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University ranks third in services for student vets BY DOMENIC RUGGERI STAFF WRITER
Even when he did not have power or Internet in Afghanistan, student veteran Matthew Kane of the U.S. Marine Corp said it was easy to apply for admission to the University. Kane is not alone receiving help from the University after his time in the military. Military Times magazine ranks the University third on a list of most accommodating and helpful institutions for former servicemen and women in the nation.
“When you get out [of the militar y], you’re on your own with money, grades, tuition,” said Kane, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore. “Rutgers really helps with that.” Out of the 300 four-year traditional universities and colleges on the list, only Eastern Kentucky University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are ranked higher than the University. SEE
VETS ON PAGE 4 Members of the United Students Against Sweatshops occupy escalators in the Barnes and Noble at Rutgers store yesterday in an attempt to have workers remove all Adidas items from shelves. SHAWN SMITH
Protesters ask bookstore to stop carrying Adidas apparel United Students Against Sweatshops plan flash mob as part of weekend boot camp for campus organizers BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT
Armed with bullhorns, protest signs and a choreographed routine to Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” members of the Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops asked those working at the University’s Bar nes and
DO THE CHARLESTON Maggie Schack, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, and Christian Heckler, a senior at West Point in New York, dance at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum during the fourth annual Student Masquerade Ball. More than 500 students attended the Great Gatsbythemed event Saturday. JOVELLE TAMAYO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor: U. needs to prioritize safe biking BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT
A University professor thinks biking is the answer to the University’s overcrowded bus system — a solution he said would help dilute traffic, provide health benefits for students and make roads safer. John Pucher, professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said local governments should consider expanding their efforts in bike safety in his new book, “City Cycling.”
Pucher said the University has built a number of bike lanes, but they are not well connected and are often considered dangerous. If only 1 percent of the money used for construction on Livingston campus were allocated for bicycle facilities, he said this problem would be solved. “One of their No. 1 priorities should be improving the cycling conditions, and that means truly connecting the different campuses with safe bike ways,” SEE
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Noble bookstore to stop selling Adidas apparel yesterday. Stoni Tomson, a Brown University sophomore who visited the University this weekend to participate in the protest, said the group finds fault with the sporting goods brand because of its factories’ SEE
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Festival unites groups to collect Palestinian medical relief funds BY ALEX MEIER STAFF WRITER
People sometimes overlook the faces of those most affected on the ground during conflict — the children. In light of this, the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund brought together different organizations, religions and ethnic backgrounds to help raise funds to provide medical aid for children in Palestine. Abdul Rehman Khan, president of PCRF, said the “Festival of Experience,” held at the Rutgers Student Center yesterday, is a fun and lighthearted approach to remind students that people, especially children, are affected by conflict. “We’re trying to focus on the humanitarian culture of the region to emphasize the commonalities of the human experience. … Peace arises through mutual understanding,” said Khan, a School of Arts and SEE
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Radha Jeyaratnam, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, draws a henna tattoo on Erika Lezama, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, during yesterday’s festival in the Rutgers Student Center. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Monday, Nov. 19 Gilane Tawadros, founding director of the Institute of International Visual Arts in London, talks about “Changing States: Contemporar y Art and Ideas in a Global Arena” 5 p.m. at the Mabel Smith Douglass Librar y. Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine organize a rally in solidarity with Palestine at 7 p.m. at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. There will be speeches, poetry and music in support of Gaza.
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Tuesday, Nov. 20 Kristen Springer, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, talks about gender and health from a biosocial perspective at 5 p.m. at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsored by the School of Social Work. There will be a screening of film “Offside” as part of the Iranian Film Festival at 7 p.m. at the Raritan River Lounge of the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. The theme of the festival is on women and gender in post-revolutionary Iran. Following the screening, cultural critic and film theorist Negar Mottahedeh will speak. LLEGO hosts a Thanksgiving Dinner at 8 p.m. at the Center for Latino Arts and Culture on the College Avenue campus to commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance to honor those who have died because of transphobic violence. This event is part of the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities’ TransWeek.
METRO CALENDAR Monday, Nov. 19 Hooshang Amirahmadi, professor and director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, discusses “The Middle East in Transition: Prospects for Democratic Change and Implications for U.S. Policy” at Civic Square at 33 Livingston Ave. in downtown New Brunswick. The event is sponsored by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Wednesday, Nov. 21 The State Theatre screens “The Doors at The Bowl ’68” at 8 p.m. at 15 Livingston Ave. in downtown New Brunswick. Tickets are $12. For more information, visit statetheatrenj.org. Stand-up comedian Tom Cotter performs at 8 p.m. at the Stress Factor y at 90 Church St. in downtown New Brunswick. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25. For more information, visit stressfactor y.com.
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Fraternities, sororities collaborate to clean community BY ERIN PETENKO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Cigarette butts, beer bottles and plastic bags are just a few of the littered items volunteers picked up Saturday off the New Brunswick streets. About 125 students from University fraternities and sororities participated in a posthurricane cleanup initiative the Inter fraternity Council and New Jersey Public Interest Research Group organized, said Coley Conter, director of community outreach for the Panhellenic Council. The cleanup is an annual event IFC and NJPIRG have held since 2008, said Tara Rabinowitz, president of the Panhellenic Council. “The events went really well last year, but we want to make it bigger and bigger every year,” said Rabinowitz, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Diego Fabara, director of service for IFC, said cleaning up the streets of New Brunswick is a good way to show appreciation for the community. “We have a lot of students living off campus, so it’s our way of giving back to them and show our organizations are looking out for one another,” said Fabara, a Rutgers Business School senior. To coordinate this event, IFC — which organizes events between fraternities — and the Panhellenic Council — a liaison for sorority events — worked with NJPIRG and the city of New Brunswick, said Conter, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Greek life is really huge at Rutgers, so we like to par tner up in any way that we can to make a bigger impact on any issue we’re working on,”
Jacob Marko, a Mason Gross School of the Arts sophomore, left, participates in the cleanup Saturday on the corner of Morrell and Sicard streets near the College Avenue campus. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
said Eileen Kim, an NJPIRG campus organizer. For this event, Kim said her organization helped to get supplies to students and plan the event. “It’s awesome whenever we have a partnership with multiple
student organizations because it brings the whole sentiment of the campus together,” she said. Fabara said volunteers spoke to the Public Works Department for zoning information, so they could figure out where to coordinate their efforts.
All of the organizations chipped in to provide a free Dunkin’ Donuts breakfast for the volunteers, he said. The volunteers were given plastic garbage bags, gloves, and brooms, and divided into four groups, said Donna Caputo,
Clean Communities coordinator for New Brunswick. The cleaning area stretched from College Avenue to Easton Avenue and from Hamilton Street to Huntington Street, she said. Volunteers led each of the groups in their designated areas. As they walked down the street, students combed the sidewalk for trash and picked up what they found in their gloved hands. Occasionally, they used clawed handles to reach through thorny bushes for trash caught in plants. Stewart Hallman, a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, said he heard about the cleanup through his group’s philanthropy chair. “My frat is trying to get a good start and a positive image,” said Hallman, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “None of us were obligated to come here, we all wanted to help out.” Conter said they promoted the cleanup event as a Hurricane Sandy relief effort because New Brunswick suffered some damage from the storm. “I think that really did help participation,” she said. The organizers of the event also called on the volunteers to prevent litter in the future. Caputo asked them to take the “Red Cup Challenge,” where they promised to never let a red Solo cup hit the ground. Matt Ruffe, president of the Interfraternity Council, said he believes this event is a better service opportunity than others for the greek organizations. “It’s not like we’re raising money or something — it’s actually directly helping the community,” said Ruf fe, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. “You get to see the results of your hard work.”
Group highlights Malaysian culture BY CARLETT SPIKE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Malaysian students gave the University community a taste of their culture Friday during “Malaysian Cultural Night: The Malaysian Experience.” The Rutgers Malaysian Student Association hosted the event, which featured performances, historical exhibitions and music rooted in Malaysian culture along with an eight-course meal, in the Cook Campus Center. Gajendran Karunanithi, president of the Malaysian Student Association, said many are unaware of Malaysian culture, or even Malaysia as a nation. “Everyone knows China, Russia, the States,” said Karunanithi, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “But small countries in Southeast Asia are not portrayed as much in the international arena, probably because they have not established any importance at a global level.” Each of the tables was set with miniature replicas of homes that are representative of village culture
within Malaysia. The room itself was decorated with posters courtesy of the Consulate General of Malaysia, which has a branch housed in New York City. Wei Jie Tan, vice president of RUMySA, said the club aims to educate students about their culture and show off their pride. Throughout the evening,
“One of our club’s main goals is to form a support system for people coming all the way from Malaysia.” WEI JIE TAN Vice President of Rutgers Malaysian Students Association
Malaysian videos and commercials were shown and students also performed Chinese and Indian cultural dances as a part of the festivities. The night concluded with a mock Malaysian wedding, which featured traditions from a typical
ceremony. The bride and groom walked in with a procession of people. Before taking their seats, the couple bowed three times in honor of the ceremony, their parents and each other. In a typical Malaysian wedding, the couple receives gifts. The gifts of the ceremony were yellow rice and rose water to represent prosperity. The wedding concluded with a martial arts performance and the bride threw her bouquet to the audience. Alongside the meal and wedding portion of the event, Tan, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, described the importance of unity in Malaysian culture. “Since this is our first Malaysian night, we want to bring it to the basics first before we try out any other ideas,” Tan said. He said the group wants to create a networking community for students of Malaysian descent. “We wanted to meet with the Malaysian families that live nearby because one of our club’s main goals is to form a support system for people coming all the way from Malaysia.”
A model of a traditional Malaysian house, top, serves as a decorative piece. Students wear traditional garments as part of a fashion show Friday night at the Cook Campus Center. ALEXA WYBRANIEC
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Camden fire wrecks hall’s laundry room BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU STAFF WRITER
A smoky fire in the laundry room of the Rutgers Camden Tower — a residence hall that houses about 500 undergraduate students — led to the evacuation of 100 students Saturday. Mike Sepanic, associate chancellor of External Relations for Rutgers-Camden, said the fire started around 4 p.m., but came under control about 45 minutes later. No students were hurt or belongings damaged, Sepanic said. “There was some water damage to the laundry room because of the sprinklers,” he said. The cause of the fire is still uncertain, but Sepanic said he was told it began in the dryers. “Apparently it was a lint trap fire, is what I’m being told. Were there some flames involved yes, but it was very limited and much, much more smoke than anything else,” Sepanic said. Because many students go home over the weekends on the Camden campus, Sepanic said, about 100 students were evacuated from the building to the campus center. Most students have returned to the housing complex. “I believe there are a handful of students who were moved to our new dormitories at 330 Cooper St., about eight, but definitely less than 10,” he said.
VETS Office accommodates 1,300 veterans on campus, Abel says CONTINUED FROM FRONT The magazine considered factors like veteran graduation rate, academics and mental health services. Steve Abel, director of Veterans Services at the University, said the department helps with any issue that might come up for its 1,300 student veterans. Academic advising, mental health counseling, financial aid help and employment advising are just a few of the services offered to veterans, said Abel, a former U. S. Army Colonel. “[Veteran Services] is a one-stop shop for them at Rutgers. … Any issue they face, we’re there to help solve,” he said. The department maintains a network of administrators in every office on campus to specifically assist student veterans, Abel said. “We have a person in Financial Aid, someone in Student Accounting and that allows us to maintain support for [student veterans] no matter where they have to go,” he said. Abel said transitioning from active duty in the military to student life can be difficult. Many student veterans returning from combat zones suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder but are hesitant to seek help because of social stigmas attached to mental health, he said. “Everybody with PTSD shouldn’t be put into the category of ‘postal,’” said Abel. “I think the news plays up the harmful factor [of the disorder].”
Veterans Ser vices makes seeking treatment easy for student veterans, by having a psychologist work directly out of Veterans House on Lafayette Street on the College Avenue campus, he said. Veterans House is also home to an academic adviser and a lounge for student veterans to study in, Abel said. Abel said the University is home to around 1,300 veterans, almost three times as many as in 2009 when he was hired as director. This is partly because the application used at that time only identified veterans through those who applied for tuition aid from the Department of Veteran Affairs through the G.I. Bill. Veterans might choose not to apply their benefits to tuition to save them for graduate school, law school, or potentially for a spouse or child’s higher education, he said. One of the first priorities was making it easier for veterans to identify themselves as veterans to the University, Abel said. Including a question on the applications, specifically asking if they have served in the military, made identification easier, he said. “If you have a child, you know for sure college will be more expensive in 18 years,” he said. “You may choose to save [the benefits] for them ... so we modified the application.” Veterans Services recently opened its tutoring and academic advising services to ROTC students, said Lt. Col. Matthew Lacy, commander of the Air Force ROTC detachment at the University. “I’ve worked with Veterans Services in the past, and Abel has done a great job,” said Lacy, a professor of aerospace studies. “There’s been a big groundswell of support for veterans and [ROTC] cadets.”
BIKING In United States, 1 percent of citizens regularly bikes CONTINUED FROM FRONT Pucher said. “The University spends hundreds of millions of dollars on car parking facilities and that costs a lot of money.” Jack Molenaar, director in the Department of Transportation Services, said he wishes more students would adopt biking as their primar y mode of transportation between campuses. “It will cause less pollution, and overall Rutgers will be a safer place,” he said in an Oct. 22 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council meeting. “My goal is, by the time I’m done at Rutgers, that everyone that comes here will go, ‘well of course you bike at Rutgers.’” Pucher said the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany should serve as models for the United States, because their governments have made biking a norm for people of all ages through establishing separate bike paths on highways and lowering speed limits in residential areas. “They succeed in making cycling positive and safe for everybody,” he said. “I think that should be a goal for our policies here in the U.S.” While about 13 percent of the European population bikes regularly, only 1 percent of Americans feel comfortable enough to do so, he said. As some roads are unsafe for biking, women are less likely to bike as a mode of transportation, Pucher said. “Women aren’t as big risk takers as men are,” he said. “Unfortunately, in the U.S., cycling is mainly young men. I think we need to change that and get more women cycling. They really want physical, separate bike ways, so they can be separated from motor vehicle traffic.” Pucher said biking safely is even harder in New Jersey, where many motorists drive recklessly. “A lot of them are homicidal,” he said. “They drive as if they’re aiming to kill. They’re in a bad mood, they’re cursing, they’re
impatient, and they’re honking their horns. A lot of them are nasty jerks. The motorist behavior in New Jersey is just outrageous.” Jordan Foreman, a School Of Environmental And Biological Sciences junior, said as someone who bikes three times a week, he considers his regular route to be dangerous. “When I go from Cook to College Avenue, there isn’t really a good route to take to get there. I just go down George Street. There’s no shoulder path or anything,” Foreman said. He said if more students use bike lanes, gas expenses and parking fees could be avoided. Pucher said the University should adopt these policies to provide an economical, convenient and quick alternative to get from one campus to another. “I think it’s a disgrace that the University hasn’t done more,” he said. “They take forever to do anything. There are still really no safe, convenient and comfortable connections by bike between campuses. The University ends up spending tens and tens of millions of dollars on the campus bus system.” But biking is not only preferable because of its economic efficiency, he said. It contributes to a healthier lifestyle and improves the mind by pushing the body. “All sorts of cardiovascular health were documented in this book. Public health is collective — there are benefits for social, mental and physical health,” he said. “You can get less depressed and it helps you meet people and get friends.” Pucher wants to see children riding their bikes as well, but he said this would not be possible until local governments change their approach. “We need to get more children cycling because they’re the future generation,” Pucher said. “But most parents aren’t going to let their kids cycle on a street with traffic. It’s just not safe.” Jon Bellizio, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said he wants the administration to push for safer bike routes. “Making safe bike lanes would actually encourage use,” he said. “People would use their bikes instead of riding a bus, which would also decrease bus crowding.”
A student bikes across George Street in downtown New Brunswick, a busy road that does not feature designated bike lanes. ENRICO CABREDO, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2012
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Students from schools including the University of Massachusetts, Nor thwestern standards overseas. University, Brown University, “There are reports coming Cornell University and Penn out of factories in Indonesia of State University attended the workers receiving death two-day workshop, held in threats, even one miscarriage Scott Hall on the College right on a factor y floor,” she Avenue campus. said. “On one level, what Adidas Barcy said the event covered is doing is wrong. On another, it fundamental information memis also violating our schools’ bers can use for building code of conduct policy.” groups, as well as what each Anna Barcy, a RUSAS memstudent could do to persuade ber and event organizer, said their respective institutions’ they are asking the store to administration to cut contracts remove the Adidas brand from with Adidas. its shelves while University “It solidifies them for student President Rober t L. Barchi organizing, giving them the decides on the contract the tools they need,” she said. “This school holds with Adidas. weekend was not only educa“We are just doing what they tional, it was really cool. It was a told us to do,” said Barcy, a successful boot camp.” School of Ar ts and Sciences Roe said the event also sophomore. “It’s time to bring taught members how they can out the big guns. It’s time to use their differences as their take action.” strengths, and allowed memWhile protesters asked to bers to acknowledge issues like speak to the bookstore’s manracism and sexism. ager, a flash mob broke out in “We need to understand front of the Barnes and Noble issues and how they af fect Café, chanting and people,” she said. “We could singing. Another group hung a hur t people without even banner from the second floor, knowing it.” while others chanted about Roe said students have sway sweatshops from the balcony over their institutions and and escalators. should be able to voice their “R-U Sweat-free?” they said. opinions on issues they face. “Hey, you-should be.” “They are here for us, so we Store personnel and onlookshould have a say,” she said. ers watched the group while “Schools have a security stepped position as comoutside to call for “We will do munity leaders. backup. The We should use group left the whatever it takes our leverage to building on their make a dif ferown accord, after to stand with ence.” store personnel the workers.” Tomson said shut down one STONI TOMSON the event side of the escalaBrown University Sophomore focused on tor and told the encouraging pargroup they had ticipating stubroken it. dents to get their schools to The Barnes and Noble at cut contracts with Adidas. Rutgers’ general manager could Tomson said Adidas is not be reached by press time. breaking Indonesian law by Outside of the store, protestrefusing to pay workers ers marched and chanted while severance for factories that distributing information to have closed. She said the factopasserby about their cause. The ries’ defense is that they Rutgers University Police have not been open long Depar tment responded and enough to be required to pay asked the group to keep a safe workers severance. distance from the store, as not “By not paying the workers to block access in and out of the severance, they are violating building, Barcy said. the law and our school’s code of After the protest, Barcy said conduct,” she said. “If we don’t she was pleased with their cut these policies, the words of efforts and feels confident the the code become meaningless.” store’s management received Tomson said USAS is tr ying the group’s message. to send a message to all of the “It was spectacular,” she universities’ presidents, which said. “I really hope they pull the they disseminated through the products after this.” flash mob. Hannah Roe, an RUSAS “We will do whatever it takes member, said the protest was to stand with the workers,” she necessar y because setting up a said. “We show our school pride table and talking to members in wearing these clothes, and it’s the store does not get the same shameful when they are proidea across as shocking the duced where worker’s rights staff and customers on the spot. are being trampled on.” “The plan was to be a surRoe said she hopes memprise and get attention,” she bers from other schools will said. “When the event is remember the action they took planned it is not as effective. yesterday and use it as a posiWhat’s happening in Indonesia tive influence at their respecright now is ver y urgent and we tive institutions. are responding.” “These trainings are strateThe protest was a culminagic, and we hope people will tion of a weekend-long worktake away creative ideas,” she shop RUSAS hosted for USAS said. “We used this weekend to members from other schools grow and network together.” interested in the cause.
Sciences junior. Luma Hasan, the events coordinator for PCRF, said she wants to emphasize that children in the Middle East need immediate help. “This is an ongoing conflict that people seem to forget about. … There are kids that have been injured in the past week. They really need our help and we can make a difference,” said Hasan, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. All proceeds from the festival will go toward PCRF’s efforts to provide medical relief for children in the Middle East that do not have the resources to receive treatment in their homeland, Hasan said. During the first half of the festival, tables showcased Palestinian embroideries, Arabic instruments and Middle Eastern children’s games. Interactive tables allowed people to learn the basics of the Arabic language, receive henna tattoos, paint kites and drink Arabic coffee and teas. The second half featured live performances, Hasan said. The Freedom Dabke Group from
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New York City performed the traditional Dabke line dance. Afterward, students wore traditional Palestinian dresses as a part of a fashion show. As a tribute to those suffering in the Gaza Strip, students read poetry, sang, rapped and high-
“The cause is beyond being Palestinian— everyone has a soft spot for kids.” CYNTHIA AUSTIN President of Delta Kappa Delta
lighted the details of the conflict for those uninformed about the issues, she said. “We give Palestinian children a voice that’s always been censored and silenced by the media,” Hasan said. “We give students the opportunity to be aware of the situation and become aware of what’s going on.” Simone Lovano, founder of the Association of Mediterranean Organizations at Rutgers University, said his organization,
along with the Arab Cultural Club, the Italian Club, MuslimGirl and Warm Heart, are among many groups that donated their time and efforts to help organize the festival. Lovano, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said this collaborative effort from diverse organizations highlights the universality of this issue. “It’s an issue for ever yone,” he said. “As Martin Luther King said, ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere.’ This [festival] attacks this issue from a human perspective, not a political perspective.” But Lovano said he feels a personal connection to the issue because of his Sicilian ethnic background. “I consider myself Mediterranean,” Lovano said. “There’s a lot of similarities with the Middle East in terms of culture and history. The politics of the region are very interconnected.” Cynthia Austin, president of Delta Kappa Delta, said her organization volunteered for the festival because members share a common goal of helping children. “None of us are Palestinian,” said Austin, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “We don’t feel like we’re dif ferent. The cause is beyond being Palestinian — ever yone has a soft spot for kids.”
Members of Lambda Theta Phi, a Latin cultural fraternity, perform a step dance routine during the 13th annual “Step and Stroll Show Exhibition” Saturday night in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Seven fraternities and sororities choreographed step dances in the event, hosted by Latin sorority Lambda Theta Alpha, which had a heroes versus villains theme. A portion of funds generated from the event will go toward the charitable organization RU4Kids. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Hamas links truce to end of Gaza Strip blockade THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s Hamas rulers are aiming high in the conditions they place on stopping rocket fire into Israel in indirect cease-fire talks launched this weekend. Emboldened by Arab suppor t and confident in their arsenal, the Islamists say calm can only come if Israel opens the gates of the tiny, closed-of f territor y. The question is how far Hamas will go to reach that long-sought goal, which Israel opposes out of fear of an influx of weapons to Gaza militants. For now, public opinion in Gaza appears to support continued rocket attacks on Israel. However, Israeli aircraft have already struck hundreds of Hamas-linked targets in Gaza and Israel is threatening to escalate its military offensive. A new tactic of bombing the homes of Hamas operatives began yesterday and claimed the lives of at least nine children. The indirect contacts between Israel and Hamas began
yesterday, the fifth day of Israel’s massive bombing campaign meant to halt more than a decade of intermittent Gaza rocket attacks on Israel. An Israeli envoy was whisked from the tarmac at Cairo’s international airpor t to talks with senior Egyptian security of ficials. The top Hamas leader in exile Khaled Mashaal held talks with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who also spoke by phone with the Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh. Hamas’ demands, as presented by Mashaal, include open borders for Gaza and international guarantees that Israel will halt all attacks on Gaza, including targeted killings of the movement’s leaders. The assassination of Hamas’ militar y chief last week after days of smaller exchanges between the two sides marked the star t of the Israeli of fensive, the most intense since a three-weeklong war four years ago.
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Experts commend response to Sandy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — For New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, leadership often came with an empathetic hug. For New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it came with an angry tirade at utilities slow to restore power. For New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, it came with cool, businesslike assurance. Exper ts in leadership and disaster response inter viewed by The Associated Press gave all three chief executives high marks for their performance so far in Superstorm Sandy, a disaster that left more than 100 people dead and presented perhaps the biggest crisis-management test yet for three Nor theastern politicians who have all been rumored to hold presidential ambitions. “Throughout the country, what the American people seek is a kind of authenticity in their public lead-
Online credit provides opportunity THE ASSOCIATED PRESS University of Pennsylvania classicist Peter Str uck has guided perhaps a few hundred students annually in 15 years of teaching in his classes on Greek and Roman mythology through the works of Homer, Sophocles, Aeschylus and others — “the oldest strands of our cultural DNA.” But if you gathered all of those tuition-paying, in-person students together, the group would pale in size compared with the 54,000 from around the world who, this fall alone, are taking his class online for free — a “Massive Open Online Course,” or MOOC, offered through a company called Coursera. Reaching that broader audience of eager learners — seeing students in Brazil and Thailand wrestle online with texts dating back millennia — is thrilling. But he’s not prepared to say they’re getting the same educational experience.
“Where you have a backand-for th, interrogating each other ideas, finding shades of gray in each other’s ideas, I don’t know how much of that you can do in a MOOC,” he said. “I can measure some things students are getting out of this course, but it’s nowhere near what I can do even when I teach 300 here at Penn.” A year ago, hardly anybody knew the term MOOC. But the Internet-based courses of fered by elite universities through Coursera, by a consor tium led by Har vard and MIT called edX, and by others, are proving wildly popular, with some classes attracting hundreds of thousands of students. In a field known for glacial change, MOOCs have landed like a meteorite in higher education, and universities are racing for a piece of the action. The question now is what the MOOCs will ultimately achieve. Will they simply expand access to good
instruction (no small thing)? Or will they truly transform higher education, at last shaking up an enterprise that’s seemed incapable of improving productivity, thus dooming itself to ever-rising prices? Much of the answer depends on the concept at the center of a string of recent MOOC announcements: course credit. Credit’s the coin of the realm in higher education, the dif ference between knowing something and the world recognizing that you do. Without it, students will get a little bit smar ter. With it, they’ll get smar ter — and enjoy faster and cheaper routes to degrees and the careers that follow. Students are telling the MOOC developers they want credit oppor tunities, and with a push from funders like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the MOOCs are tr ying to figure out how to get it to them.
ers, and these three guys have demonstrated that authenticity throughout this crisis,” said Syracuse University political science professor Robert McClure. Most of those inter viewed said Christie stood out for being the most outspoken and ahead of the cur ve, whether he was ordering gas rationing nearly a week before anyone else, putting his GOP credentials on the line to praise the Obama administration’s response or using a televised briefing to comfor t children with a simple: “Don’t be scared.” He got so much attention that he even poked a bit of fun at himself with a cameo over the weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” where he appeared in the familiar blue fleece jacket that he has worn while touring the state following the storm. All three men took firm command before Sandy arrived. Cuomo closed New York City’s
subways and tunnels hours before there was a threat of flooding and strategically “prepositioned resources” days before, a move the federal transpor tation secretar y later praised. Christie struck a gettough note in ordering people to clear out along the coast, barking, “Don’t be stupid” on Twitter. Bloomberg calmly ordered an evacuation of the city’s low-lying areas. And their leadership continued after the storm had passed. Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University historian who wrote an award-winning book on 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and has also written about Presidents Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Car ter, Theodore Roosevelt and Gerald Ford, said the first rule in a disaster is to rush rescue and relief to the victims to keep the death toll down.
IN BRIEF NYC GAS RATIONING GOES THROUGH HOLIDAY
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg is extending the gas rationing system in New York City through the Thanksgiving holiday. He announced yesterday that the odd-even license plate system would be in ef fect through Friday. Bloomberg said that with 30 percent of stations still closed and a major travel week coming up, the extension would make sure there aren’t the long lines that brought about the system in the first place. Motorists can get gas on alternate days based on whether their license plate ends with odd or even numbers. Rationing went into ef fect in the city Nov. 9 in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Damage to gas stations and distribution networks had led to hourslong lines. Gas rationing has ended in New Jersey and on Long Island.
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is the latest White House official to visit New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy. Biden arrived in the state yesterday morning and was greeted by U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and others. Following a helicopter tour over the state’s storm-damaged coastline, Biden met with about 50 first responders in Seaside Heights and received a briefing on damage caused by the storm. Biden then headed north to tour the Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the New Jersey-New York area. The terminal was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy, but is still partially operational. President Barack Obama visited storm-wrecked Atlantic City with Gov. Chris Christie, while two Cabinet officers toured a Federal Emergency Management Agency facility in Middletown on Friday.
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Another bogus college ranking by College Prowler placed the University fifth among the country’s most “intense” colleges. The ranking lauds our ability to “[study] diligently for hours and then [rage] all night long.” While we’re flattered by the nod to our work hard, party hard attitude, we don’t need another B.S. college ranking to tell us we’re totally B.A. We already know. This ranking gets a dart.
T h e University Board of Governors and Board of Trustees convened to approve long-awaited plans for a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey merger with the University this morning. Though largely symbolic, the boards’ official stamp of approval stands as the final hurdle for the merger deal, and with it, allows the project to finally move forward. For students of both schools, this is a very good thing. Today’s board meeting gets a laurel.
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he University Senate is not a very well-known institution among students. That’s a shame. According to a description of the Senate available on its website (senate.rutgers.edu), “the Rutgers University Senate … serves as the principal advisory body to the president.” The Senate body is composed of representatives from faculty, staff, alumni, administrators, and — importantly — students. Indeed, students make up about a third of the Senate’s voting members. What does this mean in practice? Fortunately for students, it means a great deal of concern is given to how decisions at the highest levels of the University administration will affect the student body. Shared governance is a phrase student government-types like myself like to throw around as an important value, but it is more than a catchphrase. It is the vehicle through which students can gather with other important constituencies — faculty, staff, alumni — and work to define, promote, and then defend their interests. This is important. To give one example, I often hear students talk about the “RU Screw,” especially around this time of the year. Believe it or not, the “RU Screw” is a result of actual, tangible factors that exist at the University. The Information Technology infrastructure at the University is inadequate, for instance — the database that keeps track of students (and interfaces with WebReg) is
decades old, and written in a programming how many seats to award to the various units language that was first developed in 1960. represented in the Senate were developed to Fixing this could take tens of millions of dol- ensure a fair balance of representation, and lars that nobody wants to spend and several they have for the most part done so. years of effort that nobody wants to put in. As However, the University has grown drasyou can imagine, the inertia of a massive $2 tically — and thus, so has the Senate. This billion bureaucracy like the University can be carries hidden risks. In the last 10 years fairly difficult to overcome, and if the admin- alone, the amount of Senate seat entitleistration doesn’t want to prioritize IT infra- ments has increased by 11 percent. At the structure then they very simply won’t. Thus, same time, attendance by those elected to resolving the issues that create the “RU the Senate to actual Senate meetings Screw” is fundamentally a political problem declined by 4 percent. To elucidate the danand the University Senate is one of the most ger this poses, it is helpful to keep in mind powerful institutions students have at their that last year, average attendance at general disposal to fight that battle. body meetings was just barely above 50 perThe Senate didn’t always exist in this cent. In other words, the Senate runs the form. When it was risk of failing to founded initially, it meet quorum — was created as a the designated “You just have to care enough forum for faculty to number of senators to make your voices heard.” ensure that the required to be presadministration ent for the Senate to would give their conduct any busiconcerns a sufficient hearing. The Senate ness — and of therefore failing to operate, was comprised of faculty and administrative not just effectively, but at all. In our most representatives only. In the 1990s, under for- recent Senate meeting last Friday, this in fact mer University President Francis L. nearly happened. Lawrence, deans were given voting seats in In response to this emerging risk, the the Senate. Furthermore, Lawrence Senate last Friday discussed a possible demanded that the deans vote as a bloc in change to Senate bylaws, which would alter favor of the administration’s policies. This the formula to assign Senate seats. The was done with the express intention of pro- result of the proposed change would cut the viding a counterweight against an increas- number of Senators by about 25 percent ingly activist and, in Lawrence’s eyes, antag- across the board, reducing the size of the onistic faculty. The faculty’s response to the Senate to something a lot closer to where it administration’s power grab was to demand was 10 years ago. voting seats for their natural allies, the stuThis is a good thing. It would reduce the dents. Since then, the composition of the possibility of failing to meet quorum by elimSenate has remained largely unchanged. inating those seats that are currently occuToday, the Senate has a new composition pied by inactive or delinquent members. By problem. The original formula for deciding reducing the total number of seats allocated
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Balance of power, blame falls on Israel The Gaza Strip is 4 to 8 miles wide and 25 miles long, and 1.7 million people reside there. What comes into question first is not whether Gaza deserves the assault, but how Israel expects to respond to rocket fire with their artillery, and avoid heavy collateral damage at the same time. Among the newly deceased are a 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, which would be tragic enough if Ahmed Jabari, leader of Hamas’ militar y wing, was indeed involved in planning terrorist attacks at the time of his death. However, this is not the case. In fact, hours before his sudden assassination, he had received a draft for a permanent truce with Israel. Gershon Baskin, an Israeli peace activist known for negotiating the deal that released Gilad Shalit and Palestinian prisoners, maintains that senior Israeli officials knew that such a step toward peace had been taken, but still approved the assassination. He said, “I think that they have made a strategic mistake. ... This blood could have been spared.” Furthermore, a timeline by the Institute Middle East Understanding indicates that, in assassinating Jabari on Nov. 14, Israel was the first to violate the tentative truce that Palestinian factions had agreed to two days prior to the incident.
Israel even broke an unofficial ceasefire Nov. 8, when soldiers invaded Gaza and a 12year-old boy was killed amid the gunfire. And now that a vicious fight is in effect, one cannot help but comment on Israel’s irresponsibility. The instigation of such a conflict means loss of life on both sides, and innocent Palestinian civilians, as well as Israeli citizens, are paying the toll for such a heinous gamble. When one takes into consideration that Jabari was in contact with Hamas and Egyptian intelligence to devise a truce, and there was no initial incitement of violence on the Palestinian side, one wonders whether Israel is really after peace. On top of that, Gaza is so densely populated that it is nearly impossible to avoid civilian injury and death. It brings to mind Israel’s last ground invasion of Gaza, known as Operation Cast Lead, which took place less than four years ago, and resulted in 1,400 deaths, more than 300 of which were children. There is no context where that is acceptable. Palestinian armed groups retaliated, killing three Israeli civilians and 10 Israeli soldiers. It is lamentable that the innocent become statistics, but these numbers demonstrate where the balance of power lies — and consequently, where the burden of blame should go.
to each unit, it would increase competition for the remaining seats, thereby ensuring that those senators who are re-elected next year are the most talented, competent, and active senators. But there is another reason for students in particular to support this proposal — it is hugely beneficial to student interests. Though the proposed changes to the formula would reduce the number of senators across the board, they would nonetheless have the effect of increasing the relative voting power of students from 27 percent to 30 percent, and of faculty from 47 percent to 53 percent — and that’s before the additional seats afforded to students and faculty after the UMDNJ merger are factored in. In other words, if the Senate acts in favor of the proposed changes, as it should given the immediate risks of failing to do so, then the ability of students to press for solutions to their problems through the vehicle of shared governance will be greatly enhanced. So next time you can’t register for a class because WebReg doesn’t recognize that you’re currently enrolled in the prerequisites, or because WebReg doesn’t know what major you are, please keep in mind — there are ways to make sure that doesn’t happen. You just have to care enough to make your voices heard. The Senate will soon vote on whether to make that easier and I, for one, will be voting in favor of that. Sam Berman is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science with a minor in economics. His column, “Community Matters,” runs on alternate Mondays. Sam is a University student senator and executive committee member for the University Senate.
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Today's Birthday (11/19/12). Your people are the bottom line. Celebrate as you speculate on top goals for the next year, which are highly attainable (so aim high). How can your work have the biggest impact? Money and status rise naturally. A mind-opening adventure tempts after June. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Discover new business opportunities in your network of friends. Surround yourself with those who have similar dreams and aspirations. Keep it positive. Buy something that makes work easier. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Offers start pouring in. Everything's possible with love. One special friend calls you at a lucky moment. Believe you can prosper. Provide information, and add splashes of color. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Be supportive; your home life benefits. Be cautious, and you'll make a profit. Take action at a lucky moment, and expect great things. Find joy at home. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — There's more work coming in. Expand your menu. Your instincts are working well. Bake with love, and the delicious aroma flavors the air. You have what you need. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — You have more than expected. Divvy work fairly, and finish what you've started. Get creative, and the money rolls in. Reconnect with your base. Relax in the afterglow. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Get the best ingredients. You have the skills you need. Get an expert perspective. Use what you've kept stored away. Consider family in all decisions. Imagine the goal accomplished.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Ask for what you've been promised. Friends teach you the rules. When that's under control, extend your area of influence. Consistent effort wins in the long run. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Make the commitment. Tap into a wealth of information. See what you can get for free. You'll be more successful now. The money comes in unusual ways. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Provide leadership. Complete an emotional task, and accept the reward. Take snapshots. Spend for something you've long wanted. You can afford it. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Be loose with your imagination. Read about the past. Your work impresses a generous person. Venture into new territory. Review what you already have. You're getting curiouser and curiouser. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — You can afford a special treat for the family. Send someone ahead. Get the word out discreetly. Go the extra mile to provide excellent service. Replenish coffers from reserves. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — You can go ahead now. Count your friends among your blessings. Look at the big picture. Everything seems possible. Count each little chick that hatches.
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SCENERY Fourth-quarter sack ends final Cincinnati scoring threat in win CONTINUED FROM BACK eight years. This is as good as any of them.” It erased memories of a drubbing at Nippert two years ago, when the Knights were a blocked extra-point attempt from allowing 70 points. Cincinnati scored more than three times as many touchdowns as it punted that day. Flood said earlier in the week the performance Nov. 20, 2010, did not affect Rutgers’ outlook on defense. But following a season in which the Knights allowed more than 35 points per game in Big East play, then-head coach Greg Schiano made near-wholesale changes to the unit. Part of the vision involved injecting speed into each layer of the defense. Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene played a large role in implementing it. The former safety recorded 11 tackles Saturday and added two sacks and 3.5 tackles for a loss. None were bigger than a fourth-quarter sack of Bearcat quarterback Brendon Kay, who threw an incompletion on fourthand-25 on the next play. But contributions against Cincinnati came from across the board. “It really speaks to the entire team defense,” Flood said. “I don’t know if you could do that without all 11 guys.” Senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais picked off his first pass of the season. Junior cornerback Logan Ryan intercepted another at Rutgers’ 3-yard line. A sack from senior defensive end
GAME Huggins’ early injury prompts adjustment to Knights mentality CONTINUED FROM BACK he did so mostly in a reserve role. Jamison finished with four carries for 37 yards. “I’m proud of both those backs, but for different reasons,” Flood said. Flood viewed both Jamison and Huggins as potential starters entering the season. But Rutgers’ backfield rotation became clearer after Huggins suffered a leg injury Sept. 8 against Howard, sidelining him for three weeks. He missed the last four games of 2011 with a knee injury. “The more carries I get, the better I get,” Huggins said. “As the game goes on, the defense starts to slow down. I can start making my cuts more decisively.” Huggins ran for 91 yards in the second half, including a 25-yarder late in the game. His 20 second-half carries equaled his total from the previous three weeks combined. “It’s just an amazing feeling,” Huggins said. “Words can’t describe how I feel.” Following Rutgers’ win against Army, Jamison said he felt OK that team trainers told him his right ankle was sprained and swollen in only one place. But his four carries were the least of his career, discounting a Sept. 10, 2011
Senior wide receiver Mark Harrison evades Cincinnati defensive back Deven Drane en route to a 71-yard touchdown Saturday, the only touchdown in the Knights’ 10-3 victory at Nippert Stadium. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Mar vin Booker pushed Cincinnati out of field goal range. But Beauharnais provided arguably the game’s biggest play. The Bearcats faced a fourthand-short at the Knights’ 7-yard line in the third quarter, threatening to add a chapter to Rutgers’ long list of shortcomings in Ohio. Then Beauharnais collided with Winn behind the
game at North Carolina in which Jamison did not play. “When one gets a little bit dinged up like Savon did earlier in the year and then one guy gets hot like Jawan did, you don’t want to not let him touch the ball,” Flood said. “Now the roles have reversed a little bit.”
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Gary Nova’s two interceptions Saturday gave him 11 giveaways in the Knights’ last four games. His first, a pick on Rutgers’ opening drive, came when he tried to throw the ball away while facing pressure. Both were in the red zone. “That’s one of those situations where Gary’s going to see that, he’s going to learn from it and that’ll be a mistake he doesn’t make again,” Flood said. “That’s what he’s been able to do as this season has progressed.” Nova has thrown 12 interceptions through 10 games this season and lost a fumble Oct. 20 at Temple. He totaled nine in 10 appearances — five starts — last season as a true freshman. “I don’t even care,” Nova said of giveaway concerns. “I’m just out here having fun and just keep doing what I’m doing.” Nova’s 71-yard touchdown pass to senior wideout Mark Harrison gave him 19 for the season, the most since Mike Teel’s 25 in 2008. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @TBartoTargum.
line of scrimmage, and Greene arrived to clean the play up. It was one of many signs of a new twist of fate in Cincinnati. “The last time I was here, they definitely opened up a can of youknow-what,” Beauharnais said. “They have to play us this year for four quarters. As far as history, history is history. It’s behind you. You have to move on.”
Rutgers’ history with Big East title contention, meanwhile, could be harder to elude. It only needs a win in its season finale Nov. 29 against Louisville to cement its first Big East crown. Other scenarios exist, as well. But history has rarely served the Knights well when they dealt in scenario.
“Rutgers has gotten close [to a Big East title] in ’06. Rutgers got close last year. Rutgers probably got close in ’05. Rutgers has gotten close,” Beauharnais said. “It’s time to finish. This is the time to finish. We need to finish.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @TBartoTargum.
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 14 GYMNASTICS,
WOMEN’S SOCCER NCAA TOURNAMENT VIRGINIA 6, RUTGERS 1
RU brings depth into new season BY GREG JOHNSON STAFF WRITER
In a transition year that saw a changing of the guard at head coach last season, the Rutgers gymnastics team had much to adjust to. With injuries and adversity, the Scarlet Knights responded with improvement in each meet and aim to continue that trend entering their 2012-2013 season. Last season culminated in March, when the Knights peaked and posted the highest team score at the EAGL Championships in program history. But they do not want to stop there. “One of the goals of the whole team when the girls came in this year was wanting to start where we left off, not take a step back and have to build up,” said second-year head coach Louis Levine, “but to really start in that range of where we’re able to get up there with some confidence and show off what we have.” For the Knights to keep moving forward and win more competitions, they need to hone in on improving one of their glaring weaknesses — the uneven bars event. “We could compete with every team we faced in the other three events and bars was our Achilles’ heel,” Levine said. With about a month and a half left until the season opener, the team has ample time to work out its kinks. The squad continues to build up its endurance, skills and floor routines, Levine said. The Knights are not worried about conquering the uneven bars. “This year we honestly are already starting to look so much stronger on bars, and it’s only November, so to say that is a huge plus,” said junior co-captain Alexis Gunzelman. “I think that we’re all going to be in shape. We’re all going to push ourselves as hard as we can to be that top team.”
The depth of the roster also leaves room for optimism. “Right now we have somewhere between about 10-12 girls who are fighting for spots,” Levine said. “Last year we were pushing to get six or seven. The depth that creates that friendly competition between each other is really going to help us out. We’re prepared a little bit earlier than we were last year.” Senior co-captain Jenna Zito, who took home EAGL Second Team All-Floor Exercise honors last season, focuses on maximizing the team’s success entering her final campaign and second stint as one of the team’s three captains. She learned from her first season as a captain and is excited for an opportunity to improve in her role and continue to assist the team. “I really just want to focus on the team for my last year,” Zito said. “I’ve had good years and I kind of want to take the focus off myself and really focus on getting everyone together as a team.” Like Levine, she also sees the number of strong gymnasts as a strength entering the season. In light of this, the Knights set their expectations high. “I think we have a lot of depth and a lot of good things going on,” Zito said. “I really would like to see us make a big appearance at our EAGL Championships. I’d like to see us finish in the top and make the NCAA Regionals.” Individually, Gunzelman was the only Knight to qualify last season for the NCAA Regionals. The Tabernacle, N.J., native paced the team throughout the season, capturing EAGL Team MVP for the second straight year, as well as EAGL First Team All-Around and Second Team All-Floor Exercise and Uneven Bars. For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GJohnsonTargum.
Junior forward Jonelle Filigno scored the first goal in Rutgers’ 6-1 loss Friday at Virginia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. YEE ZHSIN BOON / OCTOBER 2012
Tourney run ends on road BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
It was a rarity for the Rutgers women’s soccer team to provide an offensive spark this season in the first half of matches. So when Jonelle Filigno found the back of the net in the seventh minute against No. 2seeded Virginia on Friday in the second round of the NCAA Tour nament, the junior forward thought a win was not so far fetched. “I think we really believed that we were going to do it,” Filigno said. But the Cavaliers reared their heads, rattling off six straight goals to defeat the Scarlet Knights, 6-1, to advance to the Sweet 16. With each Virginia (18-4-1) goal came the realization that the Knights’ (13-8-1) season was coming to an end, something Filigno said happened in an instant. “The turnaround was so quick,” Filigno said. “Once the second goal went in things started to change, and by the third goal, it was kind of just all downhill from there.” Three different Cavalier players scored in the second half, including Virginia for ward Caroline Miller. An All-American last season, Miller drilled two goals in the match, including one in the 21st minute that Filigno described as the score that deflated Rutgers. It was hard to fathom the Knights escaping with a victory
on the road against the No. 3 team in the country. And while the loss was the program’s worst since 2000, when the Knights dropped a match to Connecticut by the same score, Filigno believed the score was not indicative of the way Rutgers battled in the game. “It almost seems like there is a huge gap of talent between the two teams, but I definitely think [the final result] doesn’t illustrate that,” Filigno said.
“We’re not sorry about the loss. We are going to become more hungry because of it.” GLENN CROOKS Head Coach
“We knew we were going into a ver y tough game.” Tough game or not, Filigno striking first was exactly what the Knights needed if they were going to stage the upset. In her second straight start, April Price got behind the defense in the seventh minute and into the box. The senior forward then got the ball to Filigno, who quickly converted on the shot from six yards out. Virginia answered five minutes later, when Cavaliers forward Makenzy Doniak tied the
game at 1 before Virginia began to pull away. The of fensive onslaught resulted in 30 shots to the Knights’ three, including 14 on senior goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins, who finished with eight saves. For the way Virginia attacked, head coach Glenn Crooks — who said the Cavaliers had as good a chance as any of the teams remaining to advance deep into the tournament — expected the goal total. “We played perhaps the best team in the countr y on a night where they could not have played better,” Crooks said. “As a coaching staf f, we have played some top programs over the years, and we haven’t seen a team like the way Virginia played [Friday] since I’ve been at Rutgers.” The Knights now have the task of replacing five seniors, who all contributed significant minutes for one of the more successful teams in Crooks’ tenure. After the loss, Crooks believes the only thing the team can do now is learn from its seniors. “Their leadership has taken us to another level, so now we build off of that,” Crooks said. “We’re not sorry about that loss. We are going to become more hungry because of it, and I’m looking forward to how this thing develops.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s soccer team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDTargum.
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 15 MEN’S BASKETBALL, RUTGERS 58, PRINCETON 52
Sophomore guard Eli Carter attempts a shot contested by Princeton guard Denton Koon in Friday’s 58-52 win at the Tigers. Carter tallied a game-high 22 points in the Knights’ first win against Princeton under head coach Mike Rice and 16th in 60 tries on the road against the Tigers. ENRICO CABREDO, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Guards carry scoring load at Princeton BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
PRINCETON, N.J. — After a poor per formance in the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s season-opening loss, head coach Mike Rice said he wanted to send a message. He did so by sitting three of the starters for the following game, one of which was sophomore guard Eli Carter. Judging by Carter’s performance Friday in the Scarlet Knights’ 58-52 win at Princeton, the team received the message. “[Carter is] the fuel in the motor, so to speak,” Rice said. “When he comes in, certainly he helps us.” Carter netted a seasonhigh 22 points off the bench — his sixth-career 20point game — on 6-for-9 shooting and sank four of his six 3-point
attempts, tying his career high from downtown. He made all six of his free throws, led the Knights (2-1) in scoring for the 17th time in his career and helped lift Rice to his first win against Princeton (1-2) with Rutgers. But not to be outdone, sophomore point guard Myles Mack tallied 16 points of his own to go along with three rebounds and two assists. “We’re both scorers, so we’re going to shoot regardless [of how the game goes],” Mack said. “Our shots were falling tonight, and it was great for us. We kept it going from the first half to the second half and came out with the win.” Carter and Mack filled in that role against the Tigers and helped produce team seasonhighs in nearly every statistical categor y, including 3-pointers
made (seven), 3-point shooting percentage (53.8) and free throw percentage (70.8). Collectively, Rutgers guards sank 13 of the team’s 17 field goals and scored 44 of the Knights’ 58 points. But as was the case in the team’s win Nov. 12 against Sacred Hear t, Rice believes the play at the defensive end played as crucial of a role as any in the victor y. As with the Pioneers, the Tigers’ of fense runs through one player. Princeton relies on senior for ward Ian Hummer, who is on pace to finish second on the school’s alltime scoring list. But that pace took a hit Friday, courtesy of the Knights’ defensive effort. “We’re going to face those type of dynamic players game-in and game-out in our conference,”
Rice said. “Following the formula of kind of slowing him down, it’s big.” In the first half, it looked like Hummer was going to complete a three-peat in dominating Rutgers under Rice. He scored 17 points two years ago and followed that up the next season with 21 points and eight rebounds, both of which resulted in Princeton wins. He scored nine points in the first half this time around, but the midway break served as the virtual end of his production. Much of that, Hummer believes, is courtesy of the zone defense Rutgers employed against him. “I think Rutgers really prides itself on being more athletic than a lot of teams,” he said. “I think we are just as athletic, but if we’re not making shots from the offense, why play us man?”
Because of the zone defense, several different players saw time defending the 6-foot-7 Hummer, from 5-foot-9 Mack to 6-foot-9 junior forward Wally Judge. The combination of defenders limited Hummer to only one point in the second half. He also picked up three fouls, earning himself a seat on the bench for most of the second half. “We had to crowd him. We doubled him in the post sometimes,” Mack said. “He just tried to kick the ball [out]. He wasn’t really trying to score in the second half.” Without their top scorer adding his usual contribution, the Tigers struggled to score consistently, ending the game with a 31.9 field goal percentage. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.
MEN’S BASKETBALL, JACK RECORDS SEVEN REBOUNDS AGAINST TIGERS
Sophomore sees significant playing time in win BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
PRINCETON, N.J. — Junior for ward Wally Judge already collected three fouls when Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice re-inser ted him with 10:59 left in the second half. Judge remained on the floor for a whole 10 seconds before committing his fourth foul on an inbounds pass, forcing a frustrated Judge to the sideline. In came sophomore forward Kadeem Jack, whose 21 minutes in Friday night’s 58-52 win at Princeton were the most playing time he has seen in his career. It was the second straight game, Jack was a presence on the defensive end. The Queens native registered a team-high six blocks in Rutgers’ first victory of the season Nov. 12 against Sacred Heart.
Jack was a presence in a different stat column against the Tigers, as he collected seven rebounds — tying a team high with Judge — in reserve action for the Knights. “Athletically, [Jack] is a freak of nature,” said senior forward Austin Johnson. “I feel like once he gets it, he’s going to be a terror and somebody to be reckoned with. He’s coming along. [We] saw that tonight.” But while both Jack and Judge were a presence on the glass, Rice was more concerned with the lack of scoring from the duo. They combined for five points, with Jack collecting the only field goals between them. “If you told me Wally was going to have a doughnut [in the scoring column] and Kadeem was 1-for-7 [from the field], I would have been nervous about that,” Rice said. “But other guys had each other’s back.”
That came in the form of the guard play for the Knights, who provided the team’s scoring punch. Their play gave the Knights’ for wards the ability to concentrate more in the paint against a bigger Princeton frontcour t. That included the play of Johnson, who scored five straight points, including a putback layup and foul with 1:52 left in the game to give the Knights a 55-47 lead. Johnson was also present on the boards, something Judge and Jack contributed to, as well. Rutgers had four players with five rebounds or more, including Jack, Judge, Johnson and senior wing Dane Miller. The per formance led to Rutgers outrebounding Princeton, 42-24, in the game, a stat line Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson thought
would be an advantage for his team against a smaller Rutgers rotation. “It’s concerning,” Henderson said of the rebound total. “I think that is something we want to hang our hat on this year, so it’s disappointing. I thought that was a major point.” While the loss of Judge for much of the second half did no favors for Rutgers, Johnson believed his teammates, in par ticular Jack, did a good job of carr ying the load left by the Kansas State transfer’s absence. “Ever yone played their par t,” Johnson said. “It was rebounding by committee and scoring by committee. [Jack] really star ted us of f. I felt like I came out sluggish. Wally probably feels the same way. But [Jack] came in and provided a spark plug for us [and] was really active.”
THE WIN MARKED THE FIRST time Rutgers defeated Princeton since a 58-44 home victor y against the Tigers in 2009. It also was the first win against Princeton for Rice. The Knights were unsuccessful in 2010 in their last trip to Jadwin Gymnasium, suf fering a 78-73 over time loss in Rice’s first season. Rutgers lost on a buzzer beater last season at home against the Tigers, 59-57, with then-junior forward Ian Hummer making the game-winning shot on the last possession. “It’s a lot of histor y [to go up against],” Rice said. “It was a good victor y. Guys scratched and clawed.” With the win, Rutgers moves to 45-74 all-time against Princeton. It was only the 16th road victor y against the Tigers.
TOURNAMENT EXIT The Rutgers women’s soccer
NEW BEGINNING The Rutgers gymnastics team prepares
GUARD DUTY Sophomore guards led
team lost Friday at Virginia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, ending the Knights’ season. / PAGE 14
to begin its season and follow up a campaign that concluded with a program-record team score in March at the EAGL Championships. / PAGE 14
the Rutgers men’s basketball team in scoring in its win Friday on the road against Princeton. / PAGE 15
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“If you told me Wally [Judge] was going to have a doughnut [in the scoring column] ... I would have been nervous.” —Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice on Judge’s lack of scoring at Princeton
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012
FOOTBALL RUTGERS 10, CINCINNATI 3
The Rutgers defensive front piles on Cincinnati running back George Winn, who it stopped for a one-yard loss on a fourth-and-inches Saturday in the Knights’ 10-3 victory. The Knights held Winn, the league’s leading rusher, to only 35 yards on 11 carries CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
CHANGE OF SCENERY Critical fourth-down stop halts Cincinnati momentum, narrows gap between Rutgers, elusive first conference title BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
CINCINNATI — Recent trends at Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium told the Rutgers football team its seven-point lead Saturday in the fourth quarter was not safe. Previous results against the Bearcats left little doubt to the weight on the
Scarlet Knights, who faced the prospect of inching closer to the program’s first Big East title. The Knights seldom showed concer n, outlasting Cincinnati, 10-3, and remaining unbeaten this season on the road. “Not that I thought history would repeat itself, because history is 69 points [allowed at Cincinnati in 2010],” said senior defensive
tackle Scott Vallone. “I didn’t think that was going to happen.” The Knights (9-1, 5-0) did not allow it. Cincinnati entered the contest with Big East-best averages in points and rushing yards per game. It left without a touchdown — its lowest total of the season — and only 90 yards on the ground. The Knights stopped Cincinnati (7-3, 3-2)
on fourth-and-inches in the red zone, intercepted a pair of passes and held George Winn, the Big East’s leading rusher, to only 35 yards. “I’ve been at Rutgers for eight years,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “I’ve seen a lot of really good defensive efforts over the last SEE
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FOOTBALL SOPHOMORE TIES SCHOOL RECORD FOR SINGLE-GAME CARRIES
Huggins enjoys career game with Jamison’s reduced work BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
CINCINNATI — Moments after he rushed for a career-high 179 yards, Savon Huggins found himself on the receiving end of a hug from Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood.
“We did it,” Flood told Huggins, a sophomore. “We did it.” It was a moment 22 games in the making. Huggins, a former four-star recruit, according to Rivals.com, earned 41 carries Saturday at Cincinnati, tying classmate Jawan Jamison’s school record set Sept. 13 at South Florida.
Huggins entered the game with only 52 rushes. “Everything I do, I believe my time will eventually come,” the sophomore said. “It came, and I just seized my opportunity.” Huggins’ 179 yards was the most for any Scarlet Knights running back this season.
EXTRA POINT
NFL SCORES
Washington Philadelphia
31 6
Green Bay Detroit
24 20
New York Jets St. Louis
27 13
Arizona Atlanta
19 23
Cincinnati Kansas City
28 Jacksonville 6 Houston
37 43
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entered a tie for second all time in Rutgers history with Kenny Britt with 17 career scores. He hauled in the game winner Saturday, a 71-yard touchdown for a 7-0 lead.
Jamison, the Knights’ usual starter, spent most of his time spelling Huggins after suffering a right ankle injury Nov. 10 against Army. Flood said Friday that Jamison was 75 percent likely to play against the Bearcats, and SEE
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SCORE BY QUARTER
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RUTGERS
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RUTGERS
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Cincinnati
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Cincinnati
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Cincinnati
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Cincinnati
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