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U. professor heads special course on blog writing, food By Erin Petenko Associate News Editor
Food is more than what sits on the plate. It is a business stor y, an economic stor y, a political stor y, a cultural stor y and an entertainment stor y, said Teresa Politano, a food critic for The Star-Ledger. Politano, author of “Celebrity Chefs of New Jersey: Their Stories, Recipes, and Secrets,” is sharing her stor ytelling abilities with Rutgers in her new class, a special topics course in food journalism. Jack Bratich, chair of the Depar tment of Journalism and Media Studies, said Politano has been an instructor for many years, but wanted to tr y something dif ferent this semester. “We sat down a year ago. ... and I realized she really had a passion for food,” said Bratich, an associate professor for the Depar tment of Journalism and Media Studies. The class is set to cover a little bit of everything, beginning next See WRITING on Page 5
The class of 2016 celebrates at its convocation in September 2012. The University plans to hold special events for the graduation of the 2016 class in coordination with Rutgers’ 250th anniversary. THE DAILY TARGUM / FILE PHOTO / SEPTEMBER 2012
University prepares for 250th anniversary By Matthew Vitone Staff Writer
One of the nine original colonial colleges, Rutgers is the eighth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, with a history stretching further back in time than the formation of the United States itself. Matthew Weismantel, senior director of University Communications and Marketing, said the University extended an invitation
to President Barack Obama to give the keynote address at 2016’s commencement ceremony. Although he has not yet responded, Weismantel said Rutgers plans to commemorate its 250th anniversar y through a number of channels, including a mobile app, special merchandise and a possible concert. “We’re looking at ways that events already done [ever y year] can be re-thought and made more exciting or more signifi-
cant based upon this being the University’s 250th anniversar y,” Weismantel said. Some annual events that might be tied into the 2016 include homecoming, Rutgers Day and Charter Day, he said. Nodding to the University’s Dutch heritage, Rutgers has already extended an invitation to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to attend 2016’s Charter Day, which takes place Nov. 10, he said.
Rutgers is also making efforts to connect with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, where Weismantel said former Rutgers President John Henry Livingston graduated and from where Rutgers derives its seal and motto. “Utrecht is the institution that was responsible in many ways for the founding of Rutgers,” he said. “We are speaking to them about ways that we can reconnect.” See ANNIVERSARY on Page 6
Student creates shirts for $37,000 fundraiser BY VAISHALI GAUBA Correspondent
GETTING INVOLVED Interested attendees sign up for student organizations at the Involvement Fair yesterday at the Livingston Student Center. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Kyle Fardelmann recalls sitting in his class in the Rutgers Business School in 2012, speculating whether he should call the University’s Office of Trademark Licensing about a potential idea. Little did he realize that his idea could prove worthwhile for many lives. Fardelmann, a Rutgers graduate, observed in his first year at Rutgers that PepsiCo Inc. supplied T-shirts for the annual Blackout game on campus. In the fall of 2012, Fardelmann, former chair of the Delta Phi Fraternity, wanted to add innovation to the T-shirt design. After presenting the idea of doing a Blackout T-shirt fundraiser to his fraternity brothers, Fardelmann approached Jeremy Davis, director of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at the Rutgers Athletic Department. “Jeremy Davis of the Athletic Depar tment loved the idea.” Fardelmann said. “He went to the extent of getting it approved by the depar tment.” Fardelmann said he wanted to incorporate creative slogans and design the Rutgers logo on the
T-shirts. After receiving licensing rights from the Office of Trademark Licensing, he approached a fellow student to design the T-shirts. The Phi Sigma Sigma sorority collaborated with Delta Phi on the fundraiser, which took place in fall 2012, he said. The effort was also well received and supported by greek life. “Phi Sigma Sigma partnered to make it successful,” he said. “Greek life, in general, backed us this year and obviously the student body. Greek life gets it out for us.” Eric Stiles, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, co-chaired the fundraiser. He said the profits from fall 2012 approximated around $16,000 and those for fall 2013 were $37,000. “The main idea was just to make an impact during this time that we have in college,” Stiles said. “We had an idea we put into action to help out organizations that could use the funding.” Profits from the fundraiser went to Big Brother Big Sisters, a notfor-profit organization that aids children’s growth and development through one-on-one relationships with mentors, Fardelmann said. See Fundraiser on Page 5
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Friday, Jan. 31
Rutgers Energy Institute and the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy present “The Challenges of Reducing Fossil Fuel” at 10:30 a.m. at the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. Admission is free for everyone. Last day to drop a class without a “W.” Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Opera at Rutgers: Bernstein’s ‘Candide’” at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass Campus. Admission is $15 for the general public, $10 for Rutgers alumni, employees and senior citizens and $5 for students.
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Ski/Snowboard team competes for national spot By Nick Siwek Staff Writer
Before the Rutgers Ski/Snowboard team has the opportunity to maintain its presence at the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association National Championship in Lake Placid, N.Y. in March, they have to compete in two more regular season competitions and regionals. Jesse Prager, the team’s president, said most of the University’s skiers and snowboarders hope to win the opportunity to participate in the regional competition. Nicole Ascione, vice president of the team, said since the regional competition is in New York, its proximity allows Rutgers students to come and support the team. “We’re hoping to make regionals as a team,” said Ascione, a Rutgers Business School senior. The women’s ski team, which participated in the national championship last year, is first in the New Jersey conference of the USCSA, said Prager, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “I got second place finish out of 65 male competitors this season, which is pretty cool,” he said. The regular competition season kicked off Jan. 9 in Blue Mountain, P.A. The women skiers
won the competition in the giant slalom race, and the men’s skiers placed fourth, Prager said. The New Jersey conference finals take place on Feb. 8 and 9, and USCSA Mid Atlantic Regionals are held Feb. 13 to 15, he said. Tom McCullough, men’s snowboard captain, said one team member, John Fox, was an integral part
“It’s the best thing I’ve done in college, hands down. We get to spend every weekend ... hanging out with other schools.” NICole ASCIONE Vice President of Rutgers Ski/Snowboarding team
of freestyle snowboarding, establishing himself as a real competitor in the USCSA. Both freestyle skiing and snowboarding are now official parts of USCSA tournaments. McCullough, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, said despite a larger number of males on the team than females, the number of female skiers has grown in the past year. The split is roughly 60 percent men and 40 percent women.
Ascione said the freestyle team has been better this year due to new team members, who can perform flips, tricks off rails and other advanced freestyle tricks. As vice president, Ascione handles many semantics with the team, including sending medical reports when team members are injured. The team started the season with about 65 members, but due to various injuries, the number of competing members is down to around 55. McCullough said he broke his wrist in a freestyle event at the competition last weekend in Hunter, N.Y., so his competing has come to a halt. He continues to perform captain-related responsibilities, such as answering questions and making starting schedules for the competitions so the team knows who is competing in what events, he said. McCullough has been on the team since his first year at Rutgers, and said he has made some of his best friends on the team. “It’s a great team and a lot of great people,” he said. “Everybody is so friendly and doing what they want to do.” Ascione, executive board member of all club sports, has been on the team for four years
Corinne Klewsaat, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, celebrates the season with the Rutgers Ski/Snowboard team. COURTESY OF JESSE PRAGER and served as team treasurer before becoming vice president. She said despite the hard work, it has proven to be worth it. “It’s the best thing I’ve done in college, hands down,” she said. “We get to spend every
Antanas Mockus, a School of Engineering junior, hits the slopes. The Rutgers Ski/Snowboarding team plans to compete at a national championship in Lake Placid in March. The N.J. conference finals take place Feb. 8 and 9. COURTESY OF JESSE PRAGER
weekend [during the season] in hotel rooms hanging out with other schools.” Most of Prager’s responsibilities for the team are completed before the actual competition season begins. He said he works out an adequate budget, comes up with the costs of dues and makes sure everyone is academically eligible. “I work as a liaison between the team and school,” Prager said. Each season, team members pay $475, McCullough said. This money covers transportation, hotel rooms, competition fees and lift tickets. “It’s a good deal for what you’re getting,” he said. If it were not for the team’s fundraising efforts, members would have to pay more, he said. The annual “Big Chill 5K” run is one of their notable fundraisers. The training camp offered each season is a separate fee of $495, which also covers ever ything essential during that week of training, McCullough said. “It’s so fun, it doesn’t feel like training,” he said. “We’re there from the second it opens until the second it closes.”
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WRITING Politano says she plans to take her class to bread-making, pasta-making workshops es in their diet, she said, but she found nothing wrong with week, when the class plans to at- those foods. More impor tant is tend a bread making workshop, thinking about food instead of just consuming. Politano said. “That’s what it means to be a “Most Americans have no idea what it’s like to eat artis- food critic: what it means to be anal bread or what it’s like as alive,” she said. The first assignment for the a young entrepreneur to start a business just baking bread,” course is a personal essay. According to the syllabus, the obshe said. They are also scheduled jective of the essay is to learn for a pasta-making workshop, how to write in the first person a “de-mystifying the kitch- without sounding “precious.” Since food is connected to en” workshop and a visit to the restaurant of Mario Bata- ever ything else in life, Polli, co-host of “The Chew,” itano said personal essays are an evocative par t of the she said. Bratich said the class would course. She also wanted to imalso go on a field trip to the Pine prove the descriptive skills of Barrens of New Jersey to see cran- the writers. Many writberry bogs. ers resort to Politano, a using words par t-time lec“Why is it easier to like “yummy” turer in the buy produce from or “delicious” Depar tment China than produce from in their writing of JournalHunterdon County?” without delving ism and Meinto specifics. dia Studies, TERESA POLITANO “You are a hoped to bePart-time Lecturer repor ter first gin a discusand foremost,” sion about she said. “Don’t the issues just tell me, behind ever y ‘those fries meal. She said she began in food journal- were to die for.’ What does that ism as a young repor ter when tell you? What kind of fries? she attended a conference with Were they fried or baked? a Washington Post writer, who Potato or sweet potato? A told the crowd that if they write lot of writing is being good good enough food stories, they at obser ving.” Students should also cover should make the front page evtwo main news stories on food er y single day. The public is beginning to controversies and a restaurealize how much food and rant review, according to diet choices matter, Politano the syllabus. Politano said Rutgers has the said. Activists like first lady Michelle Obama are leading potential to become the epicenter the change against obesity, of a food movement. New York while more people are becom- University already has a food ing conscious of the infrastruc- journalism course, and Penn State ture surrounding the complex University maintains a tremendous food blog. food industr y. New Jersey is impor tant to “[Food journalism] is often a delightfully fun job, but when the formation of a food stor y, people are going hungr y and she said. Prominent food critics others can’t afford to eat well, and personalities, like Califorwe have to also be serious,” nia restaurateur Alice Waters and “Top Chef” star Tom Colshe said. The second class of the se- icchio, have their roots in the mester watched “Soul Food Garden State. “We are so close to the ocean, Junkies,” a documentar y of the origins of soul food and why with such great farmland and so people continue to eat it despite many ethnic cultures,” she said. its detrimental health effects, “We have such an ethnic mix. Everyone grew up knowing an Italshe said. Journalists need to turn their at- ian grandmother who cooks with tention to fast food and processed Japanese noodles.” Surrounded by so many spices, food, she said. “Why is it easier to buy pro- smells and ingredients, New Jerduce from China than produce seyans think nothing of mashing from Hunterdon County?” them together, she said. The course filled up rather she said. The biggest assignment for quickly, Bratich said, which he the semester is a class-run blog considers a good sign. He wants scheduled for launch in mid-Feb- it to focus on all areas that relate ruar y. Students plan to cover to food and students and to cover local food issues and form an innovations on campus. Bratich said the course is a intellectual discussion. Eventually, they would invite test run this semester to see other locals outside of the de- whether the option could be par tment to post relevant pho- offered permanently. After Politano is finished with experitos and videos to the blog. The class would use Rutgers menting, the department would resources to get a better un- have to see how it feels about derstanding of food issues. She the project. “Right now it’s a course, but planned to send her students to the Department of Food Sci- it has a blog attached,” he said. ence, which she said is changing “But if we want to turn it into an the way food is grown, stored online magazine, we’ll need to think about things like who will and processed. College students often rely run it over the summer or where on Ramen and fat sandwich- to get content.” continued from front
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friend to design the T-shirt. The slogan on the T-shirt read, “Roast on the Raritan.” Delta Phi raised $50,000 after selling blackout “We chose that slogan “Roast T-shirts throughout High Point Solutions Stadium on the Raritan” because Arkansas’ mascot was a pig and the pig roast is a common thing,” continued from front “It brought a huge rise in Stiles said. The brothers also mailed the awareness about the fraternity,” “The organization that we sup- Fardelmann said. “Now people shirts across the countr y, which shows that Rutport works with underprivileged know it’s a legers also has kids, who could use more guid- gitimate projall over the ance from volunteer mentors,” he ect, and we’re “The organization that fans nation, Fardelsaid. “It was really cool to see the known for this we support works with mann said. big event.” impact of the money.” The fundraiser He said underprivileged kids, who Jonathan Kijne, former presibiggest could use more guidance also plans to take dent of Delta Phi, said the process the this year, of the fundraiser involved tabling challenge was from volunteer mentors.” place Fardelmann said. across different places on all five c o n v i n c i n g The fraternity campuses. The fundraiser not only the Rutgers KYLE FARDELMANN plans to come helped raise a sizeable amount Athletic DeRutgers Alumnus up with a new of money but also helped raise p a r t m e n t , design to encourbut their imawareness about the fraternity. age sales. supLast fall, the fraternity was ap- mense The tabling begins three to four proved to sell T-shirts through port made the fundraiser a big hit. In 2012, the slogan for the weeks before the Blackout game, the stadium, Kijne said. This led T-shirts was “Even the most chiv- he said. to sales worth $50,000. “If we have something unique, “I’m still happy to see it on alrous can have a dark side,” Farcampus,” he said. “Students are delmann said. The brothers tried people are going to be coming happy to wear it even today. It’s a to incorporate the huge icons at back,” Fardelmann said. “The whole point is to get people exRutgers into the designing. good feeling.” Stiles said last fall, when cited for the game. If we can Fardelmann said the fundraiser received incredible student re- Rutgers played Arkansas, Far- make that happen that’s the delmann approached a family real accomplishment.” sponse both years.
The Delta Phi Fraternity collaborated with Phi Sigma Sigma to create a Blackout shirt fundraiser for the fall 2012 football game that raised $37,000 by 2013. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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ANNIVERSARY Anniversary committee plans to hold ‘250 Items That Made Rutgers’ exhibit
Several N.J. senators and representatives signed a letter requesting that President Barack Obama speak at the University commencent in 2016. ENRICO CABREDO / EDITOR IN CHIEF / FILE PHOTO / 2013
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are meeting with leaders from Student Life to discuss ways to increase student participation, Coage said. “We want to involve lots of continued from front students,” Schement said. “We want to involve as many deApril Coage, assistant direc- partments and separate orgator of the Rutgers 250 office, nizations of the university as said senators and local congres- we can.” Rutgers would also be celesional leaders were involved in brating its rich histor y through inviting Obama. “We’re also going to involve a special coffee table book, the students to urge him to come “Rutgers: A 250th Anniversar y and speak at the 2016 commence- Portrait,” which plans to include illustrations, photographs and ment,” she said. The Rutgers 250 committee has stories submitted by notable spent much of the last year laying staff and alumni. “We’re beginning the actual the groundwork for the anniversawork on doing ry celebrations, photographs with more detailed planning “It really is exciting for and graphics all the othand fundraising a state university to be and er things that still to be done, around for 250 years, would be a part said Jorge Schement, chair of longer than the United of that book,” said. the Rutgers 250 States has been here.” Weismantel In addition Planning Comto the book, mittee. MATT WEISMANTEL the planning Regarding Senior Director of University committee is budget conCommunications and Marketing curating a licerns, Schebrary exhibit ment said the planning committee wants to keep entitled “250 Items That Made costs at a minimum and funding Rutgers,” which plans to showcase important artifacts from the closely controlled. The potential costs of the large University’s history. Weismantel said the goal of celebration are justified, Schement said, and the anniversary the anniversary is to celebrate events strengthen the Rutgers the longevity of Rutgers while brand and help to increase fund- also looking toward the University’s future. raising for the University. Par t of that future includes “It’s a celebration of our future as well as our histor y,” the class of 2016, which Schement said. “We want to say plans to be the 250th gradthank you to students, to par- uating class from Rutgers, ents, to the constituencies that a theme that was touched on during the class’s 2012 fund us.” The 2016 anniversary plans to convocation ceremony. “It really is exciting for a be a populist celebration, meaning it aims to include as many state university to be around for different people and groups as 250 years, longer than the United States has been here — it’s possible, Schement said. Students should be a key part quite a statement,” Weismantel of the 2016 celebration, and mem- said. “It’s just really exciting bers of the planning committee for Rutgers.”
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NJ State Theatre provides entertainment to New Brunswick BY Erin Walsh Staff Writer
The State Theatre ranked number 21 in Year-End Worldwide Ticket Sales for Top 100 Theater Venues, and also ranked first in New Jersey, according to Pollstar, a concert industr y trade publication. The State Theatre, located on Livingston Avenue, opened in 1921 and has since provided performing arts, concerts, drama and other events to the New Brunswick community. Daniel Grossman, vice president of marketing for the State Theatre, said the theater has been recognized for its historical value. “Many elderly people have come up to me and told me they remember coming here as a child,” he said. “It’s an honor for us to keep its doors open.” The theater originally opened as a vaudeville and silent film palace, according to the State Theatre web site. Over the years, its role in the community and its operation has shifted. Although the theater had been successful in its early years, it began deteriorating in its appearance and dropping in ticket sales overtime. It was not until the New Brunswick Cultural Center acquired the theater in 1986 that it could be renovated and reopened in 1988, according the website. The State Theatre considers the 1988 reopening as the State Theatre we know today,
marking April 2013 as the theater’s 25th anniversar y. Kelly Blithe, the State Theatre’s director of public relations, said the theater hosted a number of events in celebration of the anniversary, such as two free movie screenings beginning in July. They plan to screen three different movies this Saturday starting at 10 a.m., a special occasion coordinated in response to customer requests.
“We try to provide something for everyone,” she said. “We present a variety of music from country, jazz, pop rock [and] Broadway productions, to children’s programming, like ‘Yo Gabba Gabba.’” Out of the various productions the theater hosts, Blithe said comedians are her favorite performers, such as Lewis Black, Louis C.K. and Joe Rogan. Along with past comedians who have per-
formed, Amy Schumer on Comedy Central’s “Inside Amy Schumer” is scheduled to come to the theater this March. Grossman said all the different performers contribute to the overall goal of the theater. “We bring the world’s best artists for the community to appreciate,” he said. “Whether it be an orchestra or a dance company, we try to program the best attractions we possibly can.”
The State Theatre opened in 1921 as a vaudeville and silent film palace. After the theater deteriorated, it went through a revival in 1988 and reopened. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Performers from outside the New Brunswick area come from many different locations to perform at the State Theatre, as do students from the area. The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra put on a performance of “Romeo and Juliet” this past year with the American Repertory Ballet, and the Rutgers Latin Knights plans to perform at the theater this March, Grossman said. Worldwide, Grossman said people have recognized the State Theatre’s goal to create a local space to showcase diverse talent. With 1,800 seats and a large balcony, the theater has been renovated multiple times to adjust to the needs of the modern performers it welcomes in its stage and the large audience it holds. “We’re looking to do more renovations, especially because [of] the increase in audiences and the demand for more performances,” Blithe said. “We’re a historic building, we don’t even have an elevator.” Though renovations are a possibility for the State Theatre’s future, there is only one upcoming repair that is set in stone, Grossman said. This renovation would consist of installing new steel beams that would be able to hand much bigger sound than the current system. “Right now, we’re doing a major upgrade to our sound system,” Grossman said. “We want to make sure the artists are housed properly, and they have the right amplification to express their art effectively.”
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German chancellor slams spying nations BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned yesterday that countries who spy on their allies risk destroying trust, resulting in less rather than more security. Merkel used her inaugural address to Parliament after her re-election to slam the United States and Britain over their spy programs. Among the allegations to surface from secret U.S. government documents released by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden last year are that friendly countries and their leaders — including Merkel — have been the target of electronic eavesdropping. The U.S. says its sur veillance programs are focused on threats to national security, including terrorism. “Actions where the ends justify the means, where everything that is technically possible is done, harms trust,” Merkel said. “It sows distrust. In the end there will be less, not more, security.” The German leader said her government felt a responsibility to protect the privacy rights of its citizens, too. But she rejected calls to pressure Washington into signing a “no spy” agreement between the two countries by suspending trade talks between the U.S. and the European Union. “I am leading these talks with the force of our arguments,” she said. “I think we have good ones.”
She indicated she did not expect any easy solution, saying: “It’s a long path ahead.” Merkel also said that despite the recent friction the “trans-Atlantic partnership remains of outstanding importance.” “Germany cannot wish for a better partner than the United States of America,” she said. That remark drew immediate criticism by opposition Left Party leader Gregor Gysi for what he called her “submissiveness toward the United States.” Constanze Kurz, a privacy advocate and spokeswoman for Germany’s Chaos Computer Club, said it was laudable that Merkel had raised the issue at all. “But the fact that she’s not giving any indication of wanting to put real pressure on the Americans and the British is disappointing. She doesn’t seem to realize, or want to realize, what a deep crisis of confidence there is, particularly among businesses,” said Kurz. Her group, which calls itself Europe’s largest association of hackers, is planning to sue the German government for allegedly aiding U.S. intelligence efforts against German citizens. Merkel has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to visit Washington in the coming months, though no date has been set. — The Associated Press
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BARBED ELECTIONS Barbed wire is seen as security stands guard outside the Pheu Thai party, Yingluck Shinawatra’s political party headquarters on Jan. 29 in Bangkok, Thailand. The general elections on Feb. 2 will take place as the anti-government protesters vow to cause chaos by blocking polling stations. Bangkok Shutdown has been in effect for over two weeks as the anti-government protesters continue to block major intersections. The Thai government imposed a 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces in an attempt to cope with the on-going political turmoil but so far this decree has had no effect on the mass protests. GETTY IMAGES
Passengers share cruise stories BAYONNE, N.J. — Passengers aboard a cruise ship on which hundreds fell ill recalled days of misery holed up in their rooms as it returned to its home port yesterday from a Caribbean trip cut short by what is suspected to be among the largest such norovirus outbreaks in the last 20 years.
Travelers aboard the Explorer of the Seas recounted hundreds throwing up and stricken passengers having food brought to their rooms. Others were served from covered buffets by crewmembers wearing gloves and masks during an outbreak that sickened nearly 700 passengers and crew on the ship operated by Royal Caribbean. Kim Waite, 50, of London, England, was on the cruise with her husband, Fred, to celebrate the end of her cancer treatments. She got severely ill and barely saw her husband the whole trip. “My husband had to put me in a wheelchair and take me to the infirmar y. The door opened on the lift, and there were just hundreds of people being sick ever ywhere,” she said. “They were throwing up in buckets and bags — I started cr ying, I couldn’t believe it. I was in shock. “I’ve never wanted to go home so much in my life. I’ve never slept so much in my life, and I’ve got no sun tan.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its latest count puts the number of those sickened at 630 passengers and 54 crewmembers. The ship, on a 10-day cruise that had to be cut short, was carr ying 3,050 passengers. Health investigators suspect norovirus, but lab results are not expected until later this week. If norovirus is to blame, it would be one of the largest norovirus outbreaks on a cruise ship in the last 20 years, the CDC said. A 2006 norovirus outbreak on a Carnival Cruise Lines ship also sickened close to 700. Retiree Bill Rakowicz, 61, from the city of St. Thomas in Ontario, Canada, said he thought he was just seasick when he began suffering from vomiting, pain and diarrhea. “Then I went out of my room and saw people with gloves and people sick ever ywhere,” he
said, adding that he saw a man in a wheelchair vomiting, then falling on the floor and hitting his head. He said he had the symptoms for five days starting Jan. 22, the day after the ship departed Bayonne. “It was awful. You feel like you want to give in,” he said. Rakowicz gave high marks to Royal Caribbean for going “above and beyond” in its efforts to help passengers. A female traveling companion did not get sick, he said, which he said was not unusual. He said he was aware of a number of cases in which one person in a room got sick and the other didn’t. Pastor Sue Rogutski, of Bloomsburg, Pa., said she got so sick she was quarantined for three days. She said her husband, Leonard, a nurse who only fell ill toward the end of the trip and less severely than her, had to carry her down from their room to the sick bay. “When we were in the sick bay, people were getting nervous and they started showing up there to try to get help,” she said. “Suddenly, there was influx of 150 people. That puts into perspective what this crew was facing — that it was epidemic.” Rogutski said the ship’s buffets were all covered and no passengers could touch them. They had to be served by crewmembers wearing gloves and masks, including entertainers who pitched in. Sick passengers were brought food to their rooms. Norovirus — once known as Nor walk virus — is highly contagious. It can be picked up from an infected person, contaminated food or water or by touching contaminated surfaces. Sometimes mistaken for the stomach flu, the virus causes bouts of vomiting and diarrhea for a few days. ----- The Associated Press
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NJ man sentenced for assault on plane NEWARK, N.J — A New Jersey man who sexually abused a sleeping woman on a cross-countr y flight was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison. Bawer Aksal was convicted last summer of sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact stemming from an incident on a Unit-
ed Airlines flight from Phoenix to Newark in August 2012. U.S. District Judge Jose Linares sentenced Aksal to 97 months in prison and three years’ super vised probation. He also will have to register as a sex offender. The 50-year-old victim, who testified at Aksal’s trial under an
alias because of the nature of the charges, told the court she awoke to find Aksal reaching around from behind her to fondle her breasts with one hand and sticking his other hand down her underpants and penetrating her with his fingers. The woman said she immediately pushed Aksal away and got up to notify flight attendants.
A flight attendant testified that the woman was shaking and crying after the encounter, and a man who sat next to Aksal testified that he saw Aksal in a “spooning” position with the woman with one hand under a sweater on her lap and the other around her shoulders. DNA samples were taken from Aksal and the woman,
but tests at an FBI lab weren’t conclusive, an expert testified during the trial. Aksal claimed the woman’s account of the incident contained inconsistencies and that the alleged assault couldn’t have happened the way she described it. — The Associated Press
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Politicians need to stop bullying Intimidation cannot continue to sway journalistic integrity
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et me be clear to you, you ever do that to me too ironic that the very government that grants us again I’ll throw you off this f-----g balcony.” freedom of speech also plays the biggest role in reThis was the reaction of Rep. Michael Grimm, pressing it. It’s become too easy for people in power R-N.Y., to a question from reporter Mike Scotto, to pick and choose what coverage they get in the about the recent controversy surrounding the ar- media, and this kind of system is completely unacrest of one of his campaign fundraisers. A video of ceptable if we really expect to keep corruption out Grimm approaching Scotto and verbally threatening of politics. Grimm’s entire apology reflected an unfortunate him made the rounds in the media yesterday, and there has been a lot of outrage about the unnecessar- lack of respect for journalists that is prevalent among most politicians. Free press is one of the most imily violent way he reacted to the reporter. This all brings us to the larger and more important portant aspects of a democracy, and journalists issue at hand: What was it about Scotto’s question should never have to apologize for what they do. It is that made Grimm so uncomfortable that he verbally too easy for those in power to use their status to their threatened his life? We need to make sure that this advantage, and they cannot have the power to be this story doesn’t end with a halfhearted apology from selective about their public image through intimidaGrimm and the hope that politicians will be more civ- tion and bullying. Journalism and politics are plagued by corrupilized in the way they interact with the media. The tion, and both fields refusal of Grimm can use this to their and many other polown advantage. iticians to cooperate “Free press is one of the most important But politicians have in investigations by aspects of a democracy, and journalists the power to be far the media into such more manipulative. relevant aspects of should never have to apologize Journalists can be their careers as fifor what they do.” persuaded into an nances is troubling. investigation to try There is no place and further their for bullying and intimidation in journalism, but unfortunately this inci- own careers or intimidated into dropping one by poldent is just one of many. Grimm said himself in his iticians like Grimm who literally threaten their lives. Money and power cannot continue to singlehandapology, “I doubt that I am the first member of Congress to tell off a reporter, and I am sure I won’t be edly dictate the way our society runs, and journalism the last.” What does it say about the state of our so- is one of the most important ways of checking that ciety when influential people and organizations reg- power by forcing transparency in our government. ularly pressure journalists? What freedom is there in Politicians might not like it when reporters write the press when it is so easy for the people in power about their controversies, but it is unacceptable for to threaten reporters who are simply doing their job? them to think that they should have any control over The relationship between politics and journalism that, beyond controlling their own actions. We elect is extremely important, so much so that journalism government officials with the trust that they repreis often referred to as the fourth branch of govern- sent us and make decisions that are in the public ment. But as we’ve unfortunately seen from this in- interest. They absolutely must be held accountable, cident, there seems to be very little respect for the and journalists do one of the most important jobs by field of journalism, especially from politicians. It’s holding them to that accountability. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 145th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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State of the Union Address failed to inform public LEGALIZING LIFE MATTHEW BOYER
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his past Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama addressed the nation in the midst of a focal point in American histor y. 2013 was not exactly the best year for the leader of the free world, as one could cite his first two years, or even his whole first term, as more successful. In his first term, the president enacted several landmark pieces of legislation including the Affordable Care Act and the 2009 stimulus package, not to mention the death of Osama bin Laden. The era of Obama is one that is supposed to see the success of progressive policies and programs that promote equal opportunity. Once his big accomplishments were enacted, he continued to insist to the American people that the fruits of his reforms would materialize given due time. According to the president, this is why the Democrats needed a second term in the White House. Today, the American people are still waiting for this materialization. The U.S. economy is not only adding jobs at a slow-
er pace than predicted, but it is hindered a junior senator from Illinois. Since news by the over $17 trillion in debt we have of the spying on American citizens suraccumulated — almost half of which un- faced in the public sphere, Americans der our current president. Additionally, have objected to the NSA’s practices. the rollout of Obamacare has been dis- Due to the increase of criticism as a remal at best. Many Americans who rely on sult of such constitutional violations, the the reduction of health care costs under president had put for ward reforms to the reform are experiencing a much dif- rein in the agency, which were largely ferent reality. Not only has the launch of seen as inconsequential. The NSA was healthcare.gov jeopardized the security the elephant in the room at the State of sensitive medical information, but it of the Union that the president failed was not even prepared for its first day to recognize. Within on the job. the same Sure, Obama “There are several notorious issues breath of mentioned air, Obama his landmark Americans wanted the president to illustrated reform in his confront, or at least ones they the ecoaddress, but thought he would.” nomic dishe undoubtparity in edly failed the U.S., to put forth a yet called for increased government inserious policy to fix it. There are several notorious issues ter vention, and in doing so, failed to acAmericans wanted the president to con- knowledge the government’s direct role front, or at least ones they thought he in said disparity. But his perspective on would. This past year, former U.S. Na- resolving this issue is misguided in the tional Security Agency contractor Ed- first place. The president called for an ward Snowden rocked the political land- increase in business-government cooperscape via blowing the so-called whistle on ation, which in reality, is simply corporatthe agency’s global data mining program. ism. Such policies rely on an entity that Such anti-privacy practices are ones in was also not mentioned in the address: which the president once condemned as the Federal Reser ve, our national banka candidate in 2008 and, prior to that, as ing system.
ASA represents equal opportunities COMMENTARY SYJIL ASHRAF
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n Tuesday, The Daily Targum published a commentary by a student entitled “Academic freedom should be free and unrestricted,” which addressed the recent vote of the American Studies Association to boycott Israeli academic institutions, referring to the action as “unethical and unwise.” As an executive board member of the University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, which is currently leading the campus campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. I can say that this commentary was, at best, a show of extreme ignorance and naïveté, and at worst, an attempt to completely minimize a humanitarian crisis through twisted half-truths and blatant lies. The author speaks of the ASA’s boycott restricting academic freedom, but the only academic freedom that exists in this situation is that of Israeli institutions. While citing the small percentage of Israeli undergraduates who are Arab — in a land where Arabs are the majority, no less — the commentary completely ignores the fact that the Israeli government and academic community has done everything in its power to hinder the education of Palestinians. Refusal to give visas to Palestinian students seeking to study abroad, frequent school closures, uncalled-for arrests and imprisonment and even injury and death is routine in the lives of Palestinian youth. Attempts at restricting discussion on Israeli violations of human rights have also occurred here in the United States with alarming regularity. A famous incident of this is last year’s threat by the New York City Council to cut funds to Brooklyn College after the university president refused to cancel a panel on the BDS movement.
While it is true that many Israeli universities are known for their research, it is also true that some of that research has gone into making life hell for Palestinians. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, an internationally-renowned research university, has been responsible for developing remote-control bulldozers — a vehicle often used to destroy homes and even kill Palestinians and international activists, such American citizen Rachel Corrie. Technion is only an example of a pattern among Israeli academic institutions in contributing to the occupation. Many universities also give scholarships to students who have served or plan to serve in the Israeli military, the primary means of policing Palestinians. International scholars have been
“Academia has never been, and never should be, immune to attempts at social change. This is exactly where it’s supposed to start.” kept from visiting Palestinian universities, and within Israel proper, Arabs are segregated from Israelis into schools with significantly less government funding. The idea that Palestinians “only stand to lose” if Israel’s research and innovation is impeded is extremely naïve and simplistic. Academic boycott is, by no means, a new idea. The Palestinian BDS campaign was indeed inspired by a similar action taken by activists in the 1980s, which helped to bring down the apartheid regime in South Africa. Tuesday’s commentary also completely denied and ignored the fact that the call for BDS came from the Palestinian people themselves. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, is by no means a representative of
the Palestinian people at this point in time. He is a tool of occupation and the Palestinian people are highly aware of this. His opposition of Israeli boycott holds no true moral weight. I should also reiterate the fact, which the author of said commentary seemed to not understand, that this boycott is aimed at institutions, not individuals. Individual scholars, students and other academic or cultural workers from Israel can participate in ASA activities and conferences or speak at public universities, as per boycott guidelines. It is when such an individual explicitly represents or is an ambassador to the Israeli government or an Israeli institution complicit in the occupation that they become part of the boycotted party. Far from being commended, our University should be ashamed for rejecting this academic boycott. For the reasons I have demonstrated, the claim that it infringes upon academic freedom is not only false but complete propaganda. The ASA boycott is defending “the free exchange of knowledge and ideas” by standing up to a regime that suppresses it not only in Palestine, but also in our own country where it has very clearly become a punishable crime to question Israeli policies. Rutgers faculty, who are part of the American Studies Association, should be proud of their membership — those who are not should join what is clearly an upstanding organization. Rutgers University is known for its diversity and for its historic participation in movements for social and global justice. The administration’s deviation from this tradition when it comes to the matter of Israel is both striking and questionable. Academia has never been, and never should be, immune to attempts at social change. This is exactly where it’s supposed to start. Syjil Ashraf is a School of Arts and Sciences junior, majoring in journalism and media studies and human resource management with a minor in political science.
The monetary policy of the national bank allows both Democrats and Republicans to enact easy money policies to pay for large social service programs and perpetual interventionism abroad. This money generally goes to government contractors. The reality of our current monetary policy is unfortunate in contrast to the ideal outcome portrayed by those who support the programs that rely on it. Since the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies center on printing more U.S. dollars without compensation for value, prices of goods and services become inflated. This is where the true inequality lies. For a president who is supposedly for the middle class, Obama fails to bring the people justice in this respect. This State of the Union was one that did not impress or surprise. Although it was a solid roundabout regarding America’s priorities, there were no serious policy proposals. This address is particularly important to the Democrat’s standing in Congress since mid-term elections are upon us. We should hold the president accountable to his label of 2014 as a “year of action.” Matthew Boyer is a School of Sciences sophomore majoring ical science with a minor in His column, “Legalizing Life,” alternate Wednesdays.
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U. offers educational opportunity to all It’s time for the invasion of the gray heads. If you look around and the oldest person in your class is not the professor, he or she is most likely to be a so-called senior auditor. As one myself, thanks to Rutgers, after auditing a number of courses in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, I was able to embark on a second career as an organic farmer. After auditing Italian courses, I was able to bargain with a gondolier, and courtesy of the Department of Art Histor y, I could discuss Eastern and Western influences in Venetian art. Professors and students alike not only graciously accepted me in their classes, greeting me with a cheerful hello when I entered, but often took time after class to answer questions or initially help me navigate through the intricacies of Sakai. I found the same helpfulness from the librar y, language lab and computer service staff. As auditors, we are connected with an umbilical cord to Administrative Assistant Kay Schechter and her office, which assures that the senior auditing program runs smoothly and keeps us informed about registration and school closings. So a cheer to Rutgers, a cheer to the professors and a cheer to fellow students from one of the gray heads who you see waving to you as she dashes from class to class. Erika Leviant is a Douglass Residential College alumna.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (01/30/14). You’re strong with health and healing this year, with smart communication skills. Champion a fun cause with an amazing community. Fix up your home for a family gathering in springtime. Partnership takes new shape after June’s eclipse. For best financial results, focus on aspects of work that you love. Time with children inspires and grounds you. Find new ways to play. 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 7 — You have the power to go beyond the limits you’ve set for yourself. Structures get challenged. Your friends will back you up, however. It’s possible to be objective, is it needed? Love and friendship triumphs. Taurus ( April 20 — May 20) — Today is a 7 — Career matters come to the forefront now. Dive into work! A rise in status is possible. Team success surprises and provides free time to play with friends later. New opportunities open up. Give thanks. Gemini ( May 21 — June 20) — Today is a 7 — The news and what you learn affects your decisions today and tomorrow. Travel’s appealing, but trickier. Obligations call. You’re apt to think of everything that could go wrong. Keen insight shows you the direction. Cancer ( June 21 — July 22) — Today is a 7 — A lack of funds could threaten your plans. Postpone travel for now. Use the challenges that arise for learning and transformation. Follow your heart and do more than you thought possible. Connect the dots for everyone. Leo ( July 23 — Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Lean on a gentle partner today and tomorrow. Ask for more and get it. Then pay back a favor. Today and tomorrow are good for compromise. End the old method, and begin new communication style or channel. Virgo ( Aug. 23 — Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Continue basking in the love, as you’re about to enter a busy phase today and tomorrow. Make a pact that supports everyone involved. Technology helps you achieve perfection, along with a lucky turn of events.
Libra ( Sept. 23 — Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Bring the fun home. It’s getting extra creative today and tomorrow. You can do something you thought you couldn’t. Hidden resources come through. And you have lots of emotional support. Order pizza for the team. Scorpio ( Oct. 23 — Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — You’ve got the energy, but focusing may be a challenge. Allow for others to contribute. Use your energy to create new opportunities. Family matters take center stage later today and for the next couple of days. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22 — Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Welcome a good idea from family. Offer it as inspiration to others. In an intense conversation, stay respectful. Things are starting to make sense. Take a spiritual approach. Communicate from your heart. Capricorn ( Dec. 22 — Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — It’s excellent for travel through tomorrow. It can be quite profitable, too. Creativity is required. Focus on the things you enjoy and let someone else do the other stuff. Wrap it up with a bang. Aquarius ( Jan. 20 — Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Don’t sweat the small stuff. You’re getting stronger but also more impatient. Concentrate, plan well, and then make the magic happen. Schedule your priorities to take advantage of this surge of power. Then relax. Pisces ( Feb. 19 — March 20) — Today is a 7 — For the next two days, clean up old messes. Let a vision be your inspiration. Dance with surprises. Try something new or even revolutionary. Consider your moves. Cinch a romantic deal. You’re gaining wisdom.
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ATTEMPT Judge suffers neck injury, will be reevaluated today or tomorrow continued from back advantage in the paint, they ended with only a 42-22 edge in that area. “You guard the [dribble], they don’t penetrate,” said head coach Eddie Jordan postgame. “It was just way too easy in the first half. One bounce and they’re in at the rim. We didn’t get in front of people. We just opened up the floodgates for them.” Judge will be reevaluated today or tomorrow and is not expected to play Saturday against Houston. The lack of physical play was evident early when Rutgers took six minutes to commit a personal foul at the beginning of the game. Temple’s interior offense was potent then, and it remained that way. Junior forward Kadeem Jack kept the Knights competitive with 18 points and eight rebounds. Defensively, it helped Jack when Rutgers switched to a zone in the final period. But Temple still pulled away with a 7-2 run after Moore’s final 3. “Then they started getting offensive rebounds in missed spots on assignments,” Jack said of when Temple figured out Rutgers’ zone defense. “So it was kind of the lesser of two evils.” Jack brought Rutgers’ deficit to 66-62 with 8:27 minutes left in the second half. Rutgers trailed by 20 in the period. Then Temple guard Quenton DeCosey, who ended with 15 points, scored a layup over senior wing J.J. Moore, maintaining Temple’s consistently elusive lead.
Junior forward Kadeem Jack kept Rutgers competitive last night at Temple with 18 points and eight rebounds. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Temple and Rutgers continually exchanged first-half leads, until Pepper found his shooting stroke and punished the Knights for rushed offense. After sinking a 3-pointer, the swift guard stole it from Rutgers on defense. Pepper charged down the court with only the floor between him and the basket for a one-handed dunk for his 14th point with 1:55 left in the first half. Although Pepper never sat in the first period, he never tired. He stole it on the very next play, but this time he got the assist on guard Will Cummings’ fast-break one-handed dunk to make it a 47-35 Temple lead. It only took Mack four minutes to come off the bench with a minor knee injury suffered before the game, but that did little to even backcourt play. Rutgers’ backcourt was too short to defend the 6-foot-5 Pepper and too slow to rotate when he got the ball. Pepper, as a result, made two 3-pointers. Pepper led the way in Temple’s 50-37 first-half advantage, along
with guard Quenton DeCosey, who scored 11 in the period. The Knights also showed little physicality in the paint without the injured Judge. Temple took a 26-8 first-half advantage in paint points. Pepper only scored 6 more points in the second half as Moore guarded him, and he played all 40 minutes. Moore took advantage of his eventual defensive sluggishness, ending with 13 points and 3-for-4 3-point shooting — all his 3-pointers came in the second half. The pair’s switch in productivity made way for Rutgers’ comeback, which encourages Moore. “It shows that we have poise,” Moore said. “It shows that we can compete, and we can compete at any level. At the same time, it showed us that we have to go out there from the beginning. They were not taking us lightly.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
Senior Tylia Gillon looks to match her performance last year at the Metropolitan Championship, where she placed first in 60m. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR / JANUARY 2013
CHAMPIONSHIPS Seniors look to repeat their performances to finish better than last year continued from back posting a time of 3:47.31. The group of seniors looks to repeat the performances this year to lift Rutgers higher than last year’s team finish. Ruth, who has done it all for the Knights this winter, is expected to be all over the place, exhibiting her talents in various races and jumps that have yet to be determined. “Her drastic improvement has come in the long jump as well as the sprints,” Robinson said. “She [and the rest of the team] gets such good coaching from [assistant] coach [Lou] Tomlinson. There’s a high level of commitment and training.” Other notable finishes from the championships last year include junior Meagan Robinson’s fourthplace finish in the 60-meter hurdles after running a time of 9.02 seconds. Sophomore Niyah Lamar
finished fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.83 seconds. In addition to Ruth’s first-place finish in the long jump, senior Kristen Bradley led the way in the field for the Knights at the championships last year by placing second in the high jump with a height of 1.60 meters. Despite the sport’s feel for its individuality with the slate of events, the Knights look to continue one ingredient that has been a constant they enter this weekend’s championships: chemistry. “It really does help having people around you who do exactly what you do,” Ugboaja said of team unity as a main component of the success. “You feed off each other, you get advice off each other.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
January 30, 2014
Page 17 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CO-CAPTAINS FAIL TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP
Stringer laments RU’s focus against Louisville By Greg Johnson
With a contract set to expire after the season, Stringer knows she might not be around next All things considered, it is year. She also realizes that Rutplausible for fans of the Rutgers gers is likely to return to the women’s basketball team to be NCAA Tournament in March, so pleased with the direction the fixing accountability issues could lead to a deep postseason run. program is headed. Few lie with the supporting The Scarlet Knights came into the season missing the NCAA cast right now. The Knights’ bench contributTournament for the first time since 2002. They also lost four of ed 20 points in Tuesday’s loss, inlast year’s top-six scorers and sev- cluding 9 from sophomore guard Briyona Canty, who also tallied 13 eral seniors. Now featuring no seniors, Rut- on Saturday at Temple. “I was extremely proud of gers (15-5, 6-3) is already within one win of last year’s total and the entire team, that is the people that came proven on par off the bench,” with three topStringer said. 16 teams in the “They have to country. Hall “We have to be of Fame head accountable. ... That’s the feel good and we feel good as coach C. Vivian only way we can get to a coaching staff Stringer is quiwhere we have to go to know that etly dispelling notions that her now — not next year.” they stepped up and were able time around to hold their the game has exC. Vivian stringer own because pired. Head Coach they played the Despite the lion’s share of talent that has the minutes.” masked RutThe second unit saw signifgers’ youth this season, Stringer does not want to hear about clos- icant action against Louisville when Rutgers’ top-two scorers, ing the gap on the nation’s elite. Following the team’s 80-71 wings Kahleah Copper and Betniloss Tuesday to No. 5 Louisville jah Laney, sat for most of the first — a game Rutgers led much of half with foul trouble. Freshman point guard Tyler the night — she was angr y. “I don’t know anything about Scaife also stepped up, deliverreaching up for the most part, and ing a career-high 25 points as the so I don’t want this team to get Knights mustered a 2-point halfused to reaching up,” Stringer said time lead. But chippy play early in the postgame. “We have to be accountable and we will be responsible. opening period especially threw That’s the only way we can get to off Copper, who was whistled for where we have to go now — not a technical foul on her reaction to her third personal foul. next year or the following year.” Associate Sports Editor
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer insisted after Rutgers’ 81-70 loss Tuesday night to No. 5 Louisville that the majority of its errors down the stretch were unforced. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER She never got going in the second half, and finished with a season-low 6 points. “It threw me off a little bit, but I had to go to something else,” Copper said postgame. “On the bench I was just trying to cheer my team on and keep everybody up. That worked for me.” It did not work for Stringer, who lamented Rutgers’ careless, unforced errors down the
stretch. Few of the team’s 19 turnovers came from traps or pressure defense, as Louisville reaped benefits from the Knights’ lack of composure. “Sometimes we dribbled and [the ball] just fell out of our hands,” Stringer said. “Louisville can do a lot of things, so it was interesting that they didn’t do a lot of the things that I thought they could do or would do. We just
didn’t demonstrate that we had that kind of maturity.” As co-captains, Copper and Laney now shoulder much of the burden of instilling mental fortitude against ranked opponents. 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 30, 2014 GYMNASTICS ZITO ENJOYS EARLY SUCCESS ON FLOOR
MEN’S TRACK
Captain returns from heel injury By Justin Lesko Staff Writer
For a college athlete, especially one without professional or Olympic aspirations, their senior year is supposed to be a time to turn their experience into their best performances as they play the sport they have dedicated their lives to for the last time. Jenna Zito’s senior season for the Rutgers gymnastics team followed that path at the start of 2013. The co-captain’s first two meets went off without a hitch, earning a score of 9.825 on both of her floor routines. Before the third meet of the season, Zito’s luck took a turn for the worse when she injured her Achilles during warm-ups in the Livingston Recreation Center. Zito sat out the rest of the season and was able to come back this year as a redshirt senior. “I feel a lot better than I did, but coming back has been a little difficult,” Zito said. “Not having an offseason definitely made coming back more difficult than if I had been working out and making my skills better all season, but right now I feel pretty good.” Zito admitted she is worried about the wear and tear on her body this season without a proper offseason. “Well I’m older, I’m a fifth-year [senior], so yes it is something that has always been in my mind but it’s something that we’re working on here in the gym managing and making sure that it’s a long season and I have to limit my numbers and be smart about my body,” Zito said. The soft-spoken Zito made her season debut during a quad-meet
Following a season-ending injury in RU’s second meet of 2013, senior Jenna Zito has proved a leader on and off the floor. NISHA DATT / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2013
Jan. 17 at Kent State. She performed in only one event, earning a 9.75 on the balance beam. She increased her score two days later against Ohio State to a 9.775, tying her for third in the event. She also performed on the vault with a score of 9.7. Her first setback of the season came last Friday against Brown University. She opened the match for the team on the vault, but was unable to stick the landing, earning a 8.525. Rutgers also had an uncharacteristically poor performance on the balance beam, and Zito was no exception, earning an 8.95. “I want to work with putting the pressure on in the practice so when I’m in the meet I will be better,” Zito said. “Nothing major — after a bad meet I’m not going to change everything, I’m just going to go in there and do it when I want to do it.” She has served as a team captain for all three years of head
coach Louis Levine’s tenure. He welcomed her return this season. “It’s a lot easier to be a leader when you’re on the floor than when you’re not on the floor,” Levine said. “She has competed for us in the last two meets on two events so we’re excited to have her back and keep improving as the season goes along.” Zito was awarded the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast in 2010 and the Coaches’ Appreciation Award last season. “It’s an overall commitment to Rutgers gymnastics,” Levine said. “Just doing whatever is needed whether it is the leadership role or being there for a teammate outside of the gym. She’s the epitome of what Rutgers needs to be about.” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow Justin Lesko on Twitter @JLeskoRU. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @ TargumSports.
Junior Corey Crawford said he is confident everyone will handle individual responsibilities and RU will succeed as a result. ENRICO CABREDO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / JANUARY 2013
Knights use indoor meets to practice By Lou Petrella Staff Writer
Rutgers head men’s track and field coach Mike Mulqueen is entering his 30th season at the helm of the program. Over the decades he has spent around the sport, Mulqueen has learned how unique track is compared to other Division I sports. Mulqueen uses the indoor season to concentrate mainly on getting the best times and preparing his athletes for the crucial spring season opener. He sees the times of his runners are not where they should be, and that is exactly what he expects. “We’re getting it going,” Mulqueen said. “We’re trying to base everything for indoors, on the days of Feb. 28 and March 1 which are the AAC Championships. Track’s unique compared to other sports. We don’t have to play our best all the time. Baseball you have a starting nine, football you have a starting 11, but it’s different with track.” Mulqueen reiterated that being in the best position possible come the end of February is of the utmost importance to the team. “Our top 400m guys have only run once or twice, and we have yet to put together our best 4x400 relay team,” Mulqueen said. “For example, [junior jumper] Corey Crawford is the best long jumper in the countr y right now and he has only jumped once, so we’re piecing together different things we’re tr ying to do so that come Feb. 28, we’ll be at 100 percent.” Crawford’s 7.79m long jump at the Knights’ first indoor meet in December was good for a new school record.
Crawford agreed that track simply differs from other team sports. “Track is a different type of sport,” Crawford said. “I have to do what I have to do. I don’t have to pass a ball or do anything like that so I know what I have to get done, and if we handle our business I think we’ll be in good shape.” Like his coaches, Crawford is expecting better results out of his other teammates and out of himself. “It’s tough to judge where a lot of our sprinters are at because they train through these meets,” Crawford said. “We’re more designed to peak in February and March so we’re not too concerned with that.” Another unique aspect of the sport is the change in atmosphere from high school to college competitions. Assistant coach Robert Farrell said the impact of more athletes and bigger arenas could play into the mindset of the younger competitors. “One of the hardest things about freshmen is even if they were at an elite level coming out of high school, which a lot of these guys were, there’s a certain added pressure once they get to the meet,” Farrell said. “It’s still the same event, still the same guys they’ve competed against before, but they still tend to get a little nervous.” One comforting feeling for the Knights could be that their next three meets, including the AAC Championships, are at the Armory in Bronx, N.Y., a location the team already competed at earlier this season. For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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Page 19 WRESTLING CAMPOLATTANO LOOKS TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER DISMISSED DRUG ALLEGATIONS
Head coach Scott Goodale said newly-admitted junior Andrew Campolattano is capable of winning a national title. Campolattano compiled a 40-26 record wrestling at 197 pounds and qualified twice for the NCAA tournament in his two years at Ohio State. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Midseason additions solidify RU’s Big Ten future By Tyler Karalewich Correspondent
With three matches remaining in the regular season, the Rutgers wrestling team has already found another way to prepare for the high-caliber competition they will face when they make the switch to the Big Ten conference. Three more Scarlet Knights have enrolled as mid-season additions. Sophomores Tyler Hunt and Ethan Orr transferred to Rutgers after successful rookie seasons, wrestling at 141 pounds and 165 pounds, respectively. Both grapplers will be able to compete immediately for the Knights, as they will focus primarily on open tournaments. But perhaps the most highly billed acquisition comes from junior Andrew Campolattano, who will be eligible to wrestle for Rutgers next season. The 197-pounder enrolled at the University after leaving Ohio State last spring. Campolattano joins redshirt freshman Anthony Ashnault as the second four-time N.J. State Champion to become a Knight. While still a Buckeye, Campolattano had a warrant issued in Ohio on felony drug trafficking charges, which were later dropped, according to NJ.com. After taking a leave of absence from Ohio State and deciding to attend school closer to home, the Bound Brook, N.J., native has prioritized what matters most to him. “When January comes around next year I’ll be full-throttle, ready to go because I’m hungry,” Campolattano told NJ.com.
“When you hit rock bottom you realize what’s important to you. You realize how much you really want something.” Campolattano was recruited as a two-sport athlete out of high school, even committing to play linebacker under then-head football coach Greg Schiano, before changing his sport and school altogether in 2011, choosing to wrestle for Ohio State. At Ohio State, Campolattano compiled a 40-26 record, including two seasons as a NCAA National Qualifier, but never quite lived up to his success at the high school level. He holds the NJ state record with 175 wins and 116 pins. The former Buckeye received a vote of confidence from head coach Scott Goodale, who thinks a spot on the podium is more than likely for Capolattano. “Andrew has the ability to win a national title. If he finds that passion he will be hard to beat,” Goodale said in a statement. “He comes with Big Ten experience and we are excited to have him.” Along with Big Ten experience, Rutgers receives two competitive transfers in Hunt and Orr, who can help immediately prepare the team for postseason play. “[I expect] to help the team the best way I can and go in the room every day with a strong head,” Orr said. “[I want to help] Phil Bakuckas become a better wrestler because I am going to stay up at 174.” Orr transferred from Labette Community College (Kan.), where he won the individual title at 165 pounds and helped lead
Sophomore transfer Ethan Orr said he wants to help redshirt freshman Phil Bakuckas become a better wrestler, as both will train at 174 pounds. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER the team to the NJCAA championship with a 32-5 record at 165 pounds. Hunt also comes off a successful stint with N.C. State, where he finished with a 21-10 record at 141 pounds. He had a team-best 9-2 record in dual-competition for the Wolf Pack. Hunt spoke highly of his teammates and is looking forward to getting back to grappling. “For the rest of the season, I have to win these open tourna-
ments,” Hunt said. “We already have a few national qualifiers, and a few that can definitely [become National Qualifiers].” Although these additions will have some catching up to do, they have realistic goals set in order to improve the quality of wrestling put forth by Rutgers. “I was trying to get down to 165 pounds, because they offered me a wrestle-off at 165. I couldn’t maintain the weight so I’m staying up at 174 [pounds],” Orr said.
“I didn’t want to wrestle-off Phil [Bakuckas] because it’s late in the season, and he’s doing well. I just want to do really well in school right now and go into the room with 100-percent effort and make sure everyone is training as hard as possible.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Tyler Karalewich on Twitter @TylerKaralewich. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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Quote of the Day “I don’t know anything about reaching up for the most part, and so I don’t want this team to get used to reaching up.” — Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on the team’s 81-70 loss Tuesday night No. 5 Louisville
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Senior wing J.J. Moore goes for a layup over Temple forward Anthony Lee last night at the Liacouras Center. Moore finished with 13 points and three 3-pointers to help lead a 20-point Rutgers second-half comeback, but committed a costly turnover with 29 seconds remaining as the Knights fell, 88-82. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Comeback attempt falls short at Temple By Josh Bakan Sports Editor
PHILADELPHIA — A 20-point comeback against Temple was right in the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s and senior wing J.J. Moore’s hands. The Scarlet Knights trailed only 82-79 last
night with the ball, but then Moore’s pass with 29 seconds left went straight to guard Josh Brown. Rutgers trailed, 59-40, with 16:01 left in the game. Moore later made two consecutive 3-pointers to give the Knights a 75-74 lead with 2:49 remaining. But two successful free throws from guard Dalton Pepper off an intentional foul
after Brown’s steal sealed Rutgers’ 88-82 loss against Temple. Senior forward Wally Judge’s neck injury created a domino effect. The final domino was the Knights allowing Temple (6-13, 1-7) its first AAC victory in eight tries. Judge’s absence helped Temple dominate Rutgers (8-13, 2-6) in the paint, forc-
ing the Knights to leave the Owls’ quick, sharpshooting backcourt open at the Liacouras Center. But then Rutgers evened its play with Temple. After the Owls took a 26-8 first-half See ATTEMPT on Page 16
WOMEN’S TRACK METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, TODAY, BRONX, N.Y.
Knights eye top spot for Metropolitan Championships By Garrett Stepien Contributing Writer
Up until this point in the indoor winter season, Rutgers head women’s track and field coach James Robinson and his staff have approached each meet as one to build on to prepare for the championship stretch.
Now, that time has come. The Scarlet Knights travel today to the Bronx, where they will compete in the Metropolitan Championships. After taking fourth at the championships a year ago, the Knights have their eyes set on the top spot. Coming off the past four meets, Robin-
son has seen improvement in his athletes. Rutgers prepares to give their best efforts to do what has been part of the plan all along — take first place. Rutgers had three first-place finishes last year. Senior Asha Ruth claimed the long jump title with a distance of 6.03 meters. Senior Tylia
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JOE NARDELLA has been named to the 2014 Preaseason All-Big East Team yesterday. The junior midfielder was named to the 2013 Second-Team All-Big East after ranking fourth in the nation with a .622 faceoff win percentage.
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Gillon won the 60-meter dash by clocking in at 7.60 seconds. The two went on to partake in a 4x400 relay team along with seniors Corryn Hurrington and Ekene Ugboaja, taking first by
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