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U. professor reacts to new food nutrition label changes

By Katie Park Correspondent

Joshua Miller, chair of the Nutritional Sciences Department, believes serving sizes on nutritional labels can be confusing. For instance, a 20-ounce soda may misguide people to believe they are drinking one serving when the label might say two-and-a-half servings.

The United States Food and Drug Administration plans to make deciphering the mass of letters and numbers on the back of food products more user-friendly.

The USFDA has recently announced an effort to revamp the traditional nutrition label on all boxes, cartons and cans.

According to CNN, the USFDA began labeling food in the late 1960s. The administration last changed the labeling system 20 years ago, when they began to require nutrition information for most packaged foods.

The USFDA may also move the labels to the front of food products in an effort to make labels more visible for consumers looking to adopt a healthier diet, Miller said. They are looking into changing the size of labels for older adults who cannot read small print.

Officials suggested the push to move labels to the front of food products roughly two weeks ago, said Diane Rigassio-Radler, a professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences.

“We can star t to educate people on how to use [the labels],” she said.

Other problems with current nutrition labels the USFDA could possibly remedy include using more familiar metrics and removing information that is slightly out of touch with the discoveries of modern science, Miller said.

Most nutrients are listed in grams, and the majority of people have difficulty comprehending how to calculate them, he said.

Using teaspoons as a standard measure could fix confusion over how to translate grams while shopping or cooking, he said.

Removing the line on the back of current labels that indicate the amount of calories from fat is yet another consideration, he said, since science has debunked the idea that all fat is inherently harmful.

These days, people are moving more toward total calories, he said.

“Fat isn’t quite as bad as we’ve been led to believe — added sugars are the more important thing,” he said.

According to CNN, the American Heart Association recommends no more than 150 calories for men and 100 calories for women of added sugar per day.

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Rutgers official engages with students

By Adam Uzialko Staff Writer

The Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at the University aims to make students’ college years more than just a simple, mundane, classto-class experience.

Felicia McGinty said her hope is to one day discover that a Rutgers student has helped cure cancer, brought peace to the Middle East or alleviated poverty as a result of feeling empowered by his or her experience at the University.

“Ideally, I believe a university experience should really transform our lives,” she said. “That transformation isn’t just about a grade you get in a course you take but that you come and are challenged academically and you grow and develop personally.”

McGinty assumed her role as vice chancellor in August 2013 in the Old Queens building, but since mid-December, she has been working out of an office in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

“I was excited about it because this put me, more or less, right in the heart of the College Avenue campus and makes me more accessible to students,” she said.

The Old Queens office space proved an inaccessible location for students to take full advantage of McGinty’s open office hours on Fridays, she said.

“It has been a real benefit for the students to have greater access to the office of the vice chancellor,” she said. “And also, from my per-

spective, it allows me opportunities to more informally interact with students and have conversations as need be.”

Being down the hall from groups like the Rutgers University Student Association and the Rutgers University Programming Association have given McGinty a new chance to connect with student leaders and gain new insight into the needs of the student body.

McGinty said she uses her philosophy of “sidewalk deaning,” which involves an informal connection with students around campus, to better understand their motivations and concerns.

“Just going to the eateries downstairs and in and out of the building … I think the benefit is it helps me to [keep my finger on the pulse] of student concerns and … the ethos of the campus,” she said.

After McGinty moved offices, she said her new accommodations have aided in building comfortable relationship with students.

“This allowed us to create an office for the vice chancellor to have a closer proximity to the students,” she said. “As you’re aware, space is tight all over campus.”

The lack of space has introduced the issue of inadequate facilities for ethnic and cultural organizations at the University, she said.

“Space is at a premium on this campus, and it is … the number one concern for student groups and organizations and also for departments and all units across the See official on Page 5

Felicia McGinty, vice chancellor of Student Affairs at the University, assumed her position in August 2013 in the Old Queens building.

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Poet reads literary pieces from new book on love

BY Erin Walsh Staff Writer

Terr y Benczik’s book “New Love Poems” was published in 2013. Since then, she has received feedback from all around the world.

“There’s a man from Israel posting about my poems, a man from Japan tells me he reads them with his wife,” Benczik said. “There’s a man who lives on a boat of f the coast of Africa who’s emailing me.”

Benczik began her discussion at the Rutgers University Of ficial Bookstore on Somerset Street last night by explaining the title of her book.

“Some people look at life like it’s either about love or about fear, and I thought, ‘new fear poems’ didn’t have as good a ring to it,” Benczik said.

Benczik read from her book of poems about love, including the discover y of self-love, romantic love, love of humanity, divine love and even poems about death.

Benczik, who star ted to write at an early age, knew she wanted to pursue this hobby her entire

Terry Benczik, author of “New Love Poems,” read poems about the discovery of self-love, romantic love, love of humanity and divine love at Barnes & Noble yesterday. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER life. She began writing poetr y in junior high school and pursued a career in journalism after college, she said.

“I always wanted to be involved in writing,” she said. “I was a professional writer, writing for … news … at CBS, but everyone who was writing for the news was a 50-yearold man, and I thought, ‘someday

I’ll be 50, but never a man.’”

Benczik said she was the fifth female to write for CBS New York when she star ted working for the company, but it was not long before she left her job as a news writer to go into government ser vice.

Regardless of Benczik’s profession, she never stopped writ-

ing. In 2012, she was nearly ready to publish her work, but two unexpected obstacles delayed her goal.

She worked with a literar y agent who loved her book but told her the economy was too bad to suppor t the publication See POET on Page 5

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Students launch campaign for women’s empowerment

By Connie Capone

“What we’re tr ying to do is empower ever y woman, no matter where they come from,” she The Women’s Group of the Cath- said. “We’re hoping each womolic Student Association of Rutgers an on campus will somehow see focused on Post-it noting the campus some par t of this campaign and last year and putting up fliers fea- recognize that it is impor tant to turing encouraging messages like suppor t women in this way.”

Palka, chairwoman of the Spir“you’re loved” and “you’re desired.”

The group has launched the itual Committee at the Catholic second year of their RU Beautiful Center, said she got this leadership campaign, a weeklong program position after becoming actively indesigned to encourage women and volved with events at the Catholic Student Association. remind them of their worth.

“With the snow day on MonEricka Lemire, mission leader at the Catholic Center, where day, I had some of the motivational CSA holds its meetings, said she sticky notes around my dorm,” she and other leaders in the Women’s said. “Some girls would see what Group started the campaign last I put up there, read them and just year and worked together to make smile. It really touched me to know that they took whatever I wrote it a weeklong event.

In an effort to encourage women down to heart.”

Palka said it is really inspiring and build up their confidence, CSA hosts a series of different events for for her to know even the smallest words have an each day of the impact. week, she said.

Lisa Sha“What they “We want to encourage tynski, a School look like, what women to come out to of Environmengrade point averages they have that event and be a part of tal and Biologi— none of that a community that really cal Sciences jusaid they matters,” she loves and cares for all of nior, dedicated the said. “We just them.” week to letting want them to the women of know that they Rutgers know are wanted and Lisa Shatynski they are beauthat we value School of Environmental and Biological tiful. them for who Sciences Junior “Women they are.” are put down On Tuesday and Thursday, Lemire said the a lot in society, whether it’s group set up tables to hand out pressure for the way they look, gift bags with cookies, chocolate, how good their grades are [or] a pencil, a letter and a specialized what they wear,” said Shatynski, a member of the Women’s pin to women of the University.

“We designed these pins that Group. “With all these things have words on them that describe piling up on them, just to hear what a woman is: ‘heard,’ ‘trea- somebody say ‘you’re beautiful’ sured,’ ‘exquisite,’ ‘celebrated,’” means a lot.”

Shatynski said she would be she said.

This year, they plan to set up at Thursday’s Women’s Group tables on the College Avenue cam- meeting, where she expects to pus and Douglass campus inside hear discussion about how God has created them to be who the Douglass Campus Center.

“Even if it’s just one woman on they are and that ever ybody has campus … women can be encour- a purpose.

She said she looks forward to aged not to change [themselves] or to not think that their worth or participating in the RU Beautiful value is only skin deep,” Lemire campaign in the upcoming year.

“We are going to talk about said. “It’s important to me that they know they are so much more how culture handles beauty than that and are worthy of love and what beauty really is. We want to encourage women to and respect.”

Anna Palka, a Rutgers Business come out to that event and be a School junior, said the Women’s par t of a community that really Group is a great atmosphere for loves and cares for all of them,” she said. girls in college.

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The Catholic Center, located on Somerset Street, is home to the Women’s Group of the Catholic Student Association. The group is organizing its second annual RU Beautiful campaign, a weeklong campaign in which they put up Post-it notes around campus with positive messages and hand out gift bags with desserts and encouraging letters. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Women’s Group of the Catholic Student Association of Rutgers has planned a week full of events to encourage women empowerment on campus. The association hopes to make every woman on campus a part of the campaign. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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poet Benczik struggled with chemotherapy, surgery continued from front

of a poetr y book. Along with this hurdle, in Februar y of that year, Benczik learned that she had lung cancer.

In light of this news, she spent time thinking about her goals even more.

“I said ‘well, what’s on my bucket list?’ and you know, I had surger y, I had chemotherapy and I had radiation, at that point … I thought, ‘what can I do?’” she said. “I’ve been told my poems have been healing for people, so … that’s what I had to do.”

Her sister, Diane Benczik, witnessed Terr y Benczik experiencing this hard time and understood the universality of her poems.

“I think a lot of people can relate to the emotions, even if you don’t like poetr y,” Diane Benczik said.

She continued to work on her book when she was able to regardless of the struggles she faced dealing with lung cancer.

Even though Terr y Benczik’s diagnosis was unfor tunate, she never resented what had happened to her.

“When I was sick I felt lucky

“You realize this great miracle, this miracle of love, then you could be in ecstasy all the time.” terry benczik Author of New Love Poems

all the time,” she said. “I live in a countr y with the best doctors, I was ver y cared for.

This whole journey of love, it sor t of completed itself when I was so sick.”

With attention from many dif ferent areas around the world, she also received feedback from Rutgers University students. Lily Lee, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, attended the reading last night and said she is a fan of Terr y Benczik.

“She was so expressive,” Lee said. “The way she read it, in her soothing tone and the way she emphasized the poem when she read, I really could escape into the words.”

Benczik said one of the key themes, among the theme of happiness, is hope. She said because of these themes, she closes her book with one of her favorite poems titled “Ecstasy.”

“It’s basically saying ‘if you know, really know, … that the fact that you’re here is a miracle,” she said. “You realize this great miracle, this miracle of love, then you could be in ecstasy all the time.”

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with McGinty bi-monthly and acts as the intermediar y between the student body and McGinty says her priorities include creating new the vice chancellor, who then connects student concerns student space, multi-cultural center and initiatives with members of the administration. continued from front “From my experiences with can be ample space for them to provide their programs and ser- her so far, she has been a woncampus,” she said. “It’s really chal- vices and also have some multi-use derful resource,” he said. “She tells me a lot about what’s going programming space,” she said. lenging [for cultural centers].”

The administration is in the pro- on at the University and the probMcGinty said these organizations are unable to of fer the cess of examining possibilities for lems she hears from students during open programs and ser vices they the multi-culturoffice hours.” want for their constituencies al center, includSokolov said because of the limitations. The ing its location their relationAsian-Pacific Islander Organi- and the potential “One of the ideas ... is is a twozation, for example, has out- to refurbish excreating a multi-cultural ship way street and grown its provided space on isting facilities center where all of those that McGinty or the possible Livingston campus. advocates for erection of a new cultural centers can be The high demand for and the she lack of large programming space building, housed under one roof.” the students within the adhave exacerbated the growing is- said. ministration, Pavel Sokolov, sue. She said she would follow up Felicia Mcginty meeting with of on an idea for the University to pro- president Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs high-rankRUSA, said he vide new programming space. ing officials “One of the ideas that [Richard was glad to see i n c l u d L. Edwards, executive vice pres- McGinty fulfill University President ident of Academic Affairs,] has the role of vice chancellor of Student ing asked me to pursue is … creating Affairs, a position that has been va- Robert L. Barchi.

As an example of her advocaa multi-cultural center where all cant for the past year.

Sokolov, a Rutgers Busi- cy at work, he said McGinty was of those cultural centers can be housed under one roof, and there ness School senior, meets instrumental in extending the

add/drop period for students because of the snowstorm.

She has also been helpful in working to change Rutgers’ policies with regard to allowing transgender students to use their preferred name on Sakai and other University web services, Sokolov said.

“She’s able to directly tell [the administration] exactly what the student opinion is,” he said. “It’s been quite successful.”

Sokolov said the feedback he gets from McGinty is essential, and her connection to the administration is invaluable to RUSA and the student body at large.

“We advocate on behalf of the students to the administration,” he said.

Megan Mastrobattista, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she had not heard about McGinty’s arrival on campus, but that she appreciates McGinty’s philosophy toward her position.

“She should take advice from the students because we’re the ones that know what’s happening on this campus,” she said.

“She’s the one who can help improve things.”

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nutrition USFDA last changed its policy in December 2013 for labels on drug products continued from front

With the possible omission of calories derived from fat on labels, the USFDA might include a line indicating the presence of artificial sugars and syrups in its place, he said, as well as a line for the actual amount of whole wheat incorporated into food that states it is whole wheat.

“Right now, some products are labeled as whole wheat

when there is really only a small amount of it in the food, and that’s misleading,” he said.

Despite strides to make the ingredients in certain foods more transparent on the updated labels, other information would still remain unmentioned, Miller said.

Stating whether a product was made with genetically modified organisms is highly unlikely to make an ap-

pearance on the new labels, given that the issue remains highly controversial.

According to the Just Label It website, genetically engineered corn and soy compose more than 90 percent of all crop acres planted.

Beyond considering updated labels in the context of the individual or single family, he said he could only guess how the labels would impact national programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Miller said.

“Will changing the labels get to the more vulnerable members of our population?” he said.

Evidence accumulated about the potential label changes have indicated that the revisions would dispropor tionately impact individuals of a higher socioeconomic status as opposed to those of a lower socioeconomic status, Radler said in an ar ticle for Rutgers Today.

If people subsisting primarily on SNAP food benefits shop for food on their own, Miller said they may be more inclined to disregard the nutrition labels and not make the best dietar y choices. “[But] if they’re going through food banks, guidelines like [these] tend to filter down into these programs so that the la-

bels would help people make the right decisions on what foods are best for the various feeding programs that we have,” he said.

As of now, administration of ficials have sent the suggestions for new nutrition labels to the White House for review, but speculation about what could come in the coming months are hazy.

“The FDA is allowed to do anything without public comment typically,” Miller said.

The USFDA most recently revised their policy on December 2013, which focused on making safety changes to its labels on drug products, according to its website.

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CVS announces it will no longer sell tobacco CVS, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, is kicking the habit of selling tobacco products as it continues to shift its focus toward being more of a health care provider.

The company said yesterday that it will phase out cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco by Oct. 1 in its 7,600 stores nationwide, in a move that will help grow its business that works with doctors, hospitals and others to improve customers’ health.

The move is the latest evidence of a big push in the drugstore industry that has been taking place over several years. Major drugstore chains have been adding instore clinics and expanding their health care offerings. Their pharmacists deliver flu shots and other immunizations, and their clinics now manage chronic illnesses like high blood pressure and diabetes and treat relatively minor problems like sinus infections.

Among other things, they’re preparing for increased health care demand. That’s in part due to an aging U.S. population that will need more care in future years. It’s also the result of the millions of people expected to gain health insurance under the health care overhaul.

As CVS has been working to team up with hospital groups and doctor practices to help deliver and monitor patient care, Chief Medical Officer Troyen Brennan said the presence of tobacco in its stores has made for some awkward conversations.

“One of the first questions they ask us is, ‘Well, if you’re going to be part of the health care system, how can you continue to sell tobacco products?’” he said.

“There’s really no good answer to that at all.”

CVS Caremark Corp., which has 7,600 stores nationwide, said it will lose about $2 billion in annual revenue by phasing out tobacco, but the move will not affect its 2014 earnings forecast. CVS notches about $1.5 billion annually in tobacco sales, but it expects a bigger hit because smokers often buy other products when they visit their stores. The company brought in more than $123 billion in total revenue in 2012.

The company declined to say what will take tobacco’s prominent shelf place behind cash registers at the front of its stores.

CVS will test some items and may expand smoking cessation products that are sometimes sold near cigarettes.

Its drugstores do not sell electronic cigarettes, devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution and create a water vapor that users inhale. CVS also plans to expand its smoking cessation efforts. That includes training pharmacists to counsel people on how to quit.

“We’ve come to the conclusion that cigarettes have no place in a setting where health care is being delivered,” said CVS CEO Larr y Merlo, who noted that many of the chronic conditions their clinics treat are made worse by smoking.

The company’s tobacco plan drew praise from President Barack Obama, who said the decision will help his administration’s efforts to reduce tobacco-related deaths, cancer, and heart disease, as well as lower health care costs.

Tobacco is responsible for about 480,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to the Food and Drug Administration, which gained the authority to regulate tobacco products in 2009.

The federal government has renewed efforts to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco use on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1964 surgeon general’s report that launched the anti-smoking movement. A new 980-page report issued last month by acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak also urged new resolve to make the next generation smoke-free.

CVS competitors Walgreen Co. and Rite Aid Corp. both sell tobacco and smoking cessation products, as does the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which also operates pharmacies in its stores. But Target Corp., another major retailer with pharmacies, does not sell tobacco.

Both Walgreen and Rite Aid representatives said yesterday that they are always evaluating what they offer customers and whether that meets their needs.

The nation’s biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, said in a statement yesterday that it is up to retailers to decide if they’re going to sell tobacco products. Philip Morris is owned by Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group Inc. On its own, the CVS move won’t hurt cigarette companies much. Drugstores overall account for only 4 percent of cigarettes sold. That pales compared to gas stations, which generate nearly half of those sales. But it’s another in a long line of changes that have led cigarette sales to fall because of health concerns, higher prices and taxes, and social stigma.

Several cities, including San Francisco, Boston and many smaller Massachusetts communities have considered or passed bans on tobacco sales in stores with pharmacies. Other places like New York City have sought to curb retail displays and promotions and raise the legal age at which someone can buy tobacco products.

U.S. retail sales of tobacco, which is comprised largely of cigarettes, were about $107.7 billion in 2012, according to market researcher Euromonitor International.

The share of Americans who smoke has fallen dramatically since 1970, from nearly 40 percent to about 18 percent. But the rate has stalled since about 2004, with about 44 million adults in the U.S. smoking cigarettes. It’s unclear why it hasn’t budged, but some market watchers have cited tobacco company discount coupons on cigarettes and a lack of funding for programs to discourage smoking or to help smokers quit.

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AIDES TALK AID Top: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at a Free Application for Federal Student Aid workshop at the T.C. Williams High School Feb. 5, 2014 in Alexandria, Va. The first lady discussed the importance of students filling the FAFSA. Bottom: U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan listens to student Collin Bendinelli during the workshop. GETTY IMAGES

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Protesters flood Sochi to fight gay rights law NEW YORK — Protesters in cities around the world targeted major Olympic sponsors yesterday, just ahead of the Winter Games in Sochi, urging them to speak out against Russia’s law restricting gay-rights activities.

Two more sponsors of the U.S. Olympic team condemned the law, but leading global sponsors did not join them.

“No, no to Russia’s anti-gay law,” chanted several dozen protesters in Paris who gathered in front of a McDonald’s restaurant at the Place de la Republique. The fast-food chain is one of the International Olympic Committee’s 10 top sponsors for the Sochi Games, which open Friday.

Protests also took place in London, Jerusalem, St. Petersburg, Russia, and elsewhere. In all, 20 demonstrations were planned by the advocacy group All Out and its allies.

McDonald’s, like other top IOC sponsors, reiterated that it supports human rights and opposes discrimination, but its statement did not mention the Russian law.

Coca-Cola, another prime target of protests, also didn’t mention the law in its latest statement, though it described itself as a strong supporter of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

“We do not condone intolerance or discrimination of any kind anywhere in the world,” Coca-Cola said.

Visa, another IOC top sponsor, issued a similar statement. General Electric, an IOC sponsor since 2005, declined comment.

In contrast to the cautious approach of IOC sponsors, three sponsors of the U.S. Olympic Committee have decided to speak out explicitly against the Russian law.

The first, on Tuesday, was AT&T. “Russia’s law is harmful to LGBT individuals and families, and it’s harmful to a diverse society,” it said.

Following suit on yesterday were DeVry University, a for-profit education enterprise, and yogurt-maker Chobani.

“We are against Russia’s anti-LGBT law and support efforts to improve LGBT equality,” said Ernie Gibble, a DeVry spokesman.

“It’s disappointing that in 2014 this is still an issue,” said Chobani’s CEO, Hamdi Ulukaya. “We are against all laws and practices that discriminate in any way, whether it be where you come from or who you love — for that reason, we oppose Russia’s anti-LGBT law.”

AT&T’s move was praised by leading groups in the coalition that has been working for months to pressure sponsors into speaking out.

“AT&T has broken the ice,” said Minky Worden, director of global initiatives for Human Rights Watch. “Top sponsors of the Olympics like Coke, GE, McDonald’s and Visa are going to have to follow suit — they are ver y much on the wrong side of histor y in refusing to use their leverage with the International Olympic Committee to ask for reform and to defend LGBT Russians.”

The Russian law, signed in July by President Vladimir Putin, outlaws pro-gay “propaganda” that could be accessible to minors. Critics say it is so restrictive and vague that it deters almost any public expression of support for gay rights.

Nonetheless, about a dozen Russian activists protested the law yesterday in St. Petersburg, hundreds of miles north of Sochi.

Two unfurled banners reading “Berlin 1936 = Sochi 2014,” referring to the Olympic Games held in Nazi Germany. One-person protests are legal in Russia, and the two activists holding signs were spaced far enough apart that neither was arrested.

In London, about 150 people rallying outside Prime Minister David Cameron’s office urged McDonald’s and the IOC’s other sponsors to speak out.

To date, the IOC and its top sponsors — who pay millions for the rights to use Olympic symbols in television commercials and other marketing — have expressed general opposition to discrimination and pledged to ensure that people gathering for the Sochi Olympics wouldn’t be affected by the law.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams said yesterday the committee and the sponsors have been in constant communication about several issues in Russia, but he declined to describe the conversations when asked whether the sponsors wanted the IOC to make a specific statement about the law.

A coalition of 40 international groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, sent an open letter to the 10 top sponsors last week urging them to run ads promoting equality for LGBT people.

Human Rights Watch posted a video this week on YouTube of gay people in Russia being bullied, chased and beaten, compiled from footage the group said was uploaded by perpetrators. The video got more than 830,000 views in less than two days.

Aside from AT&T, DeVry University and Chobani, sponsors of the U.S. Olympic Committee who were contacted by The Associated Press shied away from explicit condemnations of the Russian law, while expressing support for diversity and opposition to discrimination. These sponsors included TD Ameritrade, the Kellogg Co., United Airlines, BP, Nike and Hilton Worldwide.

“Our sponsorship of the USOC is about supporting Team USA, not engaging in political or policy debates,” said Scott Dean, a BP spokesman.

The Russian law “is unaffiliated with our ongoing support of the Olympic movement,” said Hilton Worldwide. “Our mission is to help athletes on their journey... fostering and promoting the values and spirit of the Olympics amongst our guests and members.”

Citigroup cited its “longstanding support” for LGBT rights, and added that it was backing the USOC’s “ongoing efforts” to address the issue with the IOC. — The Associated Press

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Resident inquires city council members about trip, water

By Sabrina Szteinbaum Correspondent

The mayor of Belfast, Ireland, invited New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill along with a delegation from the New Brunswick City Council to visit the Irish city because of similarities between Belfast and New Brunswick.

Charlie Kratovil, editor of New Brunswick Today, asked about the trip at last night’s city council meeting, requesting information on whether the council members paid for the trip or were being paid while on the trip.

Thomas Loughlin, administrator for the New Brunswick City Council, also traveled to Belfast with the delegation and said he was on the clock during his time there.

The mayor of Belfast extended the invitation out of interest in establishing a relationship with New Brunswick based on food and performing arts, Loughlin said.

Kratovil then questioned why Loughlin does not have a resume on file at city hall.

Kratovil wanted to see a resume because he said Loughlin ran the city’s water utility for five and a half years and wondered whether or not he was qualified for the job.

Loughlin said he does not have a resume in his personnel file, and he declined to provide Kratovil with one.

“I’ve had not one minute of water treatment training in my career,” Loughlin said. “At the request of the mayor, I stepped in and attempted at the best of my knowledge to manage the utility when it was in a very bad situation.”

Loughlin said he understood that Kratovil wanted him to share the blame for the water quality issues New Brunswick has faced in recent years.

Kratovil said the city was fined in 2008 for its failure to meet federal water testing standards and questioned whether or not anyone became ill as a result of this failure.

After Loughlin said there was no information on the matter, Kratovil asked whether an effort was made to find out if anyone became ill.

After the Department of Environmental Protection declared the water was no longer a health risk, Loughlin said there was no further investigation.

Rebecca Escobar, president of the city council, said she is confident in the current water quality in the city of New Brunswick.

Tormel Pittman, a citizen of New Brunswick and self-pro-

claimed community advocate, addressed the council with a problem his brother had with the police department.

He said his brother went to file a complaint and when he got to the police station, the officers mistook his brother for him.

No officer wanted to sign his brother’s complaint, Pittman said.

The officers made fun of his brother because they knew Pittman to always be raising issues at the council meetings.

“I’m a community advocate, and they think I’m against the police, and that’s not the case,” Pittman said.

He said he is against bad police officers.

“I’m scared of signing a complaint because I know I’m going to be made fun of because of what [my brother] went through,” he said.

Pittman has wanted the council to address the inappropriate behavior of the police department for a while, and Escobar said she has not yet looked into Pittman’s case.

As far as how the council addressed him, Pittman said he felt they tried to deter him.

“This is nothing new,” he said.

“I’ll be persistent.”

According to nj.com, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage

Charlie Kratovil, editor of New Brunswick Today, asks city mayor about trip to Ireland at the city council meeting held yesterday at 78 Bayard St. NOAH WHITTENBURG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Finance Agency approved $4.8 million of Hurricane Sandy relief funds to help build an apartment building in New Brunswick.

Russell Marchetta, the public information officer for the city of New Brunswick, said the allocation of these funds was not a city issue.

“That has nothing to do with the city,” he said. “Federal funds were funneled through the state. The city had no input on anything regarding those funds.”

Marchetta said everything was done properly.

“There’s nothing that was illegal in those funds being given to the development,” he said. “Affordable housing units are going to be made available.”

Kratovil asked Escobar and Council Vice President Kevin Egan whether or not they would be running for re-election this year.

Escobar responded that Kratovil was out of order, and both council members declined to respond to the question.

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his week, another instance of money for to help New Jersey, bolstering his image as a tough Hurricane Sandy relief being used for unre- and capable governor.

But it turns out Christie is just a whole lot of talk lated purposes came to light.

We’re sorry to say that we really aren’t even sur- and no real action. It seems there is a heightened sense of importance for our government to just look prised anymore. $4.8 million of Sandy Relief money went into fund- like they’re doing something, even when they’re reing a luxury apartment complex here in New Bruns- ally not. Natural disasters are only getting worse, wick, according to an NBC I-Team investigation. and an easy way to calm the general panic around The developers of the apartments claimed some them is by assuring the public that funds are being of the units are considered “affordable housing,” raised. Apparently, following through with those which is what supposedly qualifies them for the aid funds appropriately is optional.

It’s so easy for governments to get funding when in the first place. But this city did not suffer nearly as much storm damage as the towns by the shore disasters strike, and unfortunately, it’s just as easy — towns with residents who are still struggling to for them to exploit those disasters and use the money for something rebuild their homes. else. It’s been more Last week, we than a year since heard $6 million in “But it turns out that Christie is just a Hurricane Sandy, federal Hurricane whole lot of talk and no real action. It and there are still Sandy relief was accommunities strugtually put into a seseems that there is a heightened sense of gling to recover. nior center complex importance for our government to just The fact that some in Belleville, N.J., a of these funds are town that has been look like they’re doing something, even being poured into ranked as 254th out when they’re really not.” apartment complexof the communities in es in New Brunsthe state affected by wick and senior centhe hurricane. At the groundbreaking of the complex, Gov. Chris Christie ters in Belleville is completely unacceptable.

Christie has really screwed things up for himself. didn’t even explain how exactly the money was supposed to be helping those affected by Hurricane Sandy. This week, he met with Keansburg residents whose Oh, and by the way, the mayor of Belleville en- homes have yet to be rebuilt since the hurricane.

“I haven’t made every right decision in the last 15 dorsed Christie for re-election. Just saying.

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, months on this issue. … There are times I had to it seemed like Christie had the entire state on his go back and revisit and say, ‘you know, I thought side. During his re-election campaign, he had a lot that was right, it’s wrong. I got to change it.’” He of popular support from voters who were impressed can apologize all he wants, but it’s too little, too late. with his handling of the situation, his promises to Hurricane Sandy was one of the worst disasters in rebuild New Jersey and his apparent determination our state’s history, and there’s no room for exploitato help get everyone affected back on their feet. He tion and deceit during this time from the person called out President Obama for not doing enough who’s supposed to be leading us to recovery.

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Friedgen hire puts head coach Flood in the hot seat STUMPER’S SPORTS JAMES STUMPER

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n Saturday, Rutgers hired Ralph Friedgen to replace the NFLbound Ron Prince as offensive coordinator on the banks. Friedgen, 66, is a great hire for the Scarlet Knights, bringing a lot of big-time experience to a team that will tr y to make its mark during their inaugural Big Ten season.

The hire makes all sorts of sense. For one, “The Fridge” is a great offensive mind. With career OC stops at the University of Mar yland, Georgia Institute of Technology and even the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, Friedgen will surely bring a fresh look to the Scarlet Knight offense that at times was pedestrian last season.

That’s not to say he isn’t inheriting some talent though. With talented guys like Paul James, Leonte Caroo and Justin Goodwin, I believe Friedgen can and will put together the pieces to turn Rutgers into a respectable offense, even with the current questions at the quarterback position. In addition to those players, look for Tyler Kroft to have a big impact under Friedgen. Kroft, who was an honorable mention to Sports Illustrated’s All-American team this season, plays tight end — the same position Vernon Davis played

under Friedgen at Mar yland. During their time together, Davis caught 83 passes for 1,371 yards, nine touchdowns and was selected sixth overall in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Friedgen knows how to use his weapons, and Rutgers has provided him with at least a semi-full arsenal.

In addition to the potential offensive upgrade that Friedgen will bring to Rutgers, he also brings something else: head coaching experience. This is where things could get dicey for Rutgers head

ing schedule Big Ten play will present.

What exactly does Flood’s already lukewarm seat have to do with the newly hired Friedgen? Well, ever ything.

This is something we see happen in sports quite frequently. While Flood has done a nice job as Rutgers’ head man, he was never seen as a hot commodity.

No, Flood was a replacement for Greg Schiano, who left the program that he built, basically, from the ground up. As a matter of fact, most of the players Flood

“With career OC stops at the University of Maryland, Georgia Institute of Technology and even the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, Friedgen will surely bring a fresh look to the Scarlet Knight offense that at times was pedestrian last season.” coach Kyle Flood. Flood, through two seasons, has a 15-11 record as the head coach for the Scarlet Knights. Not a bad record, but after failing to win the conference outright and losing both bowl games he has appeared in, there has been some pressure from outside the University to consider a change in coaching.

Sidenote, I am not one of the people who believe Flood should have gotten fired this offseason. I think Flood has done a pretty good job in his first two seasons as head coach, but needs to show improvement. Even with the more challeng-

has coached were recruited and brought to Rutgers by Schiano, so it’s tough to gauge exactly what Flood has done on his own accord.

One thing that isn’t tough to gauge, is the lack of success Flood has shown recruiting. Take this offseason for example: Rutgers was looking for ward to one of their best recruiting classes ever — a class that ranked number three overall in the Big Ten. After a stunning 13 de-commitments, including wide receiver Saeed Blacknall and quarterback Tyler Wiegers — both of whom flipped their com-

mitments to other Big Ten programs, Rutgers is left to pick up the pieces. The de-commitments certainly aren’t all on Flood, but it’s completely unacceptable to have this happen, no matter whom the coach is.

Between the mediocre 2013 season that ended with a loss to the University of Notre Dame in the Pinstripe Bowl, and the debacle that has occurred with the program’s recruiting recently, Flood has to be feeling some sort of pressure. Prior to the Friedgen hire, however, it really wasn’t a huge deal because who would replace him? Well, now that Friedgen (and his ten seasons of head coaching experience at Mar yland) will be roaming the sidelines at High Point Solutions Stadium, the answer to that potential question gets much clearer.

There has been no public indication that Rutgers is even considering making a change at the position of head coach.

However, if the team has a disastrous first year in the Big Ten, I’m sure the question will be on ever yone’s mind. Sometimes, the outside noise gets so loud a program has no choice but to make a move. And if that time comes, I’m sure “The Fridge” would answer the call.

James Stumper Jr. is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and history.

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Colleen Jolly’s piece entitled, “Can Hillel’s funding be put to better use elsewhere?” raises questions regarding the allocation of funds within the University.

This is a subject that touches all students, faculty and affiliates of Rutgers, and therefore the Targum published Jolly’s commentary. In addition, Andrew Getraer’s response voices the deep offense Hillel

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She is the editor and historian of Journalists for Human Rights.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

February 6, 2014 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (02/06/14). Health and service provide context this year. Listen to emotions and intuition, with Mercury retrograde (today until 2/28). Plan, practice and prepare. March and April favor home improvements, while the solar eclipse (6/10) brings romantic change.

Aim for balance, even with travels and adventures. Young people inspire playfulness. Follow your heart. It’s profitable. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries ( March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — For about three weeks with Mercury retrograde, talk and plan with associates. Clean up the place. Don’t take risks. Double check financial transactions. Review recent negotiations and decisions.

Increase peace through meditation.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Review data to find a hidden truth. Misunderstandings are plentiful for the next three weeks. Ask questions, even if you’re nervous. Repeat what you said to be sure it gets through. Handle outstanding assignments.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — For the next three weeks while Mercury’s retrograde, revisit creative ideas from the past. A temporary disruption could slow things... have a backup plan. Revisions are necessary. Take your act on the road (after double-checking reservations and roads).

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — For about three weeks, pay off bills. Don’t confront authority or get into legal disputes... it would just get complicated. Watch for technical difficulties. Tune your equipment. Keep decreasing your obligations. Share fun with friends.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Secure what you’ve achieved over the next several weeks. Continue to increase your authority, although possibilities to advance remain static for a while. Keep practicing, and raise your skills. Make plans. Check equipment for repairs.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — For three weeks, confusion is more common in groups. Travel can get disrupted or interrupted. Accept responsibility where due, and stay patient. Review documents and sign again as needed. Avoid overspending.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — For three weeks, you gain most through old contacts and familiar practices. The initial phase of a job is over. Fact and fantasy clash.

Keep decreasing public obligations.

Pad your schedule for unexpected circumstances, and take quiet time.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — For about three weeks, hold onto what you have. Better safe than sorry. Avoid risks. Have people over instead of going out. Travel and transportation can get disrupted. Pay extra attention to a partner.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Communicate carefully for the next three weeks. Save your insights for later... avoid misunderstandings. This retrograde period is good for organizing, sorting and filing. Clean your desk, and complete old projects. Service breakdowns could slow things.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — For about three weeks, revise and refine your procedures.

Review your notes, to simplify.

Dig into a research assignment.

Double-check bank statements and financial transactions. Today and tomorrow, play and have fun (especially with family).

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Review the data and practice over the next three weeks.

Sign papers and contracts after that, if you can wait. Increase support structures. Handle home repairs, especially regarding plumbing.

Travel could get tricky.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — For the next three weeks, renew old bonds. Review financial contracts and statements. Increase your savings with planning. Wait for a better time to take risk or make major decisions. Review the pros and cons thoroughly first.

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Only four Big Ten classes rank below Rutgers at 57, according to Rivals.com

continued from back cruiting starts at home.

Rutgers let some of New JerAlong with five early enrollees, it finalized the nation’s 57th-best re- sey’s best prospects, including cruiting class, according to Rivals. Blacknall, wide receiver Adonis In his 20-minute press confer- Jennings and safety Kiy Hester, ence yesterday, head coach Kyle slip away.

In light of the program’s nuFlood made only one concession when addressing criticism of the merous de-commitments, Flood class’ numerous de-commitments. called for an earlier signing period “The last 14 months have creat- to help eliminate the ambiguity of ed a lot of challenges for us here verbal commitments.

He also dispelled notions at our University,” Flood said.

“We’ve come through those now, he pulled any players’ scholarand these 26 players that are com- ship of fers.

“When a player commits to us, mitted to playing in our program, [they] believe in our program and we take a scholarship and we put believe in this University. Now we it aside,” Flood said. “When that get to go forward as a family and player decides to visit other placturn the page for the first time es, well, then we have to look at looking towards the 2014 season, other players.”

Above all else, Flood insisted our inaugural season in the Big that recruiting Ten, and really is about relamove on to the and next chapter of “There’s going to be some tionships finding the Rutgers footright people ball.” players every year from Rutgers’ Rutgers’ nontraditional areas that for system. recruiting He has class includes want to be a part of ... the repeatedly eight in-state Big Ten.” asserted that players, seven how a player from Florida, kyle flood gets recruiting three from Head Coach means little New York, two once they join from Minnesota and Pennsylvania and one from the program, noting that several former two-star recruited Knights four other distant states.

The biggest area the Knights have gone to the NFL. To those ends, Flood considered addressed was up front, landing five defensive and four offensive National Signing Day a success.

“What I would say is with this linemen. Each offensive lineman measures out at no less than class, with this group of 26 play6-foot-5 and 270 pounds. Three ers,” Flood said, “I’m really excited about how much better I think hail from outside New Jersey.

Rutgers also added two tight they can get in our system and reends and four linebackers, other ally excited about how good they positions Flood said Jan. 6 via tele- are right now on film.” conference needed more depth.

Scout.com rated 6-foot-5, Knight Note: Junior Tejay 230-pound tight end George Behr Johnson will switch from safeas the eighth-best prospect in ty to wide receiver this season, Minnesota, while three-star tight Flood announced. end Logan Lister played high Johnson switched from corschool ball in Texas. nerback to free safety last train“That is probably the biggest ing camp. He only recorded 33 impact the Big Ten has had on us tackles and three pass breakups in recruiting,” Flood said. “I think last year. it’s given us access to other arFlood announced this when eas and given us openings where discussing his recruiting class there’s going to be some players lacking pure wideouts. every year from our nontraditional areas that want to be part of ... a For updates on the Rutgers great conference like the Big Ten football team, follow Greg Johnson and have an opportunity to play on Twitter @GregJohnsonRU. For for Big Ten championships.” general Rutgers sports updates, folStill, Flood acknowledged re- low @TargumSports.

continued from back Rutgers’ recruiting class ranks 57th nationally, according to Rivals.

Only four of the Big Ten’s current 12 teams rank lower.

Three Big Ten teams yesterday landed one five-star recruit. All Big Ten teams landed at least one fourstar recruit, besides Illinois.

The Big Ten teams that visit High Point Solutions Stadium next year — Penn State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana — combined for 18 four-star recruits this year.

Arguably the most important aspect for recruits overall is Flood developing a reputation as a winning coach. Recruiting is a game

of its own, in which schools and coaches compete to land the players they want.

When Rutgers received the nation’s 24th-best recruiting class in 2012 that was essentially a victory for the program. When defensive tackle Darius Hamilton became the program’s first — and still only — five-star recruit, that was a win, too.

This recruiting class can still end up a good one, depending on what they accomplish in college.

In fact, landing highly touted recruits doesn’t ensure success.

Rutgers landed four four-star players in 2011: running back Savon Huggins, defensive end Djwany Mera, wide receiver Miles Shuler and defensive tackle-turned-fullback Marquise Wright.

Shuler and Wright are no longer with the program. Huggins considered transferring, too.

Mera, entering his redshirt junior year, still has time to make his mark.

It can also be just as harmful for recruits of decent ranking to fail at Rutgers than to simply go elsewhere, although that obviously shouldn’t stop the Knights from pursuing them — and it hasn’t.

But de-commitments reflect a lack of stability in the recruiting process in the first place.

“What’s happened in college athletics right now is in recruiting we have a flawed system,” Flood said. “And there’s some really good people like [former Texas head coach] Mack Brown who are leading the charge to try to rectify that situation. But when you live in a world where you hear words like ‘soft commitment,’ I don’t really know what that means. Or on the other side of it words like ‘committable offer.’”

It could mean Rutgers needs to change how it recruits if de-commitment is more a trend than an anomaly. If that keeps happening, that matters more than the recruits’ stars.

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February 6, 2014 TENNIS FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON-RUTGERS, TOMORROW, 2 P.M.

RU focuses on strengths entering second match of season

By Nicholas Jannarone Contributing Writer

The Rutgers tennis team looks to extend its impressive start to the season Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. when it hosts Fairleigh Dickinson.

The Scarlet Knights opened their season with a commanding 7-1 victory over Lehigh on Tuesday evening at the East Brunswick Racquet Club.

The whole team performed strongly, including the team MVP

last season — sophomore Gina Li — along with senior co-captains Stefania Balasa and Vanessa Petrini.

Rutgers (1-0) will use the win against Lehigh (1-2) as preparation against the Devils.

FDU (1-0) will be tough, according to head coach Ben Bucca.

“Fairleigh Dickinson is always a very strong team, so we’re expecting a very close match,” Bucca said.

Farleigh Dickinson is coming off a win of its own Saturday, beating NJIT, 5-2.

FDU executed well, as freshman Ksenija Tihomirova rallied to win her match and freshman Shreya Pasricha won in straight sets.

The Knights want to focus on their strengths and avoid getting caught up with their opponent’s wins and losses.

“We just need to concentrate on us and what we can do,” Bucca said. “The wins and losses will take care of themselves.”

Senior Stefania Balasa is optimistic entering Friday’s match,

as she and her teammates look to continue their success.

“We had a great start against Lehigh, and the whole team is looking forward to keeping the momentum going with our matches,” Balasa said.

Rutgers has history with Fairleigh Dickinson that includes several competitive matches.

“I’m excited because we’ve played FDU in the past and we’ve had some good matches, so I think this will be good for our team this early in the season,” Balasa said.

Early in the season, Rutgers looks to build on its success from the fall, when it finished 13-7.

Bucca, entering his 11th season as head coach, led the team to five straight Big East tournament appearances.

After their home match against FDU, the team travels to Philadelphia to play Penn on Sunday at 2 p.m.

For updates on the Rutgers tennis team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

HOCKEY

Club hockey gains ground on Big Ten

By Conor Nordland

“I think the alumni suppor t would increase and really benefit the team,” Gojdycz said.

While the move has a numAs Rutgers begins its transition into the Big Ten conference ber of appealing benefits, Gojnext year, much attention has dycz understands how long the been given to the prospects for process is and the restrictions the sports competing against involved in becoming a varsity spor t at Rutgers. new opponents.

“In order to become an NCAA Football and basketball have dominated the conversation re- program, there’s certain requiregarding the viability of the Scarlet ments,” Gojdycz said. “Whether Knights’ athletic program, in the it be a rink on campus or superiprospective 14-school conference. or funding for scholarships and These two sports have received the like.”

The funding for the program the majority of focus and funding since the move was announced is not there yet, and Gojdycz admitted it is not ready to become a back in November of 2012.

But for other Olympic-sport varsity spot.

Although the immediate fuprograms at Rutgers, the transition to the Big Ten provides oth- ture for the Knights does not include a movement to the varsity er opportunities.

The Rutgers men’s ice hock- level, the team has not ruled it ey team ser ves as a prime exam- out entirely.

“The only way it could happle of a program that has a bright pen soon is future due to with alumni the conference realignment.

“I think [hockey] would boosters and GoUnfortucatch on here and it would donations,” jdycz said. nately for the be a sport the student For the hockey team, which is at the body and faculty would next few years, the ice hockclub level right support and follow.” ey team will now, it will not remain at the have a chance ANDY GOJDYCZ club level, and to become a Head Coach Gojdycz has varsity sport expressed litwithin the next tle disappointfew years in the ment with Big Ten. But that has not stopped head the prospect.

“I think, for the University, coach Andy Gojdycz from thinkit’s a great way to see where we ing about the possibilities.

“I think [hockey] would catch stand for all the major sports,” on here and it would be a sport he said.

The first few years in the Big the student body and faculty would support and follow,” Goj- Ten will provide the ice hockey team, along with many other dycz said.

Without varsity recognition, sports programs, an opportunithe hockey team has gotten by ty to see how they stack against with little funding from the athlet- new competition.

The possibilities for all the ic department.

This has negatively impacted low-level sports programs are the team in a number of ways, endless in this new beginning for but Gojdycz sees these nega- Rutgers athletics.

“I could see maybe seven or tives as potential advancements eight years down the road, Rutfor the future.

“I think recruiting would gers making a niche for itself in definitely benefit from the the Big Ten,” Gojdycz said.

In the mean time, the ice move [to the Big Ten],” Gojdycz said. “New Jersey kids have hockey team will continue to a lot to offer to the sport of compete in the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESice hockey.”

Gojdycz, a former member of CHL), where the team currentthe ice hockey team and Rutgers ly is in 4th place.

“We’re going to remain pagraduate, also believes former “Ice Knights” would favor the tient, it’s going to take some time,” Gojdycz said. move to the Big Ten. Staff Writer

February 6, 2014

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enrollees

Rutgers Recruiting Class of 2014

Prince recruits Lott before joining Lions, but Lott stays for RU’s family atmosphere continued from back

recruiting class in which many de-committed. It didn’t help that The five eligible players Rutgers took its time with findgraduated high school early for ing a new offensive and defena head start in college football. sive coordinator.

Former of fensive coordinaThat involves adjusting to college life and, for three of the five, tor Ron Prince recruited Lott.

Then Prince left Rutgers to be the northeast.

There is little for Applefield to an assistant coach with the Dedo in his town besides play foot- troit Lions the day before Lott ball, work out, fish and hunt. But left for Jacksonville.

Prince got Lott to Rutgers, but he and the other early enrollees the atmosphere have a chance to made him stay. make an impact “When I in the first of “I’m really just focused on came up here those hobbies. my development toward [while unoffiHead coach Kyle Flood listmy body and how I’m cially commited yesterday going to get prepared for ted], I realized it really is a at his National Lott Signing Day [Big Ten offensive lines].” family,” said. “It’s not press conferERIC WIAFE just what they ence that ApDefensive Tackle Recruit say on the Inplefield, Wiafe, ternet. It was Lott and long a family.” snapper Alan Russell had Lucy are players who could have an immediate a different reason for staying committed throughout the proimpact for the Scarlet Knights.

Wiafe, who is listed at 260 gram’s tough season.

“The education,” the Fort Laupounds, comes at a time when the program will face mon- derdale, Fla., native said. “My strous defensive lines. The mom’s a teacher. Two of my unbiggest of fensive lineman Wi- cles came here. That was the bigafe opposed at Milford (N.Y.) gest thing for me.”

Lott, especially, has a chance Academy was Penn State commit Chasz Wright, a 6-foot-7, not to redshir t because Rutgers’ inexperienced secondar y 300-pounder, Wiafe said.

“I’m really just focused is still the team’s most glaring on my development toward weakness. Russell might not my body and how I’m going to redshir t either.

Sophomore Steve Longa and get prepared for them,” Wiafe said. “But we’ll see when we senior Kevin Snyder essentially locked down two star ting get there.”

The early enrollees provid- linebacker spots, and junior ed the Knights stability to a Quentin Gause is likely to as-

MEN’S TRACK

Busy schedule helps rookie development

By Lou Petrella Staff Writer

The Rutgers men’s track and field team aims to put the busy month of January behind it as it enters February with a few weeks off before its next meet.

Although the hectic month of January saw the Scarlet Knights compete in four meets, there was a significant amount of valuable information that the team can take away from the first month of 2014.

The first aspect the squad can take away from its first few meets of the indoor season is valuable experience.

The Knights have 11 freshmen.

For the underclassmen, becoming accustomed to the structure of collegiate meets is vital.

Freshman hurdler Brennan Crowle took second place in the 60m hurdles at the Rutgers Invite on Jan. 10-11. He knows the importance of collecting positive results when the weekend meets come around. “[The indoor season] is also very different mentally because you know you have to start producing results,” Crowle said. “You need to perform on the weekends now, so your focus is on that during the week of practice.”

Another advantage of having so many meets in a short period

of time is the younger athletes get used to traveling around the country as a team.

Over a three-week period, the Knights took two trips to New York City and stayed in Massachusetts for the Terrier Classic hosted by Boston University.

Junior jumper Corey Crawford missed all four meets in January with a lingering hamstring issue.

Crawford knew they were prepared before their first individual meet of the season.

“It’s exciting for them because it’s their first time traveling and staying at a hotel,” Crawford said.

“This traveling will prepare them for the upcoming months, specifically the beginning of the spring outdoor season.”

Assistant coach Robert Farrell works closely with the field participants and was thoroughly impressed the younger players’ performances at these important indoor meets.

“One of the worst things to see as a technical coach is to see them abandoning a lot of what we’ve worked on,” Farrell said. “This group is nothing like that. They’ve stayed very close to the techniques and principles we’re working on and that’s huge. It’s real important that the fundamentals get taken care of first and foremost.”

Early Enrollees

Name

Position

Marcus Applefield Logan Lister Kamren Lott Brandon Russell Eric Wiafe

Stars

OL TE DB LB DT

School

Weeki Wachee, Fla. / Weeki Wachee Katy, Tex. / Katy Jacksonville / First Coast Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / University School New Berlin, N.Y. / Milford Academy

Signed Letter of Intent Name

Position

Donald Bedell George Behr Sam Blue Andre Boggs Tariq Cole Darian Daily Sidney Gopre Saquan Hampton Zack Heeman Joshua Hicks Jimmy Hogan Jacob Kraut Alan Lucy Eric Margolis Robert Martin Justin Nelson Giovanni Rescigno Jacquis Webb Isaiah Wharton Kevin Wilkins

DE TE LB DB OL DB LB DB OL RB DE FB OL WR RB LB QB OL DB DT

Stars

School

Rumson, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge Raleigh, N.C. / Millbrook Avon, CT. / Avon Old Farms Lido Beach, N.Y. / Long Beach Senior Bradenton, Fla. / Manatee Newark / Weequahic Hamilton, N.J. / Nottingham Flander, N.J. / Mt. Olive Palmetto, Fla. / Palmetto Franklin Lakes, N.J. / Ramapo Neptune Beach, Fla. / Fletcher Dinwiddle, Va. / Dinwiddle West Nyack, N.Y. / Clarkstown South Harrisburg, Pa. / Harrisburg Wayne, N.J. / De Paul Catholic Warren, MI. / De Las Salle Rochester, N.Y. / Gates Chill Kissimmee, Fla. / Gateway Montvale, N.J. / St. Joseph’s

* Ratings from Rivals.com

GRAPHIC BY ALEX MEIER / ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

sume Jamal Merrell’s star ting role. But a backup role is still possible.

It’s the same case for Lister, since Rutgers needs some tight end depth behind junior Tyler Kroft. Lister is especially skilled with blocking.

“My team needed me to play o-line last year, and it really helped me with my technique,” Lister said. “I was block-

ing bigger people, so I liked it a lot.”

Twenty-one others joined the early enrollees yesterday for Rutgers’ recruiting class, which Rivals ranks 57th nationally.

Despite the losing season and previous inability to maintain assistant coaches, they’re all still committed.

“I just didn’t lose sight of the big picture,” Lott said. “I know

the reason I committed here.

Just because they had a bad season, that wasn’t going to make me stop. Missouri had a bad season, then they went to the SEC Championship.”

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Quote of the Day “I know the reason I committed here.

Just because they had a bad season, that wasn’t going to make me stop.”

— Rutgers football defensive back early enrollee Kamren Lott

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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY Decommits matter more than ratings

By Josh Bakan Sports Editor

A class full of only two- and three-star recruits wouldn’t be as big of a deal if that were the recruiting class the Rutgers football team intended.

Head coach Kyle Flood defended his recruiting class, in which 13 players de-committed, with an optimistic outlook that Rutgers is looking forward to.

It also mattered little to Flood that none of the recruits hold a four-star rating, according to Rivals.

“You are doing the best job you can as a recruiter to say, ‘OK, here’s where this player is right now when he’s in high school, how much better is he going to get in our system?’”

Flood said. “Because how much better he gets in our system might not be the same as how much better he gets in another system.”

The problem for the Scarlet Knights is this isn’t the recruiting class they wanted. Three four-star recruits who de-committed — quarterback Tyler Wiegers, running back Jonathan Hilliman and wide receiver Saeed Blacknall — signed yesterday with Iowa, Boston College and Penn State, respectively.

But now it is a matter of how future recruits perceive the myriad of de-commitments when considering Rutgers. If other four-star commitments realize that several recruits of their caliber reconsidered Rutgers and chose other schools, that may make them change their minds.

If the Knights expect to compete in the Big Ten, it is vital to be right with those teams in terms of recruiting.

See DECOMMITS on Page 15

Head coach Kyle Flood announced Rutgers’ newest high school recruiting class yesterday, which Rivals ranks 57th nationally. The Knights hauled 26 total players, including a transfer and five early enrollees for the spring. THE DAILY TARGUM / OCTOBER 2013

RU inks new recruiting class

By Greg Johnson Associate Sports Editor

A few months ago, this was supposed to be the day the Rutgers football team officially announced arguably its best recruiting class in school history.

ESPN ranked the Scarlet Knights’ group of 22 verbally committed high school prospects

18th nationally in early November. Rivals rated five of Rutgers’ commits as four-star recruits.

That was before the Knights plummeted into a dreary three-game losing skid, nearly missed a bowl game and bullying allegations within the program surfaced surrounding former defensive coordinator Dave Cohen.

Over the next several weeks, all five of Rutgers’ four-star recruits de-committed, in-

cluding quarterback Tyler Wiegers and wide receiver Saeed Blacknall.

In total, 13 prospects withdrew verbal commitments, and Rutgers’ class ranking dipped below ESPN’s top 40.

The Knights finally inked 20 signed letters of intent yesterday on National Signing Day. See CLASS on Page 15

Early enrollees adjust to life in college

By Josh Bakan Sports Editor

Darius Hamilton was one of several at defensive tackle to produce as a true freshman. SHAWN SMITH / DECEMBER 2013

It was strange for of fensive lineman recruit Marcus Applefield to see deer standing around with no guns pointed at them as he walked into the Hale Center.

“There were about eight surrounding a tree. I’m like, ‘Wow, those deer are so lucky,’” the Weeki Wachee, Fla., native said Jan. 27 at the Rutgers football team’s introductor y media event for five Rutgers early enrollees.

Applefield, tight end Logan Lister, defensive back Kamren Lott, linebacker

Portland New York

94 90

Boston Philadelphia

114 108

LA Lakers Cleveland

119 108

San Antonio Washington

125 (OT) 118

Detroit Orlando

98 112

Phoenix Houston

108 122

FRANK MOLINARO,

Rutgers assistant wrestling coach, took first place at 65 kilograms Jan. 31 at the 2014 Dave Schultz Memorial International. Molinaro went 4-0 in his bracket and was one of three American wrestlers to take first in freestyle events.

See ENROLLEES on Page 19

KNIGHTs schedule

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Brandon Russell and defensive tackle Eric Wiafe comprise the class of early signings.

Minnesota transfer quar terback Philip Nelson is also an early enrollee, but is ineligible to play next season per NCAA transfer rules.

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