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TIs organize review to help local homeless VAISHALI GAUBA NEWS EDITOR
Students walking into Saturday’s review session for “Organic Chemistry” were not just lugging their hefty textbooks. They also carried boxes of cereal, cans of beans and winter accessories like lotion and lip balm. Although these students could have spent their entire weekend preparing for their exam, they wanted to ensure that the upcoming holiday season brings merriment and comfort for everyone in the New Brunswick community. Teaching interns for the course, Akash Patel and Chirag Patel, conducted the review session at the Lucy Stone Hall auditorium and a couple of smaller classrooms in Tillet Hall on Saturday afternoon. Before the four-hour session began, every student donated a non-perishable food item, winter accessory or cash to Elijah’s Promise, a New Brunswick soup kitchen that aims to assist the homeless. Chirag and Akash Patel, both School of Arts and Sciences seniors, were the masterminds behind the idea of a charity session merged SEE REVIEW ON PAGE 4
Rutgers students often have frustrating experiences trying to register for classes on the University’s online network. The new “Rate Your Course Schedule Survey” aims to resolve this problem. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DENNIS ZURAW / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Survey seeks to improve class registration SABRINA SZTEINBAUM ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
A new survey being released today will ask students about courses they were or were not able to register for next semester, why they were locked out of them, as well as questions about where they live and the University’s bus system, said Christopher Morett, director of the Office of Scheduling and Space Management.
The “Rate Your Course Schedule Sur vey,” designed by Morett and the Rutgers Of fice of Scheduling and Space Management, is meant for the University to glean “what is really happening, as told by the students,” Morett said. There are “plenty of anecdotal data” about what the student course demand is, Morett said, but no office at the University
has directly asked students about their experiences. Emily Zee, a School of Engineering junior, piloted the survey before its release. She said the survey was short and user-friendly. The survey began by asking for her RUID, and the following screen showed her a list of all the classes she registered for next semester. It also asked if she got into the classes she wanted on her preferred campuses.
“The end goal of the survey is to help departments get a feeling of how students feel about registration,” she said. The main issue Zee sees with scheduling is that certain class times overlap, so she hopes the feedback from the survey is put to use by the University to figure out more efficient course schedules. SEE SURVEY ON PAGE 4
Summit addresses global women’s health concerns KELSEY WEIDMANN STAFF WRITER
Rutgers students, faculty and community members gathered Saturday to discuss how to combat global women’s health challenges. The first annual Douglass global summit held at the Douglass Student Center, “Women’s Health and Dignity for the 21st Centur y,” sought to prompt discussion between men and women on how to become well-informed global citizens. After the keynote address by activist Dr. Nafis Sadik, attendees shared opinions, gave advice and encouraged one another to dilineate possible solutions. Maribel Macalintal, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said that women need to watch out for “microaggressions.” Microaggressions, she said, are subtle discriminations that often go unnoticed and need to be addressed before they begin to build up over time. The trepidation associated with challenging male authority in fighting for equality, recognizing that gender issues are truly a problem, challenging stereotypes and writ-
ing articles to offer new perspectives were all topics of discussion amongst the audience members. After a quick break, students from a class taught by Francis Barchi, an assistant professor at the School of Social Work, and Samantha Winter, a graduate student in the School of Social Work, presented their findings on their global awareness survey. The survey examined topics from the U.N. International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994 to commemorate its 20th anniversary, Barchi said. Danica Ramos, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said that the conference highlighted the importance of each individual as opposed to viewing them as a number. “It was a milestone in the history of population, development and women’s rights,” Ramos said. “Population was not just about counting people, but [conveying] that every person counts.” The survey gained knowledge of students’ international exposure by testing their fluency in other SEE SUMMIT ON PAGE 5
On Nov. 19, Rutgers network came under a Distributed Denial of Service attack that was displayed on the Web Registration System page. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DENNIS ZURAW / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Police investigate Rutgers cyber attack KATIE PARK CORRESPONDENT
First-year students may have experienced more difficulties than usual when registering for classes last Wednesday. Frank Reda, director of the Office of Information Technology, stated via email that the Rutgers networks came under a Distributed Denial of Service attack on Nov. 19, begin-
ning approximately around 10 p.m., when most first-year students were scheduled to register for classes. The Rutgers Network encompasses physical wiring on campus in offices, residence halls, libraries, classrooms and other Rutgers buildings, Reda said. Areas served by RUWireless and RUWireless Secure rely on physical connections in order to provide wireless signal to the areas of campus they serve.
Not all DDoS attacks are the same, but Reda said a common method of attack — and the one that the Rutgers network encountered — saw the network saturated with external communications requests. Based on forensic work, Reda estimated 40,000 bots, or web robots, were launched to flood the Rutgers network with ser vice
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Wyoming Senator emphasizes role of political involvement
Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, describes the political career of Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) at Friday’s ‘Politics as a Contact Sport: The Fight for Your Future’ held at Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus. RUOXUAN YANG
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The word “politics” is derived from “poly,” meaning many, and “ticks,” meaning blood-sucking insects, joked former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) last Friday at Scott Hall. The Eagleton Institute of Politics hosted the event, “Politics as a Contact Sport: The Fight for Your Future,” Friday morning in Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus. The Wyoming senator ser ved in of fice from 1979 to 1997. In 2010, President Obama appointed him as co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, which proposed recommendations to balance the budget and addressed changes to entitlement spending. During his lecture, he discussed government programs that have not adapted to changing conditions and delved into issues facing the federal budget. Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, described Simpson as a practitioner with a distinctive political voice. “[Simpson] knows the subject inside and out from many years of experience, astute obser vation and the temperament of someone who calls it like he sees it,” Mandel said. Simpson began by putting forth statistics to show the sorr y state of the budget. He said America currently owes about $18 trillion. He said the countr y needed entitlement reform, citing excess militar y benefits and the failing social security system.
He talked about government waste, such as the more than 65 Department of Defense schools in America that are all a bus ride from a public school. The cost per student at each of these schools is $51,000 a year for fewer than 20,000 students. “Tr y to change that, and you’ll get ripped by the National Education Association, the veterans and the militar y,” he said. In addition, he addressed the growing problems surrounding the future of Social Security and resistance to change the system. “The nastiest letters I have ever received are from people
“You can work like a dog to get them out there and vote. And that’s what the Eagleton Institute does.” ALAN SIMPSON U.S. Senator (R-Wyo.)
over 60,” he said. When Social Security was first created in the 1930s, the retirement age was 65 and the average life span was 63, he said. But now, the expected life span is 78, the early retirement age is 62 and the system is billions in net deficit. His solution to make the program solvent for the next 75 years is to raise the retirement age and the taxable income threshold at which Americans stop paying Social Security from $118,000 to $200,000. The younger generation is paying into the system, but he predicts the system will collapse
before they are eligible to collect the benefits. “Use your brains,” he said. “This thing can’t exist in its present form … Young people are being totally deceived by the system.” In order to encourage young Americans to get involved with politics, Simpson appeared in a video for a group called “The Can Kicks Back.” The organization aims to mobilize the younger generation to demand action from leaders in Washington, D.C. on the issue of the federal budget. In the video, Simpson asks the millennial generation to stop “Instagramming [their] breakfast” and “getting on YouTube to see Gangnam Style” and instead use social media skills to rally for political action. “Young people need to take part or get taken apart,” Simpson said. “[The Can Kicks Back] is tired of seeing the can get kicked down the road. They’re going to pick up the can.” After Simpson opened the floor to student questions, Thomas Zobele, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, questioned President Barack Obama’s role in the White House. Zobele said a true leader needs to work with Congress to “get things done” and questioned whether Simpson was upset Obama threw Simpson’s hard work “in the waste basket.” Simpson said he knew Obama could not act on the commission’s proposed entitlement reform. Simpson was elected onto the committee on the basis of not inter fering “precious” entitlements.
Obama could not have embraced the 67-page entitlement reform plan, Simpson said. Republicans and Democrats both rejected the plan. “You don’t hear much about [the entitlement reform plan]. It’s like a stink bomb at a garden par ty because it uses phrases like ‘shared sacrifice’ and ‘going broke,’” he said. “But I’m not dishear tened.” Simpson also covered the importance of voting. Brian Olivares, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, asked
Simpson whether America should adopt a system similar to Australia, in which people are fined for not voting. He questioned whether the lack of voting contributed to the polarization of parties. Simpson said when people complain about the countr y to him, he first asks whether they vote. But people cannot be forced to vote, and a third party is not the solution. “You can work like a dog to get them out there and vote,” Simpson said. “And that’s what the Eagleton Institute does.”
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SURVEY Survey observes whether correlation exists between where students live, class location CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Zee, who is minoring in environmental policy, said those classes do not coincide with her engineering classes, so she has only been able to take one class per semester toward her minor. She hopes the survey can improve course scheduling between different departments. The survey also asks questions about students’ living situations to see if there is a correlation between where students choose to live and the campuses where they take classes, Morett said. “Part of reducing student travel is understanding if we can better coordinate where you live with where you take class,” he said. Scott Walker, the executive director of Academic Support Services for student athletes at Rutgers, met with Morett for the survey and went through the questions himself. The survey will help the University understand if and where it needs to add more sections of courses, especially introductory courses like communication, United States history or psychology, he said. Walker deals with scheduling student athletes and said the sur vey can help make course scheduling more ef ficient so students do not have to travel from Livingston campus to Cook and Douglass campuses at 5:30 p.m. “When you’re jumping from Livingston, anything to go to Cook and Douglass … oh my God, it’s just, you never know,” Walker said. “We’ll have kids send
us a picture on the bus, and you can see the traffic on Route 18.” Some sports hold their practices in the morning, which is “simple” for students because they can schedule their classes in the afternoon, Walker said. But other sports practice in the afternoon from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and with the traffic on Route 18, Walker said trying to schedule classes around that time is a “headache.” More classes offered at 8:10 a.m. would be helpful for those athletes who have afternoon practice, he said. Jamie Layne, a School of Arts and Sciences junior who also piloted the survey, said in an email that the survey was simple and self-explanatory, but left out the crucial question of how long it takes students to actually register for classes. She thinks students will be responsive to the survey since it is so short and “requires minimum thinking,” she said. “I think the survey is necessary for the Rutgers community because it will enlighten others and provide information on how often students are getting the classes that they want [or] need,” Layne said. Morett said students should take the survey because it can potentially make the University a better place for them, but for those students who are not convinced, there is another reason. “[The survey] could potentially help Rutgers meet their needs better, absolutely, but if you’re a senior or a cynic, there’s prizes,” he said.
Boxes full of non-perishable food items stock the Lucy Stone Hall Auditorium, where the “Organic Chemistry” review session was held Saturday afternoon. YINGJIE HU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER the TIs gave to it. “I actually thought it was a very sensitive, wonderful thing to do,” said. “When you are students, Teaching Interns collected nearly 20 boxes of food, she you get wrapped up and don’t clothing as well as $1,400 in cash think about giving back because of the huge amount of pressure … so I think it was very nice to give CONTINUED FROM FRONT most 1,400 students, nearly 600 of back to the community.” Altinis-Kiraz said she donated which attended the review. Behind the stage, where the TIs cash for the cause, although she with the review session. They had planned for it to take place last solved Chemistry problems and chose not to disclose the amount. Today five to 10 of the TIs plan year, Akash Patel said, but due to provided answers for students, time constraints and lack of volun- were 20 large boxes with almost to drop the donations that inteers, they weren’t able to pan out 500 cans and boxes of food items clude blankets, gloves, scar ves and clothing. In addition, the TIs and canned food, among oththe idea. The Department of Chemistry collected $1,400 in monetary do- er things, to Elijah’s Promise, Akash Patel said. and Chemical Biology increased nations, Akash Patel said. According to the organiza“Although it was a suggested the number of TIs from nine to almost 27 this year, Akash Patel donation, I didn’t come across tion’s needs, they plan to buy said. This enabled them to hold one person who didn’t donate,” the required items with the a review session for a class of al- he said. “Someone brought three cash donations. Akash Patel said he hopes that boxes full of canned goods, some even donated a dollar or $20 or this act can inspire other Rutgers $50. Everyone brought whatever departments to follow suit and give back to the they could.” local commuThe TIs adnity. vertised for the “It’s important to share As reportcharity review ed by Elijah’s using Sakai as with the larger New well as on their community. I don’t think Promise, Brunswick had Rutgers University Organ- anyone should not have a 1,528 homeless ic Chemistry holiday dinner to eat.” people in 2013. R e c e n t l y, 2014-15 FaceRutgers Unibook page that PRIYA KANTESARIA versity Librarstudents usually School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore ies implementuse to post their ed a policy problems about requiring any class concepts and to post messages and videos library visitors after 10 p.m. to display a Rutgers ID. Although to boost the class’s morale. Akash Patel said to increase the policy was directed to look turnout, the TIs told the students into the problem of homelessthat they would have a “mystery ness around the University comguest” in the middle of the review, munity, Akash Patel said the and they would give away a “hint” charity was not a response to the policy implementation. for the exam. Priya Kantesaria, a School of They received the hint via professor Robert Boikess, a profes- Ar ts and Sciences sophomore sor in the Department of Chem- who attended the review, doistry and Chemical Biology and nated cans of beans and $10 the course coordinator for the for the charity. Kantesaria said the donation “Organic Chemistry” classes at Rutgers. Boikess was also the one aspect of the session helped her who gave them the green flag for change the negative connotation attached to “Organic Chemistry.” conducting the charity review. “Remembering that there is The “myster y guest” was class lecturer Christine Altinis- someone around this orgo bubKiraz, who is teaching the last of ble, … and that there are causthe three segments of the class. es more worthy makes us bring Altinis said she volunteered to out all of our negativity and feel come for the review to help stu- more positive about it,” she said. dents with getting their ques- “We live in New Brunswick ... so it’s important to share with the tions answered. Altinis-Kiraz was very im- larger community. I don’t think pressed by the turnout of the anyone should not have a holievent and the charitable spin that day dinner to eat.”
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Rutgers restricts travel to countries with Ebola KATIE PARK CORRESPONDENT
Similar to policies recently implemented by Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Virginia Tech and the State University of New York system, Rutgers issued a statement Friday banning students and faculty from traveling to Ebola-affected countries — Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Mali — for University-sanctioned research, study abroad and business purposes. Brian Strom, chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, confirmed no member of the Rutgers community has contracted Ebola, and the risk of transmission is “extremely low.” But in conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Health’s policies, Rutgers enforced the ban to protect the health and welfare of its students, faculty and staff. The travel ban was ordered because health care systems in Ebola-affected countries are largely overtaxed. Public safety and security are being compromised. “Medical treatment or emergency evacuation from these areas may not be available to travelers,” Strom said. “The [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] recommends avoiding any non-essential travel and that
all education-related travel to these areas be postponed at this time.” The ban cannot regulate personal vacations, but the policy also discouraged students, staff and faculty from traveling to Ebola-affected countries. The policy also strongly urged the Rutgers community not to host travelers who recently returned from an Ebola-affected country. Exceptions to the policy must be made on a caseby-case basis. Members of the Rutgers community returning from an Ebola-affected country must contact their campus occupational or student health office to notify University officials of recent travel history. Despite the widespread fear about Ebola, Strom reminded the Rutgers community to keep the reach of the disease in perspective. There have been four confirmed cases in the United States. In comparison, 3,000 to 49,000 people die from the flu every year, Strom said. He recommended that everyone receive the flu vaccination as early in the season as possible. “The future impact of Ebola Virus Disease on New Jersey, the region and the country is uncertain and the situation remains fluid,” Strom said. “Consequently, updates to this policy should be expected.”
ATTACK FBI press release from 2011 states Defined Denial of Service hacker can face up to 10 years in prison CONTINUED FROM FRONT
requests. The traffic from the bots originated primarily in Eastern Europe and China. When a network is overwhelmed with this many communications requests, the network responds extremely slow or is rendered unable to respond to legitimate communication. A DDoS attack usually leads to a ser ver overload. On the evening of the incident, Reda said OIT staf f was already on site anticipating the flood of traf fic from first-year student registration, and thus were able to promptly monitor the network and registration-related applications when the attack was launched. OIT monitored the network through Wednesday night
and throughout the day on Thursday. The Rutgers network did not sustain any long-term damage, Reda said. The University also did not sustain any financial damage. “It is impor tant to note that OIT staf f and staf f from other depar tments, such as the Registrar’s of fice and the dean’s of fices, put in extra time and ef for t to assist students who were impacted during the registration process,” he said. Reda said OIT does not currently know who committed the attack. However, the incident has been repor ted to law enforcement of ficials, who will follow up with an investigation. People who launch or conspire to launch DDoS attacks are subject to civil and criminal liability, Reda said. Punish-
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ment may include fines and/or imprisonment under state and federal laws. In 2010, Brian Thomas Metterbrink, a 20-year-old Nebraska resident, was fined $20,000 and sentenced to one year in prison for par ticipating in a DDoS attack against Church of Scientology websites. The attack was par t of a broader campaign lead by “hacktivist” group, Anonymous. A 2011 Federal Bureau of Investigations press release stated a DDoS facilitator or participant can face up to 10 years in prison. Since last Wednesday, Reda said OIT is working to strengthen the network against any future attacks. He would not divulge more information about OIT’s plans because publicly releasing the information would be counterproductive to their strategy. “[However], I can say that OIT has top-notch technical staf f, and those staf f members have already begun crafting and enacting a plan to mitigate future attacks,” he said.
SUMMIT Gender-based violence considered to have greatest negative impact on women’s health it was the government’s job by a small margin, according to languages, traveling abroad and the sur vey. The sur vey also showed gathering their opinions regardthat gender-based violence is ing national and global issues. It helped the class discover considered to have the greatwhat issues students are inter- est negative impact on womested in and who they think is en’s health worldwide, while responsible for them, said Al- pover ty was No.1 for men’s exandra Koutouzis, a School of health worldwide. The sur vey also says that the Arts and Sciences senior. Julia Dickhaus, a School of top-two things people thought Ar ts and Sciences senior, said would have the greatest impact the results of the sur vey illus- on improving global health were trate which individuals are tru- improving national health systems and unily involved in versal access the global comto improved munity. “[The results] show who sanitation and “[The reis actually engaged and clean water. sults] shows “When womwho is actually who needs to step up.” en and girls engaged and are able to give who needs to JULIA DICKHAUS back to their step up,” she School of Arts and Sciences Senior communities, said. those commuAccording nities become to the results, most students have traveled stronger,” Koutouzis said. The class highlighted the fact to another countr y or speak another language, and “Con- that out of the 216 undergradflict/Political Instability” came uates that were sur veyed from out as the greatest global chal- March 31 to May 5, 2014, 152 of lenge facing their generation, them were women. Winter said. Breakout sessions on topics The sur vey came out during like climate change, campus acthe height of the most recent tivism, maternal health and the conflict in Ukraine, which may gender and economics of Ebola, have impacted the results in were next on the agenda. some way, Ramos said. Patrice Williams, a School “Students who have traveled of Ar ts and Sciences junior, abroad were much more like- said that it is extremely critily to choose food ‘insecurity/ cal for audience members to hunger,’ ‘infectious disease’ and share what they have learned at ‘conflict/political instability’ as the summit. major challenges than students “It sounds cliché, but it’s realwho had not,” Winter said. ly important that we’re all here When asked who was respon- today and that after wards we go sible for the challenges in oth- out and share with our families er countries, more people said and friends what we’ve heard.” CONTINUED FROM FRONT
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Physicists talk hunt for ‘super-heavy elements’ at lecture
Sabrina Strauss, a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame, discusses her research on super-heavy elements last Thursday at the Physics Lecture Hall on Busch campus. DAPHNE ALVA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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The hunt for super-heavy elements is a very active field, said Sabrina Strauss, a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame. Strauss, a Rutgers alumna, discussed her work with super-heavy elements last Thursday with the Rutgers Society of Physics Students in the Physics Lecture Hall on Busch campus. She also came to discuss the University of Notre Dame’s outreach and graduate programs, said Aditya Parikh, vice president of SPS and a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The SPS hosts similar talks every two weeks, said Alexandra DeMaio, president of the club and a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Strauss began researching super-heavy elements while at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Super-heavy elements, also called transuranium elements, are generally defined as anything heavier than uranium or anything heavier than the actinide group on the periodic table.
“They’re all artificial — they don’t exist in nature,” she said. “They’re all man-made.” Many of the super-heavy elements on the periodic table were discovered in the past 15 years, she said. Strauss said she chose to study flerovium, element 114, because it could be more easily detected using plutonium. The goal of the experiment is to find a stable isotope — a form of the atom that does not immediately break down into different atoms. “Normally, when you’re doing these experiments, you’re relegated to whatever isotopes you can get,” she said. “We could get lighter isotopes of plutonium that were fairly pure to make the targets out of.” The experiments involved firing a particle at a rotating target, she said. The particle was accelerated to 10 percent of the speed of light through a cyclotron, which uses a magnetic field to spin particles before it was fired at the target. Researchers used a rotating target to prevent the particle from melting through it, she said. For these experiments, they used calcium-48, a neutron-rich
and stable form of calcium, as the initial particles. The purpose of the experiment is to find flerovium-284, she said. So far, the experiment has focused on creating flerovium-285, an isotope with one more neutron. “We were looking at the flerovium-285 as a benchmark to go, ‘OK, everything is working,’” she
“If [the result] matches the characteristics of what we’re looking for, then we can say we actually found what we’re looking for.” SABRINA STRAUSS Graduate Student at the University of Notre Dame
said. “Now, we can go look for that flerovium-284, and if we see what we saw before, we know what we saw is correct. If we don’t, that sends up a bunch of red flags.” The particles created may split apart unpredictably in a process known as spontaneous fission, she said. Otherwise, they might lose
protons and electrons through alpha and beta particle decay. Lighter particles — those with fewer neutrons — are better for the experiment, she said. “If we continue to go lighter, instead of heavier, we go more and more into stable things we can actually look at,” she said. “We can look at alpha decays instead of spontaneous fissions.” Initial results are compared with expected characteristics to determine if the right element was formed, she said. Energy loss and when the particle appears during the process are both important factors. Different types of events may occur, each with its own set of defining characteristics, she said. “If [the result] matches the characteristics of what we’re looking for, we can say we actually found what we’re looking for,” she said. “If it doesn’t, either the theory is wrong, which is possible, or we’re not looking at what we think we are.” The researchers use various detectors in the experiment, she said. These include silicon detectors, which take the most measurements, and side detectors,
which see if any particles escape the chamber. The experiment in Dubna, Russia, had two successful results, Strauss said. They created two “chains” over the last year, both of which existed for fractions of a second. One of the chains was found in both analog and digital data, she said. The other existed only in the digital data, and it did not exist long enough to register in the analog data. The experiment will now shift toward creating flerovium-284, she said. They plan to compare the results from this experiment to flerovium-285. If the results are the same, the team can proceed with their analysis, but if they are not, the previous data will need to be revisited. Not many groups are working on studying super-heavy elements, she said. “The lab we were working with in Russia [is] one of three labs that does this in the world,” she said. “The others are in Germany and Berkeley, California, so it’s one of those things that you don’t have as many people working on as you’d like.”
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Scientists develop new imaging technology WEINI ZHANG CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Richard Riman, a distinguished professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rutgers, makes dust. This dust is made of rare-earth nanoparticles. Its infrared emissions will help detect cancer in its early stages through a process called optical imaging, Riman said. A team consisting of University faculty members in multiple disciplines and students of all levels has been developing this new imaging technology since 2008, said Prabhas Moghe, a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. Originally funded by the National Science Foundation, the team has shown promising results that were published in Nature Communications, a multidisciplinary natural sciences research journal. The team was also recently awarded $2 million by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, he said. Infrared lights exist beyond the red end of the visible spectrum due to their greater wavelength, said Mark Pierce, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. On the other end of the spectrum are lights that have shorter wavelengths than blue light, including ultraviolet and X-rays. The new technology is mainly concerned with near-infrared light and shortwave infrared light, said Pierce, an expert in optical imaging. Rare-earth particles emit infrared light when illuminated by light with wavelengths just between near-infrared and shortwave infrared, Riman said. The general principle of the research is to use these particles as contrast agents that will show on images to help researchers locate where diseases are in the body, Pierce said. “We can create enough light from those particles that we can see it in a camera that captures those photons and transmits them into visible radiation,” Riman said. A similar idea is also used in magnetic resonance imaging, but the novelty of the research comes with the use of infrared light because it can go through the human body without being absorbed, Pierce said. Longer wavelengths go deeper into tissue than shorter ones do, he said. Visible wavelengths of light do not have this property. “Our vision for the future is to image cancer and other diseases without opening up the patients, which is what they do now,” Riman said. Safety and low cost are big advantages of infrared scans compared to computerized tomography, X-ray radiography and positron emission tomography scans that uses radioactive substances, he said. “The wavelength we use for those particles to emit light is almost the same [as] the wavelength you use for your TV remote control,” he said. “It is an eye-safe wavelength.” The immense radiation patients receive from CT and PET scans also makes infrared a more appealing choice, he said. Researchers can create energy sources for infrared light inexpensively compared to traditional equipment that easily exceeds $1 million. Shortwave infrared light already
has multiple military applications where special cameras are used to capture this range of wavelengths, Riman said. “The Army uses SWIR because they can easily see through dust storms or underwater, but the question is, could you also see through the body?” he asked. “Here, [a] military application has actually led to what might be a really outstanding visualizing approach for diseases.” Researchers send the rare-earth particles into cancerous regions of laboratory mice by encapsulating a collection of particles in an albumin protein shell. According to albumin.org, albumin is the name for a series of serums used to treat injuries. “Naked rare-earth [particles] alone do not disperse in blood,” Moghe said. Protein shells can accumulate in cancerous regions through two methods, he said. In passive mode, proteins of the right size accumulate through a process called the enhanced permeability and retention effect. This method studies cancer cells taking in oxygen and other nutrients from the blood supply, he said. “The blood vessels are more leaky near the mass of cancer cells,” he said. “Therefore, particles with certain sizes will leak through [the blood vessels] and get trapped in the cancer region.” A more proactive approach binds proteins with rare-earth particles to cancer cells, he said. Small tags such as antibodies are added onto these protein shells so that they have an affinity to proteins on the cancer cells. The new imaging technology is potentially important in the detection of breast cancer, Moghe said. The research team is looking to track the spread of cancer cells before tumors form and to track metastases after removing tumors. Metastatic cells are cancer cells that spread from the primary location to other parts of the body, Pierce said. With breast cancer, they can spread to the lymphatic system. “What surgeons currently do is to chop off lymph nodes one after another [and] send [them] to the lab, until they reach one that does not contain cancer cells,” he said. “They can conclude that the cancer spreads no further than this one.” This long and expensive process removes tissues vital to the function of patients’ bodies, he said. The new technology enables surgeons to diagnose quickly by using a camera that detects infrared emission from lymph nodes, he said. It can potentially detect breast cancer in an early stage, before tumors grow large enough to be picked up by current technologies. The project has seen breakthroughs in cancer detection and is envisioning more for the future, Moghe said. “We are also looking into other applications of the technology besides breast cancer, such as imaging blockages in heart diseases,” he said. The project has provided immense opportunities for Rutgers students of all levels, Riman said. “It will take at least three to five years to get the technology to the clinic, and students will continue to enjoy this educational opportunity,” Moghe said. “Before then, we will keep optimizing brightness, aiming for deeper detection [and] simplifying imaging equipment.”
CEREMONIAL CELEBRATION The Rutgers Scarlet Knight and Andrew Getraer, the executive director of Rutgers Hillel, appear at Rutgers Hillel’s groundbreaking for the Eva and Arie Halpern Hillel House Friday morning at 70 College Ave. COLIN PIETERS
TEDxRutgers club organizes ‘Speech Craft’ competition for public speakers NIKHILESH DE STAFF WRITER
Kaila Lim said she wonders what would happen if people did not doubt themselves. Lim, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was one of the speakers at “Speech Craft,” a public speaking contest held by the TEDxRutgers Club last night in the Center Hall of the Busch Student Center. The winner of the contest would become the student speaker for the TEDxRutgersU in March, said Akash Mitra, co-president of the club. Students at the competition were picked after sharing their experiences and stories, he said. “We looked at the most inspiring stories we could get,” he said. “We looked at people [who] had something to share with the Rutgers community.”
The winning speaker was chosen based on both content and delivery, he said. Other factors included body language and timeliness. Students could use props such as a chair or a small desk, he said. Despite this, the most important factor was whether they could engage the audience. The winner of the competition would be announced after a few days, Mitra said. Nishant Gidvani, the club’s treasurer and co-founder, said 15 students were chosen to speak during the evening. Each speaker was given three to five minutes to present. Audience members voted for their favorite speakers by texting speakers’ names to a short code the club set up, he said. The theme of the event was “Makes You Wonder,” he said. All of the contestants had to base their talks around this theme.
Lim was doubtful when applying, she said. She based part of her talk around a typical high school experience other students could relate to. Dean Thomas Papathomas, one of the club’s sponsors, said the organization was created to ensure continuity when planning future TEDxRutgers events. Speech Craft is one of several events he hopes to see throughout the year leading up to the main event this Spring, Papathomas said. While several campus deans were involved with the organization, it was run entirely by students, he said. The deans provided financial backing and assisted with coordination between the University and the club, he said. The rest was up to students. “We are hoping to draw in the range of 500 people to the event,” he said.
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Thanksgiving: thankful for capitalism?
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n Thanksgiving, we fail to acknowledge a p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, which forces employtrue understanding of American histor y ees to come into work during the one time of when we deviate toward reinforcing the year reser ved for friends and family. Extending the shopping season goes back to connection between capitalism and the holidays. Thanksgiving is rooted in one of America’s 1939. Thanksgiving was meant to be on Nov. 30, grand narratives. Pilgrims who were facing re- but President Franklin Roosevelt took the advice ligious persecution sailed from England and of the National Retail Dr y Goods Association to landed on Plymouth Rock over two months later, make it earlier in order for people to have more but barely sur vived their first brutal winter. So time to consume during the holidays. Business with the help of Native Americans, such as the owners were naturally gleeful, but traditionWampanoag people, the Pilgrims were taught alists, par ticularly selectmen from Plymouth, valuable skills navigating this new land. They Massachusetts, were worried. They believed utilized and cultivated their learned prowess to that celebrating early would mean “sacrificing exploit the local fish and game, plant corn and the real significance of the day for the purpose squash and protect themselves from other hos- of satisfying commercial interests.” Many families have put a spin on how they tile groups. Conclusively, we are told that the first Thanksgiving in 1621 was held to celebrate spend Thanksgiving. Some are less interested in preparing home-cooked the bountiful har vest with meals and dining in the the Native American tribes comfor t of a home, but who assisted them in this “There are sales, but they are would much rather go out successful year. hardly worth sacrificing the as a family to buy these Multiple historians have time meant for the actual meals. an unsettled debate on It’s ironic that a holiday what the real Thanksgiving Thanksgiving holiday.” that is supposedly sacstor y actually is. But the rosanct and emphasizes accepted, concrete truth is being grateful and caring that it is not this one. The simple and consoling stor y we’re fed from instead propagates the mistreatment of millions childhood is a watered-down illustration of what of low-wage workers. Besides, the overhyped sales often end up did happen, and many people have their own critiques. Regardless, the true meaning of Thanks- saving shoppers a couple of dollars of f a $200 giving was supposed to be of spending time with sweater. There are sales, but they are hardly loved ones and appreciating what we have. But wor th sacrificing the time meant for the actual today, even that concept seems to be not so sub- Thanksgiving holiday. “The customer is always right” policy prevatly disappearing — sales for the holiday season are star ting earlier and earlier, and the tradition- lent in America possesses an implicit power dyal Thanksgiving dinner time is now interrupted namic. Some customers feel they have the ability to tyrannize employees, saying and doing things for many Americans who have to work in retail. The inter twinement of capitalism and Thanks- they normally wouldn’t because they believe giving is not anything novel. When you decide to they have impunity as a customer. During this time of the year, it is impor tant to go shopping on Black Friday, you’re considered late. Stores such as Kmar t will open its doors to reflect on our own principles and the principles shoppers at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving and remain of the holidays we spend. How you choose to open for a continuous 42 hours. Other stores spend it could have a large impact on the larger such as Sears will have its sales beginning at 6 culture of the community.
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Why Taylor Swift is wrong about Spotify FRONTLINES ADAM ISMAIL
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aylor Swift doesn’t need Spotify. In its first week, Swift’s new album, “1989,” sold nearly 1.3 million copies. It’s not only the fastest selling album of the year, but of the last 12 years, since “The Eminem Show.” To appreciate the sheer magnitude of that accomplishment, you have to consider the current state of the industr y. According to analysts, this sort of thing shouldn’t be possible right now. Digital music sales have been in a state of free fall since last year, with Apple reporting losses of roughly 13 percent from iTunes through 2014. Streaming is killing digital downloads, much in the same way digital downloads killed physical CDs — or so the stor y goes. Yet, the very album that Swift told TIME Magazine her record label warned her not to make has become the first of the year to go platinum. And it generated all this buzz without relying on ad-supported streaming, as the pop icon pulled her entire discography from Spotify late last month. She’s probably feeling quite good about that, as she should. “1989” is only entering its fourth week, and it has already validated Swift’s beliefs about what her music is worth. Should we be surprised though? If anyone was going to drop 2014’s first platinum record, it had to be Taylor Swift. There are only a handful of artists today that can move CDs from Wal-Mart shelves and full-album downloads off iTunes. And these artists are perfectly content with that old, brick-and-mortar model of the business because it still pays them dividends.
Revelation of the centur y: Most musicians are not Taylor Swift. The market for her product is already saturated. Ever yone knows who she is. Whether “1989” turned out to be a critical darling or disaster, there is no universe in which a new Taylor Swift album releases to minimal fanfare — at least, not today. Check back in 10 years, and we’ll see if that still holds true. Taylor Swift doesn’t need Spotify, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, there is something undeniably wrong with perpetuating this myth about the injustice of streaming. In her interview with TIME, Swift said there should be “an inherent value placed
“[Swift’s] stance on free streaming comes from a place of security, confidence and unbridled success, kind of like a billionaire lobbying Washington for tax breaks for the rich.” on art.” Which would be a fair claim to make, if she wasn’t already being handsomely compensated in the first place. Spotify pays Swift’s record company based on her fraction of their total streams, multiplies that by her royalty rate and then keeps 30 percent for itself. What the singer gets out of the pie once it’s been sliced a hundred different ways by her label is per the terms of her contract. But there’s no free lunch on Swift’s dime — unless you’re a pirate. So if free listeners are still paying for her music in the sense that they’re providing an audience for advertisers and the relevant parties are still getting their share, what’s Swift’s problem? Evidently, it’s a moral one. “People should feel there is a value to what mu-
sicians have created,” the star argues in that same interview. In other words, the sheer quantity of dollars changing hands is irrelevant if the consumer doesn’t feel as if they’ve sacrificed anything to hear her music. Again, these are things Swift can afford to worry about because, well, she’s Taylor Swift. This isn’t necessarily true for the majority of musicians who are simply looking to earn a living doing something they love and couldn’t care less about whether fans contemplate the value of their art. For these musicians, ad-supported streaming bears many potential benefits, beyond just exposure. Artists today have access to a greater number of distribution channels and tools than ever before, thanks not only to Spotify and other streaming services, but also Kickstarter and Bandcamp, which have revolutionized the way in which up-and-coming musicians fund new projects. While this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easier to “make it” today than it was in the past, it does mean musicians have choices — choices that did not exist even just 10 years ago. Major labels used to be gatekeepers — only the content they permitted was released to the airwaves, commercialized in television and film and sold at retail. If you were a rising star, you had no other option. You had to play their game. Technology, thankfully, changed that — but Swift couldn’t give a damn. Her stance on free streaming comes from a place of security, confidence and unbridled success, kind of like a billionaire lobbying Washington for tax breaks for the rich. It is self-serving, insensitive to fans and totally irrelevant to the situations most artists find themselves in. Taylor Swift may not need Spotify, but we do. Adam Ismail is a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies with a minor in psychology. He is the Design Editor of The Daily Targum.
Library policy unnecessary, exclusionary COMMENTARY NICHOLAS HANSEN
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ast Sunday, a friend and I entered Alexander Librar y to catch up on work due the following week. When the clock str uck 10 and librar y staf f began to enforce the new policy requiring students to show identification, we refused to be identified, protesting a policy we saw as classist, exclusionar y and unnecessar y. More than an hour later, Rutgers University Police Depar tment of ficers escor ted us out of the librar y. Two things struck me about the evening: First, the policy was incredibly labor intensive. Librar y staff needed to check each of the several hundred students’ IDs, and later, they needed to guide RUPD officers to the locations of those who refused to show them. When I was escorted out of the librar y around 11:30 p.m., there were four police cars parked on College Avenue. This alone is concerning. The fact that there was a fairly large police presence in the librar y, not to protect students but to eject the unhoused, should certainly raise eyebrows. If this policy continues, it seems reasonable to believe that a similar police presence will be required ever y night.
Secondly, the policy’s first night showed how clearly unnecessary it is. My friend and I had no trouble finding seats, and the crowd only got smaller as the night wore on. Alexander is an enormous building, and only a small number of non-students spend time there. This policy is enormously labor intensive, but accomplishes very little. Supporters of the policy often complain that non-students make them feel uncom-
“The fact that there was a fairly large police presence in the library, not to protect students but to eject the unhoused, should certainly raise eyebrows.” fortable. Karenn Marin, in a widely shared article for The Odyssey Online, writes that, “Students who utilize the library are there to study and to concentrate on their schoolwork. It is only the homeless people that mistakenly feel that it is appropriate to push couches together to create makeshift beds for themselves.” She further argues that Rutgers is under no legal obligation to help anyone other than students. Homelessness, they say, is a sad fact of life, but it
is not our problem. Marin goes on to note that “it is a sad situation in which the homeless find themselves in, but it is not the responsibility of the school to find a solution for them.” They are likely correct. Rutgers, as the New Jersey branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has pointed out, is not breaking any laws in implementing this policy. But perhaps we need to rise above our legal obligations and consider our moral obligations. As Shireen Hamza eloquently noted in her Targum op-ed last week, there is always a waiting list for the men’s shelter in New Brunswick, and the only women’s shelter requires a woman to have at least one child. Women without children, couples and those who cannot find a space in either shelter are left to spend the night outside. For many, this policy means an extra four hours in the freezing cold. Too often, we think of the unhoused as an unnamed mass and not as individuals. Each and every person affected by this policy has a name, a family, thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams. They deserve our compassion, they deserve our help, and they deserve our respect. Students need to change their uninformed, classist ideas about society’s most marginalized. Rutgers can do better. Nicholas Hansen is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Freedom of speech is not tolerance of hate speech The Women and Gender Studies Department at Rutgers University invited Steven Salaita to speak at an event called “Silencing Dissent.” Previously, the University of Illinois rescinded Steven Salaita’s invitation to be a professor at their school because of his anti-Semitic and bigoted Tweets, such as “Israel: transforming anti-Semitism from something horrible into something honorable since 1948.” I am appalled that someone who finds anti-Semitism honorable and blames victims of anti-Semitic verbal and physical attacks was allowed to speak at Rutgers. I believe that hateful speech should not be supported or promoted in a University that values diversity. A main point of his speech was how professors are silenced for criticizing Israel. He discussed how Israel supporters have leverage preventing professors from criticizing Israel. He didn’t address that Israel supporters are frequently criticized in many universities. He did not address how it is generally unacceptable to criticize existence of a countr y and not just its policies. He did not address how he was not penalized for criticizing Israel — he was penalized for anti-Semitism. Israel is a vibrant democracy. Feel free to criticize Israel. As an Israeli American, I always do. A key part of American and Israeli democracy is freedom of expression, and ever yone should exercise it.
“I value listening to different sides of the story. That’s why I attended the event. However, I was appalled by what I heard. It was not free speech — it was hate speech.” However, during the event, he spoke about how to bring about the destruction of the state of Israel. He discussed the need to publish reports that are anti-Israel, to expose “facts” that are anti-Israel and to encourage anti-Israel movements. He advocated for the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement of Israel and said its aim is to “to discredit and eliminate Israel.” He wasn’t promoting civil rights, nor discussing how to fund raise for suppor t of Palestinians, but focused on discrediting and eliminating an entire countr y. Having been born and raised in Israel, calling for the destruction of the country and culture I’m from is something I consider genocidal. It’s obviously a tense situation. In a society and University that promotes free speech, I value listening to different sides of the story. That’s why I attended the event. However, I was appalled by what I heard. It was not free speech — it was hate speech. He did not promote dialogue, respect, mutual understanding and peace between the Palestinians and Israelis in any way, but instead called for the destruction of one of those entities. I am shocked that classes under the Center for Middle Eastern Studies awarded students extra credit for attending this event. Why did two Rutgers departments that should represent the University’s goal of diversity actively promote hate speech by hosting this speaker? Ravit Keren is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in psychology and political science.
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November 24, 2014 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RUTGERS TAKES SEVENTH PLACE IN 16-TEAM RACE
Two Knights capture All-IC4A honors in final event MIKE O’SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s cross country team closed out its season on Saturday with a seventh-place team finish in the IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The team was hoping to land a top-three finish in the 16-team race but saw host Fordham win the IC4A Men’s University title, followed by Marist and Monmouth in second and third place.
Head coach Mike Mulqueen admitted the Scarlet Knights did not place as highly as he hoped but was happy to see some individuals run their best times at Van Cortlandt’s course. “I thought we ran OK at the IC4A race,” he said. “We had hoped to be in the top three teams … but we had four athletes run their best times on the course, so that was good to see.” A quick turnaround following their 10K race last week at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals put
the Knights in a tough spot for race preparation. The added distance in last week’s race provided some fatigue, which the team had to combat during the IC4A race. “The most challenging part of the race was racing one week after running a 10K race at the NCAA Regionals,” Mulqueen said. “For our freshmen, that is twice the distance they raced at in high school last year.” Junior Jaimin Vekaria ran the best time for the Knights in this
five-mile race, finishing 20th overall with a time of 26:31.1. Two freshmen were the next best finishers for the Knights, as Luke Wiley and Trent Brinkofski took 24th and 36th overall with times of 26:41.6 and 27:02.2, respectively. Vekaria and Wiley captured All-IC4A honors for their top-25 finishes. Junior Daniel Lee was another top-50 finisher, placing 45th overall in a time of 27:13.3. Freshman Alexander Livernois ran a time of 27:31.8, landing
Junior Jaimin Vekaria laps at the IC4A Championships for Rutgers. Vekaria ran the best time for the Knights in the 5-mile race, finishing 20th overall with a time of 26:31.1 on Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BOTTOM Rutgers’ offense struggles to find rhythm against elite Michigan State secondary CONTINUED FROM BACK They didn’t do anything special, but they executed very well.” Rutgers’ offense couldn’t say the same, again allowing an early deficit to snowball to the point where the Knights weren’t able to compensate until it didn’t matter. For the most part, running the ball wasn’t an issue. Freshmen Robert Martin and Josh Hicks alternated the first few drives and found holes up front, turning their first five carries into 30 yards. But senior quarterback Gary Nova overthrew receivers and never found a way to exploit Michigan State’s nicknamed “No Fly Zone” secondary, which was as good as advertised. Nova finished 11-of-26 for 108 yards and two interceptions, struggling to cash in on limited openings when his targets went deep. That reduced Rutgers’ passing game to flats and bubble screens. Sustained drives never materialized, and eventually redshirt freshman backup Chris Laviano replaced Nova in the fourth quarter. Junior wide receiver Leonte Carroo, the Big Ten’s second-leading receiver in yards and touchdowns, recorded only one catch in his least productive outing of the season.
Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook follows through on a pass Saturday. He threw for 205 first-half yards with two scores. SHAWN SMITH
“This offense looks to me to make plays,” Carroo said. “When I’m not making plays and we’re not running the ball well, it’s hard to get us going. It’s very frustrating, but we’ve got to go back to the drawing boards and just continue to practice.” Meanwhile, Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns in the opening 30 minutes — his lone blemish being a fumble on the team’s first offensive series. By halftime, the Spartans nearly tripled the Knights’ yardage (334117) and more than doubled their yards per gain (8.1-3.4). Michigan State even converted seven of eight third downs and its lone fourthdown attempt. Serving as perhaps the biggest insult of all, the Spartans then faked
a 42-yard field goal when leading by 35 points on its opening drive of the third quarter. And yet, the Knights took solace in their second-half effort level, despite major questions of where this program goes from here continuing to swirl. “Going for ward, this program is going to benefit a lot from these experiences,” said senior defensive end David Milewski. “Going on the road in some of these tough environments and playing in these games — it’s going to be a learning experience, but I think we’re going to really see the benefits of this in the future.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @gregp_j and @TargumSports on Twitter.
him in 61st place in the race of 148 competitors. Sophomores Sam Habib and Nick Price rounded out the scoring for the Knights, finishing 75th and 91st, respectively. “I think we did alright,” Wiley said. “… A couple of guys didn’t run their best race because sometimes, guys just have bad days in a long season like this. It was a good way to end the season, though, and I’m very glad we ran the race.” In their third race of the year at Van Cortlandt Park, the hilly terrain still seemed to be an issue for the Knights, who were tr ying to not let it be a factor during the race. “Running the hilly course again [at Van Cortlandt] was a challenge,” Wiley said. “It’s a really hilly course, so that [was] probably the most difficult aspect of the race.” The team felt it would be a good idea to end its season by racing in the IC4A Championships because it is a less stressful race than the longer 10K race at the NCAA Regionals. The Knights liked to go to IC4A’s for their final race because it provided the right combination of enjoyment and competition. “It was a good way for us to go out and have a little more fun with it but also really compete at the same time,” Price said. “It ends the season on a better note than Regionals would have and gets us ready for the winter with a pretty solid last race.” For updates on the Rutgers cross country teams, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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November 24, 2014 WOMENS SOCCER NO. 4 VIRGINIA 3, NO. 25 RUTGERS 0
UVA eliminates Rutgers from NCAA Tournament GARRETT STEPIEN CORRESPONDENT
For a moment, it seemed as if the Rutgers women’s soccer team could pull it off. In the first half of action in Friday’s NCAA Tournament game, the No. 25 Scarlet Knights scrapped. With a scoreless tie at halftime against a No. 4 Virginia team that boasted the country’s most lethal scoring attack, the idea of an upset began to churn into a reality. But as soon as those thoughts began to flow and hope began to build for the Knights, the Cavaliers broke them right back down. With a pair of goals in the first six minutes of action in the second half, Virginia stunned Rutgers. During that 40-second span of two goals, it also seized the momentum. When the Cavaliers got rolling, they eventually cruised out of the second half to a 3-0 final, knocking the Knights out of the NCAA Tournament’s second round and sending them out of Charlottesville with the reality that their season was over. For Rutgers (13-6-1), the effort against a powerhouse team in Virginia (20-2) was there. Despite the heated attack by the second-seeded Cavaliers, the seventh-seeded Knights locked down the defense. Freshman goalkeeper Casey Murphy recorded a string of saves down to the wire of the first half horn, stopping forward Morgan Reuther with two minutes left to keep the score level. Despite Murphy’s four saves on the night, the Cavaliers eventually broke through, and the increased intensity by their opponents was something head coach Mike O’Neill warned his team about during the intermission. “What we talked about at halftime was we knew they were going to come out strong and that if we got through the first 15-20 minutes, it’d put more and more pressure on them,” O’Neill said. “We would be able to capitalize on some of the mistakes that they would make.” But the Knights couldn’t stop what they knew was coming.
Freshman goalkeeper Casey Murphy held Virginia scoreless in the first half of play Friday and finished with four saves. But in the second half, the Cavaliers converted three chances for the shutout win. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / NOVEMBER 2014 In the 50th minute, Virginia got on the board with Tina Iordanu’s first goal of the season to go up, 1-0. Immediately after, they did it again. After stealing possession away from Rutgers, the Cavaliers surged down field and set up a corner kick. Brittany Radcliffe sailed the long send in and found Makenzy Doniak in front of the net for the header for Virginia’s second goal in 40 seconds. The short sequence of events was hard to digest for Stef Scholz.
After the promise built up from the first half, the senior forward felt the Knights were moving in the right direction for a serious bid at shocking Virginia on its own field. “In the second half, we just talked about tr ying to maintain the pressure and all of that and taking advantage of the chances we could get,” Scholz said. “So going into the second half, we were definitely still in the game, [but] once they scored those two goals, it became a little harder.”
Rutgers struggled to generate scoring chances, managing just three shots throughout the entire match, while Virginia fired off 17. The final nail in the cof fin came in the 67th minute on Radclif fe’s second goal of the game. She slipped a goal just inside the near post from 10 yards out for a 3-0 separation and a dagger for the game. As he discussed the lack of execution on his team’s part, O’Neill cited the Cavalier’s talent for what ultimately ended the Knights’
postseason life and extended Virginia’s. “The key to the match is to limit your mistakes. There were things we could’ve done better, but they capitalized on things, and in that moment, we didn’t do well,” O’Neill said. “But I also don’t want to take anything away from them because they’re a ver y talented team.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 64, LOUISIANA STATE 57
Knights exchange leads before pulling away from SEC foe THE DAILY TARGUM Traveling down to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for its first road game of the season, the No. 22 Rutgers women’s basketball team was put to the test. It took 15 lead changes and eight ties, but the end result culminated in a 64-57 win by the Scarlet Knights over the Tigers at the Maravich Center on Saturday afternoon. Rutgers (3-0) separated itself from LSU (2-3) on a 9-0 run with 6:41 remaining in the game, holding a four-point lead and extending it to a 61-48 cushion. After the Knights took a 3227 lead into halftime, the Tigers opened up their only lead of the second half with an 8-2 run at the start of the period.
With Rutgers trailing 35-34 with 16:37 left, junior guard Briyona Canty knocked down two free throws, and the Knights led the rest of the way. LSU came within four points of Rutgers after a free throw from guard Jenna Deemer and layup by guard Akilah Bethel. That was when the Knights went on their 9-0 run, with senior wing Betnijah Laney scoring four points on a jumper and layup. Four different Knights dropped double-digit scoring performances, with sophomore guard Tyler Scaife leading the way with 16 points. She has led the Knights in scoring in each game this season. Laney recorded her third consecutive double-double of the
season with 10 points and a career-best 16 rebounds. Junior center Rachel Hollivay and Canty both added in 13 points. No LSU starter scored double figures, while guard DeShawn Harden scored a team-high 15 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers. Rutgers travels to Staten Island next for its second road game of the season against Wagner College on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Dating back to last season’s WNIT championship run, Rutgers currently holds the nation’s longest active winning streak at nine games. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore guard Tyler Scaife led Rutgers with 16 points at LSU. Three other Knights finished with double-figure scoring. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / NOVEMBER 2014
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November 24, 2014 MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 76, ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN 73
Senior forward Kadeem Jack dribbles the ball into the post against St. Francis-Brooklyn forward Antonio Jenifer on Sunday evening at the RAC. Jack returned for the Knights after missing the first two games with a thumb injury and drained the go-ahead jump shot to ensure Rutgers’ win. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU thwarts Terrier comeback behind strong play of Mack SEAN STEWART
wing and deny and they make you make plays. … But we stuck together. Even when they made With under a minute to play the run, got the lead — we didn’t and trailing by two points, the panic, we didn’t point fingers, we Rutgers men’s basketball team’s didn’t self destruct. So, that’s a fate was in the hands of a famil- credit to us.” At halftime, the crazy ending iar face. Senior Kadeem Jack re- seemed unlikely. The Knights turned to the Scarlet Knights’ were in control from the opening lineup after missing their first whistle and had a comfortable 45two games with a thumb inju- 32 lead, closed out by a buzzer r y, already finding himself in a beating three-point shot by freshman forward D.J. Foreman enterpressure situation. But like he has many times ing the locker room. But like they did last Wednesbefore, the star forward came through when his team needed it day against Fairleigh Dickinson, most, scoring on a jump shot to early unanswered points allowed the opponent to find new life in tie the game. “I think I had a handoff, and I the game. U n l i k e kept it … and We d n e s d a y, that was just “Give them credit, [St. though, the something Terriers (0-3) where I knew Francis-Brooklyn] came were able to I had the shot back and did what they take that moand I had the mentum and confidence do. They were great at nearly pull to take it, so what they’re good at.” off an upset I went ahead against a Rutand took the EDDIE JORDAN gers squad shot,” Jack said Head Coach that was of his thought seemingly in process. cruise control. A missed It stated with six unanshot on the other end was then collected by senior guard Myles swered points in the beginning Mack, who drew a foul and went of the second half. A couple of threes by Mack and Jack were to the free throw line. Like he had all game, Mack able to temporarily calm the made both shots, and a missed storm, but St. Francis-Brookthree-pointer on the other end by lyn’s ability to score in the paint St. Francis Brooklyn guard Brent thanks to Kevin Douglas’s play Jones sealed a 76-73 victory for and surprisingly dominant perRutgers (2-1) on a wild Sunday formance on the boards slowly evening at the Louis Brown Ath- chopped the deficit. Jack appeared to give the letic Center. “Give them credit, [St. Fran- Knights some breathing room cis-Brooklyn] came back and did midway through the second half what they do. They were great at with a couple of baskets, but then what they’re good at,” said head trips to the foul line and a threecoach Eddie Jordan. “They offen- point shot from guard Gunnar sive rebound and they pressure Olafsson gave the Terriers a slim the ball, and they pressure the lead, 59-58. ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Senior guard Myles Mack goes for a layup against forward Jalen Cannon. Mack led Rutgers with 25 points and added a career-best eight steals. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER It was the second time St. Francis-Brooklyn had overcome a second-half deficit, doing so in a 74-71 loss to Army last Wednesday after trailing 72-60 with four minutes to play. But like they did against the Black Knights, the Terriers came up short mostly due to the play from Mack. Mack finished the game with a team-high 25 points and a career-high eight steals to cap an impressive night for the former St. Anthony’s (N.J.) product. “I think that’s the first time that’s happened in college I think. Probably high school, but not in college,” Mack said of the eight steals. “I just know
how to read people’s eyes and have great instincts, so I was just reading the eyes and got a bunch of steals.” Sophomore for ward Junior Etou also had an impressive game for Rutgers. Etou scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field, but it was his defensive play that once again garnered recognition. Marking the Terriers’ leading scorer in forward Jalen Cannon, Etou helped hold him to two points, though foul trouble also contributed. “He was awesome the whole game,” Jordan said. “… And then in the end Junior was solid, just a beast defensively and
rebounding for us. He got some huge rebounds.” While the game was closer than the Knights had anticipated entering with a comfortable halftime lead, Mack felt the win showed the team’s growth from a year ago. “I just feel like in the past we kind of let those games slip away with a turnover or something like that, and I was glad that we came together and pulled a game like that out,” Mack said. “I think going forward, games like that helps you build.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow @SeanStewartRU and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We coach the games to win. We don’t coach the games to be close.” — Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood on the Knights’ blowout losses against the Big Ten’s elite teams
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FOOTBALL NO. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 45, RUTGERS 3
Michigan State running back Nick Hill sprints past three Rutgers defenders Saturday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans scored five touchdowns in their first six drives, ultimately handing the Knights their most lopsided loss of the season. Hill scored two of Michigan State’s four rushing touchdowns. SHAWN SMITH
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Fourth blowout loss in Big Ten play fuels questions about RU’s ability to compete against conference’s elite GREG JOHNSON
selves in a position where no snap in the second half mattered. That reality only magnified in a brisk, slushy East Lansing atmosphere. No. 10 Michigan State (9-2, 6-1) obliterated Rutgers (6-5, 2-5) in every way Saturday, scoring touchdowns on five of its first six possessions in a 45-3 pummeling — the Knights’ most lopsided defeat yet. Not many expected Rutgers, an inaugural Big Ten member, to win these types of games. Still, persistent blowout losses to the programs it aspires to emulate are an entirely separate issue. Flood refuses to distinguish the two. “We coach the games to win,” the Knights’
SPORTS EDITOR
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Within the bowels of Spartan Stadium, a visibly disgruntled Kyle Flood slumped into his seat at the postgame podium and found himself having to answer an all too familiar question. Is the noncompetitive nature of the Rutgers football team’s losses against the Big Ten’s upper echelon a concern? Four times in five games, the Scarlet Knights have stepped onto the field against an elite conference foe and downplayed any notions of talent disparities. But each time, the Knights ultimately found them-
head coach said. “We don’t coach the games to be close, so every week when we do the game plan, it’s to try to put the players in the best position to win one-on-ones and use the matchups to be 1-0.” Rutgers’ coaching staff failed in that regard against the Spartans, who exposed the Knights’ continuous laundry list of issues. There were purely botched tackles, such as when running back Jeremy Langford, who dominated with 126 rushing yards and two scores, effortlessly battered through two Rutgers defenders for an 18-yard first-quarter score. And there were other times when the Knights appeared disoriented, like when senior strong safety Lorenzo Waters misread a
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freshman, finished second in the 1650 freestyle Sunday in the final day of competition for the Frank Elm Invitational. The Rutgers swimming diving and team took third in the 13-team field at the RU Aquatic Center.
4th-and-5 slant pass that wideout Tony Lippett took up the sideline for Michigan State’s first touchdown. The Knights insisted postgame, though, that they came into the game fully prepared. “There were a couple times where it might’ve seemed out of position because we missed sacks, we let the quarterback get loose, and you can’t cover forever,” said senior linebacker Kevin Snyder. “And then a couple run plays that they scored on, we had guys in position. We just couldn’t get guys on the ground. … At no point did I feel like we weren’t prepared or we weren’t ready for what they were doing. SEE BOTTOM ON PAGE 13
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