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Medical expert urges cheaper health care for local families BY MATTHEW MATILSKY CORRESPONDENT
The executive director for Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers, Jef frey Brenner, is going after the “1 percent” of the health care industr y. Brenner discussed the spending issues of hospitals and medical specialists in addition to his plan to solve this problem in Camden yesterday at the University Institute of Health Care policy and Aging Research in downtown New Brunswick. “If you draw a circle around hospitals, they are the unit of accountability,” he said. Brenner said in New Jersey, the health care system is designed so that family practitioners refer their patients to specialists for vir tually any condition. He said these specialists are expensive and in no hurry to change the system, because they belong to the highest paid percentage of the health care industry. “They’re the ‘1 percent,’” he said. “The impact of that over time is ... you end up dumbing down family care.” Brenner said in other states, the family practitioner handles most cases, while in New Jersey these cases are handled by specialists. He said the unnecessary high cost and inefficient use of medical resources led to the current state of the health care system. In Camden hospitals, Brenner found emergency rooms were overcrowded, an unnecessar y situation, which causes the cost of treatment to increase. The CCHCP collected data indicating that roughly half of Camden’s population went to the emergency in a one-year period. The most common diagnoses for these visits were head colds, sore throats and other minor conditions, according to the CCHCP website. Meanwhile, patients with serious and complex conditions spent large amounts of time and money — up to $4 million — visiting various specialists, Brenner said. Thirteen percent of the patients who visited health care centers in Camden accounted for 80 percent of all medical costs from the past five year, according to the CCHCP website. Brenner said he came up with a solution to this, which the CCHCP is undertaking in Camden, but needed help from politicians. “This was the most painful thing I’ve ever done,” Brenner said. “Going to Medicaid didn’t work, so I went to [state] legislatures instead.” Brenner said his persistence paid off and with the help of a federally employed lobbyist, he earned a grant sufficient to support his health care model. Under his model, patients with minor conditions are sent to an in-house primary care physician, while emergencies are reserved for specialists. Brenner said all the components in Camden’s health care system, including providers and patients, must pool their resources to create one transparent system. “It’s a political challenge,” Brenner said. “Doctors are used to cranking expenses.” Some of Brenner’s colleagues in the health care industry at the University said they are impressed with his efforts. “I had not realized how far he had gone in advancing this coalition,” said Frank Thompson, a professor in the School of Public Affairs and
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Rutgers University Student Assembly members Donggu Yoon, Natalie Sowinski and Spencer Klein, from left, explain the implications of the proposed Rutgers-Camden merger last night on the College Avenue campus — and plan to protest.
Students talk merger, affordable education BY ADAM UZIALKO STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers University Legislative Association, an organization that aims to connect students with the initiatives of their elected student representatives, held a “Take Back Education” meeting last night to discuss the possibility of losing RutgersCamden and higher education funding. Joseph Cashin, corresponding secretary for the Rutgers University Student Assembly, said the status of the RutgersCamden and Rowan University merger remains stagnant in Trenton. “Nothing has officially happened yet,” Cashin said at the meeting in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. “The findings of the [advisory] committee were published, and that’s what’s generating this discussion.”
Cashin, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said the merger would be detrimental to University students and staf f. “If the merger is approved, there are going to be some layoffs,” Cashin said. “I think there will be a lot more faculty and staff that can be retained otherwise.” Students, faculty and staff at RutgersCamden are also upset with the possibility of a split from the University, Cashin said. “Rutgers-Camden students don’t want this. Politicians have forced on us a medical school in exchange for a limb,” he said. Students could actively fight the proposed merger by contacting their representatives in Trenton, he said. A rally is planned for Feb. 15 in Trenton, before the Board of Governors meets, to review the advisory committee’s proposal, Cashin said.
“Other ways to lobby against this is to contact the governor’s office to voice your opposition,” he said. The N.J. Legislature has 60 days to veto the advisory committee’s proposal before it becomes law, said Donggu Yoon, a former RUSA senator. Matt Cordeiro, RUSA president, said state funding for higher education is also a cause for concern. “Rutgers gets the same amount of funding from the state as it did in 1994,” said Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “We had 10,000 less people and weren’t as big as we are now, and that’s not accounting for inflation.” Cordeiro said the government “dropped the ball” in funding higher education in New Jersey.
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DOWNTOWN BUS COLLISION LEAVES MINIVAN DRIVER INJURED There was a collision between a University bus and another vehicle last night around 9:15 p.m. on New Street near the intersection with George Street in New Brunswick. According to the New Brunswick Police Department, the driver of the Honda Odyssey that was involved in the incident was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Authorities said only the driver of the minivan was hurt, but did not comment on his condition. “He was definitely going fast and lost control,” said Mark Novak, the driver of the bus.
Novak said he did not see any students seriously hur t. Mariana Johnson, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, was in the bus when the incident occurred. “I was looking in the other direction when it happened,” Johnson said. “We didn’t know where it hit at first.” She said students were visibly in shock, but no one was seriously injured. “All you saw was people jolt,” Johnson said. Authorities were still investigating the cause of the incident at press time. — Aleksi Tzatzev
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Lecturer links economic benefits to conservationism BY WASEEM MAINUDDIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hunt Allcott, assistant professor of economics at New York University, discussed the challenge of switching to alternative energy sources yesterday, in an effort to bring energy conser vatism to the University. Allcott translated his ideas on finding a balance between conser vation and transpor tation to answer the question, “Is there an Energy Ef ficiency Gap?” in the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. Rutgers Energy Institute hosted the lecture. Allcott quoted Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, stating that the United States would be able to consume 30 to 40 percent less energy than it does now if it were to commit to conser vation while still
allowing people to live the same if not a higher standard of living. “Although some of the barriers are economic, they are in most cases institutional, political and social,” he said. “Overcoming them requires a government policy that champions conser vation that gives it a chance equal in the marketplace to that enjoyed by conventional sources of energy.” Allcott said there is a win-win situation in using energy efficiency, because it can help save money and the environment. There are two types of market failure — externalities and investment inefficiencies, he said. “I’m going to show that there have been energy resource policies within the government that are proving to be inef ficient and we are doing nothing to stop it,” he said. “With some empirical evidence
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and an economic model, I can show why we would want to encourage energy ef ficiency.” Allcott said there are two components to look at in the model — energy-ef ficient
“An economist’s viewpoint ... is key to understanding markets, behavior and how best to implement policy.” BEATRICE BIRRER Marine and Coastal Sciences Program Coordinator
goods and energy-inef ficient goods. Buying a hybrid car is an example of energy ef ficiency in which the benefits outweigh the costs.
“We are better off only when we conserve if the benefits outweigh the costs,” he said. Allcott used an example of the cost of two vehicles, one an energy-ef ficient hybrid model and the other an ordinar y vehicle. He said the hybrid car costs about $5,000 more than a gas-powered car. “More often than not, people will choose to buy what is cheaper upfront and not think about the long-term ef fects,” he said. Allcott said buying a fuel-efficient car would be more beneficial than buying the less expensive gas-powered car. “It would be a much more profitable expense to buy the more expensive hybrid because of the money and energy one would save in the long run,” he said. “In a sense a lot of people have money, and people choose not to spend money.”
Beatrice Birrer, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences marine and coastal sciences program coordinator, said the institute represents multidisciplinar y energy thinkers all across campus. “We tr y to integrate research, public policy, economics and engineering. … It touches just about ever y aspect of our lives,” she said. “An economist’s viewpoint, such as Dr. Allcott’s, is key to understanding markets, behavior and how best to implement policy.” Maio Saito, a University alumna, said she came to the lecture, because she was interested in the topic of alternative energy and energy ef ficiency. “I felt like a background in economics would have made Dr. Alcott’s speech clearer to me. Overall though, Dr. Allcott made some great points about energy efficiency,” Saito said.
CAMDEN LAW PROFESSOR COMPARES LGBT LEGAL STRUGGLES TO 21ST CENTURY CIVIL RIGHTS Students in the Rutgers-Camden School of Law are looking at discriminatory laws that have hindered lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights throughout history. Professor N.E.H. Hull teaches his students of the legal struggles of these groups from the 17th century to the present in “Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals in American Law and History.” Hull told Rutgers Today LGBT rights are the civil rights issue of the 21st century, and it plays into many areas of law. It comes up in many different contexts, like constitutional rights and state law and legislation. The law students will trace discriminations against the LGBT community back to sodomy laws, which have been invalid since the 2003 Supreme Court decision of Lawrence v. Texas. This class has been ef fective in tracing sodomy laws and their relationship to the stigma people have toward homosexuality, said Colleen McCaf fer ty, a second-year law student.
McCafferty told Rutgers Today that seeing how laws have hindered rights throughout history is really beneficial to understanding gay rights today. Discussion topics include attitudes towards Boston marriages of the 19th and 20th centuries, which occur when two women live together without a man suppor ting them financially, according to Rutgers Today. These ar rangements were preferred to an unmarried man and women living together. After Ethel Kimball dressed as a man and married a woman, people’s views began to change, Hull told Rutgers Today. This all led to stricter laws concerning female relationships, he said. The class also focused on gay men in the military and LGBT individual’s rights to teach in public schools, marry and adopt. “For me, the class has raised more awareness of the discriminations brought against the LGBT community,” said Stephanie DeLuna, a third-year law student in the course, in the article.
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Top three terrorists dead, Filipino officials say The rest of the militants escaped and no one was captured, Coballes said. American counterterrorism MANILA, Philippines — The troops have helped ill-equipped Philippine military said it killed Filipino troops track Marwan for three of Southeast Asia’s mostyears using satellite and drone wanted terrorist leaders in a surveillance. About 600 U.S. speU.S.-backed airstrike that significial forces troops have been cantly weakens an al-Qaidadeployed in the southern linked network that had used Philippines since 2002, providing islands in the southern crucial support for the Philippines as a hideout and Philippines’ counterterrorism training base. operations. U.S.-backed The dawn strike targeting a Philippine offensives have been militant camp on a remote credited since the 1990s for the island killed at least 15 people, capture and killing of hundreds including Malaysian Zulkifli bin of Abu Sayyaf fighters and most Hir, also known as Mar wan, a top leaders. top leader of the regional In Washington, a U.S. official, Jemaah Islamiyah terror netspeaking to AP on condition of work, said Col. Marcelo anonymity because he was not Burgos, a militar y spokesman. authorized to speak on the The United States had record about the operation, conoffered a $5 million reward for firmed the Pentagon had aided the capture of Mar wan, a U.S.the strike. He was not specific trained engineer accused of about the contribution and did involvement in deadly bombnot know how many people had ings in the Philippines and in been killed in the operation. training militants. Marwan’s death would repreAlso killed yesterday were the sent the most important success leader of the Philippine-based against Jemaah Islamiyah since Abu Sayyaf militants, Umbra the Januar y 2011 arrest of Jumdail, and a Singaporean Indonesian suspect Umar Patek leader in Jemaah Islamiyah, in Pakistan’s garAbdullah Ali, who rison town of used the guerrilla “This is a deliberate, A b b o t t a b a d , name Muawiyah, Osama Burgos said. fully planned attack where bin Laden was Police recovered killed in a U.S. the bodies, which coming from commando were “positively our forces.” attack four identified by months later. police and our NOEL COBALLES Patek and intelligence Armed Forces of the Philippines Marwan allegedinformants at the Major General ly collaborated site,” Burgos said. with the Abu However, two Sayyaf in training militants in Philippine security officials with bomb-making skills, seeking knowledge of the airstrike told funding locally and abroad and The Associated Press that plotting attacks, including Marwan’s body was not found, against American troops in the though bombs shattered the southern Philippines. house where he was believed to Patek is believed to have have been. returned to Indonesia then gone They said the body of to Pakistan, leaving Marwan to Jumdail, also known as Dr. Abu take charge in the southern Pula, was buried yesterday. One Philippines, military officials say. of the officials said the dead The attack in Jolo also repreincluded Jumdail’s son, also an sents a huge blow to the Abu Abu Sayyaf fighter. Sayyaf’s ability to recover from Both of ficials spoke on conyears of setbacks through fund dition of anonymity because raising and training of militants. they were not authorized to The Philippine air force talk to repor ters. dropped four bombs from two A U.S. of ficial in planes, said Maj. Gen. Jose Washington confirmed the Villarete, head of the 3rd Air strike on Jolo Island, an impovDivision based at an air force erished region 600 miles [950 base in Zamboanga city. kilometers] south of Manila Abu Sayyaf is behind numerand said the Pentagon providous ransom kidnappings, bomb ed assistance in one of the attacks and beheadings that have region’s most successful antiterrorized the Philippines for terror operations in years. The more than two decades. strike debilitated a regional Jumdail had eluded troops in militant network that has numerous offensives and relied on the restive southern emerged as a key figure in the Philippines — sometimes radical movement. called Southeast Asia’s Most recently, all three of the Afghanistan — as a headquarmilitant leaders were among the ters for planning bombings prime suspects in the 2009 kidnapand a base for training pings of three Red Cross workers and recruitment. from Switzerland, Italy and the About 30 militants were at Philippines. The hostages months the camp near Parang town on later regained their freedom. Jolo, the stronghold of the Abu Abu Sayyaf militants, numberSayyaf and their allies from the ing about 400 by military estimostly Indonesian-based mates, are still considered a key Jemaah Islamiyah, when it was threat to regional security and bombarded by two OV10 airare suspected in the kidnapping craft dropping 500-pound [227 of a former Australian soldier, as kilograms] bombs at 3 a.m., well as a Malaysian, a Japanese said Maj. Gen. Noel Coballes, and an Indian. regional militar y commander. Gunmen in nearby Tawi-Tawi “Our report is there were at island province on Wednesday least 15 killed, including their seized Dutch and Swiss tourists. three leaders,” he said. “This is a Officials said they were trying to deliberate, fully planned attack move the hostages to Jolo. coming from our forces.”
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CHRISTIE ENDORSEMENT GRANTS ROMNEY CAMPAIGN $1.6M N.J. donors gave $1.6 million in checks to Mitt Romney’s campaign last year from October to December, thanks to Gov. Chris Christie’s endorsement. The Star-Ledger reported that in the last three months of 2011, Romney tripled his donations overall in New Jersey, according to a report filed this week with the Federal Election Commission. This is the first report since Christie announced his support for Romney in October. Records show that 86 cents of each dollar donated to a Republican candidate in New Jersey went to Romney’s campaign, according to the Ledger. Ben Dworkin, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Rider University, told the Ledger he was not surprised that contributions to Romney increased after Christie’s endorsement. The Republican establishment in New Jersey has gotten behind Romney, and it is clear that people who are looking for an oppor tunity to be on the same side as Christie now have that oppor tunity, he said. Overall, Romney has raised $2.2 million in-state, more than any other presidential candidate, with Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, raising $146,534 and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raising $105,150, according to the Ledger. President Barack Obama has raised $1.7 million in New Jersey so far, and won the state in the 2008 election by a landslide. Assemblyman John Wisniewski, D-19, told the Ledger that the fundraising numbers are not an indication of how Obama will fare in New Jersey. “President Obama will out-raise the Republicans in New Jersey and he will win the state,” Wisniewski told the Ledger.
CARE: Chakravarty thinks plan has potential to succeed continued from front Administration at RutgersNewark. “[Brenner is] working with these folks who cost the system a huge amount.” Thompson said Brenner is getting financial support from stakeholders and is proving to be an effective plan overall. “It’s so sick,” he said. “The care is so uncoordinated.” Sujoy Chakravarty, an assistant research professor at the
EDUCATION: Budget cuts could endanger TAG grants continued from front “We need to target these people to make sure that higher education is affordable,” he said. “In each of the 40 legislative districts, you get one senator and two assemblymen. These are the three folks you need to talk to in your district.” Cordeiro said student involvement and grassroots contact would be crucial in lobbying state legislators to allocate more funds for higher education. “If we want to get more funding than we did in 1994, we need to set up meetings with these legislators,” he said. “We need to tell them to vote for a budget that is higher education-friendly.” Tuition Assistance Grants are also in danger, Cordeiro said. When a budget is passed, it can severely reduce the amount given to TAG recipients, who then need to supplement their grant with their own money or they cannot continue attending school. Budget cuts have also discontinued the N.J. Stars program, another financial aid program, he said. “Over the past few years they completely cut this program,” he said. “As a way to save money they told students that your education really isn’t worth it.” Cordeiro said in cutting higher education funding, state legislators are indirectly harming New Jersey. “New Jersey is the top state where students leave to go elsewhere,” he said. “And typically they stay there and don’t come back, which is hurting our state.” Cordeiro said University stu-
Center for State Health Policy, said the plan has potential. “I think a part of [what I like] is [him] coming up with something actionable and trying to identify what the cost-drivers are,” he said. Thompson said he thinks Brenner cut enough costs that are well-known enough for the federal government to provide further financial support for the CCHCP’s initiative. “I think there’s a good chance this is going to work in terms of him being able to show the cost savings,” Thompson said. “He’s an extraordinary leader.”
dents are not the only ones who can fight for higher education. Students from other schools in the state including The College of New Jersey, Ramapo College and The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey will have to unite to accomplish results, he said. Spencer Klein, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, urged students in attendance to take an active role in fighting cuts to higher education funding. “Make some kind of contact to your district’s legislators — whether you set up an appointment or just have a brief conversation about what’s important to you,” he said. “That will be taking a gigantic step forward.” Klein said RULA has an even loftier goal than informing students about higher education issues. “We want to mobilize students to contact their senators, discuss issues and identify what issues are important to them,” Klein said. The development of RULA has been a long process, because it began as the Rutgers University Lobbying Association, Klein said. “The Rutgers University Lobbying Association was absorbed into Rutgers University Student Assembly and became the Legislative Affairs Committee,” he said. The Legislative Affairs Committee eventually created RULA, which is a more open branch of RUSA, said Katherine Yabut, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “RUSA has come under fire recently for being out of touch with students,” she said. “Spencer developed RULA as an avenue for students who are not elected to RUSA positions.”
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Alumna studies grass-soil interactions BY CARMELO CINTRÓN VIVAS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jennifer Adams Krumins, who graduated from the University’s Ecology and Evolution Ph.D. program in 2007, studied whether animal grazing can be beneficial for plants. Krumins marked her return to campus, after conducting her 2009-2010 postdoctoral work at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, as she led yesterday’s conference “Embracing the Good: When negative interactions turn positive in soil” in the Marine Sciences Building on Cook Campus. Krumins concentrated her research on plant-soil feedback, including a focus on plant pathogens, diseases and the spread and growth of plant biomass, or living plant mass. “I wanted to find a positive side to the negative interaction happening in the soil, with the thought that there has to be something positive happening in these interactions or balance could not be achieved in the ecosystem,” said Krumins, an assistant professor in the Depar tment of Biology and Molecular Biology at Montclair State University. She said herbivores, planteating animals, are inef ficient consumers — they don’t eat
ever ything, and some plant material is left behind. By approaching the issue mathematically, she proved that herbivores’ inef ficiency increases the breakdown of nutrients — like soil carbon and nitrogen — for microbial uptake. She said because of this, herbivores excrete less waste compared to omnivores. Krumins said they excrete less because they consume less.
“I wanted to find a positive side to the negative interaction happening in the soil.” JENNIFER ADAMS KRUMINS University Alumna
In the second part of her experiment, Krumins tried to figure out if the intensity of grazing would benefit soil nutrients and microbial density and if it would indirectly affect plant biomass. For this, Krumins created a greenhouse experiment in which she used sterilized dune sand and the plant “ammophila arenaria,” a species of European grass. Krumins said after measuring the system three times in a
span of 149 days, she found slight increases in species that only eat bacteria and biomass, though not conclusively. She concluded that some direct and indirect ef fects of consumption by herbivores are occur ring throughout her greenhouse experiment, but they are hard to obser ve at the trophic levels, or dif ferent positions of the food chain. Krumins said a tree in the middle of a Netherlands national park’s visitors’ center that caught her interest and inspired a large par t of her research. “It can be seen from below the roots,” she said. “At such sight, an ecologist thinks of one thing, a habitat in [which] ver y interesting interactions should occur.” Krumins said with motivation from previous ecological studies — on how seedlings are more likely to sur vive farther from their parent plants — she decided to study plant and soil interactions. She said the next step is to work on looking at an increase in positive soil, overly nutrient enriched soil, when the system is in a stressful environment. Kr umins said she would star t working at Liber ty State Park, where the soil is highly polluted with heavy metals.
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The New Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved the development of a new apparel and design store on Hamilton Street, adding to the district’s fashion community. The new store RU Fresh is set to replace the White Lotus, a futon and bedding establishment that went out of business, said Russell Marchetta, New Brunswick city spokesman. “We always try and promote new businesses to come and locate to the city,” Marchetta said. “A new clothing store is always welcome, as it will only help the residents and neighboring towns to have more stores.” Marchetta said city officials make it a priority to support upcoming businesses because they provide benefits to the New Brunswick market. The building, located at 191 Hamilton St., will undergo renovations in preparation for the new store, Marchetta said. “The building is not going be torn down. It’s just going to have interior work done, and it’s going to be renovated,” he said. Elli Elshenawy and Michael Schuerman, owners of the new clothing store, plan to give RU Fresh customers the option of choosing from brand-name apparel as well as lesser-known designers, Marchetta said. Elshenawy told newbrunswicktoday.com he hopes RU Fresh will serve as an important step for the local emerging
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Apparel store RU Fresh is set to open at 191 Hamilton St. Renovations will be made to the building where White Lotus, a natural and organic bedding store, once was.
fashion community and wanted the new location to also contain a studio for designers interested in developing original apparel ideas. Schuerman said RU Fresh would only remain open between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., addressing concerns raised by the board
LOCAL WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS GENDER LEARNING DIFFERENCES The South Brunswick Parent Academy plans to hold an informational workshop about the learning and education of girls following the success of last December’s “Minds of Boys” workshop, according to an article on Patch.com. The workshop will run Jan. 31 at Crossroads North Middle School and will be called “Sugar & Spice and Not Ever ything Nice? Understanding & Raising Successful Daughters.” Attendees will continue to investigate questions raised in “Mind of Boys” concerning brain-based research suppor ting the theor y that the two sexes have dif ferent ways of learning, according to the ar ticle. The focus in the workshop will be moved away from boys and toward girls, providing information to participants on helping girls balance their many needs, according to the article. A broad range of topics will be covered, including physical, social, emotional and academic issues. The event will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and childcare will be provided. The South Brunswick Parent Academy emerged from a partnership between the South Brunswick School District and Ever y Person Influences Children, a nonprofit organization funded in part by the South Brunswick Board of Education, according to the article. The event will be the first in a series of events the South Brunswick Parent Academy will plan for the spring 2012. The organization will also feature “The Mind of Boys: Strategies for Academic Success - Part II” on Feb. 13. The event will continue the discussion started in December’s workshop, with a focus on strategies for improving male learning and raising successful boys, according to the article.
about the possibility of the store attracting loiterers to the area, according to an article on newbrunswicktoday.com Dave Willard, owner of Sunlight and David’s Florist on Hamilton Street, said he is anticipating the new clothing store.
“I’m all for new business,” Willard said. Willard said only time could tell whether the fashion store is capable of successfully bringing new customers into the area. Marchetta said the new fashion store will likely receive
a warm welcome from the local population. “I think there’s going to be a positive reaction. Any new clothing store is a welcome addition to the city,” Marchetta said. Richard Trent, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the idea for a clothing store near campus holds a good amount of potential, but only if it appeals to both the student and the local resident population. “It’s an exciting and creative idea that — if done correctly — can attract a lot of students who are interested in fashion,” Trent said. “I think that the store needs to be careful to try and market their image toward the community as well.” Greg Valesi, a School of Engineering sophomore, said the opening of the new clothing store would not affect his shopping habits in New Brunswick, as he plans to continue frequenting the same stores he visits now. “I know realistically I’m not going to there [once],” Valesi said. “It sounds like it’s going to be a little more expensive than buying from the mall.” Trent said many of his friends would likely have an interest in the store’s merchandise, even if he would not shop there. RU Fresh is part of the council’s plans to guide New Brunswick in a direction that reflects its metropolitan qualities, Marchetta said. “The entire city is urban. It’s a mixture of an area with urban and residential qualities,” he said. “It’s known for that, and we keep it at that.”
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lanned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive and maternal health services to women across the country, recently lost one of its biggest financial backers. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a major financial supporter of breast-cancer education, announced Tuesday that it would end its funding to Planned Parenthood, outraging many who view these services as essential to providing the public with affordable access to healthcare. We agree with the outraged. As the largest provider of reproductive health services in the country, the cuts in funding will inevitably deal a serious blow to a program that benefits so many people. And as for the foundation, it has already lost a huge fraction of its support because of such a decision. The Komen foundation deserves a dart for cutting funding to Planned Parenthood. It’s a lose-lose situation for both parties.
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Same-sex marriage in New Jersey is coming closer and closer to reality. A state assembly committee advanced legislation only yesterday that would give gay couples to right to marry, according to nj.com. In a 5-2 vote, members of the Assembly Judiciary committee opted to release the bill, called the Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act, for a full vote Feb. 16. If passed, the bill would represent a monumental step toward bringing about greater social equality in the state. It’s time New Jersey recognizes the rights of same-sex couples as it does straight couples. We laurel the assembly committee for advancing legislation that would accomplish this goal.
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Public discrimination continues to be found in the most unlikely — as well as inappropriate — of places. Evidence of this notion can be found in the recent release of secret New York Police Department intelligence documents. According to the documents, NYPD officials recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and mosques based solely on the fact they are practicing Muslims. This surveillance, according to the document, was part of an effort to uncover signs of Iranian terrorists throughout the Northeast. There’s no denying it, taking such measures with little more than the fact that these individuals were Muslim is blatant discrimination — by a law enforcement agency, no less. The NYPD deserves a dart for engaging in such narrow-mindedness.
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Stan McNeil is a South Carolina native, father of two and a retired Newark firefighter. But many now know him as the University bus driver who encourages and motivates student riders with his inspiring words. McNeil is often heard telling students to stay positive and work hard while he sits in the driver’s seat of the LX bus that travels between the College Avenue and Livingston campuses. For students at the University, the daily grind of class can be rough and the bus rides even rougher. McNeil’s motivational speeches help to ease the stress of college life for students across campus, and for that, he deserves a laurel. It’s not often strangers go out of their way for the benefit of other people.
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An interfaith panel at the University came together Tuesday to discuss different approaches to religion, an event sponsored by the Muslim Student Association. The three panelists — a Christian, a Jew and a Muslim — exchanged their faiths varying concepts of God, explaining that each religion holds some of the same general beliefs about the omnipotent being, yet differed on certain other aspects. Religion can be a controversial subject, so we’re glad to see representatives of opposing faiths engaging in dialogue like this. The panel deserves laurels for its willingness to harmonize its beliefs. The University is a diverse place with diverse beliefs, and it’s important that each is given a fair hearing.
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realized I loved and ow do you start a became comfor table sitletter to a hero or ting in a newsroom from 4 role model? p.m. to 2 a.m. on some This is the dilemma I nights, r unning around was facing when writing a campus with a reporter’s letter to my role models ANASTASIA MILLICKER notebook in one hand and Bob Ingle and Sandy a recorder in the other, McClure, investigative and sucking down Au Bon Pain coffee while writjournalists and authors of “The Soprano State: ing on deadline. New Jersey’s Culture of Corruption.” I went back to what I enjoyed — writing and Once we get past the thank-yous and such, always asking questions with my new majors of what do we say? We don’t want to put ourselves political science and journalism and media studies. out as the over-crazed fan, even if deep inside we Sorr y for the non sequitur, but here I am writactually are. Rather we want to put our admiraing this letter, and the writer’s block is kicking tion into words that reflect the impact they have in. I’m sitting here imagining myself in front of on our lives. these people, my little 5-foot-2 self being stared So I started with “Dear Bob Ingle and Sandy down Ingle and McClure, the sort of staring McClure, Thank you for …” That’s when writer’s down like an overtired college student at 3 a.m. block hit again. What should I thank them for? stares down their last cup of coffee debating After reading “The Soprano State” on a whether to drink it or sleep — that indecisive gloomy Saturday while working at Max’s Beach stare down. Shoppe in the summer of 2009, I was inspired to So I start again, “Thank you for look into political issues more … ” What did they do? Then it hits carefully, and one of the first “We don’t want to me — they wrote one of the most things I did upon entering the University in fall 2010 was joining put ourselves out as investigative pieces into N.J. histor y and government. They sparked the University’s student-run newsthe over-crazed fan, an interest I didn’t realize I had. paper, The Daily Targum. made me want to investigate With heavy influence from pareven if deep inside They more and made me want to uncovents and family to pursue a career er what’s behind the basics. Yes, in science, I started my first year we actually are.” we all see Xanadu, with its flamat the University as a biotechnoloboyant colors, driving up the N.J. gy and genetics major with a Turnpike, but why is nothing being done with it? minor in biochemistr y. I was so set on being a So then it hit me — I found a reason why I was science major, yet it was something I didn’t comwriting in the first place. I had gotten past the pletely connect to. Yes, I dedicated my first two basic thank-yous and developed a reason behind semesters to filling those requirements, includthe letter, telling them how “The Soprano State” ing “General Chemistr y,” “General Biology” had an impact on my life. (which didn’t end up being my friend in the The idea of writing to a role model or hero may end), “Issues in Biotechnology,” a chemistr y lab seem like something we are forced to do in ele(which has left may with a permanent scar mentar y school when we chose either one of parbecause of my lack of gracefulness in the lab) ents and sent them a thank-you letter similar to a and multiple math courses, including several Mother’s or Father’s Day card, but it’s not until Calculus modules. I was going to be a science we realize how much of an impact someone has major. Yep. That’s what I kept telling myself. left on our lives that we can really thank them. Then two days after the closing of my first To end this I would simply say, “How would year, I realized this wasn’t for me. Not that the you start your letter to a role model or hero?” classes were hard — it’s just that I didn’t enjoy what I was doing. Math and I were not friends Anastasia Millicker is a School of Ar ts and from the beginning, but I realized that I didn’t Sciences sophmore majoring in journalism and enjoy being in the labs and such, so I was out to media studies and political science. She is an find something I enjoyed. I turned back to my associate news editor at The Daily Targum. passion. Looking back on the past semester, I
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Senior forward April Sykes started against No. 2 Notre Dame on Tuesday off the bench. She scored only two points.
PASSION: Coach could shift lineup against No. 3 UConn continued from back “She was our main driver. She penetrates and whenever she drives, it leaves me open and then she’ll pass it in,” Oliver said. “We need our guards to penetrate more and start getting to the free throw line.” Stringer did not reveal if Sykes and Oliver would be on the floor at tipoff against the Huskies, but she is looking for greater leadership out of her upperclassmen. Stringer has seen that leadership from Sykes and Wheeler, and their
likelihood of starting falls on how much they embraced the learning opportunity of riding the bench. “Cappie Pondexter did not start her senior year. She didn’t get worked up on all that,” Stringer said. “The great ones don’t get worked up on that. So is it surprising that she became a WNBA All-Star?” Pondexter, one of the top-15 players in WNBA history, will not be on hand this weekend in Storrs, Conn,. But all Stringer can do is hope the passion of Pondexter and Rushdan remains prevalent. “We get so wrapped up in titles, but can you be the best player you can be?” Stringer said. “I want these guys to be ultimate team players.”
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Freshman point guard Jerome Seagears converts a layup Jan. 28 as Cincinnati’s JaQuon Parker looks on. Seagears leads the team in assists, but head coach Mike Rice continues to search for consistency from the Silver Spring, Md., native.
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selection in guard Eli Carter, their leading scorer at 14.1 points per game. Carter’s backcourt mates, freshmen Myles Mack and Jerome Seagears, continue to develop into Big East-caliber guards. But other members of Rice’s first full recruiting class, the best in program history, do not boast the same immediate success. After suffering a foot injur y less than a week into practice, Kadeem Jack continues to tr y to find his way into Rice’s rotation. He played 11 minutes
Wednesday against Providence, but he did not score and did not record a rebound. Rice said he needs to find more minutes for the Rice High School (N.Y.) product, but Jack needs more time to develop — maybe more than initially thought. Derrick Randall emerged as a starter for Rice during the nonconference season. Rice said he was “more than pleasantly surprised” with Randall’s play, but Randall played only nine minutes against Providence. He shows an ability to defend in the low post with good position, but Randall’s scoring touch needs work. His deficiencies do not outweigh his upside as a quality Big East defender.
Malick Kone, who Rice said needs to earn his own minutes, and Greg Lewis could benefit from more time observing from the sideline. Meanwhile, in Jamaica, Queens, another set of highly touted freshmen take the floor for the Red Storm. Headlined by Maurice Harkless, the league’s likely Rookie of the Year, St. John’s defeated DePaul on Wednesday, 87-81, in Chicago. The Red Storm’s 2011 recruiting class, which finished in the top five according to Rivals.com, features five members in the starting lineup. While head coach Steve Lavin continues to rehab from cancer treatment, his recruiting efforts continue to validate him.
But while St. John’s has a national reputation and Madison Square Garden working in its favor, Rutgers does not. Lavin benefited from a seniorheavy team in his first season, when the Red Storm made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. Rice did not. The Johnnies, without the watchful eye of football, can continue to turn their focus to the hardwood. Even without a strong gridiron tradition in Piscataway, football remains king. Rice said he always believes the Knights can turn the corner and begin to win consistently in the Big East. It might not happen in 2012, but he at least has the pieces in place to do so.
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team is set to begin its season tomorrow with an exhibition in Philadelphia against Pennsylvania and Lehigh. Head MEN’S LACROSSE coach Brian RUTGERS AT Brecht UPENN, makes TOMORROW, 11 A.M. h i s debut at the helm for the Scarlet Knights. Brecht takes over the Knights with a flurry of young talent taking the field. That talent includes their top-three scorers from last year — sophomore Scott Klimchak (27 goals), senior midfielder Michael Diehl (18) and senior attacker Kevin Hover (15). The Knights (6-9, 1-5 last season) also retur n goalies Joseph Donnelly and Rudy Butler, who split time in the cage last year. Rutgers opens regular season action Feb. 11 at Duke — a team that finished in the NCAA semifinals last season — to begin a three-game road trip that includes Air Force and Wagner. The Knights open at home Feb. 26 at the RU Tur f Field against Mar ylandBaltimore County. Brecht brings 16 seasons of collegiate coaching experience to the Banks, most recently ser ving a seven-year tenure at Siena. The former Rutgers assistant coach is a three-time MAAC Coach of the Year at Siena. He led the Saints to a conference championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance last year en route to the program’s first national ranking. The Knights also introduce 10 new members, representing seven states and two countries. The group brings winning experience to Rutgers, having won eight state or provincial championships in its time in high school and prep ranks. “This freshman class has worked hard and has meshed well with the returning players this fall semester, both on the field and academically in the classroom,” Brecht said in a press release. Brecht took over for former head coach Jim Stagnitta, who resigned following the Knights’ losing season. Stagnitta won 60 percent of his games in 22 years as a coach, which ranks in the top 20 among active coaches. He left following four consecutive losing seasons, with the Knights last finishing above .500 when they went 7-6 in 2007. Stagnitta succeeded early on in his tenure with the Knights, which began in 2002, when he led Rutgers to the NCAA Tournament in 2003 and 2004 after a 2-12 debut season. Following a seven-year NCAA drought for Rutgers, Brecht attempts to translate his success at Sienna to Piscataway and convert the Knights into the winning team they were in Stagnitta’s early days.
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cooperating with the NFL and local law enforcement identified shipments and black-market locations selling counterfeit Super Bowl apparel. They seized more than $4.8 million in fake clothing and memorabilia, a $1.1 million increase from last year’s total. Thanks to the operation, more than 42,000 fake jerseys, hats, t-shir ts and other types of merchandise were confiscated.
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Junior 165-pounder Scott Winston sizes up Hofstra’s P.J. Gillespie on Friday in a 2-0 loss at their dual meet at the College Avenue Gym. Winston faces another ranked foe this weekend in 17th-ranked Nick Sulzer of Virginia.
Knights get healthier on way to UVA BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR
Practices for the Rutgers wrestling team are gradually becoming shorter, and dual meets h o l d WRESTLING even less imporRUTGERS AT tance. VIRGINIA, With TOMORROW, 6 P.M. a 12-5 record and two dual meets and the National Duals remaining, the Scarlet Knights will not even approach the 20-win mark they passed two of the past three years. Head coach Scott Goodale has no choice but to come to terms with it. “What does it mean now? What is the dual meet season now? Nothing,” Goodale said. “Nobody hates to lose as much as I do, but we’re not wrestling for anything. We still want to be unbelievably competitive … but I have to make a training regimen, so we’re peaking at the right time. That’s going to be our focus.”
Goodale has four weeks to make sure his team peaks at the EIWA Tournament and again almost two weeks later at the NCAA Championships. His squad takes at least a step toward that tomorrow, when it travels to 20th-ranked Virginia with three of its four injured starters making the trip. Junior Mario Mason, who maintained his top-five ranking at 149 pounds despite missing six of the past seven matches, will return in Charlottesville, Va. Redshirt freshman Anthony Volpe and sophomore Dan Seidenberg will also return. And while senior Michael DeMarco remains out for one more weekend at 133 pounds, Goodale at least has clarity at his lightweights. Junior 125-pounder Joey Langel will again wrestle up in place of DeMarco, and sophomore Vinny Dellefave has control of the 125-pound class for the rest of the season. While it is more about health for Mason right now, Dellefave
needs to knock off a ranked wrestler to bolster his postseason résumé. He has an opportunity this weekend against 11thranked Matt Snyder, one of five ranked Cavaliers. Nick Sulzer, No. 17 at 165 pounds, is another. Built in the same mold as Lehigh’s Brandon Hatchett, Sulzer’s long frame presents a matchup problem for 13th-ranked Scott Winston. “It’s more of an in-your-face approach,” Goodale said. “He’s going to wrestle him for seven minutes, so it’s a big test.” Winston will find himself at the NCAA Championships regardless of his results over the next month, but Goodale does not want the junior to wait until March. Goodale plans to back off on Winston in practice, focusing on technique and conditioning more than anything else. “He’s not wrestling great, and somewhere down the line he has to turn it around,” Goodale said. “We’re going to change up his
training from here on out. He’s capable. I don’t know if you’re going to see the results this week, but you’re going to see the results probably two, three weeks down the line.” That means few rides on this weekend’s dual in Virginia, which Rutgers beat, 25-12, two seasons ago at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Goodale would like to see Dellefave and senior 141pounder Billy Ashnault knock off their ranked opponents. But Ashnault is likely NCAA Championships-bound without it, and Dellefave can qualify with a strong EIWA Tournament. So a trip south for the Knights only brings them a week closer to when it matters. “Sometimes coaches are go, go, go, go, go. We have to back off a little bit,” Goodale said. “We have to stop pounding and pounding and pounding. Right now it’s about getting healthy, because our good guys can wrestle with anybody in the country. It’s a matter of beating those guys.”
Rutgers begins to regain confidence BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
According to the Rutgers gymnastics team, the main problem during WRESTLING its threemeet losRUTGERS AT ing skid PITTSBURGH, to begin TOMORROW, 6 P.M. the season was its confidence. As the Scarlet Knights travel to Pittsburgh tomorrow for a quad meet, they have an even record at 3-3 after taking first place last weekend in another quad meet. And, most importantly, their confidence is back. “[This week] in practice we actually went 8-for-8 for in bars. I think being able to do stuf f like that will really help us going into Pittsburgh being confident in the routines we put up,” said sophomore Alexis Gunzelman. “Being able to
continue practicing and hitting our routines is really going to help us know that we can go in the events and hit what we have to, and if we hit it we will get the scores that we need. Hopefully we will be able to win this weekend.” Now entering their second quad meet in a row at Pittsburgh against the host, George Washington, and William & Mary, the Knights need all the confidence they can get. But following the highs of the first wins of the season, head coach Louis Levine is not worried about the mindset of his team. “Every time you win you feel it. It is a much better feeling than when you lose obviously,” Levine said. “You get that hunger for winning, and it helps drive you in practice day in and day out.” The road back to the confident squad of last year started after a narrow defeat to Pennsylvania two weeks ago by only .050 of a point. More than anything, the
loss put things into perspective for the Knights. “I think after losing to UPenn it hurt, because we could have beaten them. A coach said we left the door open, and we made it easy for them to beat us,” said junior Danielle D’Elia. “It was sort of like a reality check, and we came back and worked hard and made changes. It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, we lost — that stinks.’ It was kind of like we lost because of what we did. It was more of a pride thing.” The Knights used the UPenn matchup as fuel entering last weekend’s quad meet at home. They secured the top spot with a season-high score of 192.075 to even their record with the first wins of the season. There was a lot to take away from the quad meet other than wins, D’Elia said. “Honestly, getting the three wins is always something that helps your confidence and helps us realize we can win as a team and we can come together,” she
said. “We didn’t just win — we had our highest score of the season. It helped us realize that all of us can make a difference. It comes down to realizing that as a team it is possible, and with all the hard work it will pay off in the end.” Adding to the Knights’ confidence is the fact they recorded their season-high score without key components of their team, most notably sophomore Luisa Leal. Leal paced the Knights for the first two meets of the season, when she took home the all-around title both weeks. The sophomore has not competed since. “We’re still missing people. We did not have ever yone we could have used,” D’Elia said. “To realize that we did what we did with what we had was an eye-opener and makes you realize you can come together as a team and we can make it happen. It’s just we have to believe that.”
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FLOOD FINDS O-LINE COACH, FLECK LEAVES FOR ALMA MATER The Rutgers football team lost one of its most popular assistant coaches yesterday, but FOOTBALL appears close to adding a new member to its staff. The Star-Ledger reported head coach Kyle Flood will bring in Delaware offensive line coach Damian Wroblewski to coach the same position, which Flood previously filled. But energetic wide receivers coach P.J. Fleck will leave Rutgers to become the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Northern Illinois. Northern Illinois made the hiring official yesterday in a press release. Flood refused to get into specifics about his coaching staff at his National Signing Day press conference, but he said he knew who would replace him coaching the offensive line. Flood joined Rutgers from Delaware in 2005, but never worked with Wroblewski. Both also coached at Hofstra, again at separate times. “He is excellent,” Flood said without naming Wroblewski. “I really believe he’s the best offensive line coach in the countr y.” Fleck graduated from Northern Illinois in 2004, ranking third in school history in career catches with 179. Under Fleck’s guidance, Mohamed Sanu set Scarlet Knights and Big East single-season records in catches, breaking Larry Fitzgerald’s previous conference mark. Sanu continues to train in Florida for this month’s NFL Combine and April’s NFL Draft and repeatedly praised Fleck’s role in his development. Fleck spent the previous three seasons as wide receivers coach at Northern Illinois, his last as the Huskies’ recruiting coordinator. He left his mark as a recruiter with the Knights, playing an influential role in the recruitment of U.S. Army AllAmerican wideout Miles Shuler last season and securing a pair of Washington, D.C.-area commits this year in Ian Thomas and Derrick Nelson. Fleck began his coaching career at Ohio State in 2006, a season that ended with the Buckeyes’ appearance in the BCS National Championship in Glendale, Ariz. He played two NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, making an appearance in 2004 against the New England Patriots. — Staff Report
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C. Vivian Stringer faces questions on her starting lineup against No. 3 UConn. Stringer benched two of her upperclassmen starters against No. 2 Notre Dame.
The last time the Rutgers women’s basketball team won a game, former Scarlet Knights great Cappie Pondexter graced the sideline. The WNBA All-Star’s presence may not have meant much, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL but perhaps it motivated fifth-year senRUTGERS AT ior guard Khadijah CONNECTICUT, Rushdan on her TOMORROW, 7 P.M. game-winning shot against DePaul. To head coach C. Vivian Stringer, Pondexter epitomized Knights basketball. And with Rushdan’s absence because of a mild concussion she suf fered against Georgetown on Sunday, Stringer has not seen much of it in the past two Rutgers losses. “We are hur ting big time because [Rushdan] is taking the guts right out of us,” Stringer said. “She’s the closest thing to Cappie Pondexter in terms of the things she’s done — rebounds, assists and points scored.” Stringer said the Knights missed passion by keeping senior for ward April Sykes and junior guard Erica Wheeler on the bench to start Tuesday’s 71-41 loss to No. 2 Notre Dame. The only usual starter on the floor was junior center Monique Oliver. Oliver not only scored 16 points and took down nine boards against a tough defending and rebounding Fighting Irish team. She was the leader Stringer hoped would step up when leadership was absent. “Mo, for the first time of her life, was much more verbal,” Stringer said. “What we’re saying is, ‘Mo, you’re out here with babies. Look at these doggone freshmen and tell them where they’re supposed to be.’ I was really proud of her. In a time of crisis, who you are and what you are will show up.” The Knights (17-5, 6-3) travel to face No. 2 Connecticut (20-2, 8-1) tomorrow, and the expectation is Rutgers will extend its losing streak to three games. Even with Oliver’s newfound leadership, Rushdan’s likely absence — the point guard did not practice yesterday and is listed as day-to-day — could be too much for Oliver to handle.
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Knights endure another head-scratching outcome BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice stood at the podium for Scarlet Knights Media Day in the preseason, defining the team’s goal MEN’S BASKETBALL of a winning record in Big East play. RUTGERS AT But when the LOUISVILLE young Knights TOMORROW, 4 P.M. asked, “Why can’t we do even better?” the second-year head coach only scratched his head. They did not know what it was like to face Connecticut or Pittsburgh, he said. They beat both Big East powers. But Rutgers, the fourth-youngest team nationally, also lost against DePaul and Providence,
both in last place when Rutgers played them. The Knights (12-11) sit at 4-6 in conference play with a matchup in Louisville (17-5, 5-4) awaiting them tomorrow. They remain tied for 10th in the Big East standings with their metropolitan counterparts — Seton Hall and St. John’s. Beside a pair of wins against top-10 opponents within days of each other, Rice endured many days that made him scratch his head. He knew the obstacles facing him with seven true freshman and no scholarship seniors. The Knights continue to hover around .500, a likely scenario for a program not used to winning on a consistent basis. They feature a probable Big East All-Rookie Team
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Freshman guard Eli Carter drives Jan. 28 as Cincinnati guard Sean Kilpatrick defends. Carter, one of the bright spots this year, leads the Knights with 14.1 points.