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Solar project report finds U. has fair contract awards process
Rutgers’ solar canopy spreads over the commuter parking lot on Livingston campus. The University awarded the construction contract for the Livingston Campus Solar Energy Projects to SunDurance, even though its $40.8 million bid was not the cheapest, because Rutgers wanted a local company. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
By Wilson Conde Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on the Livingston solar projects. Part 1 of the story ran in the Dec. 9 print edition.
In addition to the success of the project as described in Part 1 of this series, the Livingston Campus Solar Energy Projects can also be described as having involved a relatively fair contract awards process. Although a January 2011 audit report by the state Comptroller’s office suggested that Rutgers alleged-
ly restricts competition on many of its construction contracts, it did not seem to happen in this case. For example, despite the fact that SunDurance, the company that was awarded the contract for both projects, came from a pre-approved vendor list, which was a key source of the audit report’s concerns, this
practice allegedly allows Rutgers to restrict the pool of potential bidders to a select few companies to bid. Rutgers had a relatively open and competitive bidding process for the solar projects, according to the bid lists that came with the contracts. In the solar farm project, over 100 companies were invited to be
potential bidders for the project, according to the bid lists. However, only 20 of them responded to the invitation overall, and 13 of them were selected to participate in the pre-bid proposal meeting, according to the bid lists. See CONTRACT on Page 4
MSNBC commentator shares political views
Students participated in the fall involvement fair. The spring fair is scheduled for three different days divided into different categories. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / SEPTEMBER 2013 MSNBC’s Chris Matthews visited the Douglass Campus Center yesterday to speak with students. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
By Charlie Melman Staff Writer
After his interview with President Barack Obama, Chris Matthews believes the problem with the current White House administration is its lack of accountability. “We can’t even figure out who to blame, that’s how bad it is,” Matthews said. “If you believe in government, you have the job of making it work.” Matthews, a nationally syndicated political commentator who has hosted “Hardball With Chris Matthews” for the last 16 years, offered his opinions on a variety of contemporar y political issues
last night as part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Civic Engagement Series. The discussion followed a conversational format as Ruth Mandel, the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, talked to Matthews in front of a full audience in the Douglass Campus Center. The institute brought in Matthews and the other speakers in the series to describe the ways in which America can generate civil discourse about contemporar y issues of great significance, according to a pamphlet handed out at the event. See VIEWS on Page 5
Spring club fair divided into three days By Erin Petenko Associate News Editor
This year’s fall student involvement fair was widely criticized for its disorganization and overcrowding when inclement weather forced 400 student organizations into the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue Campus. Student Life has responded with a new strategy for the spring semester — they plan to divide the involvement fair into separate events on two different campuses. Kerri Willson, director of Student Involvement for Rutgers Student Life, said Rutgers plans to have three different involvement fairs,
one at the RSC and two at the Livingston Student Center. “It’s always been a pretty crowded fair,” she said. The RSC’s fair, scheduled for Jan. 27, is set to feature fraternities and sororities, she said. Student Life’s Fraternity and Sorority Affairs is in the process of coordinating the event. At the LSC, the fairs will be organized by category, she said. The first fair on Jan. 29 is scheduled for academic, honorary, cultural, religious, special interest, engineering and pharmacy groups. The LSC’s second event includes community service, social action, political, performing arts, media, leisure, geek and sports clubs, she
said. Both fairs will take place in Livingston Hall, the hallway adjacent to Livingston Hall and the coffeehouse in the gathering lounge. In the past, Student Life had to limit how many clubs have been able to participate, she said. This year has seen an increase in the number of registered student organizations, and they assumed the spring fair would have even greater participation. “Now everyone has the opportunity to have a table,” she said. “And students have the opportunity to come and not be overwhelmed by a large crowd.” See SPRING on Page 5
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The Rutgers Wind Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for faculty, staff and alumni and $5 for students. The Rutgers University Programming Association and 90.3 The Core present “December Live Vibes: Rutgers in the Spotlight” coffeehouse at 8 p.m. at the Red Lion Café in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The coffeehouse will feature performance by Beatlampers, Eagle Daddy, Modern Chemistry, Hunter & Wolfe, Function for Fiction and E.V.A. The first 75 to attend will receive a RUPA mug.
Wednesday, Dec. 11
Regular classes end. Reading Days are Thursday, Dec. 12 and Friday, Dec. 13. The Rutgers University Choir performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for faculty, staff and alumni and $5 for students. The Rutgers University Korean Students Association presents “Winter Coffeehouse” at 7:30 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center. The night will feature a performance by JENI. Tickets are $3 if purchased in advance and $5 at the door. For tickets in advance, email rukoreanstudents@ gmail.com. All proceeds go to victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
Saturday, Dec. 14
Alpha Phi Omega and Hidden Grounds present “UNITED for the Phillipines,” a fundraiser for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, at 7 p.m. at Hidden Grounds at 106 Easton Ave. The coffeehouse will feature performances by students and New Brunswick residents. All proceeds donated go to storm victims, and Hidden Grounds will match whatever is raised.
Sunday, Dec. 15
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Tuesday, Dec. 10
Jazz guitarist Tucker Flythe and his quartet perform at 8 p.m. at Tumulty’s Pub at 361 George St. There is a $4 soda charge for patrons under 21.
Wednesday, Dec. 11
Tommy Campbell and his band Vocal-Eyes perform at 8 p.m. at the Hyatt Hotel at 2 Albany St. There is no cover charge.
Thursday, Dec. 12
Jazz saxophonist Ralph Bowen and his quartet play jazz standards at 8 p.m. at Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant at 338 George St. There is a $5 cover charge.
Tuesday, Dec. 17 The Gusten Rudolph Band performs Art Blakey songs at 8 p.m. at Tumulty’s Pub at 361 George St. There is a $4 soda charge for patrons under 21. Wednesday, Dec. 18 Vocalist Carrie Jackson and her group perform at 8 p.m. at the Hyatt Hotel at 2 Albany St. There is no cover charge. Thursday, Dec. 19 Pianist Shamie Royston and her quartet perform at 8 p.m. at Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant at 338 George St. There is a $5 cover charge. Tuesday, Dec. 31 Saxophonist James Ohn and his trio perform at 8 p.m. at the Hyatt Hotel at 2 Albany St. There is no cover charge.
In yesterday’s article “U. uses solar power to save energy costs,” it should have stated that the completion of the first solar project took place April 2009, the first solar project’s savings are between $225,000 and $230,000 and the second solar project’s monthly savings are $131,400.
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Targum tips: silent study locations around campus By Shawn Smith Correspondent
As finals approach next week, students will inevitably begin to look for quiet locations to study. Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus is always a favorite, as are the lounges in the residence halls. But some have the option of using less traditional locations. Shane Patel, a School of Engineering junior, said he helped design an application that will show students dif ferent study locations. “The software allows users to find places to study across all of the New Brunswick campuses based on a variety of factors,” he said. “[This includes] hours, proximity to food and bus stops and availability of outlets.” The application, called “RU Studying,” is a project for his “Geographic Information Systems In Health and Planning” class, he said. The application was created with the help of two fellow students, Margot Lukas, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy senior, and Alexa Patti, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. Patel said by using Mappler software, users generate data that is then incorporated into the application and placed into separate categories. Public users can login to the website and add points where they feel it is relevant.
According to the Mappler website, the software allows users to input data that can then be used to create interactive maps based on their needs. The software can be run online as well as on a smar tphone. The site allows users to manage an interactive map, display pre-existing data and upload real-time data directly from a smar tphone. Noted locations on the application include the Rutgers Student Center, Hardenberg Hall and the Gardner A. Sage Librar y, all on the College Avenue campus. “The application includes larger and smaller spaces,” Patel said. “It has places like the Sage Librar y, places people might not think to go.” He said his favorite place to study is the Livingston Dining Commons, but he may have to look for a new location for finals this semester. Other quiet locations for studying include the second floor of the Cook Campus Center, as well as the piano room on the second floor of the Douglass Campus Center. On College Avenue, students can look for quiet locations in the Red Lion Café, located in the basement of the RSC, when it is not in use. The Graduate Student Lounge, located behind Au Bon Pain, is another quiet location. The computer lab in Records Hall is scheduled to be open for 24 hours a day until Wednesday, Dec. 11.
The Gardner A. Sage library on the College Avenue campus is one of several quiet study locations for stressed students during finals. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER On Livingston, the newly upgraded Tillett hall is also open for 24-hour access until Dec. 11, as well as the lounge on the first floor of the Livingston Apar tments in Building B. Busch campus has various locations, including the eighth floor of the Computing Research and Education Building, or The Librar y of Science and Medicine, which has its own computer lab. Throughout the five campuses, some locations stu-
dents have used to study are not well known. Various classrooms, smaller lounges and even dining halls may be perfect locations for students, depending on what they are looking for. Parks can also be another option, depending on the weather. If it is a clear warm day, spots along Buccleuch Park on College Avenue and Passion Puddle on Douglass campus are good for reading and enjoying nature.
To help students with studying, all student centers plan to increase their hours until 2 a.m. from Sunday, Dec. 15 to Wednesday Dec. 18. This includes the Rutgers Student Center, Busch Campus Center, Cook Campus Center, Douglass Campus Center and Livingston Campus Center as well as the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. To see a list of locations on the RU Studying mappler, visit www.mappler.net/rustudying/.
‘Healthy Helpings’ cookbook fundraises for hungry locals By Katie Park Correspondent
Volunteer Opportunities in Community Engaged Ser vice, a group born out of the Rutgers School of Public Health, is in the process of watching two years’ worth of work turn into the second volume of a cookbook, “Healthy Helpings ... and a Few Tasty Transgressions.” Megan Rockafellow, project manager of “Healthy Helpings,” said the proceeds from the book would go towards Elijah’s Promise, a volunteer-run soup kitchen in New Brunswick, as well as research for Alzheimer’s disease. The book retails for $20. “We had the first edition of ‘Healthy Helpings’ in 2008 and we raised about $2,000 for Elijah’s Promise,” said Rockafellow, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. “It has been two years in the making and we’re releasing our second edition.” She said “Healthy Helpings” differs from conventional cookbooks through its incorporation of research and perspectives from various departments in the School of Public Health. “We included the benefits of healthy eating from all of our different department perspectives, so there’s a person from Health Systems and Policy, … epidemiology and even biostatistics has
their take on healthy eating,” she said. The second edition of the cookbook has completely new recipes, she said. One of the recipes in the second edition of the cookbook is Harlem Gunness’ bhaigan chokha, or roasted mashed eggplant. Rockafellow said Gunness’ reason for sharing the recipe was because it captured a snapshot of his Trinidadian heritage. “My recipe stems from the indentured laborers who came to the island from East India since 1838 and have kept their tradition and culture throughout the years,” he said. “Bhaigan chokha is a vegan dish, and with the right amount of ingredients it is [tasty], nutritious and super healthy.” Other recipes in the second edition of the cookbook include two contributions from Susan Joseph, a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Health. “One of [the recipes] was lentils,” she said. “You have them in the dry form, so you can bypass the can form. I use a pressure cooker so you don’t have to do any prep work — you can just clean them with water, put them directly in the pressure cooker with water, and it cooks in about twenty minutes.” She said cooking lentils in a pressure cooker as opposed to a slow cooker also retains more nutrition because it does
not sap the lentils of their micronutrients. She said the other recipe, tamarind salmon, has slightly more exotic roots, hailing from a recipe created by her mother-in-law who currently lives in India. “[Tamarind salmon] is a recipe from Tamil Nadu in South India,” she said. “It’s a very authentic recipe so people might like the taste.” Bernadette West, faculty advisor to V.O.I.C.E.S., said that she was responsible for collecting the recipes that would be compiled into “Healthy Helpings.” West, an associate professor in the Department of Health Systems and Policy, said in the process of gathering recipes she often had to assess the healthiness of the submissions she received. In cer tain situations, she had to adjust the recipe so it would better fit the mission of the cookbook. Sometimes the recipe simply could not fit within the paradigms of the cookbook, she said. For this, the book had to include a section dedicated to “tasty transgressions.” “We wanted to make sure that there were some recipes that were a little less than healthy,” she said. West said that a big par t of compiling the cookbook was also about collecting recipes from students and faculty
The proceeds of “Healthy Helpings,” a student-created cookbook, go to Eilijah’s Promise, a local soup kitchen, and to Alzheimer’s disease research. COURTESY OF MEGAN ROCKAFELLOW that came from all around the world. “We have a very diverse student body and a diverse faculty and staff, so we thought if we could get some ethnic recipes that represented the places that our students and our faculty come from that would make it very interesting,” she said. The second edition has more ethnic recipes than the first, she said.
“We have a lot of recipes from East Asian countries, and we have some recipes from Eastern European countries,” she said. “We have recipes that have been in people’s families for many years and they’re ver y special.” The cookbooks are currently at the press, Rockafellow said, and should be ready for sale in the upcoming week.
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CONTRACT Rutgers accepted SunDurance bid for $40.8 million solar canopy continued from front
Eight of those companies said they would propose a final bid in principle, but only SunDurance and three other companies actually did, according to the bid list. Of those four companies, SunDurance’s proposal won the final bid, according to the contract. As for the solar canopy project, of the 69 companies invited to bid, 10 responded, and some withdrew from the process, according to the bid list, which was acquired through the Open Public Records Act. At the end, 10 companies were solicited to submit final bids, and of those bids, SunDurance was chosen, according to the contracts. SunDurance was not the lowest price per watt of projected output for the solar canopy — Skanska offered to install an 8.02 MW solar canopy for $40.68 million, in contrast to SunDurance’s 8 MW canopy for $40.8 million, according to documents obtained through the OPRA process. But, unlike SunDurance, Skanska is not a local company. During the contract award process for the solar canopy, SunDurance’s three competitors proposed either smaller projects or higher prices, according to the documents. Some, such as Austin-Hale, Torion and Hessert, submitted either incomplete proposals or did not submit any price offers. Concerning the solar farm’s contract award process, SunDur-
ance’s competitors were Faigon Electric and Pepco Energy Solutions, according to documents obtained through OPRA. Pepco charged $9.74 million, or almost $600,000 more for the same size project as SunDurance, whereas Faigon Electric only proposed $5.95 million for the project, but gave no further details in the proposal as to how it proposed to carry out the project or how it would operate, according to the documents. As for SunDurance’s third competitor, American Energy Co., the company submitted a proposal but later withdrew because it did not have enough bonding capacity, according to an email statement in response to an OPRA request for a copy of its proposal. State law requires all potential contractors that do business for any public entity to be able to post a bond of up to 10 percent of the contract value before that public entity can even consider awarding it to the contractor, according to a document required to go with every contract awarded. SunDurance paid a $400,000 project guarantee bond for each project once they got the contracts of them, according to each contract’s documentation. The Board of Public Utilities website has a list of every licensed commercial solar power installer in the state, said Rutgers Utilities Director Joe Witkowski. Rutgers sent letters to every company on that list to submit an initial draft bid proposal.
A comparison of the names of companies on the initial bid list and the official BPU licensed vendor list on its website showed that the names on both lists are the same, confirming this account. “We wouldn’t want to slight anyone,” Witkowski said. Rutgers uses two main methods to deliver construction projects for the University, said Alexander Andrews, contracts administrator for Rutgers. The first is Design-Build, which applies to specialty projects like the Livingston solar farm and solar canopy. The second is DesignBid-Build, which applies to most general construction projects like the Business School and Dining Hall on Livingston campus, Andrews said. Under design-build, Rutgers sends a request for proposals, which states the parameters on what Rutgers wants in the construction project to a select group of the companies on the pre-qualified bidders list. Under the design-bid-build project delivery method, Rutgers provides a completed set of plans and specifications to invited bidders. Rutgers then publicly announces the invited bidders names and the location and time of the public bid. The bid opening session is open to anyone from the general public, Andrews said. Both delivery methods provide completion in the contracting process, he said. Under design-bid-build, the project design has already been completed by an architect or engineer hired by Rutgers before the bid documents are put out to bid, Andrews said. In the design-build delivery method, the design is made by an architect or engineer hired by the design-build contrac-
tor after the design-build contract is awarded. This sometimes makes design-build more convenient because the proposal process allows a firm to propose to Rutgers how it wants a project built provided Rutgers approves the suggested designs, Andrews said. In a design-bid-build, a project’s plans and specifications are pre-determined. A firm using the design-build process can renegotiate the project price with Rutgers if the scope of the project changes materially from what was first proposed and published in the proposal, a practice not allowed under design-bidbuild because the project scope and its price is fixed at bid time, he said. In both processes, any contractor who wants to bid or propose on a project must first be on the pre-qualified bidders list, Andrews said. “The pre-qualified [bidders] process applies to all [designbid-build and design-build construction] projects at Rutgers,” he said. The pre-qualified vendor system used at Rutgers puts taxpayers at a potential disadvantage by interfering with open competition, said Peter McAleer, communications director for the Office of the State Comptroller. It is the most effective way to reduce construction costs, since companies are then encouraged to offer lower prices to get a contract they are seeking. “We believe that whenever you open up to competition, you do the right thing for taxpayers and ultimately save money,” McAleer said. “The more competition [there is], the more you can drive down overall costs.”
Rutgers is exempt from public contract bidding laws that apply to other state colleges and universities because it was once a private college, McAleer said. He is concerned this may hurt taxpayers because projects at Rutgers would likely be more expensive than equivalent projects at other state colleges. These concerns about the Rutgers contract-awarding system are reflected in the two audit reports the comptroller’s office has completed on the Rutgers contracting system, McAleer said. “We thought they should open it up to competition the same as all the other colleges,” he said. McAleer said he is unaware of the comptroller’s office doing any specific investigation, audit, or review of the Livingston solar projects so far or of any specific plans to do so later. Matthew Boxer, New Jersey’s state comptroller, was unavailable for an interview on the Livingston projects or the Rutgers contracting system due to a busy schedule, according to an email communication by McAleer. Andrews said he was unaware of the specific content of either audit report on the Rutgers contracting system from the state comptroller’s office. But Rutgers’ pre-qualified vendor system the ability to scrutinize potential bidders and vendors for construction projects more carefully. “We want to see the experience and financial strength of companies before they submit a proposal or bid,” he said. “Their ability to guarantee a job will be taken care of if the contractor has financial difficulties, although I’ve never seen a case here at Rutgers where that had to happen.”
STRESS BUSTERS Students take the chance to relax from finals at “Destress Event,” held yesterday at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. RONNIE MENDOZA
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VIEWS Matthews says 36 states have laws that make voting more difficult continued from front
Matthews frequently bantered with the audience and drew laughter on several occasions. “I didn’t change my opinion [on Hillary Clinton],” he told Mandel at one point. “You just weren’t paying attention.” When Matthews mentioned Gov. Chris Christie, Mandel asked if he had ever met him. He paused and gave a simple response. “Yup,” he said. “I know my audience,” he added when the crowd had finished clapping. He did not say whether he personally supports Christie, but acknowledged Christie’s appeal to working-class people like his extended family, who live in South Jersey. “People are so sick of phony politicians, like most politicians are,” Matthews said. MSNBC, which is generally thought to be a left-leaning television network, airs Matthews’ show. But he said political leadership rouses him from all people in all forms. “I’m a very emotional person,” he said. “I respond to leadership and guts when it comes.” When pressed on where such guidance can be found in contemporar y politics, he mentioned Secretar y of State John Kerr y’s negotiations with Iran to end the Iranians’ nuclear program. If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, Matthews said, the United States would have to work with Israel to eliminate the silos, causing problems that resonate for decades. But no treaty with Israel can work unless Arabs are willing to try other Arabs for crimes against Jews, he said. “Right now there’s no chance [for peace],” he said. “There’s not Arab leader who will say, ‘If some Arab across the border blows up somebody … I’m going to kill that person.’ That’s justice.”
Page 5 Elected officials have always cared about who gets the credit for getting something done, Matthews said. Even during the presidency of Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, a champion for universal health care, killed a bill that would have required employers to provide health care for their workers. “There’s not a lot of kindness to be seen,” he said. The only issue Matthews brought up without prompting was that of voter suppression, which he believes is fundamentally designed to marginalize the minority. He said 36 states, all of which are Republican, have measures on the books that make it more difficult for people to vote. Many laws require people to show photo identification in order to vote, but it is normal for people in neighborhoods like his native Philadelphia suburb to not have driver’s licenses. “The party of Lincoln screwing minorities out of the vote?” he said. “Come on. Make a better case.” Young people, he said, do not vote in significant numbers because they do not go to the community centers their parents usually go to vote. He wants students to get interested in civics and politics from a young age, and advocates instilling local pride in schoolchildren. “Politics is serious business — a mix of passion and knowledge,” Mandel said. Matthews said he is interested to see what Cory Booker is capable of as the newest U.S. Senator acclimatexs to his first weeks in office. “There are some good people in politics,” he said. “I don’t want to knock it.” Michael Guggenheim, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, attended because he had a strong prior interest in politics and Matthews himself. “He is very insightful on some of the issues, but even when he isn’t insightful he’s always entertaining,” said Guggenheim. “I wanted to enjoy the unique advantage of Rutgers having a wellknown media personality come and speak.”
Chris Matthews, a commentator for MSNBC, spoke with Eagleton Institute of Politics Director Ruth Mandel about modern politics. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
SPRING Willson says spring involvement fair should have more space continued from front
Rutgers plans to turn the three involvement fairs into a part of the “Resolve to Get Involved” week, she said, with an extension of activities for students, such as officer training. Student Life has responded to other complaints about the fall fair. Matthew Ferguson, associate director of leadership and training, said he participated in the last involvement fair and recognized the limitations of the administration. He said Student Life has to constantly adjust to different plans and circumstances. “Had it been beautiful weather, it would have been in Voorhees Mall, and everyone would have been pleased,” he said. “Instead we got the perfect storm and had to go inside.” The spring involvement fair does not have the same issues, since it takes place in January and is always planned to happen indoors, he said. He said while students may have their preferences, each student center has its merits. They decided to split up the organizations based on what is convenient to get to.
Martial arts students performed at the fall involvement fair, which was criticized for being too crowded and poorly planned. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / SEPTEMBER 2013
“No matter where we have it, there’s going to be someone that has to take a bus somewhere,” he said. “This way there’s a chance that there’s an involvement fair near your campus.” Next fall’s fair has no alternate location, only an alternate date. Willson hopes it will not rain both days. Rutgers does not have a space on campus that can accommodate that many people indoors, she said. Neela Patel, director of the Livingston Student Center, met with Willson and Student Involvement this week about the logistics of the event. She said spring involvement fairs have been held in the LSC for the past two years, and both years had mostly good turnouts.
“Two years ago it snowed, so the fair started slowly,” she said. “But so far we haven’t had any problems, it’s been fairly successful.” Willson said Student Life also plans to limit the number of club representatives that can stay at each table. Having two people for each organization would prevent traffic and congestion issues, and force members to work in shifts. Along with limiting people, they are also trying to lessen the number of tables and create wider pathways to walk through, she said. “If it’s warm, we’ll have the juggling team go out and perform,” she said.
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AMERICAN AIRWAYS Luggage is loaded onto an American Airlines jet as it is prepared for a flight at O’Hare Airport on Dec. 9 in Chicago, Ill. American Airlines announced today that it had completed a merger deal with US Airways. The deal will make American Airlines the world’s largest airline, flying about 6,700 flights per day. GETTY IMAGES
Sailors face sexual assualt charges ANNAPOLIS, Md.w — The U.S. Naval Academy superintendent said Monday that he decided to cour t-mar tial two midshipmen in a sexual assault case against a militar y judge’s recommendation because it is his duty to make sure the charges are fully examined. Vice Adm. Michael Miller decided in October to cour t-martial Midshipman Eric Graham on a charge of abusive sexual contact and Midshipman Joshua Tate on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a female midshipman during an of f-campus par ty last year. He spoke of his decision for the first time publicly on Monday during a break at a meeting of the academy’s Board of Visitors. “I wanted to ensure that after all of the investment of the time here that we were able to say, yes, we looked at this in great de-
tail and that either there was an offense or there was not, and the only way I could get to that was through a court-martial,” Miller said when asked about his decision by The Associated Press. A militar y judge had recommended in a 171-page repor t that the cases not move for ward. While the investigating of ficer found reasonable grounds to believe of fenses may have been committed, he said heavy damage done to the alleged victim’s testimony made it dif ficult “if not impossible” to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Miller noted that the investigating of ficer did find reasonable grounds to believe an of fense may have been committed by the two students. The superintendent said he believes it’s impor tant for students to feel comfor table
that such allegations will be fully investigated. “One of our constituencies, obviously, is the Brigade of Midshipmen, and so the idea that, you know, just because it is dif ficult in a trial by cour t-mar tial, well, that’s why we have the trials,” Miller said. “The trials go through and they look to see the fair illumination of those type of details.” He added the commander “in a militar y unit is responsible for that good order and discipline.” The case has received heightened attention at a time when Congress, the White House and the Pentagon are focusing on stamping out sexual assault in the militar y. Lawmakers are considering legislation that would remove commanders. —The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Narrowly beating a midnight deadline, Congress voted yesterday to renew an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can evade airport detection machines. But Republicans blocked an effort to toughen the restrictions — the latest defeat for gun-control forces in the year since the grade school massacre in Newtown, Conn. By voice vote, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a 10-year extension of the prohibition against guns that can slip past metal detectors and X-ray machines. The House voted last week for an identical decade-long renewal of the ban, and the measure now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature. But GOP senators rejected an effort by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to strengthen the ban by requiring that such weapons contain undetachable metal parts. Some plastic guns meet the letter of the current law with a metal piece that can be removed, making them a threat to be slipped past security screeners at schools, airports and elsewhere. “Who in God’s name wants to let plastic guns pass through metal detectors at airports or stadiums?” Schumer said in an inter view yesterday. The National Rifle Association, which has been instrumental in blocking gun restrictions, expressed no opposition to renewing the law. But the gun lobby said it would fight any expanded requirements, including Schumer’s, “that would infringe on our Second Amendment rights” to bear arms. Underscoring the issue’s political sensitivity, both of yesterday’s votes were by voice only, meaning no individual senators’ votes were recorded. For a handful of Democratic senators seeking re-election next year in GOP-leaning states, the day’s votes could have been difficult. The rejection of stricter curbs highlighted the repeated
setbacks for gun-control advocates in Congress since last Dec. 14. On that day, a gunman fatally shot 20 first-graders and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementar y School before killing himself. Despite that — and other recent mass shootings, including at the Washington Navy Yard just blocks from the Capitol — supporters of expanded gun control are nearing the end of a year in which they have been unable to push any new firearms restrictions through Congress. “We’re several decades behind the NRA,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. “This is a long game, and it’s going to take us some time to build up the resources necessar y to compete.” Congressional Republicans have resisted tightening the restrictions against undetectable guns, but those lawmakers — as well as the NRA — have not opposed renewing the current prohibition. The House approved a 10-year extension last week. Plastic guns were in their infancy when President Ronald Reagan and Congress first enacted the ban against undetectable firearms, and when it was renewed in 1998 and 2003. But such weapons have become a growing threat and can now be produced by 3-D printers, which are becoming better and more affordable. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, top Republican on the Senate Judiciar y Committee, says that with the law’s expiration at hand, Congress should extend it for a decade and study Schumer’s more restrictive plan later. Supporters of tightening the rules say the 10-year renewal helps the gun lobby because it reduces Democrats’ ability to revisit the issue. The Sandy Hook killings prompted Obama and Democrats to make gun control a top domestic priority this year — but to no avail in Congress. —The Associated Press
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Mashery acquires alumni-run Hacker League By Tyler Gold and Nis Frome Staff Writers
The University’s developer community celebrated this past week after TechCrunch broke the news that Hacker League was acquired by Masher y, Inc., an Intel Corporation company. Hacker League was created by three Rutgers students and launched at the Fall 2011 “HackNY” hackathon. Mike Swift, founder of Hacker League, said it provides a set of tools and basic functionality that organizers would typically need to host a hackathon. This includes features such as the ability to design a landing page that provides relevant information — like schedules and lists of sponsors — before, during and after an event. Organizers can also capture extra information and resumes from registrants, as well as send them messages. Hacker League powers almost 100 events per quarter, said Swift, a 2012 University alumnus. At its peak, Hacker League supported 17 hackathons in a single weekend. The company started generating revenue at the beginning of 2013 by white-labeling its plat-
form and providing consulting for private corporate events. Mashery acquired intellectual property, the platform and other assets associated with Hacker League, but not the founding team, which includes Swift, alumnus Ian Jennings and alumnus Abe Stanway. Jennings and Stanway initially formulated the idea of a hackathon management platform at a Y Combinator event in New York City. “We decided to build Hacker League because we love hackathons,” said Swift, the Commissioner of Major League Hacking. While many entrepreneurs pour all their time and resources into their ventures, Hacker League was never more than a side project for Swift, Jennings and Stanway, who all worked full-time jobs while maintaining Hacker League after they graduated. “The thing you’ve got to remember is that Hacker League is not just us three,” Swift said. “The site is driven by the community, by the people who use it and write about it. It’s the hacks after the event that live on. What really happened is that we helped grow this ecosystem.” The acquisition is a victory for believers of the notion that entre-
preneurship can thrive in a university setting, despite the time constraints of balancing a startup with coursework. “The truth is that in college, you have the time to punctuate your life with so many different things,” Swift said. “In college, the community is there to have your
“I do think the potential for this platform is completely untapped. ... I have faith that it’s in good hands.” MIKe SWIFT Founder of Hacker League
back. Everyone should take note of that, accepting and reciprocating that support.” Jennings, who was responsible for branding and designing the front-end of Hacker League, talked about his experience building a company while completing an undergraduate degree. “I purposefully majored in information technology instead of computer science so I
didn’t have to waste time doing problem sets,” Jennings said. “I had already taught myself how to program before I got to college. Also, I was terrible at math.” Jennings recently published a blog post sharing an email thread between him and a past professor. In the first email, dated Nov. 26, 2011, Jennings asked for an extension for a project, because he has “been ver y busy starting a company.” More than two years later, Jennings emailed that same professor a short but sweet update. “Thanks for cutting me some slack a couple years ago. The company I mentioned above sold to Intel today,” the email read. Details of the acquisition are somewhat limited. Amit Jotwani, developer advocate at Masher y, a provider of API technology and ser vices, commented in an email inter view. “We realized that Mashery’s need to run and manage developer events is growing every month,” Jotwani said in the email. “With Hacker League, Mashery can now deliver the best-in-class tool for developers and hackathon organizers.”
Jotwani assured that Hacker League would remain focused first and foremost on developer interests. He said Swift would help them transition and integrate Hacker League into Masher y over the course of the next year. “We thought about taking funding and doing this full-time,” Swift said. “But funding wouldn’t really do us anything — the site was growing organically at a pretty amazing rate.” Swift said he, Jennings and Stanway all aspire to be huge players in the developer scene and didn’t want to take on the responsibilities that come with accepting venture funding. “But I do think the potential for this platform is completely untapped,” Swift said. “Right now though, it needs a team of people who can focus on all the nuances and take this to the next level. We just didn’t have the bandwidth, but I have faith that it’s in good hands.” Tyler Gold is an intern at The Verge. You can follow him on Twitter @tylergold. Nis Frome is the co-founder of Hublished. com. You can follow him on Twitter @nisfrome.
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Student debt issue needs attention Rising tuition must be addressed to create equal opportunities
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tudent debt is a major issue facing the nation. According to The Project on Student Debt at the Institute for College Access & Success, New Jersey ranks just below the national average, checking in at eighth place nationally. The average student loan debt of college graduates in 2012 increased to $29,400. New Jersey’s average was slightly less at a whopping $29,287. Unfortunately, Rutgers’ debt load was near the national average at $26,656, with 57 percent of its students having student loans. The report annually tracked the rise of student debt using figures provided voluntarily by more than half of all public and private nonprofit fouryear colleges. The reports analysis found that the debt levels of students who graduate with loans continue to rise, with considerable variation among states as well as among colleges. Seven of 10 college seniors who graduated in 2012 had student loan debt. The national share of seniors graduating with loans rose in recent years, from 68 percent in 2008 to 71 percent in 2012, while their debt at graduation increased by an average of 6 percent per year. In New Jersey, 65 percent of graduates are in debt. We gasped at this sad truth. Everyone should have the right to an education, especially at state schools that receive higher state support. It’s one thing to say that people should have to pay to attend a private university, but public schools shouldn’t be pricing anyone out of a quality education. Clearly, there are a number of factors that stimulate the phenomenon, including the health of the regional economy and students being forced to borrow because they are above the limits for federal and state aid. But can we allow this problem to continue? How does this affect the rates of low-income students applying to colleges? Nowadays, there may be an inevitability of unfairness surrounding this issue, and with that said, students should weigh all of their options. Instead
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U. must consider faculty input to fix serious issues COMMENTARY WILLIAM WARD
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hile the University’s apparent response to Hurricane Sandy is a step in the right direction, many more steps are needed in a great variety of areas. A few local problems, have plagued Cook campus departments for decades, and in this case, it happens to be the one I work in. By no means is this a complete list. Literally hundreds of other infrastructural problems have plagued our campus: From extensive heat outages lasting for months at a time, to intentional, secret electrical disconnections of ever y toxic fume hood in the building, to persistent natural gas leaks. Cook campus has one electrician for 100 buildings. The list of problems goes on forever. Rutgers Vice President Richard Edwards told me personally that there exists no budgetar y provisions for the maintenance any of the new buildings going up all over the University. Maintenance funds come from wherever possible — but not the football
budget that is running about $28 million real attempt by the upper level Rutgers administration to elicit, and then to act in deficit each year. Our building has no centralized moni- responsibly upo, well-meaning and helptoring system for water quality just as we ful comments from a representative body have no emergency generators, no mon- of the faculty and staff (facilities includitoring systems in the building for power ed). By “representative” I mean “nonoutages, for leaks and floods, for carbon hand-picked by Old Queens.” The faculty monoxide release, and for the malfunc- committees charged with investigating tioning of fume hoods that contain count- major problems — at least those about which I have less toxic and intimate knowlvolatile chemedge — are icals. We have “... When faculty members often stacked safety showers rightfully object to administration with professors with no floor abuses, punishment is often the beholden to, and drains, so some administration’s sole response.” literally bribed of us would by, the adminisbe reticent to tration. In my 37 use them, even years at Rutgers, while our clothing is disintegrating from acid spills. I have seen investigating committees opFew of our refrigerators have melt-down erate this way more often than not. If the alarms, and we have no built-in ways to administration were to care about fixing detect the escape of radioactive isotopes, things, they would invite members of the the escape of natural gas, etc. etc. I am uncompromised university communinot even sure if we have automatic fire ty to join with them in helping to solve problems. Failure to act responsibly alalarms in the labs. In dealing with major problems at Rut- most always leads to irreparable damage gers, I wonder if there has ever been a — millions of dollars worth of valuable
chemicals and irreplaceable microbial cultures, in the case of our department. Our faculty “voice” is seldom, if ever, heard by the administration. Instead, when faculty members rightfully object to administration abuses, punishment is often the administration’s sole response. The University Senate seems to be in a similar place as the Faculty Council — almost powerless. So, the Rutgers faculty members have no recourse other than to write letters like this one. Except for doing what we do best, writing, we just tough it out while the University administration focuses its attention on construction, football and deceptive publicity. What a place. It’s second-rate at best. Some would say that Rutgers is bringing up the rear end of higher education. I am one of those voices — and for justified reasons, I would assert. William Ward is an associate professor of biochemistry and the director of the Center for Research and Education in Bioluminescence and Biotechnology at Rutgers University.
Semester highlights prove student voice has impact COMMENTARY PAVEL SOKOLOV
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he winter season is upon us and so concludes another semester “On the Banks of the Old Raritan.” These past few months have been fraught with exciting changes for our university. The integration of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and our acceptance into the Big Ten athletic conference has opened a door of new possibilities for research and involvement. The Rutgers University Student Assembly, our student government, has been hard at work to ensure these new opportunities are serving the students’ best interests and is accessible to all. With the appointment of our new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
Felicia E. McGinty, students have a newfound ally that works on our behalf to ensure the administration works for what the students feel is important. Every Friday from 10 a.m. to noon, McGinty hosts open office hours to give students an opportunity to directly voice their concerns. At the beginning of this semester, there was an uproar about the unilateral changes made to the hours of operation of our dining halls. By working with Rutgers Dining Services, we were able to negotiate back the original hours without cuts to service or quality — a bold example of what students can accomplish when working toward a common goal. Delta Upsilon was this semester’s recipient of the Meal Swipes for Charity Program. The collaboration of Dining Services and RUSA raised money through donated
meal swipes for a charitable organization of their choosing. Student groups on campus come to RUSA and work with us to resolve their issues on campus. After being approached by Trans*mission, a student group that works on behalf of transgendered students on campus, RUSA advocated on instituting a policy change that would allow any student to have their preferred name be displayed on Sakai. RUSA’s potential is only limited by our ability to identify student concerns. Our annual “What’s on Your Mind Survey” garnered more than 2,000 responses and will set the stage for the projects we undertake to improve the quality of life for our fellow Rutgers students. Students responded with issues ranging from the quality of their courses to proposed changes in bus routes. As always, RUSA hosts office hours from 3
to 5 p.m. every Thursday and Friday on the fourth floor of the Rutgers Student Center to hear feedback about our university and gain a better sense on what to change. I adamantly believe that we as students, the primary stakeholders of the University, have a rare opportunity to shape Rutgers into the university we want to see. By coming together and working towards shared goals and ideals, students historically have been able to overcome any and all obstacles. Do not sit back idly and accept the status quo. Voice your concerns and take action to improve our university, not just for yourselves but for all current and future students. Best of luck on finals, and have a productive winter break. Pavel Sokolov is a Rutgers Business School senior and president of the Rutgers University Student Assembly.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Student voices must also be heard in faculty protests Last year I nervously made my way to organic chemistry, the class that all science and pre-med students dread. This is the class that all students have been told will determine whether they are cut out to follow their dreams. A few moments later, a cheerful Professor John Taylor walked in and eagerly greeted his new group of budding chemists. The tension in the room was palpable, every student terrified that they may be goners by the time the withdrawal period rolled around. From the ver y first lecture, Taylor hit the ground running. He had an immediate presence that demanded respect, but at the same time welcomed humor and discussion. Let’s be clear, organic chemistr y is a hard subject, and it is not for ever yone. However, it is manageable with the right tools. Taylor knows what
those tools are, and he isn’t afraid to use them. As I started to get to know my peers better I heard countless tales of life before Taylor, something they liked to refer to as “Boikesstry.” I was shocked and appalled by the things I heard. Students were told they were stupid if they asked too many questions. One class was even told to work by candlelight after they lost power due to Hurricane Sandy. I frequently heard him being referred to as King Boikess for his dictatorial style of teaching. Halfway through my second semester in organic chemistry with Taylor, I heard some shocking news. Beginning next semester Taylor will no longer be in charge of teaching his class. He is being forced to split his class with another professor, and he will not have control over his syllabus, exams or book. I cannot imagine an administration having such a dynamic professor in their grasp and throwing him away so casually. I was even more shocked to find out that he had been banned from teaching “Honors Organic Chemistry” a few years
ago because too many students were doing well in the class. Just five years earlier, my husband had taken Taylor’s “Honors Organic Chemistry” class and proceeded to score in the 96th percentile on his Dental Admissions Test. The chemistry department is attempting to justify this change by claiming that the class must follow a standardized syllabus, as well as a single book to save money for students retaking the class. The main issue with this justification is that they are choosing to create a standard based off failure rather than success. Not a single person in the department has spoken to Taylor about this change, nor asked for his opinion on whether this change would be beneficial to the student body. This is a direct violation of the academic freedom that we should expect our tenured professors to have. I started an online petition in response to these changes, and within a couple days I received nearly 200 signatures as well as an outpouring of comments expressing support for Taylor and anger towards this injustice. Unfortunately, there
are seldom opportunities for the student body to have a voice in their education but now is one such occasion. I implore you to ask yourself what type of university you want to attend. We are all spending our time and money investing in our future, and we should expect that the people educating us have our best interests in mind. This is a reminder to speak up for what you believe in and remember that you all have a voice. Please reference this QR code to view or sign the petition.
Nechama Bloom is a School of Arts and Sciences senior.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (12/10/13). Build partnerships with mutual respect to launch your career into the stratosphere this year. Holiday rest leads to a productive surge after the New Year, with extra cash flow into March. Springtime romance and creativity percolates. Practice what you love and your status rises. Explore and study. Travel especially after July. Share your work with the world after August. Go play. 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 5 — It’s a good time to take stock of where you are and where you want to be, personally, financially and professionally. The difference in between shows you the game to play. Document your plan and budget. Have faith. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Reflection, introspection and thoughtful planning serve you now. Ask questions and study. Finish your work in private today and tomorrow, and include aspects that you love. Calm down a few squabblers. Peace satisfies. Easy does it. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Others admire your strength and courage. Protect your interests and your family. Receive an unexpected bonus. You’ll be more analytical for the next few days, with help from a technical friend. Resist temptation to spend. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 5 — Crazy dreams seem possible. There’s too much to do, though, and any change in direction could seem abrupt to others. Romance the plan with them first, and schedule carefully. Take little steps today and tomorrow and imagine your goal fulfilled. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Put in the necessary corrections as you discover them. Consider all the facts. Increase efficiency and plan your agenda. Postpone an outing. Study alternative financial options. Keep searching out the real bargains. Move slowly, scheduling later actions. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Rest. Review the situation and re-charge your batteries. Examine financial facts carefully, and pay bills today and tomorrow. Technology can increase profits; a partner shows you how. What’s the latest?
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Invest in home, family and real estate, to the degree affordable. Avoid reckless spending. Take the time to make things beautiful. Copy down inspiring ideas. A new associate could become a valuable partner. Discover solutions. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — No one needs to know how little you spend. Focus on your work the next two days. There’s no need to be hasty. Intuition provides one possible road map to success. Take a break for treats (or romance). Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Schedule time for romance. What you do doesn’t need to be expensive; a picnic, walk in the park or movie at home satisfies. Remind someone of a promise. You’re collecting benefits. There’s more time to relax today and tomorrow. Take advantage. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Make household decisions today and tomorrow and share the load. A clash between domestic and career responsibilities could slow you down. Don’t believe everything you hear. A partner helps. Pay off bills. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Don’t mess things up by being rude. Figure out what you need to learn, today and tomorrow. Resist a compulsion to spend, too. Boost your electronic capability. Socialize with a group and together you’ll get a lot further. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Seek new territory. You’re very persuasive now. Results turn out better than expected, and a goal gets achieved. Don’t let the benefits slip through your fingers. Today and tomorrow bring a potential spending spree. Gather information. Share love.
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Senior Alexis Gunzelman returns after two years participating in the all-around for Rutgers. After earning EAGL First-Team All-Uneven Bars last year, Gunzelman hopes the rest of the team makes it to the NCAA Regionals. All four who made them last year return for the Knights. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR / MARCH 2013
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Two sophomores return after gaining playoff experience during rookie seasons continued from back gymnasts. The top-two scores qualified for the NCAA Championships, and Leal was just 0.025 points short. After sitting out most of the 2012 season and the first three weeks of 2013, the former EAGL
ASSAULT Lawsuit mentions photo of Rice holding Randall by neck, on bench during game continued from back The 31-page lawsuit states Randall has learning disabilities and was promised accommodations, although those were ultimately the responsibility of a team videographer. The lawsuit also claims Rice’s abuse gave him a “constant and debilitating state of fear and anxiety,” which ultimately made him lose significant confidence on the cour t. “A photograph of Coach Rice grabbing Derrick by the neck and face on the bench during a game, with Derrick looking completely lost and helpless, speaks volumes, as does the video of such abusive behavior,” the lawsuit said. Randall seeks damages and punitive damages in the lawsuit for physical, mental and emotional injuries and losing out on eco-
Rookie of the Year will enter the season healthy. Senior Alexis Gunzelman returns after participating in allaround competition for just the second time in her career at regionals. The co-captain earned an EAGL First-Team All-Uneven Bars spot last season. “It’s motivating to the entire team. We had those four girls that did make it and it helps us push the rest of the team because we know what it feels like to be there as an individual,” Gunzelman said. “It’s not the experience we want
as a team [to make the postseason only as individuals], because you want the whole team there to help push you even harder.” Two then-freshmen — Jenna Williams and Claudia Salinas — earned postseason experience in the tournament in their specializations. Williams joined Gunzelman on the EAGL FirstTeam All-Uneven Bars, while Salinas earned the honors on the balance beam. The Knights are expected to perform strong in their last year in the conference before entering
the Big Ten next season. They have not qualified for NCAAs as a team since 2007. “I think you’re going to see a team that’s in better shape this year, just a physically stronger overall team,” Levine said. Four meets occur at the Livingston Gym this season. The Knights open the season against New Hampshire and then host Brown on Jan. 24. The Knights host two quad meets beginning Feb. 22 with Penn State — which ended last season No. 15 in the countr y
— Temple and Ursinius. They host Central Michigan, Towson, Southern Connecticut and Yale on March 8. “At the end of the season last year, we shocked a lot of teams,” Gunzelman said. “We went from a team that ever yone walked in thinking that, ‘Well it’s just Rutgers, we’ve got this one in the bag,’ to teams [being] like, ‘Oh my gosh, Rutgers scored a 195.’” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
nomic oppor tunities. He transferred to Pittsburgh after two years with the Scarlet Knights, one of many who transferred after last season ended. Pernetti fired Rice on April 3 after ESPN broadcasted tapes of Rice shoving, hitting and throwing basketballs at players. Rice also used homophobic slurs toward his players. Mar telli resigned that day and Pernetti resigned two days later. “Coach Rice and Pernetti received severance packages including at least $475,000 and $1,200,000, respectively; Rutgers moved to the Big Ten Conference; and Derrick and other players were left to live with the damage caused by two traumatic seasons fending for themselves against Coach Rice’s abuse,” the lawsuit says. Daniel Kokhba, with Kantor, Davidof f, Mandelker, Twomey & Gallanty, of New York City, represent Randall. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers spor ts updates, follow @TargumSpor ts.
Former Knight Derrick Randall’s 31-page lawsuit says he lost all confidence in his basketball abilities because of what he endured at Rutgers. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2013
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December 10, 2013
WRESTLING ONLY THREE BIG TEN OPPONENTS LIE IN EASTERN TIME ZONE
SWIMMING & DIVING
Dual meets allow for steady improvement By Sean Stewart
will look to regain some momentum with big matchups against Big Ten opponents to Following some strong show- come shortly after. Training the next four weeks ings to begin the season, the Rutgers swimming and diving team will prepare the Knights in the must deal with adversity for the physical aspects of racing, but mental preparation will be just first time this season. The Scarlet Knights (4-1) as important. “I just think that we need to suffered their first defeat at Boston University (4-1) in dual meet continue to focus on the details action Saturday, leaving a small like we have all season and swim blemish to an otherwise flawless and dive with the confidence that we can win the meet,” Spinstart to their campaign. Despite the loss, the iello said. In order to maintain the team’s Knights remain upbeat about high morale, the Knights believe their performance. “Overall I think we did a decent focusing on the positives will be job,” said junior Greta Leberfin- just as important as improving on ger. “There were areas where we the negatives. During the dual meet, the could have improved on, but we were tired and we didn’t rest at all team dominated the breastfor the meet so our bodies hurt. I stroke events, wrapping up all think overall everyone did a good top-three spots in both the 100 job pushing through the pain and and 200 meter, with Leber finputting that behind us and getting ger claiming first in both. T h e up on the block Knights also and just racing.” “I just think that we need had strong per formancWhile the to continue to focus on es from seresult at Boston the details, like we have nior Brittany was a disappointment, the all season and swim and Guinee, who won the 200dual meets are dive with confidence.” yard butterfly, usually used and sophoas practice to phil spiniello more Joanna prepare for the Head Coach Wu, who seAAC Champicured three onships in Febtop-five finruary. ishes. Senior Head coach Phil Spiniello believes the dual diver Nicole Scott also captured meets are a great way for the first in both 1- and 3-meter divswimmers to practice racing ing events. Senior swim captain while tired in competitive enviAllyson Perrotti believes the ronments. “We’re going to continue our loss will ser ve as motivation normal training pattern of lifting moving for ward. “We definitely thought that we and swimming and diving and just continue our hard work,” Spiniello could have won if we had just a litsaid. “… Yes it’s disappointing to tle bit more [aggression],” Perrotti lose our first dual meet, but at the said. “BU came out wanting it a little same time our ultimate goal and bit more than we did, but I definitefocus is always going to be our ly think it serves as fire for our next meets and we don’t want to have conference meet in February.” The Knights have almost a that happen again and we want to four-week layoff until they trav- make sure we come out on top.” el Jan. 4 to face another Patriot For updates on the Rutgers League opponent in Bucknell. With plenty of time to pre- swimming & diving team, follow @ pare for the Bison, the Knights TargumSports on Twitter. Staff Writer
Redshirt freshman 174-pounder Phil Bakuckus said yesterday Rutgers’ recent road matches have taken their toll on the Knights. SRINIDHI BELLAMKONDA / NOVEMBER 2013
Distant bouts provide challenge By Bradly Derechailo Associate Sports Editor
The Rutgers wrestling team traveled more than 2,500 miles to compete in their latest tournament, the Cliff Klein Las Vegas Invitational. While the Scarlet Knights arrived in Nevada a day before to train and acclimate to the threehour time difference, senior 184-pounder Dan Seidenberg admitted it was not the Knights’ easiest weekend. “We don’t want to make excuses, but we’ve been in a little bit of a grind,” Seidenberg said. In the past three weekends, Rutgers traveled to Las Vegas for an invite, Troy, N.Y., for duals against Michigan State and Virginia, New York City to compete in the Grapple at the Garden against George Mason and Maryland and a dual meet Nov. 22 against Clarion, located in Pennsylvania. So when the Knights arrived at last weekend’s Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, the season’s wear and tear caught up with them. Sophomore heavyweight Billy Smith was the only Rutgers grappler to place. Smith finished seventh in his weight class. Redshirt freshman 174-pounder Phillip Bakuckus did not want to make any excuses. But he acknowledged that the long distance coupled with the amount of wrestling they had in the past month has had a negative effect on the team as a whole.
“It kind of took a toll on our bodies,” Bakuckus said. “It’s an adjustment we have to get used to. I think some of our guys were affected by it, but I think over time going into the Big Ten we have to get used to it.” When Rutgers begins its inaugural season in its new conference, only three Big Ten teams, Penn State, Ohio State and Maryland, will be located in the Eastern Time Zone. The closest of the three is Maryland 191 miles away. The rest of the Big Ten lies in the Central Time Zone, meaning not only will the Knights have to adjust to the longer travel times, but they also factor in an hour time difference. But a look at the distances between the Knights and their future conference opponents suggest travel will be Rutgers’ biggest change. Two schools — Minnesota and Nebraska — lie 1,118 and 1,288 miles away, respectively. Six other programs are located more than 700 miles away, as Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin are located in the north central region of the United States. Iowa is the farthest of the six, as Iowa City, where the school is located, sits 987 miles away. Head coach Scott Goodale said most trips during the Big Ten schedule will include flying out on Thurday, wrestling on a Friday, working out on a Saturday and
wrestling again before flying out on a Sunday. The long distances and time commitment is something Goodale wants his program to grow accustomed to. “You can’t use travel as an excuse,” Goodale said. “It is what it is. We have plenty of time to workout and rest. To get after it, you have to manage that time and that’s what it’s going to be like in the future and that’s why we’re doing it now.” Luckily for now, Rutgers has to worry about this season’s schedule, a slate that gets easier in the next couple of weeks when it comes to travel. The Knights will visit Princeton this Saturday for a dual meet, but then host three straight conference duals in the confines of the College Ave. Gym. “It’s nice. We don’t have to worry about traveling or using someone else’s gym,” Bakuckus said. “It’s comfortable, you get to sleep in you own bed instead of hotel rooms. It’s pretty nice to have three home matches [coming up].” All of Rutgers’ EIWA opponents are located in the Eastern Time Zone. Only a trip to Ames, Iowa, to face Iowa State remains in terms of daunting road matches. But the distance is something Goodale’s program will have to get used to. “Is it a challenge? Yes, but I’m not making it an excuse,” Goodale said.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LANEY EARNS HER SECOND CONFERENCE AWARD AFTER DOUBLE-DOUBLE AT DAVIDSON
Junior tallies RU’s sixth AAC weekly honor this year By Greg Johnson Associate Sports Editor
For the second time this season, junior wing Betnijah Laney made the AAC Weekly Honor Roll. Laney garnered the honor yesterday following her third double-double of the season Wednesday at Davidson. She tallied season highs with 15 points and 54.5 percent shooting from the field. The Clayton, Del., native also corralled 11 boards in a 6635 win for the Rutgers women’s basketball team. It was Laney’s third game back in the star ting lineup after missing two games with an
ankle sprain suf fered Nov. 17 against LaSalle. She collected a total of 17 points and 13 rebounds as she shook of f rust in her first two games back Nov. 29 and Nov. 30 at the Barclays Women’s Basketball Invitational. Now the co-captain is making amends. “It bothered me sitting here and knowing there was nothing I could do to maybe make a difference,” Laney said before the Davidson game. “I did what I could, I cheered on my teammates and kept encouraging them. I did what I could from the sidelines.” Prior to her ankle injur y, Laney collected double-doubles in each of the first two games.
Before the season, she only once recorded 10 rebounds to compile a double-double. This year Laney nearly averages one with 10.7 points and a team-leading 9.8 boards per contest. Laney is the four th Knight to make the honor roll this season. Sophomore wing Kahleah Copper — Rutgers’ leading scorer at 16.1 points per game and second-leading rebounder with 7.6 per contest — also earned the award twice. Copper made the Barclays Women’s Basketball Invitational All-Tournament Team Nov. 30 as the Knights went 1-1 during Thanksgiving weekend.
The other two Knights the AAC honored were sophomore forward Rachel Hollivay and freshman point guard Tyler Scaife on Nov. 25. Hollivay broke out with 26 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks Nov. 22 against Howard. Scaife averaged 10.5 points, three assists and four rebounds in two games that week. Scaife recently began to come into her own, star ting each of the last two games while leading the Knights in scoring. Her 11.4 points per contest are good for second on the team. Now second on the team with 26 assists, the rookie said last week junior guard Syessence Davis is helping accelerate her learning cur ve.
“[Davis has] mentored me a lot,” Scaife said. “She helps me with the plays, makes sure I know the plays. Defensively, [she helps with] getting over screens on the cour t. She plays so hard, it’s rubbing of f on me.” Rutgers (6-2) has had nearly a week of f as it prepares for its final three nonconference games, beginning Thursday against Wagner at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GregJohnsonRU. For general Rutgers spor ts updates, follow @TargumSpor ts.
December 10, 2013
Page 15 SWIMMING & DIVING BOSTON UNIVERSITY 168, RUTGERS 132
IN BRIEF Former
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soccer player Peter Vermes managed Sporting Kansas City to the 2013 MLS Cup Saturday night. Vermes, in his fifth season as Sporting KC’s manager, led his team to a victory against Real Salt Lake in the longest penalty kick shootout in MLS playoff history. Both teams played to a 1-1 draw during regular time. Kansas City won the shootout, 7-6, after a 10-round battle. The Delran, N.J., native was a First Team All-American and runner up for National Player of the Year at Rutgers in 1987. Vermes played more than ten years in the MLS and registered 67 caps for the United States National Team before hanging up his cleats in 2002. Vermes led the then-Kansas City Wizards to the MLS Cup championship in 2000, earning the first championship for the team in franchise history.
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tailgating allowed outside MetLife Stadium next February for the next Super Bowl, according to the game’s committee CEO Al Kelly. “You will be allowed to have food in your car and have drink in your car,” Kelly said. “And provided you’re in the boundaries of a single parking space, you’ll be able to eat or drink right next to your car. However, you’re not going to be able to take out a lounge chair, you’re not going to be able to take out a grill, and you’re not going to be able to take up more than one parking space. And it’ll all be watched very carefully.” There will be less than 13,000 parking spots available for the Feb. 4, 2014 contest.
Oregon
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suspended
starting tight end Pharaoh Brown for his role in a snowball fight, according to the Oregon Emerald. According to video that went viral yesterday, a group of nearly 100 students, including Brown, stopped several cars and pelted them with snow. A former professor was hit repeatedly and had a large container of snow thrown on him through his driver’s side door. The athletic department disciplined other players internally and the university said they could add additional punishments. “The behavior exhibited in the video is completely unacceptable and dangerous,” said head coach Mark Helfrich in a statement. “We take this matter very seriously and disciplinary actions have begun.” Brown will miss Oregon’s contest Dec. 30 against Texas in the Alamo Bowl.
Former
two-time
Cy
Young Award winner Roy Halladay announced Monday his retirement from baseball. The 36-year-old right-handed pitcher signed a one-day contract to retire as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, the team he spent the first 12 years of his career with. Halladay cited his desire to avoid surgery for an ailing back and wanting to spend more time with his family as his major reasons for retiring. Halladay spent his last four seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies before announcing the retirement.
Rutgers suffers first defeat of season By Sean Stewart Staff Writer
The Rutgers swimming and diving team suf fered its first defeat of the season Saturday afternoon against Boston University. Despite strong performances from several Scarlet Knights (41), the Terriers (4-1) claimed firstplace finishes in 10 of 16 events. “I am a little disappointed because I think we had the capability to win that meet, and the team that has shown up all year didn’t show up on Saturday,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “We need to continue to work on the details and learning to race against competition at that level.” On the boards, senior diving captain Nicole Scott continued her strong form, capturing first in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. Freshman diver Rebecca Gross also had a strong showing, claiming second in the 1-meter with a score of 234.52. For swimming, the Knights’ strongest showing came in the breaststroke events, finishing first, second and third in both the 100-meter and 200-meter.
Junior Greta Leberfinger won both of the events, followed by senior swim captain Allyson Perrotti and freshman Rachel Stoddard in the 100 breast. Stoddard finished ahead of Perrotti in the 200 breast. “I think the diving was really good. Nicole winning both events really helped us,” Spiniello said. “We had some good things on the swimming side, but overall I don’t think we performed to our capability and we came up short.” Sophomore Joanna Wu also performed strongly for the Knights, finishing the day with three top-five finishes to lead the team in the individual swimming events. The Kent, Wash., native claimed first in the 200 backstroke, second in the 1,000-yard freestyle and capped off the day with a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle. Senior Brittany Guinee won the 200-yard butterfly and took second in the 100-yard butterfly. The Knights began the meet by placing first in the 200-medley relay with the team of Leberfinger, Guinee, senior Mary Moser and sophomore Morgan Pfaff. Rutgers’ downfall was its inability to secure more first-place
Junior Greta Leberfinger captured two individual victories against Boston University in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / NOVEMBER 2013
finishes. Following the 200-medley relay, the Terriers responded by winning the next three events in the 1,000 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke. The Terriers finished off their last home meet of the season with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay, beating the Knights relay team of Wu, senior Chelsea Rolin and sophomores Sarah Coyne and Sophie Newton.
“We need to learn from the loss and focus on our next competition,” Spiniello said. “We need to figure out what we can do better and work on it in the next weeks practice, and then focus on coming away with a win [Jan. 4] at Bucknell.” For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD SCHOOL RECORD FALLS AFTER EIGHT YEARS
Sprinter sets program record in opener By Garrett Stepien Contributing Writer
The Rutgers women’s track and field team kicked off the winter season Saturday at the New Year’s Invitational in Princeton. It was a strong per formance for the Scarlet Knights, with three dif ferent players capturing first place in their respective events. Senior sprinter Asha Ruth led the way, beginning her winter campaign by shattering the school record in the 300-meter dash with a time of 39.50 seconds, good for a first-place finish. Jacqueline Todd previously held the record with a time of 39.75 — also at Princeton — during the 2005 Princeton Relays. Seventh-year head coach James Robinson had high praise for both Ruth and assistant coach Lou Tomlinson. “[Tomlinson] has done a phenomenal job of getting [Ruth] in shape and condition,” Robinson said. “Asha is just a tremendous competitor, a great athlete and one of the best to pass through Rutgers.” Finishing behind Ruth for a second-place finish in the event was senior sprinter Tylia Gillion, whose time of 40.39 was the third-fastest in school histor y after Ruth and Todd. Robinson was proud of the leadership from his two senior captains — Gillion and Ruth. “I think they set the tone pretty well. They are the pulse of the team and they lead by example,” Robinson said. Setting the tone is exactly what Ruth and Gillion did, as the Knights pushed the
momentum for ward into the 4x400 relay. The quartet consisting of freshman sprinter Nicole Nicholas, sophomore sprinter Alayna Famble, junior sprinter Jillian Grant and Ruth — who anchored the team to an ECAC-qualifying time of 3:51.22 — took first place in the event. Senior jumper Kristen Bradley claimed third overall and was the only Knight to finish in the field. In the high jump, Bradley recorded 1.70 meters — also an ECAC-qualifying height and a personal best. Classmate Emily
Vargas finished second in the event with 1.60 meters. Rounding out the solid season-opening meet were second-place finishes by Nicholas and senior distance runner Ashley Deckert. Deckert took second in the 100-meter dash, along with running an ECAC-qualifying time of 2:56.41 in the 1,000-meter. Nicholas ended her collegiate debut with a second-place finish in the 600-meter with a time of 1:33.17. The shape of his team and its results impressed Robinson and his coaching staff. With the next meet not until
Jan. 10 at the Rutgers Invitational, the veteran coach emphasized the importance of continuing to progress and train throughout the next month. “We’ll keep building and watch videotape as well as analyze the film to see the areas we need to improve upon and what areas they actually did well,” Robinson said. “So we’ll go get back to work, tr y to correct our errors and continue the path of getting better.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior sprinter Asha Ruth broke a program record by finishing first in the the 300-meter dash in 39.50 seconds at the New Year’s Invitational. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR / JANUARY 2013
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MEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY NOT SERVED LAWSUIT YET, SCHOOL SPOKESMAN SAYS
Former head coach Mike Rice is among several defendents in former Knight Derrick Randall’s lawsuit filed Friday against the University. Former Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, President Robert L. Barchi and former assistant coach James Martelli are among the others. SHIRLEY YU / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2013
Ex-Knight sues U. for assault, negligence By Josh Bakan
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Trenton’s federal court, includes Rice, President Robert L. Barchi, former Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, former assistant coach James Martelli, CFO Janine Purcaro and Mark Hershhorn — then chairman of board of governors’ committee on intercollegiate athletics — as defendants.
Sports Editor
Derrick Randall, a former Rutgers men’s basketball player who transferred shortly after Mike Rice’s firing, is suing the University for 12 different causes of action, including assault and battery.
“The University has not been served with the lawsuit yet,” said University spokesperson Greg Trevor. The University will not comment further until served, Trevor said. The lawsuit also includes allegations of negligence, gross negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, negligent and intentional infliction
of emotional distress, interference with prospective economic advantage, discrimination and violations of his civil rights and of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. See ASSAULT on Page 13
GYMNASTICS KNIGHTS SET SCHOOL RECORD WITH 195.975 SCORE LAST SEASON
RU goes for progress off last year’s season-high marks By Justin Lesko
The Knights earned a 195.00 score during a quad meet Feb. 2 with Brown, Pittsburgh and Southern Connecticut — their first time eclipsing the 195 mark in 13 years. “We’re hoping to do more of the same [this season],” said third-year head coach Louis Levine. “I think we set a standard for where we would like to be on a week-to-week basis last year. One of our goals this year is to be a 195, 196 team, and even get some 197 scores throughout the year.”
Staff Writer
With about a month left until the team’s opener Jan. 18 against New Hampshire, the Rutgers gymnastics team has higher hopes than ever. The Scarlet Knights achieved four of the top-six scores in program histor y last season.
Proving this was no outlier, the Knights’ 195.05 score against Maryland two weeks later was the program’s highest on the road, until they broke it with a 195.550 at Towson on March 8. On Senior Day a week prior, the Knights rewrote their history books, scoring a program-high 195.975 at the Livingston Gym. Even with the highest season-average score in program histor y of 194.719, the
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P.J. JAMES made the
AAC Weekly Honor Roll yesterday. The sophomore running back recorded 113 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the Rutgers football team’s 31-6 victory against South Florida.
team did not qualify for the NCAA Regionals after a sub-194 performance at the EAGL Championships. Four Knights made the NCAA Regionals as individuals, and all four return this season. Senior co-captain Luisa Leal’s 39.175 all-around score placed her sixth out of 17 See MARKS on Page 13
knights schedule
MEN’S BASKETBALL
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vs. Princeton
vs. Wagner
vs. UNC-Greensboro vs. Princeton
Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. RAC
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. RAC
Saturday, 4 p.m. RAC
Saturday, 5 p.m. Princeton, N.J.