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Athletic Director Tim Pernetti named offensive line coach Kyle Flood the Rutgers football team’s interim head coach yesterday in a press conference.

LEGACY LEFT BEHIND Schiano resigns, accepts head coaching job for NFL’s Bucs after 11 seasons at Rutgers’ helm

BY TYLER BARTO

The Schiano Era

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Dec. 1, 2000: Hired “We’re going to win at Rutgers and we’re going to do it the right way.”

Aug. 30, 2001 Beats Buffalo in debut to open a 2-9 season.

Nov. 2, 2002 Loses to Miami, 42-17, en route to a 1-11 season.

Miami coach Larry Coker later said he noticed a culture change that day.

Oct. 29, 2005 Qualifies for first bowl game since 1978. Rutgers lost the Insight Bowl to Arizona State, 45-40.

Nov. 9, 2006 Beats No. 3 Louisville, 28-25, to remain unbeaten.

He won National Coach of the Year for an 11-2 season.

Dec. 7, 2007 Turns down head coaching job at Michigan.

April 25, 2009 Kenny Britt becomes first first-round draft pick in Rutgers history. Two more followed a year later.

Dec. 29, 2011 Wins Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium to give Rutgers longest active bowl game win streak.

Jan. 26, 2012 Resigns to return to NFL as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

INDEX UNIVERSITY The University’s Lion International Society, a volunteer society, holds its charter night.

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Greg Schiano patrols the High Point Solutions Stadium field before kickoff in his 11th and final season at Rutgers.

Schiano accepted the head coaching job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who will officially introduce him today.

When Greg Schiano took over as head coach of the Rutgers football team in 2000, he said he planned to build the program on a foundation of rock. It would take longer than building it on stilts, he said. But it would be built forever.

The 11-year head coach left the foundation yesterday, when Athletic Director Tim Pernetti announced Schiano signed a five-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“Needless to say, it’s definitely a bittersweet day here for us at Rutgers,” Pernetti said. “I congratulate Greg. I think what he’s done for Rutgers is really immeasurable.

The state he put this program in … is a great state.”

Pernetti can attest to the depleted circumstances in 2000, when Schiano took the job. Per netti called it the “worst program” in the nation 11 years ago, when the Scarlet Knights were Big East after thoughts.

The Knights never won the conference championship Schiano once promised, but the foundation Schiano implemented remains.

“This program is not a rebuild,” Pernetti said. “This is a move forward. This thing is priced to move in ever y way.”

Pernetti said he learned of the Buccaneers’ interest in Schiano a week ago, days before Oregon head coach Chip Kelly reportedly declined the Buccaneers’ offer.

But talks between Schiano and Tampa Bay intensified during the last two days, Pernetti said, culminating with yesterday morning’s repor ts of the head coach’s hire.

Per netti and Schiano, who coached Pernetti at Ramapo High School, tried to address the Knights yesterday before media repor ts sur faced.

But many players left and arrived at the Hale Center yesterday with little information before a team meeting at 3 p.m., when Pernetti and Schiano both addressed the team.

“I know for a fact that Coach [Schiano] wanted to keep it quiet and meet with us before anything was finalized,” said senior linebacker Khaseem Greene, the Big East’s CoDefensive Player of the Year. “That didn’t happen.”

Schiano finished his coaching career in Piscataway with a 68-67 record, but the teams he inherited barely resembled Big East competitors. His NFL desirability likely did not hinge on the wins and losses he compiled.

“Greg obviously has done a great job at Rutgers,” said New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, one of Schiano’s close friends, in a Buccaneers press release. “I think he is a tremendous coach that’s done a great job with that program. And his players have been very NFL-ready.

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Lions Club creates University chapter

BY LISA BERKMAN STAFF WRITER

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Kevin Lyons, associate director of Business Innovation, exhibits his eco-friendly experiment of growing pink orchids without soil yesterday during “Energy Café” at the Busch Campus Center.

Café discusses energy options

BY ADAM UZIALKO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Serpil Guran brought the University’s energy needs to the table when she discussed alternative energy options over cof fee yesterday during “Energy Café.”

Marketing environmentally friendly products and putting them into ever yday usage is tough challenge to overcome, but will be economically beneficial once completed, said Guran, director of Rutgers EcoComplex, the University’s Environmental Research and Extension Center.

“The economy should ser ve the environment and humans to achieve better results,” she said. “It should be utilized as a mechanism between nature and humans. The way the economy works determines the stability of society.”

Guran said the economy should connect to the issue of sustainable development and meet the challenges of a growing energy demand.

“We need to scale-up emerging alternative energy technologies through demonstration, deployment and commercialization,” she said.

Using alternative energies could result in employment growth, creating jobs in alternative energy fields, Guran said.

She said energy sources should be reassessed with biomass resources, which include materials like corn, soybean and wood chips.

“There are emerging pathways with biomass to energy,” Guran said. “It needs to include environmental sustainability, economic viability and social equity.”

She said biomass resources should be efficient and specifically engineered to benefit a certain ecological need, including a power generation sector and transportation sector.

Applications for biomass resources include the gasification of biomass, conver ting algae to fuel and utilizing

hydrogen for renewable fuel cells, she said.

Rutgers EcoComplex has already aligned itself with several major New Jersey organizations to achieve its goals of finding alternative energy sources, Guran said.

“Our mission is to be a catalyst in developing alternative energies,” she said. “We also want to conduct research and demonstration on innovative alternative energy and environmental technologies.”

Kevin Lyons, associate director for Business Development at Rutgers EcoComplex, used pink orchids as a prop to show an example of an EcoComplex incubation system product that utilizes a hydroponics system, a method of growing plants without soil, to grow orchids.

“This is pretty straightforward and simple,” said Lyons, an assistant professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management and Marketing Sciences. “The challenge for this particular incubator is, ‘How do you introduce it to the market and get it out there?’”

He said the technology exists to grow orchids hydroponically, with nutrients from water alone, but growers needs a way to market it.

Lyons said his challenge is to work with manufacturers to reform their designs and reduce their environmental footprint.

“You as the consumer are the responsible party for making sure that waste gets in the right place,” he said. “If you buy the product, then you buy the waste, and you have got to find a way to get rid of it.”

He said the idea of alternative energy could be challenging to markets because some people do not see the importance of reducing their carbon footprint.

“Oftentimes it’s hard to figure out a way to market these things.

Eventually we just think, ‘Well, let’s just do it before they take our money away,’” he said. “There’s a lot of different policies and segments that cripple the message getting out.”

There are programs such as “green purchase,” which sets out a type of contract where buyers refuse to buy a product if the manufacturers do not reduce their environmental impact, Lyons said.

“We’re pushing companies to get involved in contracts, which is a powerful document that involves [life cycle] criteria or they’ll lose our business,” he said.

Through these contracts, buyers would have to pay for products along with the waste that accompanies it, he said.

Lyons said these environmental contracts would give manufacturers an incentive to minimize waste and their prices to become more competitive in the market.

Paul Falkowski, director of Rutgers Energy Institute, said tackling the challenge of marketing environmentally friendly products would be a great marketing project for undergraduate business students.

“A lot of what has happened at the University is because of the students,” L yons said. “If you’re really interested in this, then get involved.”

Lyons said students have the ability to make a difference if they want to see something changed.

“The students at this university have unlimited power, and not the kind that you plug in,” he said. “Collectively, you guys can change this university however you want.”

He said students who want to see the dining halls get rid of Styrofoam cups should voice their concerns.

“You can use social media,” he said. “You have a lot more power than when I was your age.”

Beatrice Birrer, program coordinator for the University’s Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, said “Energy Café” is a program that has grown to include graduate students and faculty members from an exclusive undergraduate program.

“The idea is that we’re all at the family table, sharing ideas and discussion,” she said.

Volunteer organization Lions Club held a charter ceremony Thursday night at the Cook Campus Center, marking the international club’s official arrival at the University.

Jeff Gans, council chair for the New Jersey Lions, said the organization’s Edison branch sponsored the event to include the young-adult demographic. The Lions hope to close the lack of membership in the branch’s college-age bracket by reaching out to students on campus.

“We’re looking for the youth.

We’re looking for the energy,” Gans said to new members.

“We’ve already heard of all the good things you do. We’re hoping we can take that, capitalize that and bring that into the Lions Club.”

The club looks to expand the Edison chapter beyond its 27 members by drawing in students who are devoted to giving back to their community, said Mahesh Chitnis, Edison Visionar y Lions Club Char ter International President.

“We need hands, but we also need leaders with a vision who can go and help the community,” he said.

Students can boost their professional credibility by becoming involved with the Lions, said Rebecca Davis, faculty adviser for the University’s Lions Club division.

“A student can learn a lot about leadership and demonstrate it to show that they take part in community progress,” Davis said. “This is the kind of thing employers are looking for.”

Chitnis said the University is not the last stop the Lions will make, with the club planning an expansion into other campuses as well.

“We want to reach out to all different universities and community colleges in New Jersey,” Chitnis said. “This is the first initiative in New Jersey, and we want to learn from the experience from

the Rutgers campus club. Then we want to expand.”

The charity organization has been developing its international presence for years, providing aid for areas struck by disaster, Chitnis said.

“In Haiti, the Lions were the first to accomodate 5,000 families,” Chitnis said. “We started taking care of them right away immediately after the disaster.”

Since its international founding in 1925, the primary focus of the group has been to alleviate blindness, said Bob Moore, Multiple District 16 Lion and past international director.

“Helen Keller came to the international convention in Ohio and asked the Lions to become the knight to the blind,” Moore said. “That’s a cause the Lions have picked up.”

To stay true to their goal, the Lions launched “Campaign SightFirst” to raise $115 million toward solutions for preventable blindness and have continued to help build eye clinics around the world, Moore said. Such initiatives play a role in improving the welfare of the global community.

Melanie Krutzel, University Visionar y Lions Club charter president, said the University branch intends to live up to the reputation the Lions have established, planning a program to raise money for African children, as well as focusing to solve problems in the local community.

“We have a lot of plans for this semester,” said Krutzel, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

“We’re doing eyeglass collection for people who can’t afford glasses and textbook drives. We’re supporting a new housing budget in New Brunswick to help homeless families get on their feet.”

Members of the Lions Club should be proud of who they are and what they do, Gans said.

“A motto started. It’s called ‘we serve,’” he said. “If any of you are part of a fraternity, you probably have a bunch of secret mottos. But we don’t have any secret mottos. We want ever yone to know we serve.”

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The New Jersey Lion District 16 inducts 27 members yesterday during the University Lions Chapter’s charter night.

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Opera at Rutgers presents Jules Massenet’s “Cendrillon,” a French opera based on the Cinderella fairy tale at the Nicholas Music Center at 7:30 p.m. on Douglass campus. General admission fee is $25, $15 for students and $20 for seniors, employees and University alumni.

Mason Gross School of the Arts will host the Masters of Fine Arts 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.rutgers.edu.

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Rutgers Recreation will host a dance workshop with Brian Nash on the 4,500 square-foot wooden dance floor at the main gym from 8 to 11:30 p.m. in the College Avenue Gym. Music includes cha-cha, foxtrot, hustle, jive, merengue, polka, quickstep, rumba, samba, salsa/mambo, swing, tango and waltz. There is a $5 fee for students and $25 for the general public.

Semi-formal attire is requested. For any questions call Carmen Valverde at (732)-932-8204 or email recclass@rci.rutgers.edu.

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Barry Deloatch supporters and Occupy New Brunswick activists line the sidewalk outside the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office yesterday to demand charges for the officers involved in the Sept. 22 shooting.

Occupy protest continues call for action

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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” in Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus Center. Guest speaker Amy Siskind, a former Wall Street executive, will be speaking from 6:30 to 8 p.m. about becoming successful in future careers and endeavors.

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The Teaching Assistant Project and Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research will sponsor a podcasting event from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. at the Center on the College Avenue campus, where students can create and edit audio content using the free “Audacity” software and how to distribute the files to students as a podcast using RSS or iTunes.

Counseling, ADAP and Psychiatry Services (CAPS) will be having “Mindfulness Meditation” from noon to 1 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center. Mindfulness meditation gives people a chance to reduce stress and feel calmer.

All staff, faculty and students are welcome regardless of experience level.

The Department of Entomology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences will have the 2012 “Karl Maramorosch Lecture” at 11 a.m. in the Alampi Room of the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building on Cook campus. The lecture will feature Dean Robert Goodman and Associate Dean Xenia Morin, who will reflect on the emerging ecological paradigms of agriculture over the past 200 years. To register for the event, call (848)-932-4211.

SHADES Theater, a multicultural peer theater group, will have auditions from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center in Room 111. SHADES is a group that explores issues that impact college students like sexual health, alcohol, racism, homophobia and mental health.

No experience is needed. For more information go to rhshope.rutgers.edu/peer-education/shades-theater or email fmaresca@echo.rutgers.edu

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The Rutgers University Programming Association will host a movie night at 8 p.m. where they will be playing Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 at the Douglass Campus Center. Admission is free.

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Occupy New Brunswick members continued their rally yesterday for the charging of New Brunswick officers Brad Berdel and Dan Mazan, who were involved in the Sept. 22 shooting that led to Barry Deloatch’s death.

Despite their efforts in front of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, protestors did not see an appearance from Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan or a city representative.

Mazan and Berdel stopped Deloatch, a 46-year-old New Brunswick resident, and two other unidentified men during a routine patrol. During the stop, Deloatch was shot and killed in an alleyway on Throop Avenue near Handy Street.

New Brunswick activist Debra Key filled in for Tormel Pittman, a Deloatch activist and one of the rally organizers, leading the cheers of “whose street, our streets” with a crowd of about a dozen Deloatch supporters.

Ellen Whitt, an Occupy New Brunswick activist, said prosecutors should charge the officers who shot and killed Deloatch, citing the recent indictment of Sgt. Richard Rowe as an example of the Middlesex County grand jury serving justice to the community.

The prosecutor’s office is still investigating the Deloatch case.

The city recently announced the re-establishment of a New Brunswick Auxiliary Police Unit to enhance relations between the New Brunswick Police Department and the local community.

Nathaniel Williams, a 51-yearold New Brunswick resident, said the unit would not improve the relations between the NBPD and city residents.

“We’ve been out here protesting, and people from the city have no trouble with us,” he said. “It’s the police who do.”

Williams, who was part of the original volunteer police team in 2000, said when he was a volunteer, it was effective in reporting crime. Williams was a part of the force for two years until he left after feeling tension between the volunteers and officers.

Volunteers completed a 14week training period, similar to traditional officers, where they were taught self-defense, how to use handcuffs and how to radio in calls. Afterward they received a uniform, flashlight and radio for when they patrolled the streets of New Brunswick.

“Our job was to walk and patrol the area and radio in when we saw something,” he said.

The unit was not able to make arrests.

The volunteers were also given the option to take courses for gun training for an additional fee, Williams said.

In the training program, Williams said he was taught that officers should not chase a person on foot down a dark alley alone, which is what the officers who allegedly shot Deloatch did.

“No one is above the law,” Williams said.

The prosecutor’s office has not released information regarding the case because the case is under investigation.

As Mazan took hold of Deloatch’s belt to apprehend him, Deloatch grabbed a stick and began hitting the officer.

After Berdel told Deloatch to drop the weapon twice, Mazan heard a single shot, which hit Deloatch, according to a Nov. 28 statement by Lawrence Bitterman, a New Brunswick lawyer defending Mazan.

Occupiers and Deloatch supporters plan to continue the rally until the officers are charged in front of a grand jury, Whitt said.

She suggested last week that the rally be moved to a Monday or Wednesday night when court starts at 4:45 p.m.

“We need to be heard,” Whitt said. “A lot of other people [going to court] here have had a problem with them [the police].”

The next rally will take place Wednesday at 5 p.m. in front of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office instead of Thursday because of lowturnout from past rallies.

AUTHORITIES SEEK DRIVER INVOLVED IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT Authorities are seeking the public’s help to find a driver of a spor t utility vehicle that fled after fatally striking a 26-year-old bicyclist Wednesday in New Brunswick, according to nj.com.

Middlesex County Prosecutor Br uce Kaplan told nj.com that the vehicle is a dark-colored Toyota 4Runner built between 1995 and 2002. This vehicle was seen fleeing on Georges Road around 10:53 p.m. after hitting New Br unswick resident Leonel Lopez Hernandez.

Hernandez was a married father of two young children who was riding his bicycle home from Bristol-Myers Squibb in New Brunswick where he worked as a custodian, Kaplan told nj.com.

The preliminary investigation indicated that the driver of the Toyota sports utility vehicle was traveling on Georges Road heading toward North Brunswick, according to nj.com.

When crossing into on-coming traf fic, the driver str uck Her nandez, who was on the side of the road near South Talmadge Street intersection.

Kaplan told nj.com that the 4Runner left the scene but was damaged. The vehicle sustained damage to the driver’s side, and the driver’s side rear window was shattered.

Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene, according to nj.com.

Kaplan said anyone with information should call the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732)-745-5200.

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Workshop lays out benefits of Web design, skills

BY LISA BERKMAN STAFF WRITER

As par t of an ongoing series of computer workshops, graduate students and professors lear ned the basics of web design and the impor tance of computer skills in the classroom and the job market Wednesday at the Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research.

Joe Delaney, associate director for CTAAR, said the use of websites and web-based sources for teaching is not only useful — it is a growing trend.

“Assuming you’ll be doing presentations, conferences or publishing research, doing that on a website, knowing how to put that together in a way that’s presentable for public viewing is very important,” he said.

The dean’s office offers a certificate of technical proficiency to graduate students and teaching assistants who complete four of the information technology workshops, Delaney said.

The document could prove useful in the future, he said. “[University administrators] set up these dif ferent cer tificate programs and they have dif ferent people throughout the University teaching the sessions,” Delaney said. “So if they go looking for other jobs or another university, they can use that as a credential.”

Hadi Halim, a School of Engineering graduate student, said he believes the skills offered in the program would add to his range of abilities.

“I’m interested in teaching in the future. Because of that, I have been tr ying to get into web

design. I’ve been looking at it for a while,” Halim said. “The most famous professors have a website, and they have a good website. So if you want to be good, you should learn this.”

Tong Liu, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences graduate student, said she forgot the basic computer skills she once knew and felt the workshop was necessary to develop her work website.

“I took a whole semester class of design, but I totally forgot,” Liu said. “I just want to refresh my memory and learn some basic web design.”

The program is not limited to graduate students, as staff and faculty members can also access a variety of technology workshops offered at the University.

Ann-Marie Adams, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for

Historical Analysis, said the material covered in the web design workshops would help her inside the classroom.

“I wanted to build a page for myself,” said Adams, who also took classes in Sakai, HTML, Advanced Microsoft Word and Excel. “It would be easier to just put my syllabus and everything online so I can refer students to that page — rather than just starting over all the time.”

Delaney said the software, known as BlueGrif fon — a free open-source editing website on the Firefox operating system — would be af fordable for those individuals who may find themselves low on cash after the recent economic decline.

“The assumption here is that teaching assistants don’t have a lot of money to spend on software,” Delaney said.

“BlueGrif fon is free and it works fairly well.”

Although the workshops are geared toward teaching assistants and professors, the University is also of fering separate sections for undergraduate students, Delaney said.

“There are other oppor tunities,” he said. “The Of fice of Information Technology has an education series, so they’ll do workshops as well, and a lot of courses have components built into them. They have courses on web design that last a whole semester.”

Adams said those interested in learning the basics of computer information should not hesitate to sign up, as the information would prove to be beneficial.

“It’s worth the time you’ve invested,” she said. “It makes your semester go so much better.”

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Former head coach Greg Schiano leads the Scarlet Knights out of the tunnel Oct. 15 at High Point Solutions Stadium. The 11-year head coach decided against doing the same at the University of Michigan in 2007, when he turned down an opportunity to coach the Wolverines following the retirement of longtime head coach Lloyd Carr.

LEGACY: Patriots coach endorses Schiano for NFL job continued from front Guys that come out of that program, when they get to the NFL, most of them make it.”

Four former Rutgers players find home on the Patriots’ roster. Belichick’s endorsement, as well as Schiano’s NFL pedigree, likely aided Schiano in his first head coaching stint in professional football.

Schiano was Dave Wannstedt’s defensive assistant with the Chicago Bears for three seasons.

He served as former Cleveland Browns head coach Butch Davis’ defensive coordinator at the University of Miami, where in 1999 the Hurricanes boasted the 12th-best scoring defense.

And he coached Penn State’s defensive backs from 1991 to 1995 under former head coach Joe Paterno.

Schiano maintained ties to State College, Pa., as a possible successor — in the media’s eyes — to Paterno. And his name was also linked to the Michigan head coaching vacancy in 2007, filled by former West Virginia head coach Rich

Rodriguez, and Miami in 2001 and 2006.

But he began his collegecoaching career where — for now — it ends: at Rutgers in 1989 as a graduate assistant.

“Whatever profession you’re in, you strive to succeed in that profession at the absolute pinnacle,” Pernetti said. “There are 32 guys in the world that have these jobs. So the NFL is, to some extent, the pinnacle of football coaching. I’m sure that had to be an appealing thing for Greg.”

Schiano aimed for the top of the Big East, vowing to transform Rutgers into a mainstay among the conference’s elite. But the Big East endured a pair of transformations of its own.

Boston College, University of Miami and Virginia Tech left the conference during a two-year period less than five years into Schiano’s tenure in Piscataway.

Pittsburgh and Syracuse announced last September their intentions to join the Atlantic Coast Conference. Meanwhile, West Virginia continues to wage a legal battle with the Big East to align with the Big 12.

Schiano faces no such dilemma as an NFL head coach.

“Anybody that stands up here and says conference uncertainty is

not a concern anymore is lying to you,” Pernetti said. “It’s something I wake up with every single day.

The uncertainty and fluidity of the situation has everyone concerned.”

Pernetti, a four-year letter winner at tight end for Rutgers, said he tried to convince Schiano to stay. But he also knew despite his own “hope and expectation,” Schiano was not guaranteed to stay at Rutgers forever.

“I’ve been ready for this moment since the day I walked on this campus,” Pernetti said.

“We’ve been ready.”

Pernetti continues to prepare his shortlist of candidates, one of which he could hire by Feb. 1, National Signing Day for high school recruits. Schiano’s former assistants continue to recruit, patching up relationships with players, committed and un-committed.

And life in Piscataway continues on, despite the absence of its 11-year rock.

“Being a player, I didn’t come because of Coach Schiano,” said senior cornerback Brandon Jones. “I came here because of the program. It doesn’t have to do with just one man. The program’s not going to change because one man left. It’s still a foundation he built that is going to last forever.”

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Commission suggests relocation of nuclear waste dump THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A presidential commission said yesterday the United States should immediately start looking for an alternative to replace the failed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, which cost an estimated $15 billion but was never completed.

In its final report, the 15-member commission said the government also must prepare for the eventual large-scale transportation of spent nuclear fuel from storage sites across the country to the new site — or to interim storage facilities yet to be built.

While the panel was created before the nuclear crisis in Japan, commissioners said the massive earthquake and tsunami that damaged Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex last year added a sense of urgency to their work.

The tsunami triggered the world’s most serious nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

In the wake of the crisis, “many Americans became newly aware of the presence of tens of thousands of tons of spent fuel at more than 70 nuclear power plant sites around this country — and of the fact that the United States currently has no physical capacity to do anything with this spent fuel other than to continue to leave it at the sites where it was first generated,” according to the report.

The Obama administration’s 2009 decision to halt work on the Yucca Mountain site was the latest sign that long-troubled U.S. policy on nuclear waste management policy has now reached an impasse, according to the report. Allowing that impasse to continue is not an option, according to the report According to the report, “The need for a new strategy is urgent, not just to address these damages and costs but because this generation has a fundamental, ethical obligation to avoid burdening future generations with the entire task of finding a safe, permanent solution for managing hazardous nuclear materials they had no part in creating.”

The panel, formally known as the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, was created two years ago by President Barack Obama to find new strategies for managing the nation’s growing inventor y of nuclear waste. The United States currently has more than 71,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel stored at about 75 operating and shutdown reactor sites around the country. The United States produces more than 2,200 tons of spent fuel a year.

The recommendations outlined yesterday closely follow a July draft report. Above all, the panel says any effort to find a site to store nuclear waste must have local support.

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In a final report, a presidental commission urged the U.S. government yesterday to plan for an alternate location for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada.

Congress designated Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, as the nation’s nuclear repository over the objections of many local residents and officials, and for three decades, a battle over the site has dragged on. The Obama administration canceled the Yucca project and cut off funding for it, leading to the creation of the blue-ribbon panel, which is co-chaired by former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., and Brent Scowcroft, a former national security adviser under two Republican presidents.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu called the report serious and thoughtful and said it represented “a critical step toward finding a sustainable approach to disposing used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste.”

Chu did not immediately endorse any of the report’s recommendations but said the report would serve as a foundation for ongoing efforts.

Hamilton and Scowcroft on Thursday declined to comment.

A consent-based approach to siting future nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities

is the only workable option, according to the repor t, noting that attempts to force such facilities on unwilling states, tribes and communities have failed spectacularly.

The report also recommends that responsibility for the nation’s nuclear waste management program be transferred to a new organization, independent of the Energy Department, with a sole mission of assuring safe storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and highlevel radioactive waste.

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Week in review: laurels and darts

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ichard Rowe, a former New Brunswick Police Department police sergeant, was indicted Wednesday based on charges that surfaced last March. According to the NBPD, Rowe knowingly made false entries in police depar tment records between 2003 and 2007 — mishandling a total of 81 internal affairs cases over five years. The 21-year veteran of the force was then charged by a Middlesex County grand jur y. Needless to say, such misconduct belongs nowhere near an establishment of the law, if anywhere at all. Through his actions, not only has Rowe made himself look bad, he has also forced us to question the integrity with which the NBPD — and all law enforcement departments, for that matter — conducts its affairs. Rowe may have thought that because of his position and level of authority, he was somehow above the law, but we hope he has learned other wise. For this, Rowe deser ves a dart. Luckily, the NBPD has since changed its internal procedures to provide greater oversight to safeguard against these types of incidents. *

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Each year, nonprofit organization Coming Home of Middlesex County, Inc., conducts its Point-in-Time sur vey in an effort to document the number of homeless people located throughout Middlesex County. This year, the organization made use of three different locations — the Salvation Army in Perth Amboy, the Woodbridge Housing Authority in Woodbridge and New Brunswick’s own Elijah’s Promise — to reach out to the homeless population. In addition, the organization adopted a number of new strategies to more effectively document these individuals. We laurel Coming Home and all other organizations that have dedicated themselves to the well-being of others. Homelessness is a real problem today, and it’s important that we know the demographics. *

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With the Super Bowl quickly approaching, many football fans will tr y hard to predict the game’s winner in the days to come. The problem with these predictions is that often a fan’s own bias and personal commitment to their favorite team may sway what should be an objective endorsement. Yet zookeepers at New Jersey’s Popcorn Park Zoo have found a way around this dilemma. Each year, zookeepers leave the prediction up to Princess, a camel who has correctly picked the winner of five of the last six Super Bowls.

With the names of both teams written on either hand, the zoo’s general manager John Bergmann holds a cracker in each and offers them to Princess. Whichever hand she then nibbles from is her pick. For letting only her appetite get in the way of her incredibly accurate and unbiased predictions, Princess deser ves a laurel. This year’s pick: The New York Giants. *

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NASA recently released four new high-resolution images of Mars’ surface — and we must admit, they’re beautiful. Taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the pictures feature patterns of dune erosion, crater deposits and wrinkled ridges scattered across the planet’s landscape. Not only do pictures from these extraterrestrial environments help add to our knowledge of the composition of distant planets, they also continue to evoke awe and wonder in the eyes of the public. We’re glad to see pictures of different worlds come from NASA’s program, and we hope that space exploration will again return to the forefront of the nation’s top priorities. NASA’s scientists deser ve laurels for continuing to look beyond even our most distant horizons, and for humbling us with such inspiring images. *

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A major indicator of corruption in Washington’s public officials in recent weeks is their increased involvement in insider trading, a strategy in which individuals purchase stocks based on nonpublic information. Thankfully, some have picked up on this bad behavior. A Senate bill that would ban insider trading in Washington will see a vote next week, said Democratic lawmakers who are currently working on the bill. Known as the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or the STOCK Act, the bill would criminalize trading stock based on private economic or political information between Congress members, requiring them to publicly detail each transaction within 30 days. We laurel such legislation — we always welcome laws that help to keep corruption out of Washington.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’ve been ready for this moment since the day I walked on this campus, so we have been ready.”

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e all bore witAll it takes to impress a ness this past politician is one person month to somewho can write a large thing incredible in check. But to scare a American democracy. In a politician, it takes thoucity that has become more sands of people standing SAM BERMAN out of touch with the nation together, saying with one it governs, the voice of the voice: Your job is on the people rang out loud and clear, cutting like a hot line. Thus, mobilization is one of the biggest knife through the din of lobbyists and special obstacles to overcome to run an effective grassinterests. A bill which, not two months ago, had roots campaign. Even the Occupy Wall Street seemed all but certain to pass through Congress, protests, while they were able to change the was suddenly derailed by a new and terrifying tone of the national conversation, were unable to political force — the Internet. It was, to put it penetrate through what can sometimes seem simply, the Old Guard vs. the Vanguard — oldlike a bubble surrounding Washington, keeping fashioned politics versus democracy in the 21st our politicians comfortably unaware — or willcentur y. Citizens mobilized in ways no one had ingly ignorant — of the anticipated, and three of the largest, most influpublic’s opinions. ential trade groups in the county — with all their But we saw 13 million Americans on Jan. 18 money and all their influential lobbyists — could effectively mobilize. What’s so astounding is that not stand against that. they didn’t have to go to a traditional protest to I’m talking, of course, about do so. This is the secret to the the Stop Online Piracy Act, and political potential of the Internet.

“What we saw ... its counterpart in the Senate, the Opponents of SOPA didn’t have to Protect Intellectual Privacy Act. organize massive rallies or block was a wholly new, For the moment, I would ask you city streets — all they had to do to put aside your personal opinion unprecedented form was change their Facebook staof the bill — whether you were a tus, provide a link to an online of political protest. supporter of SOPA and PIPA or petition or upload a satirical antione of those who participated in SOPA cartoon. And this solved It was democracy the online protests — and just the other problem with grassroots for a digital age.” think about these events from a campaigns — raising awareness purely objective standpoint. The and arming the citizenr y with power of K Street lobbyists has information. The ease with which never been greater. The American public’s opinpeople could express their opinions to a large ion of its government in Washington has never audience made even the simplest act of protest been lower. The mood has never been more cynsignificant. For instance, a friend of mine cenical than it is today. And yet, despite all of this, sored his own Facebook status on Jan. 18, and I on Jan. 18, 2012, we caught a glimpse of what liked the idea so much that I censored my own might — for better or worse — be our way out of status. Soon, many of my friends had done the this mess. An estimated 13 million citizens from same. Had anyone been on Facebook that day ever y corner of the countr y participated in an unaware of SOPA, the sheer volume of protestunprecedented, historic effort to stop passage of related posts would have surely indicated to that SOPA and PIPA. About 50,000 websites — from person that something unusual was going on. the English-language section of Wikipedia, the In short, what we saw on Jan. 18 was a wholly sixth most-visited site in the world, to small, new, unprecedented form of political protest. It individually-run blogs — went dark in protest. was democracy for a digital age. Regardless of On that day alone, concerned citizens sent an what you thought of SOPA itself, that fact cannot estimated three million emails to Congress be denied. And at a time when Washington is regarding the bills. more “broken” than ever before, the power of the As an activist, those numbers are staggering.

Internet to organize and empower those who One of the biggest problems with fighting a would other wise be unable to compete with the grassroots campaign against monied interests is SEE BERMAN ON PAGE 11 that those monied interests have an easier job.

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rule, and the ability of people to control their own destinies.

Sociologist C. Wright Mills once wrote, “The powers of continued from page 10 ordinar y men are circummoney and influence of lobbyscribed by the ever yday ists and power ful interests worlds in which they live, yet could well be our salvation. … they often seem driven by But it is not all sunshine and forces they can neither underrainbows in the land of digital stand nor govern.” Cer tainly, democracy — dangers do exist. many in this countr y view The rapidity with which infornational politics as one of mation travels on the Internet those forces. But this also outpaces the speed at which seems strangely true on the that information can be acculocal level. We as students view rately fact-checked and verithe University administration fied. We must be as one of those ver y careful, if forces greater we are to “Empowerment is than our agency. embrace this new How many times the key insight and have I heard type of political organization. the most important someone comInformation is plain that there lesson to take away are too few well and good, but for our buses, or that the from all this.” democracy to quality of the remain healthy, it dining hall has must be accurate gone down, or information. If we act on that tuition is getting out of impulse and believe false stohand? And yet, these comries and misleading statistics — plaints are made in a matter-ofas defenders of SOPA claim fact, “there’s-nothing-to-dohappened in this case — then about-it” kind of way. We don’t we will make poor decisions. see ourselves as having any Ironically, easier mobilization influence on those issues that requires slower action, and impact us. We see ourselves as faster access to information unable to alter the structures requires greater thought and and institutions within which care. The danger of abusing the we live our lives. That, I rapidity of information to which believe, is the fundamental failthe Internet exposes us is ure of our democracy. Yet this arguably more severe — and also gives rise to fundamental the effects of such abuse more promise of the Internet as a catastrophic — than continuing political tool and of its role in the status quo. bringing about a new way of Empowerment is the key thinking about the world and insight and the most impor tant our place in it. lesson to take away from all this. Ideally, it is what Sam Berman is a School of democracy is all about — selfAr ts and Sciences sophomore.

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Keep U. campuses united Letter STEVEN WILLIAMSON hen I received my acceptance letter to Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, I was ecstatic. Not only would I be able to receive what I deemed the best legal education my home state of New Jersey had to offer, but I would be able to prolong my time at the University, if only for a little while. You see, I graduated from Rutgers College in 2010, just a brief stroll away from the office of President Richard L. McCormick, right there on the Banks.

I’ll be entering my seventh year in the University system come this September, or so I hope. Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed merger of Rutgers-Camden with Rowan University casts that future in doubt, a plan that troubles not only myself, but the entire law school student body. Realistically, it should trouble every member of the University family.

During McCormick’s tenure, the University has been a magnet for change. We’ve seen the consolidation of the New Brunswick campus, the advent of the Rutgers University Student Assembly, the transformation of Livingston campus and fantastic programs like Rutgers Future Scholars. Even programs that failed to take hold because of funding constraints like the College Avenue Greening Project were great ideas, with an eye toward improving the future of the University. These changes are the president’s legacy.

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Now, in the face of change, McCormick and the Board of Governors have another decision to make, but the legacy at stake is not his own — it is that of the University as a whole. Our law school has proudly carried the University name for decades, to great success. Our faculty is distinguished, my colleagues are driven and respectful, and our alumni base is steadfast and proud. In short, we exemplify all the qualities the University prides itself upon.

“The issue is not what our name shouldn’t be. ...

The issue is what our name should be.”

And when it comes down to it, the heart of this issue is summed up in that one word — pride. We are proud to call ourselves University students. Speaking personally, the University has afforded me opportunities I never could have dreamed of and placed me in the position to excel in my ideal career. Those avenues to success are exactly what make the University so great, and it’s the University that should extend them to future generations of students. The University, future law students and the State of New Jersey deserve no less.

The issue is not what our name shouldn’t be. It isn’t a fight over whether we should be called “Rowan” or some permutation of “South Jersey Law School” or even “Harvard South.” Rather, the issue is what our name should be, and to that query there will always be only one answer: Rutgers.

This University is in McCormick’s heritage, and I truly believe his dedication to this school comes from a place more deeply rooted than his job title.

As he has noted over the years, the University maintains a strong brand, one that is respected not only within the state, but throughout the world. “Jersey Roots, Global Reach,” as they say. To take that away from students — not only current students who enrolled on the promise of a University education, but future generations, as well — would be crippling. Our futures are tied to the University name, the same University who accepted us and promised to provide us with an exceptional legal education. The University has fulfilled that promise so far, but it needs to see its commitment through. Don’t abandon us.

When I had to decide where to receive my legal education, I chose the University. Even in the face of this uncertainty, I know I made the right choice. Now, it’s McCormick’s turn. Choose Rutgers.

Steven Williamson is a School of Law-Camden second-year student. He is a Rutgers College, Class of 2010 alumnus.

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Dreams are good.

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Make the most of it.

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ide receiver Hakeem Nicks and rookie linebacker Jacquian Williams were among seven New York Giants who missed the team’s first practice for Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5 against the New England Patriots.

Nicks hurt his shoulder last Sunday in the Giants’ win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game. The Giants listed Williams as having a foot injury.

Center David Baas, linebacker Chase Blackburn, backup cornerback Will Blackmon, running back Ahmad Bradshaw and cornerback Corey Webster also missed practice.

Head coach Tom Coughlin expects all his injured players to be ready for the Super Bowl.

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police say Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek was a passenger in a car involved yesterday in an early-morning DUI crash.

No one was hurt in the crash that took place on a highway offramp near the Eagles’ stadium in South Philadelphia.

Police say the car’s driver was driving too fast when he spun out and hit a concrete barrier.

To the team’s knowledge, Celek is not facing legal charges.

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Cornerback Brandon Jones eyes the line of scrimmage during Rutgers’ Dec. 29 bowl game. Jones worked closely with former head football coach Greg Schiano, who began his career as a secondary coach and was hands-on with the position group this season.

DECISION: Jones says Schiano’s heart remains at RU continued from back Greene said of the meeting. “It was hard for Coach, but like I said, guys understand. It was really emotional for him, and you could tell this is not something where he just ran for the money. We sincerely know

Coach wanted to be here and his heart is here, he just had a better opportunity.”

Leaving the Hale Center last night, Schiano told The StarLedger he had a number of opportunities to leave during his tenure, but none felt right until this one.

“He showed how much he cared,” Jones said. “It was emotional because it’s such a family here. It’s only getting better for

THE CLEVELAND INDIANS placed pitcher Fausto Carmona on the MLB restricted list.

Carmona was arrested last week in the Dominican Republic on false identity charges.

The Indians applied to the commissioner’s office in order to get Carmona placed on the list due to the unusual legal entanglement.

Players on the restricted list do not count against a team’s 25- or 40-man roster and are not paid until they report. Players can remain on the list for two years.

Authorities in Santo Domingo last week revealed Carmona’s real name is Roberto Hernandez Heredia and that he’s 31 — three years older than the Indians believed.

were early frontr unners for next year’s title and automatic BCS bid.

There were no hard feelings among the team knowing that it must now do it without him.

“We will stay the same,” Greene said. “Coach Schiano built something special here, and he put some characteristics into us that nobody can take away from us and nobody can change about us.”

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class. He will visit Miami this weekend, according to The Star-Ledger. But three-star center Brandon Arcidiacono said via text he and a contingent of Pennsylvania recruits remain committed.

Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene and cornerback Brandon Jones, the two players available to the media yesterday, each said they would reach out to recruits with whom they built relationships.

“You’re coming to a program — not a coach, a program,” Jones said. “The foundation here is not going to change. Just because one man is leaving, that’s not going to change anything about the program. We’ll be stronger than ever.”

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pitcher Brad Lidge and the Washington Nationals agreed on a one-year contract.

The right-hander threw only 19 and 1/3 innings for the Philadelphia Phillies last season, going 1-2 with a 1.40 ERA and one save. He did not pitch in late July because of elbow and shoulder problems in his throwing arm.

Lidge is a two-time All-Star who closed for the Phillies and Houston Astros during his 10-year MLB career, which includes 233 saves and a 3.44 ERA. Lidge joins a Nationals bullpen led by All-Star setup man Tyler Clippard and closer Drew Storen.

him, and this program is only going to get better for him coming through here. He did what he needed to do at this program, and I love him for that.”

That included six bowl games in the past seven seasons, winning five.

Schiano never led the Knights to a Big East title, but with a strong squad returning and expectations for a historic recruiting class, they

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Athletic Director Tim Pernetti speaks at a Pinstripe Bowl press conference. He joined the football coaching staff yesterday.

“It is the same program that it was two days ago,” Pernetti said. “This thing that has been built is bigger than any one individual. I think there’s a core group of committed players coming to Rutgers for next year that seem to be sticking together while this transition is going on. I think it’s going to var y on who you’re talking to.”

All-American Don Bosco wide receiver Leonte Carroo committed in July and was considered a flag bearer for the

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Quad meet offers chance at first win

BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior 165-pounder Scott Winston will face off with P.J. Gillespie today at the College Avenue Gym, where Rutgers hosts Hofstra. Gillespie, ranked 19th, attained All-American status last season.

Depleted lineup hosts ranked foe

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

It is a matter of frustration for Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale.

The competitor wants to run out his star ting lineup for ever y WRESTLING d u a l HOFSTRA AT meet.

The tacRUTGERS, tician TODAY, 6:30 P.M. a n d realist knows he cannot.

The Scarlet Knights will be shor thanded again this weekend, when they host 24thranked Hofstra today at the College Avenue Gym and West Virginia on Sunday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Wrestlers that will sit out at 133, 149 and 184 pounds could compete if pushed, but Goodale needs them healthy for March’s postseason tournaments.

“This is one of the biggest problems I have with this whole ‘It’s all about March’ thing,” Goodale said. “We’re holding guys out and tr ying to keep them healthy. I know it’s a dual meet, but I have to keep

them wrestling. I want to push them, but I don’t want to. I want them healthy.”

Senior 133-pounder Mike DeMarco will remain out with a torn lateral collateral ligament, although earlier this week he was medically cleared to par ticipate. Fifth-ranked junior 149pounder Mario Mason, one of the wrestlers with the best chance of success in March,

SCOTT WINSTON will continue to sit.

And sophomore 184pounder Dan Seidenberg’s shoulder injur y will keep him out against Hofstra and 11thranked Ben Clymer. He could return against WVU and 17thranked Matt R yan, but it remains uncer tain.

“I don’t like to lose anything and you don’t get a lot of

matches, but you have to keep your thought process on what’s really, really impor tant,” Goodale said. “That’s a really good EIWA and national tournament. I’m sticking to my plan.”

Goodale implemented that plan after three wrestlers favored to reach the podium and earn All-American honors — Mason, junior Scott Winston and since-graduated heavyweight D.J. Russo — fell shor t last season.

He star ted by giving Winston the entire summer of f from wrestling to recover from a knee surger y the 165pounder under went days after the NCAA Tournament.

Winston missed some dual meets earlier this season after dislocating his shoulder, but he will wrestle all weekend.

That star ts with a matchup against Hofstra’s 19th-ranked P.J. Gillespie, who finished eighth at last year’s national tournament to earn a podium spot as an All-American.

“It’s a big match and [Winston’s] excited about it,” Goodale said. “I haven’t seen that excitement out of him in a long time, so that’s good.”

Mired in the middle of a threemeet losing streak and returning for a quad meet tomorrow at the Livingston Recreation Center, the Rutgers GYMNASTICS gymnast i c s QUAD MEET team is AT RUTGERS, looking TOMORROW, 1 P.M. f o r answers that would help it gain its elusive first win.

For many members of the Scarlet Knights, those answers are in the small details.

“After the last meet we talked about things we can do to improve.

We know we can do and land our routines, but now we have to nitpick and pick out the tiniest things,” said junior Danielle D’Elia. “It is just really concentrating on presentation and pointing your toes and straightening your legs and sticking those landings. That can make or break the meet.”

The proof lies in the Knights’ last outing on the road at Pennsylvania.

Rutgers dropped the meet to the Quakers by only .050 points.

D’Elia, who was a part of a Central Michigan team her freshman year that lost a national championship by a mere .025 points, is no stranger to the closecall losses of gymnastics.

“Because before I came here I was at Central Michigan, and we did lose the championship title by .025. I know what it is like,” D’Elia said. “Penn was definitely a disappointment, especially since we lost by so little. It is what we always try to express to everyone — that stuff happens, you lose by the .050 and the .025.

You think to yourself, ‘If I had just pointed my toe or stuck the

landing, we would be winning right now.’”

Other members of the Knights feel the reason the small details are not coming to light for them is the team’s confidence in itself.

“I really think our biggest issue right now is being confident. Especially on bars — we look really shaky when we compete,” said sophomore Alexis Gunzelman. “People need to start practicing the way they want to compete. If they practice with the confidence that they are going to hit every time, then they know they are going to hit it going into competition.”

Still, when the Knights host Southern Connecticut State, Ursinus and Temple tomorrow, they will not do it without some areas of confidence.

For two straight meets, the Knights hit six-of-six performances on the beam. From their season opener at New Hampshire, the team improved its score on the beam 2.2 points in only two meets.

“I loved our beam [at UPenn].

We got our highest beam score, which we can still improve. But we went six-for-six staying on the beam, which was a huge accomplishment,” Gunzelman said.

“Our first meet we got a 46 on beam and to go up 2.2 in just two meets, that is just amazing. I hope we can keep pushing and keep getting better on beam.”

As far as the other events go — the ones in which the Knights have not hit a perfect six-of-six — the team knows it is close to perfect.

It hopes to erase the memory of coming .050 points short of a victory at Penn.

“Now it is mostly about how we present ourselves — how we are the best team and have the most confidence,” D’Elia said. “As they say, it’s about having the look.”

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Knights face quick turnaround after deflating defeat

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

In Mike Rice’s eyes, the Rutgers men’s basketball game Wednesday against DePaul ended after only 30 minutes.

MEN’S BASKETBALL T h e Scarlet CINCINNATI AT Knights RUTGERS, nearly TOMORROW, 6 P.M. held a doubledigit lead against the worst team in the Big East.

To the Knights, the game was over, the second-year head coach said.

“When [DePaul] made a couple of shots, it’s like our guys got sad and just wanted to go away instead of fighting back and fighting through it,” Rice said.

For the majority of the first half, Gilvydas Biruta did not have the luxury of fighting. The sophomore forward picked up two early fouls, scored only two points and watched as the Knights’ offense struggled.

“We couldn’t find our offense,” Biruta said.

Biruta averages only 7.6 points per game this season, two points less than his freshman average. He pulls down 1.1 fewer rebounds per game in his second season as well, even though he plays more than a minute more per game.

Part of the reason is his return to power forward and playing on the perimeter. As a rookie, Biruta played almost exclusively in the post. But now he contends with smaller guards in Rice’s switching defensive system.

He picked up a foul Wednesday trying to stay in front of a quicker DePaul guard.

“It’s mental toughness, understanding what we want to do and the way we want to do it,” Rice said Wednesday. “It’s disappointing.

This is what the weakness of this team is. They lack a maturity, a mental toughness.”

Biruta’s absence in the first half against DePaul affected the Knights’ play in the post. Rutgers scored only two points in the paint through the first 20 minutes while Biruta watched from the bench.

“He’s really important,” said freshman point guard Myles Mack.

“Every time we get him the ball, he’s like 56 percent from the field.

So every time he puts up a shot, it’s bound to go in. We needed him in the first and second half.”

Rutgers also missed Biruta as a ball-handler. The Jonava, Lithuania, native possesses a rare combination of size and dribbling ability that Rice covets.

“We can just throw it to him, and he can take the pressure off of us bringing it up,” Mack said. “He can just bring it up, and when we get to half court, he can just hand it off back to us. That’s a big deal for us in the first half without him.”

The Knights (11-10, 3-5) take the Louis Brown Athletic Center floor again tomorrow, when another Big East team will test its physical and mental toughness.

Cincinnati (15-6, 5-3) boasts the conference’s second-best turnover margin at plus-4.6. It has senior forward Yancy Gates, one of the Big East’s most physically imposing big men.

“We need to get it together because Cincinnati is a really good team,” Mack said. “If we slack on them, it’s going to be a really bad day.”

ENRICO CABREDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore forward Gilvydas Biruta once again struggled with first-half fouls in the Knights’ 69-64 loss to DePaul, which overcame an 11-point second-half deficit.

Hoyas hope to shift upper Big East standings with RU

BY JOSH BAKAN CORRESPONDENT

Big East women’s basketball has been so lopsided in recent years that for most teams, it is about WOMEN’S BASKETBALL fighting for secRUTGERS AT ond or GEORGETOWN, t h i r d SUNDAY, 1 P.M. place.

F o r three years Connecticut was the top squad. No. 3 UConn has company this year in the form of No. 2 Notre Dame.

But now, thanks to a few under whelming per formances, when a Big East team faces the Rutgers women’s basketball team, it looks up at the third spot in the conference standings and sees a team it has a reasonable chance to upset.

The next team with those hopes is No. 20 Georgetown.

The No. 11 Scarlet Knights (17-3, 6-1) head to Washington, D.C., on Sunday to continue the brunt of their schedule of ranked teams below it in the Big East.

Considering Rutgers barely scraped a 65-64 victor y over No. 23 DePaul on Tuesday, a win for the Hoyas (16-5, 5-3) would be no upset.

The Knights passed their first test of their four-game stretch against ranked teams, but they won through an uphill battle. And this will not be an easy stretch if they always have to bank on lategame heroics from fifth-year senior Khadijah Rushdan.

“If we come out the way

we’ve come out the last couple of games, we’re going to get blown out,” Rushdan said. “We can’t just think that we can show up for the game because we’re not that type of team.”

Another comeback is even less probable with the Knights facing an opponent not nearly as sloppy as DePaul’s 15th-ranked defense in the conference.

Georgetown ranks four th in Big East scoring defense with 51.9 points allowed per game,

“We can’t just think that we can show up for the game because we’re not that type of team.”

KHADIJAH RUSHDAN Senior Point Guard

14 points less than the Blue Demons. And the Knights’ gritty guarding signifies a matchup in which scoring will not be easy for either side.

The ef for ts of DePaul and the expected dif ficulty of Georgetown remind head coach C. Vivian Stringer of the game on Jan. 17, when the possibility of an upset became a reality in a 62-57 loss to St. John’s.

Stringer does not expect that possibility to change.

“We’ve been ranked. St. John’s is probably saying to themselves, ‘We beat you guys

last year. … This is our national championship. Are we going to take care of [teams like] Connecticut? Probably not,’” the Hall of Fame head coach said.

Senior for ward April Sykes understands that mantra as well as anyone.

Sykes’ first half against the Blue Demons was reminiscent of her game against St. John’s, when she scored only 6 points.

She found herself on the bench Tuesday to star t the second half with her 4-point total.

The Hoya defense is more than capable of giving Sykes another performance of that magnitude, and she said another game in which she does not start the second half would be inexcusable.

“I didn’t have any of the energy that I usually star t out the game with. It took a toll on us as a team,” Sykes said.

But for the Knights to escape Washington, D.C., without another loss, the of fense needs balance.

Even when Sykes doesn’t lead the way in scoring, such balance is not impossible.

“We just read of f each other,” Sykes said. “We don’t really have just one of fense.

We pick and read of f each other and make plays.”

But the Hoya defense is proficient enough to prepare for Sykes’s dominance, Rushdan’s clutch play or any contribution from the Knights’ depth.

The Hoyas do not care.

They only want to shift the power balance of the teams behind the two Big East powerhouses.

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Senior forward April Sykes looks to exploit Georgetown’s tight defense. Sykes averages 14.4 points per game.

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Who’s next? Five early head coach candidates Steve Addazio

Frank Cignetti

Mario Cristobal

Al Golden

John McNulty

Steve Addazio is familiar with the Big East. But more importantly, he understands New Jersey. The Farmington, Conn., native and Temple head football coach has a roster that places a premium on New Jersey talent.

As offensive coordinator at Florida, where he won two national championships, Addazio regularly recruited the Garden State.

The Gators finished near the top nationally in nearly every statistical category on offense during his time in Gainesville.

He also spent time at Notre Dame and Syracuse, where he was part of three consecutive Big East championship teams. In the Big East, Rutgers offers more longterm benefits than building Temple into a MAC contender.

“What [Greg Schiano] has done is put it to the point where this is a high-profile, attractive job,” said Athletic Director Tim Pernetti. “A BCS conference in the No. 1 media market in the country has a lot to do with all that work that was done. I’m not going to speak for [Schiano], but those championships are down the road.”

Addazio already has a pair of them, serving under Urban Meyer, who accepted the vacancy at Ohio State during the offseason. Much of the success came from the offensive line.

Addazio’s line improved from 35 sacks allowed in 2005 to only 23 the following year. It gained 4.7 yards per carry in 2006, compared to only 3.9 the previous season.

The Scarlet Knights face similar needs for improvement.

They finished last on the ground in the Big East last season, although they made strides under first-year offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti.

But Florida thrived in the spread offense with multi-talented quarterback Tim Tebow. Addazio brought the same shotgun-based attack to Temple, leading the Owls to a bowl win against Wyoming in his first season.

Schiano tried a spread offense in 2009, but he admitted he got lost in the hype of the Wildcat, as well. The former Rutgers head coach hired Cignetti in 2011 to return his program to its pro-style roots.

Hiring Addazio would provide another learning curve. But it could also entice high school players enticed by quick cuts, quick plays and quick scores.

When laying out his plan for the next head coach of the Rutgers football team, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti stressed someone with local ties. Offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti can lay claim to a few.

Cignetti spent two seasons in the same capacity at Pittsburgh, which attempted to make inroads into New Jersey and New York. The pair of running backs in his prostyle system there hailed from Elizabeth, N.J., and Albany, N.Y. And he developed a special relationship at Pitt with a high school quarterback from Elmwood Park, N.J. “It’s the same guys,” said sophomore Gary Nova, whom Cignetti courted at Pitt before arriving at Rutgers. “It’s hard to convince someone to commit to a school without a head coach right now. But you just have to tell them to fight through, and [National] Signing Day is Wednesday.”

Cignetti has a pedigree for developing quarterbacks like Nova.

Auburn and Tulane noticed.

The former national champion Tigers reportedly interviewed Cignetti as a finalist in the same capacity. The Green Wave interviewed him for their head coaching job in the offseason.

But Cignetti remained in Piscataway for a second season.

He aided former Pitt quarterback Bill Stull in throwing for 21 touchdowns as a senior. At California, he guided the Golden Bears’ offense to 33 points per game. He also spent a season working with former NFL No. 1 overall pick Alex Smith of the San Francisco 49ers.

Cignetti’s hiring would also keep in tact most of the coaching staff currently in place — unlikely with an outside hire.

“I’ve told every prospective head coach or head coach we’ve hired that I think it’s important to have a good, hard look at the people we have on our staff,” Pernetti said. “Having said that, especially in the higher-profile sports, head coaches are inclined to surround themselves with … people they work with.”

With Cignetti calling plays, the Scarlet Knights ranked fourth in the Big East in scoring with 26.4 points per game. Cignetti’s pass offense finished third, but the struggling run game finished dead last.

Mario Cristobal knows Rutgers. The Florida International head football coach spent three seasons in Piscataway under former boss Greg Schiano.

He coached the offensive line and tight ends for two years before focusing solely on the oline. One of his pupils, tight end L.J. Smith, emerged as a secondround pick in 2003, eventually appearing in a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Schiano said he saw Cristobal as a future head coach, and he earned the chance in 2006 with FIU. Schiano and Cristobal faced off twice, in 2009 and again in 2010, both narrow Scarlet Knights victories.

Since then, Cristobal’s name sprang up in numerous head coaching vacancies, but he ultimately never left South Florida.

The 1993 Miami (Fla.) graduate returned to the Hurricanes in 2006 as an offensive line coach.

He was part of a coaching staff that produced first-round pick Bryant McKinnie, a left tackle from Woodbury, N.J. He also mentored tight ends Greg Olsen, from Wayne Hills High School, and Kevin Everett, both future NFL players.

But Cristobal is also a major recruiter, signing FIU’s first ESPN top-100 player in 2010. He may need to be.

Still, Rutgers returns plenty for a Big East title run in 2012, including Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year Khaseem Greene.

“I’m excited about my senior year,” Greene said. “I’m excited about what we have here in this family and all the guys we have coming back and hopefully all the guys we can get to be additions to the team.”

The Knights’ 2012 recruiting class ranks No. 32, according to Rivals.com. But several members continue to re-evaluate their options, and currently un-committed players may weigh other destinations until National Signing Day. “Understanding and being able to have your arms around the culture of the tri-state area I think is critical to being successful at Rutgers,” said Athletic Director Tim Pernetti. “So much has been built in this program around being able to recruit on a somewhat regional level.”

But Cristobal could also maintain Rutgers’ pipeline in Florida.

Al Golden has all the intangibles Athletic Director Tim Pernetti continues to look for in a head coach candidate.

He owns ties to the tri-state area — he grew up in Colts Neck, N.J., and coached at Temple.

He is young — he has six seasons as a head coach under his belt at 42 years of age.

And he knows how to win, taking the Owls to multiple bowl games after the Big East banished them.

He only has poor timing. Golden inked a four-year contract extension with Miami (Fla.), keeping him with the Hurricanes through 2020.

So while Pernetti furthers his head-coaching search, he plans to state his case as a recruiter.

“It’s nothing to do with football coaching, but I’m on the football coaching staff as of about an hour ago,” Pernetti said yeterday. “So I can communicate directly with recruits and their families and explain what we’re going to be doing here at Rutgers as part of our program.”

Golden boasts a strong defensive pedigree in the college ranks.

Before taking the Temple job, he served as defensive coordinator at Virginia for five seasons. He was the youngest coordinator in Division-I football in 2001.

He was part of Joe Paterno’s coaching staff at Penn State earlier, coaching the linebackers and serving as a recruiting coordinator.

Golden played at Penn State under Paterno, earning three letters at tight end. He spent one season in the NFL with the New England Patriots.

But along with stipulations in Golden’s contract, Golden would likely require a king’s ransom to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference for Piscataway.

Still, Pernetti’s evaluation of coaches will not involve money, he said.

“As far as finances go, that’s a variable depending on who the candidates are,” Pernetti said. “Quite frankly, if you start a search with finances, you screw it up completely.

You have to put more in finding the right person.”

By most accounts, Golden fits the bill.

He inherited a Miami program in the middle of an NCAA investigation surrounding improper benefits from a booster. He suspended his starting quarterback and other impact players in the aftermath.

John McNulty also owns Rutgers ties, serving five seasons under former head coach Greg Schiano. With McNulty as offensive coordinator for three years, the Scarlet Knights won all three bowl games and finished with a 3824 record.

His pro-style offense aided Ray Rice’s emergence in the backfield and Mike Teel’s development under center. With McNulty, the Knights boasted their first 3,000-yard passer (Teel), 2,000-yard rusher (Rice) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Kenny Britt and Tiquan Underwood).

McNulty is now the wide receivers coach with the Arizona Cardinals, mentoring All-Pro wideout Larr y Fitzgerald. While Fitzgerald was nearly a finished product after leaving Pittsburgh, the Rutgers offense lacked explosion.

But after McNulty took over play calling in 2006, the Knights finished 11-2 and ranked No. 12 in the nation. The season catapulted Rutgers into the national limelight and ended with Schiano being named National Coach of the Year and Big East Coach of the Year.

McNulty’s offense scored 39 points in the Knights’ infamous overtime loss at West Virginia that season. It put up 38 points the week before in a win against Syracuse and blew out Kansas State, 37-10, for Rutgers’ first bowl win since 1978.

The 2006 team, McNulty’s last in Piscataway, also beat Illinois, 330, and bested North Carolina in the non-conference slate.

McNulty began his NFL career with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an offensive quality control coach and as a receivers coach with the Dallas Cowboys.

He likely will not have to worry about structure on the defensive side, as the Knights return eight starters and two All-Big East First Team selections.

“Once a coach is named, we build those relationships through meetings and talking to him and getting to know him,” said senior linebacker Khaseem Greene.

“But as far as us as players, we’re going to be the same. Coach Schiano built something special here, and he put some characteristics into us that no one can take away from us.”

With a Schiano background, the Rutgers DNA likely is not one of McNulty’s concerns.

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Pernetti charges Flood with keeping recruiting class

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Athletic Director Tim Pernetti promoted offensive line coach Kyle Flood to the position of interim head coach yesterday FOOTBALL because of his stability.

The seven-year veteran of former head coach Greg Schiano’s coaching staff immediately attempted to reward Pernetti for his decision.

“The first thing out of his mouth was, ‘I’m going to get the staff together and we’re going to figure out how to get this [recruiting] class in here,’” Pernetti said.

Saving a heralded recruiting class is the No. 1 priority for Flood, Pernetti and the staff, which now includes Pernetti, with commitments becoming official on Feb. 1, when recruits can sign National Letters of Intent.

Pernetti would like to have a coach in place by then, but he will not rush it.

Schiano first told Pernetti, who he coached as an assistant at Ramapo High School, that he was considering leaving for Tampa Bay about a week ago. Talks escalated rapidly in the final 48 hours, Pernetti said.

But Pernetti had a shortlist of potential replacement candidates long before that.

“Any AD wor th whatever his university pays has a list in his pocket at all times,” Per netti said. “I think the hope and expectation was that we would be able to keep Coach Schiano in here for a long time.

At any moment that can change, and I’ve been ready for this moment since the day I walked on this campus.”

Recruits were blindsided, though.

Pernetti added himself to the coaching staff, meaning he can communicate directly with recruits and their families. His message will be simple, he said.

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Offensive line coach Kyle Flood poses with his linemen and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl trophy after a 27-13 victory against Iowa State. Flood will serve as Rutgers’ interim head coach.

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Shocked players understand, respect Schiano’s decision

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year Khaseem Greene makes a tackle in Rutgers’ 40-22 loss to end the season at Connecticut. Greene announced in December he will return for his senior season.

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HOW IT HAPPENED: FIVE HOURS AT THE HALE CENTER

Athletic Director Tim Pernetti wants to move quickly on his next hire with signing day less than a week away.

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The first thing Brandon Jones did yesterday morning after returning from a 6:30 a.m. workout, checking FOOTBALL h i s Facebook and turning on ESPN was send a text to Greg Schiano.

Early reports already circulated that Schiano would leave Rutgers to take over as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but nothing was final.

So Jones texted Schiano to tell his coach he loved him, and that whatever decision Schiano made, Jones supported it.

Don’t worr y about Rutgers, Jones said, the players will take care of it.

“Coach Schiano was the face of the program, and he meant so much for the program, but at the same time, he built leaders in this program,” said Jones, a senior next year. “Our senior leadership — we will carry this team to a great season. There’s no doubt in my mind.

There’s something here that is more than Coach Schiano.”

That did not stop emotions from flowing in a meeting Thursday afternoon, when Schiano told the team he would leave his home state after 11 seasons.

Schiano cried, Jones said, and many of the players did, too.

“I know he loves us because I saw it in his face when he was talking to us,” Jones said. “I know it was a tough decision for him, but I’m sure it was the best one for his family.”

Schiano long called the Scarlet Knights his family.

Each player and coach wears a wristband of the motto on display throughout the Hale Center: F.A.M.I.L.Y. (Forget About Me, I Love You).

Some players took the news tough, said linebacker Khaseem Greene, but he does not believe the family will change.

“He had to walk into 100-plus of his sons, and tell them the news that we never want to hear,”

NOAH WHITTENBURG

Head coach Greg Schiano left Rutgers yesterday for Tampa.

Noon: Greg Schiano’s red Cadillac sits in the head football coach parking spot.

12:50 p.m.: Athletic Director Tim Pernetti arrives.

12:56 p.m.: Assistant coaches Frank Cignetti, P.J. Fleck, Phil Galiano and Jeff Hafley arrive.

1:15 p.m.: Players depart. One leaves “pissed,” he said.

2 p.m.: Quarterback Chas Dodd and group of teammates arrive for meeting.

3 p.m.: Schiano addresses the team in an emotional meeting, where Schiano and multiple players began to cry. “It’s tough for anybody to lose a great guy like Coach Schiano,” Khaseem Greene said. “But the best thing about it is we didn’t really lose him. He told us that his number is going to be the same. If we ever need him for anything, don’t hesitate to call.”

3:24 p.m.: Players and parents leave the meeting.

3:30 p.m.: Quarterback Gary Nova says offensive line coach Kyle Flood will serve as interim head coach.

4:30 p.m.: Athletic Director Tim Pernetti announces Schiano accepted the head coaching job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “I congratulate Greg. I think what he’s done for Rutgers is immeasurable.”

4:55 p.m.: Greene and Jones meet with the media, promising senior leadership.