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Facebook slightly affects student grades, study says

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BY RICHARD CONTE STAFF WRITER

BY ADAM UZIALKO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Critics of Facebook — most notably skeptics in academia — have long questioned the social networking site’s effects on students’ grades.

But a 2011 study found that Facebook affects college students’ grades little, if at all.

“Using Facebook in and of itself is not detrimental to an academic outcome such as GPA, or a time on task outcome, like time spent studying,” said researcher Reynol Junco, a professor in the Department of Academic Development and Counseling at Lock Haven University in Pennsylanvia.

Though the study found a small association between extensive Facebook use and a small drop in GPA, this does not prove that either one causes the other.

“It seems that only large amounts of time spent on Facebook produce the greatest effect on outcome measures such as GPA and time spent studying,” Junco said. “The simple act of checking Facebook is not as worrisome a behavior when it comes to academic outcomes as time spent on Facebook.”

Junco said he found certain activities on Facebook could be beneficial for college students’ GPAs. Sharing links and checking to see what friends are up to are “positive predictors” of GPAs, the study found.

“Sharing links on Facebook seems as close to an academic activity as any others because links usually refer to blog posts or news stories,” Junco said. “Checking to see what friends are up to may be related to the construct of student engagement — leading to greater academic gains.”

But posting status updates could negatively affect GPAs, he said.

“Posting status updates, on the other hand, is an activity that is more focused on broadcasting

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The University may be one step closer to tackling transportation challenges after receiving a $3.5 million grant last week from the United States Department of Transportation.

U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood announced Tuesday that the DOT would grant $77 million to 22 university transportation centers to address transportation problems in the nation, according to a U.S. DOT press release.

“Transportation matters in everyone’s daily life.

These research centers will help us solve the transCONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER portation challenges we face today and those that The University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure Transportation will divide we know lay ahead of us,” he said in the release. the transportation center grant among five institutions across the Northeast.

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Alumnus credits success to education PERSON OF THE WEEK

BY LISA BERKMAN

Bone continues to be involved with the N.J. community today, serving as chairman for Choose New Jersey and the New Jersey State Employment and Dennis Bone’s N.J. roots began to blossom in Training Commission to improve the economic fabhis telecommunications career at the New Jersey ric of the state. He has been a key financial supportBell after receiving a Master of Business er for years and speaks on different campuses when Administration degree in finance at the opportunities arise. the University.

Donna Thornton, vice president for University Within 23 years, he has become the president Alumni Relations, said Bone was chosen as a nomiof Verizon New Jersey and a nominee for the Hall nee because his initiatives reflect the University’s of Distinguished Alumni. He attributes much of DENNIS BONE values of leadership and service. his success to his education from the University.

“The mission of Rutgers University is teach“I was working and climbing the corporate lading public ser vice and research in the public der,” Bone said. “It cer tainly enabled me to have ser vice area,” Thornton said. “I think Dennis exemplifies insights, feelings and perspectives on the business that what a business leader needs to be in a state, and his were helpful in making good decisions and moving the SEE ALUMNUS ON PAGE 4 business along.”

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Occupiers plan rally for upcoming month

INDEX METRO The owner of the historic Court Tavern announces the local bar and music venue will close after a 26-year run.

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OPINIONS See how many 30-packs of beer the rising cost of textbooks robbed you of this semester.

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DAILYTARGUM.COM Ellen Whitt, an Occupy New Brunswick member, rallies for the officers involved in the Barry Deloatch shooting to be charged last Thursday at the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

While some New Brunswick occupiers were happy with the success of Thursday’s Barr y Deloatch rally, the city’s lack of response encouraged the group to plan fur ther actions and future rallies.

More than 20 members of Occupy New Br unswick exchanged ideas on various city-related issues Friday at the general assembly meeting at Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus.

Occupiers recapped Thursday’s protest in front of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, demanding that New Brunswick police officers Brad Berdel and Dan Mazan be charged with the death of Barry Deloatch before the case goes to a grand jury.

Occupy New Brunswick member Ellen Whitt said she thought

the protest — which had around 30 protestors — went well, but suggested some improvements could be made for upcoming protests. Their second rally is scheduled for Thursday at 4 p.m. at the prosecutor’s office at 25 Kirkpatrick St. Berdel and Mazan encountered Deloatch, a 46-year-old New Brunswick resident, while patrolling on Sept. 22. Deloatch was shot and killed during the confrontation.

“We need to get more people out for it and maybe make more of an effort to get people from campus or post up more,” she said. “We did a little bit of that this time, but we probably could increase some of that, especially now that students are back on campus.”

Whitt also introduced the idea of forming a mock grand

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Council raises about $1,500 for charity, class councils

BY BRIGITTE JEAN-LOUIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Sheldon Nguyen, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year student, topped nine other competitors Friday night for the title of “Mr. PharmD 2012.”

The Pharmacy Governing Council hosted the second annual event at the William Levine Hall on Busch campus and raised about $1,500 for charity and two class councils through selling snacks, calendars, T-shir ts and tickets, said Vani Kumaran, vice president of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Class of 2014 Council.

Nguyen decided to donate his prize money to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation because he said he felt an emotional connection to it.

“This is really cool because I just transfer red here last semester, so this was a great way to star t of f my Rutgers career,” he said. “Just go out and do it.”

Marcus Lawson, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore, came in second place and Remy Koch, an Er nest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year student, came in third place.

“Mr. PharmD 2012” star ted with a dance-of f between the contestants, followed by the swimsuit por tion of the contest. Each contestant chose an escor t who gave a speech as to

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Sheldon Nguyen, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year student, wins “Mr. PharmD 2012” Friday night on Busch campus. He chose donate a portion of the money fundraised to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation.

why their par tner should win the title.

During the talent por tion of the event, contestants per formed a range of acts including a freestyle rap, a Michael Jackson impersonation and one student who played the “Har r y Potter” theme on a violin.

“I thought the talent por tion was the best. It represented each candidate per fectly because they got to express themselves,” said Kumaran, an Er nest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore.

Contestants also answered questions from the judges and from audience members sent via text message, ranging from questions about the contestants’ most embar rassing moments to their favorite “Jeopardy” character.

“Some of them were really funny [and] some of them were directed at the candidate,” Kumaran said.

Judges Marion Gordon and Donald Gerecke, associate professors at the Er nest Mario School of Pharmacy, along with last year’s winner

weighed in on only par t of the contestant’s scores.

The audience controlled sixty percent of the final vote, Kumaran said.

Kumaran said Nguyen’s outgoing personality made an impact to his ability to win.

“In the show, he sang ‘Happy Bir thday’ to his girlfriend, and he did a lot of cute things,” she said.

In addition to the pageant, Phi Lambda Sigma teamed up with the Pharmacy Governing Council to raffle off a date with a faculty member, Kumaran said.

Faculty members that par ticipated in the raf fled included Depar tment of Pharmacy Practice and Administration clinical assistant professors Mar y Bridgeman and Frank Hughes, as well as Michael Toscani, a fellowship administrator in the Depar tment of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Kumaran said.

They will have lunch dates with the winner of the raf fle.

— Yashmin Patel contributed to this story.

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GRANT: Thompson says CAIT has no set plans for award continued from front The Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) will allocate the funds to build a consortium of researchers at Princeton University, Columbia University, the University of Delaware and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, said Allison Thomas, CAIT marketing and communications associate director.

“There is no predetermined split on the $3.5 million. CAIT will receive the award and administrate the grant,” she said. “We will work collaboratively with our partners to distribute and apply the funds to various research projects, as yet to be determined.”

CAIT has no specific plans on how to use the grant funds between the consortiums of universities, but there are several possibilities, Thomas said.

“One reason the grant is so important to us is that it allows us to support a variety of programs that may not be funded by other specific grants and contracts,” she said.

In a $25.5 million grant awarded to CAIT in 2008, a contract with the Federal Highway Administration program requires funds from the grant to be spent only on assessing and collecting long-term data on bridge condition and performance, she said.

“The funds do not come with such narrow restrictions, though there are still very specific requirements we must meet to maintain the funding,” Thomas said.

She said the funds remain versatile and could affect a variety of activities linked to everyday operations.

“Every time you flip a switch, take a shower or drive to the store, you’re relying on infrastructure,” Thomas said. “People, products, energy and information ... nothing moves without infrastructure, so it is inextricably linked with our daily quality of life.”

With no established plans, the grant has the potential to benefit University students, she said.

“Among the many applications for the funds, some of the money may be applied to support employment of student research assistants on specific projects,” she said.

“Again, this is not predetermined and no specific amount of funds is put aside for this purpose.”

Other schools in the consortium have expressed their preliminary plans for the grant money, said Sue McNeil, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and urban affairs and public policy at the University of Delaware.

“University of Delaware’s share of the grant will be used to support projects focused on state-of-good repair of our transportation system including graduate and undergraduate support,” McNeil said.

Two graduate student fellowships will be awarded, she said.

Faculty at the University of Delaware will have the opportunity to see additional support to collaborate with other consortium members, she said. All funds require dollar–for-dollar match from non-federal sources.

Greg Winfree, acting administrator of the U.S. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, said the grants would benefit all universities involved in the consortium.

“We are excited about the proposals these consortia put forward,” he said in a statement. “They have the potential to advance basic and applied transportation research today and ensure a robust pipeline of professionals for the transportation workforce of tomorrow.”

RUPD REPORTS EARLY-MORNING ROBBERY ON COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS The Rutgers University Police Department issued a crime alert yesterday, informing students of a reported robber y that occurred around 6:15 a.m. near the intersection of Stone Street in front of 100 College Ave. Three males allegedly robbed the victim, who is not affiliated with the University, as he was walking on College Avenue toward Lot 8 from the Rutgers Student Center, according to the alert.

One of the men struck the victim with a closed fist on the side of the head. The victim then fell to the ground.

Four additional males ran toward the victim and kicked him while attempting to remove his personal belongings.

The victim surrendered his belongings, and the men then ran toward Mine Street.

ALUMNUS: Bone cites family as life accomplishment continued from front contributions as a civic leader are extremely valuable.”

Bone said he was surprised to learn of his nomination, and he said it was humbling for the University Alumni Association to consider him.

“Why me?” Bone said. “It’s such a huge honor when you look at the 25 years of people who have been inducted into the alumni distinguished hall. It’s a lot of people who had a huge impact on the world.”

Bone said he plans on making fur ther developments to his business.

STUDY: Students go to site six times daily on average continued from front personal information than it is on sharing knowledge,” Junco said.

There was no strong link between using Facebook and the amount of time that students spent studying, according to the study.

Junco sur veyed 1,839 college undergraduates attending public schools in the Northeast.

Unsurprisingly, the sur vey, which considered college students’ high school GPA, frequency of Facebook use and frequency of Facebook activities, found students spent a lot of time on the website, he said.

RALLY: Whitt says campus event could advance movement continued from front jur y consisting of people in the New Brunswick community to examine known evidence and present a case.

“It would be a ver y ambitious project to do it and do it right, but it is something to think about to step something up,” she said.

Whitt said Occupy New Brunswick — which recently took up the cause after forming as par t of the larger, global Occupy movement in late 2011 — should consider organizing an event at the University to generate awareness of the Deloatch case and police brutality.

These developments, such as Verizon Wireless’ newly unveiled four th-generation Long Term Evolution network, aim to change the way we use technology today, Bone said.

“It has tremendous capabilities in terms of data speed and what it’s going to enable your smartphone or your iPad or any other handheld device to do,” he said.

Thornton said Bone’s devotion to his work has been a major reason for his success throughout the years.

“Bone could not have achieved so much without his strong dedication to the company,” Thornton said. “As a CEO of a company, you don’t get there without having a commit-

After the robber y, the assailants drove past the victim on College Avenue, driving in the direction of Huntington Street, according to the alert.

The victim received minor injuries during the assault and was treated at the scene.

Details describing the assailants and the vehicles are not available at this time.

Anyone who can provide further information regarding the crime is asked to contact the Rutgers University Police Depar tment’s Detective Bureau at (732)-932-8025 or (732)-932-7211.

The RUPD recommends that students remain aware of people and surroundings when walking late at night and suggests walking in groups, according to the alert.

ment, without making sure your employees and the people you work with are constantly learning and improving to make sure they’re providing the best product possible.”

Despite his success in Verizon, Bone said the proudest part of his life is his family.

“I’ve been blessed with a good marriage and three wonderful kids,” he said. “To watch them be born or graduate from high school, college, get a job or just turn out to be good people — those are the proudest moments.”

Bone said times have been rough, with past work including dead-end jobs with challenging bosses. The important thing, he said, is to keep a positive attitude.

“You see it. I see it. We all see it in life,” he said. “When you go through dark days or challenges or bad things happen to you, when you come out the other end you’re stronger for it.”

Students should strive to take advantage of the quality education they are being offered as it can open countless doors in life, Bone said.

“One thing clear about Rutgers is that it has generated a lot of talent and treasure for this state and this countr y,” Bone said. “Take advantage of the opportunity and the education you’re going to get at Rutgers. Believe in yourself and you can make a difference.”

But Junco discovered that looked at what students [actually] students visited Facebook six did on Facebook,” Junco said. times each day on average.

Many University students also “Ninety-two believe that percent of stuFacebook dents reported affects grades “My study was spending at least depending on some time on the frequency different because Facebook,” use.

I used a large sample of itsSchool Junco said. of “Facebook users Ar ts and and looked at what in this sample Sciences junstudents [actually] spent a substanior Raven tial amount of M c K e nzie did on Facebook.” time on agreed with REYNOL JUNCO Facebook, the idea that Professor in the reporting a mean the time spent Department of Academic of 106 minutes on on Facebook Development and Counseling the site per day.” affects grades, at Lock Haven University Junco connot Facebook ducted the study itself. differently from “I think other researchers who previously people let it affect their grades tried to prove whether Facebook by being on it so much,” affected grades.

McKenzie said. “So it depends “My study was different on the person and if they use it because I used a large sample and too much.”

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Meghan Schroll said she thinks Facebook af fects college students’ par ticipation in the classroom.

“It’s definitely a distraction during class,” Schroll said.

Victoria Hutchinson, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said Facebook is a diversion while studying. “[I think] it does af fect grades. People sometimes get distracted using Facebook,” Hutchinson said.

Junco said Facebook could help both students and educators for the future.

“As the interest in using social media, like Facebook, in educational settings increases, educators must be aware of how to integrate these sites and ser vices in educationally relevant ways,” he said.`

“The YouTube video of an Occupy New Gabby [Aron] and Tormel Brunswick member. being arrested, with all these “Shut Down the riot cops coming in because Corporations” targets corporapeople are simtions involved ply protesting, with the American would be really Legislative “Occupy New ef fective on x c h a n g e Brunswick is trying ECouncil, campus to get a which lot of interest suppor ts pro-corto do community and sympathy,” porate legislation, outreach [and] she said.

Romsted said.

In ef for ts to ALEC is a identify people ... national continue their network neighborhood of state legislators in foreclosure.” a c t i v i s m , that works toward ERICK ROMSTED Occupy New a conser vative Occupy New Brunswick Member Brunswick plans network of limited to hold an action government, free against Johnson & Johnson on markets, federalism and indiFeb. 29 in coordination with the vidual liberty. It is also active in national call to action known as efforts to repeal ObamaCare, “Shut Down the Corporations,” according to ALEC’s initiatives said Erick Romsted, on their website.

Don Bohn, vice president of U.S. Government Affairs of Johnson & Johnson, is involved in ALEC’s private enterprise board, according to the ALEC site.

“That’s why they are a particular target, and since it’s the biggest corporation in town, we’ve been wanting to do something around Johnson & Johnson for a long time,” he said.

But the Johnson & Johnson protest is still in its planning phase, Romsted said.

The final issue of the meeting regarded the rise of foreclosures in New Brunswick and Franklin, Romsted said.

“Occupy New Brunswick is trying to do community outreach, canvass and petition, as well as identify people who are in foreclosure,” he said.

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Colleges Against Cancer will kick off Relay for Life at the Rutgers Student Center from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the College Avenue campus, where there will be free food and drinks for participants. Students can get into the relay spirit, and join the fight against cancer with the chance to play games and win prizes.

Landscape Architecture will be sponsoring Harvard Soils Project where guest speaker Eric Fleisher will be speaking from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center about the soil ecology, water conservations, composting and non-toxic pest controls.

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Rutgers University Programming Association is hosting a Just For Fun indoor ice skating rink at the Douglass Campus Center from 2 to 11 p.m. Students can attend the Winter Wonderland event where there will be ice skating, a hot cocoa bar and winter-themed crafts, while supplies last.

The Daily Targum will hold its weekly writer’s meeting at 9:30 p.m. on the fourth floor lounge of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Assignments will be given out and other business will be discussed during the meeting. All those interested are welcome. There is no experience necessar y. For questions email university@dailytargum.com.

The Spring Involvement Fair 2012 will be held in the Livingston Student Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. where students can learn more about the 300 plus student organizations, the 60 plus fraternities and sororities and departments. Email osi@echo.rutgers.edu with any questions.

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The Rutgers Energy Institute is sponsoring a morning Café Hour for conversation on energy-related topics. Students, faculty and staff will be attending and are welcome to learn and share ideas. The event will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in The Cove of the Busch Campus Center where there will be coffee, tea, refreshments and a light breakfast available. There is no fee or reservations needed.

Opera at Rutgers presents Jules Massenet’s “Cendrillion,” a French opera based on the Cinderella fairy tale at the Nicholas Music Center at 7:30 p.m. in downtown New Brunswick. General admission fee is $25, $15 for students and $20 for seniors.

Mason Gross School of the Arts will be hosting MFA Thesis Exhibition I from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civic Square in Downtown New Brunswick. The gallery will include contemporary art. For more information contact LaToya Frazier at (848)-932-5202 or email lfrazier@rci.edu.

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There will be dancing on the 4,500 square-foot wooden dance floor to Brian Nash at the main gym from 8 to 11:30 p.m. on the College Avenue campus. Music includes chacha, foxtrot, hustle, jive, merengue, polka, quickstep, rumba, samba, salsa/mambo, swing, tango and waltz.

The Rutgers Recreation Instructional Program will be having a “Dancing for Special Occasions Workshop” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the College Avenue gym. The workshop involves learning basic steps of Salsa and Waltz. Admission is $15 and $8 with a student ID. For any questions call Carmen Valverde at (732)-932- 8204 or email recclass@rci.rutgers.edu.

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Career Services and the New Agenda on Campus are cosponsoring “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Making It In the Real World” at Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus center where guest speaker Amy Siskind, a former Wall Street executive, will be speaking from 6:30 p.m. to 8p.m. about becoming successful in future careers and endeavors.

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TA Project & Center for Teaching Advancement & Assessment Research will sponsor a podcasting event from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. where students can create and do editing of audio content using the free “Audacity” software and how to distribute the files to students as a “podcast” using RSS or iTunes.

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Local bar, music scene set to close doors indefinitely

BY SONJA TYSIAK STAFF WRITER

The owner of the Cour t Tavern in New Br unswick announced Wednesday that the historical dive bar and music venue will close its doors indefinitely, marking the potential end of a chapter in the local music community.

Joe Chyb, former manager of the tavern, said changes in the city’s music scene brought economic issues for the Tavern, with the bar threatening to close in 2009 due to monetary problems.

“Recent times have been tough for smaller music venues to stay afloat and ‘The Court’ is no different,” Chyb said. “The overall culture of the city has changed a lot.”

Michael Beltranena, New Brunswick spokesman, said city officials are unaware why owner Bob Albert closed the tavern.

“Your guess is as good as ours,” he said. “God knows what it could be.”

Beltranena said there was no official action taken by the city of New Brunswick or the state, by their knowledge, to close the establishment.

Court Tavern owner Bob Albert was unavailable for comment.

Chyb said New Brunswick used to have a handful of music stores and venues for musicians, poets and artists to put on shows and express themselves.

“People actually used to come to New Brunswick because of its cool and vibrant cultural scene. But in the last 10 to 20 years, that’s all changed,”

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The Court Tavern, located on the corner of Church and Spring Streets, will no longer serve the local music scene because of the owner’s decision to shut down.

he said. “‘The Court’ was the last music place left in town.

Without much of a scene around it, things just got tougher.”

With less people coming out to support the music venue, the tavern fell behind on taxes and city sewer bills in 2009, Chyb said.

Tony Shanahan, a friend of owner Bob Albert and member of punk-rock artist Patti Smith’s band, aided the tavern by helping organize a benefit concert, he said. The concert was a suc-

cess, helping to pay back a group of patrons who originally donated the $26,000 needed to cover the debt.

“Regardless of any business problems we had with them, it’s a shame to see them close. It’s really one of the last few established venues for bands to play in the area,” said Jared Paparozzi, guitarist for The Downrights, a punk-rock band from Union County.

Chyb said the city’s music community str uggled during

the last couple of years because of people moving away to cities with more music venues.

“We are lucky to have a great theatre district, but there is more to culture than this,” he said. “You need the gritty, dirty, weird, rock-‘n’-roll stuf f that places like ‘The Cour t,’ The Melody, Tunes or Hot Traxx provided.”

Chyb said he hopes that local up-and-coming musicians are able to find places to express their creativity

after the tavern closes its doors.

“I love New Brunswick, and I hope that there are still kids in town throwing basement shows,” he said “Maybe that next big New Brunswick band is there somewhere.”

Chyb said the tavern provided a launching pad for popular rock bands such as The Smithereens, WEEN, The Gaslight Anthem and Screaming Females, while established bands such as Green Day and The Dictators also played at the venue.

“The Court Tavern is historical for its music scene,” Beltranena said. “Many musicians and bands got their start there.”

Mike Tumblety, a University alumnus, said the local residents are going to miss the cultural influence that the tavern provided throughout the years.

“It’s a shame. ‘The Court’ is known for its great music scene with the musicians and bands they book, so there is a sense of lost tradition,” he said.

Chyb said even though the tavern may be closing its doors, memories of the venue will live on with its patrons.

“Personally, the place meant a great deal to me and my friends. It was different than all the other college bars or downtown bars,” he said. “It was a place where you would go in to have a beer and hear some amazing song on the jukebox you never heard before.”

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Marijuana-derived drug awaits FDA approval THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.

A British company, GW Pharma, is in advanced clinical trials for the world’s first pharmaceutical developed from raw marijuana instead of synthetic equivalents — a mouth spray it hopes to market in the United States as a treatment for cancer pain. And it hopes to see FDA approval by the end of 2013.

Sativex contains marijuana’s two best-known components — delta 9THC and cannabidiol — and already has been approved in Canada, New Zealand and eight European countries for a different usage, relieving muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis.

FDA approval would represent an important milestone in the nation’s often uneasy relationship with marijuana, which 16 states and the District of Columbia already allow residents to use legally with doctors’ recommendations. The

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration categorizes pot as a dangerous drug with no medical value, but the availability of a chemically similar prescription drug could increase pressure on the federal government to revisit its position and encourage other drug companies to follow in GW Pharma’s footsteps.

“There is a real disconnect between what the public seems to be demanding and what the states have pushed for and what the market is providing,” said Aron Lichtman, a Virginia Commonwealth University pharmacology professor and president of the International Cannabinoid Research Society. “It seems to me a company with a great deal of vision would say, ‘If there is this demand and need, we could develop a drug that will help people and we will make a lot of money.’”

Possessing marijuana still is illegal in the United Kingdom, but about a decade ago GW Pharma’s founder, Dr. Geoffrey Guy, received permission to grow it to develop a prescription drug. Guy proposed the idea at a scientific conference that heard anecdotal evidence that pot provides relief to multiple sclerosis patients, and the British government welcomed it as a potential way “to draw a clear line between recreational and medicinal use,” said Mark Rogerson, company spokesman.

In addition to exploring new applications for Sativex, the company is developing drugs with different cannabis formulations.

“We were the first ones to charge for ward and a lot of people were watching to see what happened to us,” Rogerson said. “I think we are clearly past that stage.”

The FDA approved two drug capsules in 1985, containing synthetic THC, Marinol and Cesamet, to ease side effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients.

The agency eventually allowed Marinol to be prescribed to stimulate the appetites of AIDS patients. The drug’s patent expired last year, and other U.S. companies have been developing formulations that could be administered through dissolving pills, creams and skin patches and perhaps be used for other ailments.

Doctors and multiple sclerosis patients are cautiously optimistic about Sativex. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has not endorsed marijuana use by patients, but the organization is sponsoring a study by a University of California, Davis neurologist to determine how smoking marijuana compares to Marinol in addressing painful muscle spasms.

“The cannabinoids and marijuana will, eventually, likely be part of the clinician’s armamentarium, if

they are shown to be clinically beneficial,” said Timothy Coetzee, the society’s chief research officer.

“The big unknown in my mind is whether they are clearly beneficial.”

Opponents and supporters of crude marijuana’s effectiveness generally agree that more research is needed. And marijuana advocates fear that the government will use any new prescription products to justify a continued prohibition on marijuana use.

“To the extent that companies can produce effective medication that utilizes the components of the plant, that’s great. But that should not be the exclusive access for people who want to be able to use medical marijuana,” said Kris Hermes, Americans for Safe Access spokesman. “That’s the race against time, in terms of how quickly can we put pressure on the federal government to recognize the plant has medical use versus the government coming out with the magic bullet pharmaceutical pill.”

Interest in new and better marijuana-based medicines has been building since the discover y in the late 1980s and 1990s that mammals have receptors in their central ner vous systems, several organs and immune systems for the chemicals in botanical cannabis and that their bodies also produce natural

cannabinoids that work on the same receptors.

One of the first drugs to build on those breakthroughs was an anti-obesity medication that blocked the same chemical receptors that trigger the munchies in pot smokers. Under the name Acomplia, it was approved throughout Europe and heralded as a possible new treatment for smoking cessation and metabolic disorders that can lead to heart attacks.

The FDA was reviewing its safety as a diet drug when followup studies showed that people taking the drug were at heightened risk of suicide and other psychiatric disorders. French manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis, pulled it from the market in late 2008.

Given that drug companies already were reluctant “to touch anything that is THC-like with a 10-foot pole,” the setback had a chilling effect on cannabinoid dr ug development, Lichtman said.

“Big companies like Merck and Pfizer were developing their own versions [of Acomplia], so all of those programs they spent millions and millions on just went away.” he said.

But scientists and drug companies that are exploring pot’s promise predict the path will ultimately be successful, if long and littered with setbacks.

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Strip club ruling denies free expression

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n New Jersey, freedom of expression can range from attending a Sunday church service to attending a Saturday night strip service at a local gentleman’s club. Providing the services for these interests is the local economy, and there is no lack of churches — or strip clubs — here in the Garden State.

Yet recently, some towns have deemed nude strips clubs an unnecessary luxury. In response to a suit between Club 35, a gentleman’s club in Sayreville, N.J., and the town of Sayreville, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that N.J. towns can reserve the right to deny strip clubs — and all other “sexually-oriented” businesses — from setting up shop within the town’s borders. The ruling cites the availability of such establishments in other states to which patrons can go as reason for this prevention.

This reason for keeping strip clubs out of N.J. towns seems an illogical one. If “sexually-oriented” businesses can be kept out of a town because they can just as easily be found across the border in Pennsylvania or New York, what else could be kept out for the same reason? It’s equally surprising that the solution the court has used to confront this problem is one that could be applied to communities across the state. A case like this, which concerns the residents and city officials of a single town, should be dealt with according to the personal interests and opinions of those residents alone.

The issue also highlights certain moral conflicts that today underlie much of society. Justice Barry Albin, a critic of the court’s ruling, said this is the first ruling of its kind “to suggest that a state can geographically restrict constitutionally permissive expression within its borders.” Albin may be correct, and the ruling is, in many senses, a sort of censorship. The request for the residents and officials of a town to retain a sense of community that is strip-club free is understandable. Having the authority to mold an environment based on its own values, morals and tastes is an authority that should be granted to any community. Yet doing so based on the obvious fact that patrons can go elsewhere for such services fails to deal with the issue appropriately, and denying a form of expression for which there is an apparent demand runs contrary to our notions of a free and open society.

On the other hand, at least the residents of Sayreville will feel safer knowing a female isn’t dancing without a top in a place where they can’t see her unless they go there.

Opt-outs highlight cost of textbooks

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niversity students will find no solace in knowing that, despite the long break, textbook prices have not gone down. Students will regrettably empty their wallets at the campus bookstore, knowing that the $40 just shelled out could have paid for their next four meals.

And for students of the more popular subjects, it gets worse — they can expect to pay upwards of $200 for that new edition of their economics or chemistry textbook. That’s about nine 30-packs — of the cheap stuff.

Lately though, in response to such steep price tags, students have discovered new outlets to buy their books. This season could prove detrimental to textbook retailers as students opt for online eBook and rental version of textbooks over their physical counterparts, said Jessica Zaloom, a public relations representative of online textbook retailer and renter eCampus.com.

But the fact that broke college students are choosing a sub-par product — eBooks and rentals — thanks to increasingly high costs for physical textbooks, hints more at a problem concerning the current price of textbooks than it does about consumer tastes and inclinations of students themselves. When compared with a physical copy of the book, the alternatives that students are now opting for rarely hold the same value.

Students are often less careful with their rentals, leaving them ragged, and buyback prices for used books are hardly worth the time it takes to lug the book back to the store. Open source material and eBooks lack the convenience of a physical copy and are accompanied by the added burden of subscription expiration dates.

Most students seem to be opting for these choices simply out of desperation. With the price of textbooks up 22 percent in the last four years, it’s no wonder students are doing all they can to find affordable outlets.

According to a survey conducted last year by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, seven out of 10 undergraduates said they had not purchased one or more textbooks because the cost was too high. When rising prices begin to affect the purchase of student textbooks to this degree, there is a serious problem.

Ultimately, the increase in students choosing eBooks and rentals — or else choosing not to buy a book at all — is a strong indication that the prices of physical textbooks are unreasonably high. And although eBooks and rentals pale in comparison to the real thing, continuing to opt for such alternatives may be the only way to signal to the companies that have monopolized the textbook industry that prices need to go down.

But in the meantime, we’ll have to go without our usual fill of cheap meals and even cheaper booze.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “You need the gritty, dirty, weird, rock-’n’-roll stuff that places like ‘The Court’ ... provided.”

Joe Chyb, former bartender and talent buyer for the Court Tavern, on the pub’s musical interests STORY IN METRO

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s we get deeper It is important first to into 2012 and see understand what the Fed Republican caucus does. At its simplest, it is after Republican caucus responsible for using cerand primar y after primar y, tain tools to change the it is becoming clearer that amount of money in the we may ver y well have a economy so as to control new president a year from the pace the economy is LEE SELTZER now. In fact, as the pool of going in. If they are in a Republican candidates narrecession, and they need rows, it is clear that we could have a ver y differto speed the economy up, the Fed puts more ent leader come November. money into the economy. By putting money into To many college students, Rep. Ron Paul, Rthe economy, the goal is to increase the amount Texas, seems to be the right person to take the of money that is spent, and therefore create jobs. reins of the presidency. He claims to be the only If prices are going too high, and there is inflahonest man still in Washington, D.C., a romantic tion, the Fed uses similar tools to take money archetype of someone who will save this counout of the economy, lowering prices. tr y. He wants to make government smaller and The Federal Reser ve also deals with this more focused. If this is not enough for the averthing called banking panics. Banking panics are age college student, he also wants to make drug situations in which people run to their banks, laws more liberal, something that panicked, and take out all their few college students oppose. money. Sooner or later, banks do “It is difficult to Unfor tunately, it is this seemnot have any money to give out. ingly beautiful image of Paul that Before the Federal Reser ve existcomprehend why hides a deeper aspect of his pered, this happened much more so many people sonality: He is as big an idiot as often. To deal with them, people any other politician out there. not just sit there and wait for can love Paul after did The only dif ference is that he is them to go away. Instead, big better at expressing his ideas viewing his ideas.” bankers, like J.P. Morgan, more simply and personably, as a stepped in to deal with it. So if demagogue of sor ts. In fact, some Paul gets rid of the Fed, this will of Paul’s ideas regarding the economy alone are most likely happen again — so much for dealing so inane and poorly thought out that most econwith big business. omists — and even most students in an introPaul’s beliefs that the gold standard will keep ductor y class on economics — would instantly us level are also problematic. Paul believes that reject them. if we do not have gold to back up our currency, Perhaps the most infuriating proposal that Paul we will soon experience extreme inflation, where has is for the abolishment of the Federal Reserve prices go up at an uncontrollable rate. However, and the revival of a gold standard. He is extremeinflation rates are around 3 percent, certainly ly well known for this view, and in fact, wrote a not an extremely high rate. At the same time, the book, “End the Fed,” in which he argues that this gold standard also preoccupies decisions with is the right policy direction to go in. In this book, the money supply. This means that you cannot he presents the Fed as a corrupt group working put more money in to jump-start the economy if against every American’s interest. Although he you do not have enough gold. argues that the Fed is corrupt because it was creIt is difficult to comprehend why so many ated with the help of private bankers, he advocates people can love Paul after viewing his ideas with a return to entirely private banking. By using a little basis in logic or reason. I guess in the end gold standard, it is argued that prices would not it all comes down to what really is the most really change in the long run — not going too important thing in politics anyways: who can yell high or too low. This is because you would only be the loudest. able to have as much money as there is gold to back it up. This stands in contrast to the system Lee Seltzer is a School of Ar ts and Sciences we have today, where, for all practical purposes, junior majoring in history and economics. His colour money’s value is theoretical. umn, “‘Simplee’ Put,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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he Rutgers wrestling team squeaked by Navy yesterday, 2019, after the second tiebreaker awarded the Scarlet Knights the deciding point.

Pacing the Knights were 174-pounder Gregory Zannetti, who received a major decision over Navy’s James Mannier, 166, and Anthony Perrotti, who pinned Peyton Walsh in 13 seconds — the quickest pin this season.

The Knights were awarded the match based on total match points.

For complete coverage, see tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum.

FORMER NEW YORK Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer accepted the same position for the St. Louis Rams under new head coach Jeff Fisher.

Schottenheimer also interviewed for the offensive coordinator position at Alabama but did not get the job.

The Jets never finished above 17th in passing or 10th in overall offense under Schottenheimer and currently battle locker room and quarterback controversies.

After trying to nurture a constantly-questioned quarterback in Mark Sanchez, Schottenheimer now has Sam Bradford to work with.

DALLAS MAVERICKS forward Dirk Nowitzki plans to sit for nearly a week to allow his knee time to heal.

Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle says Nowitzki has a “sore right knee” and he needs time to “resolve some physical issues and conditioning issues.”

If the given timetable is accurate, he will miss three more games before returning to action on Sunday to face the San Antonio Spurs.

Nowitzki and the organization agree he is not where he needs to be physically or mentally and is not helping the team, according to The Associated Press.

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Flyers are the latest team to have a player go down with a concussion.

For ward Danny Briere took several hits Saturday in the Flyers’ 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils.

He sustained blows from Anton Volchenkov and Mark Fayne as well as a punch from Patrick Elias.

He says his memory with respect to the game is very limited.

Flyers offenseman Jaromir Jagr also had to leave Sunday’s game early. He reaggravated a groin injury he battled all season.

There is no timetable for the return of either Briere or Jagr.

And its control of the paint retur ned to normal against the Bulls.

Rutgers out-rebounded South Florida, 36-26, while scoring half of its 72 points from close range.

Another key contribution to the Knights’ victory was an improved ratio of free throw attempts compared to their opponents.

They committed six less fouls than they did against the Johnnies, which led to South Florida attempting 11 less free throws.

In addition, Rutgers took 14 more shots from the charity stripe than it did Tuesday and scored seven more points from the line.

The biggest threat to the Knights on the defensive end was guard Inga Orekhova.

Orekhova led USF with 15 points, 12 of which came from beyond the arc.

But she and the three other Bulls in double figures were not enough to overcome Sykes’ 23 points and the team’s 19 turnovers as the Knights secured their fifth conference victory.

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Senior forward April Sykes scored 23 points Saturday night against South Florida. After totaling only six points in a loss against St. John’s, the Knights’ leading scorer went 10-for-14 from the field.

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Georgetown freshman forward Otto Porter scores on a mid-range jumper with 1:02 left Saturday against the Knights, tying the score at 50 before hitting two game-winning free throws.

decided by the whistle of a cer tain individual referee who decided to take it upon himself to decide the game.”

Gaffney’s final whistle was the most visible, but his push-off call on freshman guard Eli Carter was equally important.

Carter tried to create separation — no differently than he had all game, he said — with 1:16 left and Gaffney whistled him for pushing off the Georgetown defender. The Hoyas got the ball back and Otto Porter hit a jumper to tie the game at 50.

The Scarlet Knights turned to Carter to reclaim the lead when they got the ball with 1:02 remaining, but the possession ended with freshman guard Myles Mack missing a long-range 3pointer as the shot clock expired.

Car ter missed a r unning floater at the buzzer to end the game.

“I felt like we were going to win that game all the way until there were about two minutes left,” said junior for ward Austin Johnson. “I feel like we battled for the first 38 minutes of the game … but we lost in the final two.”

Rutgers played the final two minutes without Johnson, and the final five without sophomore for ward Gilvydas Biruta.

The pair played in foul trouble throughout the game, along with freshman for ward Derrick Randall, and it allowed the Hoyas to hang around until they finally won.

Georgetown shot only 13 percent from the field in the first half and scored 25 of its 52 points from the foul line. The Hoyas tied Har vard for the fewest field goals scored in a

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Head coach Mike Rice reacts to play against Georgetown. win this season with 12.

Only three came in the first half.

“We should be up more,” Rice thought at halftime with a 25-20 advantage.

The Hoyas quickly cut into the Knights’ lead after intermission, forcing the ball inside, where they scored seven of their 12 field goals.

It helped that the Knights trio of bigs played most of the half with four fouls.

“It was tough defending,” Johnson said. “You have to pick your spots of when you can be aggressive and fight around. It really did af fect how we tried to play defense at the end.”

But it had no impact on the final minute and a half.

A pair of whistles determined that instead, and even if Rice’s review of the film shows they were legitimate fouls, the timing will still create questions.

“When I heard the whistle, I didn’t think it was on me,” Poole said. “I just thought he called something else. When I saw him look at me, I was kind of shocked. But the referee was behind me and had per fect position, so if it was a foul, it

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Senior swimmer Trisha Averill enjoyed three first-place finishes Friday against James Madison. Averill captured the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke titles against the Dukes, and she won the 200-yard individual medley. The Knights’ loss to James Madison was the first of two defeats in as many days in Virginia.

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The Rutgers swimming and diving team entered the state of Virginia with no losses.

It left with two Saturday, losing to both James Madison and Richmond in consecutive days.

While SWIMMING & DIVING t h e RUTGERS 135 d e f e a t s ended RICHMOND 163 t h e Scarlet Knights’ chance at a per fect season, head coach Phil Spiniello was satisfied with the way the team per formed in the pool.

“We came out of this weekend with two losses. However, there are a lot of positives that

came out of the two meets,” Spiniello said. “It was a learning experience for us as a growing program, and I’m looking for ward to us working on what we learned this weekend.”

The Knights, who entered the weekend with seven wins, dropped the meet against Richmond, 163-135, and lost the day before to James Madison, 161-139.

Senior swimmer Trisha Averill took home three firstplace finishes Friday for the Knights. The captain took both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events and finished the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:04.55 for her third victor y of the day.

Senior Jacquelyn Ward won both the 200-yard freestyle and

200-yard butter fly events, senior Brianne Lindblad took gold in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke and junior Taylor Curado finished first in the 100yard butter fly.

Curado looks at the loss as a turning point this season for the program.

“Obviously no one likes to lose, but it was good to see some real good competition,” Curado said. “It was good to swim against some fast girls and get us in the mindset to work on things that are going to make us better going into the Big East Championships.”

Diver Nicole Jotso, who won both 1- and 3-meter dives, led the Dukes. The senior beat out Rutgers sophomore Nicole Scott in both events.

Scott found redemption the following day against Richmond, where she took first in the 3-meter dive and placed second in the 1-meter event behind junior teammate Katie Kearney.

Ward continued with her strong weekend, as she placed first in 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard butter fly. She was the only swimmer for the Knights to place first in an event against the Spiders. Although the loss was their second in a row, Curado knows the Knights tried their hardest despite swimming on consecutive days.

“Swimming back-to-back days against two dif ferent teams is ver y dif ficult, especially swimming a whole load of events each day,” Curado

said. “For a lineup like that on both days, it takes a toll on your body, so it was good to see people step up and swim their hear ts out.”

The Knights have one more meet left before the Big East Championships.

Spiniello wants the team to continue its hard work in the pool and is confident it will be ready despite the losses.

“Over the next three weeks, we need to focus on the details of our swimming and diving,” Spiniello said. “If we do that, we are going to be ver y happy with the results at the Big East meets.”

Rutgers returns to action Saturday when it hosts Fordham and Rider at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center.

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Freshman forward and Baltimore native Greg Lewis, left, played the most significant Big East minutes of his career Saturday against Georgetown and pulled down a pair of rebounds. But freshman teammate Myles Mack missed a 3-pointer on the Knights’ second-to-last possession with the score knotted at 50.

Young Knights’ road woes continue at Georgetown

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

WASHINGTON — The Rutgers men’s basketball team’s 52-50 loss to Georgetown on Saturday at the Ve r i z o n Center further weakened KNIGHT its road NOTEBOOK résumé.

T h e Scarlet Knights fell to 1-4 on the road, bringing their record away from the Louis Brown Athletic Center to 2-6 when combined with games at neutral sites.

Three of their four Big East losses occurred on the road, with only two points deciding Saturday’s game at Georgetown and a conference-opening loss to South Florida.

“I told our players that they played with tremendous heart, playing as hard as they could,” said head coach Mike Rice. “In the Big East, that’s not good enough. There has to be some purpose to that. Just playing hard doesn’t always work.

Again, when it comes down to the last four minutes, you just can’t get into your own way.”

Fouls were the culprit against the nation’s 10thranked team, which avoided becoming the third top-10 team to lose to Rutgers this season, and the first at home.

The Hoyas attempted 36 foul shots compared to Rutgers’ seven, allowing nearly half of their total points to come uncontested from the charity stripe.

“That’s a par t of being on the road in the Big East,” said junior for ward Austin Johnson,

who fouled out. “I feel like it happens sometimes and it does mess up the flow of the game, but at the same time, you just have to battle through it.”

Rutgers proved unable to do so, while Georgetown did.

The Hoyas shot 3-for-23 from the field in the first half, then recovered to take the lead in the second half, which Rice placed on his team’s inability to finish.

“It’s a loss that we let slip away and didn’t find a way to win,” Rice said. “We found a way to lose.”

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final full possession, and then freshman Eli Carter missed a rushed running floater as time expired in the loss.

Both possessions were designed for Carter, but he only got a shot off on the second.

“I’d like to get one more dribble out of Eli,” Rice said. “I want Eli in space with a ball screen, he just has to learn to seek the contact, embrace contact. We try to run away from individuals too much. You see a veteran ballclub and Big East guards seek that contact. We just try to run away from people.”

The Georgetown defense stifled Rutgers when it had the ball with 1:02 remaining and the score tied at 50.

Carter could not find any openings to attack and it left fellow freshman guard Myles Mack heaving a long-range 3-pointer as the shot clock expired.

“He took a tough shot,” Car ter said.

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Seagears star ted for the Knights, but was on the bench down the stretch as Car ter and Mack handled the guard duties. He finished with three points on a 1-for-5 shooting performance, while assisting once and turning the ball over twice.

Lewis played six minutes — more than any Big East game except for a pair of blowout losses to West Virginia. He did not play against South Florida, Connecticut or Notre Dame.

Foul trouble for Gilvydas Bir uta, Austin Johnson and Derrick Randall forced Lewis into more minutes. He grabbed two rebounds but fouled twice and tur ned the ball over twice.

Junior’s first-place marks lead to Rutgers win

BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track and field team totaled 182 points Saturday en route to a firstMEN’S TRACK place RUTGERS 182 finish in its quad FIRST PLACE meet at t h e Naval Academy. The Scarlet Knights topped host and runner up Midshipmen by 26 points, and bested Rhode Island and Temple by 42 and 70 points, respectively.

Senior Adam Bergo led the scoring ef for t with two firstplace finishes in the high jump and triple jump, and added a

second-place finish in the long jump, tallying 25 points.

Despite the strong outing, Bergo admits his per formance in the high jump is not equal to the level that took him to the NCAA Championships a season ago.

“The high jump has been a little bit of a struggle lately,” Bergo said. “There are some basic things I’ve got to star t doing again.”

Bergo tied his season best 2.04 meters Saturday, but still remains shor t of the marks that ear ned him an AllAmerican spot last season.

Seniors Steve Werner and Kevin Brown handled the sprinting duties for the Knights, adding 31 points to the team’s total.

The duo was the first to finish in the 200-meter dash with an identical time of 22.23 seconds.

“I knew after wards [that we posted identical times],” Wer ner said. “I star ted to get tired at the end, and he came out of nowhere in the last second. I didn’t even see him coming during the race because he was on the outside lane, and at the ver y last second he was there. I guess I ended up beating him by a couple of thousandths.”

Before the 200-meter dash, Brown added a first-place finish in the 400-meter dash, finishing it in 49.18. Werner then gar nered the remaining six points with his third place finish in the 60-meter dash. The

Newton Square, Pa. native clocked in at 7.13 seconds.

Like Bergo, Werner agrees his per formances are not entirely where they need to be.

“We’ve still got a lot of work to do with [the] Big East Championships a month away,” Werner said. “I think a lot of people would agree that they’re not where they want to be, but we’re in good positions because no one is behind schedule, which is good, and no one is ahead of schedule, so to speak.”

But sophomore Corey Caidenhead is on the right track after picking up his third individual title in four tries.

Caidenhead won the 500-meter run with a time of 1:03.25, plac-

ing ahead of Navy’s Matthew Evers by a second. Sophomore Karon Purcell finished next with a time of 1:05.59, contributing six points to the Knights’ total.

Curtis Richburg captured an individual title in the one-mile run, finishing in 4:12.67. The sophomore was the only Knight to finish in the top three in the 1000- and 3000- meter events.

Although Richburg was the only distance runner to finish in the top three, the squad scrapped 20 points with a four top-six finishes.

The team looks to stay on schedule this weekend, when the Knights venture to the Armor y Track and Field Center in the Bronx, N.Y. for the Metropolitan Championships.

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Schiano’s mentor Paterno loses battle with cancer at 85

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano said the firing of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno “saddened” him earlier this seaFOOTBALL son. Those feelings were only intensified yesterday, when college football’s all-time winningest coach passed away at age 85.

Paterno lost a two-month battle with lung cancer, which was announced in November after Penn State, where Paterno spent 46 seasons as head football coach, fired him amid a child sex abuse scandal involving the program.

He won 409 games and two national titles.

“Joe Paterno embodied the way college football was supposed to be,” Schiano said in a statement. “He educated young men by

using the game of football, along with all of its challenges, in preparation for the real world.

He was a great thinker, who was never afraid to say and act on what he believed. He leaves a tremendous legacy with the thousands of players and coaches he worked with. I will miss him deeply. My prayers are with Sue and the entire Paterno family.”

Schiano spent six seasons working under Paterno at Penn State, one as a graduate assistant and five as a defensive backs coach.

He considers Paterno one of his mentors, crediting the legendary coach with giving him his first chance to be a full-time assistant.

Schiano coached directly under defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who tarnished Penn State’s and Paterno’s legacy when charged with sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years while at Penn State.

Schiano will not let that be his lasting memory of Paterno.

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Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno patrols the sidelines during one of his 61 seasons in State College, Pa. He won 409 games before passing away.

Veteran Sykes drops 23 in win at USF

BY JOEY GREGORY CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers women’s basketball team could have let a loss Tuesday fester and carry over into Saturday’s matchup with South Florida.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL It could have gotRUTGERS 72 ten down on itself and let a blip on the SOUTH FLORIDA 66 radar snowball and further damage what has been its best season in recent memory.

But the No. 7 Scarlet Knights and head coach C. Vivian Stringer proved they are too mentally tough to let that happen.

While the game was not the blowout that the rankings suggested it would be, the numbers for Rutgers returned to form against South Florida in a 72-66 victory.

Early on, Rutgers (16-3, 5-1) looked like it might drop its second consecutive conference game to an unranked opponent. The Knights found themselves trailing by 8 points only five minutes into the contest.

But eventually the tougher team came to play.

And with many of the Knights consisting of freshmen unfamiliar with tough losses, Rutgers needed the upperclassmen to lead the way and get the team back on track.

That is exactly what happened.

Pacing the Knights in virtually every statistical category was senior forward April Sykes.

After a below-average performance against St. John’s, Rutgers’ leading scorer came back with a vengeance.

Sykes totaled 23 points, shooting 10-for-14 from the field for a 71.4-percent mark.

She also led or tied for the team lead in rebounds (10), assists (four), steals (two) and 3-point field goals (two).

Senior guard Khadijah Rushdan and junior center Monique Oliver also got in on a piece of the action. Both finished with a shooting percentage better than 65 percent.

Rushdan knocked down 5-of-7 shots, ending the game with 16 points, while Oliver was 6-for9 from the field and finished with 14 points.

But Rutgers measures its success by how its defense performs.

Against St. John’s, the Knights lost the turnover battle. They committed 21 while forcing only nine.

Saturday’s game was more of what Rutgers fans remember seeing.

Rutgers forced 19 South Florida (11-9, 3-3) turnovers while giving the ball up only 13 times.

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Freshman guard Eli Carter drives on Georgetown forward Henry Sims late in Saturday’s game in Washington, D.C., but proves unable to find a good look for a winning shot for the Scarlet Knights on each of their final two possessions.

Final foul calls trouble Rice, Rutgers

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

WASHINGTON — Mike Poole heard the MEN’S BASKETBALL whistle with 8.5 seconds remaining RUTGERS 50 Saturday at 10thGEORGETOWN 52 r a n k e d Georgetown, but he

had no idea official John Gaffney directed it at him.

There was no way with a tied game and less than 10 seconds remaining Poole’s offthe-ball contact would send Georgetown to the foul line for the game’s decisive points, the sophomore guard thought.

But it did, and although Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice said he wanted to

look at the replay before passing judgment on the foul call, it did not stop him from following Gaffney and the officiating crew off the court following Rutgers’ 52-50 loss, pointing and screaming.

“We do foul,” Rice said. “But it was interesting that the last two minutes were

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