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U. professors approve new settlements for non-tenure track faculty

By Sabrina Szteinbaum Correspondent

Non-tenure track faculty were of ficially granted multiyear contracts, oppor tunities for promotion and titles with greater respect.

As of Friday, Rutgers approved the tentative agreement that has been in the works for years, according to a press release from Catherine Stanford, lead organizer of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers.

One of the major gains for NTT faculty is the eradication of non-renewable contracts, according to the press release. Instead of having no job security from year to year, NTT faculty should now be able to make contributions in their depar tments.

Additionally, the lowest NTT faculty title of “assistant instructor” has been eliminated, according to the press release.

The star ting salar y for assistant instructors was about $35,000, according to the Daily Targum ar ticle, “Faculty union votes on labor agreement,” published on Jan. 21.

Ann Gordon, chair of the bargaining committee fighting for the rights of non-tenure track faculty of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers, said the passage of the agreement should be a huge moral booster for NTT faculty.

According to the ar ticle, NTT faculty member Donald Siegel said because of the one-year contracts the University was giving him, he found it dif ficult to make innovations in courses he knew he might not be able to continue instructing.

In the ar ticle, Siegel said he witnessed firsthand how cer tain NTT faculty were treated as second-class faculty members.

The agreement would not increase this year’s salar y for any of the NTT faculty members and would not bring about immediate rewards, Gordon said.

But this should change the future of the NTT faculty by offering them a system for getting promotions, guaranteeing evaluations of their work and giving them multi-year contracts, Gordon said.

“It really changes their position as professionals in the University, and I think that’s going to be ver y impor tant for a lot of people,” she said.

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BOG approves Rutgers’ strategic plan

By Julian Chokkattu News Editor

NEWARK, N.J. — Actionable, achievable and measurable: These are three terms Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi used to describe the University’s strategic plan, which the Board of Governors approved yesterday at the Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers-Newark.

“This is a singular moment for Rutgers,” Barchi said to The Daily Targum. “We can’t make the progress we want without having a plan ... and we did not have one.

There hadn’t been a strategic plan of this sort done at Rutgers in nearly 20 years.”

The Board approved Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretar y of State, to be the 2014 commencement speaker and plans to award the chair of the Board of Governors, Gerald Har vey, an See PLAN on Page 4

BOG chair Gerald Harvey, left, and University President Robert L. Barchi speak at the BOG meeting yesterday at the Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers-Newark. JULIAN CHOKKATTU / NEWS EDITOR

University annouces changes to Katzenbach stop

By Erin Petenko Associate News Editor

The Katzenbach bus stop, located on Ryders Lane, has drawn criticism for its lack of a crosswalk and sidewalk. TIANFANG YU

Douglass campus is celebrating the announcement of the new location and improvements to the Katzenbach bus stop, currently located across from Katzenbach Hall on Ryders Lane.

Jamila White, president of the Douglass Governing Council, said the council passed a resolution last semester requesting that Rutgers renovate the stop. She received an email yesterday from Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College, informing the DGC that the University has plans for the site.

“They’re actually going to move the bus stop near the crosswalk on Ryders Lane, near the New Gibbons residential hall,” said White, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

Francine Glaser, a Douglass senator, introduced the bill last semester. She said the stop became a priority for her in her first semester, when she and her friend were sexually harassed getting off the bus.

“The poor quality in safety of the bus stop is only going to affect more people in the future, so I wanted to try to avoid that,” said Glaser, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

White said the stop currently has no crosswalk, no NextBus sign and no sidewalk to the stop. The stop is also poorly lit by two streetlights a few feet away and lacks an emergency light.

Cars have come close to hitting many students crossing the street to the bus stop, White said.

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Study abroad offers summer opportunities

By Vaishali Gauba Correspondent

A day on the beach is not Stan Piotrowski’s idea of a fulfilling summer, so he took to the ocean.

Last year, from June 29 to July 16, Piotrowski spent his time in the Cayman Islands conducting surveys on marine species while scuba diving.

Piotrowski, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, worked with students and renowned scientists from across the globe during his study

abroad program. Living nearly 10 feet away from the Caribbean Sea, learning to identify species of stony corals and fish, Piotrowski said he had a once in a lifetime experience.

“It was like getting to live my dream as a marine biologist, spending three weeks in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, seeing things that most people see on National Geographic,” he said.

Piotrowski, dressed in a scuba suit, represented the Cayman Islands at the “2014 Summer Study Abroad Fair” last night at the Stu-

dent Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

The University’s Center for Global Education organized the fair, which featured nearly 40 study abroad and service learning opportunities available for Rutgers students to explore during the summer, said Loan Nguyen, marketing and outreach coordinator for the center.

“It meets a wide range of students’ interests in terms of activity or subject area,” she said. “Because of their schedule, students can’t commit a full semester, so we provide summer opportunities.”

Nguyen said nearly 75 to 80 students had attended the fair by 7 p.m. and they hoped for the number to go up to 100 by the end of the fair.

From traditional study abroad locations like France, China, Germany, Brazil, Australia and others to non-traditional ser vice learning programs in Cuba, Senegal, Jordan and Turkey, Nguyen said the fair was evenly distributed between regions from many parts of the globe.

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CAMPUS CALENDAR Wednesday, Feb. 5

The Episcopal Campus Ministry at Rutgers presents “Wednesday Word and Spirit Night,” at 6 p.m. at 5 Mine St. on the College Avenue campus. Admission is free for everyone.

Rutgers Center for Global Education presents “Spring 2014 Study Abroad Information Sessions,” at 8 p.m. at Beck Hall on Livingston campus. Admission is free for everyone.

Tuesday, Feb. 6

The Department of Religion presents “Senses and Values of Oneness” at 4:30 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

Admission is free for everyone.

Saturday, Feb. 8

The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers hosts a “Masquerade Ball for Students” at 7 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum.

Ticket prices are to be announced.

METRO CALENDAR Wednesday, Feb. 5

The Stress Factory Comedy Club offers an open mic night at 8 p.m. for patrons 16 and over. Tickets are $5 with a two menu item minimum purchase.

Thursday, Feb. 6

The New Jersey State Theatre presents “Shen Wei Dance Arts” at 8 p.m. at 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Tickets range from $27 to $57.

FUBUR Labs presents “Open Hack Night” at 6:30 p.m. at 403 Cleveland Ave., Highland Park. Admission is free for everyone.

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Friday, Feb. 7

The New Jersey State Theatre presents the musical “Memphis” at 7 p.m. at 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Repeat performances are held on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $75.

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Career Services aids students looking for internships

By Erin Walsh Staff Writer

Melissa Blake said students should not limit themselves when searching for internships or jobs.

To encourage students to keep an open mind, Rutgers Career Services tends to focus on the industry of a company as opposed to searching for a job based on students’ majors.

“The key to finding the right internship is not to limit yourself — be creative,” said Blake, assistant director of Public Relations and Marketing for Career Services. “If you’re an accounting major, don’t limit yourself to looking for jobs on Wall Street … There could be many more options if you focus on industry.”

The University Career Services website displays a number of events for students to attend if they are interested in getting their resume reviewed, checking out potential employers, building networks or learning more about their career options.

Career Services plans to hold a “Career Fair Success Strategies” today at the Gateway Transit Village on Somerset Street. They also plan to offer an internship fair for science, technology, engineering and mathematics on Feb. 7 at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus and a fair for business, arts and communications Feb. 14 at the RSC. With the variety of services offered to students, finding what really applies to them may be difficult, but Blake said these oppor-

tunities for students are too good to pass up.

“It’s difficult when you’re out there on your own, so it’s important to take advantage of these services now while you’re still students,” she said. “If students are engaged while they’re here, we can really help them get prepared for the real world.”

“I got an interview from Bechtel Corp. using CareerKnight. They had on-campus interviews and ... I was able to be interviewed.”

John Sanchez School of Engineeting Junior

According to a 2013 post-graduation survey, 85 percent of Rutgers students who had an internship received at least two jobs offers.

A service called “CareerKnight” is one of the most convenient tools offered by Career Services, Blake said.

Students can schedule counseling appointments, view internships, schedule interviews, register for workshops and events and develop both resumes and cover letters, according to the Career Services website.

They can also participate in the on-campus interviewing program, where employers interview

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students at Rutgers as opposed to their offices.

“It can’t be much more convenient than that,” she said.

These ser vices are free for students, Blake said. Although they give a grace period to students after graduation, the services are not free after students have been out of school for some time.

Larissa Keller, assistant director for Recruiting Programs, said although students should take advantage of these services before junior and senior year, they could always take the initiative.

“If employers are making themselves available to you and you just show up to a fair or workshop, they’ll know your name and your face, and you’re more than likely who they’re going to think of when an opportunity arises,” she said.

Students can distribute resumes to employers at career fairs or apply online.

Along with this option, students also can apply for the Rutgers Intern and Co-Op Program, which allows them to earn three academic credits over a 12-week duration. In order to apply, students must have a minimum 2.75 GPA and put in at least 180 hours of work in order to get credit, Keller said.

A number of companies offer students co-op programs as well as internships, depending on students’ majors and their interests.

Some companies work with Career Services to create job opportunities for students, such as

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Career Services displays their advertising campaign at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. They are offering two career fairs this week. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Hearst Publications, Enterprise and Phillip Morris, Keller said.

To meet with a counselor, students can call and make an appointment or simply use the CareerKnight service on the career services homepage.

Even without an appointment, Career Services offers drop-in resume hours, where in the allotted time professionals can review resumes from students, Keller said.

John Sanchez, a School of Engineering junior, said using

CareerKnight taught him the basics of landing an internship that he would not have learned other wise.

“It was really helpful because it sets up a pretty good foundation of what documents you have to give to potential employers,” he said. “I got an interview from Bechtel Corp. using CareerKnight. They had on-campus interviews and based on my information I provided using the site, I was able to be interviewed.”

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PLAN Rutgers distributed 75,000 surveys, had hundreds of community members join focus groups way we do public-private partnerships that can bring dollars in. We certainly can be more effective in honorar y doctor of humane let- our fundraising, in our philanthropy,” he said. ters degree.

The strategic plan has three The strategic plan, which Barchi said would take five years to main categories: “strategic prioricomplete, aims to put Rutgers ties,” “foundational elements” and among the country’s leading pub- “integrating themes.”

Under “strategic priorities” lic universities.

Rutgers hired Boston Consult- are sub-categories on how Ruting Group to help the University gers is looking to “envision towith data collection, logistical morrow’s University,” “build work and data comparisons. Bar- faculty excellence,” “transform chi said BCG did not write the the student experience” and strategic plan but helped with “enhance public prominence,” according to the report. background work.

“Foundational elements” foAccording to the strategic plan cuses on prereport, Rutgers ser ving Rutdistributed gers’ strong 75,000 surveys, had hundreds “We are, right now, in the core of sciences and humanof members of midst of a capital stimulatthe Universiconstruction program ities, ing a diverse ty community that is in excess of $800 culture, enforcparticipate in ing an efficient 46 focus group million.” infrastr ucture discussions and and staff, adcoordinated Robert l. Barchi dressing the six town hall President of Rutgers University University’s meetings, faculfinancial poty forums and sition and 27 interdepartmental discussions, which includ- improving communication.

“We’re going to focus on reed representation from more than cruiting faculty that are really 100 departments and schools.

Barchi said the BCG consul- building at the top of our reputatancy cost about $3.4 million. tion level,” Barchi said. “PreservThe University paid for most ing the areas of strength but also of the program, with a Robert investing those dollars into the Wood Johnson Foundation grant areas we need to be improving, covering $750,000 of the cost. mainly undergraduate engineerThe entire grant from RWJF was ing, undergraduate business and $12.5 million, according to Rut- life and health sciences.”

According to the plan, the Unigers Today.

The strategic plan mentions versity also hopes to integrate tuition would not be a major several themes such as “creating source of funding for the five- a sustainable world through innovation, engineering and techyear plan.

“Although we’ve been look- nology” and “educating involved ing at decreased state funding citizens and effective leaders for a over the past 15 years, … I think dynamic world.”

“I will be challenging the faculty we’ve reached a point where our students cannot sustain a bigger to come up with a University-wide fraction of the educational cost,” course … in each of those areas Barchi said. “We can’t build this that is accessible to all of our students, and hope that our students on the back of tuition.”

He said the strategic plan aims will take one or two or more of to widen Rutgers’ revenue stream those courses … Showcasing by increasing grant support, these important areas, again, thinking of new educational pro- through the lens of the critical and grams that can be delivered in a unique capabilities and insights way that generates revenue for that Rutgers has to offer,” he said.

Rutgers is also creating a new Rutgers and looking to be more effective in how Rutgers delivers physical master plan, which is expected to be complete by the fall corporate services.

“We can be more creative in the of 2014, Barchi said. continued from front

Antonio Calcado, vice president of University Facilties and Capital Planning, speaks at the Board of Governors meeting yesterday. He presented the results of the “MyCampus” survey, which is part of the University-wide master plan. JULIAN CHOKKATTU / NEWS EDITOR The University has the data collection almost done on the physical master plan and is now working on the conceptual part, he said. After that, it has to be taken out to the community in March and April.

“We have a whole bunch of open forums on all campuses to talk about what we’ve learned and what our general directions are,” Barchi said.

Vice President of University Facilities and Capital Planning Antonio Calcado presented the results of the “MyCampus” survey, which is a part of the physical master plan to the Board of Governors.

“This is really where we try and build a foundation ... and try and understand what the experiences are outside of where I sit, for instance,” Calcado said.

The strategic plan is matched up with a capital-spending plan for

the next five years, which Barchi said is separate from the physical master plan.

“We are, right now, in the midst of a capital construction program that is in excess of $800 million, much of which is either in the ground right now or will break ground in the next six to nine months,” he said.

The strategic plan mentions the construction of buildings such as the Wright Rieman Chemistry and Chemical Biology building, featuring 145,000 square feet of flexible research space and classrooms, the William Levine Hall, an addition to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and the Sustainable Systems Engineering Building, which is an 112,500-square-foot interdisciplinary facility.

The list in the strategic plan altogether displays six new buildings on the New Brunswick campus,

two in Newark and one in Camden.

The plan does mention that the list concentrates on main projects and does not mention numerous other infrastructure projects.

Rutgers Athletics is not a part of the capital construction program, and Barchi said he hopes to see the Athletic Department become financially independent within six years, depending on Rutgers’ entrance into the Big Ten conference.

“Five years won’t do it, but six most likely will. We have a plan that we are looking at very heavily, and athletics buys into in terms of moving toward funding for athletics that does not require support from the operating budget,” he said.

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Stop Molenaar says new location would have crosswalk, better lighting continued from front

did not have strong enough lighting to see pedestrians crossing the road.

Glaser said the bus stop was not well designed for handicap access, as it has a step to enter the shelter. It also needed a camera to prevent crime.

“It’s dangerous,” she said.

“Anything can happen, and there’s no record of it. That’s what happened to me when I was a first-year. My friend and I went to the RA … but there’s no security camera. It can’t be proven.”

The Depar tment of Transpor tation told Glaser they could not implement improvements because they would need to coordinate with the city of New Brunswick, and Ryders Lane did not have electricity on that side of the street.

“It seemed kind of absurd, so I would ask around after the years went by,” she said.

Jack Molenaar, director of Transpor tation Ser vices, said the new stop would be fur ther down the bus route next to an existing crosswalk.

Rather than build a new bus shelter, they plan to move the existing shelter to the new location and add a NextBus ticker and camera. The new location already has better lighting, he said, and would better ser vice students coming from Neilson Dining Hall.

The new location would not have an emergency blue light system, and they would make no changes to the structure of the current shelter to of fer additional weather protection, Molenaar said.

He said facilities would begin to coordinate the new improvement with the county this spring, and they hope to have it completed within the semester.

The DGC created an online petition to encourage the University administration to respond, White said. After they sent their resolution to various of ficials asking for action, several responded with new promises.

Felicia McGinty, vice chancellor for student af fairs, said she received the email and began to meet with other administration only eight hours later.

“I was able to talk to Jay Kohl, [vice president of administration and public safety], and Antonio Calcado, [vice president of university facilities and capital planning], and we were able to make some changes that would address the concerns of the students,” she said.

She said she heard feedback that the stop was dark and did not feel safe. Rather than fix the concerns one by one, the administration decided to take a holistic look at the stop’s issues and move it altogether.

McGinty has been on campus since Aug. 1 and said it felt good to make something better for the students.

“Wherever students have a concern I encourage them to take the initiative,” she said. “Students shouldn’t have to pass a resolution to get attention.”

OPPORTUNITIES

graduate life was to spend a semester doing a business program in Exeter, England.

Steiner, a Rutgers BusiAbout 60 to 80 Rutgers students have visited ness School senior, said Cayman Islands’ coral reef since 2000 besides looking good on a resume, a study abroad program helps in networking and and Wine” program, Lee continued from front visited many wineries in gaining exposure to a lot of France and learned how to dif ferent cultures.

“I met the most amazing peoFaculty members from the age cheese.

“We learned how the pro- ple in England,” she said. “My School of Social Work, the Debest experiof partment of Biochemistr y and duction ence was going cheese Microbiology and the Depart- one dif ferent “Living on a coral reef, in to Ireland with ment of Asian Languages and is Culture, among others, collabo- from the oth- a tropical setting, there is my roommates on St. Patrick’s rated with the center to organize er, why a certain cheese no way for something like Day. It [hapthe fair. this to be reproduced in pens] on a little Nguyen said the center had tastes dif ferlesser degree launched some new programs ent from anNew Jersey.” than here, but such as “The Microbiology and other cheese,” in Dublin, it is Culture of Cheese and Wine” she said. “In Carrie manfrino a big deal.” you and the ser vice learning pro- France, Director of the Central get a sense gram in Senegal.

Caribbean Marine Institute SENEGAL of the culThe Youth tural signifFRANCE Victoria Lee, a School of icance, and how much of a (Per forming) Ar tists and ComEnvironmental and Biolog- role wine and cheese plays in munity Development in Senegal is a brand-new ser vice ical Sciences junior, spent their culture.” learning program split between her time in France walking Dakar, the capital of Senegal, ENGLAND through the historical ruins of a Danielle Steiner, a global am- and a rural region in the southreligious center.

Under “The Microbiolo- bassador for the center, said ern par t of the countr y, said gy and Culture of Cheese the best decision in her under- Greg Spear, international ser-

vice learning coordinator for the center.

With a focus on areas like Africana studies, African literature, education, ar ts and cultural anthropology, Spear said, the program provides handson experience to students in visiting ar tist communities while they spend four weeks in Africa.

CAYMAN ISLANDS Carrie Manfrino, a Rutgers associate professor in the Depar tment of Marine and Coastal Sciences, accompanied Piotrowski at the table for the Cayman Islands.

Manfrino, director of the Central Caribbean Marine Institute, said since 2000, about 60 to 80 students from Rutgers have visited the coral reef and conducted researched with the help of the “Tropical Marine Conser vation” program.

“This program gives students the real tools to explore the marine areas,” she said. “Living on a coral reef, in a tropical setting, there is no way for something like this to be reproduced in New Jersey.”

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February 5, 2014

Cookie Rush delivers desserts across New Brunswick

By Matt Mikolay Staff Writer

When 2 a.m. hits, the delivery options become scarce. After a few late nights, pizza and Chinese food start to lose their luster. Fortunately, relief from the monotony of nocturnal eats has finally arrived.

Cookie Rush, located at 176 Easton Ave., opened its doors last December. Specializing in baked-to-order cookies, the shop differentiates itself from typical bakeries with its late-night delivery service.

The concept of a cookie delivery service was familiar to owner Kenneth Yeglinski. During his time at Indiana University, Yeglinski frequently ordered from a nearby cookie delivery store.

Realizing New Jersey lacked any such service, Yeglinski set forth to unleash cookies upon the city of New Brunswick.

At the moment, Cookie Rush offers approximately 20 different cookies, including chocolate chip, “cookies-n-creme,” oatmeal chocolate chip, sugar, snickerdoodle and red velvet.

The store even offers a gluten-free cookie, which combines a peanut butter base with chocolate chips and nuts.

Though customers can order any number of cookies, larger quantities are offered at a discount, according to the menu.

The store bakes cookies after customers place their order, ensuring freshness and warmth when the cookies emerge from

the oven. To manager James Reiner, this makes Cookie Rush’s product superior.

“Straight from our oven to your door,” Reiner said. “You’re opening up that box and they’re still hot.”

Because each cookie must spend time in the oven after an order is placed, customers are invited to relax while they wait.

The store’s interior features couches, a flatscreen television and numerous board games to occupy the customer.

Cookie cravers can call in orders ahead for pickup, and deliver y for orders exceeding $10 is available until midnight on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends, according to the website. Online ordering is also available on Cookie Rush’s website.

In addition to cookies, the menu at Cookie Rush features ice cream, cookie sandwiches, cookie sundaes, milkshakes and of course, milk.

Cookie Rush even of fers a catering ser vice as well as customized cookie cakes for special events.

All cookie dough used at Cookie Rush is made from scratch on a daily basis. Yeglinski said he has the highest standards for the ingredients used in cookie preparation.

“Whatever tastes the best is what we’re gonna use,” Yeglinski said. “I’m in the business of making people smile. I want the best possible experience for ever ybody.”

Cookie Rush, located at 176 Easton Ave., opened last December to provide baked-to-order cookies for either delivery or pickup. They offer about 20 different cookies, from chocolate chip to red velvet, as well as milkshakes and ice cream options. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Cookie Rush also sells their cookie dough in frozen form.

Their menu includes a “Cookie of the Month.” This February’s cookie is the Thumbprint, a butter cookie with raspberry jam, he said. The store also plans to offer chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine’s Day. Die-hard cookie fans might tr y their hand at Cookie Rush’s “Monster Cookie Challenge.”

For $20, a customer can attempt to consume a five-pound cookie in 30 minutes or less. Winners receive the cookie for free, a photo on the wall of fame and a t-shirt.

“I don’t think it’s possible,” Yeglinski said. “If you beat it, you’re impressing me. I want

to see this person. I’m issuing a challenge.”

Yeglinski said he believes even Adam Richman, former host of Travel Channel’s “Man v. Food,” would be unable to complete the challenge, despite Richman’s coming close to completing “RU Hungr y’s Fat Sandwich Challenge.”

“He doesn’t do well with sugar,” Yeglinski said.

This summer, Yeglinski and Reiner hope to begin of fering homemade ice cream at Cookie Rush. The duo are receptive of customers’ ideas and encourage patrons to suggest new cookie flavors for the menu.

Yeglinski said he dreams to one day expand Cookie Rush to

other cities and college towns.

Though the prominent baker y chain Insomnia Cookies has popularized the cookie deliver y ser vice in states other than New Jersey, Yeglinski is confident in his product.

“I’ve had Insomnia [Cookies],” Yeglinski said. “My cookies are better.”

The future of Cookie Rush seems filled with an abundance of predawn chocolate chip deliveries.

For Yeglinski, this marks the beginning of a long journey on a quest to spread joy to each and every customer using only the tools of a true samaritan: cookies and milk.

“The perfect cookie ... forces you to smile,” he said. “It’s almost like being in love.”

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esterday, the Board of Governors met to vote terms of reputation, including University of Michion the final version of the Rutgers’ Strategic gan, University of California, Berkley and University Plan that University President Robert L. of Virginia. The biggest obstacle we face in being on Barchi has been working on since he arrived here par with these universities is our reputation.

Over the next six years, Rutgers is supposed to be in 2012. Naturally, we’re pretty interested in seeing how this is all going to play out. The plan features cashing in on all the benefits associated with movsome really solid goals, and it outlines many of the ing into the Big Ten. One of the goals of the plan areas where the University can improve, but it didn’t is for the Athletic Department to be financially indegive many details as to where exactly all the money pendent by then, a welcome change from many of us who are upset that a lot of our tuition money in for these great ideas is going to come from.

The 58-page Strategic Plan lists the strengths and poured into athletics.

One of the goals of the Strategic Plan is to hold weaknesses of the University and plans to improve in areas in the Camden, Newark and New Brunswick down tuition hikes, but we’re obviously still a little campuses. The fact that this Board of Governor’s concerned about how the other goals are going to be meeting took place in Newark, N.J., is a good sign met considering they all require a massive amount of attempts to make Rutgers more inclusive of all of money. Can we really count on tuition hikes to be three campuses, since the administration has been held down when much of the funding for this plan is accused in the past of focusing too much on just still to be determined?

Let’s talk about New Brunswick. the fact that the The University’s “Can we really count on tuition hikes to be Boston Consulting biggest weakness is Group, a global manits rankings. Many held down when much of the funding for agement strategy adof the goals for the this plan is still to be determined?” viser, helped to write next few years inthe Strategic Plan clude recruiting and charged the Unifaculty members and increasing student satisfaction rates, but none versity $3.4 million, $750,000 of which came from a of this can be done if Rutgers doesn’t have a good Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant. Originally, reputation. The plan calls for hiring 150 new facul- the plan was only supposed to cost about $1.5 milty members in the next few years, improving the lion, but it took a lot longer and required much more overall scholarship and reputation of our faculty and work than originally expected. It’s a little worrying also reducing the high student to faculty ratio. We to think of how much more money is going to be hope that in the wake of the American Association of needed to actually implement the plan and whether University Professor’s campaign to improve working we’ll need an even larger budget than currently anconditions for non-tenure track professors, we will be ticipated, given the fact that the budget for writing able to attract better faculty. We’re spending millions the plan itself was expanded during the process.

State support for our budget is disappointingly on construction across all campuses, but ultimately it has to be worth it — the physical appearance of low at just 21 percent, down from 33 percent 10 years ago. Without increased state spending on higher edour University can only help recruitment efforts.

The plan incudes a list of other universities across ucation, it’s going to be difficult and extremely exAmerica that are listed as “aspirational peers.” These pensive to maintain Rutgers as the respected, high are colleges that Rutgers hopes to be on par with in quality university that it can and should be.

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Platonic Affection: It’s Only Gay When Men Do It COMMENTARY DANIEL MUNOZ

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commonly accepted social norm in in our culture is that the level of intimacy male friends can show towards each other is considerably less than the level that female friends can show towards each other. This kind of attitude permeates in many ways and often spills over into the relationships of many women and men. If there are two women holding hands, one might consider it a platonic way of expressing affection for each other. However, replace that with two men holding hands, and people make reference to Ken Jeong from “Community” shouting “haha, gay!” from the back of a classroom.

To sum things up, such actions are not well received in the American culture.

Consider the following stor y. On the last day of Thanksgiving break, I arrived on

campus early and decided to meet up able by our order, and one of them looked with a friend. After some debate, we as if he had just seen a ghost. Generally, a were able to agree upon ice cream at gesture such as sharing ice cream could a local restaurant on Easton Avenue. I be considered romantic. However, had would buy cookie dough flavor and Re- it not been for the scene caused by the ese’s toppings, while my friend would staff, my friend and I would have never order green tea flavor, and we would pile seen our actions in terms of such a platonic vs. all of this romantic into the dichotolargest “Few, if any middle ground, exist for men to my. The cup size, show affection for each other in a platoinc reaction splitting of the the price. fashion. There are many questions that two staff Y e t should be asked about these situations.” members upon placis probing our lematic order, the staf f became visibly uncomfor table by and reflects the broader attitude that soour actions, and one of them insisted we ciety holds in terms of male intimacy.

Even if the two workers were not hoinstead buy two small cups.

Considering the higher price, we insist- mophobic, most people would have still ed on our original order, until another staff viewed our actions and assumed us to be member interjected and said we could buy gay. The logic would have followed that two smalls for the price of a large. Both if two men wanted to share ice cream, staff members seemed ver y uncomfort- they obviously are both gay, and so a

degree of policing, shaming and categorizing follows suit. Few, if any middle ground, exist for two men to show af fection for each other in a platonic fashion.

There are many questions that should be asked about these situations.

If there were two younger boys in the place of my friend and I, what kind of message would the reaction of the staf f have conveyed to these boys? What kinds of opinions would these boys have formed about male intimacy if they had thought something was wrong with what they were doing? Would they have thought that only women could do that?

Would they have thought there was something wrong about homosexuality? Why did the staf f need to assume that we were gay? Most impor tantly, ask yourself how you might react if you were in the position of those staf f members.

Daniel Munoz is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science with a minor in Spanish.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Coca-Cola commercial sheds light on bigotry Of the many notewor thy Super Bowl commercials, Coca-Cola’s “America the Beautiful” has received the lion’s share of attention. In the commercial, the song “America the Beautiful” is sung in eight dif ferent languages to depict the melting pot of ethnicities in the United States. This act of singing in multiple languages has caused uproar on Twitter and Facebook, where many found it dif ficult to comprehend that a patriotic song could be sung in a language other than English. But not only has the bigoted sector of our society come out against this commercial, but I too have come out against this commercial. I, unlike the bigots, have little or no interest with the language aspect of the commercial, I simply disagree with the message “America the Beautiful” por trays. I believe America is not beautiful, and there are statistics to back my claim. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, the U.S. is ranked 34th out of the 35 most developed nations in

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the world in terms of child pover ty. The Program for International Student Assessment, based on math, reading and science test scores, ranks the United States’ student body in comparison to the student bodies of all other nations as the 36th. According to the Palma ratio, the U.S. is ranked 44th out of 86 nations in terms of income inequality, making it much worse than the rest of the world’s developed nations as well as many underdeveloped nations, such as Nigeria.

However, America doesn’t lag behind in all areas. According to the IHS Jane’s Defence Budgets, we account for 58 percent of the total defense dollars paid out by the world’s top 10 militar y powers.

These numbers and many more are ugly — thus singing “America the Beautiful” does not make this nation beautiful. We, collectively, have a long way to go before we can even begin discussing beauty.

Shabbir A. Abbas is a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in exercise science and spor t studies and religion, with a minor in Middle Eastern studies and African, Middle Eastern and South Asian languages and literatures.

Animals deserve more respect In the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences’ “Ethics in Science” colloquium, students learn about today’s issues and work toward af fecting society in a positive way while working on specific issues on subjects we chose and are passionate about. I learned about how our companion animals are considered proper ty and not living, breathing creatures. Imagine that. Animals should not be considered inanimate objects! As a consequence of being labeled as proper ty, animals and their owners are denied of many rights.

A new and ideal solution to this problem would be to change the proper ty status of animals to something called a “living proper ty” status, an idea coined

by David Favre, a professor of law at Michigan State University.

This is great because it is not radical and will not implement a huge change but rather helps animals in a way that is both practical and possible. It simply aims to place a higher impor tance

on the interests of animals and to give them cer tain basic rights, such as the right to have adequate living space. Dr. Fagan, an Associate Professor of Animal Science here at Rutgers University, and I hope to pursue this issue fur ther with Dr. Favre.

A petition has been made on change. org titled, “Change the status of animals from ‘Proper ty’ to ‘Living Proper ty,’” to ask our U.S. senators to switch the proper ty status of companion animals to a living proper ty status.

A YouTube video and link to an academic paper can be found in the description for anyone who would like more information on this topic. All that is needed is your signature, and anyone who feels the cause is wor thy can sign.

With yours and others’ signatures, we hope to influence our legislators to begin discussing the issue with the goal of changing the law in the near future.

Kerri Close is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in animal science.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

This is a singular moment for Rutgers. We can’t make the progress we want without having a plan. ... and we did not have one. There hadn’t been a strategic plan of this sort done at Rutgers in nearly 20 years.

- Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi, on the Board of Governors’ approval of the Strategic Plan. See story on FRONT.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

February 5, 2014 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (02/05/14). Strengthen and build support this year, especially around health, career and romance. To keep fun and play alive, get inspired by children. Realign your path to include true priorities, physically, creatively and spiritually. It’s profitable. Renew your home around March and April, in between adventures. Love, romance and partnership expand around the solar eclipse (6/10). Begin a new phase. 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 — More income is possible today and tomorrow.

Friends inspire your move. Confer with allies, and get in action. Pay attention! There’s an opportunity presenting itself like a low-hanging pear. You can make it happen.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Assert your desires confidently over the next two days.

Help comes from above when you pledge with your heart. Keep meditating on what you love. You’re even more powerful than usual. No more procrastination. Take action.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Get philosophical today and tomorrow. Something’s coming due. There’s a brilliant insight percolating. Take time for thoughtful introspection. Personal values drive your decisions. Friends help you get farther. Retreat from the world, and set long-term goals.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Your friends are a big help today and tomorrow. Follow the rules, and a strong leader. Keep your own goals in mind, too. Discover hidden benefits. Hold off on a household decision. Pay a debt first.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Be prepared for inspection today and tomorrow. Schedule for the unexpected. With increased scrutiny, stay balanced. Follow rules obediently, and get stronger.

A new door opens after you pass the test. Share dreams with friends.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Let your thoughts roam.

Dream big. Use common sense in your planning. Follow a hunch.

Set long-range goals today and tomorrow. New expenses could change things. More work leads to more benefits. Share your studies when ready.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Consider your next move.

Focus on finances for the next two days, and grow your nest egg.

You’re getting closer to the truth.

Maybe you hit the society page.

Fantasies come true. Allow for miscues with humor.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Is there a leak? Check out household items carefully before buying. Your partner’s opinion matters. A new direction in your collaboration develops. Another partner or friend mediates. Try a new flavor.

Consider unexplored options.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Refocus on work priorities today and tomorrow, and ignore distractions. Let yourself get persuaded to take action. Find unexplainable inspiration. Indulge your inner workaholic, and fuel with hot drinks, creature comforts and a rewarding promise.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — With confrontation possible, consider how to present your view to erase objections. Keep family in mind. Draw upon hidden resources. Love’s a comfort when money’s tight. You’re entering a cuddly mood. Music soothes.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Enforce household rules, and handle home repairs today and tomorrow. Make a dream come true. Others offer inspiration. Declare, “It can happen.” Research yields a surprising discovery.

Share what you’re learning.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Study and practice today and tomorrow. Explore and challenge assumptions. Go ahead and get philosophical. Test your theories, and map out a route to a dream. Price it out. Share it with someone close.

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COMEBACK Bearcats threaten upset win down, 55-53, with 35 seconds left in regulation continued from back

freshman point guard Tyler Scaife sunk her own trey with 4:55 left.

Cincinnati (9-13, 2-9) needed to That gave Rutgers its largest lead add just one more 3-pointer to of the half at 52-44.

Scaife finished with a gameits game-high seven to send the game into overtime. Guard Aley- high 18 points on 8-for-13 shootsha Lovett’s contested attempt ing, showing impressive consislanded off the rim’s back iron, tency shooting from the baseline and after two more free throws over Cincinnati’s zone.

Still, the Bearcats never relentwith 0.4 seconds left, the Knights ed, as their deep-shooting prowess could relax.

“We seemed to be a step slow posed a threat until the very end.

“We’re more of a transition — today for whatever reason, very sluggish and really not there,” getting to the basket — midrange said head coach C. Vivian String- team,” Laney said. “I think that we er. “That was not an enjoyable have to do a better job of defending the 3 because we’re not answering game, but we’ll take the win.”

Cincinnati had another chance backs with 3s. So that’s just somedown, 55-53, with 35 seconds left, thing that we really need to work but guard Chelsea Jamison’s pass on in practice, which we will.”

Scaife catalyzed Rutgers in from the top of the key sailed out of bounds over guard Jasmine Whit- the first half with assertion on both ends of field’s head in the floor. With the corner. to go in The Bear“We’re glad to get the ugly 10:25 the period, she cats repeatedly stole Cincinthreatened to win, as a win is a win. baseline steal an upset Hoepfully we get back to nati’s pass and startwin in Piscataway after playing at the level ... we ed a fast-break score. opening the should be playing.”

A minute second half on later, Laney dean 8-0 run, but C. VIVIAN STRINGER flected a pass, it never mateHead Coach stole the ball rialized. Cinand found Scaicinnati clawed within one point with 16:43 left fe in the corner for another jumper and still could not take the lead in transition. Then the Little Rock, Ark., native hit a 3-pointer on the down the stretch.

Rutgers answered with its own next possession to give Rutgers a 8-0 burst, starting with an elbow 16-14 advantage.

That sequence lifted the jumper from Laney with 16:32 to go. She and Copper both got go- Knights out of a five-minute scoring in the second half, finishing ing drought that saw Cincinnati take its only brief lead of the game with 24 total points.

“We’ve just got to come out at the 14:17 mark.

Still two games ahead of South and attack the zone,” Copper said.

“We were just passing around the Florida for third in the AAC, Ruthorn [in the first half], so once gers presses forward knowing it we start getting into the gaps and narrowly escaped the RAC with penetrating and kicking, then the victory.

“We’re glad to get the ugly we’re going to get into the flow of win, as a win is a win,” Stringer. our game.”

Whitfield hit two 3-pointers “Hopefully we get back to playfor Cincinnati in less than three ing at the level and pace that we minutes to make it 43-40 before should be playing.”

RIVALRY Win against Lehigh could boost Knights’ confidence entering postseason play For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GregJohnsonRU. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.

continued from back before they enter postseason play.

The match against Lehigh on Saturday could end up being ideal for Rutgers, according to senior 133-pounder Vinnie Dellefave.

“I think it is almost like perfect timing for us. We wrestled Cornell last week, and they are No. 1 in the EIWA’s and now wrestling Lehigh who is No. 2,” Dellefave said. “We are wrestling the better competition come tournament time. It should be a good one on Saturday.”

The win last season helped before postseason play by establishing EIWA Tournament rankings.

It can accomplish the same thing, according to Goodale.

“It is seeding and it’s matchups,” Goodale said. “There are huge individual matches [against Lehigh] because these matches come down to seeding in three weeks for the EIWA tournament.”

As an NCAA qualifier last year, junior 165-pounder Nick Visicaro, who came away with bonus points in his 11-1 major decision against Lehigh last year, benefitted from the win to help towards postseason.

A victory this season against the Mountain Hawks could serve as another lift for the Knights, according to the Long Branch, N.J., native.

“Last year, beating Lehigh was probably as good as it gets,” Visicaro said. “We hadn’t beaten them in something like 60 years and it gave us a little confidence boost and made us so good going into the EIWA [Tournament]. I don’t feel like this year is much different. Although we beat them last year, I still feel like we have to win again to prove that it’s not a fluke.”

For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Tyler Karalewich on Twitter @TylerKaralewich. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.

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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK BEARCATS SHOOT 22.2 PERCENT FROM FIELD IN FIRST

WOMEN’S TRACK

Copper comes off bench in victory

By Justin Lesko Staff Writer

For the first time this season, sophomore guard Kahleah Copper was on the bench for tipoff.

She was favoring her ankle in the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s 66-48 victory over Memphis last Saturday, a game in which she only played 16 minutes.

Copper, who leads the team in scoring, averaged just less than 30 minutes per game in 21 starts entering last night’s matchup.

She matched her average on the floor and added 14 points — 12 coming in the second half.

“We know we have eight or nine people that we feel comfortable with on the rotation,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

“I decided to try [switching the starters]. She was able to contribute in the first half but obviously a lot more in the second half.”

Copper admitted she was

frustrated following her past two games and the first half of this game.

“I was struggling. They packed it in like I expected, and I was not getting what I wanted so I went to offensive rebounds,” she said. “I had four offensive rebounds and it got me started, and I started scoring in the second half.”

Sophomore guard Briyona Canty began the game in her place.

Canty has appeared in every contest this season but has not started since Jan. 4 against Houston.

She recorded one bucket and four assists in 21 minutes on the floor.

Both Canty and Copper started the second half after 10 and 12 minutes, respectively, in the first half. This time around, junior guard Syessence Davis was on the bench.

The Scarlet Knights

The

Sophomore guard Kahleah Copper scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half. She played 30 minutes despite an ankle injury.

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the Bearcats to only 22.2 percent shooting in the first half, going 6-for-27 from the field.

Their previous first-half low came against the stout No. 1 UConn defense Dec. 29 when they only shot 7-for-30 for 23.3 percent.

They ended that game with only 64 points.

When the Knights traveled to Cincinnati on Jan. 7, Rutgers held them to 25.9 percent shooting in the first half on a similar 7-for-27 shooting clip.

The Bearcats more than doubled their shooting percentage in the second half to 48.1 percent on 13-for-27 shooting to fuel their comeback bid.

“We seemed to be a step slow today for whatever reason, very sluggish and really not there, so that was not an enjoyable game,” Stringer said. “I have a headache behind it, but we’ll take the win.”

Cincinnati attempted 10 3-pointers in the second half and made half of them, after shooting only 2-for-8 from behind the arc in the first half.

“It comes to us not doing what we are supposed to do, what we talked about before the game, and I think that showed in the game,” said junior forward Betnijah Laney. end

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came slowly as the officials discussed a foul against Cincinnati in the last second.

After a meeting of the referees, they would put 0.4 seconds back on the clock and have Davis shoot a 1-and-1. She made both shots to cement the 58-53 conference win.

Following an inbound, guard Kayla Cook attempted a shot from well behind the half-court line. She was met by an incoming Davis, and the resulting collision knocked both to the ground.

The shot came after the buzzer so no foul was called.

SWIMMING AND DIVING SCOTT MADE NCAAS LAST YEAR

Rutgers aims for NCAA bids

By Sean Stewart Staff Writer

As the Rutgers swimming and diving team prepares for its final meet of the regular season Saturday, the AAC Championships will not be the only event on the team’s mind.

While success at the AAC Championships is the main goal, the meet also provides the Scarlet Knights a final chance to qualify for the NCAA Championships in March.

To qualify for the NCAAs, swimmers must finish one race below the required qualifying time during either the regular season or conference championship.

Swimmers can qualify by scoring well on just one event and would face other swimmers who qualified under the same event.

Senior diver Nicole Scott was the last Knight to qualify for the NCAAs. She did so last year thanks to her silver-medal per formance in the platform event at the Zone A Diving Championships.

Sophomore swimmer Joanna Wu is one Knight with high hopes of qualifying for the NCAAs. The Kent, Wash., native continues to swim strongly this season, with three top-10 finishes against ranked competition as major highlights.

“I would be very happy to make it,” Wu said. “It would be really exciting to race the fast people and swim and see what I can do.”

Despite her success, Wu has yet to qualify for the NCAAs. Her last race in the 100-yard backstroke Jan. 25 fell just 1.06 seconds shor t of the 55.09-second required qualifying time.

But most swimmers tend to qualify during the conference championships, when they’re at full speed.

Catherine Whetstone was the last Rutgers swimmer to earn qualification back in 2009 following her gold medal at the Big East Championships. The per formance set a Rutgers record in the 100-yard backstroke.

If Wu or any other Knights qualify, they would be the

first swimmers to make the NCAAs under head coach Phil Spiniello.

“That’s a hard meet to make, but that’s going to be our goal and we’re going to work towards that,” Spiniello said.

Even if no Knight qualifies to compete in March, the conference championship will provide an NCAA-like atmosphere.

The Knights will face some of the top swimming programs in No. 13 Louisville and Southern Methodist, which are likely to send at least one swimmer to the NCAAs. “I always think there are things you can improve on and techniques that you can sharpen and details you could have done better,” Wu said. “But I’m pretty sure since the star t of September of 2013 that I’m ready to go take on Louisville and any other teams that stand in my way at the big meet.”

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Senior Kristen Bradley took the pentathlon title and third in the high jump in Saturday’s Metropolitan Championships.

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RU seniors instill winning mentality

By Garrett Stepien Contributing Writer

Entering the 2013-14 Rutgers women’s track and field season, the Scarlet Knights knew they had something special.

It was in the works the past four years.

The Knights blew out the competition Saturday at the NYC Armory in the Bronx, compiling 163 points for the program’s first Metropolitan Championship title since 2010.

For head coach James Robinson, his team’s top-to-bottom effort was the first element he addressed after the meet.

“Winning a conference title requires a total team effort and commitment,” Robinson said.

Several Knights seniors were around for a conference title their first year.

Now the Knights are rolling. After utilizing the first four meets of the season to prepare for bringing back a conference title, Rutgers made good on their promise in its fifth meet.

It starts from the top. With 13 seniors, the class makes up more than one third of the entire team.

Senior captain Asha Ruth, who is peaking her successful career this winter with several program records, continually deflects the remarks of individual success and focused it on team success.

“With us being seniors, we have such a tight-knit team,” Ruth said. “We interact well with

one another on different levels.

We just motivate each other.”

Evidently, the motivation is highly contagious.

In the Metropolitan Championships alone, Rutgers seniors had nine top-three finishes. But the rest of the team followed the lead, claiming six additional topthree finishes.

Senior multi-athlete Kristen Bradley, who was around for the conference title in her first year, claimed the pentathlon title and a third-place finish in the high jump, but echoed the team’s effort top to bottom throughout the entire season.

“It’s rewarding for ourselves to know we are getting better and our hard work is yielding results, but also we have incoming freshmen come in and contribute to that,” Bradley said. “It’s great to see that when our team comes together what we can actually do.”

For the younger group of athletes, buying into the seniors’ philosophy created a winning environment.

A conference championship, while it may seem like reason for complacency, has only set the bar higher for the team all-around.

Ruth said the hunger will grow and Rutgers’ success only just begun.

“My long jump is not where I want it,” Ruth said. “It’s not what I want. I’m not satisfied with it.”

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February 5, 2014

Page 15 FOOTBALL SALARIES TO BE ANNOUNCED WHEN RUTGERS HIRES OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT

New coordinators maintain team’s philosophy

By Josh Bakan Sports Editor

Although the Rutgers football team has new coordinators, there won’t be significant philosophical changes, said head coach Kyle Flood yesterday via the coordinators’ introductor y teleconference.

The Scarlet Knights announced the hiring of offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen on Friday, who emphasized rushing and passing success. But he won’t pinpoint Rutgers’ primary offensive style that he’ll operate until he gets to know his players better.

Defensive coordinator Joe Rossi said he wants to figure out how to get a defense scattered with inexperience to succeed with the same methods as Rutgers’ past defenses.

Special teams coordinator and linebackers coach Bob Fraser returns after coaching with Rutgers from 2005 to 2011. He was defensive coordinator his final year on the Banks before a twoyear stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under former head coach Greg Schiano.

Rutgers is still looking for an offensive assistant to round out its staff, Flood said.

Perhaps the most obvious early change for Rutgers will be evident when the Knights announce

the new coordinators’ salaries.

Higher salaries than previous Rutgers coordinators will reflect increased desire to prevent coordinators from finding other jobs. But the Knights will not announce the coordinators’ salaries until they hire their final coach.

Here’s more on Rutgers’ new coordinators.

Ralph Friedgen

Flood reached out to Friedgen, who signed a two-year deal, about becoming offensive coordinator last year.

But Friedgen’s daughter unintentionally prevented it.

“I originally told him I was interested in talking to him, but then I found out my daughter was getting married during football season, which I couldn’t believe that she would do,” Friedgen said.

“I said I couldn’t coach unless he had an open date on Oct. 5.”

Rutgers actually faced Southern Methodist in Dallas that day. But nothing prevented Rutgers from hiring Friedgen this year, who coordinated offenses for a Super Bowl team and a collegiate national champion — the 1994 San Diego Chargers and Georgia Tech’s 1990 team.

Flood knew a lot about Friedgen, who head coached Maryland from 2001 to 2010. He examined Friedgen’s double screens as Delaware assistant head coach in 2002, Flood said.

Friedgen’s of fense featured several looks in the past, and he’s open to dif ferent tactics for Rutgers.

“I’ve run a lot of different offenses from option to pro, oneback, two-back,” Friedgen said.

“I don’t believe in trying to do something the kids can’t do. I try to find out what they can do well and build around that.”

Balancing run and pass also doesn’t necessarily mean equal play distribution.

“Relying on a lot of our assistant coaches in assessment of our talent, I do believe in having a balance between run and pass — not so much to be equally divided but to be able to throw the ball just as well as you run the ball,” Friedgen said. “Then you take what the defense gives you.”

Flood has no timetable for the hiring of an offensive assistant, which would complete the coaching staff under Friedgen.

“Sooner’s always better than later because you’d like to get moving with your staff in its entirety,” Flood said. “But I don’t think you ever want to do something in haste at the expense of picking the best person. We’re in the process of interviewing candidates right now.”

Joe Rossi

Rossi, who earned $200,000

last season as special teams coordinator, is likely due for a raise.

He was interim defensive coordinator for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, which Rutgers lost, 29-16, to Notre Dame.

The Knights surrendered 494 offensive yards that game, but the defense was disciplined in keeping men in front of them and rarely allowed big plays.

That culminated a year of inexperienced defense, when Rutgers allowed 412.8 offensive yards and 29.8 points per game.

Rossi said he won’t change the scheme much, since inexperience was last year’s issue.

“We’re going to look to take the things that we’ve done that were successful in the past, look to make any tweaks that may be needed for this current schedule and execute the defense and execute the fundamentals that we teach,” Rossi said.

Fraser coached Rossi at Allegheny. Frazer was an assistant coach there from 1991 to 1997, mostly as a positional defensive coach. Rossi graduated from there in 2001.

Fraser built a bond with Rossi and former Rutgers defensive coordinator Robb Smith at Allegheny.

“When he went with Coach Smith to Maine, we always kept a close relationship, and I have a close relationship with Coach Smith,” Fraser said. “So

we’ve always been in contact there about the defense and what we do. If you took a look at their time back in Maine, they were ver y similar to what Rutgers was.”

Bob Fraser

Fraser kept a close eye on Rutgers while with Tampa Bay. “I lived and died on almost every play the last two years,” Fraser said. “My kids lived and died with every play the last two years.

If I was on a bus going to a game or the airport, my kids would call me or text me everything that went on.”

Taking over Rossi’s position, he must continue the success of Rutgers’ most consistent phase of the game last year with success blocking kicks, returning and punting.

He can also potentially help junior kicker Kyle Federico to a breakout season. Federico kicked field goals 12-for-18 last year, but he made a 47-yarder in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Fraser knows what he has to work with from keeping track of Rutgers.

“In a lot of way, it felt like I haven’t left,” he said.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 58, CINCINNATI 53

WRESTLING

Rivalry offers opportunities for postseason

By Tyler Karalewich Correspondent

Freshman point guard Tyler Scaife looks for an open teammate as she finished with a game-high 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting.

Scaife made a 3-pointer with five minutes left in the game to give Rutgers a 52-44 lead. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Knights thwart ’Cats comeback

By Greg Johnson

Knights’ up-tempo of fense for much of conference play.

It produced immediate results.

Wings Kahleah Copper and Betnijah Laney combined for just 3 first-half points on 1-for-10 shooting. The Knights fell into several early scoring ruts, shooting inconsistently from the perimeter as the Bearcats packed the lane.

Associate Sports Editor

Another 2-3 zone defense arrived at the Louis Brown Athletic Center last night, and the Rutgers women’s basketball team again struggled to play consistently in the half court.

Cincinnati employed the blueprint that has stymied the Scarlet

The history of the matchup between the Rutgers wrestling team and Lehigh dates back to February 1941, when the Mountain Hawks defeated the Scarlet Knights, 34-0.

Since then, Rutgers and Lehigh met more than 40 times.

The all-time record between the two programs is not exactly even, as the Mountain Hawks hold a 41-2 overall-series record. The matchup serves as one of the longest-running rivalries for the Knights.

The matchup means more than just a win or loss. It serves as a legitimization for the Rutgers program, according to head coach Scott Goodale.

“It’s a good rivalry and a big match, although I don’t know if they think it is a rivalry,” Goodale said. “It’s kind of our measuring stick of where we want to go. It’s something we look forward to every year.”

Rutgers’ first victory against Lehigh came in February 1950, and the Knights had to wait 63 years before they would win again versus one of the top programs in collegiate wrestling.

That was last season.

Rutgers defeated the then-No. 14 Mountain Hawks in the last bout at 285 pounds when then-redshirt freshman Billy Smith gained the 6-0 decision to put the Knights up, 17-16.

The win propelled Rutgers to win five out of their next seven dual meets entering the EIWA Championships.

The stronger opponents help establish the Knights, which hold a two-match losing streak, See rivalry on Page 13

But Rutgers kept up defensively, generating a 9-4 first-period turnover advantage and going on a 7-0 run to secure a 27-18 halftime lead. The Bearcats stayed in it with 3-pointers at critical junctures, yet the Knights (17-5, 8-3) prevailed, 58-53.

With eight seconds left in regulation, See COMEBACK on Page 13

MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 24 MEMPHIS 101, RUTGERS 69

No. 24 Tigers steal RU’s offensive record

By Josh Bakan Sports Editor

It only took three days for the Rutgers men’s basketball team to hand over its record for the most points scored in an AAC game.

No. 24 Memphis stole the record in the Scarlet Knights’ 101-69 loss last night in Memphis. The Tigers (16-5, 7-3) surpassed

Rutgers’ (9-14, 3-7) total of 93 it scored Saturday against Houston.

Six Tigers scored double figures, as forward Austin Nichols led the way with 18. The only Knight to surpass double-figure scoring was junior forward Kadeem Jack with 12.

Rutgers also shot 14-for-27 from the freethrow line.

Senior forward Wally Judge shot 5-for-12 from the line, missing both with 11:24 left in

the game. Memphis led, 75-43, at that point.

Senior wing J.J. Moore, who scored a career-high 27 against Houston, scored nothing in the first half and shot 0-for-2 from the field.

Moore scored 8 in the second half, but he only attempted seven field goals the whole game, making three.

Memphis began the game with a 22-3 run.

Rutgers never made its second field goal until Jack made one with 12:31 left in the first half.

EXTRA POINT

NHL SCORES

Colorado NY Rangers

1 5

NY Islanders Washington

1 0

Vancouver Boston

1 3

Winnipeg Carolina

2 1

Calgary Montreal

0 2

Toronto Florida

1 4

COREY CAIDENHEAD, senior,

earned an IC4A-qualifying time of 1:04.20 in the 500m and was part of the Rutgers men’s track and field 4x400m relay Saturday that earned an IC4A qualifying time.

Junior 165-pounder Nick Visicaro gained a major decision last year against Lehigh.

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knights schedule

WOMEN’S TRACK

TENNIS

WOMEN’S TRACK

MEN’S LACROSSE

at Valentine’s Invitational

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

at New Balance Collegiate Invitational

vs. Manhattan

Friday Boston

Friday, 2 p.m.

East Brunswick Racquet Club

Saturday Bronx

Saturday, 1 p.m.

High Point Solutions Stadium