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Members of the Rutgers football team’s highly regarded group of offensive line commitments expressed excitement at Kyle Flood’s promotion to head coach.

IT’S FLOOD Long-time assistant loses interim tag, takes over football program BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

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Kyle Flood told Rutgers football commit Brandon Arcidiacono it was the “proudest day of his life” Thursday, when he became interim head coach. His feeling Monday likely trumped it. Rutgers will remove the interim tag and name Flood the 29th head coach in Scarlet Knights’ histor y. ScarletReport.com first reported the story. The news developed quickly after Athletic Director Tim Pernetti spent the afternoon in negotiations with Florida International head coach Mario Cristobal. But Cristobal, a former Rutgers assistant, told his team at 3 p.m. he would remain in Florida. Pernetti turned to the 41year-old Flood, who remained a

finalist with Cristobal Sunday after interviews. Flood interviewed Saturday and said it went “very well.” “I’ve been working 19 years for this day,” Flood said that night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. “Either John Wooden or Bill Walsh said you’re never ready for your first head coaching job, but I’m as ready as I’ll ever be.” He took over as interim head coach Thursday, when former head coach Greg Schiano abruptly left for the same position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Flood said his role as interim head coach involved every responsibility a head coach typically has, but with Schiano’s departure less than a week from National Signing Day, recruiting was his focus. Schiano and his staff assembled a highly regarded recruiting class, and Flood’s first task as interim head coach was to keep it together as best he could. He said Saturday at the RAC that every player who previously committed remained so at the moment, and his fulltime appointment should solidify that. Flood keeps up the stability at the helm that Rutgers had with Schiano, who could

always sell a recruit. He will keep a pro-style offense and many members of Schiano’s staff. The seven-year veteran was the longest tenured member of Schiano’s staff, serving as offensive line coach since 2005. He earned the title of assistant head coach in 2008 and also spent a season as the co-offensive coordinator. His line allowed the nation’s worst sack total in 2010, but Schiano never publicly questioned Flood in an offseason of change, pointing to Flood’s track record. That record included a historic 2006 season in Piscataway. Flood coached an offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the nation with eight. All five starting linemen spent time in the National Football League. He was also influential in securing the commitment of Piscataway tackle Anthony Davis, who chose Rutgers that same year out of a group of finalists that included Ohio State and Southern California. Davis started for three seasons at Rutgers, declared for the NFL Draft and became the highest pick in school history

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Obama answers students’ concerns in virtual town hall forum BY ANKITA PANDA STAFF WRITER

President Barack Obama’s appearance yesterday at the nation’s first-ever virtual presidential forum, across WhiteHouse.gov, YouTube.com/whitehouse and the White House Google Plus page, addressed the issues of higher education and his plans to resolve them. California high school student Adam Clark said, during the virtual

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office hours on YouTube, he was concerned that the struggling economy would render college-bound students and those already enrolled in higher education unable to afford tuition. “At a time when Americans are struggling to pay for daily necessities, you continue to push higher education for all Americans. But what is your plan to help students pay off all their student loans?” Clark asked.

In response, Obama said despite the recent economic lows, it is important that students pursue higher education as the unemployment rate of those students who do not is significantly higher. “Ever ybody [might not] need a four-year education. But the point is that it’s ver y hard for someone who just has a high school education to get a wellpaying job that allows you to support a family,” he said.

Obama said he would like universities and colleges to find costefficient methods for students enrolled in their facilities. “Colleges and universities [need] to think more about how to make higher education affordable,” he said. “Some of this is not [their fault since] they’ve been getting less support from states.” To achieve this, Obama said he believes in providing incentives to those schools that are doing a good

job of keeping prices down. He said universities and students could also make use of a three-year education, their school’s technology and online courses to be as cost-efficient as possible. Students should think wisely about their future and plan accordingly, Obama said. “I think young people have a little more responsibility now to think

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Environmental groups form energy consortium BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Sustainability and clean energy sources were the focus of the first collaborative meeting last night between five of the University’s environmental organizations. The groups’ leaders discussed future projects and initiatives they could organize to keep the campus green at the Douglass Campus Center. “I want us to work together, helping each other, just making Rutgers a beautiful place to live — that is all I want us to do,” said Christopher Licitra, the undergraduate representative for the Rutgers Energy Institute, which sponsored the event. He invited the four other groups to collaborate in the upcoming months with Rutgers Day approaching. Melissa Lee and Joelle Zerillo, University alumnae and members of the Global Renewable Energy Education Network, said their organization presented students the opportunity to go to Costa Rica and work for 12 days at five different renewable energy plants, all within driving distance from one another. Lee said the program was piloted at the University three years ago and also pro-

vides international students with the opportunity to come in contact with operations at these plants. “In the United States, you can’t really touch anything at these plants, but the culture in Costa Rica is different,” she said. “For example, you are learning about thermal [energy] one week … then the next day you are asking all these different questions to workers at the plants.” Kevin Lyons, the University’s chief procurement officer and associate director of the energy institute, said the group was working on a program that uses social media to track and publish a student’s sustainability initiative through all four years at the University. This would result in a final “sustainability score” at the end of the four years. “There are a lot of universities in the United States that sort of take our stuff and run with it, and it seems they are doing so much better, and it is because Rutgers has not historically marketed sustainability,” said Lyons, a supply chain management and marketing sciences professor. He said a lot of projects implemented at JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER other colleges were modeled after University Joelle Zerillo, left, shares information about a trip to Costa Rica initiatives. But because of financial difficul-

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energy plants last night during an environmental discussion at the Douglass Campus Center.

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Mason Gross Galleries display MFA exhibition BY LISA ANNA MIGLIORE STAFF WRITER

While some University students are typing and printing out their final theses, Mason Gross School of the Arts graduate students are hanging theirs on the wall for public display this week at the “MFA Thesis Exhibition I.” Mason Gross School of the Arts is showcasing eight graduate students’ artworks at Civic Square in downtown New Brunswick in the first part of a two-part exhibition, said LaToya Fraizer, associate curator. The works are a part of the final steps toward receiving a Master of Fine Arts. “What will happen is the faculty will come, and they do very rigorous reviews of the work that either allows the [artists] to receive their MFA or their BFA degrees,” Frazier said. “This [exhibition] could make or break someone’s future — their career as an artist and also their MFA degrees.” Frazier said she believes the department is invested in abstract painting and has influenced the students to move toward installation sculptural forms. “This show in particular really just teaches you the rigor and education that [the students] are receiving when they’re studying here,” Frazier said. “I mean this is

a very sophisticated show, so [it is] pretty much the result of what would happen if you studied in a program like this.” Two years of independent study and studio development have been put into making “MFA Thesis Exhibition I,” she said. “They’re trained through the fall on how to install exhibits properly and to work well together to give a cohesive group show,” Frazier said. “They get three to four days to work on preparing and installing the exhibit and … it becomes their own curated exhibit that they do amongst themselves.” Erika Hickle, a Mason Gross School of the Arts gradute student, said she put time and ef for t into her five paintings that are now showcased alongside other paintings, sculptures and collages. “[The exhibit] is our thesis paper for graduate students, except it’s in a physical, visual format,” Hickle said. “It is a culmination of our studies … and we put a lot of work into it.” Students not only worked on their art pieces, but were also in charge of organizing and advertising the exhibition as if they were professionals, she said. She said viewing the galler y can give students an experience that will help them learn about art.

“You don’t always have to be an art history major to understand it,” Hickle said. “Just coming out and seeing it would be a nice experience for people.” William Laughlin, Mason Gross School of the Arts graduate student, said he is hoping to graduate in May after the final evaluation of his four paintings is complete. He said the exhibition is difficult to define as a whole because each piece is complex and carefully crafted. “As different as ever ything looks, we’re all kind of in our own little weird worlds, but it comes out as this deep care for what we do and what we’re thinking about in terms of the history of painting and sculpture that are being dealt with, ” Laughlin said. Laughlin said he thinks the exhibition can offer viewers an alternative experience from the art exhibitions in New York City. “[The exhibition] is not as concerned about always being hot and always being next. We don’t really care. I think that actually makes for better work to not be concerned [with that],” he said. This exhibition contains the visual artwork of only half of the graduating class, while “MFA Thesis Exhibition II” will showcase the work of the remaining graduating class, starting in mid-Februar y.

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The “MFA Thesis Exhibition I” presents students’ work until Feb. 13 at the Civic Square in downtown New Brunswick.

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Professor teaches gender studies through Beyoncé course BY AMBER DANKU CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Kevin Allred was surprised to see his women’s and gender studies course receive attention from multiple media sources last week even though the course already finished. Allred, a teaching assistant in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, said this one-time course, “Feminist Perspectives: Politicizing Beyoncé,” was of fered last semester and gave students a deeper perspective into singer Beyoncé Knowles and her alter ego, Sasha Fierce. Allred, who chose the topic himself, said the course intended to give students a better

OBAMA: President calls for payroll tax cut increases continued from front ahead so when you make that investment, it’s pursuing a career where you can be a little confident that you’ll have a job,” he said. The president said it is important for students to remember that previous generations faced more difficult times and that a look into the past should encourage the youth to remain positive. “We’ve always come out on top as long as we work together to solve some of these problems,” he said. “This economy went through a real body blow, but it’s improved.” Anthony Milian, a sales associate at Dillard’s, was concerned that despite working long hours to make ends meet he was not being rewarded. He asked the president what he plans to do to promote a living wage. Obama remained optimistic and said although the economy

understanding of celebrities’ influence on race, gender and sexual politics, focusing on how the celebrity’s understanding of the world can bring difficulties to the way people view certain aspects of society. “I’m interested in the line that Beyoncé walks between coercion and consent in her public image and the ways that she often imagines categories of race, sexuality and gender that complicate the ways we typically understand those categories,” Allred said. Topics in the course extended past Beyoncé’s beauty into a study of whether her partially nude photos are empowering or stereotypical, according to Rutgers FOCUS. The class also

concentrated on her alter ego Sasha Fierce, with discussions leading to the mention of other musical artists like Lady Gaga and Adele. “She cer tainly pushes boundaries,” Allred told FOCUS. “While other ar tists are simply releasing music, she’s creating a grand narrative around her life, her career and her persona.” Although the “Feminist Perspectives: Politicizing Beyoncé” is not being offered this semester, it has led to the idea of developing other courses that have a central focus around a celebrity, he said. “I would also jump at the chance to create another class centered around a celebrity,” Allred said. “I

think [singer] Nina Simone would be particularly interesting to spend a whole semester on, as a celebrity who is no longer with us. Kanye West could also prove extremely interesting.” Teaching courses on a single celebrity is becoming a part of the curriculum at schools like Georgetown University, which of fers the “Sociology of HipHop: Jay-Z,” according to Georgetown’s website. “It really shows the influence that [Beyoncé and Jay-Z] have over American pop culture and the entire discourse that college kids relate to these days,” Allred said. “I think it also points out that teachers are turning to innovative methods to link the-

or y and critical-thinking to current [people].” Mona Elgindy, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she believes teaching a course on celebrities could be beneficial. “I agree with [Beyoncé] having an impact on society to an extent, yet I feel like they shouldn’t have one class centered around one specific celebrity but rather celebrities in general — a class on celebrity culture,” Elgindy said. Andrea Fawzy, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said celebrities have a place in academia. “Whether it be a doctor or a politician or a musical artist, we study them,” she said. “Everyone has a different idea of who’s better to study.”

has curtailed job growth in the past, it is starting to improve. “We’re starting to see signs that the economy’s picking up,” he said. “We saw the largest boost in manufacturing jobs since the ’90s — best job growth [in a while]. I have to keep this recovery going.” To help workers like Milian, Obama introduced an increase in payroll tax cut, which would keep $40 on people’s paychecks. He also credits his administration with extending Pell Grant programs for students in need of financial aid. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Robert Svechin said Obama is trying to connect to the American people, but said more could be done. “I think the improvement that the economy is feeling is more cyclical. He was just there. His policies haven’t done much. The economy was going to improve. He could have done a lot more to accelerate the process,” Svechin said. Although he does not know what the president should specifi-

cally focus on, Svechin agrees with certain aspects of Obama’s administration, such as his eagerness to jump into action. “I’m glad that he’s trying to pull us out of Iraq and that he found Osama bin Laden,” he said.

deeper and find additional solutions to the Pell Grant to aid college students afford tuition. “There should be, in addition to money, some sort of federal limit on how much colleges should charge students. Colleges are exploiting students because they know a college degree is necessary to survive in the workplace,” he said. “They’re making college tuition way too exorbitantly priced.” Sara Abo-Zed, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, sympathized with Obama and said she believes progress is gradual, so Americans should not pressure the president for a quick recovery. “He’s trying. I mean, at least he understands what’s going on and is making the time to answer our questions. That’s the first step,” she said. “As to whether things are going to drastically change? Only time can tell.” Other issues that the president touched upon included navi-

gating small businesses and incorporating a representative of the Small Business Administration into his cabinet, reducing unemployment and transferring money from different areas of the economy. Obama once again defended his policy to send money to nations like Pakistan, which are known to work hand-in-hand with terrorist groups. “It’s important for folks to understand that we only spend 1 percent of our budget on foreign aid, but it pays off in a lot of ways because if we are contributing to an improving economy,” he said. “Our defense budget and our foreign aid budget should be seen as an overall strategy to keep America safe.” Still, as many Americans are left uncertain and concerned for the economy, the only advice Obama had to give was to remain hopeful. “Whatever the challenges out there, we can work through it,” he said.

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“He’s more interested in negotiation than action. Obama takes more time to think. But like any politician, he’s pretty flawed.” In response to Obama’s answers on higher education, Svechin said the president and his administration should dig

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FLOOD: New head coach spends career teaching o-line continued from front when the San Francisco 49ers chose him 11th overall. He started every game for the 49ers since. Flood began his coaching career at the high school level in his home state of New York. He then spent two seasons coaching the offensive line at Long Island University-C.W. Post, five seasons at Hofstra and four years at Delaware. He won a Football Championship Subdivision title in 2003 at Delaware. Flood interviewed for headcoaching positions in the past, but it never resulted in a job. His inter view with Pernetti on Saturday made him a serious contender, but he also had

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almost five days to audition in the interim role. “The program has continued to go forward the past couple of days,” Flood said Saturday. “It hasn’t stopped, it hasn’t stood still, it hasn’t gone backward. It’s continued to move forward.” Flood called it a testament to the players, but it was also a testament to him. He reached out to Schiano after taking over as interim head coach, but also had a firsthand view of how the program operated sitting next to Schiano for seven years. He is now tasked with delivering the Big East title Schiano never could. And while he could only speak in hypotheticals Saturday in his only meeting with the media, he appeared confident in his ability to do the job. “It would be something I hoped for my entire life,” Flood said. “I’m looking forward to it.”

“And we want to tell people, ‘Yes, we do have energy-efficient plan several upcoming events light bulbs, but you should still turn off your lights,’” said Salisbury, a University graduate student. continued from front Carla Ralston, also a member ties, these plans were never fully of Douglass Sustainability, said carried out on campus. the organization is holding their “We’ve consistently been first cleanup Feb. 11 on the behind the scenes, and now I College Avenue campus. think it is our time,” Lyons said. Kelly Nishikawa, a leader at The University founded the the New Jersey Public Interest first-ever environmental sciences Research Group energy service, department in the world, accord- said they are working on several ing to the department’s website. programs, one of which is teachCaitlin D’Agostino, president of ing school children about energy Take Back the Tap, said her group renewal and efficiency. is organizing a panel of six speakers “We also go around weatheron March 26 who would address izing houses and giving off-camthe problematic water privatization pus students advice on energy in South American countries. savings,” said Nishikawa, a She said the School of Arts panel will include and Sciences sen“We’ve consistently ior. “We have Marcela Olivera, a Bolivian wateralready done five been behind rights activist who this semester, and the scenes, is working at our goal right the Institute for now is 50.” and now I think W o m e n ’ s She said doing Leadership. this could cut elecit is our time.” Her group was tricity consumpKEVIN LYONS responsible for the tion by 30 percent. Rutgers Energy Institute installation of the The University Associate Director water-bottle refillSolar Car team, ing stations, which represented by count how many School of Ar ts bottles students have saved by and Sciences first-year student filling up at the station. Diana Leung and School of “We want to work together Engineering senior Anton to make a bigger impact,” Krivosheyev, plans to build a D’Agostino said. small go-cart with a maximum of Allyson Salisbur y of the 16-percent efficiency by the end Douglass Project for Rutgers of the semester, which is as Women in Math, Science, and far as research has gotten in Engineering’s sustainability com- the field. mittee, said the group is working “Most people don’t realize that on installing more energy effi- it is very hard to increase the efficient light bulbs in Jameson Hall ciency,” Krivosheyev said. “But it on Douglass campus. is easy to drop the price.”

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Syrian army pushes troops back for control of capital THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Syrian forces pushed dissident troops back from the edge of Damascus in heavy fighting Monday, escalating efforts to take back control of the capital’s eastern doorstep ahead of key U.N. talks over a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad step aside. Gunfire and the boom of shelling rang out in several suburbs on Damascus’ outskirts that have come under the domination of anti-regime fighters. Gunmen — apparently army defectors — were shown firing back in amateur videos posted online by activists. In one video, a government tank on the snowdusted mountain plateau towering over the capital fired at one of the suburbs below. As the bloodshed increased, with activists reporting more than 40 civilians killed Monday, Western and Arab countries stepped up pressure on Assad’s ally Russia to overcome its opposition to the resolution. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the British and French foreign ministers were heading to New York to push for backing of the measure during talks Tuesday at the United Nations. “The status quo is unsustainable,” Clinton said, saying the Assad regime was preventing a peaceful transition and warning that the resulting instability could “spill over throughout the region.”

The draft resolution demands that Assad halt the crackdown and implement an Arab peace plan that calls for him to hand over power to his vice president and allow creation of a unity government to pave the way for elections. If Assad fails to comply within 15 days, the council would consider “further measures,” a reference to a possible move to impose economic or other sanctions. British Prime Minister David Cameron called the situation in Syria “appalling” and appealed Monday to Russia to back the U.N. Security Council resolution. “It is time for all the members of U.N. Security Council to live up to their responsibilities instead of shielding those who have blood on their hands,” Cameron said. Moscow, which in October vetoed the first council attempt to condemn Syria’s crackdown, has shown little sign of budging in its opposition. It warns that the new measure could open the door to eventual military intervention, the way an Arab-backed U.N. resolution led to NATO airstrikes in Libya. A French official said the draft U.N. resolution has a “comfortable majority” of support from 10 of the Security Council’s 15 members, meaning Russia or China would have to use its veto power to stop it. The official said Russia had agreed to negotiate on the draft, but it was not yet clear if it would be willing to back it if changes were made. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with department rules.

The Kremlin said Monday it was tr ying to put together negotiations in Moscow between Damascus and the opposition. It said Assad’s government has agreed to participate; the opposition has in the past rejected any negotiations unless violence stops. Western countries cited the past week’s escalation in fighting to pressure Moscow. “Russia can no longer explain blocking the U.N. and providing cover for the regime’s brutal repression,” a spokeswoman for British Prime Minister David Cameron said, on customar y condition of anonymity in line with policy. The United Nations estimated several weeks ago that more than 5,400 people have been killed in Syria’s crackdown on the uprising against Assad’s rule, which began in March. It has been unable to update the figure, and more than 200 people have been killed in the past five days alone, according to activists’ reports. Pro-Assad forces have fought for three days to take back a string of suburbs on the eastern approach to Damascus, mostly poorer, Sunni-majority communities. In past weeks, army defectors — masked men in military attire wielding assault rifles — set up checkpoints in the communities, defending protesters and virtually seizing control. Late Sunday, government troops retook two of the districts closest to Damascus, Ein Tarma and Kfar Batna, said Rami Abdul-Rahman, the London-

based head of the Syrian Human Rights Obser vator y, which tracks violence through contacts on the ground. On Monday, the regime forces were trying to retake the next suburbs out, pounding neighborhoods with shelling and heavy machine guns in the districts of Saqba, Arbeen and Hamouriya, he said. At least five civilians were killed in the fighting near Damascus, according to the Observatory and another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees. Regime forces also heavily shelled buildings and battled dissidents in the central city of Homs, one of the main hot spots of the uprising, activists said. The Observatory reported 28 killed Monday in the city. The Local Coordination Committees put the number at 27. The reports could not be independently confirmed. Syrian authorities keep tight control on the media and have banned many foreign journalists from entering the country. The Syrian Interior Ministry, in charge of security forces, said Monday that its three-day operation in the suburbs aimed to track down “terrorist groups” that have “committed atrocities” and vowed to continue until they were wiped out. Damascus had remained relatively quiet while most other Syrian cities have slipped into chaos since the uprising began. Regime forces, backed by tanks and armored vehicles,

heavily outgun and outnumber the defectors, organized into a force known as the Free Syrian Army. However, the military can’t cover everywhere at once, and when it puts down the dissidents in one location, they arise in another. The dissidents’ true numbers are unknown. The result has been a dramatic militarization of a crisis that began with peaceful protests demanding the ouster of the Assad family and its regime. The army defectors began by protecting protesters, but over the weeks they have gone more on the offensive. The dissidents have seemed increasingly confident in hit-andrun attacks. On Monday, they freed five imprisoned comrades in an assault on a military base in the northeastern province of Idlib, the Obser vator y and Local Coordination Committees reported. Other defectors attacked a large military checkpoint outside Hama, destroying several transport trucks and claiming to kill a number of troops, the two groups said. Six government soldiers were killed in an ambush on their vehicles in the southern region of Daraa, the state news agency SANA repor ted. The Observatory reported two other soldiers and 10 defectors killed in fighting elsewhere. Attackers also blew up a gas pipeline near the border with Lebanon, SANA reported, the latest in numerous attacks on Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure.

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hanges in the country’s economic environment have forced many students to re-evaluate the respective costs and benefits of student loans. Any student who has ever sought to lessen the weight of their term bill has inevitably faced the decision of choosing between two types of student loans — federal student loans on one hand, which are backed by the federal government, or private student loans on the other, backed by private lenders. It’s important that students take a long, hard look at the difference between these loans and weigh their pros and cons equally. Private loans have carried historically high interest rates, which can vary from year to year. They can often be more difficult to obtain, as many require a co-signer with good credit. Federal loan borrowers, on the other hand, are granted a bit more leeway in making payments — deferment payments and loan forgiveness are offered under certain conditions, and interest rates are kept constant throughout the life of a loan. Yet these loans differ by more than just interest rates and debt forgiveness. The idea of having to seek out a loan from a private borrower for a public education seems a contradictory, as well as illogical, one. Public education is something, by virtue of the fact that it’s labeled “public,” that every individual should be able to afford. Of course, providing students with affordable education is virtually impossible when more is spent on military endeavors than public education. A paltry 17.1 percent of the country’s budget goes to educational expenses, compared to the 19.3 percent of its budget spent on its military. The upshot of all this is that students are now being forced to seek out more in private loans to pay for their education costs. The percentage of undergraduates borrowing from private lenders rose from 5 percent in 2004 to 14 percent in 2008. The numbers reflect poorly on the state of education today — and unfortunately, there may be few alternatives for those looking to obtain a college degree. But, by choosing wisely between these types of loans, students can do something to make the ride a bit smoother.

Security measures disregard context

ince Sept. 11, 2001, national security in the United States has been a major concern. And while it’s important that the country’s leaders take the appropriate measures to ensure the safety of the public, it’s also important that they do so in a manner that considers the contexts in which potentially threatening behaviors take place. Concerning the recent deportation of two young British tourists, no such consideration was given. Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting were detained as they made their way through customs on Monday because of comments Bryan made on Twitter two weeks prior. One tweet read “Destroy America,” while the other mentioned something about “pissing people off on Hollywood Blvd” and “diggin’ Marilyn Monroe up!” Bryan was charged with intending to commit U.S. crimes, and Bunting for traveling with him. Under most other circumstances, the tweets may indeed be reason for suspicion and to deny these individuals entrance to the county. But a closer look would show that the incident was far from serious, and the comments made on Twitter are far less malicious than Department of Homeland Security officials interpreted them to be. During interrogation, Bryan was asked of his intention regarding the comments. The 26-year-old explained that by “destroy,” the couple meant “to get trashed and party” — an interpretation of the word that any 20-something-year old could decipher and understand. And the comment about digging up Marilyn Monroe, according to Bryan, was a quote from television show “Family Guy.” After questioning the individuals, it should have been obvious to officials that the two represented no considerable threat to public safety. While it may have been wise for the two — knowing that statements made on social media sites like Twitter are made available to the rest of the world — to refrain from using such language prior to traveling abroad, it should not be reason enough to send them packing. The customs office flagging the content and questioning the two may have been necessary, but deporting two individuals who were clearly innocent was not.

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ahmoud Abbas, Once again, this is the the “moderate” moderate Palestinian perpresident of the spective, and notice how Palestinian people, again Hussein didn’t clarify blamed on Jan. 28 “Israeli “Israeli Jews,” because he intransigence” on borders was referring to Jews all and Jewish communities in around the world. Yet Judea and Samaria for Palestinian leadership perAARON MARCUS peace-talk failures. petuates the false claim However, to truly underthat “settlements” are the stand the essence of the Israeli-Palestinian conroadblock to peace. Not a single Jewish commuflict, look no further then Abbas. He funded an nity existed between 1948 and 1974 in Judea and attack against Israeli athletes at the 1972 Samaria despite their presence in the region from Olympics in Munich that resulted in the death of biblical times until 1948. However, between those 11 Israeli athletes. Abbas wrote a doctoral thesis years Arabs continuously attacked Israelis, were in 1982, which was later published into a book settlements also a roadblock to peace despite titled, “The Other Side: the Secret Relationship being nonexistent? If Israel withdraws from more Between Nazism and Zionism.” In it he described and more land, eventually they will be cornered the Holocaust as a “Zionist fantasy” intended to into an indefensible area finally putting the ultipromote the Jewish movement to Israel. Peace mate goal of driving the lone Jewish countr y into talks haven’t “stalled” because Israel is unwilling the sea within grasp. to compromise, they have stalled Now those who claim to be probecause Israel doesn’t have a partPalestinian must choose whether “No matter ner for peace. Day-in and day-out, they will continue to support either they are forced to negotiate with a a Fatah or Hamas government. the border Israel leader whose primary focus in life Neither faction has the interests of has been to eradicate Israel from draws up, Palestinian Palestinians at heart, and both are the face of the earth. committed to the destruction of leadership will reject Israel. If you believe, like me, that This is not hyperbole, but the words and actions of the “moder- it because the struggle the Palestinian people have a Godate” Palestinian leader. Abbas told given right to life, liberty, property, isn’t about peace.” the Palestinian people in 2010 that freedom of speech and worship as any country of Palestine would not well as a democratically elected allow a single Israeli to live in it. government that experiences Now, explain to me how a leader who encourages more than one election, you cannot possibly supremoving Israelis and Jews from his country can port a government that suppresses, intimidates ever be a partner for peace? and murders dissent. Mark my words: There will never be peace in the While the Israeli government and army make Middle East. Separation does not automatically cremistakes, just like any other democratic nation ate peace as we have seen with the failed experiin the world, it is the only countr y in the region ment in the Gaza Strip. Since Israel’s disengagethat permits freedom of speech and religion. ment from Gaza, more than 5,000 rockets have been Israel represents a melting pot of nationalities, fired at Israeli civilian communities. No matter the cultures and religions. Muslims, Jews and border Israel draws up, Palestinian leadership will Christians all fight in the army, vote in national reject it because the struggle isn’t about peace — elections and are represented in Knesset and the it’s about driving Israel into the sea. The principal Supreme Court. Arabs, Jews and Christians all Palestinian Authority religious leader, the Mufti live among one another, sharing public transMuhammad Hussein, stated just two weeks ago at por tation, public parks, shopping malls and the 47th anniversary celebration of the creation of schools. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War all peothe “moderate” Fatah party, that the “the Hour [of ple who remained in Israeli territor y — regardResurrection] will not come until you fight the less of religion — were naturalized and made citJews.” He then urged the members of the audience izens with full rights. and those watching on TV to find Jews wherever SEE MARCUS ON PAGE 11 they are hiding and kill them.

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MARCUS Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority officials publicly state that a future Palestinian state would be Jew-free, effectively becoming the first state since Nazi Germany to officially deny Jews entrance based on their religion. In addition, hundreds of Jewish holy sites controlled by the Palestinian Authority are off-limits to Jews and routinely face desecration. In the Palestinian Territories, if you sell land to a Jew it is a capital offense that can result in a “legal” death sentence. If the Palestinian Authority or Hamas officials even believe that a Palestinian has an “improper” relationship with an Israeli, they are seen as collaborators and put to death. Under a government that so heavily discriminates against one group of people, all should fear that any right to life, liberty and property could be squashed at any moment. It is not “Israeli intransigence” that threatens peace, but Palestinian leadership that wants no such thing. To achieve peace in the Middle East, Israel needs a partner ready to end violence, incitement and hatred toward Israelis and Jews. Right now that partner doesn’t exist, but Israel and those ready for real peace are eagerly waiting.

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Letter MARK KILLINGSWORTH n the aftermath of Greg Schiano’s resignation as football coach, ever yone is asking: What’s next for University athletics? Par t of the answer may come this Wednesday, Feb. 1, when the faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences will vote on a three-part proposal concerning the athletic program. The resolution calls on the University administration to disclose its budget and its plans for the program for the next three years, to cut the University’s subsidy to the program by about 50 percent and to hold a referendum so that students can express their views on the University’s allocation of $9 million in student fees to the program. In a nutshell, the resolution challenges the priorities of the administration and the Board of Governors. The administration poured, from 2005-2010, a total of $135 million in subsidies — discretionar y funds and student-fee allocations — into intercollegiate athletics. The University’s total athletic program subsidy in fiscal year 2010 was more than 50 percent bigger than the median for the 120 largest programs in the NCAA. Although the University administration has provided

massive subsidies for the athletic last summer on the University program — despite the econom- athletic subsidy. Obviously ic downturn — it has reduced embarrassed, in September the funding for the academic pro- administration hastily gram. We all know the result — announced that it would cut the faculty and staff salaries were subsidy for fiscal 2012 by $1 milfrozen, academic departments lion, relative to fiscal 2011. This have had to take away profes- is only a small step in the right sors’ desk phones, tuition and direction. However, it’s a reducstudent fees have increased, tion of only about 5 percent. class sizes have been cut, and Even after the cut, the fiscal course offerings and faculty 2012 subsidy from discretionar y hires have been curtailed. funds will still be $500,000 highOf par ticular concern, the er than it was in fiscal 2010 — University’s academic standing and student-fee allocations are has slipped badly in recent expected to add at least years, which raises ver y seri- another $600,000. ous questions I’m someabout the value times asked if “The administration the athletic proof a University degree. We’ve makes poured, from 2005- gram gone from 16th money. No, it in 1997, to a 2010, a total of $135 doesn’t. It gentwo-way tie for massive million in subsidies erates 25th in 2011 in red ink to the the U.S. News & ... into intercollegiate tune of more World repor t than 40 percent athletics.” rankings. We’ve of its total budggone from 38th et, which in 2003 to 59th requires a corin 2011 in the Academic respondingly massive subsidy Ranking of World Universities from general University discreranking. The National Research tionar y funds and student fees. Council ranked 11 Rutgers These are funds that could graduate programs among the have been used for academics. top 25 in their respective fields I’m also sometimes asked if in 1995 — in the latest rankings the football program “makes released last fall, there were money.” No, it doesn’t — even only eight. University Athletic Director Tim Bloomberg, ESPN, The Wall Pernetti admits that it runs at a Street Journal and other news loss. Ticket-sale revenue is down, media reported and commented and attendance last season was

well below the level needed to pay for the expansion of the football stadium. Matters may well get worse before they get better. Pernetti told The Star-Ledger in December that future financial repor ts for the athletic program will no longer include any payments for the stadium expansion debt, which, of course, will make it even harder to figure out what the athletic program actually costs. As an economist, I cannot help but notice that the last large organization to move troubled assets of f its books was called Lehman Brothers. If you’re a faculty member, I hope you’ll turn out for the School of Ar ts and Sciences meeting, listen to the debate, speak your mind and cast your vote. If you’re a student, I hope you’ll think hard about the approximately $9 million in student fees — your fees — that are going to be allocated to intercollegiate athletics this year. Most impor tant, students and faculty should join together to urge the administration and the BOG to stop pouring more subsidies into the athletic program while star ving academics. We need a new set of priorities. We need to put education first. Mark Killingswor th is a University professor in the Depar tment of Economics.

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Freshman forward Derrick Randall attempts a shot Saturday in front of Cincinnati’s Yancy Gates (34) and JaQuon Parker.

TRUST: Rice tries to find minutes for rookie forward Jack continued from back opponents tested his perimeter defense. Sure, he wants to dribble like a guard. But defending beyond the paint was not in Randall’s itinerary. “When I’m playing against shor ter people, it’s harder for me,” Randall said. “But when I’m playing against big people, it’s easier for me to adjust to ever ything. I play well against them.” Randall said the Big East’s physical reputation played a par t in his commitment to Rutgers. But he failed to finish consistently around the rim, which Rice turned into a major harping point. “Everybody just told me to go up strong,” Randall said. “I just tell myself during the game, ‘Go up strong. Try to dunk. If you miss it, it’s going to be a foul.’”

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Kadeem Jack and Malick Kone did not see game action against Cincinnati, but Rice said one could be in line for playing time. “Kadeem is going to fit in more and more,” Rice said. “Our last game, it was one of those things where for the first time our guys weren’t in foul trouble. They were all producing, to be honest with you.”

Jack arrived at Rutgers a semester early in 2011 after leaving the South Kent School and spending a brief stint at Central Jersey Each One Teach One in Somerset. He was the Knights’ top recruit in the Class of 2011 before he re-classified as a member of the 2010 recruiting class. “Kadeem’s got to be better with his focus,” Rice said. “We have such a small margin of error. I have to be confident Kadeem knows exactly what I want from him.” Kone remains a difficult case study, Rice said. “Malick’s not preparing as well as I’d like in practice, to be honest with you,” he said. “He’s not as engaged as someone who’s ready. He hasn’t earned it.”

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wins in conference play, each against teams ranked in the top eight in league standings at the time. But they also lost to South Florida, usually a Big East also-ran, and DePaul. “We prepare as if it’s the national championship ever y game,” Rice said. “If I knew [why the team isn’t consistent], I would change that.” Rutgers takes on Providence, 1-8 and last in the Big East, tomorrow before traveling Saturday to Louisville, tied for fourth in the conference standings.

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It is a sentiment shared across the of fensive line, as keeps coaching staff in place recruits point to Flood’s ability to develop talent as a major selling point. continued from back Each member of his 2006 starting offensive line saw time in Schiano was the face of the prothe NFL, and Davis was the 11th gram, but recruits make most of overall pick in the 2010 Draft. their contact with assistant coachDavis started 34 consecutive es, and Flood’s hiring should keep games at right tackle for the that staff largely intact. 49ers through the playoffs. “Recruiting’s about relation“It’s just his coaching style ships,” Flood said Saturday, and the way he develops people,” “and any time relationships said Denman, who said Flood that are built are still there for was influential in his decision to a recr uit, they always feel de-commit from Wisconsin in more comfor table.” favor of Rutgers. There is also the Flood appears in presence of Flood himgood position to keep all self, who was influen17 members of the tial in offensive line recruiting class commitrecruiting. He helped ted, but tonight’s secure commitments announcement could from San Francisco mark his biggest victory. 49er Anthony Davis Five-star Don Bosco and right tackle Kaleb defensive lineman Johnson, who were KYLE Darius Hamilton will both Freshman Allannounce his college Americans at Rutgers. FLOOD destination. He long Offensive-line favored Rutgers, but that recruiting hit a lull between that wavered in the wake of Schiano’s duo, but this year’s class is departure, and Rivals.com’s 11thstrong at the position, with five ranked recruit spent the weekverbal commitments. end in Miami for an alreadyMuller is a U.S. Army Allscheduled official visit. American. Denman and New But the progress Flood made Jersey’s top lineman, Ryan in the days after earning his interBrodie, are Semper Fidelis Allim title was only strengthened Americans. Arcidiacono is the with the news that he will take eighth-ranked center in the over the program. nation. And Washington, D.C., “He called me to see if I was lineman Derrick Nelson chose on board,” Arcidiacono said Rutgers out of a final group that of his first conversation with included Syracuse, Georgia Flood after Schiano left. “I said Tech and Temple. as long as he was on board, “He’s the reason I came to I was.” Rutgers,” Arcidiacono said.

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ND OFFENSE POSES PROBLEM FOR KNIGHTS Beside the obvious threat of Notre Dame’s leading scorer Skylar Diggins, the Fighting Irish present another threat that may strap the Rutgers women’s basketball team for points. Notre Dame takes great care of the ball and can pass as well as any team. “Notre Dame has to be the best passing team,” said head

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Senior forward April Sykes leads the Knights in scoring with 14.3 points per game, but she scored only 11 against the Hoyas.

coach C. Vivian Stringer. “I thought that I had seen the best passing team in Connecticut.” The Scarlet Knights generate much of their scoring off of turnovers. They forced only 11 turnovers against Georgetown, a far cry from their season average of 18.7. As a result, Rutgers scored 36 points, breaking its

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looks and knock the shots down, Stringer said. In order to come away matchup issues for RU defense from tonight’s game with a victor y, Rutgers needs to execontinued from back cute better than ever on the Rushdan took a bad fall defensive end. against Georgetown and hit “Notre Dame plays together her head on the cour t, forcing as a team. They share the ball, her exit from the contest. they tr ust each other,” said She was diagnosed with a freshman guard Briyona mild concussion and is considCanty. “If we get up and presered day-to-day, Stringer said. sure the ball, it will be dif ficult It is certain Rushdan will not for them.” appear in tonight’s game against But before Rutgers can even the Fighting Irish (21-1, 8-0), worry about dealing with Notre and her status for Saturday’s Dame, it has its own problems to game against No. 3 take care of. Connecticut remains Opposing coaches uncertain. alluded to the So the problem Knights’ inef ficient remains finding a way outside shooting this to help an of fense season. Coaches that scored only 19 understand Rutgers’ points in the second weakness is its shoothalf against the Hoyas ing and that it prefers to outscore the secto go inside with the ond-ranked team in ball, Stringer said. C. VIVIAN the nation. Georgetown STRINGER “We’re going to exposed it by taking have some concerns away the inside shot. because Notre Dame represents Another shooting per formance all kinds of matchup problems,” like the one this weekend Stringer said. will produce a similar result None of those matchup probfor Rutgers. lems is bigger than junior guard “I don’t even know what the Skylar Diggins. [shooting] percentage was Diggins bears similarities to [against Georgetown], but it was Rushdan because she is listed at abysmal,” Stringer said. “You 5-foot-9 but is still imposing. have to knock the shots down.” Norte Dame’s hometown The Knights must look to hero leads the team with 17 their leading scorer more than points per game and 128 assists, ever this time if they hope to con81 more than the next closest tend with the Irish. player on the team. Senior for ward April Sykes “I’ve watched her play with shot 5-for-14 from the field Sugar [Rodgers] from against the Hoyas and needs a Georgetown and with the best better per formance against a players from Connecticut,” team that shoots nearly 50 Stringer said. “She’s just on top of percent and allows 50 points [her game].” per game. The second strength of the Rutgers will need ever y one Irish is how efficiently they run of Sykes’s points if it has any their offense. hope of toppling a team that Each player can handle the scores 34 more points on averball, and they all work to get open age than its opponents.

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entucky remained the unanimous No. 1 for the second straight week in the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll, with Missouri and Kansas falling in the rankings. Missouri suffered its second loss of the season to Oklahoma State, 79-72, dropping the Tigers to No. 4. Kansas fell to No. 8 after suffering a 72-64 loss Saturday to Iowa State. Syracuse and Ohio State jumped to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively. Duke rounded out the top five. Murray State, the only remaining undefeated team in Division I, stayed put at No. 9.

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Sophomore Brianna Deming, left, recorded a second-place finish in the 5,000-meter event at the Metropolitan Championships. Meanwhile, classmate Tylia Gillon’s 4x400-meter relay team also finished second with a time of 3:49:20.

Knights crack top three at Met Champs BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ

There were several standout Senior Nwamaka Okobi conper formances in the competi- tinued her impressive season, tion, as the Knights collectively earning two top-three finishes. placed nine top-three finishes. Okobi placed second in the Sophomore Brianna Deming triple jump with a mark of 12.32 led the way for Rutgers, finish- meters and third in the long ing second in the jump with a 5,000 meter with a distance of 5.89 “I was very pleased meters. Junior time of 17:20.07. The 4x400-meter Ekene Ugboaja overall with the relay team — conplaced right sisting of freshman behind Okobi, performance of G a b r i e l l e f i n i s h i n g the team. ... The Farquharson, sophfour th in the omores Tylia team is progressing triple jump Gillon and Corr yn with a leap of very well.” Hur rington, 11.34 meters. and junior Asha Adding to JAMES ROBINSON Ruth, — also the standout Head Coach placed second, per formances, scoring a time Gillon placed of 3:49.20. third in the 60Freshman Allison Payenski, meter dash with a time of 7.60, sophomore Ashley Decker t, as well as fifth in the 200-meter and juniors Victoria Pontecor vo dash, clocking in a time of and Jennifer Spitzer combined 24.92. Ruth finished ahead of for a time of 9:17.68 in the Gillon, placing second in the 4x800-meter relay, which 200-meter dash with a time of proved good enough for a sec- 24.60. Freshman Meagan ond place finish in the event. Robinson also earned points

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The Rutgers women’s track and field team entered the brunt of its schedule Friday by competing in the Metropolitan Championships, held at WOMEN’S TRACK the New 120.5 Y o r k RUTGERS Ar mor y THIRD PLACE in the Bronx. The Scarlet Knights placed third out of 14 schools in the event by totaling 120.5 points. The third-place finish was a major improvement for the Knights, who placed 11th in the previous competition. Columbia won the event with 156 points, and St. John’s finished second, scoring 133 points. St. Peter’s and Southern Connecticut State rounded out the top five. “We had a pretty good meet, considering the numerous injuries we had,” said head coach James Robinson.

for the Knights, finishing four th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.99. Pontecor vo placed third in the 1,000 meter r un, scoring a time of 2:57:39. “I was ver y pleased overall with the per formance of the team,” Robinson said. “Overall the team is progressing ver y well.” The Knights have to keep poised as they continue their season with the Big East Championships right around the corner, Robinson said. The team’s per formance at the Metropolitan Championships is a sign of good things to come. “The next couple of weeks we will be tr ying to get prepared for the Big East Championship,” Robinson said. “The next two meets we will be focusing on individual times.” The Knights return to the New York Armory this weekend to compete in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

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Senior swimmer Jacquelyn Ward led the Scarlet Knights with two first-place finishes in the team’s final meet of the season at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center. The Berlin, N.J., native won both the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events to help the Knights to a 9-2 record in head coach Phil Spiniello’s second year at the helm.

Pair of wins reinforces progress in Spiniello’s second season BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

With back-to-back losses against James Madison and Richmond looming in the mind of head swimming and SWIMMING & DIVING diving RIDER 74 c o a c h P h i l RUTGERS 221 Spiniello, it was hard to ignore his energy as he ran up and down the pool deck during each event. That energy translated into two wins for the Scarlet Knights, who defeated Fordham, 180-120, and Rider, 221-74, Saturday at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center. The two victories have Spiniello excited about the program’s turnaround from last season.

“Coming off a 2-4 record from last year we have really taken a step forward as a program,” Spiniello said. “Last weekend we came up a little bit short so we came in here, got two victories and ended the dual meet season on a positive note.” Three swimmers took home two individual victories for the Knights. Senior Jacquelyn Ward finished first in both the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events. Senior Trisha Averill captured wins in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, and sophomore Chelsea Rolin hit the wall before the rest of the field in both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle. Sophomore Mary Moser finished the 50-yard freestyle with a first-place time of 24.12 to complete a sweep for the Knights in the freestyle events.

In diving, junior Katie Kearney placed first in the 1meter dive with a score of 288.65, while sophomore teammate Nicole Scott recorded a score of 311.70 and a first-place finish in the 3-meter dive. The two wins cap off a regular season in which the Knights finished 9-2, including a 4-0 mark in conference competition. The way the program bought into Spiniello’s vision made the coach proud of his senior leadership. “We really wanted to turn the momentum around,” Spiniello said. “We did great on the boards and in the water, and I couldn’t be prouder of my seniors. They are really stepping up and leading this program.” While the victories put an exclamation point on one of the

most successful seasons at Rutgers, they also signaled the last time the Knights’ seniors would take to the pool competitively at home. Before the meet, Spiniello honored seniors Brianne Lindblad, Samantha Curham, Megan Caylor, Michelle Berman, Ward and Averill. He called the meet “emotional” for the program. “It was hard to say goodbye and to swim in the pool for the last time,” Spiniello said. “However, our task of the Big East Championships and trying to crack the top five is still here, so we’re not done with them yet.” Lindblad, who helped in the Knights’ 200-yard medley relay victory, says out of her experience in Piscataway, she will miss her teammates the most.

“It’s sad and it’s definitely a reality check,” Lindblad said. “We’re all really close, and it’s nice to know I have a family away from home.” For now, Spiniello wants his team to reenergize before the Big East Championships. “Over the next two weeks before we head out to [the Big East Championships], we are going to rest in the pool and work on the details,” Spiniello said. “We’re going to work on ever ything we need to be sharp on heading into those meets.” The divers begin competition in the Big East Diving Championships first on Feb. 10, followed by the swimmers taking the pool on Feb. 15 for their conference Championships.

Quad-meet sweep gives head coach first career victories BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers gymnastics team returned home to the Livingston Recreation Center last Saturday in a quad meet searching for its first wins of the season. In a GYMNASTICS m e e t RUTGERS 192.075 f i l l e d w i t h FIRST PLACE careerhighs and career-firsts, the Scarlet Knights edged out Temple, Southern Connecticut and Ursinus to take the top spot and even their record to 3-3. And on top of all the firsts the Knights acquired during the meet stands head coach Louis Levine, who notched his first wins as head coach. “You always want to win every time you go out there,” Levine said. “Even though our sport is one based on scores, you want wins. You should not be in athletics if you don’t want to win.” The meet also saw a return to form in the floor exercise, an event the Knights often dominated in last season but have struggled in this year. Rutgers notched its best score of the day on floor with 48.775. “We are back to our personality on floor. We really showed it

off,” Levine said. “The place got loud and the crowd was really into it. We definitely stepped it up a notch.” Junior Jenna Zito stood out among the pack with a meet and career-high score of 9.850. “It is a huge confidence booster. I think confidence is one of the main things that help us get those big scores,” Zito said. “The fact that we beat three teams today at home in front of our fans, I think that’s really going to help us moving forward and when we face these bigger teams.” Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman also tallied career-best scores en route to the team’s first win. Gunzelman, who was the only Rutgers gymnast to compete in the all-around for all four meets, surpassed her previous careerhigh in floor exercise with a score of 38.925. Freshman Sara Skammer shined in her best collegiate performance to date, taking second place in both the vault and uneven bars. The freshman’s scores of 9.700 in both events were career-highs. While gymnasts and coaches alike were notching firsts and highs throughout the meet, there was one first the Knights had hoped not to see. In the team’s

two previous meets it landed sixof-six of its beam performances. The Knights struggled in the event over the weekend, when Temple took all three top spots in the beam. “We struggled a little bit on beam really for the first time,” Levine said. “We ended up having to take a fall which isn’t like us.” But the Knights’ willingness to look past those mistakes notched them their first wins of the season, according to Zito. The junior cited the support of the home crowd as a main contributor to the win. “It was really great for us to do it at home. We came in with a lot of confidence and I think that’s how we got the first win,” she said. “We had a lot of things in our past meets that went wrong and we knew exactly what we needed to do to correct them at home.” Not only did the career-highs tallied in Saturday’s meet raise the team’s scores, it also elevated something even more important: the team’s confidence. That means the sky is the limit from here on out, according to Zito. “Besides getting more numbers in the gym, we just need to focus on the little things,” she said. “Once we do that there is nothing that is going to stop us from beating even better teams.”

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Junior Jenna Zito recorded a career-high 9.850 in all-around competition Saturday in the Knights’ quad-meet win at home.

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Athletic Director Tim Pernetti named Flood the interim head coach Thursday, when former head coach Greg Schiano left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Flood’s first words to Pernetti were that he would keep the recruiting class together, and while he received positive feedback as the interim head coach, his full-time status likely ensures binding signatures throughout the highly regarded class.

At times, Der rick Randall wishes Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice trusted him enough to bring the ball up the floor. For now, the 6-foot-8 freshman for ward is KNIGHT content to ear n NOTEBOOK Rice’s good faith on defense. “[Rice] trusts me on defense,” Randall said. “If they pass me the ball, I just stop and hold the ball and wait until the guards come and get it. He trusts me enough.” The second-year head coach said he was pleasantly surprised with Randall’s development. The South Kent School (Conn.) product continues to earn his keep as a star ter, providing a stabilizing force on the defensive end. He did not have the easiest task Saturday, when Randall took on Cincinnati’s Yancy Gates, one of the Big East’s most formidable big men. Gates finished with 16 points and eight rebounds, but most of his damage came in spur ts. “I was surprised because Yancy Gates is like 6-foot-7, 280 [pounds]. Whatever it is, he’s a big kid,” said junior wing Dane Miller. “The way Derrick Randall and Austin Johnson and Gilvydas [Bir uta] played was great.” Miller said Saturday the Scarlet Knights would have lost against the Bearcats if not for the Knights’ work in the frontcour t. Randall played one of his best games on the interior, finishing with eight points, four rebounds and no fouls. Rice even said Randall deserved an A-minus grade for his work as a help-side defender. “He’s playing with more purpose,” Rice said. “It’s only because he’s focused more. He’s concentrating and listening more. That’s allowed him to be successful.” Randall struggled during the beginning of the season, when smaller non-conference

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Freshman right tackle Kaleb Johnson and Kyle Flood stand together during a summer camp at Rutgers. Johnson enrolled for classes June 1 after commiting on National Signing Day, largely because of Flood, who will take over as head coach.

Flood hiring excites o-line commits BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

A trio of Pennsylvania recruits quickly reaf firmed their commitments to the Rutgers football FOOTBALL team after learning Kyle Flood will become its newest head coach. Four-star of fensive linemen Chris Muller and J.J. Denman were together when they heard the news, and they

immediately called Flood to speak with their new head coach. Both will sign National Letters of Intent on Wednesday’s National Signing Day. The same goes for three-star center Brandon Arcidiacono. And the good feelings stretch throughout the 17-member recruiting class. “Everyone who was thinking about decommitting is on board,” said Arcidiacono, whose Archbishop Wood teammate Desmon Peoples is also committed to Rutgers. “It’s a great thing. I can’t wait to sign Wednesday.”

Rutgers faces ND without senior guard BY JOEY GREGORY CORRESPONDENT

When discussing tonight’s game against No. 2 Notre Dame, Rutgers women’s basketball head coach WOMEN’S BASKETBALL C. Vivian Stringer said she tried to NOTRE DAME AT remain calm. RUTGERS, But as she conTONIGHT, 7 P.M. tinued to talk about her team’s status after Sunday’s 54-36 loss to Georgetown and the height of the challenge ahead of the No. 13 Scarlet Knights, she could not help but get fired up. For Rutgers (17-4, 6-2), the absence of its leader, fifth-year senior guard Khadijah Rushdan, is the most daunting hill to climb.

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Freshman guard Briyona Canty drives against a Georgetown defender Sunday in a 54-36 loss. Canty figures to see an increased workload tonight against No. 2 Notre Dame because of senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan’s absence with a head injury.