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Rutgers-Camden brings free tuition for needy students RACHEL APPLETON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Now, qualifying first-year students applying to Rutgers—Camden for the Fall 2016 semester will have the opportunity to participate in the “Bridging the Gap” program.

“Bridging the Gap” was created by the Camden campus’ enrollment management team as an opportunity for students to obtain college degrees “without the burden of debt,” according to the program’s website.

Students from families with an adjusted gross income below $60,000 will receive a grant covering their entire tuition, campus fee included. Families with an annual gross income between $60,001 and $100,000 will be offered half-priced tuition, according to the website.

“When I first heard of this program, I thought it was too good to be true. ‘Bridging the Gap’ will help people get an education that they deserve and a career they choose,” said Prudhvi Killada, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

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President of the United States Barack Obama spoke about criminal justice reform on the afternoon of Nov. 2 at the S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice on the Rutgers–Newark campus. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Obama speaks at U. for criminal justice reform KATIE PARK NEWS EDITOR

Twenty years ago, 17-year-old Dequan Rosario was on the streets of Newark peddling drugs. At 27, he was sentenced to a 10-year federal prison sentence for drug distribution.

After a decade in prison, Rosario was released, clutching only a bus ticket and enough money for two slices of pizza. Besides that, he was unemployed, homeless, and for the most part, alone.

At that moment, the options for staying afloat could have turned

back to dealing drugs. Instead, something clicked inside Rosario’s head, President Barack Obama announced from behind a podium inside the Herbert M. Ellend Atrium at the S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice at the Rutgers—Newark campus.

“(Rosario) had the motivation to say ‘I’m going to change,’ which is pretty hard to do when you’re 37,” Obama said, fixing his attention on Rosario, who was outfitted in a black-and-red plaid SEE REFORM ON PAGE 4

CareerKnight seeks to streamline job process NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER

Joseph Fekete, a 2008 Rutgers alumnus, is the founder of Octopus Music School, which provides music lessons for children with special needs at their Bayard Street location in New Brunswick. ANKITA VETA

Alumnus creates music program for children with special needs CHRISTINE LEE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Learning music is considered by many to not only be a study technique, but more importantly, an emotional expression and the feeling of participation.

Located on Bayard Street in New Brunswick, Octopus Music School’s Special Needs Music Lessons provides a program that satisfies this need for both children

and adults with special needs by studying instruments.

Owner Joseph Fekete opened Octopus Musical School after his graduation from Rutgers in 2008, and created special needs lessons in November 2010.

As a French cultural studies and political science double major, Fekete has played guitar for almost 20 years and worked his way through college by teaching guitar off campus.

“Six years ago, I saw New Brunswick as a growing and diverse community with no place to learn music, and I wanted to serve that need,” Fekete said. “Our school has a broad base of students, everyone from beginner children and adults to individuals with special needs to advanced students seeking admission from a university to study music on a professional level.”

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Starting a job after graduation is a goal many students share, but finding a position can be a complicated process. University Career Services (UCS) aims to guide students through the search with CareerKnight, a website dedicated to helping students.

CareerKnight helps students to find internships, schedule interviews with employers, sit through mock, sometimes virtual, interviews and plan meetings with advisors, said William Jones, Director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives at UCS. “CareerKnight is our online career management system. Students can use it for ... exploring careers and majors ... you can even RSVP for things like employer information and networking sessions,” he said.

Students can use the service for different reasons, he said. They can schedule meetings with specialists at UCS to discuss their resumes and practice their interviewing skills.

UCS also has drop-in hours that students can take advantage of, he said. The same services are offered at both the Busch and College Avenue Campus locations, as well as in Kilmer Library on Livingston and Martin Hall on Douglass.

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“They can come in during those hours and either have one of our career advisors or development specialists read your resume and cover letter,” he said.

Users who are not sure about what they want to do post-graduation can speak with the advisors about potential major or career options as well, he said. The website offers a test called “Focus 2,” which asks students various questions aimed toward finding career matches for their interests.

The specialists at UCS can help students interpret the results, he said. Based on these results, users can then begin searching for positions through the different fields on the website. Each student’s personal profile helps ensure the results are relevant to their interests.

This would help first-year students who enter as undeclared majors, said Pooja Sheth, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

Many of these students decide their majors based on their classes and interests, but it can be difficult to pick a career from that.

For those still unsure about their post-undergraduate careers, UCS hosts panels with different companies where speakers discuss their fields, Jones said. Attendees are able SEE PROCESS ON PAGE 6

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Campus Calendar TUESDAY 11/3 The Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers University Libraries and the South Asian Studies Program present, “Reception and Public Lecture by Chitra Ganesh” from 5 to 6 p.m. in Douglass Library on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers presents, “Art After Hours: First Tuesdays” from 5 to 9 p.m. at Voorhees Hall and the Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Catholic Students Association hosts, “Spirit Night: Bioethics on the Edge” from 8 to 9:30 p.m. at Livingston Student Center on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public.

WEDNESDAY 11/4 The Eagleton Institute of Politics presents, “The Morning After: The Calm Before the Storms of 2016 and 2017” from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Wood Lawn Mansion on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The School of Communication and Information presents, “Observatories and Data Analysis for Web Science” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the School of Communication and Information on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Human Ecology presents, “Health -Informed Stormwater Management Planning in Hoboken, N.J.” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Blake Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Neurology presents, “Neurology Grand Rounds” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Clinical Academic Building located at 125 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY 11/5 The Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health presents, “Lipids and Metabolic Diseases” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Food Science Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents, “Tobacco Addiction and Smoking Cessation in African-Americans” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research located at 112 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Genetics presents, “Population Genetics in the Era of Precision Medicine” from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Rutgers says ‘no more’ to sexual assault on campus NATASHA TRIPATHI

Comito created the boards with the help of his father who works at GlobalSoft Digital Solutions, who used his own self-created PDF files of the poster layout to put onto the foam core boards. Comito said his father donated the boards, considering the technology and material are fairly pricey.

“I thought this was a good idea because the NO MORE campaign is a global campaign.

(NO MORE) has reached 1.6 billion people around the United States,” he said. “Some photos have received a lot of recognition. One in particular had 72 likes on Facebook.”

voice to stand together,” she said. “It is important to educate yourself and others, so that you can be more equipped to help a Two weeks ago on Oct. 1, friend in need or even yourself Jake Comito gathered about 60 if you were ever in a similar sitblue 3-by-2-foot poster boards uation. I think that is one of our with “NO MORE” printed at the main goals, when we thought top to Quad Circle on Livingston about what we want to see come campus, where students were out of this campaign.” walking through and asked what Both McSpirit and her mother the boards were all about. are survivors of sexual assault.

The Rutgers Business School Even before coming to study at junior and resident assistant Rutgers, sexual assault and viwould then explain that he and a olence was a deeply important few close friends have taken the topic for her. initiative to align with the Joyful “After my own assault, this Heart Foundation’s campaign was something I wanted to come against sexual violence and doout and speak forward about bemestic abuse, “NO MORE.” cause a lot of the C o m i reactions that I to bore the “To end domestic violence and sexual assault you have been getscorching outneed every voice to stand together.” ting reactions door heat for similar to the five hours to little sayings take photos MIQUEL WHOOLEY on the posters of various stuSchool of Arts and Sciences Senior we make and dents standing He said he has seen sexual I think it is really important bein front of the posters to localize and personalize the national violence and domestic abuse first cause I think a lot of students message toward the University hand, and has also seen the re- don’t even realize that when they and violence on college campus- percussions of it. He thinks it is are making these statements,” appalling and disgusting, which she said. es in general.

Today, the trio have accomThese images, among others is why raising awareness is setaken before and after the photo verely important, especially with- plished clicking more than 120 pictures of students standing in event, are posted on social media in colleges.

“It’s a place that is suppose to front of the board. and distributed to a number of Comito will be interviewed people including other RAs who be fun and educational and develtomorrow by two of the NO have posted them in their respec- opmental,” he said.

Placing students inside the MORE campaign leaders, Comtive residence halls.

“The genesis of our initiative posters stemmed from the orig- munications and Digital Managis this flyer that says, ‘NO MORE’ inal NO MORE posters where er Rachel Haas and Communicaon the top and it has the symbolic celebrities posed strongly un- tions and Outreach Coordinator blue emblem as the ‘O’ in ‘NO.’ der the words, “NO MORE,” Emma Bethel. They plan to feature his work on the official NO And then underneath the ‘NO Comito said..

One of the common phrases MORE blog.

MORE,’ there are sayings that people within the flyer are say- in dialogue that shames victims ing ‘no more’ to,” Comito said. is “well, she was drunk,” Comi“We are saying ‘no more’ to these to said.

“And that one is something we stereotypical sayings that kind of happen often on campus but are have all heard before in exchange for rape or domestic abuse … not good.”

In collaboration with friends These sayings are sayings that Miquel Whooley, a School of are common. They are excuses Arts and Sciences senior and rather than actions,” he said.

Other stigma include “she’s askSummer McSpirit, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year ing for it” and “ this wouldn’t hapstudent, #RUSaysNoMore aims pen at my school,” Whooley said.

The reason for Whooley’s into increase awareness for the cause on campus by expand- volvement in the campaign as ing the posters to print and a survivor of sexual violence at Rutgers is to experience a “sense digital formats.

Comito had introduced the of empowerment,” which comes campaign to Rutgers hoping to from standing up and having a highlight the stigma associated voice to help other people.

“To end domestic violence and with the conversation around sexsexual assault you need every ual violence and domestic abuse.

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Jake Comito, a Rutgers Business School junior and resident assistant, has taken the initiative to align with the Joyful Heart Foundation’s campaign to combat sexual violence on college campuses. COURTESY OF JAKE COMITO In the future, Comito said they plan on holding events on the other three campuses in collaboration with Residence Life to continue to spread awareness around Rutgers.

“It has been really awesome to see the conversation this campaign has been sparking

because now people are realizing that they were never taught that saying these things potentially hurts the victim and continues the cultural dialogue,” McSpirit said. “Its empowering to be able to stand up against that and let people know that it is not okay to say these things.”

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REFORM

that would remove the question inquiring about any criminal history from job applications.

“If you answer yes, a lot of the Obama will take executive action to remove ‘Ban time you’re not getting a call,” the Box,’ which requires disclosing criminal history he said.

According to the National Institute of Justice, between 60 to CONTINUED FROM FRONT 75 percent of former inmates are and reintegrating former inmates unable to find work during their into society, we’ve got organizafirst year out. blazer and seated toward the tions that are doing extraordiAround 70 million Americans nary (things),” Obama said. center of the atrium. have some kind of criminal reStill, despite progress made Rosario is now an EMT in cord, and a fraction are jailed, Newark and a graduate of a reen- by organizations in Newark, the Obama said. But a criminal retr y and reform program by the United States still ranks first for cord often Department of Justice, but not imprisoneffectively the all released inmates are lucky ing disqualienough to integrate themselves most in“You just got to give people a chance ... If they don’t get a indiback into society after years of dividuals, chance, then they can’t prove themselves to be right or wrong.” fies viduals incarceration, Obama said. But he said. from beThere the City of Newark is taking DEQUAN ROSARIO ing a full strides to reform the criminal are more EMT in Newark and a Graduate of a Reentry and Reform Program by the Department of Justice particithan 2.2 justice system. pant in Obama was in Newark to visit m i l l i o n s o c i e t y, Integrity House, a drug rehabil- A m e r i itation center, and to recognize cans behind bars, Obama said. geles, Philadelphia, Kentucky even if they already paid their the successes of the New Jersey Of those 2.2 million, a dispropor- Highlands and the Choctaw Na- debt to society.

This year, Gov. Terr y McAuScholarship and Transformative tionate number are either black tion of Oklahoma — to help improve living and economic con- liffe (D-Va.) signed an executive Educations in Prison Consor- or Latino.

About 600,000 inmates will be ditions by partnering with local order that outlawed state agentium, abbreviated to NJ-STEP, a cies from including the box on higher-education learning pro- released ever y year, but many of communities and businesses.

The third initiative, which drew their job applications. And 13 them, like Rosario, will experigram for inmates.

“Here in Newark, when it ence poverty or homelessness, wide applause from the audience, other states — California, Colcomes to rehabilitating prisoners and many of the the laws and was to “Ban the Box,” a move orado, Connecticut, Delaware, policies in place do little to help former inmates, he said.

But Obama said his administration is in the process of spearheading three initiatives to reintegrate former inmates back into society.

His administration is distributing Pell grants to former inmates, which will allow them to take college courses, courtesy of the federal government.

Obama drew on his “Promise Zones” for his second initiative, which is a collection of five U.S. cities — San Antonio, Los An-

Hawaii, Illinois, Mar yland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico and Rhode Island — took bigger strides and abolished the box entirely.

“I feel hopeful that we’ll move for ward with more initiatives for reentr y, especially in federal courts,” said Madeline Cox Arleo, United States Judge of the United States District Court in New Jersey.

Rosario, who was flocked by well-wishers as he exited the building, was visibly excited.

“I’ve never had this feeling in my life,” he said. “I don’t have any kids, so the birth of a child hasn’t really hit me, but this is as closest to that as you can get.

It’s surreal. Talking to the president, sitting next to the most powerful man in the world it’s — it’s amazing.”

He said he is hopeful for his future, and for the progress that the criminal justice system will make.

“You just got to give people a chance,” he said. “If they don’t get a chance, then they can’t prove themselves to be right or wrong.”

CRIME NOV. 2 CAMDEN — A Camden County jury ruled last week that Star Career Academy must pay $9.2 million in a class-action verdict for defrauding students. Attorneys represented more than 1,000 current and former students of the Academy’s surgical technology program. The Academy has eight campuses throughout New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Star Career Academy violated New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act by misrepresenting facts about the surgical technology program and engaging in unconscionable commercial practices.

NOV. 2 MOUNT LAUREL — Police are pursuing a suspect who shot paintballs at pedestrians in Mount Laurel around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. The paintballs were shot from a moving vehicle, and victims included a 5-year-old child, 56-yearold man and two other juveniles.

The suspect was in dark-colored, small four-door sedan and was last seen in the area of Willow Turn near Delancy Place.

NOV. 2 JERSEY CITY — Two men and a woman broke into a Jersey City apartment on Sunday morning and reportedly stole more than $4,000 in cash. A 17-year-old male was waiting for his family outside of the Academy Street apartment when the suspects entered and robbed him of $200 in cash before moving further into the apartment. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

NOV. 2 CAPE MAY COUNTY — Charles Cusack, 52, a beach super visor in Ocean City admitted to having sex with one of his underage subordinates.

The victim was 17 when Cusack hired her in 2012 and filed a civil suit against him earlier this year.

Cusack pleaded guilty to second-degree official misconduct and fourth-degree sexual contact, but will not ser ve any time in prison as part of the plea deal reached on Monday.

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PROGRAM Music learning facilitates individual’s creativity, spurs collaboration, self-confidence, Fekete says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Students whose families make below $60,000 for their annual gross income will be given free tuition at Rutgers-Camden, and students whose families make between $60,000 and $100,000 will be given half-off tuition, in compliance with their “Bridging the Gap” program. NEWS.RUTGERS.EDU

TUITION

hopefully other colleges will be inspired and star t their own programs,” Killada said.

Killada knows firsthand what it There are no current plans for ‘Bridging the Gap’ means to be a working commuter. program at New Brunswick campus, Hosseini says “I used to work from 4 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. after a long day of classes. I’d come home and CONTINUED FROM FRONT “There are no current plans do homework and eventually for a ‘Bridging the Gap’ pro- get to bed around 4 in the mornSince the next financial aid gram at New Brunswick. Since ing,” he said. “If I didn’t have to year begins Januar y 2016 and the New Brunswick campus has work at a part-time job, I would the Rutgers—Camden appli- such a different population base be able to spend more time on cation for admission deadline it would be quite challenging to school assignments.”

More than 81 percent of Rutends May 1, students should implement a similar program,” really start to get going with the said Zach Hosseini, director of gers—Camden’s student populaapplication process, said Craig Communications and Marketing tion is made up by commuters, and 59 percent of their students Westman, associate chancellor at Rutgers—New Brunswick.

The financial aid programs work 20 to 40 hours per week, of Enrollment Management at and capacity for growth at the Westman said.

Rutgers—Camden.

Westman star ted working “This is not a merit-based New Brunswick and Camden scholarship so students simply campuses are unique, and at Rutgers—Camden just less apply, get admitted and fill out there is no “one size fits all” ap- than six months ago and saw the potential for students at the FAFSA form. It’s as simple as proach, Hosseini said.

But Rutgers—New Bruns- the school. Westman believed that,” Westman said.

Some students do not fill out wick does have its own way of that this campus would be a per fect place to implement a the FAFSA forms because they giving to those in need. similar program to are unsure that the one he worked they would get any with at the Uniassistance, West“When I first heard of this program, I thought it versity of Texas at man said. He ofwas too good to be true. ‘Bridging the Gap’ will El Paso. ten stresses to his “The Universistudents that they help people get an education that they deserve.” ty of Texas at El should apply and Paso has a similar fill out the FAFSA PRUDHVI KILLADA student body to no matter what.

School of Arts and Sciences Senior Rutgers—Cam“You don’t know den,” Westman what you may be elsaid. “They star tigible for until you “Programs like the New Jersey ed with the freshman class and do it,” he said.

There is no cutoff when it Educational Opportunity Fund the program went so well that comes to accepting students provide access to higher educa- they eventually star ted to plan into the “Bridging the Gap” pro- tion for students from families on expanding the program to gram, which means any student and communities disadvantaged include other student bodies, such as transfers.” with the requisite annual gross by low income,” Hosseini said.

Rutgers—Camden’s “BridgWestman said that when he arincome is eligible, Westman said.

“Having a program like this at all ing the Gap” is the first pro- rived at Rutgers–Camden, ChanRutgers campuses would have made gram for New Jersey’s state cellor Phoebe Hadden had simisuch a difference when it comes to university of fering such an lar ideas to his, where they both oppor tunity, and hopefully it is agreed on the importance of prostudent debt,” Killada said.

Killada is a full-time student not long before other schools viding opportunities to students and understands the burden of incorporate a similar program, who fall into the category of first Westman said. generation college students. accruing student debt.

This type of program will “Other schools have reached “The students that we bring in are infinitely different from other help jumpstar t careers, help out to ask about the financial Rutgers campuses,” Westman said. students spend more time on plan we are implanting. IdealAt Rutgers—Camden, the cur- education instead of working ly it would be great to have a rent first-year class average is and encourage students to com- similar program at universities across the state, but it will be a about 400 students, which is a plete their degrees.

“Since Rutgers is one of the challenge for larger institutions,” small fraction compared to the top universities in the world, Westman said.

New Brunswick campus.

Octopus Musical School specializes in guitar, bass, piano, violin, voice and drum lessons, Fekete said. With its convenient location, students come from Edison, Highland Park, Somerset, Woodbridge, North Brunswick, South Brunswick and East Brunswick.

The school teaches students how to understand music, instead of how to play it, he said.

Teaching a special needs student is no different than teaching any other student, and every student is unique in how he or she learns, Fekete said.

“Learning to play a musical instrument can be a valuable experience to anyone,” Fekete said. “For very young students, it provides reinforcement in areas such as language and mathematics. For older students, it can be a means to relieve stress or express emotions.”

Music learning facilitates an individual’s creativity, and spurs collaboration and inspires self-confidence when played in a group setting, he said.

Depending on a student’s particular special needs, in addition to all of the rewards reaped by Octopus Musical School’s typical students, they may benefit from the additional development of fine and gross motor skills, coordination and the structure of an intensive, individualized one-on-one lesson, he said.

“For our school’s annual showcase, our special needs students perform in the same groups as our typical students. Our aim is to provide everyone with as close to the same experience as possible,” Fekete said.

Octopus staff also believes that learning an instrument provides people with a mode of self-expression. For individuals with special needs, it provides them with a skill that is on par with their typical peers.

Music is the only expressive outlet for people who have special needs, making it more important to them, said Ariella Gizzi, a special needs lesson instructor at Octopus.

“Music provides students with implicit structures that require them to make inferences, decisions and apply them to something,” Gizzi said. “It serves as a bridge between the conceptual and physical worlds of learning.”

As a Rutgers graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and an education master’s degree in Special Education, Gizzi teaches music to individuals with autism, as well as younger children.

She served as a group leader at Camp Hope, a camp that serves children and adults with developmental disabilities. She is now working as a teacher for autistic students in a public school.

Gizzi draws upon her experience as a former worker at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center in order to apply instructional techniques to her music lessons.

“The benefits of learning to play an instrument can and should be made available to people off all ages and skill levels,” Gizzi said.

Donna Fennell, a mother whose son joined Octopus Musical School six years ago and a student herself, shared her experience at the music school.

“I was walking on Cook campus one day and saw a flyer hanging on the bulletin board with their numbers on it,” Fennell said. “I was thinking about getting my son into a music lesson, so we found Octopus.”

Fennell’s son has been playing guitar for six years, and is now playing drums at a jazz band as an after-school activity. She has also learned guitar for about four years. Both of them are in one-onone lesson with Fekete.

“The thing that me and my son love about being part of the music school is being part of something bigger. And the other thing I love about is staying with something like music makes you discipline yourself — you love it, and you want to practice it. Then you build on all of the things you accomplished,” Fennell said.

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U. Career Services weighs in on importance of headshots SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT

As students start to buckle down on perfecting their resumes, portfolios and LinkedIn profiles, the consideration of getting professional headshots taken comes to most minds.

Students can certainly follow the route of having professional headshots taken, but it is not absolutely necessary, said Melissa Blake, assistant director for Public Relations and Marketing at University Career Services.

“The most important factors for having a professional picture on LinkedIn aren’t really involved with having to pay somebody,” Blake said.

There are alternatives to pricey headshots. The best criteria for the photos they attach to their application materials should have a student looking their best and having a clear picture, Blake said.

“And those students could potentially achieve this in a variety of ways,” she said. “They could have somebody they know, like a family member or friend take the picture.”

Students could reach out and work with student photographers on campus who are looking to build their portfolios and would be potentially interested for a minimal cost, if not free, Blake said.

“But really, that’s not even necessar y. The main thing you need to focus on are good lighting and clear background,” Blake said. “You don’t want a picture in your dorm room with a bunch of junk around.”

The rule of thumb for photos on LinkedIn would be that if you would not show your mother or grandmother, then you should not have that available for an employer too see, Blake said.

“It’s not saying that you can’t have your own personal flavor in terms of your authentic self, but you should be conscious of having an appropriate platform or message out there about yourself,” Blake said. “If you’re not going to, then just make sure that your privacy settings are set so that no

As students prepare their job or internship search, Rutgers University Career Services weighed in on the value of a professional headshot that would be posted on professional networking websites such as LinkedIn, about.me or Twitter. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

one is going to be able to view that kind of content from you.”

There are several services offered at Rutgers that are designed to aid students in the process of developing a professional presence on social media, said Tamara Peters, career development specialist at University Career Services.

MELISSA BLAKE Assistant Director for Public Relations and Marketing at University Career Services

University Career Ser vices offered a “LinkedIn 101” program in the past and there is a good chance that it is going to be offered again in the spring, Peters said.

“It’s a program where students can come and learn the ins and outs of LinkedIn, some of the

About 28 percent of students, or 15,000 people, logged into site over last 4 months, Jones says

to meet with panelists after the end of the event for one-on-one discussions about careers.

These workshops are smaller than the career fairs normally held at the University, he said. This allows students to have a more personal conversation with company representatives, who are often alumni as well.

“We have about 90 of those a semester that students can RSVP for,” he said. “All different types of employers, all different types of industries come to (these) info sessions.”

These different programs and services are paying off for students, Jones said. Over the last year nearly 5,000 new employer contacts were added to the CareerKnight database, with more than 14,000 positions posted.

“We’ve had about 700 students sit for pictures at the Mega Fair and it is something that we’re interested in doing for the spring so people can come in,” Blake said.

Before students start their internship searches, Peters suggests developing their profiles and resumes, which includes any-

“It’s not saying that you can’t have your own personal flavor in terms of your authentic self, but you should be conscious of having an appropriate platform.”

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basic stuff, some of the ‘do’s and don’ts’ and tips that really make a profile stand out,” she said.

In the fall, Career Services offered a LinkedIn photo booth at the Fall Career and Internship Mega Fair, and there is a chance that the service will be offered again in the spring, Blake said.

Just over 4,000 of these positions led to interviews on-campus, he said. This number only reflects how many interviews were scheduled through CareerKnight, and many other students would have contacted the employer through an email or their own website instead.

About 28 percent of Rutgers students, or just under 15,000 people, logged into the website as well over the last 4 months, he said. This number comes from all three major campuses.

Interest in these events has been growing over the last few years, with 36 percent of graduates saying they used UCS to find their first job, up from 26 percent in 2013, he said. Space is at a premium due to the rooms available at Rutgers.

“We are a ver y large school with few large rooms,” he said.

“So students can definitely check (the website) in early Januar y to see if we will be offering this ser vice at the Mega Fair,” she said.

The Spring Career and Internship Mega Fair will most likely take place in early February, Blake said.

thing from gaining experience to making sure your headshots and social media presence are appropriate and professional.

As long as a job-seeker’s resume is professional and continuously being built upon, everything does not need to be filled out. This is a process, and having

“We had 300 students (interested in an event) and 150 were able to attend.”

This, combined with nearly 50 percent of students not showing up to inter views or workshops they had registered for, resulted in a strict “no-show” policy, he said.

If students schedule an inter view or register for an event but find they cannot attend, they have two days to cancel, he said. Students who fail to cancel in this time are immediately banned from the ser vice until they have submitted an essay.

The purpose of this assignment is to ensure as many students attend an event as possible.

“We rarely have a second infraction,” he said.

Employers have to dedicate time to the events, and it reflects poorly on the University when students do not attend after responding that they would, he said. It also means that students on the waiting list who could have other wise attended an event missed the opportunity to do so.

Normally a company would list a position and allow students to apply. The applicants who seem the best fit are contacted about scheduling an interview in one of the UCS facilities, he said.

A list of alternates is also compiled, and if students are unable to

“We can ... get you on the right path. Career Services should not be a final destination, it should be a starting point.”

WILLIAM JONES Director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives at UCS

meet with the potential employer within the given time frame, one of these alternates is able to schedule a meeting.

After instituting this policy, only about 10 percent of students did not appear for interviews, he said.

This is a significant drop from before the policy was started.

a professional presence is good, Peters said.

“I find that because we are living in such a virtual world, that it never hurts to have a professional presence, and the more information you can give about yourself that puts an employer at ease about knowing you, your character and kind of your personal branding, the better,” Blake said.

The best way for a student to have a professional presence, regardless of academic or career experience, is to have a clear and consistent presence across your social media, Blake said.

“Nothing to embarrass you, just what would be appropriate. So really when you’re looking for a job or internship, if it’s searchable by Google, if somebody can bring it up, then you want to make sure that across your social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn — that it’s appropriate and consistent,” she said.

At the moment the website is the only way to access CareerKnight, Jones said. UCS is in the process of evaluating vendors to support the site, with the goal of improving it in the near future.

A new vendor would likely mean an app would be created, he said.

Analytics show more students use mobile devices to access the site than desktop computers.

To get the most use out of the online service, students should log in to the system during their first years, although anyone can use it, Jones said.

Not all students are aware of the different services CareerKnight offers, said Anna Johnson a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear. She said she was barely aware the service existed.

She expects she will use it more in the future.

“Students should activate their accounts by the second semester of their first year,” Jones said. “We can help you figure out what it is you want to do and get you on the right path. Career Services should not be a final destination, it should be a starting point.”

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Silicon Values: Netflix, rise of results over hard work SIDDHESH DABHOLKAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to an episode (647: Hard Work is Irrelevant) on NPR’s podcast Planet Money about the phoenix-like life of Netflix and why it persevered over the years.

While the story of Netflix was interesting, the overarching theme of the episode is what stuck with me — the idea that the amount of work that you do is secondary to the results.

This idea was developed as a model for the work done in Netflix, which soon grew to many other companies in Silicon Valley.

For any given week, it doesn’t matter how long and hard you work, as long as you finish the work that was assigned for that week. This means that if you work at one of these companies, that you wouldn’t have to work for all 8 hours in the day, or if you finish your work by Wednesday, that you could take the rest of the week off.

On first glance, this seems like an attractive proposition, until you realize that not only are many of the tasks difficult, but the model has little room for forgiveness.

There are seldom second chances for substandard work in a place like Netflix, a business that has been at the brink of changing the way we think of television and entertainment.

Nonetheless, let’s consider the potentials of this model for application into the student/college life. And when you think about it, our GPAs, our extracurricular activities — things that go onto the resumes that we hand employers — already set us up for this way of thinking.

It shouldn’t be too hard, in theory, to apply this to our study habits or our jobs. Does studying for four hours versus two for

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your midterm really make a difference, provided you cover the same amount of work in those two hours? Think of all of the time that you could have to spend on things that you actually want to do! If your essay is due by Friday, finish it tonight, and don’t worry about it on Thursday!

Of course, the main reason why this model seems so easy, yet (as many students and workers can attest to) is hard to implement is because we’re humans. We face not only the temptations of procrastination, but we are also affected by things like exhaustion and family lives, making it harder to complete the work we have to do.

Make no mistake, this notion (of results over amount of work) is the future — not only because time is becoming increasingly precious as we head into a more-globalized society, but because our ideas of hard work are evolving. In an agrarian industry, hard work (tending to the fields, menial labor) for longer periods of time directly correlated with better yields. But in a society that is competing globally and empha-

According to episode 647, “Hard Work is Irrelevant,” of NPR’s “Planet Money” podcast, movie streaming service Netflix has managed to successfully adapt in the digital age because it prioritizes getting results over putting in long hours of work. FLICKR a psychiatrist his/her fees when your mental illness is cured, rather than paying for weekly sessions? Would the debate of minimum wage be solved by

homework, but on the other hand, they would probably have more tests and projects to measure their success. While many students would probably groan

“While the story of Netflix was interesting, the overarching theme of the episode is what stuck with me — the idea that the amount of work that you do is secondary to the results.” sis is put on the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), efficiency is a priority over all else. And as a result, perhaps those days of being paid by the hour (and with that, the 9 to 5, five days a week work model) are being phased out in favor of being paid when the job’s done.

Imagine what that would do to firms that are involved in law, architecture, home improvement and psychiatry (all firms that charge clients by the hour). How would you feel if you could pay

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On the one hand, students would probably have less

at the thought of more tests, consider that graded homework is a waste of time for students that understand the topic being taught, and more tests would

allow students to accurately see what they are struggling with.

It is possible that many of our future debates in education and the workforce would be centered around this topic. Perhaps even our societal values might change as a result. These are all interesting thoughts and questions, and we may see many of these shifts in our lifetimes. And to think that all of this has been started by a company that is involved in movies and television…

I’d like to know your thoughts on this topic.

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Gentrification? Not in our backyard Changes to Hub City can have both positive, negative impacts

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ew Brunswick is changing rapidly. As image of one results in the positive image of the you traverse the city, you’re bound to other. So as students, there is an incentive to see encounter several construction sites that the city become better established, because it you didn’t think were there yesterday. The City enhances the value of the Rutgers degree. If the of New Brunswick’s official website readily touts city continues to thrive and become better known, these developments with tabs called, “What’s the University will also be further publicized, reNew in New Brunswick,” showing off The As- sulting in more students who will want to come pire (a luxur y condominium) on Somerset Street to Rutgers. And as crime rates decrease, educatand a synthetic turf field at Memorial Stadium on ed individuals will have fewer qualms in situating Joyce Kilmer Avenue. The “Coming Soon in New themselves in New Brunswick, adding to the poBrunswick” tab explains plans for Broadstone at tential of growth and innovation to the University River’s Bend (another luxur y condominium), a as well. The conveniences offered by the City of Neilson Street park and bike lanes. In addition New Brunswick are also advantages and accomto the city’s endorsed developments are inde- modations to University students.

The physical developments also provide more pendent construction sites from restaurants and stores moving into the area. And of course, the job opportunities for New Brunswick community University has its own plans to enhance its cur- members. Diverse sets of jobs related to the conrent architecture and build new edifices. In part- struction and planning for the development of new nership with the New Brunswick Development buildings become available. And once the buildings are completed — from Corporation (DEVCO), the businessmen and businessUniversity has a “College women to waiters and waitAvenue Redevelopment Ini“If the city continues to resses — job positions will tiative” that consists of crethrive and become better open up, as will a demand for ating the Honors College known, the University will more people to work within buildings, a Theological also be further publicized.” these new structures.

Seminar y, a Rutgers AcaBut living in a sparkling demic Building and Universinew city that has a variety ty apartment housing. of amenities comes with a This exhaustive list of new construction illustrates the metamorphosis cost — literally. Living in New Brunswick will of “Hub City” happening before our eyes — in slowly become more expensive for both students other words, its gentrification. The word “gen- and residents of the local community alike. Rent trification” typically possesses negative connota- will increase and living in the area will be unsustions because it is recognized as having effects tainable, prompting people to move in locations that drive out low-income minority populations, that are less expensive. The first to feel this presas droves of white middle and upper-class groups sure will be low-income and minority groups. It settle in. But it is difficult to ascertain whether is difficult to imagine Rutgers without the ethnic, the effects of this phenomenon are ultimately ad- economic and social diversity within the student body, as well as the community it is a part of — verse or beneficial.

Because of the powerful associations between but the changes on the horizon may result in such the University and New Brunswick, the positive a reversal of culture.

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U. expectations, standards are dumb, you are proof DOUBT RADCLIFFE BENT

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he University is dumb and you are proof. You are dumb. You are dumb because you are a student. You are a student because you are dumb. Your education is, in fact, making you dumb. To explain, you are a bad student. You are on academic probation because you are a bad student.

You are currently earning your second consecutive 1.0, further proving you are bad student. Next, you will be suspended by the University ... because you are a bad student.

So the University punishes you for being you, and justifies its action on the proof that you are you. This can only be done by a dumb thing. By “dumb,” we mean “without speech” or “without reason.” The University is without reason. To further prove this, we need only examine the “good” student.

You, the good student, “know” that students “should” prioritize coursework. It is “wrong” for them to do otherwise. Your beliefs, good student, are dumb. Your idea that we should prioritize coursework because it is coursework is not an argument. It is a truism. Your beliefs are dogma. Do you even know why you’re in college? Yes, you answer. You are such a good student that you know why all students should prioritize studies above all. One, to increase their odds of being “financially secure.” And two, to increase their odds of being “intelligent.”

But neither wealth nor intelligence increases happiness, and both increase longevity or the chance of living longer. So, good student, this is your argument: blind instinct. Blind instinct is not an argument.

You inherited the belief that it is from the University. You went to the University and came back with dogma. Dogma is that which is believed without question. That the good student is a fool who doesn’t even know why he’s in college is dumb. To be dumb is to be inarticulate, you do not have reasons. To not have reasons is to be dumb.

So the University is dumb.

Brute fear is not an argument. It is fear.

So, again, we see that the University’s driving force is blind instinct. This is not only dumb, but dangerous as well. To explain, you may be ethically blameless for “failing” your courses. You may suffer from legitimate circumstance, which necessitates your malperformance. But you may be unable to articulate said circumstance. You may, as hinted earlier, be “dumb.” For this, you will be punished.

For instance, if you were articulate enough, you could explain the fact that you couldn’t complete your coursework. You

“You believe that coursework has some intrinsic value. It does not. You believe your performance to have some mystic ability to decide your intelligence and future. Both beliefs negatively impact your mental health.”

We’ll further prove said claim by examining the average student’s reasons for prioritizing coursework. You, a simpleton, have reasons for prioritizing your studies. If you neglect your work, you will be punished. If you neglect your work, your GPA will gain sentience and crucify you. You will die at age 20. Your dread of underperforming is as bestial as though the above were true.

You are petrified because you are a rational being. You seek to avoid suffering. If you fail to meet the University’s standards, your grades drop. When your grades drop, you suffer. So this is your reason for studying — brute fear of suffering.

would thereby escape punitive action. To illustrate, imagine that you were “intelligent” enough to believe in “mental illness.” Imagine, moreover, that because of your “intelligence,” you thought it possible that you might suffer from an attention deficiency.

You, in addition to being “intelligent,” are also articulate. You are articulate enough to give an accurate and detailed account of the events comprising your inability to focus on school. As such, you make it clear to your University that you suffer from the corresponding mental disorder or, in other words, being yourself. You are given a diagnosis. You enroll in the University’s

disability services. The University tends to your inability.

But if you are the bad student, you would be punished for the identical situation. You would be punished, through “bad grades,” for being you.

Why? Because the University is dumb. It receives an input, “bad work,” and gives an output, “bad grade.” It neither contextualizes nor does it purport to. The University neither claims to nor can it give an account of your level of intelligence. It does, however, do so implicitly. At school, you are assigned grades and numbers. Both of which are dumb. They point out performance and nothing else. If the University were not dumb, it would make this clear to you. It does not, and you suffer because it.

You believe that coursework has some intrinsic value. It does not. You believe your performance to have some mystic ability to decide your intelligence and future.

Both beliefs negatively impact your mental health. You instinctively interpret grades as threat and punishment. Mortal fear is your driving motivation as a student. Said fear sustains a stress and suicide epidemic at the University. If the University were not dumb, it would actively work to prevent this. It would reinforce the fact that the University does nothing but repeat the fact of your performance. It does not because it cannot, it is dumb.

Radcliffe Bent is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in English and philosophy. His column, “Doubt,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

Rutgers fumbled response to grade fixing calls for review COMMENTARY DAVID M. HUGHES

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ll college graduates depend on the academic reputations of their schools — the value of a degree depends on the quality and reputation of the school that awards it. A Hollywood studio is more likely to employ a 22-year-old leaving the film program that’s considered best in the nation at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts than a peer from just about any other institution.

But what does the quality and reputation of this film school or any other academic program depend on? This question requires a more complex answer — one bizarrely illuminated through one of the recent football scandals at Rutgers.

The experience, credentials and research of the teaching faculty give heft to any diploma. “Star professors” are necessary but not sufficient.

Those teachers must be able to exercise their judgment, passing the students who deser ve to pass and failing those who do not. The college, in other words, must uphold the academic freedom of all of its instructors.

Head football coach Kyle Flood cares a great deal about his players. He cares particularly that they maintain a grade point average sufficient for his players to

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continue playing for the Scarlet Knights.

When a failing grade threatened to sideline star cornerback Nadir Barnwell, Coach Flood pressured an instructor to pass him.

Subsequent allegations of alleged criminality by Barnwell and several of his teammates have overshadowed the attention paid to Flood’s futile attempt to end-run Rutgers and NCAA rules.

Quite apart from the criminal cases against the players, Coach Flood’s actions on Barnwell’s behalf detract from the value of the Rutgers degree for academically deserving football players and all students.

The aborted scandal at Rutgers revealed major deficits in academic freedom and, therefore, a threat to the University’s reputation. Barnwell’s instructor began to comply with Coach Flood’s wishes. She later reported feeling “intimidated.”

Why would a tenured professor — enjoying white-collar pay, job security and gold-plated academic freedom — feel intimidated? The answer is that Barnwell’s instructor was no such thing. She was working part-time, a member of a category of casual laborers at Rutgers who typically earn $4,800 per semester-long course with no benefits and no assur-

“Why would a tenured professor — enjoying white-collar pay, job security and gold-plated academic freedom — feel intimidated? The answer is that Barnwell’s instructor was no such thing.”

Scarlet Knights who fail to the join the NFL — most of them — will present their credentials to employers inside and outside of New Jersey. Perhaps job interviewers will accept the Rutgers transcript unquestioningly. But maybe some will pause, look searchingly and ask, “Are these the grades you earned, or are these the grades your coach fixed for you?” The institution cannot thrive when students’ degrees become suspect. Even the tallest ivory tower may be perceived as a mere diploma mill.

ance of employment after the final exam.

At many universities, a bad word from a coach, department chair or even from a student can end one’s career. Unfortunately, our institutions of higher education are increasingly hiring PhDs as part-time or adjunct faculty. Along with graduate students and non-tenure track faculty who lack the same level of security as tenured faculty, these well-qualified professionals now teach more than half of all undergraduate classes at public institutions across the country.

Known as “rhodes scholars,” many adjuncts attempt to cobble together a living by teaching at multiple institutions, scuttling full-time and frantically between campuses.

So who loses under these conditions?

Of course, workers suffer the hardship of semi-employment. Students also lose out.

A contingent instructor is less available to advise on courses and recommend opportunities than the teacher permanently on staff. Contingency robs students of the outside-the-classroom assistance that they need and expect.

Thanks to Coach Flood, we now know of a third, more hidden cost of contingency as the value of a university degree can more easily be undermined. Faculty living handto-mouth, terrified of sudden unemployment, cannot easily withstand the pressure to inflate grades.

Ultimately, the Rutgers scandal affects us all because it shows a boomerang effect: The state university hollows out the lives of its low-wage teachers, and those people — as they simply try to stay employed — hollow out the reputation of the University. Unless New Jersey’s colleges and universities invest in adjunct faculty through higher pay and enhanced job security, the value of the state’s degrees will continue to erode.

David M. Hughes is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and president of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT faculty union.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (11/03/15). Expand your communities this year. Whatever you stand for together triumphs. Discipline with financial matters grows your bottom line. Springtime brings loving transitions, new passions, tranquil reflection and retrospection. By next autumn, your group project flowers. Play with the ones you love. 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 — Clean, sort and organize. Rediscover forgotten treasure. If an idea goes against your grain, turn it down. Repay a kindness. Measure three times, and then cut once. Choose what’s best for family. Someone brings home a surprise.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Practice with others to learn faster. Strong partners inspire action. More eyes can see farther. Work with someone who sees your blind spot. You don’t have to do everything yourself.

Complete assignments. Send someone else ahead.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Love takes priority.

Get important chores done first, and then go play. A romantic rendezvous entices. Postpone tasks that aren’t urgent, and follow a passionate call. Pay extra attention to your look. You could meet someone interesting.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Follow your star. Arrange travel plans carefully. A conflict between love and money could slow the action. Include some history in your presentation. Increase responsibility. Release a self-limiting view. Go for what you want.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Follow a dream or vision that you’re fired up about. Consider cost, and guard savings. You don’t need to pay for everything. Ask for what’s needed. Share with your networks. Make a blissful connection.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Take time to review. Listen to your partner’s view. The ground rules become clear. Re-evaluate responsibilities, and delegate tasks.

Quick action is required. Ask for volunteers, and keep track. Meditate on a decision.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Make upgrades to your surroundings. Decrease clutter and make repairs. Improve your technology. Fact and fantasy clash. Talk over changes before committing to them, or risk an argument. Invest in efficiency, once your team is on board.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Make a solid connection. You’re especially powerful. Talk with those who disagree and listen to their view. Your influence spreads far and wide.

Hold your temper. Don’t flash your money. Accept advice from loved ones and children.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Discipline around spending pays extra dividends. You’re gaining, but slowly. Defer gratification until the bills are paid. Put your feelings into your work. Strive for perfection. Play by the rules. Take it slow and easy.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Friends help you form a stronger partnership. Let them teach you new tricks. Watch your step to avoid accidents. Possibilities get realized in conversation.

Increase sales and participation for growth and expansion. Together, you make things happen.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Taking leadership includes learning to delegate (if you’re not already a master). Invite participation by engaging people with their own interests. Overbuild your foundations. Follow your intuition, and an unexpected bonus gets revealed.

Stash it for later.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Find a way to steal time away, just the two of you. Private time in peace and quiet restores you.

Turn off your phone. Don’t take on new challenges yet. Decrease stress.

Breathe deep and savor beauty.

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LAVIANO Chris Laviano is 14-of-34 for 148 yards in last 2 games with interception, fumble CONTINUED FROM BACK Wolverines (6-2, 3-1) and their top-ranked defense.

That expects to pose even more problems for Laviano and the Rutgers offense when they get to Ann Arbor.

But as much as the Glen Head, New York, native from out on Long Island has struggled in his past two starts, head coach Kyle Flood expressed no desire to consider Rettig as an immediate, capable option in Laviano’s place.

“Those are decisions I have to make and Chris (Laviano) is our starting quarterback and we’re trying to give him enough opportunities to learn through the game,” Flood said. “And if the opportunity is there to give Hayden (Rettig) some experience, we’ll do that. We did this week again like we did last week.”

Despite Rettig’s moments of shine and glimmers of potential, Flood still has yet to legitimately entertain the Cathedral High School (California) product as a viable starter under center since training camp in August.

Rettig, who was named the starter by default on Aug. 25 after Laviano’s suspension for the first half of the Sept. 5 season opener against Norfolk State, flashed promise in his first live football action since his senior year of high school in 2012.

In his collegiate and Rutgers debut, Rettig went 9-for-11 with 110 yards and two total touchdowns with one passing strike and a scramble for the end zone in the first half against the FCS-caliber Spartans.

But since naming Laviano the star ter for the Sept. 12 game against Washington State — an eventual 37-34 loss — Flood hasn’t looked back from his decision.

While Flood ser ved a threegame suspension, then-acting head coach Norries Wilson and first-year of fensive coordinator Ben McDaniels didn’t substitute Rettig for Laviano at any point in the Knights’ 28-3 loss at Penn State.

None of the other contests merited a change as Laviano appeared to be turning the corner behind the jolt of momentum with a 55-52 comeback win at Indiana where he threw for a career-high 386 yards and four touchdowns to one interception on 28-of-42 passing.

That was one week after he stood up to then-No. 4 Michigan State by going 15-for-25 with 208 yards and three scores through the air.

But since then, Laviano hasn’t been the same. In his past two games against the Buckeyes and the Badgers, he’s a combined 14of-34 (41.2 percent) and just 148 yards to go with two picks and one lost fumble.

The fumble was on a mishandled exchange under center from junior Derrick Nelson to Laviano on the Knights’ own 3-yard line.

Three plays later, Wisconsin barreled into the end zone on Corey Clement’s 1-yard dive from the goal line.

While Rettig reserved his comment on when asked whether or not he felt as if he should have been inserted into the Wisconsin game earlier as his team trailed

Senior Joanna Wu was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 7. She is the first to win the award in the program’s history.

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PROCESS Experienced head coach looks to use past knowledge, push RU up Big Ten ladder CONTINUED FROM BACK you did yesterday. So at the end I learned that as a swimmer being part of the national team because obviously, if you want to stay on top, you need to keep working and you need to keep improving and pushing the envelope every day.”

By competing at a high level for nearly her entire life, Martin has gained nearly limitless knowledge and experience. Those two areas can be helpful tools in molding and shaping a team.

Her swimming career helped to make her the seasoned and experienced coach that she is today.

While Chris Laviano has struggled recently, Hayden Rettig has remained the backup. In the past two games, he has appeared in mop-up duty. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015 by as much as 38 points, Laviano briefly expressed his desire to remain on the field.

“Yeah,” he said, when asked whether or not he would have preferred to stay in the game despite the blowout in the fourth quarter. “I always wanna play and be there for my team.”

Although Flood has addressed his desire and appreciation for Rettig to gain experience when the situation calls for it, the only times the fourth-year head coach has followed through in doing so has been when Rutgers trailed by 48 and 49 points, respectively, against OSU and Wisconsin.

“It’s just a matter of when you make the decision,” Flood said. “I decided I wasn’t going to make

that decision until the fourth quarter and in the fourth quarter we got Hayden (Rettig) in there.”

Flood then said in his weekly teleconference with local media on Sunday that in-game quarterback switches aren’t effective with the idea in mind that it could alter one of the signal-callers’ confidence.

“We don’t make decisions worried about hurting people’s confidence,” Flood said. “If your confidence is that easily shaken, you’re in the wrong business so that’s not a concern at all. If you wanna be the starting quarterback, you have to be confident in your own abilities. And if I decide to make a decision in a game, whatever that is, it better not affect how you approach the next week.”

Nothing expects to change for Laviano, who fell to 2-5 as the starter for the Knights, in the near future. With Flood’s latest vote of confidence for the sophomore, it appears unclear how much competition Rettig brings to what is largely referred to as the game’s most important position.

But in the meantime, Rettig isn’t able to do much more than what he’s given. So as Rutgers delves deeper into the second half of its schedule, it is what it is right now.

“Just try to keep playing, I guess,” Rettig said of what his approach is to a game when he enters. “Play as hard as I can and see if I can make plays.”

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“Obviously, I’ve been doing this for a while and at a very high level,” Martin said. “Me knowing what it takes to be the best, to compete against the best, I think that’s important and every day I try to pass that onto our women, onto our team. The perspective of racing on the highest level possible and always looking to do things better. Always improving yourself, you know that’s something that I started as a swimmer and I continue that as a coach with my team here.”

Student-athletes have a great influence on their universities and on their communities. That point is something that Martin wants the swimmers to understand.

“I also want them to kind of understand what kind of impact they have and everybody around themselves, not just their teammates, but part of this university and get that whole thing,” Martin said. “As a student-athlete, you carry a lot of responsibility on your shoulders and whatever you do or say represents your team and your athletic department and your school. So I try to pass that on to our team here.”

Being part of a team and having to deal with the hardships of being an athlete can teach rewarding life lessons in the long run, Martin said.

“They have a lot of different things to think about,” she said.

“It’s a strict life I would say but it kind of makes sense to and if you have an order like this in your life,

I think it makes things a little bit easier. It gets you moving in the right direction but there’s not much free time in between.”

Before taking the job at Rutgers, Martin was at the helm of Bowling Green’s swimming and diving team from 2010 to 2015. She helped turn Bowling Green into a respectable program during her tenure and was named Mid-America Conference Coach of the Year in the 2012-13 season. “(Rebuilding at BSGU) took some time. It was not easy, but definitely very rewarding experience,” Martin said. “It was great, I really enjoyed my time over there.

It was a great place to build a program and we had very good support from the department as well ... just seeing how the atmosphere, how the approach of the whole team has change — how the competitiveness of the whole team has changed — was a lot of fun.”

Martin has been the head swimming and diving coach at Rutgers for a little more than five months now. While it hasn’t been long, she has evidently enjoyed the ride to this point.

“It’s been a lot of work,” she said. “Obviously, we are kind of rebuilding the program, so there’s a lot of moving parts at this point, but I think that we’re starting to come together a little bit better ... The women are starting to kind of learn how to do things, how we need them to be doing things. We’re taking it one day at a time, but it’s been exciting. The rebuilding process is

never easy, it’s very rewarding, so I’m enjoying the everyday steps that we are taking.”

Martin has already helped guide one of her swimmers, senior Joanna Wu, to Big Ten Swimmer of the week honors.

Wu spoke about the magnitude of winning the award — she is the first in program history to be honored with the accolade — with its recognition on the national stage.

“It was a huge honor,” Wu said. “(The) Big Ten is such a big conference, it’s one of the fastest conferences next to PAC 12 and SEC. So having that honor, even in the beginning of the season was great and it gave me so much confidence and it helping me to move forward and embracing this new program and also swimming fast.”

The Knights defeated Wagner, 195-102, in its last meet on Oct. 23.

Junior Rachel Stoddard thought the team performed well.

In the early season, both marks from the pair of Knights are promising signs as their head coach continues to settle in during her first year steering the ship on the Banks.

“Oh, awesome,” Stoddard said about the team’s performance.

“The cheering was great. Everyone’s energy and how everyone was supporting one another and doing what they need to do in order to prepare.”

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MEN’S SOCCER KNIGHTS CURRENTLY ON 7-GAME WINNING STREAK

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Midseason moment alters season BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When the final whistle blew at Yurcak Field to signal the end of the match between the Rutgers men’s soccer team and budding Big Ten rival Penn State on Oct. 3, the home side collectively fell to the floor in physical and mental exhaustion.

The Nittany Lions defeated the Scarlet Knights, 2-0, after a near three-hour power outage caused the match to finish deep into the night. The defeat put the Knights at 4-4-1 on the season and 1-3-0 in conference play with the most difficult stretch of the season yet to come.

They appeared to be going down a similar road to their inaugural season in the Big Ten, where they finished penultimate in the standings (6-12-1, 1-6-1).

But Rutgers continued to believe even when things were not going its way. It felt its record was not indicative to how well it had been playing until that point and that things were going to turn around.

“These guys are ver y head strong right now. They know they’re good,” said head coach Dan Donigan following the match against Penn State.

“They’re playing with great confidence ... I think our day is ver y close to coming here ... I’m ver y confident in my team that we can win the remaining games, there’s no question about it.

They just deser ve better.”

Now, it’s safe to say their day has come.

The Knights have rallied off seven consecutive wins since that night, climbing the Big Ten table and the national rankings along the way.

Rutgers won multiple games it was not expected to win throughout the streak, twice defeating the Big Ten leaders at the time of kick-off.

First, the Knights traveled to Ann Arbor and defeated then-No. 25 Michigan, 1-0, with a golden

goal scored by sophomore forward Jason Wright in the opening minutes of extra-time.

The Big Ten’s top goalscorer came up big again the next time Rutgers faced a league-leading team. In the biggest match since the Knights joined the Big Ten conference last season, Wright scored the only goal in a 1-0 upset of then-No. 18 Ohio State to isolate his team atop the Big Ten standings for the first time in program histor y.

While the Buckeyes controlled most of the possession in the match, the Knights felt like they held the advantage.

“Even though it was only 1-0 against Ohio State, we felt like the better team for sure through-

“Scoring is the biggest part of my game, so as long as I’m scoring, I’ll be happy, and even more so if my team gets a win.”

JASON WRIGHT

Sophomore Forward

out the entire game,” said junior midfielder Erik Sa. Ranked 21st in the nation according to the NSCAA Coach’s Poll released on Oct. 27, Rutgers went from dead last in the Big Ten to contending for its first regular season conference title in just one month.

The Knights have outscored their opponents, 16-4, throughout the streak, shutting out the opposition five times in the seven matches.

The five clean sheets come as a surprise to anyone who followed Rutgers in the early part of its season, when it held just one clean sheet in the first 10 matches of the 2015 campaign.

The back line took some time to become used to playing with each other, but once they clicked and stopped committing

silly errors, they created a brick wall in front of junior goalkeeper David Greczek.

“It’s been a lot about focus and working together and not making the small mistakes. A lot of the goals we’ve given up have been from small, dumb mistakes,” said senior center back Drew Morgan. “We’ve just been focused on (playing) 90 minutes and not letting up those small couple of minutes where we’d mess up … we’re just making sure we’re focused the whole game and working off each other and if we do mess up, we tr y just to pick it up and not let it keep going on and on.”

On the other end of the pitch, Wright has been terrorizing opponent’s backlines. The three-time Big Ten Of fensive Player of the Week has scored 13 goals this season, surpassing his mark of 10 from his phenomenal freshman season on the Banks.

Currently tied for third in the nation in goals, Wright scored in the first six matches of his team’s current winning streak, missing the mark only in Rutgers’ latest win over Nebraska-Omaha.

When the Knights travel to College Park to face Mar yland on Wednesday in a match that will play a big role in determining how things finish in the Big Ten regular season with seeding for the conference tournament nearing, the Kingston, Jamaica, native hopes to get back on the scoresheet and keep the streak alive.

“I always tr y to continue scoring,” Wright said. “Scoring is the biggest part of my game, so as long as I’m scoring, I’ll be happy and even more so if my team gets a win, that’s the biggest part of our season. We need to continue that winning streak and for me, winning is the most important thing.”

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Senior center back Drew Morgan credits focus and teamwork for the removal of stupid mistakes that were costing the Knights earlier in the season. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

Sophomore goalkeeper Casey Murphy was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year after conceding just six goals all season.

LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2015

Conference awards RU with individual awards MIKE O’SULLIVAN

since day one about being ‘30 Strong.’ When one person wins something, we all feel like we are The No. 9 Rutgers women’s a part of it.”

Skroski took home more hardsoccer team has talked the whole season about the great depth of ware for the Knights as she was its roster and how it allows tal- named the Big Ten Defender of ented individual players to work the Year.

Along with her defensive efficiently together.

The skill of the players is ev- prowess, she has scored two ident through their games. The goals and added three assists.

As a team captain, Skroski has Scarlet Knights have waded through a tough Big Ten sched- also taken on a strong leadership ule with a 15-2-2 overall record role with her teammates and credits them for allowing her to and an 8-2-2 conference record.

They have advanced to the play the style she hopes to show semifinals of the Big Ten Tourna- on the field.

“I couldn’t have won (Big Ten ment following their 4-1 victory over Minnesota on Sunday after- Defender of the Year) without noon and are preparing to take on my teammates, coaches and family,” she said. “It’s an awesome Ohio State in their next game.

But until then, they are hap- award to get and it’s more of a py with the acknowledgements team award because it shows several of their players received what we really are. How we play this week for their performances is not a fluke and we’re out here trying to win games and going during the regular season.

Sophomore goalkeeper Casey for the championship.”

The same mentality has been Murphy won the Big Ten Goalpassed on to a keeper of the pair of younger Year award, teammates who and was also “We have talked since also took home named to the day one about being ‘30 some conferAll-Big Ten First Team.

Strong.’ When one person ence awards.

Freshman Murphy wins something, we all midfielder is tied for the program’s feel like we are a part of it” Kate Walters was named to single-season MIKE O’NEILL the Big Ten shutout reHead Coach All-Freshman cord with 14 team, scoring clean sheets one goal and this season, providing the Knights with stabil- playing in 17 of the team’s 19 games this season. ity in the net for each game.

Teammate and fellow freshHer teammates and senior defenders in Brianne Reed and man Kenie Wright was also Erica Skroski join her on the All- named to the Big Ten All-FreshBig Ten First Team, helping to man team as a defender.

Both Walters and Wright anchor a strong back line that has represented one of the best played together at Lenape High School in Mount Laurel, New defenses in the country.

Reed has now made First Jersey, and have given the Team All-Big Ten in back-to- Knights versatility in the midfield and backline. back seasons.

They have fit right in with While the Knights are pleased with their award-winners, they their teammates and exhibit also felt as if others were deserv- the same team-oriented mentality that has become a staple of ing of recognition.

“I’m very proud of what are the program.

“It means so much to be recogplayers have done this year and it’s great to see some of them rec- nized like that by the Big Ten, but ognized for their performances,” I could not have done it without said head coach Mike O’Neill. “At my teammates because they are the same time, we thought there here for me every day,” Wright were a few more players who said. “They make me better every were also deserving of awards, day and it’s great knowing that so you kind of get a mix of ex- we are all in this together.”

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Rutgers looks to rediscover weapons with past success KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Through the first six games of the Rutgers football team’s season, stories of success were in abundance up and down the roster.

From the impressive play of the starting quarterback and top wide receiver to the performance at the tight end position and on special teams, there was a lot for Scarlet Knights fans to be excited about.

But during a losing skid that includes back-to-back lopsided losses and three defeats in four games, Rutgers has regressed in areas that were seen as a strength a mere three weeks ago.

After returning from an indefinite suspension as a result of a domestic assault charge being dismissed, senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo lit the college football world on fire.

Carroo, an offensive captain for the Knights, posted consecutive games with three touchdowns — first against then-No.4 Michigan State and then through three quarters in the historic comeback at Indiana.

But since landing awkwardly on his third touchdown catch versus the Hoosiers, Rutgers’ all-time leader in receiving touchdowns has been relegated to splitting time while he nurses a lower body injury that limited him in the 49-7 rout by No. 1 Ohio State and kept him out of the 48-10 whitewash by Wisconsin last Saturday.

“It was pretty hard,” the senior wideout said of having to watch the blowout by the Badgers in street clothes. “It was a rough one, so me not being able to be out there to help my team was just — it was rough to watch.”

Carroo is listed as questionable on the injury report released by head coach Kyle Flood at the outset of Monday’s press conference, but after guaranteeing he would be out on the field against the Buckeyes, the Edison, New Jersey, native backed away from any grand claims for this week’s matchup at Michigan.

“When the doctors medically clear me, then I’ll be out there,” he said. “I’m getting better and better every single day, it’s just a matter of when my medical staff is ready to tell me that I’m okay.”

Flood was optimistic that having not practiced last week and sitting out the game in Madison would be helpful to restoring the health of his top target, but remained non-committal about Carroo’s ability to play at the Big House in Ann Arbor this week.

“Certainly when you don’t play, it gives your body a better chance to heal,” Flood said at his weekly press conference Monday. “If we played today, (Carroo) wouldn’t play. What does that mean for Saturday? I don’t know that we’ll know that till a little bit later in the week.”

On the other side of the ball, Rutgers’ defense is looking for someone to step up and rush the quarterback. Sophomore defensive end Kemoko Turay still maintains the team lead in sacks (2), but has been unable to duplicate the success of a rookie season that garnered Freshman All-American accolades.

“I’m just trying to do my job,” Turay said. “Whenever they put me in I’m just trying to go out there and help my teammates.”

The 6-foot-6, 240-pounder has been slowed most the season by an upper body injury, which Flood

said cost the Newark, New Jersey, native precious reps in his sophomore season. But the fourth-year head coach believes that the more opportunities Turay gets, the more plays he will make.

“With Kemoko, as he plays more, he’s going to have more production,” Flood said. “I don’t have any concerns about that for Kemoko, other than trying to get him to the point where we can play him on all three downs. We want to do that as soon as we can.” *** In addition to the fall-off in production from the defense and at wide receiver, sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano has slipped in the last two times out. After banner performances against then-No. 4 Michigan State and in the historic comeback at Indiana, Laviano has languished in games against Ohio State and Wisconsin.

“We just couldn’t get anything going on offense,” Laviano said after the loss in Madison. “We just gotta watch the film and correct.”

The absence of Carroo cannot be understated, but the connection between Laviano and his tight end has also been lacking in the back-to-back blowouts.

After getting production from the three tight ends, who combined for 29 receptions, 237 yards and three touchdowns through the first six games, sophomores Matt Flanagan and Charles Scarff have been held without a reception over the last two contests.

Junior Nick Arcidiacono owns the most explosive play from the position, but it’s the only grab he’s had since Indiana, going for 22 yards. Arcidiacono isn’t complaining about the tight ends tempered performance, he is resigned to sticking to Rutgers’ game plan, whether it involves him in the passing game or as a blocker in the ground game. “(The quarterbacks) are making the right reads, it just hasn’t happened to be our read these last couple games,” Arcidiacono said. “Obviously I

Senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo was deemed medically unable to play at Wisconsin. He remains eager to return in Ann Arbor, MI. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

like having the ball, but it’s not a problem for me. I like the run game just as much as the pass game.”

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FOOTBALL HAYDEN RETTIG HAS APPEARED IN 4TH QUARTER OF LAST 2 GAMES FOR RUTGERS

Rutgers sticks with Chris Laviano at QB GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

As the Rutgers football team slugged through another blowout for the second consecutive weekend, all Hayden Rettig could do was watch.

Restricted to the sideline as he has been for much of his first year of eligibility after transferring from LSU, the sophomore quarterback stood around with his teammates in the cold rain as Wisconsin buried the Scarlet Knights, 48-10, last Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

From the jump, it hasn’t been the ideal season for Rutgers (3-5, 1-4).

“It’s tough for everybody, I guess,” Rettig said on Saturday. “I thought we did really well, to be honest with you. We played hard.

That’s all you can really ask for.”

The Los Angeles, California, native’s positivity embodies the attitude he has had to maintain since Chris Laviano took the reins of the offense on Sept. 12 against Washington State as the starting quarterback.

Laviano’s season has been turbulent to this point. Through his first six starts, he led the Big Ten in completion percentage and neared the top of the conference in pass efficiency.

But now in the midst of a two-game skid after back-to-back blowouts to No. 1 Ohio State (8-0, 4-0) and Wisconsin (7-2, 4-1), Laviano and the Knights are trending in a downward spiral as a trip to the Big House looms for Saturday at No. 16 Michigan.

Ever since Jim Harbaugh returned to coach at his alma mater, he has revived the Head coach Kyle Flood backed sophomore Chris Laviano as the starting quarterback after his second straight poor performance.

Flood said he decides based on who gives Rutgers the best chance to win. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

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SWIMMING & DIVING PETRA MARTIN WAS CHOSEN TO REPLACE PHIL SPINELLO FOLLOWING HIS RESIGNATION

Coach leads Knights in rebuilding process EVAN BRUNO

including one in the 200-meter relay. She also represented her country as a swimmer on the Czech National Team and ranked in the world’s top 25 in two events — the 50-meter butterfly and the 50-meter freestyle.

“It was obviously a great honor to be able to represent my country,” Martin said. “It taught me a lot … learning how to present yourself well in the public eye, to handle some of those bigger responsibilities where you’re under more scrutiny. I learned a lot ... but also being able to put myself in a situation where I will be able to fight for the toughest spots for the top level competition in the world. You know, it’s not easy.”

Martin’s time as a swimmer helped to get that drive to strive to be the best.

“Like I’m building the team here, my whole career, you’re always building something,” she said. “You’re always looking to improve. You’re always looking to do things better than what

STAFF WRITER

The process of rebuilding a program is a long one. It doesn’t take days, weeks or months — it takes years to complete.

The Rutgers swimming and diving team is in a state of rebuilding at this point due to the resignation of former head coach Phil Spiniello and the challenge of changing conferences in the Big Ten. If anyone is up to the daunting task of ensuring that the team makes its return to the path of success and rebuilding the program, it’s Petra Martin.

Athletic Director Julie Hermann made the decision to hire Martin as the new head swimming and diving coach on March 5 this past spring. Martin brings a swimming pedigree to the Scarlet Knights that few others can match.

Martin was an Honorable Mention All-American swimmer at Maryland from 2000 to 2002, where she compiled several records

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JANARION GRANT, junior wide receiver, became the Rutgers football team’s all-time leader in kick return yards on Saturday at Wisconsin. The return man has 2,065 kick return yards on his career, averaging to 24.9 yards per return.

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Villanova/Georgetown/ vs. Ohio State Seton Hall Friday, 3:30 p.m., Friday, 4 p.m., University Park, Pa. RU Aquatic Center

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FOOTBALL at Michigan Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, Ann Arbor, Mich.