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The Rutgers women’s basketball team beat Louisville 72-52 after honoring Brittany Ray, Myia McCurdy and Rashidat Junaid in Senior Night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

RUSA plans to restructure, unite U. student body BY ARIEL NAGI NEWS EDITOR

In an effort to make student government more effective, the Rutgers University Student Assembly is implementing a new constitution that consolidates all of the campus councils into one large governing body. The constitution would have to go through a referendum process, where the RUSA body and students will vote on a decision to adopt the new regulations. “Student government wants to consolidate the campus councils into RUSA, and through that we need to write a new constitution and pass it through referendum,” said Josh Slavin, RUSA member and student representative for the Board of Trustees. Members will hold a possible RUSA Town Hall meeting on March 11, where the student body can give their feedback on the new constitution. The key difference in the new document is that all members of the campus councils will be members of RUSA rather than their own separate entities. “For example, if you’re elected to the Busch Campus Council, you’re actually ser ving as a member of RUSA [that assists] the Busch [campus student body],” said RUSA Chair Werner Born. Slavin, a Livingston College senior, said under the new constitution, members would not have to attend as many meetings, allowing members to have more free time. He said it would also assure that conflicting decisions are not made behind closed doors, and that students have a more transparent understanding of what student government is doing. “Now you have almost 10 or 11 people meeting ever y week,” he said. “It makes it hard for students

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The University continues to reach out to alumni to implement more online courses for post-doctorate degree programs. If the program further expands, within five to 10 years the University could potentially bring in more than $30 million in revenue.

Alumni click with online courses BY COLLEEN ROACHE CORRESPONDENT

In accordance with University President Richard L. McCormick’s plans to increase online enrollment by 20 percent per year over the next five years, the University is working to expand programs offered through the Web. “Within the context of higher education, it is an important element that Rutgers needs to move into, at least to some extent greater than it has in the past,” said Raphael Caprio, vice president of Continuous Education and Outreach. The University is targeting its 380,000 living alumni who, regardless of

where they are now, can reap the benefits of a postgraduate degree from New Jersey’s state university, Caprio said. “The average college graduate today will need the equivalent of seven more years of full-time education and professional development to sustain a competitive place in the workforce,” he said. “There’s absolutely no reason that we should not be making our resources available to our graduates.” The University hopes graduates will stick with their alma mater throughout their professional lives, Caprio said. Although he said most of the online courses are equivalent to what is done in the classroom in terms of quality, there is still much work to be done.

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A University team of researchers unveils the effects of a virus that can monitor the use of smart phones.

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“I would rather we grow a little slower and do it right,” he said. “Our focus for faculty training is not on technology but on best practices.” With time and experience, come better courses, Caprio said. “Every semester, the faculty that are engaged in online courses learn more about how to do it better,” he said. Individual sectors of the University will move their online programs forward at a rate that is comfortable for them, Caprio said. The School of Communication and Information is a good example for other academic departments.

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School of Arts and Sciences senior, Chris Fioravante, discusses the new integrity policy. It includes clearer language and take new technologies into account.

After spending a year of research and contemplation, the Ad Hoc Academic Integrity Committee sought student feedback last night as they unveiled the details of their proposed changes to the Academic Integrity Policy. Written in 1987, the policy does not take into account new technologies that could facilitate cheating such as cell phones and laptops, said Christopher Fioravante, an Ad Hoc committee member. The committee also found the wording and processes of the former policy too complicated and difficult for students to understand. “We wanted to create procedures that were less complex … easy to understand, more transparent and [consistent] across all the University schools and college campuses,” said Fioravante, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. The University first made efforts to improve these problems in 2004 which led to the establishment of an interim policy four years later, which is still in effect. In their proposal, academic violations are split into two categories — separable and non-separable — as opposed to the four levels of violations setup by the interim policy.

Non-separable of fenses encompass smaller violations that could be handled by a faculty member, such as cheating on a quiz. On the other hand, separable of fenses are more severe and can be punishable by suspension or expulsion. A student who commits a separable offense may be penalized with an “XF” grade, or a disciplinar y F, placed on his or her permanent record that indicates a class failure due to an integrity violation. Those wishing to remove the “X” must wait two years before they can submit a request and have it considered by the Academic Integrity Appeals Committee. “One can argue whether two years is too much … but in order for it to go away, you would have to take some sort of online course … on integrity and to not take part in any academic dishonesty … to show that you kind of thought hard about this,” said committee Chair Martha Cotter. To generate more student involvement, the committee also proposes the creation of an honors council where students from the Newark, Camden and New Brunswick campuses will work to promote academic integrity.

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Professors investigate root of smart phone viruses BY GLEN GABRIEL

Bickford said. “You run your antivirus and the rootkit tells the user that the computer is okay Smart phones have gotten when it’s actually infected.” smarter and smarter over the What may be the most troubling years, allowing users to check is that a rootkit can go completely their e-mails, pay their bills and undetected by a user, he said. even update their Facebook For those individuals who find statuses — all from their their computers infected, it is mobile devices. often too late and But computinformation “We were assuming valuable er hackers have has already been also gotten stolen, Bickford said. that the attacker smarter, and, Rootkits are now already had according to a becoming a problem new University for smart phones control of the study, may soon because they are now discover a way operating systems running on their own to seize control operating systems, of the phone.” of a person’s Ganapathy said. cell phone. Rootkits can be VINOD GANAPATHY A University picked up on a smart Computer Science Professor team of phone by visiting a researchers, led Web site containing by computer science Professors the malware, receiving a stanVinod Ganapathy and Liviu dard SMS message or even Iftode, discovered the effects a through Bluetooth, he said. certain type of malicious software Ganapathy said for the purposes computer hackers could use to of their research, the team assumed monitor a person’s smart phone a phone was already infected and use from a remote location. under a hacker’s control. Called “rootkits,” the software “This study was not about allows a hacker to hijack an oper- exploiting any of the vulnerabiliating system, giving them com- ties of the phone,” Ganapathy plete access to every action per- said. “We were assuming that the formed on a smart phone, attacker already had control Ganapathy said. of the operating systems of Rootkits are not a new prob- the phone.” lem for electronics users, used Ganapathy and Iftode found mainly by hackers to trick a com- rootkits have devastating effects puter into thinking it is virus-free, for smart phone users. said Jeffrey Bickford, a first-year Computer hackers can use graduate student who worked on rootkits to rapidly drain a phone the project. battery, track user movements “[If] you have a virus on your through the phone’s GPS and computer, attackers will use even listen in on phone conversarootkits to hide this virus,” tions, Ganapathy said. CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Smart phones may be the new rage on campus, but hackers have already found ways to cause damage. A group of University computer science researchers looks into solving the problem. He said an attacker benefits from a rootkit by intercepting a call from a bank to a phone owner and impersonating them to gain valuable information regarding an account. Worse yet, while anti-virus programs already exist for personal computers and laptops that would guard against such attacks, there is currently no defense for smart phones, Iftode said. Ganapathy, Iftode and Bickford all said that while they are currently working on an anti-

virus program for smart phones, they are still trying to solve the potential battery-life problem. Fortunately for smart phone users, Iftode said all the problems discovered through the rootkit research were purely hypothetical, and there is no imminent threat to smart phones at this time. “We don’t know of any rootkits of these kinds in existence today,” he said. The idea for the research came about while Arati Baliga, a postdoctoral researcher involved

in the project, was working on her PhD research on detecting rootkits on personal computers. She drew parallels from her research and smart phones with how similar they are becoming to regular computers, setting the foundations for the rootkit study. The University team presented the findings of their research at the International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, also known as HotMobile 2010, last week in Maryland, Ganapathy said.

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WABC-TV TO PULL PLUG ON PROGRAMS Due to an impasse in retransmission fee negotiations with Cablevision Systems, WABC-TV may pull its programming, according to an article in The Star Ledger. The channel, a member of Disney-ABC Television Group, which is channel 7 in New York, currently offers its services for free, but the cable operator in Bethpage, N.Y., has until March 7 to start paying for its signal, according to the article. This is the same day as the telecast of the Oscars.

RUSA: Group to hold town hall meeting to discuss plans continued from front to know what student government is doing for them, it makes it hard for students to know who to listen to, because you can have [campus councils] saying one thing and RUSA saying another.” Slavin said there have been times when the campus councils made decisions that RUSA did not agree with, and this confused the student body. “Right now student government is broken up into a lot of different parts. At times councils have passed conflicting resolutions, and that won’t happen anymore,” he said. “Now RUSA will speak as the voice of all of the students on the New Brunswick /Piscataway [campuses].” According to the RUSA constitution appendix, presidents of campus councils and the RUSA chair have agreed that a more consolidated form of student government would give RUSA a more powerful voice in dealing with University administration. “A resolution passed by a single student government repre-

Subscribers may no longer receive the station if Cablevision fails to meet the deadline, said the network af filiate in a release. Cablevision said in the article that ABC’s demands would add up to $40 million in new fees that would pass on to subscribers. ABC starts running on-air messages to alert the 3 million Cablevision customers in the tri-state area, according to the article.

senting all undergraduate students at Rutgers University carried far more weight than a resolution passed by one council out of seven representing only the students of that campus,” according to the report. By consolidating, money would be saved on expenses, including training retreats and co-sponsorships, according to the report. Some campus council members are upset about the consolidation, arguing the campuses could sink into one large governing body and leave many voices unheard. “The solution reached was to ensure that representatives would continue to be elected and organized around their campus in a new council system that existed purely as an organ of RUSA,” the report said. Student Representative for the Board of Governors Eric Kaplan said the Douglass Governing Council and the University College Council will still operate as separate governing bodies since both ser ve special student groups, Douglass Residential College and non-traditional students, respectively. He said these councils focus on specific groups, and their

— Mary Diduch decisions may not always affect the general student body, so they will not overlap with RUSA’s decisions. “We have a number of overlapping campus councils that don’t always communicate and sometimes send contradicting messages,” said Kaplan, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “It will decrease redundancy and increase coordination among student leaders.” Slavin said before the constitution is made public, RUSA wants to review it and come to a final consensus. “We want to talk about and be informed about it before we have people vote on it,” he said. Born, a School of Engineering senior, said he thinks it will help more students get involved in RUSA, and the governing body will be more democratic, allowing students to elect the RUSA president and chair and contribute more to the decisions made. “Last year, we saw that a lot of students really had a lot of interest on how we run student government,” Born said. “It’s really hard to tr y and get ever yone’s ideas … [and] to tr y and find a middle ground.”

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POLICY: Pledge receives largest amount of discussion continued from front “We wanted to bring the opportunity for students to have a larger role in the process … so it’s not just this administrative policy coming down on from the deans above,” Fioravante said. Students involved in this council will be either community or student advocates who serve on various boards and help with appeals. These advocates would take part in “University Academic Integrity Reviews.” Fioravante said the change in names serve a greater purpose than just changing semantics. “Sometimes students, when they come in here, they think it’s going to be Court TV,” he said. “The process isn’t meant to be legalistic — it’s meant to be educational.” The committee also proposed the creation of an honor pledge to foster a stronger culture of academic integrity within the University community. “[We want] students to understand the policy to some extent and … know that it’s important not to cheat on exams or plagiarize papers,” Fioravante said. “[We want to make sure] they understand that academic integrity is a crucial part of who we are here at Rutgers.” Although the mechanism in which they plan to implement this pledge is not set in stone, the committee has considered making students write out the statement on their exams and assignments.

COURSES: U. hopes to bring in money with Web classes continued from front “[The School of Communication and Information] has been innovative and forward-looking in this area for several years,” he said. “Other schools are being more cautious in approaching it, and that’s okay.” Still, online degree programs cannot replace a traditional classroom experience, Caprio said. “The goal is not to transform the experience students have when they’re here,” he said. “Providing online courses … is an opportunity, but we’re tr ying to go with it — at least initially — as [a way to] expand the ser vice reach of the University.” While online courses are not yet a big source of revenue here, expansion of the program in the next five to 10 years can bring in money for the University, he said. If just five percent of alumni take a single course annually, the University could bring in about $38 million in additional revenue. The University also has established off-campus learning sites at Brookdale Community College in Freehold, Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing and Raritan Valley Community College, which allow students to earn a degree from the University without ever having to come to any of the three campuses. With online degree offerings, the University can draw in students from across the country, particularly for programs, like government accounting, that are offered at few other schools, Caprio said.

“We hope that people will think about it every time they write it,” Cotter said. “If someone is temped [to cheat], it might make them think twice.” The pledge garnered the largest amount of discussion from the student audience, who both criticized and suggested implementations of the pledge. South Tower President Frederick Whelply revealed the proposal to a town hall meeting last week for the South Tower on the Livingston campus. Whelply said many people were opposed to the honor pledge. “For the most part a lot of people felt it was unnecessary and that it would just be a distraction toward them,” said Whelply, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. The South Tower residents also believed it would not prevent anyone from cheating, he said. Fioravante said the reason why University students may find the pledge unnecessary is because there has never been such a procedure suggested before. “The first few years may be a bit bumpy for those of us who are upper classmen … It’s because you’re not used to it,” he said. “This isn’t part of your Rutgers experience.” Once students have cycled out, the procedure will not seem like a waste of time, Fioravante said. The committee hopes to produce a final proposal by the summer and present it for approval to the Senate and Board of Governors, Cotter said. If the proposal is approved it should take effect in the fall of 2010.

Online degree programs also benefit the University because dormitories and other accommodations are not necessar y when students take classes online, he said. Furthermore, students can maintain their ever yday lives, as they can engage at their convenience. Most well-developed online programs will not be easy, especially since professors can see what students work on and how much time they invest in assignments, and everything is stored electronically, Caprio said. “There is no such thing as ‘My dog ate my homework,’” he said. Jessica Tynes, a Douglass College senior, said she would be interested in taking online courses. “[My housemates and I] are probably going to be travelling, so having an online option would be perfect for those of us who … will not necessarily be able to sit in a classroom ever y day,” she said. Livingston College senior Mark Winston is in favor of the University’s online degree programs. “It gives people the opportunity to work and have flexible schedules … simultaneously, they can do whatever they want — whether it be work or a fellowship … and try to get [a degree] online,” he said. “It’s a pretty good thing.” Still, Winston said he is not interested in online courses, as he would prefer to learn in an actual classroom and enjoy oneon-one experiences with a professor and other students. The University offers only postgraduate degrees online now, but this may change in the future, Caprio said. Students interested in postgraduate degree programs at the University can visit www.ce1766.rutgers.edu.

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U. RESEARCHES NEW WAYS TO BEAT CANCER After researching nanotechnology, two University professors discovered several potential practical applications that could help people every day. Huixin He, associate professor of nanoscale chemistry at Rutgers-Newark and Tamara Minko, professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, developed a way to possibly eliminate the problems of side effects and drug resistance in the treatment of cancer using nanotechnology, according to a University press release. Cancer cells can develop resistance to drug therapy under chemotherapy and cause a relapse of the disease. He, Minko and their co-researchers created nanomaterials that allow for a chemical to destroy cancer cells and a genetic drug to prevent drug resistance, according to the release. The treatment was more than 130 times stronger than when the chemical was administered alone to drug-resistant ovarian cancer cells. “The drug can only be released when it is inside the cancer cells,” He said in the release. “This controlled internal release mechanism can dramatically eliminate side effects associated with anticancer drugs to normal tissues.” He and another group of researchers also developed single-walled carbon nanotubes with the possibility of giving a more effective way of detecting and selectively destroying aggressive breast cancer cells, according to the release. Their unique approach of single cancer cells can be detected and selectively eradicated while leaving the nearby normal cells unharmed, allowing it to be extended to treat other cancers. Grants from the National Science Foundation and National Cancer Institute are funding He’s research in the areas of cancer detection and treatment — Mary Diduch

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Ticket company faces conspiracy charges THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — Four California men were charged yesterday with using sophisticated computer programs to fraudulently obtain more than a million tickets to concerts and sporting events and reselling them for a profit estimated at $29 million. Although the tickets they bought and resold were authentic, prosecutors say the group used the programs to bypass safeguards meant to restrict the number of tickets that each customer can buy. According to a 43-count indictment, the four men and their company, Wiseguy Tickets Inc., devised software that impersonated individual ticket buyers to bombard online ticket services such as Ticketmaster and Major League Baseball. “This drove more tickets into the hands of ticket brokers instead of individuals,” U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. The group focused on highly coveted premium tickets to bigticket events such as concerts by Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews and Hannah Montana as well as sporting events such as the Major League Baseball playoffs, the 2009 Sugar Bowl and the 2007 BCS college football championship game, Fishman said. Many of the events were held at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium, Izod Center and Prudential Center, but others were spread across the country, including New York City, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Tampa, Fla., according to the indictment. Kenneth Lowson, 40, Kristofer Kirsch, 37, Faisal Nahdi, 36, all of Los Angeles, and Joel Stevenson, 37, of Anaheim, Calif., face charges that include conspiracy, wire fraud and unauthorized computer access. The wire fraud counts are the most serious and carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years per count. Mark Rush, a Pittsburgh attorney representing Lowson, called the indictment “disheartening” and characterized what his client allegedly did as a more sophisticated version of getting a bunch of friends together and sleeping out to try to get tickets first when ticketing offices open in the morning.

“All these guys really did was invent a better mousetrap to buy tickets,” Rush said. “That’s all.” Attorneys for the three other men did not immediately return phone messages yesterday. Lowson, Kirsch and Stevenson surrendered in Newark on yesterday; Nahdi is out of the country and is expected to surrender within the next few weeks, according to prosecutors. According to the indictment, the defendants worked with computer programmers in Bulgaria to create a computer network that was able to fool mechanisms that ticket sites have in place to make would-be buyers prove they are humans. Such mechanisms, known as CAPTCHA, involve making the buyers type random words or characters shown on their screen before proceeding to purchase tickets. That’s difficult for a computer to do, but according to the indictment, the defendants bypassed the system by, among other things, having employees and agents create databases of answers ahead of time by manually going through tens of thousands of CAPTCHA challenges. The company was able to snap up the best seats as soon as they were made available online because the programs were able to complete transactions more quickly than real humans vying for tickets manually. For example, Fishman said, Wiseguy bought nearly half the 440 available floor tickets for a Bruce Springsteen concert at Giants Stadium in 2008. In most cases, individual buyers are restricted to a maximum of four tickets. “They undermined the primary market for premium tickets at a slew of events,” Fishman said. The defendants are accused of using hundreds of credit card numbers from ticket brokers and friends, along with thousands of fake Internet domain names and email addresses, to disguise who actually was purchasing the tickets. Wiseguy then would sell the tickets to brokers for an average markup of $30 apiece, Fishman said, though in some cases the markup reached as high as $1,000 per ticket. The company made an estimated profit of $29 million from 2005 through 2008, according to the indictment.

OFFICIALS CONTINUE SEAWORLD INVESTIGATION ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld employees who witnessed a killer whale attack its trainer said it happened suddenly and that the trainer was dead by the time they were able to pry her loose. One employee whose job is to watch the trainers told Orange County sheriff’s investigators that Dawn Brancheau was lying face-to-face with the whale Tilikum to communicate with him before the attack. Jan Topoleski said in documents released Monday that he saw Tilikum bite Brancheau’s hair and, within two seconds, pull her into the pool. Employees said Tilikum began speeding around the pool with Brancheau in his mouth. It took several minutes to corral him and use a hydraulic lift to raise him. Brancheau was still in his mouth, apparently dead. They pried her free. Officials are still investigating Wednesday’s attack. — The Associated Press

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Rutgers CARE is having its first Swimsuit/Spring Apparel Fashion Show. It will be at the Multipurpose Room in the Busch Campus Center from 7 to 9 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Ticket pricing is $5 for students (must have RUID on hand as proof) and $7 for all nonUniversity attendees. All proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross for Haiti. The Rutgers Protestant and Wesley Fellowship is holding a women’s bible study focusing on where biblical women got their faith and strength. The study will star t at 5 pm at Canterbur y House on 5 Mine St. For more information call (908) 240-1219.

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Thank you for smoking S

moke-free areas are nothing new when it comes to public areas and indoor spaces, but college smoking bans are part of new debates that have been going around university campuses. While our University has not been involved in banning smoking altogether, it has for some time had smoke-free areas 25 feet in front of school buildings. Schools such as Vassar though have sparked debates over increased smoke-free areas — ones that are in central parts of campus yet in open space. Cigarettes are still legal and students continue to pay ever-increasing tuitions, so why should colleges prohibit smoking in areas that have allowed it for years? And while neither Vassar nor our University has even begun this path, others have. Open-air spaces are pretty much the only spots left for smokers to enjoy their dangerous, yet still legal habits. As long as smoking remains legal then, how can schools disallow it? If a student were to smoke, it should be his or her decision, and any claims of health concerns from the university would be a small infringement on people’s rights. In all reality, only a small part of the student body smokes, but it is that small part that needs to be protected from laws that attempt to control open spaces. When it comes to others being affected by cigarette smoke, it is up to them to step away from the smoker. A public space should be available to all, and a smoking ban would only go against this principle. Another problem of this smoking ban would be the boundaries of the campus. Even if signs were placed indicating where campus extended to, the ban would only lead to confusion and needless fines for the already-indebted college students. Clearly, there would be no clear boundaries. Students would just be left to be ticketed by the busy officers of Public Safety, or some other “safety” agency. Ultimately, in the real world, whatever that may constitute, public spaces are still considered smoking areas. Taking a break from work, one would go outside, disregard health concerns and take a drag of an old pacifying tradition. Why should college campuses be different? After paying an upward of $22,000 per year at our University, the last thing we would want to receive is another ticket of sorts.

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he University and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority have long been announcing and re-announcing plans to construct a bike path through the city of New Brunswick. This particular plan regards a path connecting the College Avenue and Cook campuses. Middlesex County Planner George Ververides said the plan is still in very preliminary stages, but already it sounds like a great idea. Despite the very theoretical state of construction, this addition to the city and University would only benefit the students. The plan is to build a path that goes to through Neilson Street and Albany Street, bridging the two campuses. The benefits are plenty, and if funds were to be appropriately allocated, traffic would be reduced and roads would be safer, among many other improvements. Traffic safety is a major part of these plans as a large number of people ride their bikes on George Street, where safety is hardly a priority. And if these bike paths were implemented, traffic in general would improve, as students would stop riding in between cars, causing a cacophony of horns to go off. The truth also is that sometimes riding a bike to class is often quicker than taking a student-packed bus that takes the most inconvenient routes. Getting from College Avenue campus to Cook campus on a bike takes about 10 minutes, while crowded buses, as is the case nowadays, take the risk of getting stuck in traffic. Being on a bus suddenly seems unnecessary. The safety for all would also increase, as this designated path for bicycles would provide certain separation between speeding drivers and bikers. At the moment, most drivers do not know that people are not allowed to ride on the sidewalk of George Street. A bike path would therefore easily alleviate any additional problems. Getting to class seems much easier now as students would be given the opportunity to safely take new or used bikes from Alexander Library on the College Ave campus to the Cook Campus Center. Funding seems to be the most difficult part of this much-needed University and city improvement, but if officials see it as we do, funding will soon back these theoretical plans. Perhaps it all makes too much sense for anyone to fiscally support these bike paths, but with the increasing number of cars on the roads and numerous bikers on campus, these routes are needed.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “[If] you have a virus on your computer, attackers will use rootkits to hide this virus ... You run your anti-virus and the rootkit tells the user that the computer is okay when it’s actually infected.” Jeffrey Bickford, a first-year graduate student, on rootkits as the new threats for cell phone users STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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Spend funds more wisely never be solved, because the n these past few weeks, I system will eventually reach have been quite its cap for active buses. Not to impressed with The mention, you also increase Daily Targum, as it has slowly the risk of accidents and liabilprevented itself from falling ity on a daily basis. This is a into complete obscurity. For clear indication that the once, it has been nice to see University simply cannot hold our student newspaper being BRIAN CANARES any more people, and at this critical of the declining condipoint we are already at full tions here at the University. I capacity in terms of student body. am referring, of course, to its recent interest in highSecondly, raising tuition slowly but surely elimilighting the state of University facilities, specifically the nates the reason why many students decide to stay in poor excuse of modern architecture that is Scott Hall state. New Jersey spends the most on K-12 education on the College Avenue campus. While this use of and produces a smarter core of students than the rest muckraking has not been as entertaining as The of the nation. People come to the University with the Medium’s feature on the Red Bandana Kid, I am still idea of getting the best “bang for your buck.” We still inclined to give the Targum a laurel for its efforts. This have a reputation of being a serious research institucoverage has instilled in me a sense of doubtfulness tion with strong academic credibility. However, with about our future, as the latest $18.5-million budget cut the damage overpopulation has on education and the has not given me any indication that Scott Hall will rising cost of tuition, prospective students are finding receive hot water in its bathrooms. My intent, however, the University less attractive. Other colleges then seize is not to complain about Gov. Chris Christie and upon this opportunity to steal the more appealing stuTrenton, but, instead, I want to be a bit more construcdents living in New Jersey. They provide better finantive and direct my attention toward the University itself. cial incentives, sound infrastructure and smaller classThe administration has not informed us about its rooms. In effect, we end up with a camfuture course of action. As I see it, the pus overcrowded with students that do University will probably go about this “Accommodating not live up to the state’s potential — in the most counterintuitive way. The these extra resulting in severe academic consemajority of financial burdens and budgquences that force the University to et shortfalls are usually covered at the students creates decrease its reputation and credibility. expense of the students. There is a I completely understand that the higher concentration of them, so the problems that go state is making it very difficult for the impact on each individual is less than beyond the obvious University to operate. On the other that of a professor or administrator, I believe the administration and student opposition to raised tuition argument of cost.” hand, should look toward seriously cutting is usually confined to a week’s worth of other areas before placing the burden Tent State. So, the obvious course of on the students. Raising tuition and enrollment should action would be to accept more students and raise be done as a last resort, so the impact remains at an fees. This path, however, will produce a number of absolute minimum. The University can do a number of harms that will ultimately make the University more things that would ultimately achieve this goal. It could vulnerable, thus putting it at more of a disadvantage. cut salaries of administrators, coaches and state workFirst, accepting more students comes at the ers. It could shy away from any more athletic investexpense of creating a logistical burden on daily operaments — specifically ventures like the “RAC tions. Accommodating these extra students creates Renaissance.” This could also be coupled with a subproblems that go beyond the obvious argument of cost. stantial cut in the athletic department itself. Most of all, For instance, there has been recent talk about whether they should look toward eliminating continued waste or not the University should raise student fees, in order and bureaucracy. We can do without certain appointto implement additional buses to the system. While I ments — such as lobbyist Jeannine Larue — and just think the system is very effective despite the financial be more efficient in the way we conduct business. Only constraints — kudos to Director of Transportation then will it be possible to convince Trenton that we are Services Jack Molenaar — the University’s proposal making great strides in education. I just hope these validates the fact that overcrowding and long wait times budget cuts, which are certainly reasonable, do not are a problem. If we continuously add more students translate into the already prevalent term, “RU Screw.” than we can accommodate, this creates a campus that is overpopulated with buses. Places like College Brian Canares is a Rutgers College senior majorAvenue can only hold so many vehicles at once. ing in history and political science. His column, “Pure Consequently, buses will be prevented from moving on Rubbish,” runs on alternate Tuesdays. He welcomes to the next destination, due to the lack of space at each feedback at bcanares@eden.rutgers.edu. terminal. Unless we decrease enrollment, the issue will

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Roll up your sleeves, get to work Letter MATT CORDERIO

he controversy that surrounds Rutgers University Student Assembly as of late reveals a deeper question the student body is asking; what is RUSA’s place at the University? As it stands now, RUSA has very little place at this University because is does not act as a vehicle for students to positively change the University. My experience with RUSA is that it acts like the U.S. Congress. It passes resolutions hoping that some administrator will see the proposal put into action. The Congress can act in such a manner — our assembly of students cannot. Rather, RUSA and campus leaders need to be the students championing initiatives, only referring to administration when required. This is the only option for RUSA to increase participation, relevance and effectiveness. To come to such a conclusion, all you have to do is ask. Over the summer I had the pleasure of talk-

ing to representatives from student governments all over the country; my goal was to see how effective student governments conduct business. I talked to Chris Van Drimmelen, the president of the Associated Students of Oregon State University. During our conversation he pointed out that ASOSU led an effort to approve a referendum, which would raise student fees in order to make their student center environmentally friendly. The referendum received student approval, and now the student center is run with 100 percent renewable energy. Meanwhile, the federal task force at ASOSU had a voter registration drive which registered more than 1,110 students last year. I wonder what help, if any, has RUSA given the RU Voting Coalition in their efforts to register students. Then there was an awesome conversation with Uriel Vazquez, the communications officer at the Student Senate for California Community Colleges. Vazquez had told me about how at his school, the student government had invested in a recycling pro-

gram on the campus. Not only does the project help the school recycle, but the student government also receives any money raised trough the program. Last but not least was Anna Yonas, speaker of the senate from Ohio State University. To help raise money, the student government receives funding from the contract

“RUSA must tap into this body of knowledge if they ever hope to become relevant on campus.” that Coca-Cola has with OSU. These success stories only scratch the surface of what effective student governments are doing all over the country. Why are they so effective at addressing student issues? First off, all of these schools have incorporated student governments, or governments that are

legally independent like our own New Jersey Public Interest Research Group and The Daily Targum. Then there is the fact that students have direct control over the government’s budget via direct representation. Finally, all of the aforementioned student governments have democratic structures. It still amazes me how different RUSA is from all of these schools. Perhaps even more amazing is how RUSA doesn’t even follow the lead of the campus councils. The campus councils actually hold events and encourage student participation. After this series of conversations, I turned my attention to what could be done on the banks of the Raritan. I know RUSA representative Avi Scher, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, is keen on creating an alcohol amnesty for University students. There is the RU Voting Coalition, which is putting in an insane amount of time and energy to get University students ready to vote. There is a ward system question that would create positive change for the city of New

Brunswick. This question directly affects every student on campus; yet, RUSA has been silent when concerning the issue. There is a plethora of other student issues RUSA could take on, or help other students take on. But if RUSA keeps the “please do what we say mentality” nothing will change. There are student leaders who know how to run campaigns, create policies and mobilize the student body. RUSA must tap into this body of knowledge if they ever hope to become relevant on campus. It is time to stop playing Congress — roll up your sleeves and get to work. And please, for once, stop asking me, any student leader, or the student body to come to your meeting so that we might address the body for a whole five minutes. I am not against students going to meetings, but this cannot be RUSA’s only form of outreach. Instead, why don’t you come to the students so there can be a back and forth conversation. Matt Corderio is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

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Today's birthday (3/2/10). Over the next year you find your dreams take on far greater significance. Track them in a journal to identify key symbols that recur to deepen your understanding. You notice that some dreams have epic significance while others boil down to one simple message. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Boost your imagination by surfing the Internet or reading fiction. Images drive creative effort. A partner can provide reasonable feedback. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — What you hear isn't necessarily the final word on what's required. Ask leading questions if you have to. That way you discover the feelings behind the demands. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Now that you've fully articulated your message, you can race ahead to convince others that your creative logic will work. Don't forget to inject lots of enthusiasm. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — If you travel, don’t forget your passport. Harmony at home could be jeopardized. Make sure you've left enough money to cover expenses. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Money remains an issue, but you find a way to adjust spending or spread out the payments. Creative efforts produce an alternate income stream. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Continue to address issues presented by others. Unless you truly care, allow them to have their way. Meet your own needs later in the day.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Everyone's on the same page now, and you reach agreement on the magical quality of the work. Logic still provides the foundation. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Find concrete words to describe elusive feelings and ideas. You know what you mean. Make sure others get the point. Dream large. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — What seemed impossible yesterday becomes almost ordinary now. There could be a flood (literally), but the solution is self-evident. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Do exactly what you want in a social situation. Others have a separate agenda that you don't need to follow. Manage your own responsibilities. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Someone could talk you out of your cash unless you're careful. Listen to emotional persuasions, then season them with practical logic. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Get your message out to the public loud and clear. Be sure to stress why it's urgent. Get under their skin. Also encourage feedback.

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WIN: Knights secure No. 6 seed in Big East Tournament continued from back old-fashioned and-one and a 28-20 lead. Speed struck again in the last second of the first half. She bricked a three-point attempt, but then stole a pass the other way and found Oliver for a second and-one as the clock expired, putting Rutgers up 3423 at the break. The win for the Knights (1613, 9-7) locks up the No. 6 seed

in the Big East Tournament in the final regular season game of the year. As the sixth seed in the Tournament, Rutgers faces the winner of South Florida (11) and Cincinnati (14) Saturday at 6 p.m. at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. “I think that it was major because we have been struggling to get 40 or 50 points,” Stringer said. “We’ve been struggling all year. … In order for us to be prepared for the Big East, we needed to have an impressive win. Quite honestly the score did matter for our confidence because we didn’t have any.”

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A fifth-place Big East finish was not quite what fifth-year senior captain Cat Whetstone had in mind for SWIMMING & DIVING her final year on the Banks. But for Whetstone and the Rutgers swimming and diving team’s seven other seniors, the standing is nothing to scoff at. “It’s great that we beat out [seven competing schools] considering how small we are as a team and we’re only a women’s program,” Whetstone said of the Scarlet Knights’ Big East performance in Pittsburgh. “Even though we didn’t place as high as we would have liked, we still beat out some really great teams and that’s great for our program as well as the University.” Rutgers men’s swimming and diving was one of six varsity sports eliminated due to budget concerns following the 2006-2007 season — leaving RU as the lone women’s-only swimming and diving program in the Big East. “We were there through all the struggles that we went through to try to save the team,” recalled

Whetstone, a sophomore at the Saunders battled through a time. “That’s been really hard and slump to post multiple victories there have been so many changes on the one and three-meter in our program because of that.” boards during the run, while Despite the turmoil, the group Whetstone and classmate Shayna chose to remain at the University Longacre carried the club to key and led by Whetstone, left their wins over Villanova, Connecticut mark while helping to set the and West Virginia. stage for a promisAn NCAA ing future. Honorable Mention “They’ve been All-American as a “We were there through a lot,” said sophomore, through all the head coach Chuck Longacre bested Warner of his the field in the 100 struggles that we upper classmen. and 200-yard went through to “They [went] freestyle, as well as through the loss of the 100-yard breasttry to save the the men’s program stroke to carry the and they stayed at Knights over the [men’s] team.” Rutgers. Almost Wildcats and CAT WHETSTONE every one of them Huskies en route to Senior Co-Captain had some real sigbeing tabbed as the nificant physical Big East Swimmer challenges and of the Week. they developed communication, Whetstone — who, along with which is a really good thing for try- Saunders, expects to compete in ing to have a closer team.” the NCAA Championships — garThe leadership of Whetstone nered the same honor two weeks and co-captains Erin Saunders and later when she captured the 100 Denise Letendre was instrumental and 200-yard backstroke to help in guiding the team’s underclass- RU swim past WVU. The Haven men-laden roster to a 3-0 start to Beach, N.J., native also provided the dual-meet campaign. a highlight in the Swimming

World Conference Carnival by coming from behind to clip Minnesota’s Hannah Whitehead by .10 seconds for the 200-yard backstroke title. Both Whetstone and Longacre earned All-Big East honors after the season — Whetstone on the second team and Longacre the third. Warner also continually lauded the dedication shown by seniors Jackie Klein and Jacquie Ward in training, and cited them and classmates Kimberly Case, Tracy Dimond and Hailey Weniger for improving the team’s depth — an area of concern for the 13th-year head coach coming into the season. While graduation surely impacts the team, freshmen Brittney Kuras, Melanie Gaffey, Taylor Curado, Jessica Simunek and Taylor Zafir showed flashes of their potential. Warner said they can learn from the hard work put in by those graduating. “Ever y area of preparation [needs to improve] but really an area I think everybody recognizes is getting stronger and more athletic,” Warner said. “That’s a big part of becoming a great swimmer.”

EXIT: Unconventional shot puts Ray in RU record books continued from back When it comes down to it, Ray’s iconic shot will be remembered almost as much as the plethora of points it generated. A bizarre-looking, but deadly accurate, jumper combined with a double-clutch is something that looks ever stranger than it sounds. But it works. After tonight’s game, Ray sits 25th all-time in the Knights’ record books with 1,098 career points. “Her family work ethic is incredible. I remember when she first came she never had her head up, she always looked down,” Stringer said. “But she was an ‘A’ student and she went about her business. She was never a very vocal person. “As a perfect example when we were discussing how each person needs to get better, we were asking her how it was that she began to put the ball down ... and she said I got every tape that I had last year, and I studied. And I shot, and I shot.” The road for Ray was a long and winding one. Coming off the bench against Tennessee in the National Championship her freshman year, Ray saw her minutes steadily increase. By her junior year, she was the outside shooting complement to guard Epiphanny Prince, the Knights’ leading scorer, and expected to reprise that role in her senior year. When Prince unexpectedly jumped ship to play professionally in Europe, it thrust Ray into the spotlight — ready or not. But the senior saved the best for last, leading the Knights this season with 14.7 points per game. Ray delivered a memorable performance against Tennessee at Madison Square Garden, dropping a career-high 29 points against the Volunteers on 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc. From a freshman who averaged 19 minutes per game to a senior that leads the team this season with just under 35 minutes a game, Ray blossomed into the team’s most visible star and unofficial spokesperson. “I think it’s just been a road of progression, it’s all about how you’re going to get better each year,” Ray said after practice Friday. “I just made sure I continued to work each year and continued to develop my skills as an overall player. “Coach Stringer always told me, ‘Just make sure you work hard because your time will come and stay positive and don’t worr y about ever ybody else, worry about the team.’ I think by following that I’ve been pretty successful here.” While Ray’s aspirations of becoming a doctor after graduation are well-known, the guard plans to put her dreams on hold to test the waters of playing professional basketball first. But regardless of where she ends up after putting on her cap and gown in May, Ray said she will always remember her time at Rutgers and, most importantly, her team and coaches who became a second family. “No matter what happens [this season] coach Stringer continues to tell us that we’re going to stay together,” Ray said. “We continue to be a family and a team, and I think that she really emphasizes that because she wants to send us in the real world prepared. To make sure we mature as young ladies and hopefully become young women that will be leaders in the future.”

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After a leg injury sidelined him for all of last year, redshirt freshman Jesse Boyden split time this season wrestling at 184-pounds.

SEASON: Russo enters year among top heavyweights continued from back takes place at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. RU hasn’t beaten the Mountain Hawks since President Harry S. Truman was in office, and 2011 is as good a time as ever to dethrone the conference foe. Spoiler alert, my RU Express balance is only five cents after the manager at the Easton Avenue Subway convinced me to get the combo with chips and a soda. 165 — The upcoming year marks the fourth under head coach Scott Goodale. Excluding heavyweight D.J. Russo, all of the starters in the upcoming year are products of the coach’s recruiting efforts. No disrespect to formercoach John Sacchi, but the quality of wrestlers that Goodale brought in during his tenure vaulted the program into the national spotlight. 174 — With Vincent Dellefave expected to either redshirt or move up a weight class, the 125-pound starting spot belongs to Joe Langel. The pride of Howell, N.J., reeled off a consecutive-win streak this year that pinnacled at 17 games and has three full years in front of him to show just how good he is. 184 — Having Ashnault in the starting lineup is a giant plus for RU, but isn’t two better than one? Billy’s younger brother, Anthony, is a freshman at South Plainfield High School and is already drawing comparisons to his older brother — who is an NCAA qualifier. My advice? Lock him up now. If Southern California head football coach Lane Kiffin can commit a 13year-old quarterback to USC then what is stopping the Knights from snatching this kid

off the market before anyone else — besides common sense. 197 — The vacant spot in the lineup that Lamar Brown leaves upon graduation is a tough one to fill. Jesse Boyden currently wrestles at 184-pounds and a jump up one weight class could be exactly what he needs to spark his college career. In high school, Boyden was a state champion at 215-pounds, but broke his leg in his first year on the Banks, causing him to drop the weight and move down to 184. The bump up to 197-pounds might just put him in the comfort zone to succeed. Heavyweight — The last statement is reserved — as it is during a match — for Russo. The upcoming year marks the final season in an illustrious career for the Netcong, N.J., native and it is going to be a special one. Russo is ranked eighth in the nation by InterMatWrestle.com, with five of the seven grapplers ahead of him leaving after this season. While that is by no means a guarantee that he is the third best heavyweight in the country heading into next year, it doesn’t hurt the confidence. Goodale said that he planned their schedules, when he first arrived three years ago, for 2011 to be the year they make an impact in the national community. That impact came one year early though, reaching No. 22 in the coaches’ poll this season, the highest in team histor y. But that is merely the beginning. The Knights return next season with even more experience and a great home schedule to really turn some heads. Alex Jankowski is an associate sports editor for The Daily Targum. He welcomes comments and criticism at jankowskialex@gmail.com

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Error-free defense keys first victory of year for Knights BY ALEX JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After two tough losses to open the Big Ten/Big East Challenge, the Rutgers baseball team had one last BASEBALL shot to RUTGERS 6 get its first win PURDUE 5 of the season, or risk leaving Clearwater, Fla., without a victory. The Scarlet Knights pulled it together Sunday morning behind strong bats and solid defense to beat Purdue 6-5 and earn their first win of the year. “Well it’s great to get the monkey off of our backs,” said head coach Fred Hill Sr. who closed to within 19 games of 1,000 career victories after the win. “I think that this relaxed our players and now they won’t be pressing hard or trying to force anything to get that first win.” The Knights (1-5) entered the ninth inning with a two-run lead, much like they did in their last game last weekend against No. 12 Miami. But this time, freshman closer Tyler Gebler entered the game with only one out and runners at second and third, and got the last two outs. “It felt good to get out there and get the win,” said the Toms River, N.J., native of his first career save. “We have been on a little bit of a losing streak so I’m glad we were able to shut the door.” After Purdue cut the lead to one, Gebler forced a ground ball down the first-base line, right at junior Jaren Matthews. The first baseman scooped up the ball and smartly ran toward home plate, cutting off the runner trying to advance from third and putting RU only one out away from its first win. “We knew that we didn’t want to let in another run,” said the Don Bosco Prep product. “I got the ball with plenty of time to get

him out at home so that’s where I went with it.” Gebler got Cameron Perkins to ground out to shortstop to end the Boilermakers’ (0-3) comeback attempt and conclude the Big Ten/Big East Challenge on a high note for the Knights. “I knew that my defense was going to come up with some plays behind me,” Gebler said. “I left all of my nerves back in Miami in my first outing so I just went out there and we got the job done.” Defensively, RU was solid all game long — not committing a single error while Purdue had three. Substantial defense is not a new concept to this team, Hill said. In fact, it is something that has been accentuated since the season began. “Since day one we have been stressing defense,” he said. “Overall, we have been playing solid defense. Our biggest problem was giving up walks and I think we cut down on that this weekend.” The Knights fell to Iowa (3-2) and Northwestern (2-5) earlier in the weekend by scores of 6-3 and 7-5, respectively. The bats came alive for RU in the final game of the weekend series, highlighted by Pat Biserta, who continued his hot streak, going 3-for-5 at the plate with a solo home run and 3 RBI in total. The junior outfielder has three home runs on the season. After a tough series against the Hurricanes, Matthews had a solid game hitting against Purdue, breaking a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning with an RBI single that plated Biserta. Sophomore Ryan Kapp drove Matthews home with a single up the middle to extend the RU lead to 6-4 — a lead it would never relinquish. “[The win] is such a relief,” Matthews said. “We thought we’d win the first two games this week so we looked at [Purdue] as a mustwin game. Nobody wants to start the year at 0-6.”

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Junior first baseman Jaren Matthews went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI in the Knights’ 6-5 win over Purdue in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge. He also made a heads-up play in the field to save a run.

the Year four times and took 18 of his teams to the junior national tournament. He was also an assistant coach at Princeton from 1980 to 1985 prior to his tenure at MCCC.

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he Big East named the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s guard, Mike Rosario, to Conference Honor Roll yesterday after averaging 20.5 points and 4 rebounds this past week. The sophomore, who earned the award for the second time this season, scored a game-high 24 points in Saturday’s win against DePaul and posted a team-high 17 against Seton Hall last Tuesday. The Jersey City native leads the Scarlet Knights with 16.4 points per game and ranks 11th in the Big East in scoring.

THE RUTGERS MEN’S soccer team announced the addition of another assistant coach yesterday in Charlie Inverso, who is fresh off of 24 years of coaching at Mercer County Community College. Inverso compiled a career 434-46-14 record throughout his time at Mercer County, winning five junior national championships in the process. The Robbinsville, N.J., native was awarded the NJCAA Coach of

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basketball team climbed to the No. 1 ranking yesterday in the AP Top 25 voting. It is the first time SU ranked first since 2003, when it won the national championship. The Orange, who beat Rutgers 81-65 earlier in the year at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, defeated Big East foe Villanova 95-77 Saturday in dominating fashion. Former No. 1 Kansas, No. 2 Kentucky and No. 3 Purdue all took losses over the weekend, aiding Syracuse in their ascent to the top spot.

THE NEW YORK JETS announced yesterday that the team released running back Thomas Jones, as anticipated. Jones’s three seasons with the Jets were highlighted by last year’s 1,402 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns. The Virginia product refused to renegotiate his contract, which included a $3 million roster bonus on top of a $2.8 million base salary in 2010. The 32-year-old becomes another member of over-30 running backs in the 2010 free agent class, joining popular backs LaDainian Tomlinson and Brian Westbrook.

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Tight match provides motivation BY JOSH GLATT STAFF WRITER

In front of an Alumni Day crowd of 821 fans, the Rutgers gymnastics team came up just short of victory in its first GYMNASTICS nightRUTGERS 190.870 t i m e h o m e SECOND PLACE meet of the year. The Scarlet Knights placed second in a highly competitive quad-meet Saturday, .125 shy of first place Bridgeport, but still putting up an impressive score of 190.870. Also in the crowd at Alumni Day was a surprising guest in Athletic Director Tim Pernetti. “Just because certain sports generate more revenue doesn’t

mean they are more important,” Pernetti said. “I thought the meet was great. They came up a little bit short but I was very impressed with how hard they worked.” While not able to attain her goal of winning the meet, head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton is still pleased that her team competed with three teams that should be at USA Nationals, something that validated what she told her team all year. “We wanted to show we belong at USA Nationals,” Chollet-Norton said. “We came out and competed.” On vault, the Knights featured several strong performances, highlighted by a pair of 9.800’s from freshman Jenna Zito and senior Alyssa Lewandowski. RU

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Sophomore hurler Noelle Sisco earned the Knights’ lone win of the season, a 6-1 decision in which she pitched a complete game.

Grand slam salvages weekend road trip BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

After dropping three straight games by a score of 15-8 to open the Frost Classic in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Rutgers softball SOFTBALL t e a m RUTGERS 6 seemed AUSTIN PEAY 1 pf o ios e dr another disheartening tournament. There were signs of improvement in the first three games, but anything is a sign of improvement when a team opens the season outscored 50-1. And then the fifth inning of the Scarlet Knights’ fourth game at the Frost Classic rolled around. With one ping of the bat from sophomore designated hitter Mikelyn Messina, the tides turned. Her grand slam broke a 11 tie and won the first game of the year for the Knights, 6-1 over Austin Peay. “It was one of the greatest feelings,” said Messina, who is 4-for21 with six RBI on the season. “Knowing that my teammates were behind me the whole way and they were the first ones to greet me when I touched home plate was something special.” But flying under the radar against Austin Peay was pitcher Noelle Sisco. The sophomore built on last week’s perfect inning against No. 5 Arizona State with a complete game three-hitter, dropping her ERA to a team-low 4.43. “It felt great because we’ve been pushing to get this win,” Sisco said. “We came so close to it in the first two games and didn’t get it. It was a good effort by the whole team.” Sisco fanned three batters in the win and gave up just two earned runs in 6 1/3 innings in the 6-5 loss to Tennessee Chattanooga on day one. But the Towaco, N.J., native gave up four runs in three innings of relief Sunday in a 9-8 loss to Wright State to close out the tournament. “We did start to hit the ball well quite a bit,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “The difference in

the last game though, was that we had those five errors. We could have iced the game. Our fielding was manageable up to this point. That was really our downfall.” The Knights built an 8-6 lead going into the final inning against Wright State behind a 3for-4, four RBI day from junior left fielder Mickenzie Alden. Wright State put together a fourhit bottom of the seventh inning against Sisco and sophomore Holly Johnson that put the team ahead for the win. “We’re starting to execute and starting to come together as a team,” Messina said. “We’re cutting down on our errors. It’s just a matter of are we going to do it? Are we going to take the next step? We know we can.” Nelson targeted both the offense and defense for significant improvement after the 50-1 debacle in Tempe, Az., and both sides of the ball showed statistical improvement in the team’s second tournament. Senior ace Nicole Lindley improved after a rough first week, but is still 0-4 on the year with an ERA just above seven. She does, though, lead the team with 25 strikeouts. “Nicole is on the verge of turning over and being like herself last year,” Nelson said. “She’s just off. It’s just a matter of time before she gets going.” The primary difference on offense was putting Messina in the leadoff spot instead of Alden. Alden went hitless in the first tournament from the leadoff spot, but she started seeing better pitches in the ninth spot of the order, going 5for-9 with five RBI and two runs in her last three games. Nelson also moved freshman shortstop Ashley Bragg into the second spot in the lineup because “she handles the bat well,” and Bragg responded with four hits in 11 at-bats to go along with the first three runs and two RBI of her career. “We’re 1-9 right now, but they’re not really a 1-9 team,” Nelson said. “We have more spirit. We’re just making some crucial mistakes.”

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Junior Kiah Banfield’s career-high 9.900 led all performers in the floor exercise, but was not enough in the narrow loss to Bridgeport.

posted a season-high on vault with a 48.550. Despite recent struggles on bars, the Knights managed to rebound with a strong performance in the event. Over the week, Chollet-Norton had her team perform in simulated meets to prepare for pressure situations. Freshmen Jayne Jeffreys and Emma-Rose Trentacosti led the team with scores of 9.600 and 9.500 respectively. “Doing pressure situations during the week really helped on bar,” Chollet-Norton said. The one event that the Knights struggled on was balance beam — the team could not continue the momentum from the first two events. “You have hit four for four in a pressure situation,” CholletNorton said. “Beam just didn’t work out for us today.” While the beam team as a whole didn’t perform up to standards, there were several bright spots. Zito continued a strong meet with a 9.500 and junior Leigh Heinbaugh scored a 9.400. Heading into the final rotation, the Knights trailed Bridgeport 144.475 to 142.000 and the floor exercise continued to be a team strength. Junior Kiah Banfield led the Knights with a career-best performance of 9.900 to finish first in the event. Supplemented by a 9.850 from Zito and a 9.775 from Lewandowski, the Knights finished with a season high 48.875 on floor. “It was pretty awesome that I got a 9.900,” Banfield said. “I wasn’t too nervous because I knew I had to go out there and do my job.” The loss to Bridgeport, a team that the Knights plan to compete against should they go to Nationals, seemed to only give the team extra incentive. “When we go to Nationals, we are going to beat them,” Banfield said.

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Quiet game leads to loud exit for Ray

Sophomores lead way in decisive win

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Rutgers honored three seniors of the women’s basketball team before yesterday’s game against Louisville, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL but three LOUISVILLE 52 s o p h o m o r e s RUTGERS 72 outshined the trio and stole the show. In the most convincing Big East win of the season, a 72-52 decision, sophomores Khadijah Rushdan, Nikki Speed and April Sykes built an insurmountable lead behind a season-best 52 percent field goal clip. “Ever ybody came ready to play and we played as a team and we executed and played defense,” said senior for ward Myia McCurdy. “Now we have our locker room back and [head coach C. Vivian Stringer] is proud of us and that’s a great thing.” The Scarlet Knights also limited themselves to just 14 turnovers, but forced 26 of their own and scored 27 points of f turnovers. “I think at times we had some sloppy play,” said Louisville head coach Jeff Walz. “It was entertaining to see how many possible ways we could find to turn the ball over.” Rushdan led all scorers with 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting with a series of flashy layups in the second half to go along with five boards. “We have been known to show up late but this is as late as it gets,” Stringer said. “It was nice to see us begin to put it all together with as many players putting it all together.” In the first half, however, Speed and Sykes led the team to an 11-point halftime advantage. Speed dished out six assists and scored five first-half points while Sykes scored seven points in the first 20 minutes on a per fect 3-of-3 shooting. For the seniors, guard Brittany Ray scored nine points in her final game at the Louis Brown Athletic Center and got the loudest ovation as she came out of the game with 1:54 left. Center Rashidat Junaid helped RU pull away in the second half with five quick points and 10 on the game and for ward Myia McCurdy contributed four points and four boards. “It’s like a 100 percent turnaround. I’m so happy we won,” Junaid said. “We will continue this throughout the Big East and hopefully through the NCAAs.” To pull away in the first half, Speed knocked down two midrange jumpers and her passing ability provided the spark for RU to take its first major lead. Moving down the cour t on a fast break, Speed threw a no-look, bullet pass to freshman for ward Monique Oliver for an

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With 1:54 left in the game, senior guard Brittany Ray checked out of her final game at the Louis Brown Athletic Center and walked toward a WOMEN’S BASKETBALL standing bench to embrace head coach C. Vivian Stringer and her teammates. Ray exited to the loudest standing ovation of the evening, as chants of “B-Ray” rained down from the crowd, marking the beginning of the final chapter of her career as a Scarlet Knight. “I’m a very emotional person but I didn’t cry today,” said Ray with a smile. “I was filled with joy. It was a great moment, just being here for four years and this is the last time around. It was a great feeling walking out with my parents and seeing Myia and Rah next to me.” Ray finished her final home game in quiet fashion, scoring nine points along with a pair of steals and assists. It took nearly 18 minutes against the Cardinals before Ray came around a screen and drained a no-doubt jumper, prompting the call Rutgers fans came to expect over the guard’s past four years: “Brittany Ray for three.” Ray sits third in the Knights’ all-time record book in three-point baskets made, trailing Tomora Young by only one with 179 shots made.

Senior guard Brittany Ray scored nine points and added two steals and two assists before exiting the game to a standing ovation in her final home game with the Knights.

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In his inagural season on the Banks, junior Bill Ashnault, right, posted a 23-10 record, 17 of those wins coming in dual-matches. The Lock Haven transfer looks to make his return to the NCAA National Tournament in the 133-pound weight class.

Much-anticipated season sure to not disappoint

he Rutgers wrestling season is not over, but the wandering eye can’t help but gaze into the future to see what the next season holds. With nine of the 10 starters returning, here is a starting lineup of 10 reasons why the Scarlet Knights will be even better come November. 125 — Let’s start by stating the obvious: Scott Winston is back. The Jackson Memorial product moves up one weight class and for what he might lack in height, he

Buffalo Soldier ALEX JANKOWSKI makes up with sheer power and a mean streak. Hide your children. 133 — Last season the Knights finished 19-5-1 and rode a 15-match

unbeaten streak to start off the New Year. RU was only four points away from upsetting two more top-25 teams and it takes the lessons learned from those matches into a brand new year. 141 — Citing the difficulty of classes as the hardest adjustment to life on the Banks, junior transfers Billy Ashnault and Daryl Cocozzo had a full year to get used to their new academic setting. Hopefully their stomachs adjusted to Brower Commons as well.

149 — If there were any positives to take from 20 away matches this season, it is the bevy of home games that befall the Knights in the upcoming year. RU did not lose a single match on home soil in 2010, so some home-cookin’ could be just the thing to frog splash the team into the top-10. 157 — I’m willing to bet all of my RU Express money that when Lehigh comes to town the match

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