 3 Arizona has seen their stock plummet.

But Michigan has managed to hold its own in conference play and currently sit at fifth in the Big Ten standings.

Rutgers on the other hand, sits 11th in the conference standings after six games after collapsing towards the finish line towards the end of the game.

Par t of the reason, according to Jordan, has been the overuse of Mack. Averaging just over 36 minutes per game,

“I wish somebody could go in and keep us organized, and that’s what we need first when [Myles] comes out. ” EDDIE JORDAN Head Coach

Mack scored a team-high 26 points against the Gophers but committed a game-high 7 turnovers, which Jordan par tially attributed to fatigue. “[Myles] needs help from me. I need to get him out of the game,” Jordan said. “He’s making fatigue plays, he thinks he’s not tired but there were about four or five fatigue plays where he’s dying on the screen or he’s not executing. He’s not focused

Freshman running back Josh Hicks stiff arms a North Carolina defender Dec. 26 at Ford Field. Hicks rushed for a game-high 202 yards to earn the Quick Lane Bowl’s MVP award.

TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Meanwhile, the Knights’ opportunistic defense forced two fumbles and refused to wilt to the Tar Heels’ up-tempo offense exclusively operated in shotgun, holding North Carolina to seven points until the game’s final 6:45.

An eight-win campaign in the program’s first-ever Big Ten campaign doesn’t guarantee anything for the future, but Rutgers’ thirdyear head coach is hardly downplaying it.

“Going into next year, you’ve got to earn everything from scratch all over again. There’s no doubt,” Flood said. “But I do think, as I’ve said before, winning helps. Winning helps recruiting, winning helps the feel around the program. Winning makes the alumni feel better, winning makes the boosters feel better.”

enough mentally, and it’s not his fault, it’s my fault. I’ve got to get him out and I just wish somebody could go in and keep us organized, and that’s what we need first when he comes out of the game.”

Normally the team’s best attribute, they encountered another issue with their defensive end, allowing Minnesota to explode for 89 points — the most Rutgers has allowed all season.

Having worked on defensive shape for a majority of Monday’s practice, the Knights expect an improved defensive performance.

Facing Michigan also brings back memories to the 1976 Final Four game where the Wolverines ended Rutgers’ and Jordan’s — then a player — undefeated season.

Although the names on the respective school’s jerseys remain the same, Jordan played off the significance of facing his former foes.

“No, not from the old days, no,” Jordan said on whether the name Michigan meant anything to him. “… It’s just so long ago, so many things happen. It is what it was and we enjoyed our experiences and our fun times but we’ve talked about that game so many times it’s just old news.”

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So, too, will retaining junior wide receiver Leonte Carroo, who announced postgame his intentions to return for his senior season after contemplating declaration for the NFL Draft.

It was par tly an emotional decision along with feedback from the NFL Advisor y Board suggesting he “stay in school” as a junior unlikely to be drafted in the first two rounds, he said.

“It was a lot of long nights talking to my family and friends and my coaches,” said Carroo, who stands one touchdown away from tying Rutgers’ all-time record of 20. “It was definitely a group effort to make this decision. Ultimately I made the decision for myself, but I got a lot of support.”

Perspective on this night, though, firmly centered on Nova, who along with 18 other seniors, walked off Ford Field as winners.

Nova had a difficult time envisioning that there won’t be a next year at Rutgers as he pursues offseason training and a potential shot in the NFL. Still, rather than try to figure out if he left the program better than he found it, Nova is most proud of the bonds he formed.

“I just couldn’t imagine doing it with any other guys,” he said. “I really built some relationships with guys that I never thought I’d be friends with, and I’m going to be friends with these guys forever.”

This story originally appeared Dec. 27 on dailytargum.com.

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January 20, 2015 SWIMMING & DIVING

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Rutgers splits weekend meets RYAN MORAN STAFF WRITER

While students and faculty were on winter break, the Rutgers swimming and diving team was not on break.

They were hard at work prepping for two meets that took place over the past month.

The Scarlet Knights entered the weekend winning every headto-head meet this season, but that streak ended when they fell to the Penn State, 212-138, in their first taste of Big Ten action.

“I thought overall it was a great performance by the team,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “In our first glimpse at Big Ten Conference action, we stepped up and competed, which was fantastic to see.”

Rutgers gained momentum early in the two-day meet when they were led to victory in the 400 medley relay by juniors Joanna Wu, Morgan Pfaff and Sarah Coyne and senior Greta Leberfinger (3:44:84).

The Nittany Lions fought back by claiming the top-three finishes of the 200 freestyle, 50 free and 1,000

free to give them the edge going into day two.

Day two was much of the same story, as Penn State produced wins in seven events on Saturday to protect its lead from day one of competition.

They first set their sight on a tri-meet in Florida against Miami (Florida) and Tulane. Rutgers won both of the meets, dominating both teams to improve their record on the year to 7-0.

The Knights finished the day with eight first-place finishes out of 16 events, including six second-place results and three third-place marks.

Rutgers beat the Hurricanes, 164134, and the Green Wave, 183-117.

Leberfinger led the team with three first-place finishes, including the 100 breaststroke (1:03.99), the 200 breaststroke (2:18.19) and the 400 individual medley (4:30.49).

“Personally, I’m very happy with the way I’ve raced and my mentality,” Leberfinger said of the last two meets. “I didn’t let good teams get in my head. I was confident in my training and what I had to do personally.”

Senior Greta Leberfinger led the Knights with three first-place finishes out of 16 events and had six second-place results.

TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2014

Wu and Pfaff added in a pair of wins each in their respective events. Wu hit the wall first in the 100 (56.51) and 200 backstroke, in addition notching third in the 50 freestyle (24.48).

“Coming off the training trip, I knew mentally it was going to be tough after coming off hard practices,” Wu said. “But if I kept it together mentally, I knew my body was going to follow.”

Pfaff took first in the 100 (56.48) and 200 butterfly (2:03.56), while also capturing second in the 200 back (2:05.31).

Throughout the season, Leberfinger, Wu and Pfaff have remained consistent and have been bright spots on the team.

“They are upperclassman and leaders on the team,” Spiniello said.

“They understand what it’s all about.

They are doing a great job remaining consistent in their training, which leads to consistency in the meets.”

On the boards, freshman Addison Walkowiak led the divers when she placed second in the one-meter dive with a mark of 274.75 and third place in the 3-meter dive, with a score of 272.35.

As a result, Walkowiak earned her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week this season, as well as the Corvias wECAC Co-Diver of the Week for the Division I Metro/Upstate region in her stellar freshman campaign.

“I was very happy with how we performed down in Miami,” Spiniello said. “The team was pretty tired from training, but we were able to step up and compete and walk away with two victories.”

For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

Senior sprinter D’Andre Jordan played a role in helping Rutgers recruit sprinter Izaiah Brown to join the Knights’ program.

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Knights earn commit from elite sprinter MIKE O’SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

As the indoor season has gotten under way for the Rutgers men’s track and field program, the team has received news that will create added excitement for the rest of the season.

Just prior to the start of the season, the Scarlet Knights garnered a commitment from sprinter Izaiah Brown, as he signed a letter of intent to run at Rutgers beginning in the 201516 season.

The Amsterdam, New York, native is not the typical sprinter recruit to sign with Rutgers.

He has won 13 event sectional titles and four state championships in high school in events like the 300m in 2013, the 400m in both 2013 and 2014, along with the 4x400m relay team in 2014.

At the New Balance Championships last June, he ran a 400-meter split of 45.16 seconds with his 4x400m relay team, which gave him the fastest time in the United States in 2014.

Choosing to come to Rutgers over schools like UCLA, USC, Michigan and Penn State, Brown represents a signature commitment for the program.

It’s one that can lead to big things in the future.

“Any time you can get a commitment from a top national class athlete like Izaiah, it is great for your program,” said head coach Mike Mulqueen.

“He will be a great addition to our team, and it shows how hard we want to compete in the Big Ten.” Moving to the Big Ten puts an even bigger impetus on recruiting than in the past, making it that much more important for the Knights to land someone of Brown’s caliber.

His recruitment has been a long process with many schools looking to add him to their teams, but the Knights were deeply involved in his process from the outset.

Senior sprinter D’Andre Jordan helped host Brown during

his visits to Rutgers, giving him advice on what to expect when running for the Knights.

He is excited about what Brown can bring to the program in the future and believes he will send a positive effect throughout the whole team.

“Izaiah is really excited to come [to Rutgers],” Jordan said. “He seems to fit in with the crowd and with the whole dynamic of the team. I feel like with him coming in next year, he’ll be a ver y good asset, even with me and a few other people leaving. Bringing in a talent like that and mixing it with the talent we already have here will take us to a higher level.”

The sprinting unit is already pretty deep for the Knights, but will lose a few of their key runners to graduation.

Bringing in someone like Brown, though, can help of fset the loss of key pieces and also influence other top recruits to perhaps consider coming to Rutgers.

“By Izaiah choosing to come here, hopefully it can help influence other potential really good recruits to come [to Rutgers],” Jordan said. “When guys see that someone of his stature is coming here, it can sometimes make other guys want to come here, as well.”

This is an exciting time for the Knights, who are optimistic with their indoor season under way, but are also looking for ward to the years ahead and their next conferences.

Brown can be one of the key leaders of the program helping to usher the Knights into the Big Ten, and he already has the full support of veteran leaders.

“I think he can become the ‘next big thing,’” said senior Corey Crawford, a sprinter and long-jumper. “Coming into the Big Ten, the competition is a lot better, but he will help draw other recruits to Rutgers.”

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January 20, 2015 WRESTLING KNIGHTS SET ATTENDANCE RECORD WITH 6,071 FANS VERSUS PENN STATE

RU sets attendance record, collects first Big Ten win TYLER KARALEWICH ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When most students were wrapped up on their couch watching Netflix for several hours straight, or taking long naps to pass the time of day, there was a group that was left to brave the loneliness of an empty Rutgers campus.

While nearly all of Rutgers was away on winter recess, the Rutgers wrestling team spent its time off from classes doing what most in the university went home to avoid — going to work.

The Scarlet Knights entered the gauntlet of their schedule starting January 2, rattling off dual meet after dual meet against Big Ten foes, leading to both individual and team accomplishments and also several firsts for the team.

After starting the dual-meet season undefeated with nine wins, the Knights hosted thenNo. 1 Iowa at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in front of a then-record 5,420 fans. Rutgers would go on to lose, but the atmosphere at the RAC ushered in a new era for Rutgers wrestling.

“It was a great crowd — an awesome crowd,” said head coach Scott Goodale after the 27-9 dual-meet loss to No. 1 Iowa.

“I’m into the crowd, and I know its part of what we are trying to build here, no doubt. It’s a passionate fan base and they love their wrestling.”

With little to compare the amount of support to — this is the Knights’ first season regularly wrestling at the RAC — junior Andrew Campolattano said the atmosphere compared favorably to venues he has competed at in the past before he left Ohio State.

“I think our attendance is right up to par with other Big Ten programs,” Campolattano said after his first victory in a Knights singlet. “I don’t think our crowd heckles as great as other places,

Redshirt freshman 141-pounder Anthony Ashnault celebrates after winning his first Big Ten bout against then-No. 1 Iowa. Ashnault won four bouts over the winter recess, defeating Minnesota, Maryland, Iowa and Penn State. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER but hopefully we will get there after a couple of more matches.”

When Penn State came to the RAC January 16, Rutgers went on to set a new match record of 6,071 fans, but would lose its fourthstraight dual after dropping bouts to then-No. 2 Minnesota and thenNo. 13 Illinois.

Although the Knights were pleased with the draw from the Rutgers fan base, they acknowledged the importance of earning their first win in the Big Ten Conference.

“I think we are more competitive, but we still aren’t where we want to be,” Ashnault said after Rutgers lost 28-6 against the Nittany Lions. “We want to be winning these matches, but it’s just tough.

It’s tough to go back-to-back-toback-to-back losses.”

That win would come this past weekend against Maryland for the Knights first Big Ten victory of the season.

Rutgers defeated the Terrapins 24-11 Sunday behind

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To Kahleah Copper, it was simple.

The junior wing has been around C. Vivian Stringer long enough to know what the 20year head coach demands from her players.

Catch the Rutgers women’s basketball team in action, and it’s obvious. The up-tempo offensive pace and in-your-face defense are two prime fundamentals that have merited a steady top-25 ranking for the No. 25 Scarlet Knights this season.

But when one of those fundamentals were out of sync last Thursday night at the RAC, it cost Rutgers an opportunity to seize its first win against an elite top-20 team in a 71-59 loss to No. 8 Maryland.

Stringer was livid — and Copper knew why.

“They did what they needed to do, and we didn’t,” Stringer said after the loss to Maryland.

“We’re going to be better because we’ve got to be better, but

we just didn’t do what we needed to do.”

One of the points Stringer alluded to was the whopping 19 turnovers her team committed.

“She really told us about the turnovers and how we beat ourselves with them,” Copper said.

“Coach Stringer just emphasized not turning the ball over so much because we just end up beating ourselves. When we turn it over, the other team ends up scoring on us, so that was really major for us.”

That emphasis must have clicked.

The Knights (13-5, 4-3) cleaned up their game and took care of the ball in their first action following the loss to the Terrapins with a 73-63 Big Ten road win at Wisconsin.

In the bounce back win, Rutgers turned the tables this time around by forcing turnovers instead of committing them. The Badgers (7-10, 3-4) turned the ball over 16 times on Sunday, as the Knights tallied 12 steals.

And they cashed in on those.

Rutgers netted 18 points on turnovers and got back to its run-

and-gun style out on the open floor, burying Wisconsin with 15 fast break points.

That opened up opportunities for Copper to get to the rim for high-percentage shots.

In the process, she surpassed 1,000 career points.

As the likes of Copper were able to attack the basket, it awakened a perimeter game that has been dormant for some time.

Junior guard Cynthia Hernandez dropped a game-high 17 points, shooting five of six from three-point land to inject some life and energy for the Knights when they needed it most while adding a critical element to their offense.

In order to help propel the Knights back into the discussion with the likes of the elite, Hernandez looked no further than the fundamental element of winning the turnover battle.

“I think we just need to realize that we’re hurting ourselves [with the turnovers],” Hernandez said. “It’s not that we can’t beat anybody — it’s just that we need to limit our turnovers, play defense and shoot the ball.”

the strength of winning seven bouts, including a tech fall from junior 149-pounder Ken Theobold and a major decision from sophomore 184-pounder Anthony Pafumi.

The win gives Goodale and Rutgers its first victory in its new conference, and Goodale said it lifts the pressure moving forward in the season.

“It feels good to win and it feels good to get our first Big Ten win,” Goodale said after the

win against Mar yland. “More importantly it feels good to see these individuals getting wins after wrestling some of the better guys in the countr y.

Our focus has been to stay positive and when the opportunity comes — to seize it. And that’s what we did.”

For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “After the game, everybody was thanking me, and I just wanted to let them know, ‘Don’t thank me. I thank you guys for everything, for just being there for me through the tough times.’”

— Senior quarterback Gary Nova

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FOOTBALL RUTGERS 40, NORTH CAROLINA 21 (QUICK LANE BOWL)

Rutgers celebrates with the Quick Lane Bowl championship trophy on Dec. 26 at Ford Field, home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions. The Knights defeated North Carolina, 41-20, for the program’s first postseason victory since 2011. Rutgers qualified for its ninth bowl game in 10 years and had lost in its last two appearances. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Rutgers ends memorable season with first bowl victory since 2011, Carroo announces return for senior year GREG JOHNSON

faithful, the few thousand of which traveled more than 600 miles to chant his name once it all ended.

Most of all, the senior quar terback tried not to cr y while addressing his teammates in the visiting team locker room of Ford Field following an emotional 40-21 win against Nor th Carolina in the Quick Lane Bowl.

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DETROIT — Gary Nova tried as hard as he could to hold back his tears.

He tried to block out the inevitability of the situation in the days leading up to this.

He tried to avoid getting caught up in the outpouring of love from the Piscataway

But Nova, with his Rutgers football legacy finally complete, couldn’t resist breaking down.

“I was tr ying to hold it back,” the co-captain said postgame. “But just seeing all the faces and knowing that that was my last time with the guys in this locker room was pretty tough.”

These were the players with which Nova had spent the last four months living under

the Big Ten’s microscope, having to answer to critics at every potential breaking point of the season.

Many had toiled by his side for the better part of four seasons, experiencing all the highs and lows that fueled Nova’s stigma of sporadic play in big games.

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histor y and gave them momentum entering a two-game road test.

But after losing both games, Rutgers (10-9, 2-4) returns to the RAC still in search of its third Big Ten win as it hosts Michigan Tuesday night.

The losses were frustrating not only because it halted the energy gained from a momentous upset of the Badgers, but also because of the close margin of defeat.

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The last time the Rutgers men’s basketball team played at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, it celebrated amongst the Rutgers crowd in celebration of its historic victor y over then-No. 4 Wisconsin, 67-62.

It was the highest ranked team the Scarlet Knights had ever beaten in program

Against No. 14 Mar yland on Jan. 14, the Knights led for long stretches only for missed foul shots and poor rebounding to cost them at the end of the game.

Then, three days later at Minnesota, a combination of 31 points from Gophers guard Andre Hollins and 19 turnovers proved the dif ference in an 89-80 shootout loss — Minnesota’s first Big Ten win of the season.

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KAHLEAH COPPER,

junior wing, surpassed 1,000 points on her career for the Rutgers women’s basketball team. Copper dropped 14 points on Sunday in a 73-63 win on the road at Wisconsin and is averaging 14.9 points per game on the season.

Although the Knights competed and have done well to shake off some of the negative perceptions of last year’s team, the losses have stung.

Hosting a Michigan (11-7, 4-2) team that has had plenty of speed bumps, the need to get back to winning ways is high.

“Ever y game there’s a sense of urgency,” said senior for ward Kadeem Jack. “We want SEE RETURN ON PAGE 13

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at Penn State

Tonight, 6:30 p.m., RAC

Friday, Bronx, N.Y.

Saturday, Noon, University Park, Pa.

Saturday, 11 a.m., Durham, N.H.