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U. confirms progress of lot 8 construction By Alex Meier Associate News Editor
The University suspended Robert Trivers after a controversy arose surrounding the class, “Human Aggression.” Trivers claimed he was not prepared to teach the course. COURTESY OF ROBERT TRIVERS
Professor talks teaching suspension By Sabrina Szteinbaum Correspondent
University administration assigned Professor Robert Trivers on Oct. 10 to teach a course entitled “Human Aggression,” yet Trivers said he knew nothing about the
course other than how to spell the words “human” and “aggression.” Rutgers suspended the anthropological and biological sciences professor with pay last Saturday, Trivers said, and he is currently in danger of being suspended without pay.
Trivers said the Department of Anthropology assigned him to instruct a course that was inappropriate, and when he addressed the situation to his class, acting Executive Dean of the School of Arts and See suspension on Page 4
According to Antonio Calcado, vice president of University Facilities and Capital Planning, all capital projects on the New Brunswick, Newark and Camden campuses along with Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences are progressing on schedule and should continue to operate smoothly. “We are hitting the milestones that we have anticipated hitting ... We’re pretty happy with our progress. We’re pretty happy with where we are going,” Calcado said. The University released a Status of Significant Projects document on Dec. 3 and plans to update this document in February. The document stated that university-wide, these projects should cost a total of $758.5 million. Calcado said no significant projects should be completed by the end of the semester, and most of the projects should be opening September 2015. According to the document, Rutgers anticipates the redevelopment on the College Avenue campus to be completed by the summer of 2016. The New Brunswick Development Corporation, a partner of the College Avenue Redevelopment Initiative, is currently focused on constructing the New Brunswick Theological Seminary’s new seminary building.
Once the new seminary building is completed, the old seminary building at 17 Seminary Pl. should be demolished, Calcado said. This should make way for the construction of an academic building for the School of Arts and Sciences, which the University hopes to commence by the end of the year. Developers have already begun pouring the foundation for the Residential Honors College. Calcado said the steel framework for the building should be erected by the Fall 2015 semester. To begin construction for a student apartment complex, Rutgers forced the famed grease trucks to relocate from their 20-year home on lot 8 in August. Considering how the trucks have seen significant revenue losses since moving, the lack of visible progress on the lot has raised some eyebrows. Yet Calcado said some utilities on the lot needed to be relocated and removed, and the soil had to undergo soil testing, which lasted about three months. “While it’s not gangbusters, there has been work going on the lot,” he said. Rutgers recently demolished lot 8’s Career Services building, and Career Services’ College Avenue office has been relocated to the fourth floor of the Gateway Transit Village on Somerset Street. With the building removed, Calcado said See construction on Page 4
Rutgers offers new online course options By Erin Petenko Associate News Editor
The University opens this semester with many new online courses for interested students. Chris Scherer, the director of the New Program Initiatives and Digital Learning, said the Creative Works Project and the Office of New Program Initiatives and Digital Learning are offering collaborations with students. Terry Corey Brennan, associate professor in the Department of Classics, is teaching a class “Papal Rome” that is offered fully online. The class focuses on the reigns of Pope Gregory XIII Boncompagni, Gregory XV Ludovisi and their subsequent family history to the present day, according to the course proposal. Scherer said students from the digital filmmaking program created original video productions for the course. According to the proposal, lectures from the course include material filmed with digital cameras in Rome and edited by
the Office of Instructional and Research Technology. This projected online course aims to weave together a number of complicated strands in what is hopefully an innovative, clear and compelling way for a 200-level undergraduate constituency, the proposal said. “Brennan gives a unique perspective to the class because he has access to the royal family archives in Rome,” Scherer said. Along with Papal Rome, the classics department plans to offer “The Search for the Historical Socrates: Portraits of Socrates in Plato, Xenophon, Aeschines of Sphettus, and Aristophanes” online with Matthew Fox. Scherer said the office also now offers online courses for the Certificate in Women’s Global Health, a division in Women’s and Gender Studies. The certificate is a collaboration between the Institute for Women’s Leadership and National Nurses United, the largest nurses union in the United States, according to the NNU website.
The University plans to offer several new online courses, including “Papal Rome,” which features lecture footage from student filmmakers. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “This academic program is the first ever built from the values of bedsides nurses: compassion for the world’s sick and suffering, a sin-
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Ombudsperson Office addresses student issues By Shawn Smith
James, a Rutgers alumna of 1988, said she went to the University of Pennsylvania Whenever a student has an Law School and graduated in issue at the University, and 1991. After practicing law, she the normal channels they go came back to the University through do not result in a reso- and worked at the Camden lution, there is another ser vice campus as the Assistant Dean available. The Ombudsperson of students before being nomOf fice, located in Van Nest Hall inated as the ombudsperson on the College Ave campus, in 2006. “The office was created priser ves as a neutral par ty that can listen and tr y to mediate marily by [former] President McCormack. [He] came to a resolution. Sybil James, ombudsperson [Rutgers] from the University for students, said her of fice of Washington,” she said. “At helps students with problems his university, the ombuds ofwhen they are not getting any- fice was created in the 1970s, where with their deans. It can when students were protesting sometimes be daunting to tr y the Vietnam War. It was an ofto navigate through the Univer- fice that primarily addressed sity’s policies and procedures the needs of students.” This is still true to this day, for students and situations. The of fice is another resource avail- James said. The of fice at the University of Washington inable for students. An ombudsperson, which is spired him to create one here. a Swedish term for represen- After the of fice was star ted, tative, acts as a mediator y be- James was hired and has retween individuals and a govern- mained as the first ombudsperment, James said. In this case, son at the University. Gail Sylvester-Johnson, adshe is a neutral person who acts as a mediator y between Rut- ministrative secretar y at the Ombudsperson of fice, said the gers and its students. “Most students find us of fice respects students privathrough referrals. Students are cy and does not share details of visits with referred to us anyone. Other by the dean of students office “When this office was d e p a r t m e n t s on campus, or an academbeing created, we besides stuic advising have dean,” she said. consulted ... Meryl Lynch dents, “Sometimes and American Express also benefited the of fice when students because they have this from on campus. and families position already.” “As far as have problems, of fices that they call the have benefitpresidents ofsybil james ted from our fice. They will ombudsperson for Students ser vices … refer them to student acthis office.” A majority of the issues counting, financial aid, academJames said she deals with have ic ser vices deans or the dean of to do with student and faculty students of fice [have all beneconflicts. Sometimes a situation fited]. These depar tments have does not fall under a specific all utilized our ser vices at some policy or procedure, and that is time or another,” she said. The of fice has also recentwhen students can turn to her ly seen an influx of requests office for help. “If you’re in the [School of for Financial Aid and StuArts and Sciences], and you’re dent Accounting help, with unhappy with a grade, you fol- the number of requests for low the process to get a grade help rising over the last two dispute resolved,” she said. years compared to years past, “If your situation doesn’t quite James said. Along with the University, fit under there, or if you can’t demonstrate whatever need many media outlets and corpothat they have to show a nu- rations utilize an ombudspermerical error, but there was an- son, James said. From ESPN other type of error, we are the to NBC, companies utilize the position to give their clients next step.” The office can work with a a place to go when they are student and faculty member unsure of a specific policy or to tr y to resolve the dispute procedure or if they have an in a way that both parties are issue they are unsure of how content with the resolution, to resolve. “When this office was being James said. Unlike most ombuds of- created, we consulted some fices at other universities, corporations in New York like the one at Rutgers only ser- Mer yl L ynch and American vices the students, she said. Express because they have Most other ombudspersons this position already. They caser vice faculty and staf f as ter to employees but to clients an extension of most human and customers as well. They are considered ver y successful resources of fices. “For example, Princeton has ombuds offices.” Along with the Ombudsperan ombuds office, but its primar y function is working with the son of Students in Van Nest Hall faculty and staff,” James said. on the College Avenue campus, “I prefer to work with students James said the merger with UMDbecause I came from a Student NJ has added an additional 23 ombudspersons to the University. Affairs background.” Correspondent
Sybil James, an ombusperson of students, works at the Office of the Ombudsperson for Students, located in Van Nest Hall on the College Avenue campus, helps students resolve problems by mediating conflicts and reaching out to administration officials. SHAWN SMITH / CORRESPONDENT
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alive, period,” Trivers said. “I won the Crafoord Prize, which is considered the Nobel Prize for evoluTrivers says he was banned from the course he has tion, [worth] half a million dollars. I’m not an underperformer.” been teaching since 1973 Despite his expertise, Trivers said he had never taught a course continued from front “Highly rated by his students, on human aggression before, and Professor Cronk regularly teach- Amy Jacobson, a part-time lecturSciences Richard Falk would not es 204 and did so during the fall er in the Department of Anthro2013 semester, so he is ready to pology, had designed and taught meet with him. “You would think the University step in without missing a beat,” the course prior to the University assigning it to Trivers. would show a little respect for my Blair said in the email. “I complained right away and Trivers he said he has been teaching abilities on subjects that I know about and not force me to teaching the course in social evo- repeatedly that I know ver y little about the subject,” he said. “I teach a course on a subject that I lution since 1973. “This is painful to me to have am 70 years old. I’m a scientist do not at all master,” he said. Both Falk and Douglas Blair, that course yanked from me, of social theor y and social evothe chair of the Department of An- which has nothing whatsoever to lution. I just published a book thropology, declined to comment. do with the matter under dispute,” on deceit and self-deception that’s been translated into four “I’m sorry, this is a personnel he said. Before his suspension, Triv- languages and it’s being transmatter, and I am unable to comment about it,” Blair said. “No, I ers asked students in class to lated into five more.” Putting his his think that I’m not able to discuss purchase frustration self-authored that — it’s a confidential matter.” Trivers According to an article in the textbook, “So“For them to attack my aside, said he decidChronicle of Higher Education, cial Evolution,” livelihood is ed to teach the Trivers is diagnosed with bipolar for $40. Now in disorder. Although Trivers had Cronk’s course attacking not just me, course on huaggression three breakdowns since Rutgers syllabus, he rebut my children and my man with an angle hired him in 1994, the article states quires students grandchildren.” on deceit and purchase that other professors claimed that to self-deception, Pearson’s “Evohis condition is well managed. robert trivers topics more faHis latest breakdown made lutionary PsyProfessor in the Department miliar to him. The headlines last year regarding other chology: of Anthropology “Now I deissues involving the Department of New Science of cided for the Anthropology. According to a Sept. the Mind.” sake of the unCronk told the 9 article in The Daily Targum, he was banned from campus in April class the department is currently dergraduates, and also, I’ve got 2012 for a “violent confrontation” in the process of figuring out how to protect myself, to teach a verto compensate those students who sion of the course,” he said. “They with Professor Lee Cronk. encouraged me to use Dr. JacobTrivers’ suspension prohib- purchased Trivers’ textbook. Trivers stressed his experience son’s materials, which I did not its him from teaching another course, “Introduction to Social and accomplishments in the field feel was right.” Trivers said 30 students registered Evolution.” According to an email of social theory. “I don’t want to sound immodest, for the course, and together, they Blair sent to students enrolled in the class, Cronk has assumed the but I am one of the greatest social were ready to find their way through theorists in evolutionary biology the subject and “kind of learn.” position of course instructor.
Trivers made reference in the class to the strange way the administration was handling the situation and said he told the students they were not getting the best instruction in this course. “The department chairman was present at that meeting,” he said. “That was Thursday. Two days later, I get this letter suspending me with pay, pending suspending me without pay and taking away both my courses.” Trivers’ job has not technically been taken away yet, and he said the worst that could happen is being suspended without pay beginning March 1. As a father and grandfather, Trivers said much of his paycheck is spent every month supporting his family before he can even have money to pay his housing costs. “For them to attack my livelihood is attacking not just me, but my children and my grandchildren,” he said. “It’s an attack on my whole life, you know, my livelihood.” At the moment, Trivers said the University has to go through a certain process before they make any more decisions regarding his job security. He said the administration must meet with him and allow him to explain why what they are doing is incorrect, and then eventually after those meetings, they should come to a decision. Trivers said he has never been suspended in any capacity, and said he is very disappointed. He hopes the University will rectify their unfortunate activity so that he can return to teaching. Alex Meier this story.
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construction Calcado says Livingston campus remains to be 98 percent complete, business building needs work constructed and should be completed by Summer 2015, Calcado the University community should said. The University continues notice more visible activity on the to move forward in its plans to construct parking spaces on a lot within the next few weeks. “You’ll see that property be portion of Skelly Field. According to the document, torn up, and we’ll start to dig up the salvations for that property,” projects on Livingston campus were reported to be 98 perhe said. According to the Status of Sig- cent completed, and their full nificant Projects document, ren- completion was anticipated for winter 2013. ovation of ColYet Calcado lege Avenue’s said the RutBishop Quad gers Business Residence “We built in some Halls, comadditional time into the School buildstill needs prised of Hegeschedule to account for ing work on its man, Wessels, Leupp and Pell any delays of that nature.” infrastructure, and the camHalls, should ANTONIO CALCADO pus remains to be completed by Spring Vice President of University Facilities and be 98 percent Capital Planning complete. 2015. Since Calcado the residence does not antichalls were ipate any other built in the 1920s, the University needed delays despite this winter’s exto upgrade them to current treme weather conditions. “Snow storms don’t help when building codes. The Wright Rieman Chemistry you’re tr ying to pour concrete, and Chemical Biology Building so that could be a potential on Busch campus is currently in problem. ... Construction’s pretthe designing phase and should ty sophisticated now, so there’s be completed by Fall 2016, ac- lots of ways to get around weather-related issues,” he said. “We cording to the document. On Cook campus, the New Jer- built in some additional time into sey Institute for Food, Nutrition the schedule to account for any and Health is currently being delays of that nature.” continued from front
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According to the website, courses offered for the spring include “Health Consequences of Global Trade in Pharmaceuticals,” which deals with the issue of pharmaceuticals in third-world nations. The certificate program also offers “Gendered Professions and the Transnational Care Economy,” a course about the role of women in the health profession and the future of the “care economy” of nursing.
“A lot of people not from Rutgers will be taking the course, which makes it a really new dynamic.” CHRIS SCHERER Director of New Program Initiatives and Online Learning
Scherer said the certificate was interesting because it taught students how global health and women overlap. “A lot of people not from Rutgers will be taking the course, which makes it a really new dynamic,” he said. The office also helped to create a new online course in “Introduction to Art History,” Scherer said. According to the Department of Art History website, the course provides an overview of the history of Western art from Ancient Egypt to the Holy Roman Empire. According to the online Schedule of Classes, both “Historical Socrates” and “Introduction to Art History” have a $100 course support fee.
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Maryland mourns after shooting
Top: Security guards prepare for the Mall in Columbia to reopen two days after three people were shot and killed at the shopping mall January 27, 2014 in Columbia, Maryland. Bottom: An outdoor memorial site has been set up at the mall. Authorities say Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, killed two employees at the skateboarding and surfing clothing store Zumiez in the mall before fatally shooting himself. Investigators still have no motive for the shooting. GETTY IMAGES
IN BRIEF JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Pete Carroll is in suppor t of the NFL looking fur ther into whether medicinal marijuana could be beneficial for players. The Seattle Seahawks coach said yesterday he suppor ts Commissioner Roger Goodell’s message last week that the league could consider medicinal marijuana as a treatment if science proved it could be beneficial for players who have suf fered concussions. Carroll says regardless of the stigmas involved, the medicinal value should be examined, “because the world of medicine is tr ying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they’re coming to some conclusions.” UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A nor thern New Jersey man faces numerous charges after handguns and explosive materials were recovered from his vehicle and home. Acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park says 62-yearold Alfred Intrabar tolo of Union Township was arrested yesterday after investigators allegedly saw him toss an explosive device resembling a large firecracker out of his moving vehicle. Investigators were in the area because residents had repor ted last week that some-
one was setting of f small, lowgrade explosive devices. A search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded .32-caliber handgun and explosive materials. Two additional handguns and more low-grade explosive materials and gunpowder were later found at Intrabartolo’s home. LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — No serious injuries were repor ted in a chain-reaction crash involving 12 cars on a nor thern New Jersey highway. Authorities tell The Record (http://bit.ly/1ebF94u) that the crash occurred during yesterday’s morning commute on Route 46 East in Little Falls. They say it appears that a car stopped shor t due to slowing traf fic and was rear-ended by another car, which was also hit from behind. Several other collisions involving other vehicles quickly ensued. Many of the vehicles were moving at about 45 to 50 miles an hour and may have been following too closely for the travel conditions. Authorities said the pileup also may have caused two other accidents in the area. One person was treated at the scene for minor injuries, but refused to go to the hospital. — The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Md. — The fountain inside the mall was littered with white flowers. The skateboard shop — the scene of the deadly weekend shooting — was boarded up, as if under construction. Outside the mall, a banner read: “Forever in Our Hear ts.” As the Mall in Columbia reopened yesterday and shoppers and workers tried to get back to normal, there were reminders of the carnage ever ywhere. Shoppers wiped away tears. People signed memorial books and photographed the exterior of the store where the killings occurred. Politicians shook hands and consoled the grieving. “I wanted to be here, I suppose, as a symbol of the fact that everyone in Maryland is with the people of Columbia today,” said Gov. Martin O’Malley, who stopped for a cup of frozen yogurt at the mall’s food court. In the days since Saturday’s shooting, investigators have worked to piece together what drove the 19-year-old gunman to kill two employees of the skateboard shop, but so far answers have been elusive. Police aren’t even sure if the gunman, Darion Marcus Aguilar, knew either victim. “We haven’t ruled anything out and we haven’t ruled anything in,” Howard County Police Chief William McMahon said in an interview. Aguilar killed himself soon after the shootings. Investiga-
tors said he had no past run-ins with police. Friends describe Aguilar as an avid skateboarder, a quiet and thoughtful teenager who became a vegan after watching a television documentary on how animals were slaughtered, according to Ellis Cropper, a family friend who is serving as a family spokesman. He graduated high school in the spring, had taken an interest in environmental engineering and planned to start college classes, Cropper said. At the Dunkin’ Donuts where he worked, he was recently given the keys and responsibility of opening the shop for business, something his mother celebrated. “He was always hugging his mother, kissing his mother, just a very compassionate kid,” Cropper said. When Aguilar didn’t show up for work early Saturday, his mother filed a missing persons report. Officers went to Aguilar’s home several hours after the shooting and saw a journal. Police have said it described his general “unhappiness” but did not provide a motive. However, the contents were enough for an officer to worry about Aguilar. His cell phone was tracked to the mall. “That’s when the officer said, ‘Have a seat, let me tell you what’s going on in Columbia,’” Cropper said. Since then, Aguilar’s mother has been asking herself, “What did she miss? What did she miss?
How could she not have known something?” Cropper said. Police yesterday denied a request to release copies of 911 calls and incident reports, saying the records are part of an ongoing investigation. The shooting took place inside Zumiez, a shop on the upper level that sells skateboard gear. The store was covered with white boards yesterday, with messages encouraging passers-by to leave condolences for the slain workers at memory books that the mall provided. Mary Lou Shippe, 71, did errands at the mall, including banking and getting a broken necklace repaired. She said she wanted to “show my support for the merchants, let them know they can’t scare us away.” “It’s very disturbing something like that would happen here, but today it happens anywhere,” she said. Police say Aguilar’s 12-gauge shotgun was legally purchased. Dan Millen, co-owner of United Gun Shop in Rockville, Md., said Aguilar purchased a single-barrel shotgun from him last month along with boxes of shotgun shells. Aguilar said the weapon was intended for home defense and returned to the store later in the month, saying he had tested the shotgun at a firing range and wanted to buy another box of ammunition, Millen recalled yesterday. — The Associated Press
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Students give advice on landing internships By Tyler Gold and Nis Frome Staff Writers
A COMING-OF-AGE STORY
The startup internship has become an integral right of passage for college students interested in pursuing a career in the tech world. During the weeks leading up to and immediately after summer break, a palpable buzz begins within the University’s computer science community. A rigorously updated Google Maps displays the locations and details of dozens of student internships around the nation, from New York to Seattle to San Francisco. Suffice to say, an internship at a hot startup is validation. It’s reputation. It’s sexy. But it’s not always easy to land. Over the past few years, the application pool has grown leaps and bounds, and applicants have stepped up their games to match. We interviewed several students who have worked as interns at high profile companies to see what it’s like to apply for and work at an internship at a tech startup. We explored the factors fueling the popularity of internships at tech startups, and identified the reasons why they’ve become such an important resume item.
READY, SET, CODE!
Surprise, surprise, if there’s one thing most students agreed on, it’s that a whole bunch of coding is necessary to land a top internship. And it’s not just about coding for class
projects — it’s about coding for the sake of coding and demonstrating that you can take initiative. “When I was interning at Meetup two summers ago, there were freshmen also working there,” said Daniel Borowski, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior studying computer science and cognitive science, indicating that he was initially shocked to be working alongside other highly inexperienced developers. Borowski said students don’t particularly need a lot of experience to acquire an internship. “A lot of startups are demanding skills that you don’t develop at school, like web design or user experience design, so being able to learn on your own is often more important,” Borowski said. “My boss at Meetup didn’t even graduate college.” Chintan Parikh, a sophomore studying computer science at Georgia Tech, agrees. Parikh, who is also the director of Startup Exchange, has a guide on his blog outlining the steps he took before getting internship offers. Many of the steps include independent coding. “[Breaks from school are] great because you’ve got a lot of time for unstructured learning,” Parikh said. “Find a problem you have and code a solution. ... Try to build up your GitHub with some cool side projects.”
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into five to six on-site interviews.” That can sound like an uphill battle, but in the end, Parikh wound up getting what he wanted. “Eventually, I got two to three offers and landed an internship in New York City, which is where I wanted to be,” Parikh said.
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Although coding and expertise is arguably most important, illustrating that you are a good fit at the company is also critical. “I didn’t just copy and paste when I sent emails,” Parikh said. “I had a standard template but I’d add a personalized paragraph about why I’d want to work at the company and why they would probably need my skills.” Borowski said your job isn’t done once you get offers. “When I got into the hackNY summer internship program, I had my choices of startups to work at,” Borowski said. “I wanted to be with a company that wasn’t too small because I wanted to see the workflow of a large company and not feel like I was ultimately working on an independent project.” Borowski ended up selecting BuzzFeed, where he not only coded, but also published several “listicals,” including, “30 Signs You Went To Rutgers.”
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So what’s driving the craze? Why is working at a financial institution or as an independent developer not as cool as working at a tech startup?
“There seems to be this stigma against working in finance or at a big company because it’s as if you sold out,” Borowski said. “It’s not necessarily that working at a startup is more substantial, but many people look at it that way.” Not fully agreeing with the stigma, Borowski did acquiesce. “The truth is, you probably learn much more at a startup when you’re personally involved with your boss and your team. You’re not just treated like an intern,” he said. Borowski said he was heavily invested in BuzzFeed, unlike other interns at some massive corporations. The experience isn’t the only thing going for those who work at tech startups — Bambridge said the job pays well. A rough sur vey indicated that interns could make upwards of $20,000 over the course of a summer.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
“You need to start looking for a summer internship pretty much the day your current one ends and you begin the fall semester,” Parikh said. Finding an internship isn’t always easy, but it can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your college career. It’s important to remember that there’s a lot of competition out there. Time is of the essence, and the best time to get started is yesterday.
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hile anticipation builds around the world for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, much of Brazil’s population is up in arms against its government. This past weekend, more than 2,000 people took to the streets to call for a boycott of the World Cup, protesting the government’s extravagant spending on stadium complexes despite the fact that schools, hospitals and slums across the countr y are literally decaying from neglect. Brazil is spending more than $100 billion on the World Cup, and almost half of it is being borrowed. Many people are concerned that Brazil will be unable to pay this back and that the stadiums will become unusable soon after the event is over — much like what has unfortunately happened to the Olympic complexes in Athens and other countries that did not use sustainable models for their stadiums. Pelé, a living legend from Brazil in the world of soccer, said, “It is now time for people to be quiet because this is a great moment for our countr y. It is good for publicity, and it is good for tourism.” Pelé’s comment echoes Brazil’s hopes that the World Cup will ser ve as a turning point for the countr y. While the amount of money being spent does seem irrational, it’s important to keep the overall picture in mind. Brazil is doing what it needs to show the world what it can and will continue to do in terms of economic growth. If Brazil pulls this off right, the opportunities to host both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games can be a huge boost for its economy. Beijing spent billions of dollars on expenses for its Olympic stadiums, and ever ything from the opening to the closing ceremonies was executed perfectly. China went above and beyond the world’s high expectations. Since then, its economy has experienced the kind
of boost that many countries do after hosting the Olympics. At the same time, the human rights violations that are being committed in Brazil as its government struggles to make room for this event are atrocious. Many of the countr y’s poor, indigenous population are being evicted from their homes with little to no warning. Entire slums are demolished and replaced by stadiums and parking lots. This is a part of Brazil that has received almost no attention until now. The livelihood of the people is literally being sacrificed for the name of sport. FIFA has been silent on the issue of human rights violations that are already surrounding this event. As the organization that is ultimately responsible for choosing host countries, it should create clear guidelines for those countries for their events and constructing facilities. By creating strict regulations, FIFA can do a lot to discourage the kind of disregard for human rights that we are seeing in Brazil and ensure that it doesn’t happen again. We understand what Brazil is tr ying to do here. The countr y has a long histor y of crime and racism, but despite its position as the seventh largest economy in the world, much of its population is still poor. Brazil is doing what it needs to do to take advantage of this opportunity to host an international spectacle that goes far beyond entertainment — it will be the stage for one of the biggest events in the world. This kind of gentrification is always a complicated process, but it cannot continue to be at the expense of human rights and human lives. Governments need to create solutions for the people who are inevitably displaced in situations like this one. After all, what’s the point of all this publicity if Brazil’s own population is boycotting it?
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Street harassment impedes on women’s security BRIEF AND WONDROUS NOMIN UJIYEDIIN
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ast semester, I was living in a real city for the first time in my adult life, and it was a lovely one, to be sure. Paris is not New Brunswick, and it most certainly is not anywhere else in Central Jersey. But city living has its downsides: In Paris, for the first time in my life, I was experiencing street harassment on a regular basis. What is street harassment? It can be anything from a stare, to a comment, to a rude gesture, to full-on assault. It can be directed toward one’s physical appearance, perceived gender, race or other characteristics. It happens in public places — often, but not always, on the street. Like all other harassment, it is always uninvited, and among women, being the subject of sexualized street harassment is a distressingly common experience. It didn’t happen to me ever y day, especially when the weather was colder, and I was wrapped in several layers. It was never particularly vulgar or threatening, but it still happened. Even now that I’m back in the U.S., on the snowy, wet streets of New Brunswick, it happens. I don’t know what it is about being a young, feminine Asian woman that invites sometimes lewd or racially charged remarks about my physical appearance.
I don’t know why many strangers, all of them male, many of them more than twice my age, and none of them Asian, have accosted me with badly pronounced greetings in random East Asian languages that neither I nor they can speak. I don’t know why men have propositioned me, or block my way, or go “psspsspss,” or “meow,” like they’re tr ying to attract a cat, although I think I’ve discovered where the term “catcalling” comes from. I don’t know why it’s happened when I’ve been carr ying my groceries home,
such things intend to be degrading. But such actions imply a woman’s appearance is public property, free to be criticized or appraised by strangers with no regard for the person underneath. I feel like I am constantly on display, and it is truly exhausting. I think many men have trouble understanding this. In contrast to its treatment of women, our society places little emphasis on the physical desirability of men. I’ve had male friends tell me they would love to be approached by a woman
“It’s only through such dialogue that we can begin to explore the complexities of street harassment: why it happens, how to stop it and what it does to the people who experience it. Acknowledgement of a problem is the first step to solving it.” walking down the subway escalator, jogging in the park or on any other occasion when I’ve been minding my own damn business. I suspect it has much to do with a deeper violence within our society, which so often ignores women’s desires in favor of our desirability to men. We are so frequently reduced to our physical characteristics — our bodies are so thoroughly dissected in magazines and music videos and porn websites, that it is, sadly, not surprising it happens to us in real life. It may seem like an exaggeration to characterize a whistle or a compliment as being so offensive — not all men who do
on the street, or they like complimenting attractive girls they see. Their opinions are understandable, but they miss the point. It’s not always wrong to approach people in public, and it’s not always wrong to give people compliments, even if you don’t know them. But it is so exasperating for women to perpetually be evaluated on the way we look. It is frightening to field the advances of strangers whose expectations, intentions and capabilities aren’t clear. Uninvited comments, even if benign or complimentar y, are almost never welcome from unfamiliar men because in our society, those men possess powers and privileges women
don’t. This power imbalance is especially apparent when a woman is alone in public. From a young age, we are taught to fear sexual violence. We know how badly an encounter can end. Before I experienced it for myself, I couldn’t have imagined how tiring it is to deal with street harassment. Keeping my eyes averted, walking faster, altering my path — they may not be drastic changes in behavior, but it does take a certain amount of energy to ignore someone who is actively making me uncomfortable because of my race, my gender and my appearance. I know many women have it much worse than I do: they get followed, and called names and physically violated. I’ve read these stories on blogs and forums, and heard them in conversations with other women. Now I’m adding my own voice to the mix. It’s not easy writing about such a vulnerable topic in such a public forum, but I’m hoping to shed light on a subject that gets little attention outside of the feminist sphere. It’s only through such dialogue that we can begin to explore the complexities of street harassment: why it happens, how to stop it and what it does to the people who experience it. Acknowledgement of a problem is the first step on the way to solving it. Nomin Ujiyediin is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics with minors in women’s and gender studies and political science. Her column, “Brief and Wondrous,” normally runs on alternate Tuesdays.
Academic freedom should be free and unrestricted COMMENTARY ZEV NEWMAN
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n late 2013, the American Studies Association, a scholarly organization comprised mainly of American Studies professors across the United States, elected to boycott Israeli universities and academic institutions. The organization argued that an academic boycott of Israel would help ease Palestinian suffering and help lead to a peaceful resolution. The American Studies Association counts a number of Rutgers professors as members. The academic boycott of Israel is both unethical and unwise. As an organization comprised mainly of professors, the ASA should understand the impor tance of academic freedom. Academia ser ves to encourage human progress, learning and creativity. Politics should never stand in the way of progress. Moreover, boycotting Israeli academia prevents
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medical and scientific innovations, the free flow of ideas and information access — all-impor tant factors in any path toward peace. Palestinians par ticipate in Israel’s public health system and only stand to lose if Israel’s medical innovations are impeded. Furthermore, the Israeli academic community is one of the most recep-
Mandela’s funeral that Palestinians do not support a boycott of Israel. He said, “We don’t ask anyone to boycott Israel itself. We have relations with Israel, we have mutual recognition of Israel.” In addition, boycotting Israeli institutions hurts Jews and Arabs alike. According to the Israeli Council for Higher Education, 11.3 percent of undergraduate students
“The academic boycott of Israel is both unethical and unwise. ... Academia serves to encourage human progress, learning and creativity. Politics should never stand in the way of progress.” tive to peace in Israel. Sari Nusseibeh, a prominent Palestinian academic has said, “If we are to look at Israeli society, it is within the academic community that we have had the most progressive pro-peace views. … If you want to punish any sector, this is the last one to approach.” Mahmoud Abbas himself, the Palestinian President, stated at Nelson
in Israeli institutions are Arabs. There are also Arab faculty members working at Israeli universities. Further, any sort of boycott points all the blame on one side of the Israeli-Arab conflict. Doing so simplifies what is in reality a nuanced and complex issue. The University should be commended for rejecting the ASA’s academic boy-
cott. A statement that came out in late December declared, “While Rutgers af firms the right of faculty, students and associations to express their own political and intellectual viewpoints, we believe that academic boycotts fundamentally violate the principles of academic freedom and the free exchange of knowledge and ideas. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey … [rejects] the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli institutions of higher education.” I am proud to be a student at a university that audaciously rejects ef forts to impede academic freedom. However, I still feel it prudent for any member of the Rutgers faculty that remains a member of the American Studies Association to leave the organization. Remaining part of an organization that supports an unwise policy of hindering academic freedom is frankly not worth our faculty’s time and money. Zev Newman is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in history and minoring in art history and Jewish studies.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (01/28/14). It’s important to speak out and contribute this year, and also to get silent and lost in mindless diversion. Balance this to great success. Follow your highest ideals while having fun. Financial gain comes from following your heart. One door closes and another opens around romance after the June 10 eclipse. Care for family and yourself with 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 a 6 — Proceed with caution over the next two days. You may have to make an abrupt decision to save the day. Imagine the problem already solved, and then take the natural steps to arrive there. Keep a secret. Taurus ( April 20 — May 20) — Today is a 6 — Go farther than ever over the next two days. Unexpected bills arrive. Reach for something you might normally avoid. Try using the opposite hand that you normally use. Explore culture, philosophy and history. Get adventurous. Gemini ( May 21 — June 20) — Today is a 6 — Figure the costs in advance. The more careful you are with the details, the better you look. You agree to disagree. Express differences respectfully and admit when you’re wrong. That’s appreciated. Don’t rush it. Cancer ( June 21 — July 22) — Today is a 6 — Maintain conscious awareness of your environment. Discover romance, today and tomorrow. You’re likely to be busy, so spend cuddly time with family every opportunity you can. Let a partner or friend do the talking. Leo ( July 23 — Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Soak in the love and enjoy the moment. Things are about to get busy soon. You’re going to need all your stamina. Profit from meticulous service. Make investments later. Rest, relax and think it over. Virgo ( Aug. 23 — Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Prepare for confrontation and consider all possibilities. Your routine could get disrupted, but there’s more time to relax, today and tomorrow. Handle chores. Pamper yourself along with your sweetheart. Share something delicious.
Libra ( Sept. 23 — Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Reconsider assumptions and judgments. The next two days are good for making changes at home. Be careful applying new skills. Temporary confusion could slow action. Don’t leave the job half done or overlook domestic chores. Scorpio ( Oct. 23 — Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Today and tomorrow your concentration’s especially sharp. Study the angles. An unexpected bonus arrives from articulating the project. Go with your feelings. Don’t spend to fix the problem yet. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22 — Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Figure finances today and tomorrow. Household matters demands attention. Estimate how much money you’ll need. Engage with the budget. You can make changes soon. Study options and elements, and make preparations. Recharge your batteries. Capricorn ( Dec. 22 — Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — You’re strong and getting stronger. Don’t offer to pay all the bills, though. Get lost in two days of intense activity and study. You’re extra confident. Play conservative with your finances. Consider the change you want. Aquarius ( Jan. 20 — Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Don’t fall for crocodile tears. Review plans in confidence. Identify new resources. Note financial shortages. Take two days for private meditation, as much as possible. Slow down and contemplate. Something’s coming due. Rest up to provide it. Pisces ( Feb. 19 — March 20) — Today is a 6 — Check public opinion today and tomorrow. An uncomfortable moment could arise. Something’s not working right. Friends offer comfort and advice. Avoid blind reactions.
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WINS Dellefave’s win at Cornell was his first against ranked opponent this season continued from back The point awarded sent the 2,800 Big Red fans at Newman Arena into distress, but gave Dellefave his ninth win and improved his dual-competition record to 7-4. The decision also did much more for the grappler in terms of helping out with the overall goal of the season, Goodale said. “Good win for Vinnie Dellefave,” Goodale said. “That’s a huge win from a national ranking standpoint.” The win was Dellefave’s first against a ranked opponent this season.
chance Louisville ranks second in AAC in points allowed per game, turnover margin continued from back The only underdog contest where Rutgers was uncompetitive came Jan. 19 against No. 1 Connecticut — a program widely acknowledged as significantly ahead of the rest of the nation. The Cardinals (20-1, 8-0) are statistically the clear No. 2 in the AAC behind the Huskies. Louis-
Page 13 Ken Theobold was also victorious for Rutgers. The sophomore was the only Knight who did not need sudden victor y to take home a decision, capturing a 3-1 victor y behind an early takedown in the first period. The 149-pounder’s record now stands at a notable 16-10, as he has already tied his win total from a season ago. For Theobold, his match did not go exactly as planned. “It wasn’t the kid I expected to wrestle, he was out with injury,” Theobold said. “I wrestled well, but I thought maybe I should’ve challenged myself and went for the major [decision].” Sophomore Billy Smith continues to improve his impressive campaign, reeling off seven wins in a row after his 3-2 decision. The 285-pounder had his match decided in the second round of sud-
den victory when he tied it up at 2-2 with an escape. The heavyweight then won on a point awarded for a lock-of-hands call. The match did not live up to what Dellefave had in mind for a statement win against the Big Red. “They won seven matches and we won three, but we were in a couple of the matches we lost,” Dellefave said. “[Redshirt freshman] Phil [Bakuckus] had his kid, but he got out at the buzzer, so if Phil wins that match it’s six matches to four. Anytime you lose it always stings and isn’t exactly what you wanted, but you can always take out positives.”
ville tops the conference with 84.1 and 46.1 rebounds per game and ranks second in scoring margin, outscoring their opponents by 25 points per game. The defending national runner-ups are more vulnerable on the defensive end, where they allow nearly 60 points per contest. Rutgers, meanwhile, ranks second in the AAC in scoring defense with 57.3 points allowed per game. But the Knights’ biggest deficiencies now lie in half-court offense, where they struggled to generate consistent ball movement and open looks against Temple. Sophomore for ward Rachel Hollivay’s early foul trouble com-
pounded the issue. Hollivay picked up three fouls in the game’s first 21 minutes, forcing Stringer to spell Rutgers’ most formidable post player. Then junior forward Christa Evans left the game at the 14:51 mark of the second half with an undisclosed injury, leaving the Knights without their two tallest post players. Stringer then had to make defensive adjustments to generate transition offense. “We continued through the man [defense] and they were attacking, going to the free-throw line,” Stringer said. “They got plenty of foul shots, and so we de-
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Sophomore Ken Theobold collected a 3-1 decision against Cornell. The win brings the 149-pounder’s record to 16-10 on the season. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
cided to go ahead and switch it up, begin to press with the ‘55.’” Rutgers’ half-man, half-zone full-court press over whelmed the Owls and helped the Knights rack up deflections, steals and transition buckets. But Louisville is second in the conference in turnover margin, forcing 4.05 more than their opponents. That makes it all the more imperative for Rutgers to be effective offensively in the half court. “We’ve just got to count on Rachel getting better, stronger, staying out of foul trouble,” Stringer said. Luckily for Rutgers, Louisville’s tallest starter measures at 6-foot-2, as 6-foot-4 center Sher-
onne Vails redshirted earlier this season following knee surger y. That should allow junior wing Betnijah Laney and sophomore guard Kahleah Copper to exploit the paint. The Cardinals have also scarcely been tested this season, with just two wins against ranked opponents. Rutgers is 27th in votes in this week’s AP Top 25 Poll after defeating Temple and Central Florida last week. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GregJohnsonRU. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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January 28, 2014 GYMNASTICS
MEN’S TRACK YOUTH LOOKS TOWARD PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Senior Alexis Gunzelman has been a consistent starter for the past four years. She is performing all-around this season. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR / MARCH 2013
Co-captain refuses to be complacent By Justin Lesko Staff Writer
Many athletes are elated following a career per formance in front of a home crowd, especially when their team came out with a win. Following the Rutgers gymnastics team’s win Friday against Brown, senior Alexis Gunzelman was not. “She obviously had a great meet, but it’s more than just one person,” said head coach Louis Levine yesterday. “I asked her how she felt after the meet and she said, ‘I’m disappointed because the team didn’t do well.’” The Scarlet Knights won, but their 193.025 team score was well shor t of their 194.656 season average. Rutgers now barely clings to a No. 25 ranking, tied with Kent State. The Knights defeated Kent State on the road Jan. 17 with their fourth-best score in school histor y. Gunzelman reached a season-high 39.175 all-around score Friday with season highs on the vault (9.8) and the floor (9.85), while adding another 9.8 on the bars and a 9.725 on the beam, where the team struggled as a whole. “Even getting that high of an all-around [score], there are some things I need to focus on. I can get even higher scores to benefit the team,” Gunzelman said yesterday. Her career-high all-around score of 39.225 came last March. “She’s solid in ever y event. She has the ability to put up huge scores on ever y event. For that matter, that 9.8, 9.9 range on ever y event,” Levine said. “She’s obviously one of our all-arounders this year and doing a good job, and that’s twothirds of our lineup.”
For the second straight season, the Tabernacle, N.J., native was named one of the team’s captains, along with junior Luisa Leal and senior Jenna Zito. “I was thrilled that the team looks to me as a captain both on and off the competition floor,” Gunzelman said. “I think that I’ve learned a lot from my position as captain last year, and the things that I want to implement this year and things that I don’t want to implement.” Aside from wanting to stay in state, Gunzelman chose Rutgers because the program is on the rise — analogous to her own personal rise. “I wanted to come to a program that was building, a team that I can compete for all four of my years, and I think that I picked the perfect school because I keep progressing in my gymnastics and I don’t think I’ve ever plateaued in it,” she said. “I think I can get better, and the coaching staff has always been working with me and helping me get to that next level.” In her three previous years in Piscataway, Gunzelman earned the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast award in 2011 and 2012. She earned EAGL First Team All-Uneven Bars honors last year, along with the EAGL First Team All-Around and Second Team All-Floor Exercise and Uneven Bars in 2012. Levine said the Brown meet could end up being the most important meet this season, and the co-captain is still not satisfied. “We’re going to bounce back from it and still going to come out strong, and people are going to be surprised,” Gunzelman said. For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow Justin Lesko on Twitter @JLeskoRU. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @ TargumSports.
Former Rutgers athlete James Plummer set a standard of hard work. He earned several awards in the region last season to cap off his career. ENRICO CABREDO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / JANUARY 2013
Decorated graduate still influences By Lou Petrella Staff Writer
For the Rutgers men’s track and field team, strong work ethic is a trait that has been passed down throughout the years. Head coach Mike Mulqueen believes his players’ desire to be the best stems from fellow athletes before them. “The players’ work ethic has been fantastic. I think they are extremely motivated,” Mulqueen said. “To see players come through and have success, it makes our players think, ‘Well if he can do it, why can’t I do it?’ It then becomes a domino ef fect. It shows them that if you work real hard and go after it, anything can happen.” The current players on the Knights’ roster saw firsthand last season how hard work can turn into immediate success. Rutgers sent seven participants last spring to the NCAA Division I Track and Field East Preliminary Round and finished third as a team at the Big East Championships. James Plummer, one of the most decorated field athletes the school has seen, led the Knights. Plummer was named USTFCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year along with capturing the Big
East and NCAA East Region titles in discus. The First Team All-American also qualified for a spot on the Team USA roster with a 61.96m throw at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track &
“Jake [Plummer] came in ... as a state champion and was not considered a national force ... most of our players really develop.” MIKE MULQUEEN Head Coach
Field Championships. Mulqueen believes Plummer’s improvements at the course can serve as motivation for all of the younger athletes and future recruits. “It is interesting because James came in from high school as a state champion but he was not considered a national force,” Mulqueen said. “So most of our players really develop a lot when they get here. With many seniors graduating last season, including Plummer, it was up to the remaining players and a strong recruiting class to maintain the high level of competition.
One of those returning athletes is junior jumper Corey Crawford. Crawford competed at the East Preliminaries last season and said it was difficult to move on after seeing so many great teammates leave, but was encouraged by the incoming class of athletes. “I was talking to Chris [Wyckoff] and we lost three or four of our best friends on the team last season,” Crawford said. “So once we got to sit down and talk to the freshmen it was cool to see that they were so dedicated because that is something that I can respect as an athlete. They’re out here working hard every day, and we can see they are putting a lot of work in.” Assistant coach Robert Farrell was also pleasantly surprised at how well the younger athletes picked up where the graduating seniors left off. “Last year we had so many veterans that when you went to a meet, they all knew what they were doing,” Farrell said. “With this group there was a level of concern, but I’ve been pleased with these meets because I expected those upperclassmen to do what they did last year, but this year to see the growth of these kids is nice.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field, team follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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January 28, 2014 MEN’S BASKETBALL JUDGE AVERAGES TEAM-LEADING 3.85 PERSONAL FOULS PER GAME
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ophomore forward Kahleah Copper earned American Athletic Conference Honor Roll recognition for the fifth time this season. Copper shot 7-of-13 for 20 points in Saturday’s 74-68 win at Temple and added seven rebounds, four steals and four assists. She scored 16 points on 8-of9 shooting last Wednesday at Central Florida. Copper currently leads the Rutgers women’s basketball team in scoring, averaging 16.9 points per game.
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diving senior Nicole Scott was named the Rutgers New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year yesterday. The award combines academics and athletics as well as leadership and service. Each college, university and high school is able to select a Woman of the Year from its school. Scott owns school records in the platform and 3-meter diving events, both of which were set earlier this season. She earned gold in the platform dive at last year’s Big East Championships as well as silver at the Zone A Diving Championships. Academically, Scott has been named to both the Dean’s List and the Athletic Director Honor Roll each semester while maintaining a 3.94 GPA as a food science and nutritional sciences double-major with a minor in biological sciences.
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team received 63 firstplace votes to stay at the top of the AP Poll. Syracuse earned No. 2 honors for the eighth straight week. Both programs remain undefeated. Florida jumped up three spots to No. 3 and Wichita State, who also remains undefeated, moved up to No. 4. Michigan made the biggest move, going from No. 21 to No. 10 after defeating three top-10 programs in Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan State. Texas made its first appearance since the 2010-11 season, landing at No. 25. The Longhorns also have beaten three ranked opponents in their last three games, topping Kansas State, Iowa State and Baylor. They take on eighthranked Kansas on Saturday.
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Judge’s fouling spells trouble in paint By Josh Bakan Sports Editor
The more senior for ward Wally Judge fouled, the more it hurt the Rutgers men’s basketball team in the paint Saturday against Connecticut. With a 34-12 scoring disadvantage in the paint, and junior guard Myles Mack scoring only six points, it makes sense that the Scarlet Knights lost. Mack, who averages a team-leading 16 points per game, will likely get on track. But in late Januar y, the Knights’ season-long post-play problems still linger. “Tr y to box out, tr y to get the big men off the rim,” said senior for ward J.J. Moore postgame of what Rutgers must do in the post. “We had their big men get open looks, real easy looks. So we’re just going to practice and do a lot of box-out drills and be more physical.” Like UConn, Rutgers’ offense is best on the perimeter. But only the Huskies were versatile enough to consistently score in the paint when shots did not fall early. It did not help Rutgers that Judge fouled out after 10 scoreless minutes. That forced junior for ward Kadeem Jack to play center most of the game. “It wasn’t necessarily his position,” said head coach Eddie Jordan. “He just willed his way
to get some offensive rebounds, some put-backs, drives to the basket, got to the free-throw line. … You just can’t do it once ever y five, six, seven games.” Jack recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds. But Jordan likely does not want to get in the habit of consistently playing him at center yet. That will sometimes be the reality, though, unless Judge can curb his foul difficulties. Judge averages a team-leading 3.85 personal fouls per game. Jack is second on the team in personal fouls with 2.7 per game, but that is a big difference. Averaging nearly two fouls per half makes a head coach more likely to want to take a player out. Judge also fouled out five times this year, and Rutgers is 1-4 in those games. When a player is in foul trouble, he cannot be as aggressive defensively. When he fouls out, ever yone on the team with a couple fouls has to be a little more careful. Rutgers developed a little frontcourt depth with freshman for ward Junior Etou’s emergence. Etou averages 5.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, displaying post toughness in his short career. His emergence allowed the starting lineup to get bigger. The Republic of Congo native starting at small for ward pushes Moore to shooting guard.
Senior forward Wally Judge’s (33) foul trouble Saturday against Connecticut forced senior forward Kadeem Jack to play center. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
But outside shooting is still Rutgers’ best asset. Junior guard Jerome Seagears’ 19 points kept Rutgers competitive against UConn’s elite backcourt. Seagears even kept guard Shabazz Napier in front of him for the most par t. Unfor tunately for Rutgers, Napier’s shots kept falling late en route to his 26 points. Now Rutgers needs its perimeter and post play to sync. Mack is expected to bounce back, but the post play needs some late-season improvement.
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SWIMMING & DIVING RUTGERS CARRIES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SWIMMERS THAN BIG TEN PROGRAMS
With fewer swimmers, RU builds strong bonds By Sean Stewart Staff Writer
With almost three weeks remaining in the season, the Rutgers swimming and diving team’s primary focus is preparing for the AAC championships. The tournament runs from Feb. 19-Feb. 22. But when the season ends, the Scarlet Knights will face the same dilemma ever y college program has when losing its top seniors. Diving captain Nicole Scott, 200-fly school record holder Brittany Guinee and swimming captain Allyson Perrotti will be hard to replace, but the Knights
team-first mentality should aid in the eventual depar tures. “I run a program where on my team, ever ybody matters,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “Ever yone plays their role, ever yone does their role and its part of the success. We don’t have different levels of athletes. It’s ever yone helps as a family and we win as a team and lose as a team, and that’s the mentality that we tr y to portray.” Part of that strong team bond comes from its roster size. The Knights have 21 athletes on the current roster. To put that in perspective, 10 of the 12 current programs in the
Big Ten conference, which Rutgers will join next season, have 28 or more athletes. Since the team is lacking in quantity, the Knights must rely on ever yone to do their part, including larger roles for the underclassmen. The philosophy creates a strong relationship among teammates and allows younger swimmers to contribute and be exposed to pressure situations. “That is one of the reasons why I came here,” said sophomore swimmer Morgan Pfaff. “The team is special in the way that every single person matters. … And it’s always extremely emphasized that
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“Myles tonight was looking above the guys,” Jack said. “He was tr ying to distribute the ball. It kind of got me involved early. It got a lot of other guys involved early. For the most part, Myles is one of those guys. He’s always going to get his offense when he wants to. I think he just waited a little bit too late.”
Sophomore Morgan Pfaff said the reason she chose to swim for Rutgers is because of its camaraderie and the fact that everyone’s role matters. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2013
we are one and one person can contribute, but that’s not how you win championships. You have to have teams and everyone contributing.” Saturday’s dual meet proved a perfect example of how the team operates. The Knights claimed 11 of 16 events as seven different swimmers captured victories. Among them were Pfaff and sophomore swimmer Joanna Wu, who are both making large contributions to Rutgers’ success this year. Freshmen have also contributed. Rookies Rebecca Gross and Rachel Stoddard have made an immediate impact, both claiming two second-place finishes in their respective events. “I think making [freshmen swimmers] feel like part of the team right away is important,” said senior swimmer Mary Moser. “We give everyone an equal chance to score so they can get in as many races as they can throughout the season.” So while important seniors depart, a new crop of freshman will emerge and the team-first philosophy will stay unchanged. “When I recruit an athlete I recruit people who want to put the team first,” Spiniello said. “Yes, this is an individual sport, but I think our whole team atmosphere is part of a greater good. … And that’s why we’re seeing success.” For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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Quote of the Day “We’ve talked about two things: being the hunter or being hunted. We probably were the hunted in this situation.” — Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer following Saturday’s win at Temple
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FOOTBALL BLACKNALL BECOMES 11TH 2014 RECRUIT TO DECOMMIT FROM RUTGERS
Four-star recruit flips from Rutgers to Penn State By Tyler Karalewich Correspondent
For the Rutgers football team, the 11th recruit to decommit might hurt them worst of all. Unanimous four-star wide-receiver recruit Saeed Blacknall out of Manalapan (N.J.) High School, chose to attend Penn State, breaking his verbal commitment to be a Scarlet Knight, Sunday night via his twitter account.
“I have officially committed to THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY #WeARE,” Blacknall tweeted. The Knights only become poorer, as Blacknall was their last recruit of four stars or more. The recent skid of recruiting losses stems from a few issues with Rutgers entering the offseason. The Knights still lack two coordinators after firing defensive coordinator Dave Cohen after
their last game and losing offensive coordinator Ron Prince to the Detroit Lions two weeks ago. Along with the lack of coordinators, the lack of a sure-fire quarterback discouraged Blacknall, according to Manalapan coach Ed Gurrieri. Seniorto-be Gary Nova lost his starting job last year, and Chas Dodd is set to graduate. “They lost their of fensive coordinator, and they’re not sure who the QB is,’’ Gurrieri told MyCentralJersey.com. “In
the end, he felt more comfor table with Penn State.” The prospects for keeping Blacknall seemed to be renewed after he spent time on his official visit Jan. 24 with recent quarterback commit Giovanni Rescigno. “We were just saying how we were excited to be up there, and we really enjoyed our time together,” Rescigno told NJ.com. “I’m definitely looking forward to playing with him.”
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RU collects three wins versus No. 3 By Tyler Karalewich Correspondent
The jury is still out on this Rutgers team as the hunter — a role it will assume again tonight against No. 5 Louisville at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Knights are 1-2 against ranked opponents this season, first falling by 4 points Nov. 29 to then-No. 15 LSU on a neutral floor before topping then-No. 16 Georgia on Dec. 21 by 3 points at the RAC.
ITHACA, N.Y. — If the Rutgers wrestling team’s first loss in EIWA competition had to come to any team, one would be hard pressed to find a more competitive team to lose to than No. 3 Cornell. The final score ended with only three Scarlet Knights with their hands raised, while the Big Red claimed two wins by fall and another two major decisions. The additional bonus points brought the final score to 29-9. The loss to Cornell (7-0, 2-0) Sunday was not the worst for the Knights (9-4, 6-1), although the way they lost leaves cause for concern for head coach Scott Goodale. “We were outclassed at a lot of those weights. [Cornell is] a much better team right now, so it is what it is,” Goodale said. “We got outworked and they kind of bullied us a little bit, but that’s what the best teams in the country will do. You just got to have an answer for it, and some weights didn’t have an answer.” The three weight classes that were not outclassed were at 133 pounds, 149 pounds and heavyweight, which yielded the only decisions for Rutgers. Senior Vinnie Dellefave took home the 2-1 decision at 133 pounds over No. 12 Mark Grey, according to InterMat and W.I.N. magazines. With the score tied at 1-1 at the end of the third period after escapes by both grapplers, sudden victor y was necessar y to decide the bout. In sudden victory, the Toms River, N.J., native gained the deciding point off Grey’s illegal hold, sealing the 2-1 victory and bringing the score of the dual meet to 6-3, Cornell. “Before the match, I became aware of where I would have opportunities to score while I was working with [assistant coach Joe Pollard],” Dellefave said. “We didn’t have it going until overtime, but we’ll take it.”
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Junior wing Betnijah Laney has a chance to exploit Louisville’s undersized frontcourt tonight at the RAC. She enters the contest coming off her 10th double-double of the season on Saturday at Temple. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
No. 5 Cards offer upset chance By Greg Johnson Associate Sports Editor
With its win Saturday at Temple, the Rutgers women’s basketball team proved once again it has few problems beating inferior teams. The Scarlet Knights (15-4, 6-2) are 14-2 against unranked teams, with all but two of those wins coming by double digits. Their lone blemishes were one-point losses Nov.
2 at Massachusetts and in overtime Jan. 14 at Memphis. “We’ve talked about two things: being the hunter or being hunted,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer postgame Saturday. “We probably were the hunted in this situation, and it’s interesting to see how we handle that. When we were at Memphis, we were the hunted. It’s important for us as a group to understand what the psychology behind all of that has to be and the basic mindset when people come back and they make runs.” EXTRA POINT
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finished seventh in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.81 seconds Friday at the Terrier Classic. The sophomore was one of six ECAC qualifiers for the Rutgers women’s track team.
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Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Philadelphia
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