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N.J. PLACES FOCUS ON IRAN A New Jersey legislation aimed at supporting Israel has barred a reputable N.J. company from work. Are our priorities in need of revision? OPINIONS, PAGE 10

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App helps students measure alcohol content in containers Shots iGot lets users virtually fill bottles to see number of shots poured before drinking BY ALEX MEIER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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Passing the torch Meet the DT’s 145th editorial board BY JOVELLE TAMAYO AND RASHMEE KUMAR STAFF WRITERS

Despite the blizzard warnings and early campus closings, The Daily Targum elected its 145th editorial board Friday — and it took just 14 hours. The new board welcomes a series of challenges including — but not limited to — a questionable readership and dwindling reader interaction; the changing face of news competition in the age of social media, mobile news and continuous newsrooms; and a fastapproaching referendum campaign. The Targum, which celebrated its 144th bir thday this past Januar y, will continue to sur vive and thrive under the new leader-

ship. That said, new staffers agree the board will further its mission of ser ving the University community. They plan to do so by increasing the relevance of content and improving the paper’s digital media presence to promote interactivity and feedback. As always, editors invite all forms of commentar y and suggestions from any Targum readers. Readers may leave comments at dailytargum.com, interact with the Targum on Facebook or Twitter, send a letter or commentar y to oped@dailytargum.com, or stop by 26 Mine St. to chat. For more about the new editors, flip to the jump. SEE

In an effort to make responsible drinking easier, two University students and an alumnus developed an iPhone app called “Shots iGot.” Shots iGot features the top 40 most popularly used nontraditional liquid containers, such as water bottles, solo cups and Gatorade bottles, said Josh Rosenheck, creator of the app. The user chooses a bottle and slides his or her finger to virtually fill the bottle to see the number of shots at any given level, said Rosenheck, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. The “MIXER” option allows users to measure spirits added to a bottle of a nonalcoholic beverage, and the camera feature lets users import pictures of their own bottle into the app, he said. Rosenheck said his experiences as a fraternity brother his sophomore year inspired him to create the app. Often, college students pour alcohol into unconventional bottles without measuring the alcohol content, he said. “They do this for a number of reasons — to transport it, to store it, because you can’t have [alcohol] in dorms … you can’t have an alcohol bottle in a sorority house,” he said. “People do it all the time.”

But the app is intended to function as a harm reduction tool rather than to promote underage drinking, he said. “We see irresponsible drinking, but we want you to be a little bit more responsible,” he said. “We [built] an iPhone app that will actually make a difference — that is what we really pride ourselves on.” People’s brains sometimes have trouble calculating volume, therefore causing many drinkers to blindly pour too much liqueur into their containers, Rosenheck said. “The estimates are potentially dangerous,” he said. “The difference between drinking three shots or accidentally pouring four or five shots could lead to over drinking, and we saw this multiple times. This can be prevented right when people are pouring.” Rosenheck said he showed his idea to his friend Para Jain, who became involved in the project. He constructed graphic images of bottles and the two created spreadsheets listing measurements. But neither Rosenheck nor Jain knew how to code Apple’s iOS applications, so Rosenheck said on Nov. 9, they pitched their idea to investors he met at an N.J. Entrepreneurs and Tech Startups Meetup. Rosenheck said the investors like their pitch but did not believe their idea had a fully developed revenue

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Amendments to the N.J. Food Bank Good Samaritan Act helps cities near universities deal with poverty CORRESPONDENT

New legislation will allow New Jersey universities to donate food to charitable organizations without fear of lawsuit. New Jersey’s “Food Bank Good Samaritan Act” of 1982 protects people who donate to food banks from liability, but vague language in the original bill does not specify that uni-

versities and colleges would be protected as well, said Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula, D-17. Chivukula said he forwarded an amendment to fix this problem, which Gov. Chris Christie signed last December. Chivukula said revising the current bill would provide more opportunities for institutions to donate

THRIFT SHOP

Students visited the basement of 25 Huntington St. yesterday to sift through miscellaneous items at the “Student Thrift.” Look for more photos on PAGE 3.

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IN BRIEF

Act lets dining halls give food without risk

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The South Tower residence hall on the Livingston campus was evacuated last night due to an activated fire alarm. The Piscataway Fire Department responded to the alarm at 11:32 p.m. and arrived to a smoke condition on the 6th floor of the building, where the fire occurred, according to E. J. Miranda, director of University Media Relations. The corridor was filled with smoke due to the ignition of a bulletin board by an individual, he said. The fire was put out before emergency officials responded to the scene, he said. It is still unclear if the individual who ignited the board is a resident of the South Tower and who put out the fire and when. There were no reported injuries related to the incident. The Rutgers University Police Department made one arrest in relation to the fire on an account of criminal mischief. The incident is still under investigation. — Matt Boyer Contributing Writer

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CAMPUS CALENDAR Monday, Feb. 11 The Rutgers Chinese Student and Scholars Association will sell tickets for the annual Chinese New Year celebration on Sunday, Feb. 17 at noon at the Busch Campus Center and Livingston Student Center through Friday. Career Services hosts an event to teach students how to get the most of out of a telephone or Skype interview at 4 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center, Room 174. Pre-registration at careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu is required.

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OUR STORY Inside Beat, The Daily Targum’s arts and entertainment magazine, holds its weekly interest meeting at 9 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center, Room 431 on the College Avenue campus.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 There will be a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to commemorate those affected by gang rape and sexual violence in India. The event is hosted by Manavi, a New Brunswick-based organization that raises awareness of sexual violence in South Asian communities.

Wednesday, Feb. 13

“Targum” is an Aramaic term for “interpretation.” The name for the University’s daily paper came to be after one of its founding members heard the term during a lecture by then-Rutgers President William H. Campbell. On Jan. 29, 1869, more than 140 years ago, the Targum — then a monthly publication, began to chronicle Rutgers history and has become a fixture in University tradition. The Targum began publishing daily in 1956 and gained independence from the University in 1980.

The Rutgers University Programming Association hosts a Mardi Gras-themed masquerade coffeehouse at 8 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center International Lounge. There will be Cajun and Creole food, crafts and a live jazz band. The Daily Targum holds its weekly writers’ meeting at 9:30 p.m. at The Daily Targum editorial office at 26 Mine St. All majors are welcome, no experience necessary.

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There will be a Mardi Gras Masquerade Party featuring trombone duo Adam Machaskee and Philip Menchaca at 5 p.m. at Old Bay Restaurant at 61 Church St. in downtown New Brunswick. There is a $20 cover charge, including food.

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Dan Soder performs at 8 p.m. the Stress Factory Comedy Club at 90 Church St. The event is free if attendees follow @stressfactorycc and retweet the status about a free Twitter show. General admission otherwise is $10. The George Maher Group performs at 8 p.m. at Tumulty’s Pub at 361 Geroge St. There is a $4 soda charge for those under 21.

Sunday, Feb. 17 The China National Symphony Orchestra performs at 3 p.m. at the State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. in downtown New Brunswick. Tickets range from $28 to $62. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit statetheatrenj.org.

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Website lets students list book prices BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU NEWS EDITOR

NIFTY THRIFTING

Students who attended the “Student Thrift” yesterday at the basement of 25 Huntington St. were able to sell or buy a number of miscellaneous items ranging from old clothing to insects. Raritan Valley Community College students Angelo Benedetto and Cecilia Salvino played music at the event. FIRAS SATTAR

Gerald Witherspoon came up with an idea with his roommate, Ramon Pena, in the fall of 2011 to design a website that would decrease the financial burden of buying textbooks from the campus bookstores. Little did he know that just over a year earlier, Chalmers Brown, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, had already designed a website with the same idea. Originally myrux.com, RUselling.org allows students to post information about textbooks they need or want to sell, said Wenbo Zhang, assistant marketing director of RU Selling. Once a student finds the book they need, a confirmation number is sent to the seller and the buyer. Students then meet up and exchange cash for the textbook along with their confirmation numbers, said Zhang, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The numbers, once uploaded to the website, provide feedback on how the transaction took place. “At the end of the day, I feel like … we’re getting ripped off from the bookstores,” Zhang said. “Students spend up to $700 to $900 per year, and that is an absolutely ridiculous amount. [This website] is just our way of helping students at Rutgers.” To ensure the safety of the students during meet ups, Brown, chief executive of ficer of RU Selling, said the website encourages and advises stu-

dents to meet in University safe zones. “We suggest students use RU safe zones to exchange textbooks at campus centers and during suggested times — during the day or in the afternoon and not late at night,” said Brown. Witherspoon, chief communications officer of RU Selling, said after he found out about Brown’s myrux.com, he and his roommate decided to meet up with him to try and work together. “We decided to change it to RUselling.org to create a Rutgers appeal. We met Chalmers and he needed help, so he brought us on board and we began working on the project, especially over the summer,” said Witherspoon, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. The website launched at the beginning of the fall semester, and as of now has over 190 users, over 100 textbooks listed for sale on the site, according to Brown. An estimated 30 textbooks have been sold. Zhang said the site went from having three to 15 active administrative members. “We are a team of 15 with about 11 interns on board right now,” he said. “We have assignments that each intern fills out such as taking polls or creating surveys, helping with marketing … and [creating] presentations. Witherspoon said the Rutgers University Student Assembly passed a bill last December to provide support to RU Selling by co-sponsoring events with them. “We’re trying to alleviate the

burden … we’re looking for the University to come on board but it’s a slow and gradual process,” he said. RU Selling is also looking to expand their services past textbooks, Zhang said. The organization hopes to bring i>Clickers and even laptops into the service. None of the interns or members of the organization get paid and the service is free, Brown said. The organization is looking to start charging a dollar from the seller and a dollar from the buyer to cover the costs of the site and maintenance. Zhang said he plans to hold information sessions in the coming months and increase awareness of the organization at Rutgers Day or at job fairs. Brown said he is currently working with JuiceTank Innovation Lab, a company that invests in startups that have a potential to grow. “JuiceTank has been very helpful to us because they like the idea and they like the enthusiasm we have,” he said. “They’re going to help us with bringing our technology to the next level by giving us tools to work on our websites.” He said the end goal is to have similar sites up and running at different universities in the country. “It’s a cheap school compared to a lot of other universities, and it’s not everyone’s first choice,” Zhang said. “Why spend thousands on books when you don’t even have money for another college. We want to make the college experience a little easier.”

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RISK Miranda says very little food from U.’s dining services goes unused CONTINUED FROM FRONT

implement a donation plan — instead it is left open for the univerunused food to charitable organiza- sities to set up procedures, tions because poverty levels in Lemanski said. “It basically removes a road New Jersey are rising and Superstorm Sandy left thousands block,” he said. The University’s Dining of people homeless. “We need to come up with ideas Services purchases approximately $22 million in food annually for to offset [the problems],” he said. When a University student called more than 4.5 million meals served Chivukula asking for clarification, in its dining halls. But efficiencies in Chivukula became interested in purchasing and delivery allow less pushing for an amendment, said food product to be thrown away, Ryan Lemanski, director of con- said E.J. Miranda, director of the stituent affairs for the assemblyman. University’s Media Relations. “There is, in fact, very little After looking at the original bill, they were unable to answer with ‘unused food’ from Rutgers dining certainty whether colleges would halls,” Miranda said. Food waste from the dining halls be sued for donating unused food and became determined to change is recycled into animal feed, he said. “Currently, no secondary use the bill’s language, Lemanski said. facility has request“The amended prepared leftover ment only now adds university “I’ve always had a foods from Rutgers Dining Services,” dining services to question—what he said. the existing law,” Miranda said Lemanski said. happens to all the University dining Lemanski said food that’s halls reach out to the amendment Elijah’s Promise would create publeftover?.” Soup Kitchen prior licity for the bill so UPENDRA CHIVUKULA to closing for tradithat universities’ District 17 Assemblyman tional shutdown dining services periods such as know it is an open spring and winter option. Adjusting the bill’s language will also give breaks to offer any available proincentive to institutions previously duce, but there are restrictions. The University cannot donate hesitant to donate. “It’s a chance for the 1982 law foods handled by students in selfservice lines and featured on future to be revisited,” Lemanski said. Chivukula said he has wanted dining hall menus, he said. Dairyto improve the quality of life in based foods, eggs, deli meats and New Jersey for a long time. When protein salads containing meat or looking at the aftermath of eggs are also not donated. Miranda said cooked food Superstorm Sandy, he said he saw people throwing away food that entrées and items not placed out for self-service may be offered could have been donated. “I’ve always had a question— for donation if they meet food what happens to all the food that’s safety temperature control requirements. These food leftover?” he said. are separately Chivukula said the products University’s location allows cities packaged, labeled and frozen such as New Brunswick and before donation. The end user or preparation North Brunswick to benefit from facility must reheat donated food the amendment. But the amendment does not quickly to meet sanitary code outline how universities should requirements as well, he said.

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CHASE E. BRUSH

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School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics and philosophy

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hen Chase Br ush graduated from high school in 2009, he deferred his enrollment to Rutgers University, bought a 1991 Dodge conversion van with his two friends and took off to explore the countr y for six months. “It gave me a real appreciation for oral storytelling,” he said of talking to people in different towns across the country. He enjoyed hearing those stories, committing them to memory and retelling them in compelling ways. In the first few weeks of his first year at the University, he started at the Targum as a University and Metro writer. He became the paper’s opinions editor early last year and took it as an opportunity to refocus the section’s editorials. “One of my big goals throughout the semester was to focus more on local events and issues happening on campus and in the city, and really bring those issues to our readers,” he said. Now, Brush sits at the top of the Targum’s masthead, as editor-inchief and co-CEO of the centuryold publication. “On one level, I want to do what any practicing journalist wants to do, which is to produce good content,” he said. “On another though, I want to turn part of our attention inward and do some serious soul searching. I want to figure out what we’re doing right, what we’re doing wrong and how we can improve.” Brush hopes to do a lot of traveling and one day make a living out of writing — whether that involves working for an online publication, newspaper or magazine. But for now, he’s keeping his options open.

Skylar Frederick comes from a family of eight kids — the oldest is age 24 and the youngest is age 3 — so she’s not afraid to speak out. Her experience at the University is completely different from her high school experience, where she graduated with a small class of 64 girls. Though driven and talented, the West Chester, Pa., native comes into the position without any prior editorial experience at The Daily Targum. She walked into 26 Mine St. less than a year ago, seeking realworld publication experience to add to her repertoire of high school leadership roles. Frederick star ted as a University writer and worked as an opinions desk assistant before finally deciding to run for a top position on the editorial board. “I really want to implement new sections and influence the different stories we’re covering and the way we’re covering them,” she said. Frederick also aims to send on deadline and spearhead social media and multimedia changes at the paper. Her dream job is to travel as an executive assistant for a magazine like Marie Claire or Harper’s Bazaar.

“From what I’ve seen so far, I love everyone in here. ”

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If Julian Chokkattu could buy a space ship and fly out to take photographs, he would. But for now, Chokkattu has committed to a year at 26 Mine St., where he plans to cultivate a strong group of writers to create content specifically catering to University students. He hopes to make the news desk’s interaction with writers more collaborative, and encourages writers and reporters to approach him with features and ideas. “I want to focus on things that make students want to pick up the paper,” Chokkattu said. “Right now, what we cover may be important but not interesting to students.”

Notorious around the office for hailing from Newton, Mass., Targum sports veteran Josh Bakan plans to bring fresh ideas to the sports section. Starting out his first year as a beat writer covering women’s lacrosse, Bakan rose through the ranks of the desk before becoming sports editor. “[Targum] is something I knew I would be involved in before I got [to Rutgers since] I was interested in sports journalism,” he said. “Coming here has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life — so many good opportunities for real-world experience and talking to prominent people.” Bakan said he wants to make the Targum sports section more accessible to readers, integrating a blog and club sports into its print and online presence.

Coming into Targum as a contributing writer last semester, Alex Meier saw an open editorial position as a perfect opportunity to jump headfirst into writing, “I had no idea how much work and responsibility it was, but I don’t regret it at all,” she said. As associate news editor, Meier plans to expand the responsibilities of her position to include creating a community among Targum writers and coming up with ideas for more captivating and investigative articles.

“I feel like [the staff] is making me better, and I want to give back by contributing as much as I can.”

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NISHA DATT Photography Editor photo@dailytargum.com

Nisha Datt believes in taking more risks with photography rather than being safe, and it is with that philosophy that she plans to take the Targum photo desk to the next level. Datt wants to add more organization to the desk, and more impor tantly, interact more with the photographers by working with them on their photo skills. “We all have something to learn,” Datt said.

DOMENIC RUGGERI Copy Desk Assistant

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh is making a move from regular columnist in the Targum opinions section to curating the myriad perspectives of the University community as the opinions editor. Al-Khatahtbeh hopes to generate greater student contributions to the opinions section to discuss a wide spectrum of topics relevant to the University. “We all have a great chemistry and vivid vision for how we want the Targum to be,” she said of the Targum staff. “We’re all going to work seamlessly to make that vision happen.”

MAHRIA MIRZA

Editorial Assistant

Since he became the video games editor as a first-year student at the University, Ryan Sujurnath plans to help Inside Beat, the Targum’s ar ts and culture magazine, continue to evolve. His vision as IB editor for 2013-2014 includes involving the local music and arts community into Inside Beat’s coverage. Sujurnath loves keeping his fingers on the touch-screen pulse of the latest smartphones and computers.

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“I just like being in a newsroom and the camaraderie between everyone.”

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Though she only started shooting videos last semester, Mahria Mirza has developed a strong passion for videography through the Targum. After shooting “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Bebe Zahara in September 2012, Mirza said she fell in love with all aspects of multimedia. “It’s hard work, but I really feel like I’ve found my niche,” she said. “I love talking to people, I love knowing what’s going on [around] campus, and it’s a great way to connect with leaders on campus.” As the Targum’s first video editor, Mirza plans to use the medium to star t a dialogue on campus.

BRADLY DERECHAILO Acting Associate Sports Editor sports@dailytargum.com As the associate sports editor, Bradly Derechailo gets to combine his academic pursuits with his passion for sports. “I joined the Targum because it’s a way not only to get better as a writer, but to experience things that I wouldn’t be able to other wise, [such as] inter viewing Rutgers athletes and covering major Rutgers sports events,” he said. Derechailo said he likes to write features on players because it gives a more in-depth look at the Scarlet Knights. “They’re not just people in uniforms,” he said. “[I] want to go deeper than that.”

FREDDIE MORGAN Acting Associate Inside Beat Editor beat@dailytargum.com Freddie Morgan is an IB veteran, working as the TV editor for two years before becoming assistant Inside Beat editor last semester. Morgan said working for IB gives her the practice she needs to someday become an arts and entertainment writer.

Acting Multimedia Associate photo@dailytargum.com Smaranda Tolosano hails from Beausoleil, France, attends school in New Brunswick, N.J., and one day hopes to move to Asia to write and take photographs. Tolosano is the first multimedia associate at the Targum, and she has big visions for the position — including plans to integrate photo and video, and develop the visual side of the paper’s online presence. “I want to develop the photojournalistic side of Targum and create a new way to document Rutgers history and student life,” she said. Tolosano aims to achieve these goals through weekly and long-term projects involving documentaries, photography and commentar y.

SHIRLEY YU Acting Associate Photography Editor photo@dailytargum.com Shirley Yu is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student majoring in journalism and media studies. She began her career in photography in the early days of high school and has since focused on por traiture and fashion photography. She joined the Targum after looking for a meaningful addition to her years in college. “Working with photography has given me tremendous purpose within my college experience,” she said. She is currently a freelance photographer for Refiner y29 and has travelled the countr y shooting fashion editorials.

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CONTAINERS Rosenheck says team worked about 80 to 90 hours a week CONTINUED FROM FRONT model. The investors suggested that Rosenheck and Jain take their idea to a hackathon. Jain, the company’s chief operating officer, said hackathons allow computer programmers and software developers to collaborate intensively on software projects. “You can pitch your idea, and whoever’s in the room … can create a team,” he said. “You can find coders, and you have 48 hours where you just sit in a room, no sleep, and you just code. The 48 hours is a competition.” Jain, a University alumnus, said the investors told them Princeton University holds two hackathons a year, and one of them was later that night. “We had no idea what hackathons were, so we just looked at each other, and we knew exactly that we were going right after this meeting,” he said. “On our drive down we looked up what [a] hackathon is about.” Rosenheck said he and Jain arrived at the hackathon in business suits. “We walk into this room of about 200 to 300 coders all in sweatpants and t-shirts,” he said. Mike Verderese, chief technical officer of the group’s company, “Something with Flow,” said he knew Rosenheck from high school and heard he was in the works of pitching an idea for an app. Verderese, a computer science major, attended the Princeton University hackathon in hopes of teaming up with a developer.

Verderese, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he joined Rosenheck and Jain’s team. At the final demonstrations, their team won first place for most useful product across hardware, web software and mobile software and second place for best mobile app over all and crowd favorite, Rosenheck said. Jain said the hackathon boosted his team’s morale. “It gave us that fire that we knew we needed to keep on going and just kill it,” he said. “We had a few investors that were really, really pushing us. It just made us really excited.” Rosenheck said the team spent the next two months working on full development. The team dedicated about 80 to 90 hours a week to their project. “We were not sleeping,” he said. “We worked until at least five or six in the morning every night. I had never pulled an allnighter for school, and I found myself pulling three to four a week with no sleep. It was all worth it though.” Rosenheck said his team received offers from angel investors, which would require his team to give up a large percentage of equity. But his team did not want that, and instead, they invested with their own money. After development, the team sent their final project to Apple Inc., but the company rejected Shots iGot, he said. “My stomach twisted because I thought that they were originally rejecting the entire concept and we weren’t [going to] be able to put the hard work into the hands of our users,” he said. But after correcting a simple design error, Apple Inc. approved Shots iGot and processed it to the app store, Rosenheck said. Verderese said he was in a 200-person lecture hall when

learning Apple approved his app. “I had to like run out of class and call [Rosenheck], and we both were just freaking out over the phone,” he said. “It was just surreal.” He said the team began to focus on promotion. The first day, they used Facebook to spread the word. “We had 55 people sharing the link. It was just all over people’s Facebook newsfeeds,” he said. “We got into Penn State, Arizona State. We tried to spread the word as much as we could.” The team then printed out 3,000 flyers and distributed them to eight different residence halls. Students in those residence halls now use Shots iGot on a regular basis, Verderese said. On the third day of promotion, Rosenheck said he overheard two students he never met talking about his app. “That was when I knew this was like a mini social network for us,” he said. Now the team is working on taking the app viral by building what Rosenheck calls an arsenal of distribution weapons, including press kits and media releases. The team plans to develop more apps, so they created a company called “Something With Flow.” He said the company’s name perfectly captures the team’s drive. “Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement and enjoyment in the process,” he said. Rosenheck said his team also attended the University of Pennsylvania’s hackathon, PennApps, and created the mobile app $pur, which acts as a mobile market place.

Top: The app, “Shots iGot,” measures the amount of alcohol poured at any given level. The app is available for iOS. COURTESY OF SOMETHING WITH FLOW

Below, from left: Mike Verderese, chief technical officer; Para Jain, chief operating officer; and Josh Rosenheck, CEO of Something With Flow, discuss the development of their app, “Shots iGot.” NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Solar power sees cheaper prices BY ANDREW RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ALEXANDRE MOROZOV

GEORGE LOCKE

MICHAEL MANHART

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Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Physics

U. biophysicists hope to change biology field BY ANDREW RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Three biophysicists at the Rutgers University BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology are changing the field of modern biology from guesswork into a more theoretical and computational science. Alexandre Morozov, George Locke and Michael Manhart work at the Hill Center on Busch campus and are attempting to change the way biologists approach the field. “There’s lots of data … but there’s not any good theoretical understanding of [it],” said Manhar t, a four th-year Ph.D candidate in the Depar tment of Physics studying molecular evolution. He said there are not enough theories, models and computational techniques that are up to speed to address the excess of data. “Being able to do something with this excess of data and being able to extract meaning from it is a really big undertaking unto itself that really requires huge advancements in theor y,” Manhart said. Morozov, an associate professor in the Department of Physics, said they are moving away from the old notion of biology, which has always been an experimental science where scientists look at a phenomenon and try to classify it. “We have started putting numbers on it in hopes of it becoming more like physics in the 21st century,” Morozov said. He said he wants it to be more precise and controlled. “It’s an interesting area where physics and biology come together,” he said. Morozov said he, along with Manhart and Locke, a Ph.D student in the Department of Physics, tried to merge ideas of polymer physics and DNA processing, focusing on the way proteins and DNA interact. “It needs to survive in a very complex and unpredictable environment. That’s why it’s a very interesting area. There’s a huge community – hundreds of researchers in physics and biology working on this area,” Morozov said. They rely on an extensive network of collaborators worldwide, Locke said. This community is responsible for the interpretation of plentiful data made possible by frequently advancing technologies.

“This revolution is caused by availability and continued improvements in high-throughput sequencing,” Morozov said. High-throughput sequencing highlights where one can find specific nucleosomes, or balls of proteins and DNA, along the chain of a chromosome, Locke said. Morozov said before this technology surfaced, scientists would have to work with nucleosomes one by one. It is still fairly costly, but the price goes down each week. Locke said the quantitative insight would allow them to precisely observe chromatin behavior better. “We want biology to be more predictable. Biology will never be physics, we don’t want to kick the biologists out or anything,” Locke said. Manhar t said science is about figuring out what is impor tant and what is not important. Biological systems are not too complicated to keep track of, he said. “You can extract some general principles from this data, and if you back it up with experimental insight, you can do the same types of things that have been done in physics for the last hundreds of years,” Manhart said. Manhart said evolution is the key to understanding the functions of chromatin. “The chromatin functions and structures that exist today have emerged over millions of years. How they will change in the future is understood, in principle at least, by the ideas of evolution,” Manhart said. He said his research partly tries to connect evolution to specific systems and understanding how that impacts chromatin and gene regulation and their systems. “People thought that once they sequenced the human genome, they would see cancer and autism and ever ything else. That’s the thing — there’s no cancer gene, there’s no autism gene. Those are phenomenon that emerge from ver y complicated interactions of many genes,” Manhart said. Morozov said starting small is the exciting part of this process. “Quantitative biology is a new field. It’s at its infancy. For students to get involved now is to get on the ground floor. It’s a very exciting opportunity, and I’m really excited to be a part of it myself,” Locke said.

Solar power has the potential to be a cheap and efficient source of energy — thanks in part to the work of Jason Stauth. Dr. Jason Stauth, assistant professor at Dartmouth College, spoke about the potential to improve and expand the use of solar power at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium last Wednesday on Busch campus. He said the cost of solar energy per watt has come down faster than anyone predicted. It has lowered to about 15 cents per watt. “It was predicted that the cost of solar energy would be fifteen cents per watt by 2020. We achieved this in 2011,” he said. Market competition has played a role in garnering attention. The United States has been improving, but China is still the main source for solar energy, Stauth said. “In the last five years, China jumped from zero percent to 60 percent of global contribution to solar generation,” Stauth said. He said there has also been an increase of local interest in solar energy. Walmart has installed solar panels on its rooftops and generates 65 megawatts of electricity — enough to power a moderately sized-town of 20,000 homes. The two methods to capture solar power are through solar panels and solar thermal collectors, Stauth said. Thermal energy is more efficient, but much more costly, spacious and difficult to improve.

But even improving solar panel technology is no small feat, he said. The main concern is power efficiency, or grid cost parity, since the parts of the cells that compose solar panels, called photodiodes, lose power when not all of them are activated. “The problem is with a particular photodiode, only a particular range of wavelengths of light can activate it,” said Robert Gatdula, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He said a way to improve efficiency is by making multiple layers of photodiodes that respond to multiple wavelengths of sunlight. But adding layers to a solar cell increases the volume of the solar panel, which creates problems in practical implementation, Gatdula said. The goal of improvement is to downsize volume. There are more components to take into account. A solar panel is only responsible for generating electricity, not optimizing, Stauth said. The solar panel needs a converter to boost the energy received from the photodiodes, he said. “The only place where you don’t use a converter is when you take a solar panel and connect it directly to a lead acid battery,” Stauth said. Another part, the inverter, takes the energy and puts it in a form that is usable by electronics, he said. The next step in research is minimizing the size of the inverter and refining it to efficiently transfer solar energy into usable energy, Stauth said. Micro-inverters are taking over for residential

applications, when it makes sense to have a smaller system. “The inverters [Stauth] was showing on the solar cells were tiny. The typical ones are probably a few cubic feet large when his are a few cubic inches in volume,” Gatdula said. Stauth said he expects all the modules of the solar panel system to be combined, minimizing power loss. “The examples I showed had three converters per panel,” he said. “We want to go to something like 30 converters per panel.” Stauth revealed new technologies that are still in the development phase including the deeptrench and intermagnetic systems. Deep-trench caps are holepunched silicon chips that have a higher charge capacity. “The larger the capacitance density of a material is, the more charge it can hold in a smaller volume, a crucial property in electronics miniaturization,” said Michael Boan, a School of Engineering junior. Stauth said his research at Dartmouth expands on these intermagnetic systems, which involve chips with integrated components that maximize power efficiency while minimizing volume. Maintenance and shading are other factors that hinder efficiency, he said. Solar panels do not lose too much efficiency from the lack of maintenance, which is why it is often overlooked. “Externalities are often neglected. People don’t talk about this,” Stauth said.

Professors to solve compound mystery BY INGRID JOYLYN PAREDES CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The work of two University professors and an MIT post-doctoral student could solve the 30-year-old mystery of the behavior of electrons in a compound of uranium, rubidium and silicon. Dubbed the compound URu2Si2, it may lead to the understanding and development of new materials. When scientists first discovered URu2Si2, they were surprised to find that it did not follow the rules of increasing entropy, or disorder, in the compound, said Premala Chandra, a professor in the department of Physics and Astronomy. “The electrons were organizing themselves … but the question was how … with every tool in the system we weren’t able to figure it out,” she said. “A whole set of experimental probes were performed on this material.” She said she knew an order in the compound had to exist. Piers Coleman, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, said he worked with Chandra and a graduate student in the early 2000s to study the inexplicable behavior they termed “the hidden order problem.” He said they wanted to know how to characterize and to discover the strange organization of electrons. Rebecca Flint, postdoctoral researcher at MIT, said she

joined the professors to search for an explanation for this behavior, which only occurred at negative 428 Fahrenheit. Their theory depends on the concept of broken symmetry, Chandra said. An example of broken symmetry is water freezing into ice. A drop of water is spherically symmetrical, but a snowflake usually has a six-fold symmetry. The hastatic order the researchers discovered concerns not geometric symmetry, but timereversal symmetry. Flint, a University alumna, said in evennumbered states, objects rotate through 360 degrees, or time reverse twice, to return to their original states. States with an odd number of electrons, like URu2Si2, break symmetry instead. Its symmetry breakage is unique because of the uranium atom, Flint said. The strong uranium nucleus pulls and keeps two electrons around it instead of one. She said because of this, the compound does not reverse its state the way that typical compounds do. “[The mixture of electrons] with two states with different numbers of electrons, behave[s] like a single electron,” Flint said. Coleman said somehow, the rubidium and silicon electrons obtained the properties of these uranium atoms. The hybridization of the electrons’ behavior is hastatic order. Chandra said her and Coleman’s son, a University alumnus,

named the order for the Latin word for spear. “Before they invented the javelin, they had the hasta. It is the predecessor, the root, of a javelin. So [hastatic order] is like a root of magnetism. It is an early or more primitive version of magnetism, or the magnet itself,” Coleman said. The theor y sparked worldwide interest, Coleman said. It was published in the science journal Nature last month as a rare theory paper, a contrast to most of their work that generally focus on experimental papers. “No one has ever seen [this] as a macroscopic order parameter before,” he said. Once experiments prove the theory is correct, Coleman said he, Chandra and Flint will take their discovery to the next step. “One of the things we’re ver y curious looking at next is the relationship between the order, if it is indeed hastatic, to the superconductor order,” Coleman said. Chandra said it is too early to predict the practical applications for the discovery. Since the compound contains radioactive uranium, it would not be a compound used in a gadget like an iPhone, Coleman said. Instead, he said their hope is that once the theory is approved and further studied, they can find hastatic order in other materials that may be useful in the future.

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ast week, a New Jersey construction company lost a multi-million dollar bid to clear waterways from debris left over from Hurricane Sandy. Apparently, they forgot to check off a box on a state paper declaring that they had no financial interest in Iran’s energy sector. J.H. Reid, a company that is now entering its 50th year operating in Middlesex County, simply overlooked the checkbox during the application process and is now appealing the decision. While questions arise as to why they weren’t given the opportunity to correct the application before it was completely tossed out, an even bigger inquiry comes to mind: why is New Jersey legislation being used to support international interests? The legislation, passed last July, prioritizes standing with Israel to stop Iran from gaining nuclear capabilities, which, in this case, has just caused a New Jersey company from getting work. Last week, in our editorial “Middle East needs stu-

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their stories. The main function of the storm names is to help people track them easier online. Searching the “#nemo” hashtag on Twitter will give you countless tweets, photos and videos, documenting the storm that’s hit much of the Northeastern states. We doubt we’re alone in feeling that naming storms is actually a really functional way to navigate ourselves during an unpredictable time. It makes it much easier to track the storm and its development in our area and can contribute to our overall safety if used the right way. Internet updates become much more identifiable and narrow results down to the specific storm at hand. Plus, in times like these, we need a way to make sure that ever yone is on the same page for preparations and cleanup, and we think naming storms can help us do just that. But maybe it could help to think of better ones than “Nemo.”

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ne fallen tree, one superstorm, a server crash and a blizzard later, I’m finally writing my obligatory goodbye column. My tenure as editor-in-chief was physically and mentally exhausting, but I don’t regret a day spent frazzled with other Targumites in the newsroom. And because Mother Nature had her way with us, sometimes those days were spent frazzled in the business office or the S-lounge. So readers, just know this: Your fellow students at The Daily Targum put in their best work ever y day. Students run the publication from the bottom to the top, and Targum editors work incredibly hard five nights a week to put a newspaper out. Yes, there are mistakes to be made, but newsroom is as much of a learning environment as it is a professional one. Do you have a problem with something we’re doing? Let us know. Do you want to help improve the paper’s quality? Get involved! Targum editors are hungr y for input, so take advantage of it.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR workshop addresses these issues. I was thoroughly surprised to find such a shallow analysis of the workshop, doubly so when I realized the workshop was the only source material for “an article about life as a TA,” as I was told, considering the workshop’s extremely narrow focus. would like to respond to the The discussion-based workshop exam“Teaching assistants weigh in on ined how and why disruptions exist, how to experiences” article published in The hone in on these issues, how to effectively Daily Targum on February 6. I appreciate moderate disruptions in a classroom, that the author would endeavor to write an deflecting or diminishing distraction and article about TAs at Rutgers, but I was hopinterruption, and how to follow up effecing for an article with a broader and more tively to the benefit of the students in quesbalanced perspective when he asked if he tion, even those from whom the disruption could sit in on my workshop. originates. The hit parade of student gaffes Unfortunately, I think the workshop — and goofs does not do any justice to the inand in particular, the case studies and depth discussion anecdotes — seem regarding how to to have become the address the needs of focus of this piece, “These skills, and many the student creating and the larger perothers, are important to the disruption (and spective was obfusthe rest of the class), cated, making it graduate students.” by identifying the hard to see the underlying issue and proverbial forest, for resolving it in an all the trees. effective and positive way. The TA Project (TAP) organized this These skills, and many others, are workshop. TAP is an initiative of the important to graduate students, especially Graduate School, New Brunswick, which those who hope to find jobs in higher eduis designed to promote high-quality cation and to continue to develop their instruction by facilitating professional skills as educators. This is the reason TAP development activities among graduate organizes workshops, seminars, courses, students who are TAs or course instrucand more to help train future faculty. And, tors. The workshop I led is designed to to contradict the author directly, these are help students develop effective strategies, not challenges exclusive to inexperienced both generic and specific, to handle interor unpracticed TAs; indeed, they are the ruptions and disruptions in an instructionchallenges facing instructors of all ranks al environment. Although the facts of the and experiences in every learning enviauthor’s article are correct, modulo a few ronment. The goal of the workshop is to minor interpolations and misquotations, help prepare graduate students for jobs as the workshop was not a blooper reel of stufaculty by teaching them skills that they dent antics, nor was it an opportunity to will require throughout their careers, no share these antics or provide superficial matter how experienced they are. commentar y about them. The article seems to skim that top layer of the discusKellen Myers is a teaching assistant in sion, anecdotes and case studies, without the Department of Mathematics. really contextualizing how or why the

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Israel and the United States? The risk of a nuclear arms race throughout the Middle SABRINA SZTEINBAUM East? Could Iran possibly become a hub for U.S. enemies to learn/purchase the same uranium enrichment technology that Iran used to create its nuclear weapon? Or t is a possibility that by mid-2014, Iran could the bomb just put Iran in a comfortmay have enough weapons-grade uraable position to make threats without fear nium for multiple bombs. It is a possiof military retaliation? Nobody can say bility that by mid-2014, if the United States with assurance what might happen if and does not offer its unwavering support of when Iran obtains such a weapon, but Israel, it will be terrorized and a nuclear Netanyahu is trying his best to prevent the war could become a reality. world from finding out. It has been obvious since September Why should we, as students, care that the Iranian threat is at the top of about Iran’s nuclear capability? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Personally, if Iran is successful with a Netanyahu’s list of imminent dangers to nuclear program, my family and friends in deal with. He informed the United Nations Israel will be threatof the ‘clear red line’ ened. Adding a for uranium enrichIran to its ment which Iran “The [Israeli] Prime Minister nuclear already daily worcould not cross, or else. The Prime implied that Israel would not ries of terrorism would not allow anyMinister implied have a problem taking one to sleep peacethat Israel would not have a problem takmilitary action against Iran.” fully at night. Many students may not ing militar y action personally know against Iran if they someone who lives reached the point of in Israel, but a nuclear Iran also poses a having ninety percent of the uranium needhuge threat to America. ed to assemble a nuclear weapon. At that Meanwhile, the United States must point, it was estimated that as early as this continue enforcing Iranian sanctions. The spring or summer, Iran could possibly United States is truly isolating Iran and reach that very point. forcing its leaders to talk about the That was September. Almost five months nuclear program. This month, the United later, where are we? President Obama’s States will not only continue to enforce recent nomination of Republican Chuck sanctions regarding Iranian oil, but will Hagel as Secretary of Defense does not ease also put other countries purchasing many people’s worries about the United Iranian oil at risk of being cut off from the States’ staunch support of Israel in the case U.S. banking system. President Obama of an Iranian attack. Hagel has been recently signed legislation which will predescribed as ‘moderate’ and ‘antagonistic’ vent Iran from being able to exchange oil from fellow Republicans. However, Obama’s for precious metals like gold, or material appointment of Hagel, as well as the not-solike graphite. As long as Obama’s support perfect relationship between the president of Iranian sanctions is staunch, and his and Netanyahu himself, cannot be easing the support in this area does look promising, prime minister’s worries. Netanyahu has Iran will continue to be isolated and presapproached the Iranian threat headfirst and sured into negotiations. with an iron fist thus far, and the president’s wish for diplomacy cannot be comforting. Sabrina Szteinbaum is a first-year stuSo Iran gets a nuke, what comes next? dent in the School of Arts and Sciences. An increased threat of terrorism in both

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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK

DIVERSIONS Pearls Before Swine

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Today's Birthday (02/11/13). Creativity, communication and play lead to a career opportunity that keeps you busy for the rest of the year. As work increases, balance for health with new exercise practices. Radiate love. 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 an 8 — There's more going on than meets the eye, and there's no time for idle chatter. To avoid arguments, blast by them with targeted focus. It's a good time to buy. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — There's some instability at work. You get the necessary data. Check it through twice, and read between the lines. Use imagination. A discovery could reveal impracticalities. Take a trip. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Express your vision with optimism. Others bring amazing ideas; let them take leadership. Spend less money partying, and enjoy a fuller wallet. A key relationship grows stronger. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — A lofty scheme may encounter difficulties when you and a partner disagree. Fix something before it breaks, clean up or ignore a thoughtless remark. You can work it out. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Listen carefully to someone who doesn't make sense initially. Choose love over money, and resist the temptation to splurge. Keep a low profile. Your admirable discipline gets rewarded. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Imagine how the next project gets moving. Some ideas are too expensive, so be creative. Smooth rough edges before proceeding. You solve it by editing down to basics.

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For ward Ariel Butts has still not done so. Rutgers had to rely heavily on its seniors and sophomores against Cincinnati (8-15, 0-10). For the second straight game, the duo of sophomore guard Shakena Richardson and sophomore wing Betnijah Laney put Rutgers ahead. Richardson fed Laney for a lay-up on a three-on-one fastbreak with 12 minutes remaining to tie the game at 36. Then Richardson converted a lay-up on the next possession to give Rutgers a lead it would sustain the rest of the game. “I’m just trying to stay as consistent as possible, do anything I can do to help my team,” Richardson said. “If that involves rebounding, making plays, it’s whatever.” Rutgers’ highlight of the game was its effort on defense. Stringer refrained from her trademark 55 press as Cincinnati outplayed Rutgers for much of the game. But Stringer’s defensive plan in the second half was extremely effective, holding Cincinnati to 5-for-17 shooting and preventing a field goal for seven minutes at one point. “What changed a little bit maybe to throw them off rhythm was a three-quarter court zone press,” Stringer said. “I don’t know if they expected that or not, but we were ready.” The Knights have had problems with each of their seniors this year, and this game was no different. Guard Erica Wheeler, who shot 1-for-8 from the field, rolled her ankle with 7:36 to go. After slowly walking back to the bench with assistance, she did not enter the game again until the final minute. For ward Chelsey Lee was effective for nine rebounds, but Rutgers’ offensive problems began with difficulty scoring inside. Lee scored only two points, and Rutgers recorded only 13 second-chance points off of 21 offensive rebounds. Forward Monique Oliver was effective, but she is still limited because of injuries and played less potently in the second half and ended with only 19 minutes. As Stringer recorded her 899thcareer victory, Oliver is happy to be part of a winning tradition. “Ever since I got here, I’ve been grateful to play with such a passionate coach and I’ve learned so much here,” Oliver said. “So to be a part of history is amazing, so I’m proud of all of us.” But that tradition is disintegrating into the past. Rutgers put out a team Saturday with lackluster offense that almost lost to Cincinnati at home. The Knights need six more victories for a 20-win season, assuming that would significantly help their case for their 11th straight NCAA Tournament — although they made the tournament in 2010 with 18 wins. If youth is an excuse for Rutgers’ season, Stringer needs to decide if it should become the focus.

The decision forced freshman Mickey Simmons into the lineup for the first time this season, and the rookie did not have much going for him to start off. Bloomsburg (14-3) elected to begin the match at 154 pounds with Frank Hickman. Hickman, the No. 12 ranked grappler in his weight class, took advantage of the mismatch with a pin of Simmons 3:19 in the match. Both Simmons’ and Visicaro’s losses put the Knights (15-3) in a 9-0 hole against the No. 14 team in the nation. Dellefave knew what his team had to do. “Visicaro wrestled a great match and had [the match] where he wanted to win it, so we were wrestling okay but we were a little down,” he said. “We needed to win the next five matches.” Besides a loss from junior Dan

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Junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave was one of two wrestlers to capture wins against ranked opponents Friday with his 3-2 decision over No. 11 Nick Wilcox. TIAN LI Seidenberg at 197 pounds by major decision, Rutgers took Dellefave’s advice with victories at 174, 184, heavyweight, 125 and 133 pounds. The Toms River, N.J., native captured the biggest win of the night with a 3-2 decision against the Huskies’ Nick Wilcox. Wilcox, ranked No. 11 at 133 pounds, was tied with Dellefave with 10 seconds remaining in the

third period. Dellefave recorded a takedown to take the lead and capture his ninth win in a row. The victory is the highlight of the season for arguably the Knights’ most improved wrestler as Dellefave continues to excel in his new weight class. He participated at 125 pounds last season. But the win is just another step for Dellefave.

“It felt good,” Dellefave said. “I know that was one of my bigger wins, but I just try to beat anyone that goes out there regardless. It felt good but there is still a lot to go.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDTargum.

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SPORTS PAGE 14 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK HEAD COACH RECORDS 899TH CAREER VICTORY

Stringer offers gratitude for historic milestone BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT

Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer is one win shy of accumulating 900 wins for her career. The Scarlet Knights rallied to defeat Cincinnati, 55-46, Saturday to help Stringer inch closer to an accomplishment that only three others have achieved in women’s college basketball. As the Hall of Fame coach approaches the milestone, she attributes her success to ever yone who was involved with each of the three teams she has coached. “[It is] with great fans, the administrators and the support of the university and coaches,” she said after Saturday’s victor y. “And now as I stand here with my coaches who are all former players, I feel particularly blessed because they could have been, and they have been all over the countr y.” Stringer is the third winningest coach in women’s basketball histor y, following former Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt, former Texas head coach Jody Conradt and Nor th Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell.. “It goes on to recognize all the people that came before us,” said sophomore guard Shakena Richardson. “This is a tribute to them, too, because it is not just us that have accomplished this milestone for coach Stringer.”

Stringer owns the distinction of being the first coach in NCAA history to lead three different women’s programs to the NCAA Final Four: Rutgers in 2000 and 2007, Iowa in 1993 and Cheyney State College — now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania — in 1982. Her career was ignited at Cheney State as she has a great amount of respect for the school, she said. Stringer and her staff diligently gave their time to building a program from next to nothing. “I am so excited,” Stringer said. “I appreciate the many administrators, outstanding players and coaches who volunteered at Cheyney because we did not have anything. You have a school with 3,000 students, and we ended up playing for the national championship.” The Knights travel to Chicago on Tuesday to take on DePaul. In front of a national audience, Stringer can collect win No. 900 to make her mark in the record books. Her players are hoping to deliver sooner rather than later for their coach. “Ever since I got here I have been grateful to play for such a passionate coach,” said senior forward Monique Oliver.

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depth, Rutgers demonstrated it had more offensive weapons to keep the Bearcats winless in Big East play. But one Cincinnati player had her way against the Knights.

Cincinnati guard Dayeesha Hollins, right, sets up on offense as freshman guard Syessence Davis and senior forward Chelsey Lee defend. Hollins ended Saturday’s game with 20 points. TIAN LI The Bearcat’s Dayeesha Hollins was able to find the basket at will, finishing the night with 20 points and three assists. The guard challenged Rutgers to apply additional pressure on her to take dif ficult shots, but it of fered little help. Hollins created matchup issues for the Knights and propelled them to utilize a zone defense for a big portion of the game. She shot 6-for-12 from the

floor, including 3-for-5 from behind the arc. But Hollins was the Bearcats’ only answer and Rutgers found a way to force her out of her game in the second half. The Knights then held Cincinnati scoreless for nearly 10 minutes to recapture the lead and never looked back.

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winning streak to three games and displayed more dominance on its home floor.

LOSS Georgetown’s zone defense leads to RU offensive chances CONTINUED FROM BACK from 3-point territory. Penetration to the mid-post led to collapses, which sophomore guard Eli Carter exploited, and 17 offensive rebounds led to favorable looks. But the dynamic shifted with Georgetown’s defense. Thompson returned to a manto-man set following the final TV timeout, and the Knights never adapted. Open 3-point looks against a zone turned into contested shots. Well-timed drives met collapsing Hoya defenders. And Carter’s early shooting display — he went 7-for-12 from the field at one point — followed with a 1-for-6 finish. “Our movement, we just stood around and wanted Eli to try to do something or [sophomore point guard] Myles [Mack] to do something,” said Rice, head coach. “We’re best when we’re getting behind the defense and moving the ball in four or five passes.” Rice’s motion offense thrived for two-thirds of the game off of rotation and inside-outside looks. But Rutgers never adapted with Georgetown’s changes, and the Knights sat inside the Louis Brown Athletic Center’s locker rooms facing a familiar feeling. “When you lose … it takes the joy away from your everyday

The Knights sit 11-1 this season at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. They have won their last four contests on their own hardwood. The last time Rutgers lost at the RAC came Jan. 6, when it fell to St. John’s in a close game, 48-44. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow Aaron Farrar on Twitter @AFarrarTargum.

experience,” Rice said. “You mope to class. You mope on the training table. You’re fighting through practice because of the competition.” Within the team’s film study room, the it was uncertain how to attack Georgetown’s defensive looks. Seagears preferred dribble penetration. Carter favored junior guard Mike Poole in the middle of Georgetown’s 2-3 zone. Rice, meanwhile, preferred to keep it simple. “One of the biggest concepts you don’t do is stand against the zone,” he said. “We did that maybe once or twice during the last five minutes.” Carter admits it has been a recurring issue for the Knights, although he said the team’s motion offense has improved. None were more likely to see a zone look than Carter, whose recent offensive struggles have been well documented. Carter and Mack combined for seven of Rutgers’ eight 3-pointers. “I wouldn’t say it’s a coincidence,” Carter said of Rutgers’ success against the zone. But as minutes took on more meaning, nothing was less coincidental than Porter’s offensive brilliance. Leading 62-61, with less than two minutes left, Porter took on two defenders, sized up Rutgers’ look and sank a turnaround jumper. He added a free throw for extra measure, laying Cox’s best laid plan to waste. “We don’t have that guy,” Rice said. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @TBartoTargum.

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SPORTS PAGE 15 GYMNASTICS NO. 24 KENT STATE 195.675, RUTGERS 193.700

KNIGHT NOTEBOOK

Knights fall again on road BY GREG JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

Georgetown forward Otto Porter goes up against sophomore Eli Carter. Porter scored 15 second-half points. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

RU fails to control star in final minutes BY JOEY GREGORY CORRESPONDENT

During its current six-game losing streak, the Rutgers men’s basketball team has fallen prey to a repeating theme. While the Scarlet Knights were able to keep pace with many of the tough opponents they faced, the latter stages of nearly each game saw the emergence of the foe’s star player, or in some cases players. Whether it was Notre Dame’s Jack Cooley, St. John’s D’Angelo Harrison and JaKarr Sampson, Connecticut’s Ryan Boatright and Shabazz Napier, Cincinnati’s Sean Kilpatrick or Lousiville’s Russ Smith, each team had a player to step up when they needed him. Rutgers’ 69-63 loss to Georgetown was no different. After allowing the Knights to take a small lead, the Hoyas turned to their best player in forward Otto Porter. His 15 second-half points surprised ever yone in the Louis Brown Athletic Center, except Georgetown head coach John Thompson III. “He made a couple plays and he came through and got two big rebounds when we needed him, but that’s what he does,” Thompson said. “He’s one of the best players in the countr y, and the best players in the countr y come through when it’s winning time.” In a teleconference Thursday, head coach Mike Rice called Porter one of the best potential lottery picks he had seen on tape. Porter backed up Rice’s words, scoring 10 of the Hoyas’ final 12 points to go with 14 rebounds. He finished with 19 points. Even Rutgers’ knowledge of the Georgetown scheme could not stop Porter. Associate head coach David Cox spent three seasons as an assistant on Thompson’s staff and knows the system well. Rice said Cox even called the play the Hoyas were going to run for Porter in the game’s closing minutes. Cox was correct, but even that was not enough, as Porter

sank a layup and drew a foul on the play. “They out-executed us right there, and they out-toughed us,” Rice said of the play. That can be said of Porter throughout the second half. Early on the Knights held Porter at bay, limiting him to only five first-half points. But as all top players do, he found a way to produce aside from scoring. Porter pulled down eight of his 14 rebounds before the halftime break. He also dished out three assists while turning the ball over only once. “He is so disciplined and patient in his offense,” Rice said. “He just allows his team and the offense to come to him.”

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disadvantage, the Knights’ forwards found it difficult to score in the paint. Only eight of Rutgers’ 63 points came from close range, and Rice said the team missed a total of 21 shots from the perimeter. “I thought offensively we were attacking and efficient enough to stay with them,” Rice said. “You have to finish your layups and finish the opportunities.” Junior forward Wally Judge finished with three points, all of which came from the free throw line. Senior for ward Austin Johnson led all Rutgers forwards with eight points. But perhaps the brightest spot for the Knights’ frontcourt was sophomore Derrick Randall, who played only five minutes, but showed the aggression Rice and the rest of the team hoped he could. “Derrick is a horse,” Johnson said. “Whenever he gets in there, if there’s a ball in his area, he usually comes up with it.” In his limited minutes, Randall pulled down three rebounds, all of which he had to fight for. But he also had the same shooting bug that plagued his position-mates, missing both of his shots. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.

Just when it appeared the Rutgers gymnastics team had turned a corner, the Scarlet Knights produced another incomplete performance in a 195.675-193.700 loss Friday at No. 24 Kent State. The Knights (7-6, 1-2) trailed the Golden Flashes (6-2) by just 0.500 score points after three events, but in the final rotation, Kent State pulled away. The team tallied only a 47.600 on the balance beam to complete the meet — its lowest total in the event since Jan. 6 in its season opener — while Kent State pulled away with a strong effort on the floor exercise. “That was the dif ference in the meet,” said head coach Louis Levine. “We had three good events and then messed up on beam. You can’t put up 195’s with counting falls on beam.” The Knights have become all too familiar with unfinished business. Rutgers has failed to post a 48 or higher across the board in four of six meets this season.

The same incompleteness held tr ue in this contest. Levine does not believe per forming on the road played a factor in Rutgers’ lack of clutch execution. “I don’t think it had anything to do with whether we would’ve been home or on the road,” he said. “We just made some mistakes on beam, and obviously that cost us.” One factor in the regression on beam may have been the absence of freshman Claudia Salinas, a beam specialist who holds a season-high 9.850 in the event this season. Her surprise omission from the lineup was the result of injur y. “She hurt her leg a little bit,” Levine said. “She should be back hopefully next week.” If there is a silver lining for Rutgers, it is that its overall score was its best on the road this season. It also closely resembled the Knights’ 193.942 score average at home. But Levine insists the team is solely focused on producing in the 195-and-higher range, regardless of the facilities. The Knights kicked off the meet eliminating falls on

uneven bars from the week before, performing a score of 48.675. Junior co-captain Alexis Gunzelman scored a 9.825 to lead the way and finished in fifth place overall. Rutgers also scored its second-highest vault total of the season with a 48.700. Freshman Jenna Williams and junior Luisa Leal per formed a 9.825 apiece to tie for second place overall. But floor exercise again best served the Knights. Senior Danielle D’Elia and freshman Danielle Verdon both performed a 9.775, and every Knight cracked the 9.7 mark as Rutgers finished with a 48.725 overall score. As Rutgers still searches for its first road win, the task does not figure to get easier any time soon. The team next travels Sunday to College Park, Md., for a tri meet with two top EAGL foes in No. 17 Mar yland and West Virginia. For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GJohnsonTargum.

ROAD STRUGGLES The Rutgers gymnastics team

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OTTO FOCUS The Rutgers men’s

remains winless on the road this season after dropping its third straight meet away from the Livingston Gym Friday at Kent State. PAGE 15

C. Vivian Stringer is one victory away from her 900th career win, with her next opportunity to reach the milestone coming tommorrow against DePaul. PAGE 14

basketabll team failed to control Georgetown’s Otto Porter in the final minutes of its’ 69-63 loss. PAGE 15

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The best players in the country come through when it’s winning time.” — Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice on Georgetown forward Otto Porter

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MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 20 GEORGETOWN 69, RUTGERS 63

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Knights evade defeat versus last-place foe BY JOSH BAKAN ACTING SPORTS EDITOR

Sophomore guard Eli Carter drives against Georgetown forward Otto Porter, facing off as the respective leading scorers for their teams. Carter posted 23 points Saturday, but it was not enough in the Knights’ loss. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

RU collects sixth straight loss BY TYLER BARTO CORRESPONDENT

Mike Rice said associate head coach David Cox knew No. 20 Georgetown’s play call Saturday following a 30-second timeout with 1:15 remaining. The Hoyas could likely say the same about the Rutgers men’s basketball team during the final 4:44, when the Scarlet Knights shot 1-for-10 and scored three points.

The end result, a 69-63 loss, served as another unforgiving reminder from the Big East’s elite. “It’s part of the problem of the Big East,” said sophomore point guard Jerome Seagears. “You just have to find a way to win. At the end, they found a way to end with [forward Otto] Porter cutting and running their offense and making a tough, tough shot.” Porter has made a habit of doing so. The sophomore scored 10 straight points in a five-minute span late in the second half for the

Hoyas (17-4, 7-3). He hit two free throws with nine seconds remaining last year to cement a 52-50 Rutgers loss in Washington, D.C. “Otto Porter is Otto Porter,” said Georgetown head coach John Thompson III. For 35 minutes, the Knights (12-10, 3-8) matched Porter’s play. Steady ball movement against Georgetown’s 2-3 zone led to a 8-for-18 mark SEE

Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer has used the Scarlet Knights’ youth as an excuse for her team’s underwhelming season. Hosting a Cincinnati team that is winless in Big East play Saturday seemed like the perfect chance to develop a roster with five sophomores and four freshmen. But the Knights were never strong enough to go that route in their 55-46 victory out of a legitimate possibility the Bearcats would beat them at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. By escaping with the win, Jan. 27’s loss against Seton Hall remains the low point of Rutgers’ season. This game was ugly enough for the Knights to remind them of that. “Maybe the difference was that we did play Seton Hall,” Stringer said. “So all we had to do is say, ‘Seton Hall,’ and it was just like, ‘yeah, Seton Hall. Yeah, let’s remember that.’” Rutgers (14-8, 5-4) will enter next season without a senior class, as the now-sophomore and freshman classes will lead the team. The Knights have had few chances though this season to give decent playing time to any freshman besides guard Kahleah Copper. For ward Rachel Hollivay and guard Precious Person combine for seven games playing 15 minutes or more. SEE

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WRESTLING RUTGERS 18, NO. 14 BLOOMSBURG 16

Rutgers earns come-from-behind win BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ACTING ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When junior 165-pounder Nick Visicaro dropped his match Friday night against Bloomsburg’s Josh Veltre, the Rutgers wrestling team seemed destined to mimic its loss last weekend against Navy. Greg Zannetti had other plans. COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES St. John’s No. 9 Syracuse

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California No. 7 Arizona

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Connecticut Seton Hall

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Illinois No. 18 Minn.

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No. 4 Duke Boston College

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The senior 174-pounder delivered a decision against Chris Smith which jumpstar ted the Scarlet Knights’ comeback to capture an 18-16 win against Bloomsburg. The win came without one of the Knights’ main contributors. Senior 154-pounder Scott Winston did not par ticipate Friday as Goodale chose to rest him.

Junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave was impressed with how his team responded despite the absence of Winston. “As a team I thought it showed a lot of heart,” Dellefave said. “Bloomsburg is a great team, and we were down one of our better wrestlers in Scott [Winston], so for us to beat them was huge for our team.” SEE

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JOANNA WU helped the Rutgers swimming and diving team collect five victories in the pool over the weekend, including finishing first in the 200-meter freestyle.

Senior guard Erica Wheeler missed seven minutes with an ankle injury. TIAN LI

RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

TENNIS

SOFTBALL

vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

vs. Boise State

at DePaul Tomorrow, 9 p.m. Chicago

Wednesday, 4 p.m. Manasquan, N.J.

vs. Seton Hall Tomorrow, 7 p.m. RAC

Friday, 10 a.m. San Antonia, Texas