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Head football coach Greg Schiano began the process of evaluating his program after a season finale loss and will meet with Tom Savage to discuss his future.

Funding sparks internal conflict within RUSA

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Although Rutgers University Student Assembly President Yousef Saleh commended the assembly’s unity during his State of the Assembly address, an internal schism over the distribution of funding created a division among members.

Members of RUSA voiced their frustrations and issues Thursday night with the RUSA Allocations Board, with many saying they are angered by their role in the selection process for special event funding.

RUSA President Yousef Saleh said the tone of the meeting flattened with members displaying their anger, having to repeatedly take control and at one point yell at a member for “being rude.”

“There was a very confrontational tone between RUSA and RUSA Allocations,” said

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Rutgers University Student Assembly Faculty Adviser Kerri Wilson defends the decisions of the Allocations Board next to RUSA Allocations Vice Chairperson Zain Ahmad after members expressed concerns over how funding is distributed among organizations.

Residence hall to explore sciences

BY ANDREA GOYMA STAFF WRITER

A new model of University housing on Busch campus will create another living option for incoming School of Arts and Sciences, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and School of Engineering firstyear students as well as general upper-class students.

The new residence halls, which are expected to open in fall 2011, will feature a new style of living unit called “junior suites,” and will also center around a program structure that encourages students to explore current events through

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science, said Joan Carbone, executive director of Residence Life. “[The junior suites are] two double-rooms that are connected by a bathroom,” Carbone said.

“The goal of the facility is to provide convenience in terms of the junior suites, but the building itself is built in a way that provides a lot of support systems for programs and studying.”

The program structure will focus on a yearly overarching theme, the first being the recent Gulf Coast spill, in which first-year students from the three schools and general upper-class students will collaborate on monthly pro-

grams relating to the theme, Carbone said.

“There will also be a 24-hour computer lab on the main floor of one of the buildings that will be open to all students, not just those who live in the building,” she said.

Residence Hall Association President Ryan Harrington said the program should enable first-year students to learn something outside of the classroom and gain a new perspective. “[The program] gives students an opportunity to look at things outside of the classroom, especially if it’s

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Local residents gather at Monument Square in New Brunswick on Friday to watch the lighting of the city’s tree for the first time this season.

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City rings in holidays at yearly tree lighting

BY MARY DIDUCH MANAGING EDITOR

The holiday season in New Brunswick lit up with the 18th annual tree lighting ceremony Friday evening at Monument Square at the corner of Livingston Avenue and George Street.

About 1,000 residents of all ages attend the ceremony each year to watch local performances, eat holiday favorites and experience the lighting of the Christmas tree in the middle of the square, said Pam Stefanek, executive director of the New Brunswick City Market, which coordinates social and cultural activities around the city such as the ceremony.

“It’s more of a community event, and we’re very happy that as a nonprofit we can offer this to the community,” Stefanek said.

One of the main focuses of the evening was the annual chili cookoff, also organized by the City Market, where six downtown restaurants — Har vest Moon Brewery, The Frog and The Peach, Makeda, Glass Woods Tavern, Ginger ‘N Olive and Hansel ‘n Griddle — competed for the chance to win a trophy and bragging rights for 2011.

The winner of the competition was Glass Woods Tavern, with Hansel ‘n Griddle snagging second place.

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With schools across the state banning Four Loko, University experts comment on its health effects.

OPINIONS A health care reform bill may provide women with free birth control.

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The Rutgers University Police Department closed down Alexander Library for inspection yesterday from about 11:50 a.m. to about 12:40 p.m. after staff noticed a broken window on the first floor, prohibiting students from entering at the library’s noon opening time.

RUPD was still investigating the broken window at press time.

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Model UN, Debate Union face off on environmental policy

BY RASHMEE KUMAR STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers University Association of International Relations’ Model United Nations bested Rutgers University Debate Union in a debate on green energy alternatives on Nov. 29 in the Graduate Student Lounge of the Rutgers Student Center.

The win was especially significant for delegates of the Model UN, who had to adopt RUDU’s style of debating, said Shariq Ahmad, Model UN president.

“It put us out of our comfort zone and made us debate using a dif ferent style against an extremely competent opponent who is nationally ranked and has recently been getting a lot of attention,” said Ahmad, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

The debate, which was sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany’s Transatlantic Climate Bridge program, featured discussion on carbon emissions and renewable energies, Ahmad said.

A panel of professors acted as judges, scoring each team based on the strength of their argument and persuasive skills, their speaking and presentation and their knowledge of policy and issues, he said.

The final round pitted Ahmad, School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student Aniket Kesari and School of Arts and Sciences senior Aakruti Vakharia against School of Arts and Sciences seniors David Reiss and Kyle Bomeisl, and School of Engineering sophomore Chris Bergman.

“The final ended up being extremely close, but RU AIR pulled away with the win by

stating more on policy,” Ahmad said.

RUDU Vice President of Public Relations Krishna Kavi said it was the Model UN’s knowledge of facts and figures that put them over the top.

“In Model UN debates, they’re used to having specific numbers and details,” said Kavi, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Debate Union didn’t use all of those arguments. Instead, they used general facts and underlying philosophies, so they lost by a small margin.”

To prepare for the debate, members of Model UN researched independently and then came together to coordinate speeches and arguments, Kesari said.

“It was really awesome [to win],” he said. “We did a lot of preparation a couple days before, so it was really rewarding to get the win.”

The Model UN team recently visited Columbia University,

Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania to par ticipate in competitions, Kesari said.

“We are 100 percent into everything. We do our research and participate while we’re there,” he said. “In general, we make sure that Rutgers is known as a very professional, friendly school so that other schools know what Rutgers is really about.”

Ahmad said while the Model UN would like to impact the campus community more, their greatest contribution is creating a positive image outside of the University.

“When [other teams] interact with Rutgers students who are equally as intelligent as them and who have been consistently beating them in nationwide competitions, they go back to their elite schools with a certain amount of respect for Rutgers and a changed perception

from that of the usual state school with a big-time sports program and lots of parties,” he said.

Ahmad said the award symbolizes a sense of pride for the entire Model UN team.

“For the Model UN as a whole … we share in each other’s victories, and also it gives us a reputation outside of Rutgers that we’re a legitimate school that is competing at the collegiate level,” he said. “It basically represents us as hardworking people that are really passionate about what we do.”

The award was only given to schools that are recognized for having the highest number of awardwinning delegates, Ahmad said.

“It is a huge honor for any school and marks the beginning of a new era for the Rutgers Model UN program, where we will be well-respected around the nation for years to come,” he said.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TEAM RECEIVES GRANT FOR NURSING PROGRAM A multidisciplinary team of researchers received a $300,000, 18-month grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to design a nursing leadership program for nurse managers to improve patient care, according to a Rutgers-Newark News Center press release.

“Nurses represent the single largest group of health professionals delivering hospital care, but our knowledge of their contributions to ensuring that care is safe … patient-centered, efficient and equitable is

woefully inadequate,” said Mary Naylor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative director, in the release.

The team, headed by Linda Flynn, associate dean for graduate education at Rutgers College of Nursing and Joel Cantor, director of the Center for State Health Policy at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at the University, will test the new Nurse Manager in Action Program with 40 nurse managers in 20 hospitals, according to the release.

The program will teach nurse managers a variety of leadership skills through five monthly interactive workshops.

The Center for State Health Policy at the University will share the study’s policy implications and promote its replication in other hospitals, according to the website.

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U NIVERSITY TREE: Chili cook-off also benefits local soup kitchen continued from front Daniel Mages, assistant house manager of the George Street Playhouse, was working when he saw the competition and decided to be a taster.

One of his favorites was Harvest Moon’s.

“I just like it. It’s very flavorful,” he said. “And you can add heat or not, which is great.”

Joe Erdely, a line chef at The Frog and The Peach, helped make the restaurant’s contribution — a smoked-pork chili with homegrown spices and ingredients. He said the tasters seemed to enjoy their creation.

“We made everything from scratch,” Erdely said. “It took four days to make.”

But the cook-off was not just a competition — it was also a chance to help alleviate hunger.

Tasters donated $1 to receive a tasting kit, sample all six chilis and vote for their favorite. All proceeds went to local soup kitchen Elijah’s Promise. The cook-of f last year raised around $300 for the organization.

Lisanne Finston, executive director of Elijah’s Promise, said the cook-off is a great opportunity for residents to eat delicious chili, enjoy the tree lighting and support a local cause.

This year marks the most severe incident of hunger in the country, and the soup kitchen serves about 150-200 meals at each meal, she said. Elijah’s Promise served 110,000 meals last year alone.

“The need right now for people experiencing … food insecu-

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M rity is higher than it has ever been before,” Finston said.

Stefanek said at a few years old, the competition is relatively new, and it was important to link it to a local cause.

“We connect it to Elijah’s Promise to make it more causerelated and community-connected,” she said.

Mages was glad his donation went to the soup kitchen.

“It makes all the chili taste 100 percent better,” he said.

Aside from the cook-off, there was also an array of local performers — such as the New Brunswick Public School bands, traditional Dutch dancers, upand-coming singers and a show from the Rutgers Juggling Club.

“[New Brunswick] has big-city things, but you don’t feel lost in the crowd.”

ERIE BEEMSTERBOER Van Wickle Dutch Dancer

“We wanted to mix it up,” Stefanek said.

Erie Beemsterboer, a member of the Van Wickle Dutch Dancers — a group affiliated with the Dutch-founded First Reformed Church in New Brunswick — said the dancers, wearing traditional garb, performed two traditional Dutch dances called Skotse Fjouwer and Ijswals.

Typically, these dances are performed indoors with wooden shoes, but that is too dangerous on an outdoor stage, she said.

“Last year, we all slipped,” Beemsterboer said.

Beemsterboer, who moved to New Brunswick from the Netherlands nine years ago, loves the mix of atmospheres the city offers its residents.

“It has big-city things, but you don’t feel lost in the crowd,” she said.

Victor Lin, president of the Rutgers Juggling Club, performed his Chinese yo-yo act for the crowd.

“This is one of our annual events. We always look forward to it,” said Lin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

In addition to their performance, which also featured contact balls, clubs and other props, the club members went into the crowd and taught the kids basic juggling skills.

“It’s definitely a rewarding process,” Lin said.

One of the final acts was upand-coming R&B singer Va’da, who was born and raised in New Brunswick.

She had attended the ceremony in the past as a resident, but this was her first time per forming.

“I want people to feel good, and it’s cold out so I hope [my performance] helps warm people up,” Va’da said.

She said she had been singing all her life, and now she has two singles, “All” and “Private Par ty,” on the movie soundtrack for “Barbershop 2.”

Va’da joined Mayor Jim Cahill, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in lighting the tree at the end of the evening.

Cahill said the lighting of the tree is a special part of the ceremony for the community.

“My favorite part is the tree lighting and watching the people’s eyes light up as bright as the tree lights,” he said.

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About 1,000 residents of all ages crowd Monument Square in Downtown New Brunswick Friday in honor of the annual tree lighting ceremony. Along with the lighting of the town Christmas tree, the ceremony featured several performances as well as a chili cook-off between six local restaurants, with Glass Woods Tavern taking home this year’s trophy.

The cook-off will also benefit Elijah’s Promise soup kitchen.

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HALL: Committee to make final plans at end of semester continued from front something they might be interested in and maybe wouldn’t have had an opportunity to explore as a firstyear student,” said Harrington, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

The program and the junior suites will create opportunities for pharmacy, engineering, School of Arts and Sciences firstyear students and upper-class students to interact with each other, Harrington said.

“The way that traditional firstyear halls are set up is that there are about 30 units on a floor, so about 60 people live there, and there’s usually only two bathrooms, and everyone shares those bathrooms. It’s a really nice change,” he said.

Pharmacy Governing Council President Andrew Zullo said he supports the new housing and a majority of pharmacy school students appear to be in favor of it.

“The profession of pharmacy is constantly evolving, and I feel that the new housing is an opportunity for pharmacy students to learn how their professional and extensive knowledge of health care can benefit others,” said Zullo, a fifth-year Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy student.

Engineering Governing Council President David Park said he believes the theme will complement the classroom experiences of engineering students.

“It is especially exciting to see such an initiative to encourage multidisciplinary teamwork because the Engineering Governing Council is implementing several projects and policies that revolve around the same theme,” said Park, a School of Engineering senior.

RUSA: Assembly sets limit of $10K per group for fairness continued from front Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “We give them our stamp of approval at the end of every year, and we say that these people will make the right decisions regarding these events.”

RUSA Allocations provides money to certain student organizations every year for special events, basing it on educational and social benefits, Saleh said.

But Anthony Esposito, an offcampus representative for RUSA, said the only role RUSA members have is to give their approval after the selection process is finished, which he finds problematic.

“The thing is we don’t have any reason to approve these groups,” said Esposito, a School of Engineering senior. “We don’t have any solid criteria to look at to know we should approve the group over the other ones you denied.”

RUSA Allocations Vice Chairperson Zain Ahmad said although nine out of the 12 student organizations who applied for spring semester funding were denied, they are able to return at a later date to obtain the help they need for the event.

“It’s not like we are denying them the possibility of hosting that event,” said Ahmad, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Due to the limit for special event money, we have limited resources, and we can’t fund all the student organizations.”

An issue, which came up repeatedly, dealt with the integrity

Zaid Abuhouran, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences governing council president, said while he thinks the program would create a collaborative atmosphere for students, it excludes School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year students.

“Residence Life is trying to strive towards equity in housing so that everyone can have an equal shot in living somewhere.

[The new housing] is going against what they’re trying to do by giving special interest housing to some students,” said Abuhouran, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

Carbone said Residence Life does provide a preference for first-year School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students.

U NIVERSITY “School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students are placed [on Cook campus] even though there may be some [School of Arts and Sciences] students who may want to live on Cook campus,” she said. “We provide that same preference for first-year [School of Environmental and Biological Sciences] students that we provide for the others.”

She also said Residence Life offers many special interest and learning communities around the four campuses including small ones like the Weather Watchers, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences program, and large ones like the Douglass Residential College.

“There’s also a lot of programming space in this [new Busch campus housing], and I’m sure we will offer programs that will be available

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M to all students who are interested in science,” Carbone said.

The idea for the new designated housing came from a committee composed of Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling and representatives from the School of Arts and Sciences, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, the School of Engineering and Residence Life, Carbone said.

“An agreement was made among the three schools,” Carbone said. “They decided as a group what would be a fair breakdown of the percentages of the students.”

Carbone said most of the plans would be finalized in the committee meeting next week.

“Certainly by the end of the semester, the University can expect a final decision because by that point, we have to start recruiting for the upper-class students and so on,” she said.

As part of the selection process, upper-class students interested in living in the new residence halls will go through an application process and be screened for discipline, she said.

Harrington said the selection process is not supposed to be as vigorous as becoming a residence assistant and is done to encourage upper-class students to become mentors for first-year students.

Zullo said he is pleased the University has responded to student demands for this type of housing on Busch campus.

“The Engineering and Pharmacy schools have worked for a very long time to secure an opportunity for a learning-based community such as this,” Zullo said. “I really appreciate that the University has embraced the potential value of such a program.”

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The new residence halls on Busch campus are scheduled to open at the start of the next academic year and will feature “junior suites,” where two double-rooms are connected by a bathroom. The hall will also feature a new program where residents will explore current events in science.

of the selection of Allocations Board members, with many RUSA members unaware about how they obtain their positions.

Both outgoing members of the Allocations Board and advisers select members, said RUSA Faculty Adviser Kerri Wilson.

Members are not allowed to partake in any decision dealing with a group they are affiliated with.

“It is selected to keep the political piece out of funding for student organizations,” said Wilson, a past Allocations adviser. “We are very careful to make sure that the representatives on the board who may have an affiliation with a student organization remove themselves.”

Ahmad reassured RUSA members on this policy noting that he took no part in the Allocations Board’s decision in spring to fund the Pakistani Student Association, a group he belongs to.

“By law, we are required to be viewpoint-neutral when we are using public funds,” he said. “In the event that any kind of question comes up about a student organization I am part of in the Allocations Board, I step out.”

Saleh also said the Allocations Board and its members are approved by RUSA every year, and the RUSA treasurer continually checks on its work to see if anything wrong takes place.

Another issue RUSA members voiced during the meeting dealt with the selection process for special event funding, which Internal Affairs Chair John Aspray said is the source for most of the anger from his colleagues.

“A lot of the criticism is coming from a distrust in the funding and selection process and the

lack of democratic oversight,” said Aspray, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s not about the Allocations Board but a distrust in the process, which we should open up to discussion.”

There are cer tain requirements a student group needs to meet in order to apply for special event funding, such as an estimated attendance of more than 250 people and at least five co-sponsorships from other student organization, Ahmad said.

“It would be beneficial for everybody to see what these organizations are about.”

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If the group meets these two requirements, they qualify for funding from RUSA Allocations, who will then use an unbiased perspective to select four who will receive funds, he said.

“We look at the mission of the student organization, and we look at the special event program they are tr ying to do,” Ahmad said. “We determine which ones will benefit the most for students as well as contribute to the intellectual growth of the University.”

With a $90,000 budget for special event funding, Ahmad said the Allocations Board

chose to disperse $50,000 during the fall semester and $40,000 for the spring.

Although the amount of funding for a student organization varied in the past, a limit of $10,000 for each of the four groups was set to make things fair in the funding process.

“That was the number that we came up with,” he said. “So we thought it would be enough to at least cover room rental, food and the necessities of a program.”

But many members said this selection process happens behind closed doors and feel they do not have any influence in the final outcome. Saleh said the reason it is held in this manner is because of a cap sheet used and entrusted to the Allocations Board.

“If someone from the public sees the cap sheet, which is the maximum amount a certain line item can be funded, they can put it towards another groups advantage,” he said.

RUSA members have the opportunity to see presentations by student groups applying for special event funding, Saleh said.

“People are allowed to come in and view how student organizations present to us,” Ahmad said.

“The only part that is actually closed to the public is when we are deciding how much funding they get.”

RUSA members said although these meetings take place every two weeks, they were unaware because of a lack of advertising.

But Ahmad said this was far from the truth.

“We have Daily Targum ads, we advertise on Facebook and it even went out on the student Listserv multiple times and was

listed on our website as well,” he said. “So I don’t know how much more we can [advertise].”

After more than 40 minutes of debate, Ahmad reminded the members of RUSA that if they are able to learn about the process of RUSA Allocations if they desire to.

“You have the opportunity to learn how RUSA allocations works,” he said. “It is outlined in our guidelines and your constitution.”

Although certain members chose to display their displeasure with the Allocations Board at Thursday’s meeting, others proposed solutions to the problem.

Ross Kleiman, an Engineering Governing Council representative, said a source of the problem is an opaque view of the groups who are seeking special event funding, suggesting a PowerPoint presentation to show members the details of each group.

“It would be beneficial for ever ybody to see what these organizations are about and what we are actually funding,” he said.

“I think it is important for us to see what we are voting on.”

When RUSA debated on special event funding earlier this semester, there were few questions about the RUSA Allocations process, said Morgan Sills, RUSA public relations committee member. After the meeting’s debate, she felt it could have benefits to use the same method to debate the next time special event funding comes up.

“Maybe this should be the process we use every time a special event comes around,” said Sills, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Because there are many more questions coming up now than at the beginning of the semester.”

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U. experts say Four Loko remains harmful despite caffeine removal

BY JOHN ZADROGA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For many college students, caffeine fuels the weekday and alcohol fuels the weekend, but a new combination of the two substances is linked to deadly situations on American campuses.

Phusion Projects, LLC — maker of alcoholic energy drink Four Loko — announced on Nov. 16 that due to negative publicity surrounding its product, stimulant additives would be removed from the formula.

Still, Phusion Projects cofounder Chris Hunter feels the company is facing an unfair level of criticism.

“If it were unsafe, popular drinks like rum and colas or Irish coffees that have been consumed safely and responsibly for years would face the same scrutiny that our products have recently faced,” Hunter said in an address to the public regarding the decision.

But many professionals still question the safety of Phusion Projects’ product.

When consulted about the combination of caffeine and alcohol in one 24.5 oz. can, University nutritionist and registered dietitian Peggy Policastro explained the concoction’s effects on the body.

“The natural response of the body to alcohol is sleepiness and fatigue,” she said.

“When a stimulant such as caffeine is added, this response is blocked, allowing for the consumer to engage in riskier behavior for longer.”

For many students, the taste of Four Loko is more appealing than that of other beverages, Policastro said.

“The beverage is flavored, unlike beer, which has a ver y distinct taste of its own,” she said. “For students who

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generally dislike beer for its taste, Four Loko may be a popular alternative for its relative palatability.”

Regardless of the taste, the alcohol content of Four Loko poses a threat to consumers’ brain chemistr y, said Andre Pietrzykowski, a University assistant professor of animal science.

“Even a small amount of alcohol, roughly equivalent to one or two glasses of wine is enough to af fect the proteins of the brain,” said Pietrzykowski, who has studied alcohol metabolism in humans. “My fear regarding Four Loko is the fact that one ser ving contains the amount of alcohol roughly equivalent to an entire bottle of wine, [which] is way too much for one person to drink in one sitting.”

University professor of nutritional sciences Malcolm Watford said Four Loko can have lasting negative effects on

the body, including the increase of a person’s risk for gout, impotence or liver diseases.

This is because the alcohol absorptions causes the liver to release acetylaldehyde, a very potent toxin, Watford said during an “Advanced Nutrition” lecture.

“The liver can metabolize about a half ounce of alcohol per hour, and there is nothing the individual can do to change his or her rate of alcohol absorption,” he said. “Four Loko contains about 80 grams of alcohol. There is nothing redeeming about the drink.”

Other ingredients in the drink do not play as active a role as caffeine and alcohol, Watford said.

“The additive taurine has no function in the drink to my knowledge,” he said. “It is an amino acid, which was once extracted from the stomach bile of bulls, hence the name of the popular energy drink Red Bull.”

According to a Phusion Projects press release, the company makes consumer safety a priority. “[Phusion Projects] has a history of being as cooperative as we possibly can to ensure that our products are consumed safely, responsibly and only by of-age adults,” according to the release.

But students on campus maintain that the drink, even with the removal of alcohol, poses a threat to peoples’ wellbeing.

“I don’t think removing the caffeine will eliminate abuse of the drink,” said Taisia Robinson, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “People are already beginning to mix it with Red Bull anyway to get the same effect.”

Robinson, who attends parties at the University on a weekly basis, said she once had to assist a woman at an event who, after just a few sips of Four Loko, was too inebriated to put on her own shoes.

For some, such drunkenness is part of the appeal, she said.

“The problem with Four Loko is that you don’t know how it will af fect you until you tr y it once, but I guess that’s par t of the fun for some people, too,” Robinson said. “Most people drink it because they don’t like the taste of beer and playing drinking games with hard liquor would be too much.”

Despite the side ef fects, there is no federal ban on the product. The removal of the stimulant additives seems to of fer a shor t-term fix, but Phusion Projects is taking measures to ensure due consumer education for its product.

According to the company’s website, “Everyone should work together, to ensure that [Phusion Projects’] products and all alcoholic beverages, are consumed safely and responsibly.”

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Value NJN over budget cuts

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ublic Broadcasting Services are invaluable to society as purveyors of truly unbiased news, free entertainment and educational programming. Thankfully, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie agrees and has decided to give New Jersey Network more time to negotiate a deal with the state. Christie’s original plan was to allow NJN to end its 41-year run on Jan. 1, when the $11 million subsidy the network receives was set to run out. However, he changed his mind and decided to extend the deadline, allowing NJN to air even after its original funding ends. This will give NJN a better opportunity to convince the state it deserves continued funding.

Sure, slashing NJN’s subsidy would save the state $11 million, but what would that money be used for if not the state’s PBS network? In all likelihood it will be wasted on something far less important. Also, think of the number of people who will lose their jobs if NJN goes off the air. Such a large number of newly unemployed people could do a significant amount of damage to the state’s economy, despite the $11 million the state would save by cutting the subsidy.

NJN provides the state with an important service — free television broadcasts. While that may not seem like much, consider the nature of the programming NJN airs. First off, NJN runs large blocks of educational children’s televisions shows, more than most other channels. If the state allows NJN to go under, New Jersey’s children wouldn’t be able to tap into these programs. It doesn’t just educate children though, they also broadcast the type of unbiased news programs that most cable channels wouldn’t dare run. Since NJN doesn’t have to worry too much about how their programs do in terms of ratings, they can air intellectually stimulating shows about arts and culture. How many cable channels broadcast poetry readings and interviews with up-and-coming painters? Where else but NJN can one find in-depth, multi-installment documentaries about often overlooked foreign cultures and the most obscure bits of world history? Most cable channels rely on dumbed down sitcoms and obviously biased newscasters to guarantee viewers. NJN, on the other hand, is free to do what it wants — and what it wants to do is provide smart, truthful programming for free.

Of course, NJN can only continue providing New Jersey with great television if the state continues to subsidize it. Losing NJN is not worth saving $11 million dollars. Christie realizes this and hopefully the rest of the state will see it his way. The state government should look elsewhere for possible budget cuts. In an era when television does little more than rot brains, NJN should be sacred.

Free birth control will benefit all

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s part of the health care reform bill, a panel of experts has been assembled to discuss and decide which medical services should be extended to women for free. Among the issues the panel is currently addressing is whether the government should offer women free birth control, which, of course, they should.

From a purely numerical perspective, free birth control should be a nobrainer. Government-funded birth control could save millions of taxpayer dollars — more specifically, it saves taxpayers $4 for everyone $1 spent — by preventing pregnancies and, by extension, abortions — both of which cost taxpayers loads of money every year. A report from the Congressional Budget Office stated that free birth control for Medicaid patients would save $700 million over the span of a decade. In a time of drastic financial crisis, such money-saving measures are absolutely necessary. No one should object to measures that cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the budget.

Free birth control is not just great for taxpayers — it’s also incredibly beneficial to the women who receive it. From a financial perspective, birth control can be pretty expensive. The average American is in as much of a budget crisis as the government, so money-saving measures are necessary for them as well. Some women have been forced by the uninviting financial climate to forgo birth control in favor of paying for necessities like food and rent. If the panel decides to offer free birth control, these women wouldn’t be forced to make the same tough financial decisions many of them have had to make recently.

It isn’t all about the numbers, though. It’s also about quality of life, and free birth control could do wonders for the women who receive it. It would make it easier for them to plan their families the way they want to.

The decreased risk of unwanted pregnancy means a decreased risk of personal and fiscal crises for these women. Contraception should be as accessible as possible for every woman, even those who have a difficult time affording it. Women shouldn’t be financially blocked from having control over their bodies and their lives.

Both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Planned Parenthood have lent their support to the campaign for free birth control — and so have three-quarters of the 1,150 American voters surveyed

by Planned Parenthood. Free birth control isn’t only beneficial for everyone but widely desired as well. The assembled panel should take note of the facts and realize that women are entitled to free birth control.

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lizers being the most comhen it comes to mon. Eighty percent have a approving preserious concurrent medical scription medicacondition, 50 percent engage tions for sale and distribuin substance abuse during tion in this country, one of their lifetime, and 33 percent the crucial pieces of inforsuffer from alcohol abuse. mation the Food and Drug The main point is that a Administration relies on are BO WANG line has to be drawn in the clinical trials. These studies mind of the clinician — most of which try to leave between the efficacy or internal validity of a treata lasting memory through jazzy names such as ment — the results achieved in a controlled, laboJUPITER, IMPRESS and TRIUMPH, to name a few ratory setting — and the treatment’s effectiveness — aim to compare the benefits and risks of the drug or external validity — its impact in the real world. under investigation against either a sugar pill or This does not necessarily mean depriving patients another relevant therapeutic agent that is already on of medications that their physicians believe to be the market. While many of the trials performed beneficial, and indeed, antipsychotics such as meet the criteria for informed consent of study subRisperdal are often used with varying levels of jects and unbiased collecting of data, some of the success in schizophrenic patients who fall outside other design features of these studies — such as the of the criteria of the various clinical studies. In characteristics of the enrolled patients — limit their fact, some psychiatrists have taken this to the applicability to patients in the real world. The same extreme by prescribing antipsychotics to 18can be said of some of the statistical analyses and the month-olds. However, it does mean that clinicians presentation of the results. need to be extra vigilant in terms of monitoring for The types of patients included in and excluded lack of benefits of the treatment as well as for uninfrom many clinical trials pose the first big hurdle in tended side effects, the latter of the widespread applicability of the which should be immediately results. One of the key goals of these reported to MedWatch, the FDA’s studies is to determine the effects of “The statistical adverse effect reporting program. the therapy being investigated — analyses and results To carry out studies of every those that can be attributed to the medication in every patient subtherapy alone. Therefore, to reduce of studies ... often population would be cost-and timethe likelihood of confounding factors distort the utility prohibitive, draining precious playing a role in the study results, resources from the scientific cominvestigators often choose to narrow of the data.” munity and delaying potentially down the enrolled patient pool. beneficial treatments from reachFor instance, a typical trial pubing the hands of those who need it. lished earlier this year involving It is therefore up to health care professionals and Risperdal, an antipsychotic medication, included patients to help fill in the knowledge gaps after patients who were between 18 and 65 years of age, had medications reach the real world. The federal local residence with at least one family member and comparative ef fectiveness research initiative took their medications at least 80 percent of the time, should also help in this regard by directing a sigamong other requirements. In addition, the trial explicnificant portion of its allocations to the comparison itly excluded patients who were taking antidepressants of real-world interventions in real-world settings. or mood stabilizers at any time over the previous four The statistical analyses and results of studies — weeks, had a history of chronic medical or neurological and more specifically, the way they are presented condition, were past or current drug or alcohol abusers — often distort the utility of the data. To illustrate or were pregnant or planning to become pregnant. this point, let’s look at the previously mentioned While the above requirements help ensure a very JUPITER trial, which was published in late 2008 in controlled study environment and enhance the likelihood that any results seen in the group given Risperdal the New England Journal of Medicine.

This landmark study, conducted in 18,000 were likely due to this particular medication and not healthy patients, found that for those with normal other factors, consider how much generalizability this cholesterol levels but an elevated level of an inflamstudy has for the typical patient suffering from schizomation marker called C-reactive protein, taking phrenia. First, real-world adherence to antipsychotic Crestor — a statin that is in the same class as medications is as low as 20 percent, a substantial Lipitor — reduced the incidence of heart attacks decrease from the 80 percent requirement used in the and strokes by 55 and 48 percent, respectively, study. In addition, among schizophrenic patients, 43 percent take another medication in addition to their antipsychotic drug — antidepressants and mood stabiSEE WANG ON PAGE 9

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Work for diversity, not divisiveness Letter WILLIAM EASTMAN

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he most common word used to describe the University is “diversity.”

Our administrators, faculty and students frequently point to the diverse backgrounds of the student body as a measure of the University’s strength and equity. The diversity of our school, they contend, is unbelievable. But of what worth is diversity when there is no unity?

Recently there has been an increase in tensions in the Jewish, Arab and Muslim communities on campus due to disagreements over speakers and events. What these tensions show is a necessity of the various diverse communities of the University to learn how to respectfully disagree without words being thrown at each other.

Diversity is not divisive.

Diversity is a wealth of different ideas, cultures, backgrounds and people that come together. If we cannot exist together in spite of our differences, then we are trapped in the lines we draw in the sand.

The organization that my friends and I started is called Rutgers Shalom/Salaam. It is an organization that aims to bridge the gap between Jews and Arabs on campus and elsewhere, through community service, cultural exchange and mutual respect.

WANG continued from page 8 compared to taking a sugar pill.

These results seem quite impressive, so impressive in fact that the study was stopped three years early so that patients in the placebo group could start taking Crestor and get the associated benefits.

Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, now more widely known for his work in exposing the cardiovascular side effects of Avandia, summed up the view of the study proponents: “If somebody comes into my office and meets the [cholesterol and C-reactive protein] criteria am I going to deny them a drug that reduces their chance of a heart attack or stroke by 40 or 50 percent?”

However, just like a distinction had to be made between efficacy and effectiveness when it came to the criteria of the study design, a distinction has to be made here between relative and absolute differences. That 55 percent reduction in rate of heart attacks was a relative rate and reflected an absolute decrease in incidence from 0.37 percent to 0.17 percent.

This 0.2 percent reduction translates to 500 patients being put on Crestor for a year — at a cost of $638,000 and clinical exposure to such side ef fect risks as severe-to-fatal muscle

It is an organization inspired by friendships that defy the borders that nationalism, ethnicity, religion or anything else has the potential to create. Our friendships created this organization, and we want to use this organization to inspire friendships between people who might not ever otherwise meet.

We are aware that we are all different, but we choose to focus on the commonalities of our people and the commonalities of all people as a way to work toward unity.

We would like to make an open invitation to anyone in the University community, regardless of background or belief, who wishes to work toward unity in this diverse university. We invite you to the Rutgers Shalom/Salaam Family Dinner, a multicultural interfaith dinner where all are welcome to break bread and build bridges.

The dinner will be Friday at 7 p.m. in Room 411 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. All are welcome to enjoy delicious and free kosher/Halal food. In lieu of an entrance fee, please bring some form of donation — whether cash or canned — to Elijah’s Promise soup kitchen.

William Eastman is the co-president of Rutgers Shalom/Salaam and a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and history.

damage, kidney damage and development of diabetes — to avoid one hear t attack. For some patients, the benefits may outweigh the risks, especially if they have other risk factors that put them at increased risk of suf fering a hear t attack, such as a family histor y of hear t disease. But a blanket use of Crestor for ever yone with normal cholesterol and elevated levels of the inflammation marker?

Ironically, the side effect numbers are much more often expressed in absolute terms, especially if the drug companies are sponsoring the trials. This makes sense for the bottom line: If a drug causes a 2 percent incidence of a particular side effect versus 1 percent for a sugar pill, a “1 percent increased risk” obviously sounds more benign than a “100 percent increased risk.”

The goal of medicine is to give the right treatment to the right patient at the right dose at the right time.

Understanding the limitations of drug trials, both in their design and their data reporting, can increase the likelihood of meeting this objective.

Bo Wang is an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sixth-year student and former president of the Pharmacy Governing Council. His column, “Doctor’s Orders,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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You won't be finished until you explain your logic. What seems obvious to you may be less evident to others.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Try not to get too excited by new challenges.

You need to exercise a bit of caution as you develop new skills. Practice and concentrate to advance faster.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Plans come together when you tackle the obvious problems head on.

Once those are handled, move on to creative considerations, drawing on ancient wisdom.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Internal dialogue leads to a good decision, if you allow it time to develop. Challenge your own creativity, and let others act on their own.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Don't overthink conversations you have today.

Take what others say at face value, at least for the moment. Plan your questions carefully, for later.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Suddenly, bright ideas pop up everywhere.

The group has studied relevant material and is ready now to forge ahead. Keep the concept temporarily under wraps.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — An emotional associate tests your mettle by pushing the boundaries of a limited budget. Use the data you have to create a sound financial package.

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“We just didn’t capitalize,” said quarterback Chas Dodd, who threw for two touchdowns careers with six-game slide and finished his freshman season with 1,637 passing yards continued from back and 11 touchdowns. “They gave us plenty of opportunities. We the outsider, but for the Knights just came out there kind of lollyand their 17 seniors, who played gagging and didn’t do what we their final college football game had to do.”

Saturday, the loss was devastating.

Defensively, Rutgers surren“It’s upsetting,” said senior dered an abysmal 523 yards to defensive end Alex Silvestro, who the Mountaineers, including 352 made six tackles, a sack and through the air behind quarterblocked a field goal. “This isn’t back Geno Smith, but still manthe way you want to go out with a aged to stay in the game by forcdefensive performance like that. ing turnovers.

I did a good job of avoiding West Virginia fumbled four [thinking about my last game] times in the red zone and lost until the second-to-last play when three of them, but the Knights they took me out. Then it kind of did not score any points off the hit me hard. It’s pretty upsetting. three turnovers.

I’m definitely Sophomore going to miss it.”

“We just came out receiver Tavon Not going to a Austin plunged in bowl game for the there kind of the dagger for first time since WVU (9-3, 5-2), 2004, head coach lollygagging and which after the Greg Schiano’s didn’t do what last-second heroattention shifts to ics of Connecticut recruiting and we had to do.” kicker Dave potential staff Teggart, is on its restructuring with CHAS DODD way to the the first series of Freshman Quarterback Champs Sports official visits beginBowl instead of a ning next weekend.

BCS bid.

For the returning members Austin, who compiled 167 of the Knights, the attention total yards, broke a 46-yard run shifts to two things — exams out of the backfield in the and the offseason. fourth quarter to put Rutgers “We can be really dangerous,” behind 28-7. said sophomore receiver Mark “[Austin and senior receiver Harrison on the improvements Jock Sanders] were extremely that can be made to the offense. talented,” said sophomore cor“We have a lot of great receivers nerback Marcus Cooper, who and weapons here that have a lot started for the injured Brandon of great potential, and it’s all about Bing. “You see them on tape, and how hard we work in the offseait’s one thing, but they both have son and how dedicated we are to so much speed and ability.” the program, and we have to come The struggling offensive line, out next year and go harder.” despite switching in redshirt Yet again hanging on just long freshman Andre Civil for sophoenough to provide some hope to more Devon Watkis at right tackthe fans and snatch it back in one le, surrendered another six swoop, the Knights had the ball, sacks, dropping to an FBS-worst trailing just 14-7 coming out of 61 sacks. the gates at halftime against No. “I think it’s just a matter of 23 West Virginia. correcting our mistakes,” Dodd But the Rutgers drive flounsaid on the sacks. “We have been dered at midfield, and the all season, and we’re just going to Mountaineers broke the game keep gradually improving and open with a flurry of second-half getting better at it.” scores on the ground.

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Rutgers freshman quarterback Chas Dodd, top, tossed a pair of touchdowns Saturday in West Virginia, while Mountaineers signal caller Geno Smith, bottom, threw for 352 passing yards and ran for 44 more.

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OUT: Schiano to evaluate coordinators, rest of program continued from back

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Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano will meet with Rutgers players and coaches in the days after the season ended in West Virginia to address the future of the program, which he is evaluating.

when it allowed 68 in total and twice finished top two in the nation.

“I think he’s the finest teacher I’ve been around at the position,” Schiano said. “This is the same coach who had No. 1 in sacks allowed and No. 2 in sacks allowed not too long ago.

I don’t think he forgets how to coach. Maybe we had a little gap in guys that are ready to play at the level we expect.”

Flood’s offensive coordinating partner, Kirk Ciarrocca?

His future is not as certain.

Like Savage and Flood, he will sit down with Schiano, who is leading a massive evaluation of the Rutgers program in the time when he would have prepared for a bowl game over each of the past five years.

But there was no endorsement for the offensive play caller and quarterbacks coach who was once credited with developing Delaware’s Joe Flacco into an NFL quarterback.

It is too early in the evaluation process to look at the play calling as a whole, Schiano said, but there were times during the season when he questioned Ciarrocca’s calls.

“When I ask Kirk Ciarrocca that question, he always has a reason why he called the plays,” Schiano said. “Whether I agree with them all the time — that’s human nature, no two people are going to agree on how to call plays.”

Schiano admitted Ciarrocca was limited by the play of the offensive line, but he all but said Flood will return a seventh season in Piscataway.

So Savage and Ciarrocca’s futures remain up in the air, with Schiano refusing to put a timetable on any potential changes. If Savage leaves, it will be his own decision, although Schiano will have a say in where he lands.

Ciarrocca is not as lucky.

While Ciarrocca had a hand in the painfully inconsistent, unidentifiable Rutgers offense, Savage was limited to the role of an observer.

Both may have that same job next season.

“It was ver y difficult. You want to go out and play,” Savage said. “It is what it is. It’s college football and coach [Schiano] feels that [Dodd] gives them the best chance to win and I’m a team player. I have to help out my teammates.

That’s what my biggest goal was — whatever I could do to contribute to the team, that’s what I was going to do.”

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he Rutgers men’s basketball team continued its community outreach by participating in the “Ticket to Reading Rewards” program.

The program offers middle school students rewards for reading books outside of school.

Head coach Mike Rice, Director of Player Development Eric Murdock, seniors Mike Coburn and Jonathan Mitchell, as well as sophomore Austin Carroll spoke to kids at the Soehl and McManus schools.

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Oregon for the No. 1 spot in the Bowl Championship Series rankings after beating South Carolina, 56-17, for the SEC title.

Oregon finished undefeated with a 37-20 victor y against Oregon State.

Texas Christian also finished the regular season without a loss, but Auburn and Oregon will move on to the BCS title.

The Horned Frogs will join the Big East beginning with the 2012 season as the conference’s ninth member for football.

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Phillies rightfielder Jayson Werth signed with the Washington Nationals for a seven-year, $126 million contract.

The loss of Werth in right field gives an opportunity for prospect Domonic Brown, who played sporadically last season for the Phillies.

Werth split time in right field when the Phillies won the World Series in 2008 but earned a full-time role over the next two seasons.

Werth signed the third largest contract for an outfielder, behind only Manny Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano.

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shortstop Derek Jeter signed a three-year, $51 million contract with the club with a fourth-year player option for $8 million.

Jeter received of fers from at least four teams but did not consider them, according to a source.

Jeter hit .270 last year with 10 homers, 67 RBI and a .340 OBP, one of his worst statistical seasons with the Bronx Bombers.

THE SAN DIEGO PADRES traded first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to the Boston Red Sox for prospects Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Raymond Fuentes and a player to be named later.

After a perceived setback when the extension window closed because the Red Sox could not agree to terms with Gonzalez, the trade did go through. The sides may have agreed to terms for a new contract, but it is not expected to be signed or announced until 2011.

For the fans of both squads who came out to the Louis Brown Athletic Center expecting their teams to shoot the lights out, KNIGHT they did NOTEBOOK not get t h e i r money’s worth in the first half.

Both the Rutgers women’s basketball team and Central Connecticut State were as cold as the December afternoon yesterday, with each team shooting under 40 percent in the first half.

The Blue Devils came away empty on their first seven possessions of the game –– a stretch that included four missed shots and three turnovers –– eventually finishing 0-for-7 from beyond the arc in the period.

While the Blue Devils had their struggles, the Scarlet Knights’ offense also displayed a minor case of anemia, as Coach C. Vivian Stringer’s squad built a 14-point advantage heading into the locker room despite poor shooting from its opponent.

If not for sophomore guard Nikki Speed, who led the Knights in the first half with 10 points off 3-for-7 shooting, and sophomore guard Erica Wheeler, who scored seven points, the Knights may have flashed back to their narrow victor y last season over the Blue Devils.

The Knights heated up in the second half to the delight of the Rutgers faithful, and thanks to a 16-for-24 showing in the period, the team finished the game shooting 52 percent.

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State does not provide the same level of competition as Temple, but after a cry for an improved defensive effort from her team, Stringer watched as her squad put the pressure on the Blue Devils all afternoon.

The Knights came away with seven steals in the contest and pressured the Blue Devils into 16 turnovers in the game.

“The way a Scarlet Knight plays, it star ts with defense

ROUT: Improved Rutgers defense smothers CCSU offense continued from back C. Vivian Stringer made sure her team was well prepared this time around.

“You really think I was going to sit back and say, ‘Well, here comes Central Connecticut and we’re not going to worry about them — we’re just going to wait until Georgetown comes?’”

Stringer said. “Are you kidding me? No, I’ve been fired up, I have really been on edge.”

The Knights trailed by as many as seven and escaped with just a nine-point victory the last time the two teams faced, but this time around Stringer’s defense absolutely smothered the Blue Devils.

CCS registered just 16 points in both halves and finished the game shooting a meager 21.8 percent from the field.

After Temple got open looks all game against Stringer’s defense its last time out, the team went back to work in its return to Piscataway.

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Junior guard Nikki Speed scored a career high 17 points on 5-for-10 shooting yesterday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, where the Knights beat Central Connecticut State, 73-32. first,” Stringer said. “We do saw a complete reversal of for- had a chip on their shoulder. know that defense wins champi- tune yesterday from a 3-point We’re not tr ying to make threes onships. We might shoot 38 per- range against their opponent. on us and drive past us — we cent, we might score 52 points, Central Connecticut State know we have help, so it’s trustbut we won more often than not shot a combined 2-for-27 from ing each other as well.” because of that.”

3-point land, a far cr y from T HE N OR THEAST Stringer’s defense held the Temple’s 10-for-24 shooting opposition to just 32 points for the clip — the most 3-pointers Conference once again took its game, marking the fewest points scored against the Knights lumps from a Rutgers squad, as the Knights improved to 2-0 allowed since Feb. 11, 2009, when this season. the Knights allowed just 25 points “All of us guards, coach against the Blue Devils and 20-0 to Farmingdale State.

Stringer talked about Temple overall against members of the the entire time this week for conference. Atop the list is inT HE K NIGHTS WATCHED making the most threes any- state rival Monmouth, which Temple light it up from beyond body has made on us this year,” Rutgers is a perfect 6-0 the arc their last time out, but Speed said. “I think ever yone against all-time.

“Last year’s close game, Rutgers (5-3) bench to the tune [Stringer] talked about that maybe of thunderous applause. twice,” Speed said. “The biggest Speed was not alone on the thing with her was the Temple offensive side, as three other game. She’s not going to let us live players for the Knights also that down. Our defense in the last scored in double figures — second … she stressed that a lot Khadijah Rushdan (14), this week I guess Monique Oliver you could say. and April “I’d like to come in (10) “It was a good Sykes (18). job on our part just Sykes caught here each time and to stay together, fire in the second say, ‘We played good half, scoring 12 keep talking to each other and points to go along defense.’ ... More know we have with two assists and to buckle down three rebounds. often than not ... on defense.”

The Starkville, we’re going to win.” Miss., Speed recordnative was ed her best career just two points shy C. VIVIAN STRINGER game, as the of tying her careerHead Coach Marlborough high, but the play of (Calif.)

School Rushdan and Speed product finished the game with a was what allowed her to thrive. career-high 17 points off 5-for-10 “I can’t take all the credit. Nikki shooting to go with four assists. and Khadijah, they do a great job The guard knocked down her of getting me the ball,” Sykes said. final bucket from the field at the “I think I’m more relaxed, I’m 8:45 mark from beyond the arc, more confident and I’m not worimproving her stat line to 3-for-4 ried about a lot — I’m just going from 3-point range. out there and playing ball.”

Stringer subbed Speed out For both teams, the first half of the game almost a minute did not yield much scoring. later and the point guard The Blue Devils (5-1) put just jogged of f the cour t to the 16 points on the board while

Rutgers shot a lowly 38.5 percent from the field, giving Stringer and Co. just a 14-point lead heading into the locker room at half.

Credit the Rutgers defense, as the squad forced Central Connecticut into 10 turnovers in the period and held the NEC opponent to a 30 percent shooting clip from the field.

The Knights came away with five of their seven total steals, with two belonging to sophomore guard Erica Wheeler, who also scored seven points off the bench.

Central Connecticut’s Kerrianne Dugan led all scorers in the half with 12 points and went on to finish with a game-high 19 points.

Stringer highlighted defense as a focal point after the team’s loss to Temple earlier in the week, and even though the Knights did play a lower-caliber opponent, improvements on the defensive side were evident.

“Today we played good defense,” Stringer said. “What I like to see is, I’d like to come in here each time and say, ‘We played good defense.’ As I said to the team, more often than not, when we play good defense, we’re going to win.”

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‘IS HE IN OR IS HE OUT?’ Schiano uncertain of Savage’s future with Rutgers before pair’s scheduled meeting to discuss QB’s decision

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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage will meet with head coach Greg Schiano in the coming days to discuss his future with the Rutgers football team and did not rule out the possibility of transferring after he last started Oct. 2 in a loss to Tulane.

As the Rutgers football team’s season spiraled out of control, as the offensive line struggled, play calls were questionable and Tom Savage sat on FOOTBALL the bench, there was plenty of speculation as to what types of changes the offseason would bring.

Head coach Greg Schiano addressed them yesterday, but few things were cleared up.

Savage?

This much is certain: Like ever y player, the sophomore quarterback will meet with Schiano this week and both admit they will address his future with the program.

“I’m sure we’re going to talk and discuss what the future might hold,” the 6foot-5, 226-pounder said. “He’s the coach so we just have to find out what my plans are and I’m going to talk with my family and sit down with them and discuss from there.”

Schiano still wants his most high-profile recruit to remain with the Scarlet Knights, even after freshman Chas Dodd overtook him as the starter for the final eight games.

“Is he in or is he out? I can’t answer that for you, only Tom can answer that for you,” Schiano said. “The thing that he knows and the thing that every person in our program knows is that you have to compete at Rutgers — that’s what we’re built on. Tom will have an opportunity this spring if he decides to stay.

“I hope he stays, I want him to stay, everybody in our program wants him to stay.

But at the end of the day, it’s Tom’s decision, as it was his decision to come here. Tom Savage, I hope, will be part of Rutgers football and come back and compete.”

Co-offensive coordinator Kyle Flood?

He received a similar endorsement, even after his offensive line allowed a national-worst 61 sacks. The Knights line allowed 40 sacks last year — a sharp increase from a five-year stretch

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Knights lead from outset in rout at RAC

WVU defeat brings RU’s season to end

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

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The closest the Rutgers women’s basketball team was to finding itself in a game with Central Connecticut State may have at tipof f, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL been when both squads CCSU 32 were tied at zero.

Junior Nikki RUTGERS 73 Speed sank a 3pointer a little over a minute later for the game’s first bucket, and the Scarlet Knights never looked back from there, coasting to a 73-32 victory.

After a narrow victor y against the Blue Devils a season ago, head coach

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — For the Rutgers football team, it was the same story, the same result and the same dead feeling inside the FOOTBALL Scarlet Knights’ locker room.

But this time, there could be no promises of improvement, of getting better or of winning a next one.

Because when the clock ran out at Milan Puskar Stadium with West Virginia ahead, 3514, Rutgers’ season mercifully came to an end.

The difference between five and six consecutive losses may seem inconsequential to

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Junior forward April Sykes led Rutgers with 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting, finishing two points shy of her career high 20 points, which came last season against Farmingdale St.

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