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The struggling Rutgers men’s basketball team travels to South Bend, Ind., tonight to take on No. 23 Notre Dame, which won six games in a row since losing in Piscataway.

American studies introduces new minor, course

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“We do freelance work together from time to time, and he happened to be in town this week on business,” he said.

“We’ve been making goofy videos like this one on the side for years.“ Many University students have seen the video and enjoyed watching Ferguson’s expressive, lipsynching comedy.

Ahmed Gewiley-Elbalky, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the video was hilarious and memorable at the same time.

“Ever y time I hear the song I get an image of Matt Ferguson in my head singing to me,” he said. “I’m not sure if that’s a curse or a blessing.”

Paul Kania, a School of Engineering junior, enjoyed the concept of Ferguson’s video.

“I think that it gave me a new take on that song,” he said. “It also made me realize how awesome Matt Ferguson is and how an ordinary Rutgers staff member can become a YouTube sensation.”

The Department of American Studies is offering a new minor starting this semester that examines and questions ethnic categories.

The Comparative and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies minor will explore traits and similarities between cultures and distinguish between race and ethnicity, said Allan Isaac, an associate professor in the Department of American Studies.

“It’s about communities and conflicts at the same time,” Isaac said. “Race and ethnicity, those two categories tend to be confused.”

Isaac, who helped create the CCRES track, said the new minor includes courses that are already offered in the Department of American Studies along with a new introductory one. The minor will feature the course “Introduction to Comparative Race Studies,” Isaac said.

“The minors usually reframe courses currently offered and encourage other types of classes to fit into that minor,” he said.

Students must complete six courses, according to the Department of American Studies’ website. The requirements include the introductory course in comparative race and ethnic studies, a comparative race and ethnic studies Capstone Seminar and three more electives that relate to race and ethnicity.

Students will examine and compare ethnicity and race in different contexts, which are sometimes hard to understand, Isaac said.

“It gives the student the power to raise questions about … the creation of these categories and actually discover experiences, stories and histories which could not otherwise be covered,” Isaac said.

He said a student with a minor in CCRES would be able to ar ticulate the diversity and the dif ferences that make up New Jersey’s population.

“It is important to have cultural competence, for one thing, especially in New Jersey,” Isaac said. “These [racial] categories are both real, but also very hazy and sloppy.”

Students will gain a perspective on cultural traits as well as ethnic categories, he said. They must be familiar with multiple cultures that make up these ethnic categories, so they can competently compare them, Issac said.

“American studies traditionally has dealt with history and English,” he said. “The CCRES minor falls under American studies, but it is a sustained study of race and ethnicity.”

Students will also gain the ability to examine the flaws of ethnic categories. He said many people are misinformed about these categories.

“Middle Eastern Americans, for example, are actually grouped as white,” Isaac said. “Arab-Americans can’t mark anything besides white in the Census.”

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Matt Ferguson, the assistant director of University Student Life, stars in the YouTube video “Mattstache”, his take on David Guetta and Nicki Minaj’s single “Turn Me On.” The video has more than 670,000 online views.

U. instructor experiences internet fame

BY RICHARD CONTE CORRESPONDENT

One man, six different faces and six different personas make a recipe for YouTube success.

This is the case for Matt Ferguson, whose recent music video interpretation of David Guetta and Nicki Minaj’s hit single “Turn Me On” garnered more than 670,000 views online.

Ferguson, the assistant director of Student Life at the University, posted the video on Feb. 8 and did not expect the video to get so many views less than a week after he posted it.

“We didn’t expect this to go viral,” said Ferguson, and adjunct instructor in the Department of American Studies. “We just made it for fun, thought we’d get a few hundred hits and that our friends would laugh. It’s blowing my mind.”

Ferguson, a Marlton, N.J. native and Somerset, N.J., resident, first got the inspiration for the video when he decided to go clean-shaven for the first time in five years, he said.

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“Since this was a rare occasion, I looked at it as an opportunity to make a cool video with the beard theme,” Ferguson said. “A colleague had suggested that I come to work each day of the week with a new facial hairstyle, so I took the idea and ran with.”

Ferguson and his colleagues sat at a diner last Tuesday night discussing the idea. They started shooting the video an hour later, he said.

The video took five hours to shoot and a few more to edit, Ferguson said.

In between each take, Ferguson went to the bathroom to create his next look, using clippers, scissors and razors. He went through three razors working on the video alone, he said via email correspondence. “[We] uploaded it to YouTube on Wednesday afternoon and the rest is history,” he said.

This is not the first video Ferguson has produced. Ferguson’s best friend Brian Bennett, freelance filmmaker and owner of Dynasty Films, has partnered with Ferguson on videos before.

RUPA brings comedy in ‘Love Affair’ dinner

BY ADAM UZIALKO STAFF WRITER

YouTube personality Eric O’Shea shared Valentine’s Day jokes and anecdotes Tuesday at the club room of the Livingston Student Center.

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holiday theme. “He’s a very laid back artist, which made my job easier.”

O’Shea said his audience influences the execution of his act and is one of the most important aspects of his routine.

“As long as it’s a smart, energetic crowd that’s willing to explore with me then I’m happy,” O’Shea said.

“Size doesn’t matter, which is a good Valentine’s Day theme.”

In accordance with the night’s theme, O’Shea opened his routine with a single man’s view on Valentine’s Day. “I have my Valentine’s Day color on up here,” he said. “I’m wearing a nice gray shirt for single people like me.”

About 40 attendees were present at the event and some also took part in their own Valentine’s Day comedy.

EVAN KLIMKOWSKI Ben Rennie, a School of Engineering senior, said he attended YouTube personality Eric O’Shea performs a comedy routine in a “Love Affair”

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dinner and comedy routine Tuesday, hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Associaton at the Livingston Student Center.

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Group opens dialogue to recognize safe sex methods

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The University’s Latin American Student Organization shared their secrets to a healthy sex life Monday through condom demonstrations and a safe sex flashcard game.

Sher ylene Diaz, the president of LASO, said the club co-hosted the program with University Health Ser vices at the Cook Campus Center because she wanted to educate students about safe sex practices around Valentine’s Day and the consequences of unprotected sex.

“It is impor tant to lear n about relationships and sex,” said Diaz, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. “At the end of day, if you don’t feel comfor table with talking about sex with your par tner, you shouldn’t be having sex.”

Ileana Almaguer, the LASO adviser, said talking about sex openly could inform students about the different methods of having safe sex.

“College life dictates sexual intercourse — it is a new experience that each young adult will face, and learning about it allows them [to] confront the situation safely,” said Almaguer, the senior counselor for Special Programs in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. “The more informed you are, the better aware you are to make safer choices.”

Diaz said she invited Glenn Corregano — a peer sexual educator from the University’s

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Students participate in a flashcard game Monday at the Cook Campus Center, in which they arrange themselves according to the words on the cards based on the order sexual intercourse takes place.

Health Outreach, Promotion and Education program — to teach students about how to have an open conversation with their par tners about sex and ways of maintaining a healthy relationship.

“It’s impor tant to talk to your par tner about what you’re going to do [and] what you plan on doing with your par tner so that you are both on the same page,” Corregano said, a

U. PROFESSORS RESEARCH INSECTS TO UNCOVER GENOME SECRETS Two University researchers — professors from the New Brunswick and Newark campuses — are investigating the evolutionar y histor y of insects with a team of more than 50 scientists.

Karl Kjer, a professor of ecology evolution and natural resources from the New Brunswick campus, and Jessica Ware, an assistant professor of biological sciences on the Newark campus, are among a select few U.S. researchers working on the project, according to Rutgers Media Relations.

Kjer and Ware will work with scientists from Australia, Austria, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and the United States in various disciplines, including molecular biology, embryology and scientific computing, according to the article.

Kjer invited Ware to join him in the project after initiating it with researchers including Xin Zhou, head of the National Bio-resource Bank of Beijing Genomics Institute, who is also Ware’s former lab par tner and a University alumnus.

“Insects are diverse, economically and ecologically impor tant organisms,” Ware told Media Relations.

“1KITE [the project] will help scientists uncover relationships among these remarkable organisms and tease apar t the dates of origin of social behavior, parasitic behaviors, herbivor y, flight and so for th.”

She told Media Relations that working with scientists from different countries is an exciting opportunity.

“I am eager to collaborate with such a diverse group of scientists to unlock the secrets hidden within insect genomes,” she said.

Ware teaches graduate-level courses in evolution at Rutgers-Newark, according to Media Relations.

Kjer has taught in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the University since 1996, according to Media Relations.

School of Ar ts and Sciences junior.

Corregano said couples who are thinking about having sex should be able to voice any concerns a partner has.

“It’s important to discuss your likes and dislikes openly,” he said.

“Communication is the key to any relationship type.”

Corregano introduced a flashcard game as a way to open up a conversation about safe sex practices.

“A lot of people are uncomfor table talking about this,” Diaz said. “[The games] opened up a situation where students felt comfor table talking about [sex] because ever yone became engaged.”

The flashcards included words like “relax,” “erection” and “ejaculation,” in which audience members were chosen to place the flashcards in the order sexual intercourse

takes place. Corregano helped students place the flashcards in order when they disagreed upon which card should come first.

The game not only served as a way to open dialogue about safe sex among students, but it also acted as a guide to teach students about safe sex, Diaz said.

Corregano said it is important for college students to be aware of the illnesses that come through unprotected sex and to learn about relationships, protection and contraceptive methods.

“If you plan on not getting pregnant, it’s important to use protection and contraceptive methods,” Corregano said.

Santiago Cardenas, the vice president of LASO, said he found the program useful because it allowed students to discuss sex in an activity that included everyone.

“I recommend this program to my peers because you can never learn enough about relationships and safe sex. … It provided tips about a skill you will use [for] all your life,” said Cardenas, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

Rafael Melendez, a School of Arts and Science junior, said attending the event was a fun experience and made him feel more comfortable to talk about sex while clearing any doubts he had about the topic.

“I learned about common problems that are most important today,” he said. “I recommend students to attend sexual awareness workshops because you need to learn about what you are doing.”

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RUPA: Students take part in their own Valentine comedy continued from front the event with his friend Megan Maldonando, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, as a joke.

“We’re here for a Valentine’s Day outing,” Rennie said. “I figured this was a place where my girlfriend wouldn’t find me.”

O’Shea performed one comedic skit that focused on his childhood as he reminisced on his mother’s frugal ways.

“My mom used to buy the generic cereal. There were no Honey Nut Cheerios — they were Oh Hell No’s,” he said. “No Honey Nut bee, just some cracked-out wasp on the front with a banged-up stinger.”

In the comedy act, he said his mother was frugal even when it came to purchasing games.

“Even board games,” he said.

“She didn’t get Clue, she got Hint.”

Another skit included his reactions to people driving slowly in the left lane when traveling to the University.

“When they’re driving 47 miles per hours in the left lane, you should ram them. Throw a grenade in their car,” O’Shea said. “Then when you pull up alongside them, you can never just pass them, right? You stop and see if they look as stupid as their driving is.”

He said looking at the person driving could sometimes help people understand why the driver was moving slowly.

“The weirder they look the better you feel,” O’Shea said. “No wonder you were driving so bad, you’ve got an enormous head.”

O’Shea said he was attracted to comedy because he never really saw himself in a conventional workplace.

“My thoughts and curiosity are just not conducive for a 9-to-5 job,” he said.

To make the acts relatable to the audience members, O’Shea said it involves being aware of one’s shortcomings when performing.

“I also do some weird bits, voices and random segues to break up the Seinfeld feel,” he said.

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Members of the University’s Foundation of International Medical Relief for Children decorate cupcakes in the Busch Campus Center Tuesday as part of Project Bumwalukani, Uganda-Mama Kits to benefit mothers and children in Uganda. The cupcakes will be sold later in the week.

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Matt Ferguson, the assistant director of University Student Life, dulls three razors as he gets his beard cut while filming his cover video of David Guetta and Nicki Minaj’s single “Turn Me On.” This is the first time in five years Ferguson dediced to go clean-shaven.

MINOR: Track includes detailed study of ethnicities continued from front CCRES was approved in December and put into the University Degree Navigator in January, Isaac said.

Upon learning that the University does not offer an ethnic studies program, he set out to create the CCRES minor three years ago, he said.

“We don’t have an ethnic studies department at Rutgers, unlike other universities,” he said.

“Other departments were very supportive of this initiative.”

Isaac teaches the courses “Asian American Cultural Theor y,” “United States Empire” and “Introduction to American Studies.”

Ryan Ramones, a School of Engineering junior, said the CCRES minor is especially important in New Jersey.

“By having this minor, it opens up a whole plethora of oppor tunities to explore the

global environment around us,” he said.

Ramones said the diversity at the University and its surrounding area can be overwhelming. “[In] high school, you’re kind of in a whole bubble, but when you come to college, you have people from all these intersections of life,” he said.

Ethan Lu, a University alumnus, said the new minor is necessary at the University.

“I even had a conversation with a friend the other day how [CCRES] is needed,” he said.

“We need to focus on dif ferent ethnicities interacting with one another.”

While various departments focus on the study of individual ethnicities, Lu said it is better to think of them all in the comprehensive minor program.

“It opens dialogue — that’s probably the most valuable thing,” he said. “Even though Rutgers can boast diversity, ever yone has a tendency to attach themselves to their own group and not interact outside their groups.”

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Ferguson said he has received positive feedback from the video.

“I’ve been told I look like Robert Pattinson, Christian Bale and Jason Segal,” Ferguson said. “That’s flattering, but my ugly mug is definitely not anywhere near those guys.”

He said comments on websites like Reddit and YouTube have been flattering, disturbing, supportive and hysterical.

While Ferguson does not believe he is famous, he would not mind some television exposure.

“I don’t think I’m famous, but it would be great to get on ‘Tosh.0’ or ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’” he said. “I’d like to meet Nicki Minaj … or at least just see [her] tweet it.”

Ferguson has gained many Facebook friend requests, Twitter followers and mentions because the video flashes his Twitter handle “@RUFerg,” he said. Guetta mentioned the video on Friday on Twitter. People have dubbed Ferguson “Mattstache,” a name Bennett coined, he said.

Blogs reports on the video have also helped it pick up steam, which

adds to the number of people around the country and world viewing it, he said.

“I think we’re well past friends and friends of friends [viewing it],” he said. “The blogs like ‘The Daily What’ [have] picked it up, so it’s great.”

Ferguson earned his bachelor’s degree at the University in 2005 and his master’s degree in 2008, he said.

Ever since he was young, Ferguson said he had a passion for performing, theater, music, stage management and video, he said.

Ferguson manages the RutgersZone in the Livingston Student Center, advises on-campus theater groups, assists with New Student Orientation and plans various large-scale campus events.

He also teaches courses in urban and suburban history and American culture in the Department of American Studies, he said.

He is unsure of his next move but thinks if people like what he and his friends are doing, they will make more videos.

“I didn’t do it for money, and I’m not really looking for a career as a YouTube star,” he said.

While Ferguson did not make the video for compensation, he would love to act or work in the entertainment industry.

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Recent poll shows N.J. residents more open to diversity

BY GIANCARLO CHAUX AND RICHARD CONTE STAFF WRITERS

New Jersey residents are becoming more comfor table with the increasing diversity in the state’s population, according to a new poll conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute.

The study shows an upward trend in the relationship between N.J. citizens and people of dif ferent demographic origins, said Patrick Murray, director of Monmouth University Polling Institute.

“These poll results mean that New Jersey residents are feeling positive about race relations in their local towns,” Murray said.

The Monmouth University Polling Institute sur veyed 803 New Jersey adults by phone from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4.

The results also show that local residents welcome further increases in the diversity as they recognize the benefits that come with a multicultural environment, Murray said. “[They] mean that residents also think that diversity overall has been good for the state,” he said.

Mur ray said the upward trend stretches back to some of the previous polls as well. A poll taken in December 2010 showed that state citizens generally held a positive outlook on race relations, but the new poll has substantially improved on those results.

RACE RELATIONS RATINGS Results from the Monmouth University Polling Institute’s 2010 and 2012 polls reveal New Jersey citizens’ increase in positive race relations. 803 N.J. residents were surveyed via phone in the most recent poll.

78 percent of responders gave a generally positive rating for race relations in 2012

67 percent of responders gave a generally positive rating for race relations in 2010

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“The number of New Jersey citizens [in 2010] who gave a generally positive rating for race relations was 67 percent,” Murray said. “That rating number has increased to 78 percent [in the recent poll].”

The poll also suggests that the election of President Barack Obama in 2008 might have played a role in helping race relations. More responders thought Obama improved relations than those who believed other wise, he said.

“Forty-four percent of the responders say that [he] hasn’t affected race relations while 36 percent have,” Murray said. “On the

LOCAL HOSPITAL INTRODUCES INNOVATIVE HEART PROCEDURE Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital became one of the first hospitals in the nation to of fer a groundbreaking aor tic valve replacement technique, according to an ar ticle on the NJ Today website.

The Cardiovascular Center of Excellence selected RWJUH to be one of the first places in the nation to use the technique since the treatment received an approval from the FDA, according to the ar ticle.

The technique, called Transcatheter Aor tic Valve Replacement, allows surgeons and cardiologists to replace a dysfunctional aor tic valve while the hear t continues to beat, removing the need for open-hear t surger y and cardiopulmonar y bypass, according to the ar ticle.

Mark Anderson, Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surger y at the University of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey-Rober t Wood Johnson Medical School and RWJUH, told N.J. Today that the new procedure would provide relief for patients with hear t problems who are hesitant to undergo the more dangerous operations.

“TAVR can contribute to an enhanced quality of life for these patients,” Anderson said.

The TAVR proceeds by delivering the patient’s replacement valve toward the site of the diseased one and then expanding the new substitute with a balloon, allowing it to immediately take the place of the existing valve, according to the ar ticle. The technique is done without any major surgical incisions, according to the ar ticle.

other hand, 16 percent have said that Obama’s presidency has hurt them.”

Neco Williams, a Franklin Township resident, said he is skeptical when Obama is attributed with improvements in the day-to-day social issues of local residents.

“I don’t think he has had any ef fect at all, at least I haven’t noticed anything,” he said.

The study also found a divergence between the way people from dif ferent age groups approached those who were of a dif ferent race than their own, Murray said.

“Almost half of the responders under the age of 35

repor ted that all or most of their friends were of a dif ferent race,” he said. “Only a quar ter of responders from the age 35 to 54 have interracial friendships. Also 17 percent of [those over] 55 said they had friends of another race.”

Williams said today’s youth face a much more diverse environment than those of the previous generations — a factor that may explain the dif ference between the two groups concerning interracial friendships.

“The younger people tend to mix better with other races because that’s what they are exposed to,” Williams said.

“Back in the day, the people over 35 didn’t have this kind of diversity around them, so they only socialized with their race.”

Lisa Ferrara, a graduate student in the School of Communication and Information, said she thinks there are still cases of prejudice and racism in New Jersey, even if they have become less widespread.

“I haven’t seen a lot of blaringly obvious things,” Ferrara said. “There are smaller things, but they are subconscious [acts]. There are things that you may not normally notice.”

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State bail system needs no reform G

ov. Chris Christie has proposed to give judges the power to deny bail to repeat violent offenders. Keeping exceptionally dangerous criminals off the street is always a welcomed effort, but Christie’s new measure seems to do little to help achieve this goal that the state’s present policy doesn’t already do.

In order to grant judges this authority, the state’s constitution would have to be amended, and Christie has proposed including questions about the amendment on the next general election ballot. Of course, the idea seems well-intentioned, as it does have the welfare of N.J. citizens in mind. But the amendment would cross a serious boundary by refusing offenders — who, despite a history of crimes, will not yet have been proven guilty of the offense in question — a chance at bail.

This could potentially raise concerns relating to presumption that defendants are assumed innocent until proven guilty.

The proposal does not yet make clear the type and number of past convictions that would disqualify a defendant for bail, but its goal, according to Christie, is to “provide our courts with the ability to keep dangerous offenders in jail and off community streets rather than give them an opportunity to commit further acts of violence, intimidate witnesses until the time of their trial.”

Despite its aim, we see no need in amending the state’s constitution in order to give judges this ability. Judges are already given the authority to keep offenders behind bars — they’re able to set the bail itself.

By setting an extremely high bail, judges can effectively prevent defendants from making bail and returning to the streets. There is no reason to tack on additional measures to ensure this, and we should wonder how many additional crimes have actually been committed as a result of repeat offenders making bail.

In this sense, the measure seems redundant, and it also forces us question why such a system is used on the federal level. Presumption of innocence should not be compromised in order to give judges more authority, even if a defendant has a history of violent crime.

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oreclosed homes in towns across the state could become affordable housing for low- to moderate-income families under the New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act, a recent proposal outlined by state Senate and Assembly Democrats. And with home foreclosures on the rise following the nation’s housing crisis, the proposal seems to be a creative way to put these vacant spaces to use — but the policy alone does not do enough to cater to community concerns.

Under the bill, municipalities and a state corporation created specifically for this purpose would be allowed to buy vacant and foreclosed homes and turn them into affordable housing. Towns — drawing on the state’s $268 million affordable housing trust fund to purchases the houses — would have 45 days to decide before New Jersey Foreclosure Relief Corporation would be able to buy them through federal and state financing.

Housing vacancies, as a result of home foreclosures, have become a concern for many townships throughout the state, leaving communities spotted with bank-owned signs. Economically speaking, during stronger times this may not have posed as great a problem. The private sector is often the default remedy for things like this, but such enterprises have done little to alleviate the situation. In the meantime, though, these homes should be put to use, rather than sit empty. The proposal — with just a five-year lifespan — would do just this.

Predictably, such a proposal may raise concern from individuals who feel it would negatively affect residents of areas surrounding these homes. Opening up these homes to low- and moderate-income families does have the potential to alter, however slightly, the demographics of the area, and this idea may not sit well with certain community members. But for towns with the highest instances of these foreclosures, the presence of vacant and boarded-up homes is certainly more of a detriment to the community than if the spaces were offered as affordable housing to families in need.

But in order to make the best use of such a policy, municipalities must use discretion when deciding which houses to flip and which to leave. While we see little problem in increasing the number of affordable housing units in most communities, it is important to consider the concerns raised by community members. Any changes made to the landscape of a community should be changes that have the majority of the community member’s opinions backing them.

Such decisions should not be made in isolation.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “No Honey Nut bee, just some cracked out wasp on the front with a banged-up stinger.”

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performances by the best in on Cornelius, cremusic at the time. ator of “Soul Teenagers would come Train,” is gone. from everywhere to tryout There are speculations confor the show, families would cerning his death and the gather in their living rooms way in which he perished, to watch the show, and but I choose not to dwell TAMIYAH YANCEY celebrity artists would kill upon it. Instead, let all of us to be on the show. This was who remember the warmth “Soul Train.” of his smile, the size of his fro and the soul of his Some may not see “Soul Train” as an accomshow be the remaining factors that stay in our plishment in musical history, and some may limit minds. Rather than think on his absence, let’s its reach to the black community. But all have to indulge in all the moments he was present. And realize that it was much more than that. Cornelius before we wonder about his choices in the matters did intend for the show to cater to black people, of death, let’s focus on his choices in life. What simply because we needed something positive to Cornelius has created, and left behind are far indulge in that we could call our own. But music is more influential than what he may have gone way too powerful to keep within through in his last few years of one race, and he realized that too. life. And so, I choose not to dwell upon the present, in the case of “‘Soul Train’ emerged People of all racial backgrounds, musical talents and dance skills Cornelius, at least. I will instead in 1970, instantly were welcomed into “Soul Train” dance my way into the past.

The legend was born in 1930 becoming the popular at one time or another — and that is why the show and its creator are in Chicago. By the time Cornelius must-see show.” so amazing. was in his 20s, he had worked as At a time when leaders such as a salesperson of insurance, Mar tin Luther King Jr. and among other things, earning him Malcolm X had been assassinated, riots were the business skills that have dubbed “Soul Train” breaking out and the countr y seem to be sepaone of the most successful television series of its rating yet again, movements like “Soul Train” day. But Cornelius was not yet at the point where brought ever yone together in a positive and hosting a show ser ved to be at the top of his tocarefree way — a way in which politics were not do-list. Cornelius quit his job in 1996 and went on an immediate issue, and we could all come to a a limb by enrolling in a broadcasting course. He common ground of music and movement. then worked as a disc jockey and substitute onCornelius was an African-American who touched air personality on WVON radio in his hometown all Americans, so it’s only right that the world of Chicago. would learn of his death the ver y first day of From radio, Cornelius took the next step and Black Histor y Month and that re-runs of “Soul transitioned into television, becoming an anchor Train” be played on ever y station willing to celeand host of “A Black’s View of the News” on brate his legacy.

WCIU-TV during the late 1960s. And although he So in closing, I offer this: For those who have could have easily settled with his position there, never seen a “Soul Train” episode, go to YouTube Cornelius felt he could do more. So he pitched and educate yourself. For those who have seen the idea of a music program aimed towards the show, watch it again and enjoy it the way the American youth —specifically black youth, and dancers on that stage did. For those who are getgeared towards the latest in soul, rhythm and ting married and throwing parties: Create a soulblues and later, rock, jazz and hip-hop music. train line and see what moves your friends and Though a risky move for Cornelius and the telfamily want to show off. evision station, he offered to use his own money to And for Don Cornelius, I wish you love, peace start the show and prove its genius. “Soul Train” and soul. emerged in 1970, instantly becoming the popular must-see show that was always up-to-date, enerTamiyah Yancey is a School of Arts and Sciences getic and full of soul. senior majoring in journalism and media studies The show featured teenagers dancing throughwith minors in Africana studies and cinema studies. out the space to the DJ’s selections, and live

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Outlaw unfair, unpaid labor Letter JUSTIN HAYDEN magine a scenario in which cash-strapped college students have to give months or even years of free labor to companies and organizations in exchange for the opportunity to one day have a job that actually pays them. Now, imagine that companies accepted this free labor while they sat on record amounts of stockpiled cash while record numbers of people were unemployed. This is the current state of the internship system in this country, and it is unfair to students and the general workforce.

A recent Newsweek article said that by graduation, more than half of the Class of 2011 had at least one internship under their belt. This should come as no surprise considering that three-four ths of employers questioned in the same study indicated that they want students to work in internships before coming to work for them. Obviously students hungr y to impress employers are going to work at least one internship before graduation in order to have a chance at landing a career in this economy.

The problem though is that many of these internships are unpaid. Sure, many of us have settled into paid internships, and of course we all have that friend who somehow managed to land one that pays more than $20 an hour — but many of us work unpaid internships in order to have something to put on our résumés.

According to a 2011 NPR article, about half of interns are unpaid, which means that at least a quarter of college students are

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giving away free labor to organizations before they graduate.

Sure, some of these organizations, such as governments, charities and non-governmental organizations are nonprofit, meaning that an unpaid internship is basically volunteering, but most of them are for-profit companies who benefit from the free intern labor. These are the same companies who are currently stashing away their money at record levels, rather than spending and hiring new employees.

President Barack Obama reported last year that businesses have roughly $2 trillion stockpiled because they fear sinking money into a teetering economy.

Companies lack enough confidence in the economy to spend money at normal levels, but how could the economy ever improve if they do not start spending money and hiring people? Simply put, it cannot.

Technically it is illegal for forprofit organizations to use unpaid interns for free labor.

Basically the federal government says that any unpaid position must serve as educational training, which benefits the intern and not the company, while also not displacing any regular employees. Breaking this law is virtually inevitable for companies offering unpaid internships.

First, most who have worked as unpaid interns would probably agree that their work benefited the company. Whether it is clerical work, researching or the lowly duty of hole-punching papers, these are all tasks that need to get done and therefore do benefit the employer. Second, since companies benefit from these tasks, if there were not unpaid interns completing them, then companies would hire and

pay other people to do them.

Thus, unpaid internships do in fact displace paid workers or at least potential paid workers.

Finally, the requirement that the internship must serve as an educational training experience means, in practice, that as long as the student’s college agrees to give credits for it, then it is legal.

This actually winds up being even more unfair for the students because the credits cost money. So essentially, the students must pay money to their college in order to give their labor to a company.

What are college students to do? A single person cannot and should not simply stop working free internships on their own. If one were to stop, then someone else would continue to and consequently, would have a decided advantage in job interviews. We take unpaid internships in order to get ahead of everyone else — it has become an arms race to build up the arsenal that is our résumés. The only thing that can force disarmament is the national government. It should realize that it is unfair for companies with so much money stashed away to receive free labor from unpaid interns, while a high number of people sit at home without paying jobs. It should also realize that without unpaid interns, companies would have to pay people for their work, which in turn would help alleviate the unemployment problem and pump money into the economy. The federal government should simply outlaw unpaid internships altogether.

Justin Hayden is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and philosophy with a minor in sociology.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Upgrade your workplace with a little imagination.

Financial hurdles are temporary. A partner offers excellent support.

Make love and romance a priority.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Little steps toward organization can go a long way now. Exercise clears your head. Burn off some calories while having fun. Friends can make great partners.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Add some passion to your work. Today could be quite profitable, but don't spend what you don't have. Stick to your budget. Be ready for surprises.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Others are depending on you to take action, but there's no need to stress since you're on top of your game. Put some oomph into it.

The overall outcome is brilliant.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Keep an empowering context or overview for what you're up to, rather than listening to that old, disruptive voice that wants you to believe you can't.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Increased romance may come with some reversals of fortune. Be persistent to get what you really want.

Use your wonderful instincts.

Save up for it.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Go for what you believe in. Being true to yourself takes you a long, long way.

Be grateful for what you have.

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Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey looks on from the bench Jan. 16 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

“They’re all creatures of habit, so we have to take them out of what they want to do,” said junior for ward Austin Johnson. “They’re comfor table with r unning their of fense at their own pace, so if we can speed them up, that’s to our advantage.”

The Knights did so in the first contest, so much that Irish head coach Mike Brey called it a “bad matchup” Monday for Notre Dame (17-8, 9-3). But for once, he has the athletes of his own.

“It’s the Big East. Ever y team is capable of doing anything,” said sophomore guard Mike Poole. “You see Pitt started off 0-7 and they picked it up.

Ever y team is capable of running the table.”

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Senior swimmer Trisha Averill and the Knights compete at the Big East Championships through the weekend, capping off their divers’ third-place finish to begin the conference finale.

CROWN: Senior swimmer serves as Rutgers’ best hope continued from back The Knights spent more than a week in the practice pool before the swimmers arrived Tuesday in Pittsburgh. The championships begin at 6 p.m. and feature both the 800-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay.

Rutgers will par ticipate in a total of five relay events during the course of the fourday championships.

“We’re strong in our medley relays,” Spiniello said. “We’re going to catch some people of f guard. Our goal as a team is to move up a few spots [in those events].”

The Knights will mostly earn No. 6 seeds in the relay events, and they want to improve their standing as the championships progress, Spiniello said.

One swimmer Spiniello look to for the accomplishment is senior Trisha Averill. The veteran was the Knights’ strongest competitor all season and the only member of the team to provisionally qualify for March’s NCAA Championships.

Averill’s strongest event this season was the breaststroke, in which the senior took down the school record in the 200 yard. She earned a high seed in the 100-yard breaststroke and has oppor tunities all week in the event, Spiniello said.

“She’s been training well all year and is a hard worker,” he said. “Going into this weekend, I’m excited to see her hard work come into fruition.”

The Knights also have senior Jacquelyn Ward at their disposal. The co-captain ser ves as the team’s best chance in the freestyle events. She consistently placed first in the 50-, 100- and 200-freestyle events during the season.

Averill and Ward, along with fellow seniors Brianne Lindblad and Michelle Berman, are the sparks Spiniello needs for the team to succeed. With the possible exception of Averill, they see their last races of the season in Trees Pool.

“The seniors are ready to go,” Spiniello said. “They want to leave with a bang. All my seniors are ready to leave their mark on the program and help us move up.”

Moving up remains feasible for the Knights. Last season’s seventh-place finish ser ved as a lynchpin for the team as it entered the 2011-12 campaign. It went from 2-4 last year to a 9-2 mark at this season’s end.

But the Knights still race in one of the most competitive conferences in the countr y. The No. 24-ranked Louisville Cardinals return as Big East champions. Their 2011 win broke Notre Dame’s 14-year title reign in the league.

Rutgers finished 4-0 against Big East teams this season, but its victories against Connecticut, Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova only provide a glimpse of what the rest of the league showcases.

“Mentally, we have to stay in the meet,” Spiniello said. “The placing of this meet will not be determined until the last race is over, so we have to keep fighting like we have all year. But we’re ready to go physically.”

Spiniello said at the beginning of the year the team would be ready to compete when it arrived in the Steel City. The next four days will demonstrate where the Knights stand against the rest of the Big East field.

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They held their own at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, and they

MIKE RICE likely will in South Bend, Ind., where the Irish seldom lose.

The Irish toppled then-No. 1 Syracuse there Jan. 20, along with Marquette, a top-25 team, since their loss to Rutgers. They lost only once at the Joyce Center in the last two seasons.

Rice offered his own explanation for their success.

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“Notre Dame plays there,” he said.

But Jack Cooley, the Irish’s catalyst, makes his home in its paint. The junior center ranks second in the Big East with 3.8 offensive rebounds per contest.

“Some of the best athletes in the world,” Rice said, “aren’t doing what he does.”

Brey recruited Cooley, a three-star commit according to Rivals.com, while only two other schools from power conferences looked at him. He played sparingly as a freshman during standout Luke Harangody’s final season.

He is now part of Brey’s patchwork unit that continues to defy mounting odds.

“They always seem to pull something out like this with regard to who they have,” Johnson said. “Brey does a great job with what he has, and they stick to his blueprint and never get away from it. That’s what helps them.”

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Freshman forward Betnijah Laney hoists up a shot Sunday against St. John’s. Laney continues to start under head coach C. Vivian Stringer despite the absence of several veteran players.

time, not page 50,” Stringer said.

“The only way we can understand how to survive as a team is to comparisons to point guard play as a team.”

Wheeler sat a third time continued from back against St. John’s while Sykes “She’s going to have the star ted for the first time in same mindset that [Rushdan] three games. Both still strughas,” Stringer said. “She’s not gled in a combined 3-for-18 being afraid. We want her to showing from the field. take more of an offensive role.”

The Knights continue to tr y Stringer put Laney in that less than a month until the Big position lately, beginning Jan. 31 East and NCAA Tournaments against Notre Dame. to put together the consistency The Hall of Fame head they lacked in the past coach sent Laney four games. out to start against Their next the then-No. 2 “[Betnijah Laney’s] test is tonight, powerhouse as when they face not being afraid. she has this seaa West Virginia son in 11 games.

(18-6, 8-3) team We want her to But this time, that allows only take more of an Laney star ted 49.8 points per without Rushdan, game — second offensive role.” senior for ward lowest in the April Sykes conference.

C. VIVIAN STRINGER and junior guard T h e Head Coach Erica Wheeler.

Mountaineers’ Instead, she fate is lately the began the game with three opposite of Rutgers’ (17-7, 6-5). other inexperienced freshmen.

They look to defend their fourBut the Smyrna High School game winning streak that cul(Del.) product looked as lost minated in Sunday’s upset of as the rest of the No. 21 Scarlet the Fighting Irish.

Knights in her 4-point, fiveThey allowed only 63 points turnover per formance. to a Notre Dame squad that But when Stringer altered the averages 82.5 points per starting lineup, Laney was a game. The Knights enter mainstay. She proved why.

Morgantown, W. Va., with a Laney muscled her way to 8 slumping of fense that has not points Feb. 4 against then-No. surpassed 60 points since Jan. 3 Connecticut’s defense, which 25, their last win. allows fewer points than any They continue to look for Big East team. She followed consistency against the that up with 9 points, three Mountaineers. Some of it assists and only one turnover returned when Rushdan came against St. John’s. back with a team-leading 17 With veterans Sykes and points against St. John’s.

Wheeler coming off the bench If Rushdan’s veteran counagainst Notre Dame and UConn terpar ts bring their struggles in the Knights’ four-game losing to West Virginia, she may pass streak, Laney has been an anchor the ball to Laney in hopes that of consistency. the freshman will not let the “[We need] everybody readKnights’ losing skid extend to ing from page 100 at the same five games.

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New special teams coordinator Phil Galiano runs onto the field Oct. 15 against Navy. Galiano takes over for Robb Smith, who becomes Rutgers’ defensive coordinator under Kyle Flood.

ASSISTANTS: Flood allows for autonomy with ‘D’ continued from back Flood welcomed the opportunity to reunite with Cohen, a former head coach at Hofstra.

“I always hoped at some point if I became a head coach,” Flood said, “that I’d be able to have him on staff to work with.”

Flood plans to hold a more “big picture” role with the Rutgers defense than interfering with the defensive gameplan, he said. He last coached defense in 1993-94, when he mentored the offensive and defensive lines at St. Francis Prep (N.Y.).

It is likely why he hired three former coordinators on his first staf f.

“You don’t have to look at my résumé very long,” Flood said, “to know that I’ve coached on offense for 19 years.”

Flood’s focus remains on the short term. Spring practice begins in March. In between, he will spend time with Jeremy Cole, recently appointed head strength and conditioning coach.

Flood still monitors the search for a final defensive assistant. He is unwilling to narrow its scope to satisfy a position need, he said.

“I want to bring the best person here,” Flood said. “We’re going to pick the best fit for us.

We have enough talent around

the table that we’ll make the pieces fit wherever we need to.”

Wherever Flood pegs the hire, his last piece will have to recruit.

Cohen, a Long Island native, will likely remain entrenched in North Jersey and New York, where he developed relationships at Hofstra.

“It certainly would make sense,” Flood said, “to keep him in those spots.”

Galiano and Smith, Flood’s lone returners, already have roles as recruiters.

“I don’t think in college football you can hire guys that are great football coaches that struggle in recruiting,” Flood said. “What you’ll find going forward is we have some really strong recruiters.”

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Rutgers copes with injuries to veterans

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utgers named Rob Shutte its new head men’s golf coach Tuesday.

Shutte has seven years of collegiate coaching experience. He spent the last two as the head women’s coach at Lehigh, where he led the Mountain Hawks to their first tournament victory in the 2011 Sunshine Spring Invitational.

He also served as Muhlenberg head men’s golf coach from 2005-09. Shutte was also an assistant pro in 2003 at Arcola Country Club at Paramus, N.J. Maura Waters-Ballard, the Rutgers director of golf, will remain head women’s golf coach.

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announced Tuesday it reached a settlement with the Big East for an unspecified amount of money. The agreement ensured the Mountaineers’ addition to the Big 12 in July before the next football season.

The conference changes and legal action put even more on the plate of Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood and Athletic Director Tim Pernetti.

“That’s something that Tim Pernetti as the athletic director is working through,” Flood said. “Right now, we’re in the middle of winter workouts and getting ready to plan spring practice. We have a lot of things to do before we play that first game.”

A person familiar with the agreement said the settlement totaled $20 million, but could not say how much money would come from West Virginia and how much from the Big 12, according to the Washington Post.

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quarterback Mike Teel was named quarterbacks coach at Wagner College.

Teel, a three-year starter and two-year captain with the Scarlet Knights, accumulated a school-record 9,398 passing yards and 59 touchdowns in his career.

The Seattle Seahawks selected Teel in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft, but the Don Bosco Prep product did not play. The New England Patriots and Chicago Bears waived him before the 2010 season.

Teel then served as quarterbacks coach at Division-III Kean University in Union, N.J.

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settled its schedule Tuesday and is set Sept. 15 to debut in Big 12 football.

The Horned Frogs open against Kansas, while fellow conference newcomer West Virginia will begin conference play Sept. 29 against Baylor.

TCU and West Virginia replace Texas A&M and Missouri, which switch allegiances to the Southeastern Conference.

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Senior infielder Russ Hopkins will miss the 2012 season because of injury. Hopkins is a captain who last year led the team in RBIs.

As if losing its two best hitters — an MLB prospect included — was not enough of a setback, the BASEBALL Rutgers baseball RUTGERS AT team has MIAMI (FLA.), to play FRIDAY, 7 P.M. through the season with two pieces already injured.

Senior corner infielder Russ Hopkins and junior pitcher Nathaniel Roe are out for the season, but head coach Fred Hill said the team’s goal remains the same — win the conference.

The Scarlet Knights (20-30 last season) have to accomplish the goal with a depleted lineup — Rutgers is without Hopkins and graduates D.J. Anderson and Michael Lang.

The offense centered on Lang, who led Rutgers starters in batting average (.344), on-base percentage (.445) and slugging percentage (.490). Lang is off to pursue a professional baseball career. He and Anderson — second on the team last year with 25 RBI — gave the reins to Hopkins.

Without Anderson, Hopkins and Lang, Hill is left looking for answers.

“How’s the lineup going to be?

I’m not 100 percent sure,” he said.

“It’s a little different than what it was last year. We had some veterans who played quite a bit.”

Rutgers now searches for both production and leadership for its offense. A lot of it comes from underclassmen, including sophomore infielder Nick Favatella.

Favatella returns as the team’s leader in OPS from last season (.745). He also drew 20 walks, which put him second behind Lang. But Favatella anticipates a need for his leadership without Hopkins in only his second season.

“It’s a big loss, both performance-wise on the field and emotionally,” Favatella said of Hopkins. “He was one of our captains and leaders on the team, but we’re all going to try to pitch in and help make up for that.”

The Knights already have an answer for the absence of Roe. That is Rob Corsi.

Roe was the third pitcher in the Knights’ rotation last year while Corsi served as a relief pitcher. But No. 1 starter Tyler Gebler already gave a nod of confidence to the junior lefthander. “[Roe] had a good year last year, so that’s definitely a loss,” Gebler said. “But Corsi was our [pitching] MVP last year, so I don’t think we’re going to miss a beat without him.”

Corsi pitched 40 innings in 23 appearances out of the bullpen last season, compared to Roe’s 67 2/3. The Knights hope he can take his 1.58 ERA and translate it to success as a starter.

Corsi’s frequent and lengthy use out of the bullpen should ease his transition, said Gebler, who made the reliever-to-starter transition last year with classmate Rob Smorol.

“We’re pretty confident,” Gebler said. “Smorol and I got a year of experience last year and even Corsi got a lot of time, so I think our star ting pitching’s pretty good.”

With alterations to both the offense and the pitching staff, Hill is grateful for the amount of time to experiment in non-conference play, beginning Friday in Miami.

“We have to get a couple games under our belt before we say, ‘Here’s our set lineup.’ That’s why we enjoy going south to teams like Miami,” Hill said. “You find out whether you can play or not.”

It will be the first step toward the high hopes to win the Big East for Hill and the Knights.

Rookie continues adjustment on mat

BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

When Sara Skammer competes in the floor exercise for the Rutgers gymnastics team, she exudes confidence that GYMNASTICS c o m e s with years of experience.

The freshman is more than capable of stepping up to the plate to compete on the balance beam when called. And on uneven bars and vault, she shows a poise and balance similar to veteran members of the Scarlet Knights.

In fact, the only time Skammer looks visibly nervous is when she speaks to the media following Rutgers’ meets. In the middle of her rookie season on the Banks, Skammer continues to acclimate to all the aspects that correspond with being a college athlete.

“It is definitely interesting. It is really hard trying to balance school and gymnastics, but it is getting easier,” Skammer said.

“This is my first season trying to do school work with gymnastics, but I’m getting used to it. It is a lot better than what it was.”

While the freshman from Dallas, Pa., found the time to adjust to her life outside of gymnastics, she was thrust headlong into it when it came time to compete.

Skammer competed in the allaround in the Knights’ first meet of the year against New Hampshire.

The meet ended in disappointment for not only Skammer

but the entire team as well. The Knights dropped the matchup at home, and Skammer took fourth in the all-around with a score of 36.975.

Skammer said she felt the nerves that come with a freshman campaign.

“I feel like I have a lot of expectations to live up to,” Skammer said. “I have been tr ying really hard in the gym and at meets, just tr ying to get my act together. It is a lot to worr y about.”

But if there is one thing firstyear head coach Louis Levine stressed for the Knights this season, it is improvement from meet to meet. In her first year, Skammer shows improvement in spades.

Since the New Hampshire meet, she has not competed in all four events for the Knights. But in only a week, she improved her scores in both the beam competition and on vault.

When the Knights bounced back two weeks later and earned their first wins of the season, Skammer brought her scores up in beam, vault and floor exercise at least .200 each. On beam, she went from a 9.125 against New Hampshire to a 9.700.

She made an afternoon out of tying or surpassing personal bests on Saturday in the Knights’ home victor y against SUNYCortland and Brown. Her 9.725 on vault tied for her best score,

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Freshman Sara Skammer performs Saturday in the floor exercise.

She improved by nearly .600 in the event since her first meet. while her 9.700 on the floor was a career high.

“I thought I did a lot better than I did last meet,” Skammer said. “I improved in pretty much all three events [against Cortland and Brown], so I was more consistent. That is what I was hoping for.”

Skammer finds comfort in the confines of the team’s home floor, the Livingston Recreation Center.

There, her coaches and teammates make her first season much easier.

“I love the atmosphere. Even with a lot of people that don’t know about the meets, we have posters everywhere and they see them when they come,” Skammer said. “There is a lot of camaraderie here at Rutgers and a lot of people who are here supporting us.”

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Assistants adopt familiar philosophy

BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

As Kyle Flood looks around the table at his assistants with the Rutgers football team, he does not want to see nine similar opinions.

The first-year head FOOTBALL coach will at least recognize a few of them.

Flood announced Tuesday his defensive staff, which includes two holdovers and a former colleague. None of them have more responsibility now than Robb Smith, the Scarlet Knights’ new defensive coordinator.

“I couldn’t be happier he stayed on staff with us despite some pulling and tugging from some other places around the country,” Flood said. “It was critical to me that we were able to keep our defensive system in place. The way Rutgers played defense over the last seven years is as good as anybody in the country.”

Smith served as special teams coordinator last year under former head coach Greg Schiano. He spent seven seasons at Maine, where he controlled its defense.

Flood’s other hires, special teams coordinator Phil Galiano and linebackers coach Dave Cohen, also have defensive coordinator experience.

Galiano coached the defensive line a year ago and tight ends in 2010, when he arrived from Florida International. His predecessor, Smith, remains close by.

“Having Robb here to be able to lean on, we’re going to continue the tradition,” Galiano said. “Robb’s going to be a great asset to me.”

As Flood earlier promised, Galiano expects the unit’s philosophy to remain largely unchanged. He pointed to its success as a puntblock and field goal-block group and vowed to maintain the Knights’ reputation for it.

Galiano inherits a corps that blocked nine kicks last season. He also has junior Jeremy Deering, who averaged 31.2 yards per kick return a year ago and scored a touchdown.

Cohen falls into a desirable opening, as well.

The Knights return four linebackers with considerable playing experience, including the Big East Co-Defensive MVP, senior Khaseem Greene.

“I’m just trying,” Cohen said, “not to screw this thing up.”

Cohen and Flood spent three seasons together at Delaware, where Cohen served as defensive coordinator during the Blue Hens’ 2003 national championship run.

He most recently coached at Western Michigan, where he called the defensive and coached linebackers.

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Freshman forward Betnijah Laney drives to the basket Sunday against St. John’s.

Laney shows consistency in losing streak

BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When Khadijah Rushdan returned from her two-game absence, the lack of progress for the Rutgers women’s basketball team disappointed her.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The fifth-year senior guard found RUTGERS AT herself in the all too WEST VIRGINIA, familiar position of TONIGHT, 7 P.M. playing catch-up Sunday in a 61-52 loss to St. John’s.

“It’s a tiring way to play, especially since I’m a senior,” Rushdan said. “I know we can do better.”

To see a player trying to shift the paradigm, Rushdan can look no farther than up the court at her cousin, freshman forward Betnijah Laney.

Laney’s output is not as productive as Rushdan’s, but the attitude runs in the family. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer recognizes it as much as anyone.

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Notre Dame junior center Jack Cooley attempts a shot in the paint Jan. 16 as junior forward Austin Johnson (21) defends.

Cooley ranks second in the Big East with nearly four offensive rebounds per game. Notre Dame won its last six games.

RU prepares for surging Fighting Irish

BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

The No. 23 Notre Dame team Mike Rice sees rarely makes mistakes, values possessions and plays with discipline. So it is only fitting the Rutgers head men’s MEN’S BASKETBALL basketball coach — in this season of Big RUTGERS AT East parity — was the NOTRE DAME, last to beat it.

TONIGHT, 7 P.M. The date was Jan. 16. The Fighting Irish never looked back, ripping off six wins in a row.

“On every possession of the basketball, you have to be more disciplined than the most

disciplined team in the Big East,” Rice said of facing Notre Dame. “It’s difficult for some.”

The Scarlet Knights were at ease, translating an 8-point halftime lead into a 7-point victory. They lost five of six games since and now face a three-game stretch against the conference’s elite.

The Knights’ win against the Irish looks better with each passing day, as head coach Mike Brey’s team inches closer to at least a likely NCAA Tournament at-large bid.

It does so without senior forward Tim Abromaitis, a preseason first team all-league player who suffered a season-ending injury.

“No slight on Notre Dame, but, man, they’re on a roll,” Rice said. “They’re

doing things I don’t think anyone thought they’d do. I didn’t think they’d be on this good of a roll. But it just goes to show you when you don’t beat yourself … you can do anything.”

The Knights could use the cue.

They hoisted up 23 3-point attempts Feb. 8 in a loss to in-state rival Seton Hall, making only six. They shot 31.5 percent from the field. And they committed 16 turnovers.

Their 14.9 giveaways per game rank tied for 257th in the nation.

But Rutgers (12-13, 4-8) at least has athleticism and pace on its side.

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BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

Rutgers head swimming and diving coach Phil Spiniello could not ask for a better position for his team today as it begins the swimming porSWIMMING & DIVING tion of the Big East Championships.

RUTGERS AT Sophomore BIG EAST CHAMPS, Nicole Scott TONIGHT, 6 P.M. placed in the top 10 in both 1- and 3-meter dives. The divers returned last weekend with a third-place finish — what the Scarlet Knights needed to improve on their seventh-place finish a year ago in the championships.

“The divers’ finish of third, the girls are really excited about,” Spiniello said. “That just fired up the whole team from what a great job they did.”

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