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Traveling between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., three influential Rutgers professors and University president Robert L. Barchi will give panel discussions on climate change research and its effects on the planet.

The Rutgers University Alumni Association launched “Experience Rutgers: Climate Change,” an informative series on climate change in three cities from March 11 to April 21.

The three events will be held at JW Marriott Essex House in New York City on March 11, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on March 19 and the JW Marriott in Washington D.C. on April 21, all starting at 6 p.m.

Benjamin Horton, Jennifer Francis and Scott Glenn, professors in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, will be the distinguished speakers during the discussions.

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Despite saving Rutgers a hefty $11 million since 2014, the school’s athletics department still relies on a subsidy

with one of the highest price tags in United States college athletics.

A report filed by Rutgers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) reveals the athletics department made use of more than

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Physicists peel back secret to ‘Hidden Order’

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Physicists at Rutgers have made a major step in answering a 30-year-old question about the structure of cer tain materials.

Girsh Blumberg and Kristjan Haule, professors in the Depar tment of Physics and Astronomy, are par t of a team that has spent years searching for the “hidden order” that has evaded scientists for decades, working with a unique material called uranium-r uthenium-silicon-2 (URuSi2).

“Our proposal was one out of many,” Haule said. “Even our colleagues here at Rutgers had their own theories. There are probably a hundred theories for this material. And, of course, it is ver y hard to figure out which proposal is right.”

Ever y material has an “order,” or type of symmetr y that it possesses, he said. The symmetr y determines how the molecules within the material align themselves and may reveal some of

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cr ystal and measured the energy of the light that reflected of f of it, Kung said.

This data was plotted against the trial number, and this graph provides evidence for the broken order. The information found from the uranium material could be applied to materials similar to it, Haule said.

“The energy lost to the cr ystal is not random: it actually reflects

As the Class of 2015 prepares to set off into the professional world following their graduation this spring, two seniors are now campaigning to have one of their favorite childhood television hosts speak during commencement.

In the wake of recent online rumors regarding this year’s commencement speaker, two seniors recently launched the social media campaign, #BowTie4BillNye to give seniors greater input as to why they want Bill Nye the Science Guy to speak during graduation.

“I grew up watching Bill Nye’s television show in class ... ” Rachel Bernstein, co-creator of the campaign, said. “He taught us a lot at a very young age and ... he’s still around and in our lives.”

For the campaign, seniors take pictures of themselves wearing

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Kristjan Haule, Hsiang-Hsi Kung and Girsh Blumberg have searched for the “hidden order” that has evaded scientists for decades. COURTESY OF KRISTJAN HAULE the proper ties of the material.

The researchers took the uranium material and brought it down to 17.5 Kelvin, or extremely close to absolute zero, said Hsiang-Hsi Kung, a student in the Graduate School of New Brunswick. At this temperature, the material undergoes a “phase transition,” breaking its symmetr y.

An example of this is the material going from being nonmagnetic to magnetic, Kung said.

“For 30 years, no one seemed

to be able to see what symmetr y was broken,” he said. “A few years ago, here at Rutgers, there was a development in the theor y (and) people used high powered computers to calculate, in theor y, the structure and low temperature physics of this material.”

To find evidence for their theor y of the “hidden order,” the researchers used a technique called Raman spectroscopy, a field of exper tise for Blumberg.

The group shined light on a

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Rutgers study questions e-cigarette use, notions of safety DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

While the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering expanding its regulatory reach beyond traditional cigarettes to e-cigarettes, University professors are now investigating trends in how the public reacts to electronic cigarette policies.

With a nationally representative sample of 519 smokers during a two-week period last April, a study conducted by two Rutgers professors aligned with previous studies, showing that the public thinks e-cigarettes are generally less harmful than traditional ones.

Many people assume the FDA regulates e-cigarettes in the same fashion traditional cigarettes are, Olivia Wackowski, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, said.

“I think that people assume that since e-cigarettes are legal and are being sold in stores … that they must also be regulated too,” she said. “But that’s not the case yet with these products.”

A primary investigator of the study, Wackowski said many people are lured into a false sense of security because they assume e-cigarettes have government-sanctioned restrictions.

The study intentionally focused on smokers because they wanted to maximize their research with a sample of individuals that e-cigarette ads are targeted to, she said.

“If we could have included non-smokers, I would have asked them the same questions regarding their e-cigarette policy attitudes so that we could compare the levels of support among smokers and non-smokers,” Wackowski said.

The health risks of e-cigarette use are relatively unknown at the present time because there is no regulation, allowing companies to use different materials in their products, Maressa Nordstrom, a clinical social worker at the CAPS Counseling Center, said.

“People (are) assuming they’re safe when we don’t really know that,” Nordstrom said. “Because there are separate companies and separate entities producing them, there isn’t consistency in how they’re being developed, being used, electrical components (and more).”

One reason why so many people think e-cigarettes are less harmful than traditional cigarettes is because they are designed to appear as a healthy alternative in advertisements, she said.

E-cigarettes appeal to younger generations in particular because they require the user to be somewhat tech-savvy, Nordstrom said.

“E-cigarettes are following similar script to tobacco cigarettes when you look at their advertising patterns and marketing,” she said.

“They’re taking a page out of the book of the ‘evil geniuses’ of the tobacco industry and I think that’s really dangerous in terms of general consumer consumption.”

Commercial advertising truly does have a significant impact on how the public perceives e-cigarettes in particular, Wackowski said. About 44 percent of sur vey participants indicated they learned about e-cigarettes from advertisements.

Although it was not included in the published study in “Tobacco Control,” she said an additional 44 percent said they learned from the news, and 34 percent learned from someone they know personally.

“Our sur vey also asked a question about why participants thought e-cigarettes were less harmful,” she said. “The vast majority indicated that it seemed like common sense to them, 82 percent.”

Even though e-cigarettes are not necessarily healthy, Dan Siegel, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said inhaling chemical vapor is still less harmful than inhaling tobacco smoke.

On the other hand, e-cigarettes should still have warning labels regardless of how they are perceived by the public, Siegel said.

“People should know that it’s not good for you,” he said. “But the difference is this is vapor –– cigarettes and tobacco products, you burn tobacco, and that’s where all the carcinogens (and) formaldehyde comes from.”

On a similar note, local smoke shops are not seeing any differences in tobacco product sales as a result of e-cigarettes rising in popularity.

A fair amount of smokers will still purchase tobacco products, Willy Alnsarat, a manager at Amsterdam Smoke Shop located on Easton Avenue, said.

While regulating e-cigarettes with new warning labels might affect customer demand, Alnsarat said certain individuals are likely to continue purchasing these products regardless of a new warning.

“They’re, like ‘healthy’ and (have) no nicotine,” he said. “It depends on if you believe it.”

Even though she said she could not name a practice more unhealthy than smoking tobacco, Nordstrom said nobody could be certain about the safety of e-cigarettes until more research is done.

“It would be hard to say they’re worse than cigarettes,” she said. “But again, there are some things we just won’t know for some time.”

Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies. He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum.

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GRADUATION Having Bill Nye speak at graduation would have a lot of meaning, Perone says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

bowties, upload them to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and use the hashtag #BowTie4BillNye, Bernstein, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said.

Natalia Del Rio, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she was inspired to raise awareness by means of social networking sites in order to demonstrate to the University why the opinions of graduating seniors should be considered.

“We were talking about commencement speakers, and we heard rumors that Bill Nye was going to be it this year and I thought ‘Wow, that’s awesome,’” she said. “We feel that Rutgers needs to give us more of a voice.”

After almost one year since former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice declined to speak at the University’s commencement ceremony, Bernstein said having Nye speak would be unique and suitable for the Class of 2015.

“There was a lot of tension around having Condoleeza Rice speaking,” Bernstein said. “I think instead of saying who we don’t want, we can all come together and say we want this person.”

It would be interesting to have Nye speak because it provides a sense of coming full circle for seniors who originally learned science watching his show during elementary school said Christiaan Perone, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

“As a child of the ‘90s, I grew up with him,” he said. “I watched him everyday, and I think (having him) speak would have a lot of meaning.”

In order to convince a considerable portion of the outgoing Class of 2015 to support Bill Nye as a potential commencement speaker, Bernstein and Del Rio turned to various social media platforms.

Social media is useful because it can help raise awareness for anything, not only campaigns, Bernstein said.

Something as simple as uploading a picture and including a hashtag has the power to change something for the better and also has the potential to make the milestone of graduation more personalized, she said.

“Hashtags are an unbelievable thing to help information get out there,” Bernstein said. “We’re kind of using this also (to) see how social media can be used in

our lives to get something across to other people (and) have a voice in a huge milestone of our lives.”

Bringing Nye to campus would diversify the University’s commencement speakers because he dabbled in multiple subject matters and continues to do so in his career, Bernstein said.

Nye is easily accessible for outgoing seniors not only because they grew up with him, but also because his ability to teach science can peek almost anyone’s interest, she said. “(Nye) is an American science educator and a comedian,” she said. “He kind of touches all platforms — television host, scientist, writer, actor, mechanical engineer — he’s so many things.

He’s this very smart man who is well-rounded and wanted to help children by incorporating science in our lives.”

Listening to Nye speak during commencement would be the perfect accent to highlight the experiences seniors had during their time at Rutgers, Del Rio said.

“With the memories of these last four years at college, I feel like having Bill Nye (speak) would be the cherry on top,” she said. “It’s kind of nostalgic.”

Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School first-year students majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies. He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum.

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CHANGE Francis hopes to focus on Arctic warming events, changing weather patterns climate system,” Francis said.

The panel series also hopes opportunity to hear the true sto- to make students and the public ry behind climate change from aware of the potential threats of actual climate scientists who are climate change, such as floodactively engaged in bona fide ing and resulting disasters, research, Francis, co-founder of Francis said.

“Hundreds of millions of peothe Rutgers Climate and Environple live in areas that will bemental Change Initiative, said.

The panel discussions will focus come increasingly vulnerable to on clarifying notions of climate flooding,” Horton said. “Higher change, answering general ques- sea levels would force them to tions by students and discussing abandon their homes and relothe result of the professors’ re- cate. Low-lying islands could be search, according to the press submerged completely.”

The speakers will explain release. Each speaker will have their own individual focus in the precautions to take during hazdiscussions based on their spe- ardous situations and give explanations to cer tain phenomcialties and studies of interest.

Francis, a teacher of satel- ena that the students may be lite remote sensing and cli- unfamiliar with, Hor ton said.

“I will explain why the Arctic mate-change issues, hopes to is warming focus on so much the Arctic faster than warming elsewhere events and “I hope to sense the and how how changaudience’s excitement, that disproing weather por tionate patterns especially Rutgers alums, ing correlate about all the great work being wis a r maf fectwith the done at our university on this ing the jet climate stream,” critically important topic.” change.

Francis “When said. “Our JENNIFER FRANCIS sea levels work sugResearch Professor in the Department of Marine rise rapidly gests that and Coastal Sciences as they have A r c t i c been doing, warming even a small is causing increase can weather have devastating effects on coastal habitats,” patterns to become more perHorton said. “In the panel discus- sistent, which increases the sion, hopefully I can emphasize likelihood of cer tain extreme that sea-level rise is the result of weather events.”

The panel hopes to emphahuman actions and choices.”

Hor ton is a recognized pro- size the necessity of public parfessor who was referenced in ticipation to prevent dangera slide on the White House ous natural events caused by website during a live stream climate change, Hor ton said. of President Obama’s State of In order to prevent infrastrucUnion. He specializes in the re- tural, economic and social search of past sea level changes issues from occurring, “sigand how it can af fect the future nificant public engagement” is necessar y. of the planet.

Audience members will be Glenn, a distinguished professor with 35 years of given refreshments, oppor tuniexperience in the ocean sci- ties for networking and an exence and engineering research clusive look at the cutting-edge fields, aims to explain the de- research at Rutgers, according velopment of new forecast to the press release. The Rutmethods and ocean obser va- gers University Alumni Association aims to engage students tion technologies.

There is a clutter of false and alumni in the advancement information circulating about of issues like climate change.

“I hope to sense the audiclimate change theor y and opinions against its existence, ence’s excitement, especially Francis said. The speak- Rutgers alums, about all the ers hope to provide factual great work being done at our causes, ef fects and answers to university on this critically impor tant topic,” Francis climate change.

“My goal is to of fer this ac- said. “I hope it makes the aucess and dispel any disinforma- dience members realize the intion they may have heard, as credibly bright future ahead for well as make it clear that there making progress that will help is still much we don’t yet under- society adapt to and reduce clistand about our ver y complex mate change.”

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CRIME MARCH 2 ABSECON — Diante Owen of Pleasantville and Gerarld Alvarez of Mays Landing were found dead in an Absecon motel. The police are trying to determine if there is a link to these deaths and the shooting where two other men arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds.

MARCH 2 JERSEY CITY — Peter Cresci, who was appointed as Bayonne’s business administrator, has been charged with theft and forgery. Cresci was indicted in July 2013 for allegedly forging a signature on a settlement and unlawfully taking $25,000 without informing a client. His trial is postponed until May in Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale’s courtroom in Jersey City.

MARCH 1 PATERSON — An unnamed victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body in a shooting in Paterson’s first Ward, the police said. Authorities said the victim was wounded in an area where police have made multiple drug arrests during the past year, but no other details have been released about the case.

FEB. 28 NEWARK — A 16-year-old male was stabbed in the left arm by another juvenile during a fight in front of Luis Munoz Marin Middle School. An off-duty special police officer witnessed the stabbing and was able to capture the alleged perpetrator. The 16-year-old was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition.

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which used a record-setting $47 million subsidy to pay for a slew of one-time costs, including a $2.2 million severance related to the abuse scandal involving former basketball coach Mike Rice and former athletic director Tim Pernetti.

Rutgers chief financial officer Janine Purcaro told Gannett New Jersey that an annual payment of $1.625 million be made in each of the next four Septembers.

Rutgers’ entrance into the Big Ten Conference also cost the University, with Rutgers paying $5 million in 2013 to leave the Big East conference and $6.5 million in 2014.

In addition, the athletic department received $27.9 million from the University’s financial allocations in 2012, which contributed to Rutgers athletics’ second-highest subsidy in 2014. Most of the high-priced subsidy came from direct institutional support, but the cost still only used about 2 percent of Rutgers’ total operational budget.

A presentation given by athletic director Julie Hermann in September 2014 demonstrates that the department is working on and executing a plethora of revenue-generating plans to compensate for recent spending. Fundraising priorities include growing scholarship support and household donors to Rutgers Athletics increased $2 million in 2014 after a decrease in support in

2013, reaching a total of $8.1 million in donations.

Renewal rates for athletic donors stood at more than 76 percent in September 2014, according to the presentation.

“There’s a story every year on our budget. The subsidy is made public every year — all the numbers are out there.”

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These efforts are met with significant setbacks. Rutgers had the lowest annual funds in 2013 of all Big Ten public universities and ranked sixth-lowest in total donors.

Despite Rutgers athletics’ obstacles, officials predict the University will generate more than $200 million in additional revenue over the course of Rutgers’ first 12 years in the Big Ten. The athletic department’s goal is to reduce the subsidy by $1 million every year until full integration into the Big Ten in 2021-2022, Tom Luicci, senior director of digital media, said.

“In conjunction with that, revenues have been raised dramatically,”

Luicci said. “There has been record attendance at football, and there has been record attendance at wrestling.

The income for football, men’s basketball, wrestling and women’s basketball is up.”

The number of donors has also increased by one-third since last year, he noted.

The University’s invitation to join the Committee on Institutional Cooperation in 2012, of which other Big Ten schools are also members, also acts as a helping hand to smooth Rutgers’ transition into the Big Ten. According to the CIC, membership in the committee allows the University to save money, share assets and increase teaching, learning and research opportunities.

University President Robert L. Barchi echoed CIC’s claims in a 2012 Rutgers Today article.

“The CIC is committed to advance its members’ academic missions, leverage campus resources, share expertise and expand academic and research opportunities for students and faculty,” Barchi said.

While revenue is increasing year to year, many students and faculty members outside the athletic department feel the University unfairly prioritizes funds for sports. In terms of athletic spending’s payoff for Rutgers students and faculty, Luicci thinks the benefits are already visible.

“The last number I saw said that enrollment is up 12 percent,” he said.

“Enrollment for out-of-state applications is up 15 percent. … and so as a result of that, from what I’ve seen, is that the average SAT scores for Rutgers are up 20 points. Academics and athletics go hand-in-hand.”

The Athletic Department aims to make its expenditures as transparent as “humanly possible,” Luicci said.

“There’s a story every year on our budget,” Luicci said. “The subsidy is made public every year — all the numbers are out there.”

Mary Ellen Cagnassola is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in english and journalism and media studies and minoring in psychology. She is a correspondent at The Daily Targum.

The University’s athletics department, which saved $11 million dollars since 2014, relies on a subsidy with one of the highest price tags in the United States compared to other colleges.

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ORDER Correlated materials are becoming very important for technology in future devices, Haule says said. “It turns out that similar materials are ver y susceptible the underlying physics of your to small changes of magnetic fields, electric fields, pressure cr ystal,” Kung said.

The researchers’ findings and so on.”

Transistors in computers suggest that there is a break in the order, but there is no defin- work by having their electric itive explanation as to what it fields switch from one state to is yet. The researchers raised another. Understanding how the possibility that the broken materials similar to those used order could be something like in transistors undergo their magnetism, but also could ver y phase changes will make it possible to well be improve s o m e on this t h i n g technoloc o m “But that’s the beauty of physics, gy in the pletely d i f f e r - isn’t it? We’re never bored as long as f u t u r e , he said. ent, he we have questions to answer.”

Their said. research I n NICHOLAS BUCHINSKI fur ther their paSchool of Arts and Sciences First-Year Student shows per, the that magp h y s netism i c i s t s and a propose that something new emerg- stable state for materials are es once the symmetr y is closely related, but it is not broken, called “handedness.” clear how, Kung said. Many They say that the materi- things relying on magnetism, al could become symmetric from hard drives to credit similar to your left and right cards, can easily be damaged hand. The material would not by magnets.

Nicholas Buchinski, a School be translationally or rotationalof Ar ts and Sciences first-year ly symmetric, he said.

The uranium used in this ex- student, said that this new periment is a “correlated mate- order could complicate ideas rial,” or one that has complex, physicists previously thought connected behavior, Haule said. they understood. AlternativeMaterials that are similar to the ly, it could prove extremely URuSi2 would behave similarly useful for describing the work to it, making this finding vital to they do.

“But that’s the beauty of future researchers.

“Correlated materials are be- physics, isn’t it?” he said. coming ver y impor tant for tech- “We’re never bored as long as nology in future devices,” he we have questions to answer.”

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Department of Political Science, stands behind former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Deborah Poritz at the 26th Annual Alice and Stephen Evangelides Lecture: “The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built America” Feb. 26 at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass campus. Bottom: Heumann poses with Naomi Murakawa, associate professor at the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University and author of “The First Civil Right.” COURTESY OF ESTHER KANG

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Tech Tuesday

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FCC votes 3-2 to mandate legislation for net neutrality TYLER GOLD STAFF WRITER

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3–2 in favor of establishing new legislation to preser ve network neutrality.

Net neutrality is the idea that the Internet should be equal and open to ever yone. This means that your Internet Service Provider (ISP) — Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon, AT&T, among others — has no say in what type of content you can access online or how fast you can access it.

The new rules reclassify the Internet as a public utility, similar to electricity or telephone lines. This will allow the government to provide regulations to Internet providers in a similar way to how they regulate phone carriers.

Part of the regulation ensures that ISPs aren’t allowed to set up Internet “fast lanes” to provide preferential treatment to companies able to pay for it.

The new Title II rules will make sure that the Internet remains equal for ever yone, regardless of if they’re a huge corporation like Facebook or Google or a single person running a blog or YouTube channel.

In September 2014, after an earlier proposal for network neutrality was shot down, the FCC opened a public forum to hear complaints from the people. The Internet banded together in a way that only the Internet can do, with massive support coming from large corporations like Google and Netflix and smaller communities like Tumblr and Reddit alike.

Nearly four million comments were sent to the FCC, making this the most publicly commented issue ever voted on by the FCC by far.

President Barack Obama even made a November 2014 statement in favor of net neutrality and an open Internet, directly acknowledging the comments made to the FCC and the people behind them.

A YouTube video of the President’s statement on the matter has over 870,000 views.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler finally stepped in and made his voice heard in an editorial in WIRED magazine in early Februar y.

Wheeler proposed new, stronger rules for net neutrality, including increased transparency.

While the legislation that passed was actually a slightly stronger version of the regulation Wheeler proposed, the 3–2 vote was tight. Both Republicans on the FCC voted against the proposal, arguing during the hearing that net neutrality regulation would create a recursive situation where regulation only creates more regulation, stifling competiton.

Wheeler disagreed, countering by saying Title II regulations will do for the Internet what the 1st Amendment did for free speech.

Proponents of net neutrality have been hoping to see some

new, stronger legislative action from the FCC for years.

In 2010, Verizon prevented the FCC from creating new legislation that would have enacted a version of net neutrality.

The FCC wasn’t strong enough in their classification of the Internet, and ended up losing the bid until this 2015 re-vote.

In fall 2014, Netflix agreed to pay ISPs including Comcast and Verizon to ensure consistent Internet speeds for their customers. In the months prior, Netflix revealed that average streaming speeds from those providers had been slower for many of its users. Netflix has since been a vocal suppor ter of net neutrality.

Why did Verizon do this? Why did Netflix agree to pay the price, even though they claim to support net neutrality? Greg Hughes, a par t-time lecturer in the School of Communication and Information who worked in the business unit at AT&T for over 25 years, says there may be a reasonable answer.

“These are entirely understandable kinds of things,” Hughes said. “If you are getting paid for something, it makes sense to have some relationship to the costs of that ser vice.”

When you think about it, it is only natural that ISPs would want to get more money from anyone who pulls heavy loads of data like Netflix. But to the people using the Internet, including content providers ranging from BuzzFeed to The New York Times, it seems only fair that there’s an equal playing ground.

But according to Hughes, from the perspective of the companies who pay for the backbone of this infrastructure, it’s only natural that they would want to have more control. After all, that’s their entire business.

For ISPs like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon, net neutrality is not an ideological decision, it’s a business one. That’s par t of the reason they come out looking like the bad guys.

Hughes warned of the potential pitfalls of an open Internet, concerns that were also voiced by Republican members of the FCC. Critics of net neutrality warn that it could stifle competition amongst ISPs, holding the U.S. back in connectivity rankings globally. In 2014, traffic analytic firm Akamai ranked the United States 11th in global average Internet speed –– a ranking many Americans wouldn’t be happy about. South Korea is first, followed by Japan and then Hong Kong.

At the end of the day, this new Title II regulation is a big deal for ever yone who uses the Internet. Ironically enough, the most resounding par t about these new rules is that in the big picture, and at least for the foreseeable future, the Internet will essentially continue to function as it does now.

Tyler Gold is a School of Communication and Information senior majoring in information technology and informatics. You can follow him on Twitter for tech updates @tylergold.

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utgers administration recently began report- also aid in distinguishing each death and allowing ing what appears to be every student death. each student to leave their own mark on the minds When a University student passes away, a and hearts of all Rutgers community members. In mass email is sent to students, professors, faculty the same breath, it is very possible that family memand staff. Each of these deaths is announced with bers of each student are asking for certain informagreat sorrow and deep regret. At this point, it feels tion to be withheld, as they have the right to do. Yet if as if University members receive an email reporting the time and effort is already being devoted to releasthe death of a student every couple weeks. Each ing the information, then taking more time to offer message begins with an opening paragraph that in- students more details would help everyone paint a cludes the student’s name and a couple spare details better picture of the role each student played as a about them. The second paragraph typically contains part of the University.

It’s obvious that Rutgers has to run like a busiinformation about a memorial or funeral service. The closing paragraph is always a copy and pasted blan- ness. There are thousands of students and staff ket statement that refers grieving students to CAPS members that have issues arising each day that need (Counseling, ADAP, and Psychological Services,) to be attended to. Unfortunately, sending an email and asks them to speak to Resident Assistants or their about a student passing away may only be a small part of Chancellor Dean of Students. In Richard L. Edwards’ some instances, it day, but it is importis blatantly obvious “Statistically speaking it makes sense for ant nonetheless. It that the paragraph students to die each year. With an has been made clear has been copied and undergraduate population of 35,000 that deaths are not pasted because the connected. The spacformatting does not students, death is a reality.” ing varies between match the rest of the each death and some email. If the time is causes have been rebeing taken to send an email to tens of thousands of people, then extra leased. Rutgers is a big school. Statistically speaking care should be used to make sure each message it makes sense for students to die each year. With an undergraduate population of 35,000 students, death sounds personalized, not reused.

While it is not the University administration’s re- is a reality.

There is a common thread that runs through sponsibility to hold memorial services for each individual that passes away, offering up a little more in- each of us on campus. We’re all Rutgers students formation when possible would be helpful. Releasing and members of the University community. Going not only their class year and school, but what they to school here is a unique and different experience were studying and what clubs and activities they that is not mimicked on any other campus in the nawere involved in will help the rest of the population tion. Students at other universities don’t know what it get to know who they were. At such a large school, feels like trying to get on a bus at the Scott Hall bus its impossible to know everyone –– sometimes it’s stop after 5 p.m. Other college students don’t know impossible to know all of the students in your class- the joy of screaming the fight song and hearing the es. But if we are taking the time to remember each cannon go off at a football game. In remembering student posthumously, then knowing more details each of these students, it’s important to think about about them would help to humanize each individual the University as a whole and how special the experideath. Similarly, releasing the cause of death would ence of each student is.

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Findings on high cholesterol foods are contradictory FIT-WIT

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uring the summer before my senior year of high school, I received results from a blood test telling me that I had extremely high cholesterol and could potentially be at risk for a heart attack. I was completely shocked. I thought high cholesterol only happened to people that ate McDonalds every day and didn’t exercise. I was an avid runner, logging at least 40 miles per week and I was pretty good at monitoring my diet, making sure to eat fruits and vegetables every day and avoid junk food and fast food. Despite all of this, my doctor told me that I would have to really monitor what I ate, and cut out any foods with high cholesterol. I realized that I had to make a lifestyle change. In addition to the typically unhealthy foods that are high in cholesterol, like potato chips and all fried foods, I cut out most dairy products, egg yolks and red meat. This habit has continued through today, because I am terrified that the foods I am eating, even something as innocent as egg yolks, could be further increasing my cholesterol and putting me at risk for many health problems. As a result, I was completely confused when the Department of Health and Human Services

released their new Dietary Guidelines for Americans in early February, claiming that eating high cholesterol foods had no effect on our cholesterol levels.

I didn’t know what to think. The same people that had essentially compared high cholesterol foods to imminent death five years ago were now saying that cholesterol is “not considered a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” I had been meticulously monitoring my cholesterol intake for the last three years, and I did not want to think that it had all been pointless. How could such a massive switch in dietary guidelines

to experts, 15 percent of cholesterol in the blood comes from what you eat whereas 85 percent comes from the liver. Additionally, in the effort to avoid cholesterol, Americans began adopting high-sugar diets which lead people to gain weight.

So there it was, in black and white. Apparently, my fear of lobster and steak had been utterly pointless. But the situation provided some food for thought. The Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Department of Agriculture, both of which are in charge of creating and issuing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans every

“The same people that had essentially compared high cholesterol foods to imminent death five years ago were now saying that cholesterol is ‘not considered a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.’” occur? If the Department of Health and Human Services had said cholesterol intake should be no more than 300 mg per day in 2010, why was it different in 2015? Some findings were more on the common sense spectrum. The guidelines called for more physical activity, consuming high nutrients foods like whole grains, vegetables, fruit and low fat dairy products, and decreasing intake of saturated and trans fats as well as sodium. In terms of cholesterol, according

five years, are at a major position of power.

The information in these guidelines affects the way food companies will market and label their products, what foods schools will make in their cafeteria and the diet advice that doctors around the country will give to their patients. It will impact the information that is taught in schools about diet and nutrition, either increase or decrease the sales of certain food products and, as it is intended to, influence the diet of many Americans.

Undoubtedly, information in science and medicine changes all the time, from one year to the next, and these departments that issue information are just trying to keep people updated on the latest findings and research. There is something to be said about this amount control on current knowledge about healthy diet and lifestyle.

According to new sources like CNN, sales in high cholesterol foods like shrimp and lobster increased after the report was published. Call me stubborn or ignorant, but I am in the frame of mind that is unwilling to suddenly change my ways because a report written by smart people told me to.

After being harassed by doctors, dieticians, books, articles, documentaries and news reports basically stating that consumption of high cholesterol foods is only sensible for those with a death wish, I do not think it will be that easy to just start eating high cholesterol foods again. Considering what has happened with the sudden obliteration of concern for high cholesterol foods, we should be somewhat skeptical about the guidelines that are administered to us. That’s exactly why I won’t be eating more foods with cholesterol, because I don’t want to read the 2020 report telling me that high-cholesterol foods should be avoided at all costs.

Courtney Han is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in journalism and media studies and political science. Her column, “Fit Wit,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Students know little about Hillary Clinton, potential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton may be gearing up for a presidential run in 2016, but despite all the media buzz surrounding her candidacy, even the most politically active students do not actually know much about her career.

In December, we conducted an unscientific survey on awareness of and youth attitudes toward Secretary Clinton as part of an Aresty project conducted under the supervision of Ruth B. Mandel. Sixty-six Rutgers students, selected at random, completed questionnaires distributed at tables in the Busch and Douglass Student Centers. Survey results unsurprisingly revealed that college students know relatively little about Secretary Clinton’s career. For example, almost two-thirds of 29 female and 37 male respondents believed that she served as the president of the Women’s Political Caucus. Only half knew that she was once the first lady of Arkansas. Ten percent believed she was the governor of New York.

One-third thought she was the speaker of the House of Representatives. She may be popular, but for many students, her qualifications are unknown.

The word association section of the survey, in which we asked respondents to list words and phrases that came to mind when they thought of Secretary Clinton, were also tell-

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ing. Predictably, “woman,” “Democrat” and “president,” were common options. Some, however, were more critical — “sociopathic,” “power-hungry,” “Benghazi” and “she is a communist” were also among the responses. Some even bordered on outright sexism: some students put “shrew” and “screechy voice” as their primary choices.

What does this mean for Secretary Clinton’s campaign if she chooses to run for president?

It may well help her, because if people support her, it doesn’t matter why. An uninformed electorate is an easily manipulated electorate.

Her opponents could easily bring up scandals, from Benghazi to Whitewater, and a vast majority may lack enough context to understand the situations. We found that most of our respondents knew of Monica Lewinsky, but what does it say about American voters when more of them are familiar with a scandal than with Clinton’s actual credentials? Regardless of one’s personal opinions about Clinton, the fact remains that she is a very strong presidential contender for one of the two major political parties. Millennials are, quite literally, the future of America, and we ask you to ask yourself: Isn’t it your responsibility to know basic facts about the woman who might run the country in a year and a half?

Nicholas Hansen is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science with a minor in general history. Kiranjot Kaur is a School of Arts and Science senior double majoring in planning and public policy and

political science. Rachel Moon is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in planning and public policy. Prama Verma is a School of Arts and Sciences senior double majoring in political science and economics with a minor in South Asia studies.

Please don’t call me professor or lecturer On the first day of class each semester, I write my first name on the board: Tadzio.

Then, because it’s unusual, I explain how it’s pronounced, and drill my students in saying it out loud. I use their first names when addressing them, and I expect they’ll use mine when addressing me.

At least one student every semester will ask why I don’t want to be called “Professor.” After all, most people think of it as a term of respect, and I believe that my students almost always intend it that way (sometimes they have just forgotten how to pronounce the “dz” part).

Honestly, I would love to be called “Professor,” but like a large majority of the faculty at Rutgers, I am not, in fact, a professor at all: I am a part-time lecturer, or PTL. While professors enjoy the benefits of full-time employment (and even one or two hang-overs from the lamented era of tenure), PTLs live a very different life.

As a PTL, I have a contract that lasts only one semester at a time. I am paid per credit

that I teach (most classes are three credits) and my course load is limited to five classes per academic year. I receive no substantial benefits beyond use of the libraries –– not even a free flu shot.

When asked, I explain this to my students.

“Professors,” I announce by way of introduction, “get health care.” What students are usually most surprised to learn is just how many of their instructors are probably parttime, temporary employees with no job security and no benefits.

“Professor” is a part of this. Encouraged by the administration (and, I suspect, instructors’ own pride) to call all teaching faculty “professor,” students are shielded from the fact that they are being taught by an army of seasonal laborers. The word is a sleight-of-hand that distracts both student and PTL from the facts of their relationship –– and so I reject it.

Being called “Lecturer Koelb” wasn’t a very appealing alternative … so Tadzio it is. Should all PTLs ask to be called by their names? Or should we just hope that students sometimes recall, as they say, “I was wondering, Professor, about … ”, that there is a good statistical chance they are not addressing a professor at all.

Perhaps it would make no difference –– but it hardly behooves an institution dedicated to learning to hide facts by misusing language.

Tadzio Koelb is a School of Arts and Sciences part-time lecturer in the English writing program.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (03/03/15). Industrious efforts win big this year. Luck, profit and status follow when you play full out. The Spring Equinox solar eclipse (3/20) inspires a personal flowering. Review rules and plan for a summer boom (after 6/14). Prepare infrastructure and sign contracts. Grow your business network, especially after autumn eclipses (10/13 & 10/27). Collaborate to thrive. 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 9 — Things could turn out unexpectedly well, even if you stick your foot in your mouth.

Apologize and move on. Be willing to laugh at yourself. Your luck looks excellent. Don’t gossip. Get lost in solitary diversions.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Unexpected blessings rain down at home. Take a moment to savor it. Let your spirit lead you.

Create something of beauty. Express your passion. Friends help you with a connection. Opposites attract. Get drawn into someone’s orbit.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — A promising opportunity arises out of nowhere. Discuss possibilities, and prioritize. The words may not come out perfectly, but the passion is there. Study and refine.

Listen to all ideas. The task becomes more complex. Increase efficiency.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — A windfall changes your circumstances. Take advantage of this new chance. Intuition inspires creativity. You’re especially charming and persuasive. Consult an expert.

Ask tough questions. Expand toward love. Express your passion wordlessly. Hike or climb. Get outside.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Communication (travel and shipping) breakdowns could slow the action. Take complaints directly to the one in charge. Nonetheless, pleasant surprises arise. Play the ace you’ve been holding. The numbers look good. Cash out and stash it.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Stay flexible with unexpected circumstances. Go along with another’s emotional flow.

Peace and quiet may suit you both.

Care for each other. Exercise and healthy foods nurture your energy.

Rely on your partners. Find beauty in small things.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Get social and connect with friends, despite travel or communication breakdowns. A surprise twist disrupts a group effort. Take advantage of new opportunities. Work out the tangles patiently. Get creative and solutions intuitively arise. You’re getting compliments.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — You’re extra persuasive now. You can do more than you thought. Don’t flash your money around. Express your creative talents. Make sure you know what you’re supposed to be doing. A lucky break provides just what you needed.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — You may not find the words to express what you feel, especially regarding philosophical questions. Listen to feminine advice.

Know the facts to advance. Insight emerges. A critic helps you with definitions. Draw what you mean.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Unexpected benefits reward your efforts with shared finances. You’re beginning to understand the situation. Sugar coat requests (especially for money). Call if you’re going to be late.

Provide great work and make a good impression.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Ask for help. Together you can manage what neither of you could solo. There’s more work (and money) coming in, that wasn’t expected. Study the numbers. It’s a good time to invoice. You can get what you need.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Today’s better for action than talk. Provide an excellent job, and make it look easy. Benefits exceed expectation. Word travels.

You’re very much appreciated. Finishing old tasks is rewarding. Get into your work with a passion.

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MACK Senior reflects on journey as collegiate career nears end tonight versus Maryland CONTINUED FROM BACK — Florida and UConn in 2011-12, and Wisconsin on Jan. 11.

“I came here to try to win, and it just didn’t happen,” an emotional Mack said after Rutgers’ last home game Feb. 22, a 30-point Indiana rout. “Statistically. it has [been good], but winning, team-wise, it hasn’t been good for me. It’s kind of hard.”

And yet, through it all, the Knights’ most consistent performer has repeatedly refused to quit on the program and bolt elsewhere.

“I motivate myself through the ups and downs, man. It’s life.

I’m going to live and I’m going to grow,” Mack said. “I live every day and I grow off of everybody around me. They teach me things and I just go about my day that way and just think positive.” *** Mack grew up as one of two children in his parents’ Paterson, New Jersey, home. His older brother, Wayne, took Myles under his wing by showing him the ropes, playing basketball in their backyard.

“When I was young, we were outside and he’d teach me new things about the game,” Myles said.

“We’d sit down and watch a lot of games, and he’d tell me, ‘You need to do this. You need to do that.’ I just listened to him and I worked on it, and he saw me grow as a player and just stayed on me.”

Both grew into roughly the same frame — Myles is listed at 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, while Wayne eventually played for Merrimack College at 5-foot-10, 160 pounds, according to its Athletics website — but different paths unfolded.

Wayne graduated from Paterson Catholic High School in 2008 and earned recognition as an All-American Division II guard from 2008-12. The apprentice, meanwhile, turned out to be better than the master, as Myles is a

two-time All-Metropolitian selection at Rutgers’ Division I program.

Still, Myles says their relationship was so close — and still is — that it never mattered.

“He saw it when I was younger.

He wouldn’t tell me, but I could tell that he saw it coming,” Myles said of Wayne realizing which Mack was superior. “But he’s not even like that where he cares if I was better than him. He just wants to see me succeed.”

But unlike Wayne, Myles had a less smooth high school experience. Paterson Catholic closed down after his junior year in 2010 because of debt problems and declining enrollment, according to northjersey.com, forcing Myles to transfer for his senior season.

Myles’ close friend and teammate from Paterson, Kyle Anderson, decided in April to attend nationally renowned St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, where Anderson’s father was a teacher. Two months later, Myles followed suit.

For a while, though, he was emotionally heartbroken that he wasn’t going to graduate from Paterson.

“It took me about two or three weeks [to accept it], and then I understood that ever ything happens for a reason,” Myles said, thinking to himself, “I guess this is what God wanted.” *** Legendary St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley Sr. still remembers the first fastbreak drill that winter.

Mack, interchangeably playing the point and wing alongside the 6-foot-8 Anderson, was electrifying in the open floor. Hurley Sr. knew he had one of the best backcourts in the country on his hands at the Friars’ home gym, located at 180 9th Street in Jersey City.

“When Myles walked in the door,” Hurley Sr. said, “he was our best senior player.”

The Naismith Hall of Famer says it was like watching his son

JACK Despite ups and downs at Rutgers, Jack discusses why he never decided to leave CONTINUED FROM BACK “I’m not really a quitter,” Jack said on his decision to stay. “I definitely wanted to stay and figure out what could happen.”

It’s that commitment that head coach Eddie Jordan, who was introduced as the new coach on April 23, 2013, is also grateful for.

“It means a lot — loyalty to your school means a lot,” Jordan said. “You play with that sort of heart and soul, and that’s why (the seniors who stayed) have meant so much to us.”

Jack’s loyalty to Rutgers was immediately rewarded the following season.

In the Knights’ lone year as members of the American Athletic Conference, Jack burst onto the scene averaging 14.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game while also shooting 50 percent from the floor.

Jack averaged only 5.7 points per game the year before.

His performances impressed so much that he was considered by some NBA personnel as a potential second round draft pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.

But instead of bolting early to pursue a career in the pros, Jack remained loyal yet again with his sights set on leading Rutgers into the Big Ten Conference.

That loyalty has not been so rewarding the second time around.

Plagued by a thumb injury to start the season and inconsistent play, Jack’s season has disappointed with his numbers dropping along with his potential draft stock.

Rutgers is also in the midst of a 12-game losing skid, moving it into a three-way tie for the second-longest losing streak in program history.

Following the Knights’ most recent home game against Indiana Feb. 22, Jack stuck to his usual postgame routine staying on the court well after the game, but his wind sprints appeared to be geared towards punishment rather than improvement.

Bobby Hurley play again. The latter starred on his father’s undefeated 1989 high school squad before becoming an All-American point guard at Duke and top-10 NBA Draft pick.

“Just his decision-making on all fastbreaks for that whole year — it was incredible,” Hurley Sr. said of Mack. “He just thrived in the fast game. He handled the ball with either hand, passed with either hand.

He was a strong finisher, and he was very, very comfortable playing up-tempo and most comfortable getting everybody else shots.”

Mack, who committed to Rutgers that September, was the only player to start ever y game for St. Anthony in 2010-11, averaging 15.2 points, 3.6 assists and 2.9 steals per contest.

The Friars went 33-0 to capture one of 27 state titles and their fourth No. 1 national ranking from USA Today under Hurley Sr., who has amassed more than 1,000 wins since 1972 with the program.

Anderson, a junior at the time, was Rivals’ No. 3 overall recruit in 2012. He played two seasons at UCLA before being drafted by the San Antonio Spurs, who currently roster the versatile forward as a D-League player.

Jersey City was also where Mack developed his man-to-man fundamentals. Hurley Sr. put an emphasis on Mack defending ball-handlers after he had mostly played zone for three seasons at Paterson.

“He was one of the best coaches that I’ve had,” Mack said of his Hall of Fame mentor. “I loved everything that he did. His dedication for the game, everything that he taught me was great. I think I wouldn’t be the player I am today if it wasn’t for him.” *** Mack brought that same level of athleticism and court vision to Rutgers for four years, car ving out relatively consistent numbers across three different leagues, two head coaches and var ying backcourt roles.

Under former head coach Mike Rice in the old Big East, Mack averaged 9.8 points and 2.1 assists per game as a freshman,

occasionally running the offense but mostly playing off the ball.

Mack’s role increased once former Knight Eli Carter went down with a broken fibula in Februar y of their sophomore year. Mack quickly became Rutgers’ leading scorer, averaging 13.6 points on an efficient 48-percent shooting clip from the field.

Two months later, Rice was fired amid his infamous player abuse scandal. Carter and others left for greener pastures.

Mack, though, wanted to finish what he started.

“I never thought about leaving,” he said. “I always was staying from Day 1, no matter who was coming in here. I was a New Jersey guy and I just wanted to stay loyal to my state.”

When Jordan arrived last season, the former NBA coach installed a free-flowing, less rigid offensive structure, with Mack serving as its poster boy. He assumed dominant ball-handler responsibilities, dictating offensive flow while also distributing and keeping the Knights organized.

His 13.8 points and 4.3 assists per game are team highs, but his 39-percent clip on field goals is the lowest since his freshman year. Much of that is a product of playing the second-most minutes in the Big Ten and the lack of talent surrounding Mack that has routinely brought double-teams and hedges on Rutgers’ screening action at the perimeter.

“We see some fatigue, but he fights through it. He never wants to come out of the games,” Jordan said. “He’s almost like Allen Iverson. You take him out and he’s complaining that he’s sitting for 30 seconds. But I love it about it him — just his competitive nature. That means so much.” *** With his undersized 5-foot-10, 175-pound frame, Mack has never gained much attention from NBA Draft boards.

The point guard doesn’t have any draft rankings listed on draftexpress.com. CBS Sports’ Sam Vecenie doesn’t even have Mack ranked among his top-100 prospects, so his

chances of hearing his name called in June are virtually nonexistent.

Still, Jordan said in January he has received phone calls from “NBA people” intrigued by Mack’s progress as a senior. He called Mack the best player on the floor after Rutgers’ eight-point loss Jan. 31 at Indiana — a game featuring likely draft choices James Blackmon Jr. and Yogi Ferrell.

Hurley Sr. sees the potential for Mack to latch on professionally somewhere as well, noting that his ability to shoot the ball can’t be discounted.

“Whether it’s playing in Europe or perhaps starting off in the [NBA] D-League, I can’t see him not being able to take a shot at a pro career,” Hurley Sr. said.

“When people inter view him, they’re going to realize what a really good kid he is and how he persevered through times that weren’t necessarily easy.”

Mack has visions of his own, expressing that he will likely train professionally somewhere after the season ends.

“I just want to play basketball somewhere,” Mack said. “If it’s in the D-League, NBA, or overseas, I just want to play. That’s all I want to do. I just want to play basketball.”

Despite his uncertain pro future, a few things with Mack are clear.

His immediate family — mother, family, brother and possibly his grandparents — will attend his last game at the RAC on Tuesday night, he said. Hurley Sr., who has come to see Mack play typically once a year in college, said he will make “every effort” to be there, too, pending how early St. Anthony is able to finish its afternoon practice.

And no matter what fashion Mack walks off his home floor one last time, he will do so with no regrets.

“I came here just to play basketball, just play my game, and that’s what I did,” Mack said. “I grew as a player, as expected, and I think I had a great career outside of not winning as I wanted to.”

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Jack scored six points on 2-of-7 shooting in the 30-point drubbing that night.

But it hasn’t been all bad for the former Rice High School (N.Y.) standout.

Against Penn State on Jan. 24, he played an instrumental par t in helping Rutgers earn its first ever Big Ten victor y with a double-double.

The following home game eight days later, Jack scored 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting to shock then-No. 4 Wisconsin for the biggest upset in program history.

Having been through every single up and down a senior could possibly experience in a college career, Jack said he has emerged a better man able to deal with adversity.

But while a win on Senior Night Tuesday night against No. 10 Maryland in his final act at the RAC would provide a perfect ending to a wild college career, Jack would rather steer clear of that narrative.

“I just want to win, last night or not,” Jack said. “Every night we go out there it’s to win a game, so that’s really what the focus is on.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @SeanStewar tRU and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.

After the Mike Rice scandal in 2013, senior forward Kadeem Jack had 10 schools recruiting him to transfer, but remained loyal to Rutgers.

TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2015

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March 3, 2015 MEN’S LACROSSE ARMY-RUTGERS, TODAY, 3 P.M.

Black Knights descend on banks, RU aims to stop bleeding KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

There’s no time to waste.

After playing down to the quality of its competition the last two times out on the field, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team must recover quickly and get the ship righted for Tuesday’s tilt with a top-10 team.

The Scarlet Knights struggled to a 13-10 win last Tuesday over Wagner, which finished 2-14 in 2014 and remains winless this season. The Knights followed that game with an even more porous per formance on Saturday, handing Monmouth its first ever win in Division I lacrosse after losing its first 15 games as a program.

But this is not Monmouth and cer tainly is not Wagner.

Instead, Rutgers will host No. 9 Army.

The Black Knights (3-1) will ride down from West Point coming of f an impressive 14-3 win over Lafayette Saturday, poised to continue their climb up the national rankings.

Unlike the last two foes the Scarlet Knights have faced, the Black Knights have a pedigree within their program as they build toward a national title run in 2015.

Army will also roll down to Piscataway with remnants of a narrow 9-8 overtime defeat to Rutgers at West Point a year ago.

In their last meeting, Black and Scarlet battled throughout the contest with Rutgers holding a 6-5 lead at halftime on the Hudson. Army’s three second half goals sent the game to over time, where former

Rutgers standout Scott Klimchak scored the game winner.

The Scarlet Knights will need to be ready for the opening whistle and carr y quality play through 60 minutes and possibly beyond, a feat they have failed to execute since their season-opening win over rival St. John’s, 10-8.

Senior faceof f specialist Joe Nardella took a no-nonsense approach to today’s game.

“Moving for ward, we need to play for each other instead of for ourselves,” Nardella said.

“We can’t do anything to fix the loss, but (today) we’re gonna go back to work.”

The quick turnaround could either help or hur t Rutgers, but head coach Brian Brecht knows his team is not af forded the luxur y of a soft landing.

“We can’t feel sorr y for ourselves. We have the No. 9 team coming to town on Tuesday and it’s an oppor tunity to refocus and get back out there and get better,” Brecht said. “At the end of the day, nothing I said was going to change the result in the game against Monmouth.”

Nardella echoed his coach’s sentiments, and feels the short turnaround could help the team.

“A team like Army, we don’t have the luxur y of taking them lightly. Their record and their games speak for themselves,” Nardella said.

It hasn’t been all bad for the Scarlet Knights though — there were a few bright spots to draw from the loss to Monmouth four days ago.

For one, Rutgers has begun to develop a seasoned prospect in freshman midfielder Chad Toliver.

Toliver has tallied six goals on the year, which ranks third on the team and has added three assists. With per formances against Wagner, where Toliver turned a hat trick and Monmouth where he scored twice, the freshman has become a go-to guy for the boys on the banks.

Another highlight in the Monmouth game was the play of sophomore attacker Christian Trasolini.

Trasolini scored a hat trick of his own against the Hawks, a fruitful follow-up to the Wagner game.

He netted two against the Seahawks, bringing him up to 11 goals on the year to lead the Scarlet Knights in scoring.

Junior attacker Scott Bieda has paced the of fensive attack, scoring nine goals and feeding six assists to lead the team in points with 15.

But the lowlights are bountiful.

To draw a parallel to football –– the quar terback is to stand above the rest.

As the saying goes –– if there are have two, there are none.

After the disastrous loss to Monmouth, Rutgers has now fielded three goaltenders through five games, making changes at the half in the last three contests.

Brecht called the questions in goal a big concern.

“I look at some of the stats and you win the battle as far as shots and groundballs and clears and ever ything they track, but the biggest one is the score,” Brecht said.

Senior midfielder Brian Goss has faith in his coaches and their plan to pull out a win over Army, but he also knows

Sophomore attacker Christian Trasolini registered a hat trick in the loss to Monmouth to give him the team lead with 11 goals.

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the coaching staf f won’t be logging any time on the field.

“Our coaching staf f does a great job of scouting and getting us ready, getting us prepared for what we’ll face and it’s up to us to execute that gameplan,” Goss said.

With a veritable murderers row of matchups the rest of the season, including No. 10 Johns Hopkins, No. 13 Penn State and No. 7 Mar yland –– and that’s just in conference.

The Scarlet Knights need to halt this spell of bad play post haste.

Nardella knows the magnitude of this moment. He knows how impor tant a win could be to build momentum and he knows how detrimental a loss could be as well.

“If the team can get behind one another, I think we can make some positive steps,” Nardella said. “It’s an oppor tunity for us to make a statement win.”

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March 3, 2015 SOFTBALL OREGON STATE 8, RUTGERS 3

BASEBALL RUTGERS 13, OLD DOMINION 9

Offense wakes up in Rutgers’ first victory TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT

While Rutgers continues its search to establish consistency in the young season, senior outfielder Jackie Bates has found her groove for the Knights early on at the plate. DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2013

Knights woes in Cali continue RYAN MORAN STAFF WRITER

For the second time in a month, the Rutgers softball team went out to California.

And for the second time in, they under whelmed and returned to the east coast with another inconsistent performance.

In the last game of the Fresno State Tournament against Oregon State (15-5), the Scarlet Knights jumped out to an early 1-0 lead thanks to junior third baseman Jordan Whitley’s RBI single, scoring senior center fielder Jackie Bates. From that point on, the Beavers took over the game scoring the next eight runs, including four runs in the bottom of the fourth.

The whole complexion of the game was changed when the umpires called six illegal pitches on senior pitcher Alyssa Landrith, which led head coach Jay Nelson to pull her.

Despite a late rally by the Knights in the seventh inning, the Beavers held on for an 8-3 win in the tournament finale.

Senior outfielder Chandler Howard had her hit streak snapped after recording a hit in the first eight games, but her ability to play well is what pushes Bates to strive to do better.

“I think that we like to feed off each other,” Bates said. “We like to compete with each other and do the best that we can. It motivates me. It really helps the two of us. The rest of the team looks to us and feeds off the energy that we bring.”

On the second day of the tournament, Rutgers faced Santa Barbara (4-14) for the third time this season and dominated the Gauchos to take the season series, 2-1.

The Knights won the game 12-1 in five innings after

pounding out 14 hits. Five players had two hits or more in the game.

Howard led the way going 3-for-4 with two RBI, Bates went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Whitely who was 3-for-3 with three RBI. “(Jackie) Bates came alive and upped her batting average,” Nelson said. “Chandler Howard is on fire. Jordan Whitley is hitting the ball really well. She has stepped up and really (helped) carry the team.”

After struggling the day before, junior pitcher Dresden Maddox (2-1) came back and dominated.

In five innings from the circle, she yielded just two hits and one run.

“I saw the ball better, and we already played two of the teams ... so we knew what to expect from their pitchers.

JACKIE BATES Senior Outfielder

The second game of the day against St. Mary’s was cancelled due to weather conditions and will not be rescheduled.

On the first day of the tournament, the Knights came out with mixed performances. They were dismantled by Fresno State (134), 14-1, after having an impressive showing against St. Mary’s just hours before. Against the Gaels (5-10), Rutgers pulled out a 4-0 victory.

Maddox got the hook from Nelson after one and two-thirds innings pitched after surrendering seven hits and seven runs.

It was a struggle for Rutgers’ pitchers in the contest, as relievers Shayla Sweeney and Aubrie Levine failed to stop the

bleeding. The pair of sophomores surrendered seven more combined runs leading to the game ending after five innings due to the mercy rule.

The Knights managed one run on five hits.

In the first game of the tournament, Rutgers looked to be in for a big showing after they were able to shut out St. Mary’s, 4-0, behind Landrith’s arm.

“She hit her spots and all her pitches were working,” Nelson said. “The more you pitch, the better you get at that stuff. Her off-speed was working well, too.”

Landrith tossed the 22nd shutout of her career and went the distance, surrendering just four hits. She is now two shutouts away from second place in the school record book and six away from the all-time strikeouts record.

Landrith also moved up to three wins away from third alltime with her start.

“I was able to change speed, pitches and locations well,” Landrith said. “(Junior catcher Elizabeth Adams) and I were really on the same page in the first game. It’s my job to keep the score low. It’s definitely nice to have such a cushion when the team is hitting and bats are flowing. ” After struggling one week earlier, Bates was able to regain her form this tournament, starting it 3-for-3 on Friday with an RBI. “I felt a lot more comfortable at the plate this weekend,” Bates said. “I saw the ball better, and we already played two of the teams and everything was the same, so we knew what to expect from their pitchers.”

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As of Sunday morning, the Rutgers baseball team had not won a game. The Scarlet Knights started off the season with sixstraight losses after two games into the Old Dominion series.

The games have been close.

Aside from a 25-4 shellacking against then-No. 9 Miami in the opening weekend, opponents outscored the Knights by a little over three runs per game, but costly errors and a lack of timely hitting thwarted any chance at wins over the course of the first six.

The losing skid ended Sunday afternoon in Myrtle Beach as the bats woke up in Rutgers’ 13-9 victory against Old Dominion, but it didn’t come easy.

With a runner on in the bottom of the 8th inning, sophomore lefthander Max Herrmann entered the game to hold the Knights lead at 9-5.

A throwing error allowed the Monarchs’ Matt Cogen to reach base and Herrmann followed it up with a hit-by-pitch. With the bases loaded, Jason McMurray singled to right center and two runs came around to score. Another run would come across on a fielder’s choice to bring the tally to 9-8.

Herrmann showed poise, striking out the final two batters of the inning and brought Rutgers to the ninth inning where the team would tack on four more runs. After senior closer Jon Young finished the win, head coach Joe Litterio was impressed with Herrmann’s resolve and was relieved after Rutgers’ first win of the season.

But the skipper expected a bit more.

“I’m happy we got out of there with the win — that first win of the season is tough to get,” Litterio said. “We had one slip away (Saturday). At one point in our game (Sunday) we were leading, 7-0, and then all of a sudden, when something bad happens the night before in the early part of the season, it’s in the back of everybody’s mind. They got it to 9-8 with first and third with one out. Max did a great job striking out two guys in a row to preserve it and we added on in the ninth.”

The offense struggled to support the quality innings posted by the starting pitchers in the first two games of the series —

Rutgers starters allowed two earned runs in 16 and one-third innings. Junior left-handers Howie Brey and Mark McCoy both pitched at least five innings and limited the amount runners who got on base.

Brey finished with six strikeouts, two earned runs and four hits in six and two-third innings.

The Knights’ offense failed to back him up with no runs and only two hits for his service. McCoy allowed six hits, struck out four and surrendered no runs.

Rutgers scored two runs for McCoy, but stranded seven runners on base.

In game three of the series, things changed for the Knights.

Hitting came a little easier, errors were spread out and runs were easy to come by — 13 runs scored is a season-high for Rutgers.

The change was the approach at the plate, according to sophomore outfielder Tom Marcinczyk.

The Middlesex, New Jersey, native led Rutgers with three RBI and two runs scored to go with his two hits.

“I was being more patient up at the plate,” Marcinczyk said. “(Saturday) I was chasing everything. I was definitely waiting for my pitch to hit, getting into hitter’s counts and it was working for me. We were all on the same page today — pitching and hitting all came together today. We were comfortable at the plate and we gave comfort to our pitchers.

Everyone was relaxed.”

Starting for the Knights Sunday was sophomore right-hander Kyle Driscoll, who made the most out of his opportunity by striking out five and allowing zero earned runs in four innings of work.

Although he didn’t pitch longer into the game — his pitch count was high, according to Litterio — it’s a small price to pay for Rutgers first win of the season.

“I was a little disappointed to come out. I always want to throw more,” Driscoll said with a laugh.

“The coaches always know what’s best for the team and everything worked out. It takes a lot of weight off our shoulders. I feel like now we can just relax, play the game like we know we can and get a bunch more.”

For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.

Sophomore outfielder Tom Marcinczyk led Rutgers with three RBI and two runs in the series finale win at Old Dominion.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “(Myles Mack is) almost like Allen Iverson. You take him out and he’s complaining that he’s sitting for 30 seconds. But I love it about him — ­­ just his competitive nature. That means so much.”

- Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Eddie Jordan

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Mack proves resolve on rocky road at RU GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT

Donning his traditional attire — a red practice jersey and black gym shorts — Myles Mack sits innocently on baseline bleachers inside the Louis Brown Athletic Center, slowly coming to grips with the end of a rollercoaster ride.

The senior guard speaks about his growth as a player, his unwavering commitment to the Rutgers men’s basketball team and the lifelong memories he has made in four seasons in Piscataway.

“I never thought this would be today,” Mack said before the Scarlet Knights’ last practice Monday before his final home game.

“I feel like I just got here not too long ago.

They told me that you’ve got to cherish every moment, that the time goes by fast, and I experienced that. It’s kind of crazy for me.”

Mack, one of the faces of recruiting class ranked 12th nationally in 2011 — the highest in program history — has plenty to feel good about the legacy he leaves behind.

The fan favorite ranks in the top eight in points, free throws made, free throw percentage, assists, three-pointers made and steals in Rutgers history. Four points Tuesday against No. 10 Maryland on Senior Night will move Mack past head coach Eddie Jordan for seventh on the program’s all-time scoring list.

“I wasn’t really a scorer,” Jordan joked.

“No, look, I’m glad he’s going to do that. He’s in that position. He belongs where he’s going to get to. He earned it.”

On the other hand, winning has mostly eluded him.

Mack, who insisted Oct. 21 at Rutgers’ Media Day that the NCAA Tournament was a realistic expectation, will likely complete his collegiate career without an appearance in the Big Dance.

The Knights (10-19, 2-14) are 51-74 during that span in the old Big East, American Athletic Conference and now the Big Ten, despite upset wins over three top-10 opponents Senior guard Myles Mack is four points shy of seventh all-time in scoring at Rutgers. Through three conferences, two head coaches and endless adversity, Mack has been a staple for the team in his four years as a Knight. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2015

SEE MACK ON PAGE 13

MEN’S BASKETBALL SENIOR REMAINS IN RAC AFTER HOURS, WORKS ON HIS GAME

Jack remains loyal in face of adversity SEAN STEWART CORRESPONDENT

Long after Rutgers men’s basketball fans have filed out of the Louis Brown Athletic Center and the media has finished their postgame stories, senior for ward Kadeem Jack can still be found working on his game.

Whether it’s shooting, running wind sprints or other basketball drills, Jack sometimes stays past midnight perfecting his craft on the RAC’s hardwood.

“I’ve known Kadeem since freshman year, and he is always in the gym here working night time,” senior guard Malick Kone said.

“We all know what’s made him what he is right now.”

What he is right now is a 6-foot-9 forward with a polished postgame, smooth mid-range jump shot and as of last Thursday, the 41st player in Rutgers men’s hoops history to score 1,000 points.

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from right foot surgery and scored a total of 21 points in 18 games.

Yet, despite Jack’s unwavering devotion to his craft, it’s his devotion to the school that has been most valuable.

On April 3, 2013, the Scarlet Knights fired then-head basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape surfaced showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players while using homophobic slurs.

Two days later, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, the main orchestrator for getting Rutgers into the Big Ten, resigned.

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senior guard, was named the 2015 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year. Davis led the conference and ranks fourth nationally in steals, averaging 3.4 per contest.

In the weeks and months that followed, only six Knights remained including Jack, Kone and fellow senior Myles Mack.

A decision to leave would have been an easy route for Jack, who had around 10 scholarship offers from other schools.

However, Jack declined and committed to a team with an uncer tain future to finish what he star ted when he first began practicing with the program in December 2010.

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KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

MEN’S LACROSSE

MEN’S BASKETBALL

BASEBALL

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

vs. Army

vs. Maryland

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

vs. Penn

Today, 3 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.

Tonight, 7 p.m., RAC

Tomorrow, 3 p.m., Bainton Field

Tomorrow, 4 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.