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SVC kicks off week to fight local hunger By Erin Petenko Associate News Editor
The Student Volunteer Council kicked of f “Hunger Awareness Week” yesterday by cleaning an herb garden in New Brunswick. The week’s events are also set to include tabling, meal packaging and a trip to a payas-you-wish restaurant in Highland Park, said Fullamusu Bangura, University relations chair for SVC. Each year, the organization finds a topic to promote, said Bangura, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior. They chose hunger this year because they noticed many organizational initiatives to promote the issue. “We looked at a way to incorporate service into the week, so we contacted local food banks and men’s and women’s shelters to ask what they need,” she said. Krista Kohlmann, assistant director of community ser vice and student involvement, said in the past they limited the week to tabling and documentary watching. SVC found their students wanted more volunteering opportunities for this week. “It’s always been a challenge because we realized students are really passionate about community service,” she said. They coordinated a trip to Unity Square in New Brunswick to assist at its garden, which ser ves the low-income residents of the city, Bangura said. They also spread awareness to the students by tabling at the Livingston Student Center. Yamila Nicasio, director of SVC, said the garden caters to families in New Brunswick who may not have a backyard, or have lead-tainted soil. Each family is given a 2-by-5 lot to grow healthier food than they would other wise have access to. For their activity today, they are planning to package meals for Catholic Charities Ozanam Inn Men’s Shelter, according to the SVC website. Nicasio, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said the organization would provide all of the meals and prepare them at the Douglass Campus Center. They hope to have 200 to 300 meals ready by the end of the day, Bangura said. “A lot of people in SVC interact with the local community and people that have issues with hunger,” she said. “This way they get to help them, even if it’s just for a day.” Along with the meal service, they will watch a movie titled “A Place at the Table,” which See hunger on page 4
Supporters of the DREAM Act protested in June in front of the State House in Trenton, N.J. The act was approved yesterday by the N.J. Senate 25 to 12 in favor of providing in-state tuition rates for undocumented students. NISHA DATT / PHOTO EDITOR / FILE PHOTO / JUNE 2013
New Jersey Senate approves DREAM Act By Alex Meier Associate News Editor
The New Jersey State Senate approved legislation yesterday by a vote of 25 to 12 that would allow undocumented youth brought
to the United States as children to pay in-state tuition rates and qualify for state aid, according to a news release from New Jersey State Democrats. The bill, S2479, was sponsored by Senate President Stephen
Sweeney, D-3, Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz, D-29, Sen. Nellie Pou, D-35, and Sen. Sandra B. Cunningham, D-31. According to the news release, Sweeney said the bill is the best pathway to achieving the American dream.
“We have a crisis in terms of college affordability and student debt. Higher education cannot continue to be a luxury,” he said in the release. “College is an See DREAM on Page 5
U. community rallies for former LX driver By Vaishali Gauba Correspondent
Stan McNeil, popularly known as “Stan the Man,” may have left Rutgers, but his presence continues to linger through petitions and rallies students have held for the former LX bus driver. Chisanim Egbelu, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, Nadirah Simmons and Andrew Davis hosted “A Showing for Stan” yesterday out-
side the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The Facebook page for the event encouraged students to flood sidewalks on the College Avenue campus and say their goodbyes to McNeil as part of the filming of a documentary. In a video addressed to his fans, McNeil said he was asked to resign by First Transit, the University’s bus service operator, after See DRIVER on Page 4
Andrew Walker, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student, reads poetry to Syd Arrojo, a School of Social Work senior, in the Livingston Student Center. SAAD SAEED KHAN
Transgender community raises visiblity on campus By Louis Cabrera Contributing Writer
Trans* Awareness Week was created last year at Rutgers to provide a variety of events and programs for the University’s transgender community.
Jamie DiNicola, president of Trans*missions, the first Rutgers transgender club, said there is a greater meaning behind the asterisk in their name. See Visibility on Page 5
Students were able to say a few words about Stan McNeil, former LX driver, who visited the the College Avenue campus yesterday, for a documentary about him. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Rutgers Theatre Company presents “Cyrano de Bergerac” at 7:30 p.m. at the Philip J. Levin theatre on Douglass campus. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $20 for faculty, staff and alumni and $15 for students. The play will run until Sunday, Nov. 24, from Tuesday until Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities present “LOOSE,” a documentary performance by D’hana Perry, at 8 p.m. at the Center for Latino Arts and Culture on College Avenue. The event is free and open to all. Rutgers Department of Recreation and Community Development hosts a free “Trivia Bowl” at 8:30 p.m. in the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center. Teams that register before Nov. 18 receive 500 bonus points.
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UN officials discuss impact of youth assembly By Sabrina Szteinbaum
cause of the “youth bulge,” or the fact that 20 percent of the United States’ population is between the The Taliban shot Malala ages of 15 and 24. “This is very significant beYousafzai on the left side of her forehead on Oct. 9, 2012, but bare- cause we now have the largest ly two years later, she stood in generation of youth in the history front of the United Nations Youth of the world,” he said. Because of the youth bulge, Assembly and spoke about equality, peace, the power of education young people need to be provided with the opportunities, now more and the voice of women. The United Nations Youth As- than ever, to shape their future, sembly provides a forum for 15- to Yotive said. “They need to be involved in the 35-year-olds to come together and make a difference in the world, decision-making process. … They said Humza Nomani, president of need to be empowered,” he said. Yotive said the U.N. Secretary the Rutgers United Nations Club. General Ban KiThe U.N. Moon has made club held working with “Reflections “We can integrate all youth one of his of the Youth these nationalities here at top priorities for Assembly” in Rutgers and we can have his second term. the Livingston “The key arStudent Cen- them at this one forum at eas that he’s deter last night, the Youth Assembly.” fined are youth which was unemployment co-sponsored HUMZA NOMANI — that’s probby Douglass President of the Rutgers ably one of the Friends of UNUnited Nations Club top issues that FPA and the youth face — Association of entrepreneurship, participation in International Relations. Nomani, a School of Arts and the decision-making process and Sciences senior, said the goal of protection of rights,” he said. Yotive said the U.N. has crethis event, which he has been planning since August, was to teach ated a program in Germany that students about the youth assembly. gives young people internships “People like Malala and other in the field they plan on working people who are starting up organi- in during their college education. zations go to the youth assembly What they are studying in class and they try to motivate people can be relevant to where they — motivate the youth and [show would be working in the future. “The U.N. envoy, he is workthem] how they can … make a ing with governments around the difference in the world,” he said. Bill Yotive, the project manag- world. … Not only to bring the er of the U.N. Global Teaching voice of the U.N. to youth, but as and Learning Project, and Patrick he likes to say, to bring the voice Sciarratta, the executive director of youth to the U.N.,” he said. Yotive said the U.N. does not of the Friendship Ambassadors exist to disseminate information Foundation, spoke at the event. Yotive has traveled the world about the work of the U.N., but working as an advocate for educa- to listen to the youth and incortion reform, Nomani said. He is in porate their opinions into decicharge of setting up school curric- sion-making. Yotive said for the first time, the ulums in in many countries, focusing on those that are occupied with U.N. is working to form advisory groups of youth that sit in on the other activities like Syria and Iran. Nomani said Yotive tries to meetings of the adult U.N. country build a foundation for education teams to share ideas and opinions. “At the U.N. itself, we have a to prevent students from falling behind academically in civil program called the Youth Delegate Program, where countries war-stricken countries. Yotive said youth has jumped are choosing youth representato the top of the U.N. agenda be- tives to come to the U.N. to … Correspondent
A student watches United Nations officials at the Livingston Student Center yesterday as they talk about the U.N. Youth Assembly, an organization that allows 15- to 35-year-olds to participate in international affairs. RONNIE MENDOZA participate in committee meetings, they are reading statements on behalf of their countries,” he said. Most importantly, these representatives are helping devise the youth agenda of the U.N., Yotive said. Being the diverse campus that it is, Rutgers has a lot of international students who want to do something for their countries, Nomani said. Students are interested in finding ways to help their families back home. “We can integrate all these nationalities here at Rutgers and we
can have them at this one forum at the Youth Assembly,” he said. Sciarratta, who helped create the U.N. Youth Assembly program 12 years ago, said the Youth Assembly is a unique platform to begin a dialogue among youth about global development. “The program focuses in on an aspect of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals … because certainly who is the beyond 2015 agenda at the U.N. for, if not for you,” he said. Five hundred young people plan to attend at the February youth assembly, Sciarratta said.
It is one of the oldest and largest youth leadership events run by the United Nations. The program is an engaging mixture of U.N. officials, private sector employees and many others from around the world, he said. Students need to be aware of and actively involved with the world around them, Nomani said. “It is important for us as students to be involved with world issues, and this would be the perfect forum to try to get some advice and motivation on how to get involved in the world — for any worldly issue that goes on,” he said.
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As of 2011, about 1.2M people live in food-insecure Velicky says her gofundme.com fundraiser households in New Jersey exceeded her goal of $150 and raised $186 She said the organization had encountered competition during highlights hunger issues in their planning from other volunteers giving back for ThanksgivAmerica, Kohlmann said. The week’s schedule includes ing next week. “The whole thing kind of fell an excursion for SVC to the Better World Café, a restaurant in High- into place,” she said. “We knew land Park that allows customers we wanted to do hunger, and latto pay what they can afford — er we realized Thanksgiving was coming up.” even nothing. Overall, the group hopes to get The restaurant par tners with the church and Elijah’s Prom- students to realize the impact of ise in New Brunswick to of fer hunger, she said. Kohlmann low-price or said the pubfree meals, lic often views Nicasio said. “We knew we wanted to hunger as an Bangura said do hunger, and later we i n t e r n a t i o n a l the organization plans to realized Thanksgiving issue. With the introduction of complement was coming up.” this interactive its work in campaign, SVC the town with FULLAMUSU BANGURA aimed to give a a campaign University Relations Chair for the more local foin the virtual Student Volunteer Council cus and inform world. They students on plan to post how hunger af“hunger facts” on Facebook and Twitter to fects people in the area. The central objective is to get draw attention to social issues. As of 2011, 1,210,690 people live students talking and thinking in food-insecure households in about their community, BanguNew Jersey, according to a SVC ra said. “We hope that we can get Twitter post. They will also offer prizes to students reflecting on the isparticipants in their social me- sue. … It seems like it’s too dia effort, from Rutgers Cin- big an issue to actually tackema tickets to clothing from le, so we want to make it so the women’s nonprofit Krochet it’s possible to actually make a dif ference.” Kids Uganda. continued from front
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he prayed and laid hands on a student. In an email statement, First Transit spokeswoman Stephanie Creech said McNeil also failed to follow a critical safety protocol, which was immediate grounds for termination. The original plan for the event involved a rally in which students would walk from the Rutgers Student Center to Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi’s office in Old Queens on the College Avenue campus to demand McNeil’s return, said Davis, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. The plan for the protest was cancelled due to possible legal violations and Barchi’s passive involvement with the matter, said Simmons, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “We changed our objective. Our motive was not to do the protest,” she said. “Stan would not have wanted us to do that. I just wanted people to talk about what Stan meant to them.” Many students volunteered to express their wishes for McNeil in the documentary, which is being filmed by Jean Paul Isaacs, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Although School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Cesar Concepcion had traveled in Mc-
Neil’s bus only a few times, he said he missed McNeil’s passionate and encouraging words. “The first time I was on his bus, I was whining about my classes,” said Concepcion. “Then I saw this man who can put so much passion and charisma into a job like bus driving and that made my day.” “A Showing for Stan” gained momentum after McNeil made an appearance at the event.
“I want to see people smile. I want to see people uplifted. I want to see those smiles that I see on the bus. That’s my life.” STAN MCNEIL Former LX Bus Driver
McNeil said he has already made it clear that he had no intention of resigning, and his leaving was as much a shock to him as it was to the students. Although he admitted he had buckled a wheel chair with two straps instead of the required four, First Transit never told him that violation was the reason for termination. “They [First Transit] told me my services weren’t needed any more because they didn’t like
my praying,” he said. “They mentioned the safety violation to me, but didn’t say that was the reason I was fired.” McNeil embraced each student with a welcomed hug as they approached him. Ariel Velicky, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she is preparing a fruit basket to send to McNeil before Thanksgiving. Velicky said she started a fundraiser for the gift on gofundme. com to raise $150, but exceeded her goal and raised $186. McNeil said what he cherished most about his job was being on campus among students and seeing them happy and blessed. “It wasn’t at all for the money, they didn’t even pay that much,” he said. “I just really enjoyed [being] with the students. I am a people’s person and it was all about the students.” McNeil refused to comment further on how he felt about his being asked to resign or if he felt it was unjust. “I really didn’t get into the political aspect and the laws,” he said. “My whole approach to everything that I do in life is to just bless. I keep it simple that way.” McNeil said he wants to take a break for a while. He also said he will return once in a while to meet his students, but they can contact him whenever they would like and openly distributed his phone number to everyone present. “My life is about people,” McNeil said. “I want to see people smile. I want to see people uplifted. I want to see those smiles that I see on the bus. That’s my life.”
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economic necessity and every family in New Jersey should be able to afford it. Every family. This legislation will allow every child the opportunity to achieve the American dream.” Currently, 16 states have provisions allowing in-state tuition rates for undocumented students, and 14 states provide these rates through state legislation, according to the news release. In order to pay in-state tuition for public institutions of higher education and receive aid, a student must attend high school in state for three years or more, graduate from a New Jersey high school or attain the equivalent of the diploma and register in a public institution no earlier than the fall 2013 semester. If students do not have documentation, they must file an affidavit stating they filed for an application for legal immigration status, according to the news release. If the legislation passes through the assembly and Gov. Chris Christie signs the bill, eligibility for student financial aid programs would take effect in the 2014 to 2015 academic year. Giancarlo Tello, a Rutgers-Newark College of Arts and Sciences senior and undocumented student, has actively pushed for the passing of the bill. He believes the efforts of students, through phone banking, lobbying and writing news releases, have strongly influenced this legislative decision. “A coalition of progressive organizations around New Jersey ... have been the ones to be at the forefront of this fight, and I think any legislator that you talk to will tell you the same thing,” he said. Margarita Rosario, cofounder of the Rutgers University Tuition Equity Coalition, said RUTE, Anakbayan New Jersey, the New Jersey DREAM Act Coalition and New Jersey United Students began organizing for the bill in Trenton last January. RUTE and NJUS recruited Cunningham and Ruiz to cosponsor the bill, she said. Rosario said organizing was more challenging than the coalition had planned. Yet the bill passed through the Senate without any major amendments. “There was a question over whether state aid would be an appropriate addition to the bill,” she said. “We thought, as organizers, without state aid, undocumented students would not be able to attend college because the in-state tuition rates are still ver y high.” Since a large bipartisan majority of the state Senate approved the bill, both Tello and Rosario believe it will easily pass through the assembly. Tello said Christie has previously shown support for the bill and is likely to sign for its approval. “It’s been a crazy but beautiful experience,” Tello said. “Youth coalitions forming around the state ... it’s been amazing seeing people from all walks of life come together for an issue on equality.”
“The asterisk after trans* means you can still be a part of the trans community without physically transitioning,” DiNicola said. Trans* Awareness Week is built around the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is in its 15th year, said Zaneta Rago, assistant director of the Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities. Rago said, she was responsible for the creation of the Trans* Awareness Week last year. “Anytime that you can help bring visibility and awareness to your community that is under-represented and oftentimes doesn’t receive a lot of resources, it’s important,” she said. Even though Trans* Awareness Week is formed around Transgender Day of Remembrance, it is also designed to discuss topics other
than death and grievance, Rago said. The week aims to celebrate life and make the Rutgers community aware that trans* issues are relevant and important.
ston Student Center Gathering Lounge, according to the Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities website. Afterwards, Yan spoke at the Livingston Student Center Coffeehouse. DiNicola said he appreciates the visibility and awareness that Trans* Awareness Week provides, and the level of support is important for the Rutgers community.
“As a person that identifies in the LGBT community it’s important also to recognize that there are a lot of folks that are marginalized in the community ... and make sure that we are celebrating folks for all the amazing things they are doing.” Zaneta Rago Assistant Director of the Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities
Kit Yan, a queer, transgender and Asian-American Brooklyn-based slam poet from Hawaii, invited those interested in writing to a two-hour creative writing workshop last night in the Living-
He said LGBT rights are necessar y, but the “T” in the acronym is still often overlooked. Transphobia is heightened and it still needs fur ther suppor t.
For Trans* week he is sponsoring a photography and poster campaign that plans to feature trans* individuals smoking cigarettes, he said. The poster aims to spread awareness of transphobia-based violence and suicide. Aside from Yan’s workshop yesterday, Trans* Awareness Week is scheduled to hold several other events as well, according to the website. Transgender Day of Remembrance will take place tomorrow at Tillett Hall on Livingston Campus from 8 to 10 p.m. It will include an open-mic performance and a moment of silence to remember victims of hate violence. Rago hopes to see a large flow of students throughout the week, as there is a robust calendar of planned events. “In terms of me, as a person that identifies in the LGBT community, it’s important also to recognize that there are a lot of folks that are marginalized in the community,” she said. “It’s important that we don’t perpetuate systems of marginalization and make sure that we are celebrating folks for all the amazing things they are doing.”
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Searching for entrepreneurship at the University By Nis Frome Staff Writer
Over the summer, my startup, Hublished, was featured twice in TechCrunch, once in VentureBeat and about a half-dozen other times in tech and startup publications. While media coverage should never be used as any indication of the health of a startup, the exposure nevertheless gave our community and us cause to celebrate. A group of Rutgers and New York University students founded Hublished. But the media only refers to us as an “NYU startup.” A simple reason explains this: We have been featured in multiple NYU competitions and entrepreneurship events. We also received an investment from Lawrence Lenihan, an adjunct professor at NYU who awards his teaching salary to the most promising startup that comes out of his “Ready, FIRE!, Aim” business competition class. Lenihan was one of the first, and leading, investors in Pinterest, a website that allows users to organize things they like. NYU entrepreneurship departments and organizations are quick to embrace student entrepreneurship. Whenever an industry leader or publication mentions Hublished, NYU’s organizations disseminate the startup via Twitter and email. NYU has multiple in-house business accelerators, facilitates access to dozens of mentors and annually invests more than $250,000 in community startups through different competitions and events, according to an NYU website. Startups such as Pinterest and CourseHorse were founded at NYU and were included in the NYU Innovation Fund challenge. Rutgers has not given a single peep about our startup since its founding — not even a retweet, even though we have reached out to the administration and relevant departments. I don’t want Rutgers to promote us or any other student startup just for exposure. My company offers enterprise tech-
nology and targets Fortune 2000 companies. If every student at Rutgers knew about Hublished, it probably would not help my company anyway. So why do I care?
The Disconnect
The “Rutgers Tech Meetup” is the largest student-run tech event at Rutgers aside from “HackRU.” It features more than 200 students, 25 demonstrations and several keynote speakers. Two dynamic alumni came back during this fall’s event to speak to the student tech community. The first speaker, 2012 alumnus Mike Swift, is regarded as one of the premier developer evangelists in the country. Swift
alumni will remain unknown? Rutgers should not emulate NYU merely to popularize startups at the University. It should build a relationship with and among entrepreneurs so that a value-adding community develops. We do have a busy tech scene, but we need to distinguish between that and a thriving culture of entrepreneurship. Although often related, they are not always one and the same, and we should not be content with believing one implies the other. The University’s enormous tech community has not produced an entrepreneurial counterpart. I spent this past week asking
Rubinstein gets animated when he talks about the University’s unrealized potential. “We have a large tech community and are right near Silicon Alley,” Rubinstein said, referring to the recent explosion of startups in Manhattan and Brooklyn. “I feel like we’re missing out on what we could be doing here.” Rubinstein is only one of many students searching for a community of like-minded students, said Zion Kim, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Just try signing up for courses in entrepreneurship,” Kim said. “The classes fill up immediately, so you know the passion for this type of stuff is there.”
“The problem is that students are looking for resources within the University. But I honestly don’t attribute any of my success — or failures, for that matter — to the school.” Zion Kim School of Arts and Sciences Senior
speaks regularly at events nationwide and helps to organize some of the largest hackathons, or coding competitions, in the world. The other, 2007 alumnus Peter Sullivan, has raised more than $900,000 for his previous startup, Tripl, and his current startup, Jackpocket. Swift and Sullivan share much in common. Both have said they do not attribute their successes to Rutgers, and neither is officially associated with the University today. And that’s a really big problem. Swift and Sullivan have made critical connections for my company, but neither of them met me through Rutgers. I met Swift because he still mentors many current students, and Sullivan coincidentally works in the same New York office building as us. In the entrepreneurial world, networking is everything. If student or alumni entrepreneurs from Rutgers are not connected, we may lose a critical prerequisite for entrepreneurship. How many other pioneering students and
tech leaders a fundamental question: Why don’t we have an entrepreneurship scene at Rutgers?
Framing the Problem
I first met Adam Rubinstein at a tech conference in the spring. Rubenstein, now a first-year student, was excited to study at Rutgers in the fall and told me of his plans to double major in business and computer science. He said since both departments are ranked highly, he would be able to get involved in an emerging student entrepreneurship scene. I told him that I personally had a difficult experience connecting with entrepreneurs on campus, but that he should explore the environment for himself. I finally got a chance to catch up with Rubinstein last week to discuss his findings. Unsurprisingly, he is disappointed. “I was expecting a more coherent community — a foundation I could help build on,” Rubinstein said. “But when I got here, I found out that the entrepreneurship scene is very fragmented.”
In addition to founding the popular website RU Screw’d and the greek apparel outfitter E-Z Greek, Kim co-founded JuiceTank, an open business lab that occupies 22,000 square feet of space in Somerset, N.J. He is currently a partner at Atlas, a technology consulting firm in New Brunswick. Kim said fellow students frequently ask him how to best get involved in entrepreneurship on campus. “The problem is that students are looking for resources within the University,” Kim said. “But I honestly don’t attribute any of my success — or failures, for that matter — to the school.” Entrepreneurship requires building a network, which in turn requires seeking mentorship and speaking with real industry professionals, he said. With their limited resources, even entrepreneurship classes cannot help students acquire the necessary information. Kim is discouraged by student initiatives such as the Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society.
“I think the society was started with good intentions,” Kim said, showing me a Forbes article featuring a startup from one founder. “But that hasn’t really continued. The group isn’t very active. … And the leadership simply isn’t there so it’s difficult to get involved.” Kim places some blame on entrepreneurial students for not fully participating, but recognizes we are operating with our hands tied behind our backs. When he looks at successful university entrepreneurship programs, he finds most initiatives come from the top down, driven by administration. Entrepreneurship is simply not a major piece of the Rutgers agenda right now, Kim said. “The money speaks for itself — you know where the money is being invested,” Kim said. “We focus on athletics and when you look at the return on investment, I don’t think it’s very impressive.” He believes the University is moving in the right direction, but very slowly. “Beefing up the entrepreneurship department is a good start,” Kim said. “But until you see some continuity, like having startup and growth companies at the career fair … I have to believe that the program is nothing more than a tangential response to student demand for entrepreneurship education. It’s entrepreneurship in name only.” Facilitating a student startup culture is simply a conversation the administration has not really begun yet, Kim said.
Spreading Responsibility
At first, I was not entirely convinced of the necessity of a topdown approach to stimulating entrepreneurship on campus. Rutgers has one of the largest and most dominant tech scenes on the East Coast, and I would argue the overwhelming majority of student-run startups in the country are focused on Internet technology. So I decided to try to shift the onus of developing a startup culture to the technology community. Eighteen months ago, I began
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to help manage the Rutgers Mobile App Development club, a bustling new group on campus at the time. While the organization had an active base of more than 200 students meeting weekly to learn mobile app development, I was the only business school student involved. Almost everyone else was studying computer science or engineering. I soon found that this demographic breakdown was not unique to RuMAD. The other major tech organization on campus, the Undergraduate Alliance for Computer Scientists, neglects to include a diverse set of students. They gather in at the Hill Center on Busch campus, in a room better known as “the Cave.” “The Cave” is one of the school’s most active hangouts for computer scientists and is uninviting to newcomers. I took more than six months to feel remotely comfortable in the Rutgers tech scene. As more and more online educational resources about mobile app development became available, I realized it was time for RuMAD to evolve from being a one-trick pony. I expanded the scope of the weekly meetings from solely learning coding to exploring the domains of user experience, marketing, fundraising and generating revenue. In the past year, our club has doubled in size and now has members from at least 10 disciplines. Employers at the “Reverse Career Fair” recently named us the school’s “No. 1 Club on Campus.” Most importantly, members of the organization are paid to develop apps for local businesses and organizations. In the last six months alone, I have helped to negotiate more than $20,000 in app development, and that amount is poised to triple next semester. Students are working on projects with utility — The Daily Targum’s app, for example, has been downloaded nearly 1,500 times since the start of the semester. I have vocalized my criticism to key members of the Undergraduate Student Alliance Computer Scientists for not sharing the same focus. Aside from the unwelcoming atmosphere in “the Cave,” the emphasis on competing at hackathons instead of entrepreneurship is overwhelming. I am an advocate of hackathons because they critically expose ambitious student developers to diverse technology and mentors. But I also fear that terrible business habits are being learned, such as spending one to two days working on a project nonstop, then never touching it after ward. Yoni Cohen, the first venture capitalist I ever met, gave me valuable advice. “Ideas are wor th a dime a dozen,” he said. “We invest in execution.”
Catering to a Larger Audience
For entrepreneurship to take hold on campus, all the necessar y players, including students, will have to make a commitment. It is certainly possible, because we are already seeing a demonstrable difference with RuMAD. But we are only one piece of the puzzle. I sat down with Russ Frank, an application developer at Rutgers
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Central Systems and Services. Frank, a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in computer science, is one of the organizers of “HackRU,” the premier student-run hackathon at Rutgers. This fall’s event attracted more than 350 students who dedicated a weekend to coding. HackRU is run by USACS and thus shares many of the club’s objectives. Frank admits the environment is not welcoming, as the very name of the organization implies exclusivity to computer scientists. “We know that’s been a topic of contention for awhile,” Frank said. “But now we’re actually doing something about it.” Frank said USACS’s executive board has begun to consider changing the organization’s name to make it more inclusive, like NYU’s parallel organization, Tech@NYU. “We want more engagement from business and design students,” he said. “So we’re considering rebranding to signify that our doors are open.” Yet Frank said he is cautious for two reasons. “First, we’re bursting at the seams,” he said. “Demand to attend ‘HackRU’ … was so great that we had to turn down sponsors that were going to bus students from other universities to the event. Second, I don’t know who to talk to at the business school — where do I even begin?”
Closing the Loop
Rubinstein later pleaded with me to meet with Assistant Director of Entrepreneurship Programs Alfred Blake. “[Blake is a] beacon of entrepreneurship [on campus],” Rubinstein said. Blake is responsible for helping students matriculate through the entrepreneurship minor and guiding students seeking resources related to entrepreneurship. Rubinstein made an email introduction, but I already had my own plans to crash a meeting I knew was happening at Starbucks later that week between Blake and Kim. At the start of the meeting, Blake explained he has only been with the University for eight weeks, so I filled him in on the lackluster entrepreneurial landscape. “OK … I’ve spoken to enough students and I see the consensus,” Blake said after listening intently. He showed us some of the initiatives he was driving, like a multimedia program to highlight student entrepreneurship on the Rutgers Business School website. Blake talked about his extensive yet, often fruitless efforts to connect with student entrepreneurs and tech communities on campus. He said he is not immune to students’ inability to find one another and bridge gaps. “I want to highlight startups at Rutgers because when you’re spotlighted, it inspires other entrepreneurs to come out of the woodwork,” Blake said. “Right now, the administration has been open to my ideas. We’re ready to join the conversation.”
If you build it, they will come
As I made the introductions to
start connecting this puzzle, I remembered why I am so passionate about this topic. One of the questions I am most commonly asked is why I stay in college. My answer and thoughts on the matter have evolved, changing more times than I can count. I tell people college is the best place to start a tech company, and I honestly believe it. Students typically have relatively few expenses and fewer responsibilities, and should be able to tap into a willing network. But it remains that starting a company in college is incredibly difficult. And knowing how easy it could be to start a company at Rutgers with the right resources only highlights the difficulty. I am now more convinced than ever the Rutgers’ tech community is ripe for entrepreneurship and innovation. They have started the conversation, and the administration claims they are ready to answer the call. Yet I cannot help but to remain skeptical. In my time at this school, I have not seen a real shift in priorities. Events like “Entrepreneurship Day” are great, but few and far between, and we need to rebrand ourselves as the school that funds technological entrepreneurship. We are still known as the “Slutgers” that paid Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi $32,000 to speak to students on campus. And we continue to build residence halls and academic facilities while “the Cave” reaches capacity at 25 students. If a culture of entrepreneurship at Rutgers is going to be anything but a pipe dream, here
is what needs to happen: Space: Though TopManagementDegrees.com recently ranked the Rutgers Business School the 19th most beautiful business school in the world, RBS is tied for last place in space available for students to actually conduct business. If the school is serious about shifting its cookie-cutter “everyone should strive for an entry-level job at a consulting firm” approach, it needs to provide facilities for entrepreneurs to call home. Student entrepreneurs need space where they can meet, book conference rooms, host networking events and generally avoid distractions. And parking within a half-mile would be appreciated as well. Investment: When Frank said he was approaching business and design schools, I warned him to be aware that the worst thing for entrepreneurship is “wantrepreneurship” — students who think they want to start companies, but end up caring more about maintaining their GPAs and waste everyone’s time. Supporters then regret getting involved in the first place. In the development community, hackathons effectively separate students who are serious about coding from those who pretend. Our business school does not have such a filter, so I look to NYU for insight. I repeatedly meet the same students at all their entrepreneurship events and festivities. NYU’s Innovation Venture Fund invests $200,000 annually via a formal competition that highlights many budding entrepreneurs in the
university and community. Rutgers needs to embrace the concept of investing in students outside the classroom to stimulate and de-risk entrepreneurship and identify potential ventures. A $32,000 investment every year would symbolically right some wrongs and unleash the entrepreneurial bug. Attitude: The Rutgers tech community has made great strides to embrace business-minded students and entrepreneurship. I was downright jolly when Frank told me he was up for the idea of a “hack night” in which student developers would work with business students to improve and commercialize projects from a hackathon. But any student-led initiative is going to be successful only if it has administrative support. The University of Michigan recently allowed its students to use its nearly 110,000-seat football stadium to run the largest student hackathon in the world. Frank has his eyes on the Rutgers Athletic Center for this spring’s HackRU. It is a lofty ambition, but one that would be beneficial for the University as a whole as it attempts to meaningfully transition into the 21st centur y. If not that, a tweet about student entrepreneurship every now and then would be nice. Nis Frome’s articles have been published in Forbes, Content Marketing Institute and The Social Media Monthly. He is a Rutgers Business School senior and is the co-founder of Hublished. Tyler Gold contributed to this story.
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NASA launches new spacecraft to Mars
WILD WINDS Top: Firefighters battle a rubbish fire in the aftermath of a tornado on Nov. 18
in Washington, Illinois. Bottom: Tornado damaged homes are seen. According to reports the tornado that ripped across Washington, Illinois has been preliminary classified as an EF-4. A fast-moving storm system spawned multiple tornadoes that touched down across the Midwest, leaving behind a path of destruction in 12 states and killing at least five. GETTY IMAGES
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest robotic explorer, Maven, rocketed toward Mars yesterday on a quest to unravel the ancient myster y of the red planet’s radical climate change. The Maven spacecraft is due at Mars next fall following a journey of more than 440 million miles. “Hey, guys, we’re going to Mars!” Maven’s principal scientist, Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado at Boulder, told reporters after liftoff. Jakosky and others want to know why Mars went from being warm and wet during its first billion years to cold and dr y today. The early Martian atmosphere was thick enough to hold water and possibly support microbial life. But much of that atmosphere may have been lost to space, eroded by the sun. Maven set off through a cloudy afternoon sky in its bid to provide answers. An unmanned Atlas V rocket put the spacecraft on the proper course for Mars, and launch controllers applauded and shook hands over the success. “What a Monday at the office,” NASA project manager David Mitchell said. “Maybe I’m not showing it, but I’m euphoric.” Ten years in the making, Maven had Nov. 18, 2013, as its original launch date, “and we hit it,” Mitchell said. “I just want to say, ‘Safe travels, Maven. We’re with you all the way.’” Jakosky, Maven’s mastermind, said he was anxious and even shaking as the final seconds of the countdown ticked away. An estimated 10,000 NASA guests gathered for the liftof f — the most exciting one of the year from Cape Canaveral — including a couple thousand representing the University of Colorado. Sur viving liftoff was the first big hurdle, Jakosky said. The next huge milestone will be Maven’s insertion into orbit around Mars on Sept. 22, 2014.
To help solve Mars’ environmental puzzle, Maven will spend an entire Earth year measuring atmospheric gases. This is NASA’s 21st mission to Mars since the 1960s. But it’s the first one devoted to studying the Mar tian upper atmosphere. The mission costs $671 million. Maven — shor t for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, with a capital “N’’ in EvolutioN — bears eight science instruments. The spacecraft, at 5,410 pounds, weighs as much as an SUV. From solar wingtip to wingtip, it stretches 37.5 feet, about the length of a school bus. A question underlying all of NASA’s Mars missions to date is whether life could have started on what now seems to be a barren world. “We don’t have that answer yet, and that’s all part of our quest for tr ying to answer, ‘Are we alone in the universe?’ in a much broader sense,” said John Grunsfeld, NASA’s science mission director. Unlike the 2011-launched Curiosity rover, Maven will conduct its experiments from orbit around Mars. Maven will dip as low as 78 miles above the Martian surface, sampling the atmosphere. The lopsided orbit will stretch as high as 3,864 miles. Curiosity’s odometer reads 2.6 miles after more than a year of roving the red planet. An astronaut could accomplish that distance in about a day on the Martian surface, Grunsfeld noted. Grunsfeld, a former astronaut, said considerable technology is needed, however, before humans can fly to Mars in the 2030s, NASA’s ultimate objective. Mars remains an intimidating target even for robotic craft, more than 50 years after the world’s first shot at the red planet. — The Associated Press
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Princeton to use unapproved meningitis vaccine on campus PRINCETON, N.J. — Princeton University officials decided yesterday to make available a meningitis vaccine that hasn’t been approved in the U.S. to stop the spread of the sometimes deadly disease on campus. The university said doses of the vaccine for the type B meningococcal bacteria are to be available in December and Februar y for all undergraduate students, graduate students who live in dorms and university employees who have sickle cell disease and other medical conditions that make them more susceptible to meningitis. The university said the plan was recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccinations are to be paid for by the university and are not mandatory. Officials say they are most effective in two doses. Since March, seven cases of meningitis have been confirmed on the New Jersey campus with six students and a visitor diagnosed, the most recent last week. None of the cases has been fatal. Last week, the federal Food and Drug Administration approved importing the vaccine, Bexsero, for possible use at the Ivy League school. Princeton spokesman Martin Mbugua said university officials considered a number of factors before deciding to move ahead with the plan, but he declined to say what those factors were. The CDC says the outbreak at Princeton is the first in the
world since the vaccine against the type B meningococcal bacteria was approved in Europe and Australia this year, the only one for use against the strain. The vaccine is in the approval process in the U.S. Bacterial meningitis is a disease that can cause swelling of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It’s fairly rare in the United States, but those who get it develop symptoms quickly and can die in a couple of days. Survivors can suffer mental disabilities, hearing loss and paralysis. The B strain is among the most common in Europe and also has been found frequently in the U.S. Last year, for instance, it accounted for 160 of the 480 meningitis cases in the U.S. tallied by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one in 10 young adults with the strain dies. One in five develops a permanent disability. Under New Jersey state law, students who live in dorms must have vaccinations against other strains of meningitis. But a different type of vaccine is needed for type B, said Pritish Tosh, a Mayo Clinic researcher who develops vaccines. He said that Bexsero, sold by Novartis, has had good results so far where it has been used. “Since there is a product available,” he said, “it makes a lot of sense of me if the public health authorities go for it.” — The Associated Press
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IN BRIEF NEWARK, N.J. — A federal appeals cour t has denied New Jersey’s request for another chance to argue that spor ts betting should be legal in the state. The 3rd Circuit U.S. Cour t of Appeals in Philadelphia on Friday quashed the state’s motion to bring the arguments before the full cour t. In September, a three-judge panel ruled that New Jersey’s law allowing spor ts betting conflicts with federal law and can’t be implemented. A 1992 federal law banning spor ts betting made exceptions for four states: Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon, all of which had some type of spor ts gambling at the time. Lawyers for Republican Gov. Chris Christie argued the law
NUCLEAR NO MORE In this handout image provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co., workers remove nuclear fuel rods from a pool at No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Nov. 18 in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan. TEPCO started removing nuclear fuel from a damaged reactor building for the first time, marking a new stage in the decades-long decommissioning process. The operation to empty the storage pool in the No. 4 reactor building, which holds 1,533 nuclear fuel assemblies, began and is expected to be removed by December 2014. But, the overall decommissioning work at the stricken nuclear plant is expected to take 30 to 40 years to complete.
violated state sovereignty and equal protection clauses. This month, Christie asked that the full cour t, not just the threejudge panel, hear arguments. Now, however, Christie’s only recourse will be to go to the U.S. Supreme Cour t. Christie’s office was mum yesterday. A spokesman, Colin Reed, did not return a request for comment. In September, Reed said Christie was prepared to appeal the case to the Supreme Cour t. New Jersey voters approved a referendum to allow spor ts betting in 2011. Christie signed it into law last year. Four professional spor ts teams and the NCAA then sued the state. — The Associated Press
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THIS WEEK’S PENDULUM QUESTION
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Skelly construction plans ineffective University resources should be channeled into beneficial projects
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hould a need that remains prevalent on the mental and Biological Sciences’ Academic ProgramRutgers University campus trump concerns ming curriculum or alternative expansion techniques? Ultimately, Rutgers is running out space. Rather over environmental or structural efficiency? That is the question that was addressed at the meeting than destroying a piece of land, why don’t we invest in between the School of Environmental and Biological a more sufficient Cook/Douglass bus system or verSciences Governing council and Dean Goodman, the tically, opposed to horizontally, expand existing lots? executive dean of the school. This council unanimous- The only buses that run in opposite directions, thus ly voted in opposition to Rutgers’ plans to proceed with helping the flow of traffic, are the A and H bus that construction of a parking lot on part of Cook campus’ travel between the College Avenue campus and BusSkelly Field to accommodate the construction of the ch campus. We can create greater efficiency by spenew Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health. We think cializing the existing bus routes of the EE and F busthe elimination of an aesthetic piece of land, enjoyed es that travel between the Cook/Douglass campuses by inhabitants of Cook and Douglass campuses, is and the College Avenue campus. Cook and Douglass unnecessary when there are other solutions to the ev- are two separate campus locations and Rutgers needs to acknowledge and address this fact by separating er-present parking issue at Rutgers University. the bus routes and Those who promote increasing the numthe construction beber of buses that are lieve that when the “Rather than destroying a piece of land, running between Institute opens and why don’t we invest in a more Cook, Douglass and the Willets Health other campuses. Center moves to be sufficient Cook/Douglass bus system In regards to vertiembedded into the or vertically ... expand on existing lots?” cal expansion, it may new institute, parkbe more cost effecing space availabilitive to build parking ty will be in greater decks in the existing demand. The current Food Science building displaced 131 parking lots near Skelly Field to preserve land on a campus spaces. By expanding the lot, Cook campus will that thrives on its environmentally affable values. By promoting parking lot expansion and producnot regain all 131 lost parking spaces, but create 60-90 spots depending on the design and layout. tion, we are inherently generating an issue that fails Although against the proposition because of its lack to exist in the surrounding area of the new Institute of environmental efficiency, Goodman expressed his of Food, Nutrition, and Health. Students report that willingness to compromise by encouraging the de- there is a lack of use of the existing parking lots near velopment of environmentally responsible lots. They Skelly Field. There is too much of a discrepancy bewould include recycled pavement and bioswales, tween our environmental apprehensions, our strucsimple structures that remove silt and pollution from tural transportation concerns and our trepidations, runoff. But could this institution invest the millions of as a student body, about efficient use of space. And dollars raised to fund this project for other things, such tackling these kinds of issues will only be impossible as the academic transition of the School of Environ- if we remain stagnant. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 145th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Choose a major that reflects passions, not prospects AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH SHANNON RAY
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few weeks ago, Targum columnist Sabri Rafi wrote a plea to undecided students to choose a major they are passionate about rather than one society encourages them to pursue. I would like to commend Rafi on his prudent advice, as well as offer some of my own. As a School of Arts and Sciences first year, I have spent the first two and a half months of the semester wondering what I am going to do with my life. This wondering gradually developed into daily quarter-life crises and a lot of tweets along the lines of “I’m just going to major in ‘Game of Thrones’ and cats.” If you currently find yourself amid a hoard of students who seem to have everything up to retirement planned out, and you are experiencing thoughts such as, “What on earth am I going to do with my life? Oh my gosh I’m going to be a hobo,” I would like to offer some words of advice. First, you will figure it out. I know, I know, this is the most annoying piece of advice to hear from people who already have everything figured out — and yes,
I know the classes you take now have a in than investing in stocks. If you’re pasdirect bearing on when you will be able sionate about something, you’ll be willing to graduate. But once you find a major to exert the effort it takes to succeed in you’re passionate about, you won’t mind any field, and there is very little risk of an spending an extra couple of weeks over enthusiastic college graduate winding up the summer at school if you need to. Get on the streets. If you aren’t quite sure what you love your requirements out of the way now; it’ll give you the opportunity to explore fields enough in order to devote your career to it, take some time to explore your options. of interest, and these classes will count. Next, do what you love. I cannot stress You attend one of the most diverse univerthis enough. I know far too many people sities in the country. If there isn’t a class going into corporate law or actuary ac- for your interest, there’s a club for it, or a Facebook counting begroup for cause that’s it, or a where the “I give you this advice not as a seasoned professor money is, that’s reand I have college graduate, but as a clueless searching far too many freshman who just figured out what it. You can friends who take someare majoring she wants to do three days ago.” thing as in biology beabstract as cause there a political aren’t many jobs in sports journalism. Ask yourself cause you feel passionate about and turn this: How many truly happy people do you it into a career. You’re not going to figure know who sit in an office cubicle all day, out what you want to do by Googling the poring over paperwork, and come home highest-paying careers. Ask your friends smiling contently? Being rich seems like what they’re majoring in. Ask your old the best thing the world has to offer right high school teachers for advice. Ask your now, but as you get older, your priorities parents what they wanted to be when they will change. Life will become much more grew up. Still no luck? Wait it out. Registration season got the better of about spending time with your family or making a change in something you believe me, and after having upperclassmen hold
classes for me and emailing professors left and right for special permission numbers, I ended up registering for difficult classes that I knew I would hate. It seems immediately after the last group of students had registered, and just about ever y section of ever y class was closed, I had an epiphany wherein I realized that I want to teach English. If you think I won’t make any money and, by extension, won’t live a happy life, or that I’m unintelligent and can’t handle rigorous science courses, or that I’m teaching because “those who can’t do, teach,” I hope those opinions don’t hinder you from pursuing what you love. A high school English teacher is just as valuable as an aerospace engineer, which is just as valuable as an art historian, a dancer or a biochemist. I give you this advice not as a seasoned college graduate, but as a clueless freshman who just figured out what she wants to do three days ago. Yet I feel as wise as someone who has been studying for years because I’ve finally chosen to embrace my passion. Do what you love and everything else will fall into place. Shannon Ray is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Her column, “An Inconvenient Truth,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
Implications of DREAM Act huge and promising #REALTALK SARA ZAYED
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he N.J. DREAM Act, other wise known as the Tuition Equality Act, was passed by the Senate Budget Committee this past Thursday, November 14th. It went before the full Senate yesterday, and was passed. Previously, undocumented immigrants could enroll in state colleges but were forced to pay out-of-state tuition rates, which, as we know, are double the price. Now, students from low-income families are eligible for two tuition grant programs in addition to in-state tuition. This essentially removes the impediment of excessively expensive education and affords immigrants equal opportunities, one of America’s fer vent promises. Opponents of the measure do not think that tax dollars should go to subsidizing the education of undocumented immigrants. Undocumented or not, they are participating members of our community and should be afforded the chance to pursue a good education. Not only is educa-
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tion a fundamental human right, it is also wards that education — is available to all the essential stepping-stone to any kind students throughout New Jersey.” Giancarlo Tello, 23, only discovered he of advancement. In casual conversation, I’ve also heard people claim that it is un- was undocumented when he was told he fair to afford undocumented immigrants a couldn’t get his driver’s license or a job break when out-of-state American citizens as a sophomore in high school. He began have to pay the out-of-state rate. To this, a political science major at Rutgers, but I respond that the dividing line between couldn’t afford to continue, and hopes to citizens and immigrants is constructed by reenroll when the N.J. DREAM Act goes into effect. people who The issue of are favored tuition eqby advantag“Not only is education a fundamental uity seems es attained human right, but it is also the vague when entirely only statisby circumessential stepping stone to any tics are read, stance. These kind of advancement.” but when same Amerstories like ican citizens Tello’s come have other options, while immigrants do not. Immi- into focus, it becomes that much more real. As the daughter of immigrants, it hits grants, by default, fight for options. Said Marios Athanasiou, president of home for me — I was close to being born New Jersey United Students: “Students outside the United States, but luckily was have waited far too long for the equality born in New York. That was pure chance, of access that the New Jersey DREAM but had that not been the case, education Act would provide. This is not just an is- would have been a struggle to access. I am sue that affects individuals — it is a mat- afforded incredible resources at Rutgers, ter of concern for the future of our soci- and I can’t imagine why any student with a ety and generations to come. We have the drive to learn and succeed should be disadopportunity to ensure that an affordable, vantaged by their legal status, especially as accessible, quality education — and aid to- attaining citizenship is an arduous process.
Now that the act has passed before the N.J. Senate, the implications are huge and positive. Perhaps this is the first step to decreasing the price of tuition altogether and making education more accessible in general. Last semester, a girl in one of my classes broke down crying because she was working multiple jobs to pay for her tuition, in addition to balancing her course load. Roadblocks to higher education are detrimental for everyone in the short term and the long run. The N.J. DREAM Act has been designed to lift some of these roadblocks, and although 16 other states have tuition equity legislation, only three states — California, New Mexico and Texas — allow undocumented immigrants to apply for state aid. Now, it’s headed for Gov. Chris Christie’s desk, and in the wake of his recent reelection, hopes are high that he will sign the bill as is without removing any of its equally necessar y measures. In the meantime, I cross my fingers in the hope that access to education will be something the student body can unanimously get behind. Sara Zayed is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Her column, “#RealTalk,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
We changed our objective. Our motive was not to do the protest. ... Stan would not have wanted us to do that. I just wanted people to talk about what Stan meant to them.
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-Nadirah Simmons, School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, on cancelling a student protest to Stan McNeil’s resignation. See story on FRONT.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (11/19/13). Plant seeds for creative projects in autumn that will flower in springtime. Indulge your passions this year, inspiring your work in new directions. Assess what you most love doing, and with whom. Partnerships reach new levels, too. You’re the star next summer; launch, promote and get public. Then rest up before your career really takes off. 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 — Stand on your toes for a while. A surprise is in the works. It requires patience and flexibility, but you can handle it. Your communications go farther than expected; make them count. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Tempers are running short, but there’s no need to dwell in any arguments. Focus on chores that increase your income, and postpone the unnecessary ones. There are more goodies coming in, if you keep your eyes open. Collect them. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — You’re a powerhouse right now, and that can be intimidating to others. There may be a disagreement about priorities. Compromise without compromising your integrity or commitment. Keep the trains on time, and then take time to relax and appreciate. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Avoid grumpy people. Spend time with family or by yourself doing the things you love. Blow off steam on the basketball court or by climbing a mountain (metaphorical or literal). Take care of your spirit. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Finances are in a state of flux for the better. There’s more money available than it seems. Group participation contributes. Share the wealth, give and receive. A pizza party could be in order. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — A disruption breaks your routine. Find the motivation to get the job done. The deadline’s right around the corner. Count on your friends for help, and return the favor. Talk is cheap. Have a backup plan.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — More challenges head your way. Your actions and intentions could seem thwarted by circumstances. Keep your humor. Study the terrain. The surprises you encounter could be refreshingly fun. Keep costs down. Physical games are good. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Work together to get farther. Your partner has what you need. Things may not always go according to plan. From the ashes rises the Phoenix. Get creative with an original plan, and articulate your message. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Gently rearrange the facts and make them work. Put in a correction and minimize financial risk. Focus on what you have in common rather than your differences and avoid the obvious argument. Use your words to build partnership. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Take action to provide great service, rather than just talking about it. Some ideas may not work. Keep your stinger sheathed. Avoid reckless spending. Little by little, pay back what you owe. Try a partner’s suggestion. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — A new idea has bugs, but it works! Don’t throw money at the problem. Use imagination. Make a fool of yourself if necessary. It could get fun. Look on the bright side, and share that with cohorts. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — It’s good to let another drive now. A fantasy seems more real than facts. Go with the flow and stay flexible but without excluding doing what you promised. Draw on your reserves. Get creative at home.
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Former Knights cornerback Ian Thomas told nj.com he left the team because of homesickness, rather than pursuing baseball. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2013
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Academic advisor said he guided Thomas in trying to pursue baseball continued from back for hearing Flood’s side of the story, according to Flood and Senior Associate Athletic Director Jason Baum. NJ.com posted Flood’s reaction to the story at 1:23 p.m., which came from Flood’s post-practice press conference. “I’m not used to these articles coming out the way they did,” Flood said. “I think it was unfortunate. I think had the facts been given ahead of time, this could have been avoided. I don’t appreciate the fact that my wife and my children had to wake up this morning to see an article that paints their father as a liar.” Thomas told nj.com he left Rutgers because of homesickness, not baseball. Flood said the Reistertown, Md., native brought up homesickness several times even before the meeting. A row of television cameras lined like a firing squad the Rutgers Tennis Complex, where Rutgers hosts post-practice media availability. Most of the television reporters’ questions pertained to the bullying allegations against defensive coordinator Dave Cohen. The usually mild-mannered Flood did not raise his voice, but glared angrily at the media while addressing the issues regarding Thomas and Cohen. NJ.com reporter Dan Duggan broke both the Cohen and Thomas stories, and nj.com posted both originally without Flood’s or the athletic department’s perspective. Walker said Thomas and his father both made it clear Thomas wanted to pursue baseball. “I’ve had at least two phonecall conversations with Ian’s father about tr ying to play football and baseball at Rutgers,” Walker said. “So I’ve had two conversations about that with him and numerous conversations with Ian partly.” Walker said he gave Thomas the resources and guidance for making the transition. That included laying out the college baseball rules from transfer, Walker said. If Thomas transfers to a Division-I-AA program, he must redshirt this year but he can still have a scholarship. If he transfers to junior college, he must sit out a year and a half before playing.
Although Walker does not know of Thomas’ scholastic performance since leaving the team, he said he gave Thomas academic advice for the transfer. “It’s not going to affect us, but for him, if he does want to transfer and go somewhere, he needs to do well in school here this semester,” Walker said. Merrell, a team captain, said Thomas told him he wanted to transfer to pursue baseball. “[Our conversation] was very short,” Merrell said. “He always talked to me. He could talk to me about anything. He just said his heart was in baseball, and I just wished him the best in life.” Walker said Thomas has not played baseball since sixth or seventh grade, and he even tried taking Thomas to the batting cage once before that plan fell through. “He hadn’t played since sixth, seventh grade,” Walker said. “He’s never seen a curveball. We’ve had those discussions.” Walker said there was even a three-week period when he couldn’t get in contact with Thomas. He does not even know Thomas’ progress with finding a baseball scholarship, although Flood said no school requested a transfer release. When someone leaves the team, players with a close relationship to him are generally the only ones who stay in contact, said junior wide receiver Brandon Coleman. “If you didn’t, then you don’t have a relationship at all,” Coleman said. “And if you do, then it kind of takes place maybe a little bit in the locker room, maybe in the dorms and then maybe after.” Merrell said he spoke with Thomas “a couple times” since he left the team. “He said everything is going good,” Merrell said. “His mind is in the right place.” Flood, meanwhile, defends his character from what nj.com reports might have made him out to be. “I’ve built my relationships in this part of the country over the last 20 years, and I spent a lot of time doing it, and every one I’ve built has been built on honesty,” Flood said. “And if you talk to the people in athletics and on campus here at Rutgers, the high school coaches in this state and in the state of Rutgers, the people I’ve done business with, I think they’ll tell you that.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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November 19, 2013 CROSS COUNTRY
Knights finish middle of pack at Regionals By Conor Nordland Contributing Writer
The Rutgers men’s and women’s cross countr y teams ran in the middle of the pack on both sides last weekend at the District II Regional Championships in Bethlehem, Pa. The women finished 16th, and the men finished 17th. Individually, the competition proved as difficult as anticipated. Several Knights struggled to make their mark. With the NCAA Championships next week, this was the last race for many of the Scarlet Knights in the fall season. The women finished according to assistant coach Jan Merrill-Morin’s expectations from last week in the 6K race. After not being ranked in the top 15 before the event, the Knights placed 16th. The talented competition around them proved too much to make an impact and break into the top tier of schools. Individually, sophomore Paige Senatore placed in the top 50 overall with a time of 21 minutes and 26 seconds, good for 47th place. Following her was junior Allison Payenski in 89th with a time of 22:01.
They were the only Knights to place within the top 100 runners at the event. Freshman Kaitlyn Bedard posted a time of 22:20 for 112th, and senior Rashmi Singh clocked in with a time of 22:23 for 114th. On the men’s side, Rutgers finished 17th overall in the 8K competition — one place away from the goal head coach Mike Mulqueen’s stated last week. But Mulqueen also wanted his top-five runners within one minute of each other. This was not the case, and the results show the effect. Senior Chris Banafato, who finished 52nd with a time of 31 minutes and 29 seconds, once again paced the team. After him, no other Knight placed in the top 100 overall, although there were many right on the edge. Junior Chris DeFabio finished 101st with a time of 32:29, senior Curtis Richburg posted a time of 32:40 for 103rd and freshman Sam Habib came in with a time of 32:40, good for 105th place. For updates on the Rutgers men’s and women’s cross country teams, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
ALLEGATIONS Hamilton says some might misinterpret Cohen trying to get best out of players continued from back
with nine rushing touchdowns. “He’s going to bounce off tackles, he’s going to make you miss, so you have to be ready to play,” Snyder said.
spoke with the team about the situation. “I addressed the defense,” Merrell said. “Dave Cohen is a great coach, I love him personHamilton, who missed ally. I’ve had a lot of ups with the Cincinnati game with a shoulhim, no downs. He’s a great der injury, was not on the latest person to bring out the best in injury report Sunday. ever y player.” Hamilton started Rutgers’ first Sophomore defensive tackle eight games of the season before Darius Hamilton also backed up he went down with a shoulder inCohen’s coachjury. The West ing style. Both Paterson, N.J., entered the pronative has five “Dave Cohen is a great tackles for loss gram last season when Flood this season, coach, I love him hired Cohen including one personally. ... He’s a great sack. as the Knights’ person to bring out the linebacker “It was tough best in every player.” coach. pill to swallow, “It’s just a but I was just JAMAL MERRELL coach trying to there for them Senior Outside Linebacker bring the best emotionally out of his playand just tried to ers,” Hamilton get them fired said. “Some up any way I people take it could,” Hamilthe wrong way and some people ton said. don’t. That’s the game of football. … I don’t think Coach Cohen has T he K nights ’ game N ov . done anything wrong. I think he’s 30 against Connecticut will a great guy, great man and I think kick of f at noon and be shown he’s a great coach.” on ESPNU. Rutgers also announced that Rutgers’ front seven has its game Dec. 7 against South two days to find a way to stop Florida will be shown either on Central Florida running back ESPN or ESPN2 at noon or on Storm Johnson, the AAC’s lead- ESPN2 at 7:30. ing rusher. For updates on the Rutgers footJohnson, who transferred from Miami (Fla.) in 2011, leads ball team, follow Bradly Derechailo the conference with 841 rushing on Twitter @Bradly_D. For generyards. The Loganville, Ga., native al Rutgers sports updates, follow @ is also tied for the league lead TargumSports.
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VOLLEYBALL UCONN WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS
Senior libero Tracy Wright recorded a season-high 21 digs during Rutgers’ straight-set loss Friday to Connecticut. NOAH WHITTENBURG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2013
RU changes lineup, still loses to UConn By Sean Stewart Staff Writer
The frustration on the faces of the members of the Rutgers volleyball team following their loss to Connecticut sums up the team’s disappointing season. The Huskies swept the Scarlet Knights in straight sets Friday at the College Ave. Gym. Not even the thunderous support from Rutgers’ (4-24, 0-14) fan base could will the Knights to their first victor y in nearly two months. “They had their way with us offensively,” said assistant coach Lindsey Lee. “Our defense and blocking didn’t do a good enough job of slowing down what they wanted to do offensively and likewise we had trouble siding out at times.” The Knights began the third set with an early 14-11 lead before the Huskies tied the score at 19. Connecticut (12-17, 3-11) then went on a 6-1 run to secure the win, 25-20. Collapsing in pressure situations has been nothing new for the Knights. “Our execution late in games has been a real big issue for us,” Lee said “It’s a tell of a young team to be honest, but again no excuses and at some point you have to figure it out.” Rutgers fell into an early 7-1 deficit in the second set thanks to a relentless Connecticut attack, but fought back to even the score at 11. Following several attacking errors from the Knights, the Huskies went on a 10-3 run, including a point in the middle of the set where both teams battled intensely back and forth. Rutgers dropped the point, serving as a final blow to the Knights chances in the second set.
UConn comfortably won 25-19. The Knights started the first set full of energy, but their play was too loose and error-filled. Tied at 10, the Huskies began to pull away with some timely service aces and poor offensive execution from Rutgers. A service error from the Knights closed out the opening set loss as they dropped it, 25-19. Rutgers practiced on exploiting Connecticut’s weakness against tips all week, but the Knights seemed uncomfortable executing the game plan. Following a strong offensive performance Nov. 10 against South Florida, three Knights finished with double-digit kills. Only sophomore outside hitter Alex Lassa this week finished in double-digits with a team-high 11 kills. “We just didn’t execute the game plan and take care of the details,” Lassa said. “[UConn] was just consistent. They didn’t give us a lot of points and they made it very hard for us to score.” Head coach CJ Werneke also tweaked the starting lineup, replacing sophomore libero Ali Schroeter with senior Tracy Wright and giving freshman outside hitter Micaela Anderson her ninth start. Wright finished with a season-high 21 digs, but the Huskies had the Knights on their back foot for most of the match, proving the changes made little difference. “I think we do really well in practice, but were not carr ying it over into the games,” Wright said. “We need to make adjustments sooner … stay aggressive and carr y over what we do in practice.” For updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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November 19, 2013 WOMEN’S SOCCER
Head coach Glenn Crooks said senior Jessica Janosz, above, saved her best goalkeeping for the last four games of her career. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rutgers reflects upon successful campaign By Tyler Karalewich Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s soccer team’s season ended with most, if not all, the players in tears after the result of the NCAA Tournament first-round matchup. Senior goalkeeper Jessica Janosz held back hers when she spoke about her career ending. “We broke a lot of school records and had one of the most successful years for Rutgers women’s soccer,” Janosz said after the team dropped its first NCAA Tournament game to West Virginia, 3-0 in penalty kicks. “I’m so happy to be a part of it. These are a fantastic group of girls that I’m really going to miss. The hardest thing is going to be leaving these girls.” Head coach Glenn Crooks wanted to make things clear after the season ended in the first round of the NCAA tournament on penalty kicks. “We didn’t lose the West Virginia match. We tied the West Virginia match,” Crooks said. “I think we were the better side on the night and had more quality opportunities. When it comes down to PKs, they had the experience of seeing us take them twice and they did their job to advance.” It was not the first time Rutgers’ (13-4-5, 5-3-1) fate came down to penalty kicks. Before the national tournament game, penalty kicks against Memphis propelled Rutgers on Nov. 8 to the AAC Championship game against Central Florida. But against UCF the Knights lost, 8-7, Nov. 10 because of penalty kicks. The loss overshadowed victories Oct. 27 against Temple in the season finale and Nov. 3 against Cincinnati in the quarterfinals of the AAC Tournament to advance to conference semifinals for the first time since 2006. Crooks believes there were games throughout the schedule that made it a successful season. “I think it was a great season for the program. Looking back, there were moments that really got us to [the NCAA Tournament],” Crooks said. “Even before conference play, we got a last-minute goal to beat Villanova, which was big. Looking at our conference games, we did a lot of what we wanted to do and played good soccer.” Some of that success stemmed from Rutgers’ senior class, who provided production and leadership. Senior defender Tricia Di-
Paolo graduates after seven seasons, which included several injury redshirts. The senior defender was captain for four straight seasons and made the AAC All-Tournament team after helping the Knights allow only one goal throughout the conference tournament. DiPaolo started every game this season. Janosz also led the defense. She did not allow a goal in the last 360:99 minutes of the season. The goalkeeper finished her career with 12 shutouts — seventh all-time in the program — including nine this season to go along with 82 saves. The Ringwood, N.J., native, who started every game for the Knights this season, became the AAC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player. “Jess came up with the performance of the year [against Memphis in AAC semi-finals],” Crooks said. “She saved her best goalkeeping for her last four matches and was outstanding throughout the year. She really closed out her career well.” Offensively, it is hard to look past senior forward Jonelle Filigno. The senior for ward ranks fourth all-time for Rutgers in points and goals and is first for her career with 17 game-winning goals. A member of the Canadian National Team, Filigno was second on the team with eight goals this season. Filigno is also the fifth player in program history to be named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. She also made firstteam all-conference. Tasked with replacing the production and leadership of Filigno, junior forward Stefanie Scholz feels prepared, having played alongside the star forward. “I’ve learned a great deal from Jonelle and the other seniors on the team,” Scholz said. “I think it’s just a matter of taking their qualities and building from it to bring this program to where it needs to be.” Crooks knows the process of replacing the seniors will difficult. “From an ability standpoint, replacing them will not be easy, even more so from a leadership standpoint,” Crooks said. “How they conduct themselves and how dear the team is to them, those things are not as measurable. That’s the nature of intercollegiate athletics, leaders leaving and having to develop new ones. This is what you deal with as a coach each year, it’s part of the process.”
November 19, 2013
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Seagears’ all-around play helps RU to NIT win By Bradly Derechailo Associate Sports Editor
After Jerome Seagears’ last performance against Yale, Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Eddie Jordan had to get on his junior guard. “You should have seen me during the next practice,” Jordan said. “I was even tougher on him.” Whatever Jordan said worked, as Seagears responded with 15 points and nine assists during the Scarlet Knights’ 66-51 victory last night against Canisius in the NIT Season Tip-Off opening round. “It was good to have a good response to him getting on me,” Seagears said. “He always tells the stories about his great players and getting on them and how hard they had to work, I just took it as a challenge.” Rutgers (3-1) plays Drexel (21) tonight at the Louis Brown Athletic Center to see which program will represent the Northeast Regional part of the bracket beginning Nov. 27 at Madison Square Garden. The Knights can thank Seagears and their big men for giving them the opportunity. Seagears excited the crowd when he went up and under on his ninth assist, which went to senior forward Wally Judge. He fittingly threw it down with 3:10 remaining to give the Knights a 59-47 lead.
Rutgers never looked back as it pulled away from the Golden Griffins (1-2) after shooting just 27 percent from the field in the first half. The Knights allowed just 23 second-half points to Canisius, while Judge and junior forward Kadeem Jack each collected a double-double. The duo helped Rutgers out-rebound the Golden Griffins on the offensive glass, hauling 18 of fensive boards to Canisius’ 10. “We’ve been feeling kind of anxious the past couple of games we’ve been out-rebounded,” Judge said. “So me and Kadeem, being the starting big men, took it upon ourselves to try to control the glass.” But at one point, it seemed like Canisius was the team in control. Junior guard Myles Mack scored five straight points to end the first half, including a deep 3-pointer from behind the arc at the buzzer to make it a 28-26 Canisius lead. But both he and the rest of Rutgers’ offense struggled. The Knights again started off poorly from the floor in the first half, resulting in 36.5 percent field-goal shooting. Junior guard D’Von Campell replaced Mack, who went just 2-of-11 from the floor for 7 points, for most of the second half.
Junior guard Jerome Seagears attempts an up-and-under shot en route to 15 points and nine rebounds in Rutgers’ 66-51 win last night against Canisius. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Campbell finished with 10 points and three assists. “It wasn’t pretty offensively,” Jordan said. “We had some good looks in the first half that didn’t go in, some paint attempts [that didn’t go in as well].” As Rutgers failed to execute its half-court offense the way Jordan would have liked, guard Billy Barron and Canisius mixed outside shooting with drives to the paint. Barron, who leads the Golden Griffins with 22.3 points per game,
led all scorers with 17 points. His deep 3-ball with 29 seconds left in the first half gave the Golden Griffins a 28-23 lead. But Seagears, who Baron opposed the whole game, held Baron to just 7-of-19 shooting from the field. Judge believes Seagears, who averaged just 6.7 points per game in his first three outings, has the potential for games like last night every time he steps on the floor. He just needs a little push.
“I think it just shows when he has his head on straight, he can contribute in more than just one way,” Judge said. “He helped on the glass, he got everybody involved and still found his own shot, so that’s a tremendous night for him.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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Quote of the Day “I don’t appreciate the fact that my wife and children had to wake up this morning to see an article that paints their father as a liar.” — Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood on an nj.com report about former Knight Ian Thomas
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Head coach Kyle Flood defended himself and his team amid two separate issues. NJ.com reported two critical stories about Rutgers pertaining to former Knight Ian Thomas and defensive coordinator Dave Cohen, but neither included Rutgers’ perspective when the stories broke. ENRICO CABREDO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Flood, several others involved with team say Thomas’ Players, Flood continually support Cohen in media comments in nj.com report about transfer lack truth flurry pertaining to Tyree’s verbal abuse allegations By Josh Bakan Sports Editor
Former Rutgers football cornerback Ian Thomas told nj.com pursuing baseball had nothing to do with why he left the team last month, despite what head coach Kyle Flood said. Flood, senior linebacker Jamal Merrell and Executive Director of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes Scott Walker said otherwise yesterday post-practice. Thomas and his father met with Flood Oct. 13, Flood said. Flood announced two days later that Thomas left the program to pursue baseball at another school.
“In those discussions, the idea of him playing baseball in the future did come up,” Flood said yesterday. “And at the end of the discussion, I asked Ian the question, ‘Are you OK leaving your team at this point of the season?’ And his response to me was yes.” NJ.com posted the story yesterday at 7:55 a.m., four hours before Flood’s usual post-practice media availability. “I was shocked,” Thomas told nj.com. “I don’t know where [Flood] got that from. I don’t know why he would put that out there like that, but it’s definitely not true.” But the athletic department never received a call from the reporter, Dan Duggan, See report on Page 15
By Bradly Derechailo Associate Sports Editor
With 22 words Monday after practice, Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood put his full backing behind Scarlet Knights defensive coordinator Dave Cohen. A recent nj.com ar ticle said former player Jevon Tyree accused Cohen of verbal bullying. “Coach Cohen is our defensive coordinator and if I didn’t have confidence in him as a football coach, he wouldn’t be that,” Flood said. Junior outside linebacker Kevin Snyder said not only Flood feels that way. “Of course. Absolutely,” Snyder said
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KAHLEAH COPPER, sophomore guard, was named yesterday to the AAC’s Weekly Honor Roll. Copper averaged 19 points and seven rebounds in leading the Rutgers women’s basketball team to wins against Northeastern and LaSalle.
when asked if he supported Cohen. “I think the entire defense, the entire team, we all support him.” Tyree said in the article, released the day before Rutgers’ 52-17 home loss Saturday to Cincinnati, that Cohen verbally abused him during a study hall session this April. According to a statement by the Rutgers athletic department, while there was a verbal altercation between Cohen and Tyree, Flood dealt with it immediately, verbally reprimanded Cohen and informed the rest of his coaching staff about the situation. After the Knights’ loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats, senior outside linebacker Jamal Merrell See allegations on Page 16
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