environmentally sustainable community,” Henry Velez, executive director of Business and Administration Services for Housing and Residence Life said. Velez said the first spaces to open in the plaza in January are the Rutgers Cinema and Qdoba Mexican Grill. Michael Pelardis, senior project adminis- trator for University Housing, said the Rutgers Cinema would be the first location in the new plaza to open to the public. CAMPUS ACCOMODATION We’re not all from the Garden State. The University should do more to accomodate students over Thanksgiving break. OPINIONS, PAGE 10 COUNCIL UPDATES Student leaders work to bring microwaves to student centers, create an online newspaper and re-establish survey meetings. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3 Rutgers football senior wideout Tim Wright recalls his early days on the team, including a season-ending knee injury and learning from several now-NFL receivers. / SPORTS, BACK WEATHER Rain/Snow High: 38 Nighttime Low: 27 Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980. VOLUME 144, ISSUE 53 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • ON THE WIRE... 9 • OPINIONS... 10 • DIVERSIONS ... 14 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 16 • SPORTS ... BACK WRIGHT WAY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2012 BY TESS ROSENBERG STAFF WRITER The continuing conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated in the past weeks to a state of dramatic vio- lence. A cease-fire was ultimately brokered, but any lasting resolution of the conflict has yet to take effect. Tensions surrounding the vio- lence are also felt on campus through student protests, with the latest rallies on Nov. 19 calling for peace on both sides. Students from Rutgers Hillel, Rutgers Chabad and Christians United for Israel rally in support of the Jewish state Nov. 19 on the steps of Brower Commons. COURTESY OF YAEL NOVICK Later on Nov. 19, Students for Justice in Palestine protest against the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza strip. A cease-fire has since been declared. RASHMEE KUMAR, COPY EDITOR Professor shares ideas for resolving conflict in Israel Starbucks is one of the many stores and restaurants set to open in Livingston Plaza in summer 2013. The rest of the mixed-use center opens next semester. Construction was delayed because of Superstorm Sandy and the University prioritizing the Livingston Apart- ments, says Henry Velez, executive director of Business and Administation Services for Housing and Residence Life. / SHAWN SMITH Livingston Plaza set for January open date BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT The sounds of cranes and bulldozers buzzing about Livingston campus are not for nothing. Construction is underway to open the Livingston Plaza — a retail center that will Movie theater, Qdoba among first locations available within mixed-use center Barchi talks benefits from Big Ten deal BY GIANCARLO CHAUX CORRESPONDENT News of University Athletics’ spot in the Big Ten conference last week caught many students by surprise — which is what University President Robert L. Barchi intended. He said he expected some commotion in response to Athletics leaving the Big East Conference after being a member for more than two decades. “I hope it was a surprise because we worked awfully hard to keep it quiet until the last minute,” Barchi said last night during a School of Engineering Governing Council Meeting. A key benefit of the deal will be increased revenues the University will receive from heightened publicity as a result of its spot in the Big Ten, he said. Big Ten schools are predicted to each bring in $40 million by 2017, a big increase over the $6.5 million the University received last year from TV and Bowl appearances in the Big East, according to nj.com. “This is a pretty big deal for athletics because it gives us the opportunity to move in to a market where the revenues from the media with athletics can begin to cover the costs of athletics,” Barchi told a crowd of about 100 students. University brand will expand to gain research partnerships, he says Davis says U.S. can do more than protest for peace SEE DEAL ON PAGE 5 SEE PLAZA ON PAGE 7 SEE CONFLICT ON PAGE 6 include a movie theater, nail salon and a host of restaurants — in time for the spring semester. “Our vision is to transform Livingston campus into the model of the 21st century college campus, where state-of-the-art aca- demic living and learning is seamlessly integrated into a robust economic and
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environmentally sustainable community,”Henr y Velez, executive director ofBusiness and Administration Services forHousing and Residence Life said.
Velez said the first spaces to open in theplaza in January are the Rutgers Cinema andQdoba Mexican Grill.
Michael Pelardis, senior project adminis-trator for University Housing, said theRutgers Cinema would be the first location inthe new plaza to open to the public.
CAMPUS ACCOMODATION We’re not all from theGarden State. The University should do more toaccomodate students over Thanksgiving break.OPINIONS, PAGE 10
COUNCIL UPDATES Student leaders work tobring microwaves to student centers, createan online newspaper and re-establish survey meetings. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
Rutgers football senior wideout Tim Wrightrecalls his early days on the team, including aseason-ending knee injury and learning fromseveral now-NFL receivers. / SPORTS, BACK
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The continuing conflict betweenIsrael and Hamas escalated in thepast weeks to a state of dramatic vio-lence. A cease-fire was ultimatelybrokered, but any lasting resolutionof the conflict has yet to take effect.
Tensions surrounding the vio-lence are also felt on campusthrough student protests, with thelatest rallies on Nov. 19 calling forpeace on both sides. Students from Rutgers Hillel, Rutgers Chabad and Christians
United for Israel rally in support of the Jewish state Nov. 19 on thesteps of Brower Commons. COURTESY OF YAEL NOVICK
Later on Nov. 19, Students for Justice in Palestine protest againstthe Israeli air strikes in the Gaza strip. A cease-fire has since beendeclared. RASHMEE KUMAR, COPY EDITOR
Professor shares ideas for resolving conflict in Israel
Starbucks is one of the many stores and restaurants set to open in Livingston Plaza in summer 2013. The rest of the mixed-use centeropens next semester. Construction was delayed because of Superstorm Sandy and the University prioritizing the Livingston Apart-ments, says Henry Velez, executive director of Business and Administation Services for Housing and Residence Life. / SHAWN SMITH
Livingston Plaza set for January open date
BY SHAWN SMITHCORRESPONDENT
The sounds of cranes and bulldozersbuzzing about Livingston campus are notfor nothing.
Construction is underway to open theLivingston Plaza — a retail center that will
Movie theater, Qdoba among first locationsavailable within mixed-use center
Barchi talksbenefits from Big Ten deal
BY GIANCARLO CHAUXCORRESPONDENT
News of University Athletics’ spot inthe Big Ten conference last week caughtmany students by surprise — which iswhat University President Robert L.Barchi intended.
He said he expected some commotion inresponse to Athletics leaving the Big EastConference after being a member for morethan two decades.
“I hope it was a surprise because we workedawfully hard to keep it quiet until the lastminute,” Barchi said last night during a Schoolof Engineering Governing Council Meeting.
A key benefit of the deal will be increasedrevenues the University will receive fromheightened publicity as a result of its spot inthe Big Ten, he said.
Big Ten schools are predicted to eachbring in $40 million by 2017, a big increaseover the $6.5 million the University receivedlast year from TV and Bowl appearances inthe Big East, according to nj.com.
“This is a pretty big deal for athleticsbecause it gives us the opportunity to movein to a market where the revenues from themedia with athletics can begin to cover thecosts of athletics,” Barchi told a crowd ofabout 100 students.
University brand willexpand to gain researchpartnerships, he says
Davis says U.S. can do more thanprotest for peace
SEE DEAL ON PAGE 5SEE PLAZA ON PAGE 7
SEE CONFLICT ON PAGE 6
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Wednesday, Nov. 28 Career Services hosts “Moving From College Majors to CareerOptions” at 6 p.m. at the Graduate School of Education on the Col-lege Avenue campus. University alumni will share how they trans-formed their liberal arts degrees into job opportunities. To register,email [email protected].
The Off-Campus Students’ Association will screen “The AmazingSpider-Man” at 8 p.m. at Center Hall in the Busch Campus Center.Snacks will be provided.
Thursday, Nov. 29 Thomas Sterner talks about the theory and practice of grandfather-ing in relation to pollution at 10:30 a.m. at the Marine Sciences Build-ing Alampi Room on Cook campus. The event is sponsored by theRutgers Energy Institute.
The Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communitiesholds free HIV testing on World AIDS Day from 1 to 7 p.m. at theLivingston Student Center.
York University Professor Jin Haritaworn lectures on “TransNecropolitics: Conversions in the Currency of Violence and Death”at 4 p.m. at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglasscampus. The event is part of the Institute for Research on Women’sDistinguish Lecture series.
The Arab Cultural Club hosts its annual Hafla at 7 p.m. at the Rut-gers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenuecampus. The event, under the theme “Moonlight in Moroc-co,”will feature a dinner catered by Sahara, belly-dancing anddabkeh, and photography by Bright Lights Studio and Design.Attendees must dress to impress. Tickets are $5 at the door. Allproceeds go to Learning for the Empowerment and Advancementof Palestinians (LEAP).
Tuesday, Nov. 27The Heldrich Center for Workforce Development hosts a screen-ing of film “Set for Life” at 3:30 p.m. at Civic Square, located at33 Livingston Ave. in downtown New Brunswick. The event isfree. For more information, email [email protected] or call(732) 932-4100.
Thursday, Nov. 29Buddy Fitzpatrick performs at 8 p.m. at the Stress Factory ComedyClub at 90 Church St. in downtown New Brunswick. Doors open at6 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information and to purchase tick-ets, visit stressfactory.com.
UNIVERSITYNOVEMBER 27, 2012 PAGE 3
Councils break down semester’s effortsBY ALEX MEIER
CORRESPONDENT
With the semester windingdown, members of theUniversity’s various governingcouncils reflect on achievementsover the past few months.
Though their efforts rangefrom providing outlets for theirschools’ student bodies to voicetheir concerns to landingmicrowaves for commuters in thestudent centers, all of the coun-cils aim to foster a better commu-nity for students.
ENGINEERING GOVERNINGCOUNCIL
Jay Ravaliya, president of theEngineering Governing Council,said the council focused this semes-ter on goals that would have a long-term effect on the student body.
The council provided supportto first-year engineering studentsstruggling with first-year engi-neering courses last year, saidRavaliya, a School of Engineeringsenior. But this semester, in accor-dance with their aim to promoteconcrete, long-term changes, thecouncil helped restructure theserequired courses.
The council often hones in onissues first-year students face,said Sharlina Keshava, chair ofengineering affairs.
“We’ve been trying to ease thetransition between high schooland college for these [first-year]students especially since engi-neering has such a rigorous cur-riculum,” said Keshava, a Schoolof Engineering sophomore.
The Engineering GoverningCouncil worked on trying to createa one-credit study group for first-year students along with a first-year engineering design coursethat would guide students inchoosing a major, Keshava said.They also hope to improve first-year orientation lectures.
Vetri Velan, a University senatorfor the council, said the group isalso working on ongoing projects.
Students givefeedback onKnight’s moveto Big Ten
BY ALEX MEIERCORRESPONDENT
After the University pays a $10million exit fee to leave the Big Eastconference, the Scarlet Knights ath-letic teams will join the Big Ten con-ference — a move that comes withlonger distances for someUniversity Athletics teams to com-pete against bigger schools.
Scott Bieda, a School of Arts andSciences first-year student, saidalthough the move will not be imme-diate, joining a bigger conferencewill give the University a greater rev-enue and hopefully better facilities.
“It’s supposed to be one of thebig changes for our school’s historysince entering the Big East,” saidBieda, who plays on the University’slacrosse team. “For lacrosse, it’s alot bigger because Maryland hasalso moved [to the Big Ten].”
He said traveling would be ahuge part of the move, whichcould make keeping up withschoolwork more difficult.
“You’re going to be traveling,missing class and keeping up withyour work,” he said. “It’s still anawesome experience traveling farand seeing more of the country.”
Despite the move costing theUniversity money, Bieda said theconference change would be ben-eficial in the long run.
Kelly Meany, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidwhile she does not care aboutthe sports aspect, she seesbeing in the Big Ten as anopportunity for the Universityin terms of academics.
“Now we’re in line with bigresearch institutions that are well-respected in the academic world,”she said.
Dan Herbert, a Universityalumnus, said he thinks theUniversity is spending a lot ofmoney on the football program.
“I can only assume it will be alot more expensive in terms ofteam travel,” he said. “I mean,we’re having a good season nowbut does that really justify theexpense of our being in a moreprestigious conference?”
Cesar Grandez, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, said hefeels that it is a good move for theUniversity because more peoplewill watch the games.
“We’ll have a lot more airtimeand I feel like we’ll get more schoolspirit,” he said.
Brian Lee, a School of Arts andSciences first-year student, said themove would attract more studentsto the University.
“What makes Rutgers stand outfrom TCNJ for example? It’s theirfootball program because their aca-demics are relatively the same, butyou go to Rutgers because of theschool and team spirit,” he said.“So yeah, if you invest in footballyou’ll definitely see improvementin other areas.”
—Jonathan David contributedto this story.
“We are trying to push for-ward with a lot of projects thathave fallen through in the past,but now we’re going at them withfull force,” Velan said.
One project the council pro-motes is “What’s On Your MindMonth,” Velan said. EachNovember, the council plans tosurvey School of Engineeringstudents to discover the promi-nent issues those students arefacing and tackle those issues inthe most effective way.
Ravaliya said administratorshave been very receptive to the stu-dents on the council, as some — likeUniversity President Robert L.Barchi — have contacted them tohear their concerns.
“That’s something that we’renot only really happy with, butexcited about because it reallyhelps us identify what we can doto best help the students andhaving that open line of commu-nication is really helpful to us,”he said.
But Keshava said the councilaims to create this atmosphere ofreceptive communication amongall students in the School ofEngineering community.
“The School of Engineeringis pretty small, but we’re allspread out,” she said. “Eventhough we’re largely centeredon Busch, it’s still hard to reachto all the engineers.”
PHARMACY GOVERNINGCOUNCIL
The Pharmacy GoverningCouncil has worked to have clearer communicationamong students in the ErnestJ. Mario School of Pharmacythis semester.
Agnes Hong, the council’spresident, said membersworked to integrate the school’s20 different pharmacy organiza-tions to avoid redundancies andcreate a greater impact in pro-moting causes.
Hong, a School of Pharmacygraduate student, said she was
able to do so through creating“RxCOP” — Pharmacy Councilof Presidents — meetings, inwhich the president of everystudent organization within theschool along with class councilmeet once a month to discusswhat every organization isdoing and discover opportuni-ties for collaboration.
In an effort to promote unityand guidance for students, thecouncil created the EMSOPChronicles, an online newspapernamed after the Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy and featur-ing articles that pharmacy stu-dents write, said Ashley Brower,the newspaper’s editor-in-chief.
“It’s been great to keep stu-dents aware of important issuesthat could affect their future inpharmaceutical practice,” saidBrower, a School of Pharmacygraduate student.
Brower said she would pres-ent a poster on the EMSOPChronicles at the upcomingAmerican Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists conventionnext week.
Neil Foglio, treasurer of thecouncil, said he has workedtoward allowing students tofurther promote the professionof pharmacy not only at the University, but throughoutthe country.
“Any pharmacy studentattending a national conventionand representing the school isnow eligible for, at minimum, a 10percent reimbursement of theirtravel, hotel and conventioncosts,” said Foglio, a School ofPharmacy graduate student.
He said students that pres-ent original research or com-pete in nationally recognizedcompetitions are eligible for 30to 100 percent reimbursementof their costs.
The council has also expand-ed its Student MentoringProgram to integrate activitiesthat focus more on professional-ism and leadership, Foglio said.
The program sets older stu-dents up with incoming pharma-cy students to provide them withguidance, Hong said.
“We asked mentors ‘whatwould make you want to be a men-tor?’” Hones said. “They wantedleadership skills, they wantedcommunication skills, they want toenhance their resumes. So fromtheir end, we give them the oppor-tunity to develop those skills.”
RUTGERS BUSINESSGOVERNING COUNCIL
May Chou, president of theRutgers Business GoverningCouncil, said the council focusedon bringing different businessorganizations together and giv-ing back to the community.
“We’re really focusing on stu-dent concerns this year,” saidChou, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “This yearwe created a business schoolteam for the Big Chill, and we’realso putting a general businessschool team for Winter Wishes.”
She said the council is work-ing to make sure that theirpeers in the business schoolare getting in to the classesthey need.
“A lot of the accounting sen-iors this year could not get intoone of the … courses required inorder to graduate,” she said.
She said the group workedwith the academic department toget more class sections to openup and find a bigger classroom toaccommodate all the studentswho want to take the class.
Another initiative the councilis working on is providingmicrowaves in all student cen-ters to accommodate commuterstudents who are unable towarm up food.
She said the organizationitself did not have any strugglesbut had a difficult time reachingoutside of the business school.
— Ezekiel Ahn contributed tothis article.
Barchi said the Universitywould gain wider recognitionacross the country just from TVspots afforded by its new Big Tenstatus. He also hopes to use com-mercials to express theUniversity’s vision.
“I got involved in the [adver-tisement] out there now just afterI took this job in the spring ... andput in three researchers to high-light what the faculty membersare doing,” he said. “I would loveto take three student organiza-tions to do that with the studentsas well.”
Barchi is the latest in a seriesof guest speakers the EngineeringGoverning Council has hostedthis semester including Jack
Molenaar, directorof the Departmentof TransportationServices, andPatrick Love, asso-ciate vice presi-dent of StudentAffairs, said JayRavaliya, presidentof the council.
“The mainmotivating factorwas to hold anevent where stu-dents can attend a
student-hosted forum to havequestions answered directlyrelated to their Rutgers experi-ence,” Ravaliya said.
Ravaliya, a School ofEngineering senior, said it isimportant for of ficials likeBarchi to keep open communi-cation with students to addressissues effectively.
“Especially during a time likethis where there are manychanges taking place, collabora-tion among students and admin-istration is important,” he said. “Iwas really glad president Barchihad various events … to meetstudents, and I have a feeling wewill be seeing a lot more ...throughout the year.”
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The new president is alsolooking forward to theUniversity’s formal vote into theCommittee on InstitutionalCooperation, a collaborative aca-demic group including all of theBig Ten schools.
Admission to the cooperationwould provide the University anopportunity to share resourceswith top-class universities acrossthe country, he said.
“A lot of [the University’sresearch] is driven eventuallyby the people and faculty mem-bers, but when you have a path-way that allows you to accessgreat universities, it’s easier todo,” he said.
The deal isessentially fin-ished, said Barchi,who expects anannouncement tobe made at a Dec. 4meeting betweenthe conference’spresidents.
Barchi hopesto see success forthe Universitythat is similar tothe other Big Tenuniversities — all of whichachieved significant growth in their academic and researchprofiles in the five years afterjoining the conference, he said.
The move is also expected toimprove the University’s brandname throughout the country, apriority Barchi has mentionedsince he took office in OldQueens last spring.
“We have pretty good namerecognition now but what wedon’t have is what’s behind thename. What do you want peopleto see? What’s the message? Weneed to have a marketing cam-paign that puts that message outthere,” he said.
U. will know of status on committeeafter Dec. 4 announcement
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“We have prettygood name
recognition now butwhat we don’t have
is what’s behind the name.”
ROBERT L. BARCHIUniversity President
President Robert L. Barchi said the University will gain morerevenue from increased visibility of its athletics teams lastnight at in the Busch Campus Center. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“On one level it seems compli-cated. But, on another, it’s really simple.”
Countries located near theregion could potentially impactthe conflict, he said.
Some people speculate as towhether Egypt, because of its Muslim background, would become involved in theconflict — but this is unlikely,he said.
“Egypt’s economy is tanking,and they get a lot of money fromthe United States and EuropeanUnion,” Davis said.
Although the president ofEgypt does not wish to angerradical groups, he knows the Egyptian people do notwant a government thatreflects an Iranian theocracydriven by extremist ideologies,Davis said.
Another noteworthy memberof this conflict is Iran, who sup-plied Hamas with Fajr-5 rockets,Davis said.
“Iran is using the Hamaspeople as a pawn. ... TheIranian government could care less about the Palestinianpeople,” he said. “It’s all a game.”
He said Iran istrying to presentitself as somegreat revolution-ary power, usinga n t i - A m e r i c a n ,ant i - imper ia l is tand anti-Zionistrhetoric.
Despite suchradical ideologyand the fact that
Iran provided Hamas withweapons, it is unlikely Iranwould exer t more directinvolvement in the Israeli-Hamas conflict, he said. Thekey is that Iran is attempting toportray itself as powerful with-out risking national security,he said.
“Iran would never attackIsrael with nuclear weapons,”Davis said.
He also said the Iranian popu-lous is often misrepresented assharing the same extremist val-ues as its leaders, which is anabsolute fallacy.
The recent violence hasregistered with students oncampus. On Nov. 19, RutgersHillel, Chabad, and ChristiansUnited For Israel rallied on thesteps of Brower Commons topublicly suppor t Israel and,above all, promote peace. Laterin the evening, Students forJustice in Palestine held a rallyto protest the Israeli air strikesin Gaza.
The University’s chapter ofShalom/Salaam advocates forpeace through its recent project,the “Patchwork for Peace.”
Alina Rashid, programingchair of Shalom/Salaam, saidthe group hopes to send apatchwork tapestr y to theUnited Nations to raise awareness about the need toresolve the conflict betweenIsrael and Palestine so peacecan exist.
“Our goal is to encourageever yone to get along and bridge the gaps,” saidRashid, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.
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While U.S. students canspread the word about theneed for peace in this region,Eric Davis, former director ofthe University’s Center forMiddle Eastern Studies, saidthe countr y itself could domore in terms of foreign policyin this region.
Although demonstrationsdo not take steps to mend the complex issue in Israel,Davis said they are crucial forraising awareness.
“You can’t have a flourish-ing democracy if you don’t par-ticipate,” said Davis, professorin the Department of PoliticalScience. “[The rallies] drawthe attention of a lot of stu-dents at Rutgers who mightnot other wise know whatissues exist.”
He said the recent week-long period of violence, esca-lated by Israel’s assassinationof the chief of Hamas’ armedwing, Ahmed Jabari, is just one instigator of the many sep-arate incidents that are fuelingthe conflict.
“Part of the problem is thatHamas isn’tdirecting all ofthe rockets.There areextremist groupslike theP a l e s t i n i a nIslamic Jihad,”he said. “Thereis also an inter-nal strugglegoing on withinHamas — between the PrimeMinister Ismail Haniyeh andthe founder of Hamas.”
Davis said Israel has yet tofocus on the more constructivereply to the conflict — the cre-ation of a two-state solution. Allof the back-and-forth violencesimply perpetuates and ampli-fies an issue that needs to befixed through communication,he said.
“This action-reaction cycleis a futile trajectory — a lose-lose situation,” said SamuelPeleg, visiting instructor in theDepar tment of PoliticalScience. “There are no winnershere. It is detrimental for bothsides. I think the next stepmust be direct talks betweenIsrael and Hamas.”
Davis said he also sees the needfor more direct communication.
“I think that [the violence ofall involved parties] is ultimate-ly self-defeating,” he said.“What Israel should really bedoing is negotiating.”
But Davis said there arepotential flaws to a two-statesolution. For instance, therecannot be Israeli settlementsin the West Bank if it becomesa strictly Palestinian territory,he said.
The solution then is to tradesettlements — a process that hasalready begun — and shareJerusalem as a capital, which issomething politicians appearopen to doing, Davis said.
If such a two-state solutionwere executed, radical groupswould be isolated, he said.
“It seems — to me — that’sthe way to go,” Davis said.
Davis says two-state solution has somepotential flaws
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“You can’t have a flourishing
democracy if youdon’t participate.”
ERIC DAVISPolitical Science Professor
mostly from graduate students, aswell as undergraduates and severalpost-doctoral students. At any time,Goldman worked in the lab on thisproject with about 14 others.
Goldman said the graduate stu-dents, who are in the process ofobtaining doctorate degrees aregiven a $25,000 annual stipend.
Goldman said he was rewardedwith a plaque and a small monetaryaward at the Fall 2012 AmericanChemical Society National meet-ing. A symposium was also held inGoldman’s honor in Philadelphia,where a leading catalysis scientistpresented their work.
“It’s really nice for a scientistto get recognized for theirwork,” he said. “That was reallyquite an honor.”
Founded in 1876 at the Collegeof Pharmacy of the City of NewYork, the American ChemicalSociety is a society of chemistswhose mission is to improve peo-ple’s lives through chemistry,
according to the AmericanChemical Society website.
To honor the work of thechemists in the field of catalysis,the ACS decided to create thisnew award, said CharlesDismukes, a professor in theDepartment of Chemistry whois also conducting research inthe catalysis field.
He said members of the socie-ty nominated chemists from allover the country, but a specialcommittee of society membersmade the final decision to giveGoldman the award.
Goldman said any material thatone buys, whether it is plastic or fuel,uses catalysis somewhere down theline in the production chain.
“Catalysis is anything thatmakes a reaction go faster with-out being consumed into thatreaction,” he said.
Kathryn Uhrich, dean ofMathematical and PhysicalSciences at the University, said
she is pleased Goldman’s workhas been recognized.
“He’s one of the stars of ourdepartment,” Uhrich said. “It’sgood that he’s getting the publici-ty that he deserves.”
Dismukes, who first learnedof Goldman’s research fouryears ago after reading about it in a scientific newsletter, saidhe was not surprised when he heard about Goldman’s lat-est accomplishment.
“Alan is a highly decoratedteacher and an inspirational one,”he said. “It came as no surprise toour colleagues.”
Uhrich said having a facultymember like Goldman, whohas racked up 11 awards while working in the depart-ment, brings recognition to the University.
“Anytime any faculty memberbrings in an award it bringsrecognition to Rutgers,” Uhrichsaid. “It brings prestige.”
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BUCKET LIST Gabe Alvarez, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, writes that he wants to be able to make a difference before he dies on the Rutgers University Programming Association-sponsored “Before I Die” wall on Morrell Street in front of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Students are invited to write their life goals on the wall throughout the week, an installation inspired by the one Chinese artist Candy Chang originally displayed in San Francisco. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
U. researcher wins award for studies on alternative energy
“Rutgers Cinema will be a first-run movie theater and will be thefirst retail operation to open itsdoors,” he said. “We encouragestudents to ‘like’ the Facebookpage until a website is developed.”
Students should expect to see16 Handles Yogurt, Luxi Nails,Hoja Asian Fusion and Henry’sDiner open up in April.
The Apple-authorized CampusStore, Fresh Market andStarbucks will not open untilsummer 2013, Velez said.
BY EINZEN LESPINASSECONTRIBUTING WRITER
Inspired by the need to reducethe United States’ dependency onforeign oil, Alan Goldman has beenworking on converting carbonsources into liquid to use for fuel.
The professor, who has workedin the University’s Department ofChemistry for 25 years, has wonan award from the AmericanChemical Society CatalysisLectureship for the Advancementof Catalytic Science for this work.
“Importing fossil fuel andburning it is a real double-edgesword,” Goldman said. “As aresult of its geopolitical tensions,CO2 and poverty levels increase.”
Goldman was chosen as therecipient of the inaugural awardfor his research on a scientificprocess called alkane metathesis,a project Goldman said began sixto seven years ago.
He said the project involves the
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Attracting retailers, signing contracts add tolate start for construction
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT Velez said the project wasdelayed roughly three to fourmonths because construction onthe apartments in August becamea priority, in addition to delaysinvolving Hurricane Sandy.
“The primary delay was theneed to focus on completingthe student apartments on timesince the students were mov-ing in at the end of August,” he said. “Some contract negoti-ations took longer than origi-nally anticipated.”
Velez said attracting retailersand designing locations have
been negotiated for over the pastyear and a half.
“The process to attract the mixof retailers, negotiate the contractterms and to design the spaceshas been in the works for over 15months,” he said. “The partner-ing of various University depart-ments with Housing andResidence Life has been extreme-ly valuable in ensuring the suc-cess of this project.”
Velez said the idea for the plazais to mix work and play, a place toget together for events or shopping.
“At the heart of our plan is thenew mixed-use retail plaza, apedestrian-friendly gatheringplace to eat, study, play and shop,with an expansive green space tohost events,” he said. “Thismixed-use environment will cre-ate a vibrant atmosphere drawing
the college community and resi-dents from surrounding commu-nities as well.”
Along with the retail shops,the Rutgers University PoliceDepartment will have a smalloffice on location, Velez said.
“One of the storefronts inBuilding A is designated for the RUCommunity Police office, projectedto open in April 2013,” he said.
Bryan Paroulek, a College ofNursing first-year student, said hefeels the retail shops on Livingstoncampus are not needed.
“I don’t think the restaurantsmake sense because we havedowntown New Brunswick righthere,” he said. “I guess I canunderstand the grocery store forstudents in off-campus housing.”
Greg Hurd, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, said he
is excited about the shops open-ing up. Hurd, who lives inBuilding C of the LivingstonApartments, said he is lookingforward to the convenience of agrocery store in the plaza.
“This is a great idea to haveshops on Livingston. It gives thecampus more of a town-ish vibe,”Hurd said. “It seems like anupgrade of what College Ave.should be.”
He said he will visit all theshops but is looking forward tothe grocery store and Starbucksmore than the rest.
“I can’t wait until theStarbucks opens up,” he said.“The movie theater also has mepretty excited, especially if theywill accept meal swipes. I hopethey show premiere movies, thenewest and coolest coming out.”
conversion of any carbon sourcesuch as coal, gas, or biomass, to aliquid, giving the new convertedmaterial mixture of fuel-grade andnon-fuel-grade alkanes a specifickind of hydrocarbon.
Alkane metathesis takes thenon-fuel grade alkanes and convertsthem to an energy-efficient andclean-burning diesel fuel, he said.
Goldman said the idea to con-duct his research on alkanemetathesis came about in order tosolve the problem that arises fromcountries who need to have oil.
Though the concept of theresearch belongs to Goldman, hesaid he had help over the years,
don’t want to leave now. We havea job to do. That job won’t be fin-ished by next year.”
The gubernatorial election is ayear from now. Christie said hemade his decision after talking withhis family over theweekend. He saidhis wife and fourchildren, ages 9 to19, were unanimousin their decision heshould run again.
“I have a job tofinish that sixweeks ago I neveranticipated having,” he said.
The governor filed paperswith election officials yesterdaycementing his intention to seek asecond term. The step allowsChristie to set up a campaignheadquarters, hire staff and raisemoney toward his re-election.
Christie carried the Democratic-leaning state by 86,000 votes in2009, an upset win over Democraticincumbent Jon Corzine.
Christie, who has become anational figure during his first
term, is riding anu n p r e c e d e n t e dwave of popularitybecause of how hehandled the storm,which he saidFriday had causedmore than $29 bil-lion in damages inNew Jersey. Even
Democrats have applauded hishands-on response. He appearedon “Saturday Night Live” in histrademark fleece pullover thismonth to lampoon his own nation-ally televised storm briefings.
About the only criticismdirected his way since
Superstorm Sandy attacked thecoast in late October has comefrom fellow Republicans whohave lambasted him for embrac-ing President Barack Obama asthe two toured New Jersey’s rav-aged coastline six days before thepresidential election. Some evenblame Christie for tipping a closeelection to the president.
Christie was the first governorto endorse Mitt Romney — heraised $18.2 million for the GOPnominee and crisscrossed thecountry as an in-demand surro-gate for Republican candidates.Some are still questioning hisparty loyalty, however, as they didafter Christie delivered thekeynote address at the party’snominating convention in Tampa.Critics saw that August speech astoo much about Christie and notenough about Romney.
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CHICAGO — The U.S.Supreme Court delivered anoth-er blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illinois yes-terday, choosing to let stand alower court finding that key partsof the hotly debated law runcounter to constitutional protec-tions of free speech.
In that critical lower-court rul-ing in May, the 7th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals found that thelaw — one of the toughest of itskind in the country — violatesthe First Amendment when usedagainst those who record policeofficers doing their jobs in public.
Civil libertarians say the abili-ty to record helps guard againstpolice abuse. The law’s propo-nents, however, say it protects
the privacy rights of officers andcivilians, as well as ensures thatthose wielding recording devicesdo not interfere with urgentpolice work.
The Illinois EavesdroppingAct, enacted in 1961, makes it afelony for someone to produce anaudio recording of a conversationunless all the parties involvedagree. It sets a maximum punish-ment of 15 years in prison if a lawenforcement officer is recorded.
As it drew the ire of civil liber-ties groups, state legislatorsendeavored to soften the law earli-er this year, but those effortsstalled. The high court’s decisioncould prompt a renewed push tooverhaul it.
But state Rep. ElaineNekritz, a vocal opponent of thelaw, said cour t decisions
hitting at its constitutionalitycould ef fectively nullify themost contentious aspects of thelaw and make further legisla-tive action unnecessary.
“If it’s unenforceable, it’sunenforceable,” theNorthbrook Democrat said. “Ithink [the law’s opponents]would be pretty happy withthat” and would not feel theneed to formally strike it fromthe books.
The Washington, D.C.-basedhigh court did not hear argu-ments or issue an opinion, but itsdecision to do nothing amountsto a rejection of a plea from CookCounty State’s Attorney AnitaAlvarez to overturn the decisionby the 7th Circuit in Chicago.
In their 33-page petition to theSupreme Court, prosecutorsargued the 7th Circuit hadignored privacy rights and creat-ed “a novel and unprecedentedFirst Amendment protection toubiquitous recording devices.”
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Ban Ki-MoonsupportsIsrael, Hamascease-fire
Court reviews eavesdropping law
Supreme Court let stand previousruling for First-Amendment rights
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VIENNA — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterdayurged Israel and Hamas torespect their cease-fire but saidonly mutual recognition ofIsrael’s right to exist and an inde-pendent Palestine could ensurepermanent peace in the region.
Ban commented during cere-monies launching a Saudi-spon-sored and funded center in Viennameant to promote dialoguebetween the world’s main religions.Ban’s pointed remarks were in con-trast with other speakers whospoke in general terms about theneed for religious understanding.
“I am determined to ensurethat the cease-fire is sustained,”he said about last week’s agree-ment between Israel and Hamascommitting both sides to stophostilities and easing concerns ofan Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Ban said that while both sidesmust adhere to the cease-fire, theultimate goal in the region had tobe a “two-state solution ending the(Israeli) occupation and the con-flict,” adding: “This is critical toregional stability.”
The U.N. chief also said he isconcerned about the destructionof religious artifacts by extrem-ists in Mali, citing it as an exam-ple of the need to “promote long-term mutual understanding thattranscends religious, national,cultural and ethnic boundaries.”
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MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — Hispopularity surging because of hishandling of Superstorm Sandy,Gov. Chris Christie announcedyesterday that he will seek re-election so he can continue lead-ing the state through a recoveryeffort he said will extend past hisfirst term.
“The public needs to knowthat I’m in this for the long haul,that the person who has helpedto lead them through the initialcrisis wants to help lead themthrough the rebuilding andrestoration of our state,” he saidat a news briefing in Middletown,where he had come to thank firstresponders and volunteers.
“It would be wrong for me toleave now,” the 50-year-oldRepublican governor said. “I
Christie announces re-election bid
ROYAL ARRIVAL His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait arrives at Heathrow Airport on yesterday in London. The Amir of Kuwait began histhree-day state visit to the UK during which he is due to meetQueen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. GETTY IMAGES
Gov. Chris Christie has received mixed reviews for embracing President Barack Obama’s visit of the N.J. shore after Sandy. Heannounced his decision to run for another term yesterday to finish leading the state through recovery. GETTY IMAGES / OCTOBER 2011
“It would bewrong for me to leave now.” CHRIS CHRISTIE
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UN Secretary-General calls fortwo-state solution
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Accomodate all students during break
T aking stock of the grievances surroundingThanksgiving break, we’ve come to the con-clusion that rather than granting the
University more time off, it would be in the adminis-trators’ — as well as the University community’s —best interest to take the necessary measures to betteraccommodate students.
It seems as though the University administrationsometimes forgets that not every student lives inNew Jersey. The University is home to many interna-tional and out-of-state students. We don’t all live justa short drive away.
For students that don’t live within the state, they aremost often forced to make alternate plans for the holi-days, most of which include not going home. With theshort amount of time off and the high price of flights,most students opt to stay on campus and wait until win-ter break to go home.
Because of this, we find it very inconvenient thatmost residence halls are closed over Thanksgivingbreak. Students are forced to find alternate places tostay if they choose to stay on campus during break orcannot go home.
Residence Life has said that the reason they closethese residence halls is because they can’t guaranteeresident assistants for every building. But if the
Bongiovi overdose reinforces need for law
N ineteen-year-old Stephanie Bongiovi —daughter to New Jersey rock superstar JonBon Jovi — was taken to a nearby New
York hospital earlier this month after overdosing onheroine in her Hamilton College residence hall.The incident, involving the daughter of a well-known celebrity, invariably made headlines acrossthe state. But the most important implications ofBongiovi’s overdose involve a New York state law.The law, referred to as the 911 Good SamaritanLaw, spared the teen from criminal drug chargesand possible further harm.
If Bongiovi’s overdose should stand to show us any-thing, it’s that this kind of approach to drug abuse isgreatly needed in our own state.
The law, which applies to only those who arefound with small quantities of drugs, prohibitsprosecution of overdose victims or those who seek
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help on behalf of those victims. It’s a law — a ver-sion of which Gov. Chris Christie wrongfully vetoedback in October — that has greatly increased theoptions for those implicated in drug overdoses. It’salso a law that particularly af fects college-age stu-dents who are willing to experiment with drugs ofthis kind.
Christie tabled the Garden State’s version of the law,which was modeled off the state’s 911 LifelineLegislation that exempts callers who report alcoholoverdoses, to allow for the issue to be studied foranother 18 months. But as Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, has said, the governor’s veto simply “kicksthe can down the road.”
In the meantime, individuals across the state caughtup in drug abuse, like Bongiovi, are granted zero toler-ance in coping with an issue that — at its roots — ishealth-related, not criminally related.
University pays students to work in the WerblinRecreation Center over break, why can’t they do thesame for residence halls?
The University could even survey on-campus resi-dents ahead of time, figuring out which students planto stay in their residence hall. Residence Life couldthen make sure they have enough resident assistantsto remain in those buildings.
Closing residence halls is also inconvenient to stu-dents trying to return to campus. Students cannotcome back to campus any earlier than 9 a.m. Sundaymorning — the time residence halls re-open.
When traveling to and from school relies on publictransportation or something other than a ride in a car,students are given a very short window for travel.Keeping all of the residence halls open could solvethis problem.
Yes, there is the issue of money having to paynumerous staff members from both Residence Lifeand Dining Services, but over Thanksgiving break, itis only an extra three days that these facilities needto be open.
Therefore, administrators ought to consider all ofthe students attending the University and, in the future,make the appropriate moves to keep residence hallsopen over Thanksgiving break.
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Sir Robert Walpole in 1740 stated, “Thevery idea of true patriotism is lost, andthe term has been prostituted to the veryworst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why,patriots spring up like mushrooms!” Andthe Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyaptly notes “discussions of both patriot-ism and nationalism are often marred bylack of clarity due to the failure to distin-guish the two.” Patriotism, which mightbe the most abused by politicians andpundits, stemsfrom the Greekroot “patriots,”which was used todistinguish a fel-low countrymanfrom another.Whereas, nationstems from theLatin word “natio,”which signifies “country” as in “race” or“culture.” The two are not necessarilyexclusive, but they are different.
My ancestors, expelled fromGermany more than 230 years agobecause of religious persecution, foughtand sacrificed for this country in order tosecure a future for their descendants.There was no single national identity.There was only a dream—the so-calledAmerican Experiment, where libertywould be granted to almost everyone,
but that a chance would exist for a nationof many cultures to live together freefrom tyranny. Unfortunately, slaverywould not be abolished for another 80 orso years and it would not be until the civilrights movement that one might sayrights were given to all — but thatremains up for debate in some circles,and certainly more needs to be done totruly secure rights for everyone. Theoriginal (and I’d say better) motto
goes, “E pluribusunum” — or, “frommany, one.”
But the times,they havechanged. Since thestart of the ColdWar, the UnitedStates has doneaway with this
motto, replacing it with a theologicalstandard by which the new American cul-ture — a singular culture — is dominatedby a lust for greed and the love of onenation. The many cultures that made usstrong have since faded with the normaldecay of time — the advocacy of assimi-lation and acculturation has served itspurpose, rendering past traditions use-less in light of “American” ones.
I’m not complaining. The world is asit is. I was born into this tradition, and I
accept it as much as any otherAmerican. But what we have here todayis a nationalistic society — a culture thathas placed values on us that we accept,and sometimes agree with, but whichmaintains little of that old world, whereout of all our dif ferences, we find unityand strength. But this is not what cer-tain politicians mean when they say,“We’re patriots.”
Don’t let them fool you — they arenot patriots. A patriot, philosophicallyspeaking, is someone willing to sacrificeoneself for their country and country-men, while a nationalist believes in sac-rificing only for their culture. Their val-ues — the value of their nation over therights of their fellow countryman — areimportant. They exemplify the newmotto “in God we trust” over “out ofmany, one” because for them this is a“Christian nation” void of any diversity.Or at least, it should be. They havebecome the tyrants, the religious perse-cutors of my forefathers. The irony ofsuch political language is not lost on me.Hopefully, good reader, this irony willnot be lost on you.
Tom Verenna is a School of Arts andSciences sophomore majoring in classicsand history. His column, “Dose of Logos,”normally runs on alternate Mondays.
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You can’t have a flourishing democracy if you don’t participate.
Eric Davis, former director of the University’s Center for MiddleEastern Studies, on protesting to raise awareness.
See the story on FRONT.
N ow that we are a few weeksremoved from the election, therealization that the world has not
come crashing down upon us withPresident Barack Obama’s second termvictory finally dawning on some of themore eschatologically driven among us, itmay be therapeutic to review some of themore problematic rhetorical positionstossed around: patriotism and nationalism.
This past election would not be theonly time such a word — complete withall its nuances — has been used for polit-ical gain. I’m not the first person to wantto speak on the difference between patri-otism and nationalism, and I probablywon’t be the last.
But the distinction between the two isnot a subtle one and, unfortunately, thetwo are often erroneously conflated.Some of humanity’s greatest minds havesaturated the definitions of these words— George Bernard Shaw and LeoTolstoy among them — and it is due tothis heresy that the term patriot hasbecome a terrible concept indeed.
Making the two mean one and thesame might have a long history, as
DOSE OF LOGOSTOM VERENNA
Patriotism does not equal nationalism
A fellow student submit-ted a commentary titled“Viva Viva Palestine”
last Wednesday on the rally forGaza that was held Nov. 19. Asevent coordinator of Studentsfor Justice in Palestine, theorganization hosting the rally,and someone who was presentlong enough to know what wasactually happening, I have nochoice but to respond.
The very words of the authorwhen she says, “I understand anddeeply sympathize for the inno-cent plebeians that have fallen vic-tim to harsh cruelties,” prove thatshe, in fact, does not. These “sym-pathetic” words are so conde-scending, they nearly seem sar-castic. “Plebeian” is a word thatmeans commoner, connotingsomeone who is unsophisticatedand uncivilized. Calling thePalestinian people — whose liveshave been invaded by poverty,near starvation, abuse and now,air strikes at the hands of theIsraeli “Defense” Forces — “ple-beians” is reminiscent of theshockingly racist New York sub-way ads from earlier this year. “Inany war between the civilized manand the savage, support the civi-lized man. Support Israel. Defeatjihad.” Now, I dearly hope that thiswriter was not overtly being racistand that she failed to realize howhurtful and bigoted her wordswere. But she and the rest of theUniversity community must cometo that realization now.
The University has a consid-erable Muslim — as well as Arab— community. Within this com-munity is a significantPalestinian population, all of who
COMMENTARYSYJIL ASHRAF
Palestine protest neccessary
“A patriot, philosophicallyspeaking, is someone willing to sacrifice oneself for theircountry and countrymen.”
ONLINE COMMENTS
“Out of all the reasons to disagree with protesters, you choose that they are annoying?”
User Elon, in response to the 11/21 commentary:
Viva viva Palestine
“And a ‘B1G’ thank you to Tim Pernetti and theathletic department staff for their savvyapproach and professional conduct throughoutthese endeavors.”
User RUChiTown, in response to the 11/26 editorial:
Week marks milestones for U. community
“As a friend of mine pointed out, this articleshould be entitled ‘I'm probably a person who iscomfortable somehow and don't like it whenpeople employ tactics for social change thatmake me uncomfortable.’”
User yara, in response to the 11/26 editorial:
RUSAS should use better protest tactics
come from immigrant familieswho fled their homeland of manygenerations due to increasingpoverty, insecurity and persecu-tion by the Israeli government.The likening of the protestors to“religious fanatics” is ignorantand slightly racist at best, and thewords “irritating,” “annoying,” aswell as the comparison of one ofthe demonstrator’s “shriek” tothat of a “prepubescent child” arenot only appallingly immaturebut also extremely callous. Manyof these students have seen andfelt their family’s emotional andpsychological turmoil as they lostloved ones, their homes and theirland — something very impor-tant in Middle Eastern culture —to this conflict. Forgive them forgetting loud and emotional aboutan issue that’s plagued their peo-ple for decades.
Had the author or the studentwhom she quoted stopped totalk to any of us — as had manyothers — and asked us what wasgoing on, or even just listened tothe speakers and performers,we would have gladly explainedto them what this cause meansto us. We would have told themall the stories that the U.S.media ignores, which we had tofind in the pages of internationalnews sources from places likeQatar, Russia and Israel itself. Irecognize that, at first impres-sion, our rally seemed intimidat-ing. I myself cringed for a coupleseconds, knowing how the aver-age non-Arab or non-Muslimstudent might perceive us. Butsomething so petty and so trivialcannot stop us, nor should it. AsI explained to a senior who hadbeen passing by and mentionedto me that the crowd and chantsseemed aggressive, that’s sim-ply how many universityprotests are. I’m afraid that this
is just how things work at a uni-versity, particularly one with along history of social and politi-cal movements. The right topublic protest is one of our mostfundamental rights asAmericans and has proven to beone of the most effective meansof furthering a cause throughoutour nation’s history. If theauthor had just done a littleresearch into SJP, she wouldhave found that we held a cof-feehouse event just four daysbefore the rally, as well as spon-sored a fundraising event for thePalestinian Children’s ReliefFund the very night before. Shewould have found that just thefact that we are here on campusis our “silent rebellion.” There isno need to dictate to us what weshould or should not be doingfor our own cause — particular-ly when every single thing listedis already being done.
Zionists and their allies havesuppressed the pro-Palestinianmovement for years, and it isfinally — after 64 years — start-ing to take hold. The pro-Israelirally earlier in the day was by nomeans ironic. You see, while thecivilians being terrorized, tor-tured, starved and slaughteredin Palestine may not be able tohear a “menial group of chantingcollege students,” Israel and therest of the world can.
I highly suggest that you usethe opportunity given to you byalternate study locations such aslibraries and student centers,because we are here to stay. Andwe will not be silent.
Syjil Ashraf is a School ofAr ts and Sciences sophomorewith a minor in political science. She is an event coordinator for Students forJustice in Palestine.
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I ndiana stayed No. 1 in theAssociated Press’ collegebasketball poll.
The Hoosiers remained inthe top spot for the fourth weekin a row while Duke moved intothe No. 2 position with its winagainst Louisville in the cham-pionship game of the Battle 4Atlantis tournament.
Michigan came in at No. 3 inthe polls, with Ohio St. at No. 4and the Cardinals at No. 5.
Syracuse, Florida, Kentucky,Arizona and Kansas round outthe top 10.
Two other teams represent-ed the Big East in the polls,with Cincinnati up to No. 17and Georgetown at No. 20,while Connecticut dropped outof the rankings.
LOUISVILLE MEN’Sbasketball center Gorgui Diengwill miss 4-6 weeks with a bro-ken bone in his left wrist, accord-ing to CBSSports.com.
Dieng suf fered the injury in the Battle 4 AtlantisTournament in the first half ofthe Cardinals’ 84-61 winagainst Missouri.
Dieng returned in the sec-ond half of the game andplayed 22 minutes before sitting out the title gameagainst Duke.
Voted as an All-Big EastPreseason First Team player,Dieng will undergo surgerytoday to insert a screw in his bro-ken wrist.
In five games this season,Dieng averaged 8.2 points witheight rebounds and two blocksper game.
PITTSBURGH MEN’Sbasketball guard Trey Zieglerwas charged with drivingunder the influence earlySunday, according to thePittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Ziegler was arrested Sundayafter a cab driver spotted himpassed out in his car. The driv-er called authorities at 3:05a.m. where police issued fieldsobriety tests, which he failed. Ziegler said he only hadtwo drinks.
Ziegler transferred fromCentral Michigan this seasonafter his father, Ernie Ziegler,was fired as the school’s headcoach and was granted a special waiver this season toplay. He averaged 15.6 pointsduring his sophomore yearwith the Chippewas.
In six games this season,Ziegler averages 6.2 points pergame for the Panthers.
His preliminary hearing isscheduled for Feb. 5.
THE TAMPA BAY RAYSextended third baseman EvanLongoria’s contract throughthe 2022 season, according to CBSSports.com.
Longoria’s extension is for anadditional six years and $100million with a club option for the2023 season.
A three-time All-Star andAmerican League Rookie of theYear, Longoria hit .289 with 17homeruns and 55 RBI in 74games last season, missing timewith a hamstring injury.
The Rays were 47-27 withLongoria in the star ting lineup last season and 43-45without him.
IN BRIEF
He now knows something canhappen on any play to take play-ing time away. Because of that,his philosophy is to play eachplay like it is his last.
Wright made his return in2011, when he saw his first sig-nificant production at Rutgers,hauling in 11 passes for 147 yardsand two touchdowns.
He thanks much of that toHarrison, who has been with himthrough all of his playing time.
During that time, the twoformed a bond that has been keyfor Wright.
“[Harrison and I] feed off ofeach other a lot,” Wright said.“We don’t even have to say some-thing sometimes and we knowhow [each other] is feeling. Weknow how to say things to geteach other going, and we’ve hada lot of fun over the past four orfive years. You can’t trade thosemoments for anything.”
Now a senior, Wright is in themidst of his best season. Withtwo games left on the schedule,he has 35 catches for 422 yardsand two scores.
Louisville serves as Wright’sfinal regular season opponent.
Wright uses bondwith fellow wideoutto aid development
GROWTH
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior wide receiver Mark Harrison said classmate Tim Wrightrebounding from his knee injury says a lot about his character.NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior wide receiver Tim Wright has spent two of his five seasons at Rutgers on the sidelines. He redshirted in his first year and aknee injury during preseason camp forced him to miss the entire 2010 season. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
He wants to make sure when heleaves, he has impacted the pro-gram the way others have.
“[When] I was younger I hadto learn things from the olderguys that were ahead of me,”Wright said. “There’s a lot ofgreat guys here. There’s a lot ofgreat guys that came here andleft their legacy. I just want toleave my legacy when I leavehere and just hope people carryon what I put down here.”
He can take another steptoward cementing that legacyThursday, when the Knights facethe Cardinals for a chance to earntheir first ever BCS bowl bid.
Wright believes because ofthe friendship he has with hisclassmates, Senior Day will onlyadd to the game.
“You just create a relationshipwith the guys you came in with,and it’s a bond that will neverbreak,” he said. “On Senior Day,I expect it to be a live atmos-phere, a great environment, andwe just want to go attack it andget the win.”
As far as his goals are con-cerned, Wright thinks the nextgame will be his best.
“I think my highest point isyet to come,” he said. “I reallybelieve that. I believe Thursday isgoing to be the highest point. Ican envision it.”
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Scott has not laid out specificperformance goals for theremainder of the year. She wouldrather focus on getting betterindividually, and the results willfollow, she said.
“I’d like to keep improvingeach dive individually — not nec-essarily on the score as a total,but just to improve on each of mydives — and to just keep divingconsistently,” Scott said.
The opportunity to dive colle-giately three years ago enticed
Junior avoids settinggoals despite leadingKnights in dive event
SUCCESS
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Head coach Phil Spiniello noticed Nicole Scott’s improvementsduring her two-plus seasons diving at Rutgers.CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2011
BY ERIC DIMETROSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track andfield team is ready to start its2012-2013 campaign following along offseason.
The first meet of the season isDec. 10, in the New Year’sInvitational in Princeton, N.J.
The Scarlet Knights performedwell throughout last season, finish-ing the Big East Championshipssixth place overall.
The Knights hope to be betterthis year and improve on last sea-son’s results, which is not aneasy task.
Head coach Mike Mulqueen ishappy the team had a long offsea-son to heal several of theirinjuries from last season that heldthem back.
“The most important thingduring the offseason is to stay healthy and injury-free,”Mulqueen said. “Some injurieslast year hurt us, and we have asolid team coming back.”
Mulqueen coaches a teamthat can have instant success dur-ing the winter with an upside forthe future.
The Knights have importantsenior leadership, relying on
experience to help the team’s younger athletes as theseason progresses.
Senior Adam Bergo is a teamcaptain for the Knights and lastyear earned All-Big East honors.Bergo took advantage of the offtime to become an even betterjumper for the Knights.
“We worked really hard this of fseason to get our running mechanics down,”Bergo said. “We have a veryinteresting team.”
In addition to Bergo, eightother seniors fill a Knights roster.
Kevin Bostick, who has thesecond-longest triple jump inschool history, is among them.He is one of the Knights leadersentering the first meet.
Senior thrower JamesPlummer is a two-time Big Eastchampion in discuss and anchorsthe throwing unit for the Knights.
Another senior, ChristopherWyckoff, is the team leader inpole vault and earned All-Big Eastrecognition last season.
The Knights are inexperi-enced in several other areas, butbelieve their young talent will per-form right away.
The younger members of the roster have to make an
immediate impact in meets andmust adjust to college levelcompetition quickly.
“We have a very young team insome spots and don’t have asmuch experience as last year,”Bergo said. “There’s been a lot ofgood energy at practice, andeveryone’s adjusted to the newsystem well.”
Mulqueen has the sameexpectations for the team everyseason, and he believes thisteam is fully capable of achievingits goals.
“Every year we try to competefor championships, and thatnever changes,” Mulqueen said.“We want to contend for the BigEast Championship, and we havea good team.”
The Knights have tough com-petition in the Big East and needto perform well if they hope toachieve their goals.
If the Knights stay focusedand healthy throughout theseason, they are capable ofmaking noise in the talentedBig East.
“We just want everyone to behealthy and to get to the startingline,” Mulqueen said. “We have alot of ability and are excited forthe season.”
The Rutgers football team’sregular season finale Thursdayagainst Louisville is nearing asellout, but there are still ticketsavailable to purchase.
While the Scarlet Knights havealready clinched their first evershare of a Big East Championship,Thursday’s game can create twomore firsts for the program.
The Knights have never hadsole possession of a Big East Titleand have never been to a BCS bowl.
With a win against theCardinals, Rutgers will achieveboth, earning a spot in one of thesix BCS bowls.
“The thing we talk and wepreach to the players is we needto approach this game the exactsame way we approached the first11 games and do everything wecan to prepare, practice as well aswe can, execute our offense,” saidhead coach Kyle Flood. “I thinkto do things outside of your per-sonality is very dangerous in agame like this”
Should Louisville win, it willearn that spot in the BCS bid, some-thing with which it is not familiar.
Flood believes what makesthis Rutgers team special is theway it came together after thedeparture of former head coachGreg Schiano to the NFL, tak-ing most of the coaching staffwith him.
“They’ve worked tremendous-ly hard in a very different envi-ronment than any other team I’vebeen around where you have anew head coach and nine newassistant coaches,” Flood said,“and I’ll say nine because [defen-sive coordinator] Robb Smith isin a different role than he was lastyear, and to … have the successthey’ve had this year I think is atestament to how badly theywanted it.”
Rutgers is also trying to shakeoff the ghosts of seasons past inwhich it came close to its goalsbut ultimately failed.
The most recent of thoseattempts was last year. TheKnights had only Connecticutstanding between them and theirfirst share of the Big East title.
To purchase tickets for thegame, call the Rutgers ticketoffice at 1-866-445-GORU or go toscarletknights.com for onlineticketing instructions.
GRAPHIC BY HAKAN UZUMCU, DESIGN EDITOR
the Toronto native. There is notmuch in the way of college divingin Canada, Scott said.
She came to Rutgers ready tocompete, and has done so suc-cessfully. Spiniello has beenimpressed with her diving andanticipates the next two yearswith her on the team.
“Nicole is a very hard worker,”he said. “She is extremely disci-plined. Her and [diving] coach[Fred] Woodruff have been work-ing really hard to continueimprovement over the past twoseasons, and I’m looking forwardto that paying off here in her jun-ior and senior year.”
For updates on the Rutgersswimming and diving team, fol-low Mike Morton on Twitter@MortonTargum.
SPORTS PAGE 21NOVEMBER 27, 2012
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
Sophomore guard Eli Carterearned Big East Weekly HonorRoll recognition this week follow-ing two Rutgers men’s basketballteam wins.
Carter averaged 22.5 points pergame during the span and leads theScarlet Knights this season with 18points per game. He scored a team-best 25 points Sunday at UNC-Greensboro, where the Knightscame back from a halftime deficit towin their fourth game in a row.
He added 20 points in a two-point victory Nov. 20 againstBoston University at the LouisBrown Athletic Center.
Carter has appeared in each ofRutgers’ last four games off thebench after starting the Knights’season-opening loss against St.Peter’s. He scored only fivepoints against the Peacocks on aseason-low 2-for-12 shooting.
The loss prompted head coachMike Rice to question the team’soffensive purpose. Rice respond-ed by making changes to thestarting lineup, namely removingCarter and two other openingnight starters.
The move has paid off.
The Knights have scoredmore than 80 points in three oftheir first five games, including aseason-high 88 in their first win ofthe season Nov. 12 against SacredHeart. Carter scored a team-best18 points that night, his first touron the bench following a fresh-man season in which he started28 games.
Carter led Rutgers in scoringas a freshman, averaging 13.8points per game in nearly 30 min-utes on the floor.
But during the Knights’ winstreak, he has not been alone.
Sophomore point guard MylesMack scored 24 points in Rutgers’win at UNC-Greensboro. He con-tributed 45 more during theKnights’ previous three games.
Mack, sophomore guard MikePoole and senior forward AustinJohnson entered the team’s start-ing lineup following the loss to St.Peter’s. Mack spent most of hisfreshman campaign as Rice’s offen-sive spark off the bench, whileCarter and classmate JeromeSeagears started in the backcourt.
The Paterson, N.J., nativeleads Rutgers in 3-point percent-age, ranks first among guards infield goal percentage and is No. 1in minutes played.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Carter’s stretchresults in honors
BY GREG JOHNSONSTAFF WRITER
With only 15 preseason prac-tices remaining before winterbreak, the Rutgers gymnasticsteam is accelerating its routinesto ready itself to compete in a sea-son-opening meet Jan. 6 inDurham, N.H.
Head coach Louis Levineanticipates a sprint to the end ofthe preseason.
“The goal is to be ready tocompete by the end of those [15]practices, so that when we comeback [from winter break], we canhit the ground running and reallystart off on the right foot for ourfirst meet,” he said.
As an initial test to see how thesquad performs its routines on abigger stage, the Scarlet Knightscompete in an intrasquad practicemeet tomorrow, Levine said.
The expectation is for theKnights to put their hard work,particularly most recently on thefloor and vault events, on display.
“That’ll be the first chance toreally see how people perform ina little bit more pressure-packedsituation on those events,”Levine said.
It also serves as an opportunityto gauge the team’s strongest line-ups by dissecting the team’s depth,which could be the strongest inrecent program history.
“People are kicking eachother out of lineup spots, whichisn’t a bad thing. It’s a reallygood thing,” said junior co-cap-tain Alyssa Straub. “Everyone is pushing each other. We’re
competitive within the squad,which I think is a big improve-ment from last year.”
As a first-time captain, Straubseeks to enforce a team culture ofefficient work ethic in practice.
She stresses paying attentionto detail to achieve consistency,which the team lacked at timeslast season.
“We’re trying to not just getthrough routines and make them,but try to perfect the littlethings,” Straub said. “It’s more ofa theme — make sure we getthrough every assignment onevery event in a timely manner.”
As the Knights approach theirseason-opening matchup withNew Hampshire, they look tocontinue to build up theirendurance and skills in perform-ing floor routines.
They insist now is not the timeto rest their bodies as they inchcloser to where they need to be atthe start of the season.
“This is really the beginning ofus really starting to put numbersin on floor, in terms of routines,”Levine said. “We’ve been puttingthose numbers in on the otherthree events, and floor we holdback a little bit just because ofhow heavy and difficult on thebody it can be. So really we needto just start pushing the artisticside of it, along with what we’vebeen doing — making it biggerand better.”
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GYMNASTICS RUTGERS USES INTRASQUAD PRACTICE TO DISPLAY SKILLS
Knights battle for season-opening lineup spots
Junior Alyssa Straub competes on the bars during a meet at the Livingston Recreation Centerlast season. She is in her first season as a captain. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2011
NOVEMBER 27, 2012SPORTS PAGE 22
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
A dime package, featuring sixdefensive backs, gives secondaryplayers their best chance to geton the field.
Marcus Cooper had several ofthose opportunities for theRutgers football team, but thesenior cornerback still finds themost solace in that package.
With only two days beforehis final game at High PointSolutions Stadium, one thingCooper has never changed inhis five years with the ScarletKnights is his assurance in the secondary.
“It gives me confidence outthere. You have three or fourguys out there that have yourback,” Cooper said of the sec-ondary’s depth. “You go out in adime package, things like that,you have more defense on thefield. It just gives you more secu-rity when you’re out there.”
The Bloomfield (Conn.) HighSchool product began hisRutgers career behind at widereceiver, where he faced cur-rent NFL cornerbacks JasonMcCourty, Devin McCourty andBrandon Bing in practice.
Even without them, Cooperstill had to fight his whole career.
He played two games as a red-shirt freshman, six as a sopho-more and nine last year as a jun-ior, his second season as a full-time cornerback. He officiallystarted two games for Rutgers,and neither came this season.
But a starting role has not mat-tered. Even though classmateBrandon Jones has started in his
place, they still receive relativelyequal playing time.
Cooper and Jones competed intraining camp with a greater goalto push each other to improve withthe knowledge both would play.
“Training camp, you’re com-peting against each other just topush each other,” Cooper said.“We don’t take it as much as acompetition with the seasonnow. We just try to make eachother better.”
Rutgers’ surplus in the sec-ondary leaves only three under-classmen in the defensive back-field’s two-deep.
That leaves several youngerplayers fighting to get near the topof the Knights’ depth chart.Senior safety Mason Robinsonsaid they can learn a lot fromCooper’s example.
“Some of the guys, they’ve justbeen waiting for their chance,”Robinson said. “They’ve just beenwatching and learning and soak-ing it all and taking it and runningwith it.”
Robinson also entered theprogram on the offensive side ofthe ball. He was a running backat Somerville (N.J.) High Schoolbefore converting to wideout in
2009 and then to cornerbacklast season.
Robinson suffered a season-ending knee injury in last year’sseason opener against NorthCarolina Central. Despite sixyears of eligibility, he knows howfast opportunity can slip by.
He also sees how well Cooperand Jones utilized it.
“Opportunity plus preparationequals success, and I think theywere just prepared,” Robinsonsaid. “They finally got the oppor-tunity last year. They had a prettygood season last year.”
Cooper registered 32 tackles thisseason as an active player in rundefense, along with an interception.
The statistics are modest, buthead coach Kyle Flood sees muchmore in players like Cooper.
It is why he wants to honor thoseplayers right before Thursday’skickoff against Louisville.
“I do think it’s important to dobecause these players and thesefamilies,” Flood said. “They pour alot of their lives into Rutgers footballfor four or five years, and I thinkthey deserve that moment outthere on the field to be recognized.”
Despite Cooper’s lack of shin-ing moments this season — hewas on the wrong end of a 13-yardtouchdown Saturday atPittsburgh — those opportunitiesonly made him better, he said.
“It’s a great learning facilityfor me going with establishedguys like that who have a trackrecord,” Cooper said. “So I wasable to just learn from the best.”
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Senior cornerback Brandon Jones has split reps this seasonwith classmate Marcus Cooper, often earning the start. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“Some of the guys,they’ve just beenwaiting for their
chance. They’ve justbeen watching.”
MASON ROBINSONSenior Safety
Cooper sees increased role at corner
Senior cornerback Marcus Cooper, left, teams up Saturday with senior safety Wayne Warren and junior cornerback Logan Ryan to tackle a Pittsburgh ball carrier.Cooper has seen more snaps than ever this season despite not earning a single official start. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
FOOTBALL SENIOR WEEK CORNERBACK RECORDS 32 TACKLES IN FINAL YEAR
NOVEMBER 27, 2012 SPORTS PAGE 23
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK SENIOR REMAINS WORK IN PROGESS AT TIGHT END
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
D.C. Jef ferson sees thepotential in redshirt freshmanTyler Kroft, a physically devel-oping tight end for the Rutgersfootball team.
“He’s just got to get better atlittle things, the same as anyother tight end in the country athis age,” Jefferson said Sunday.“Every day is a process of gettingbetter off your last mistake.”
Jef ferson, a senior tight end, once dealt with much
loftier expectations than hisyounger teammate.
Once an imposing 6-foot-6high school quarterback fromWinter Haven, Fla., he initiallycommitted to LSU beforereneging it in favor of theScarlet Knights.
His frame — Jefferson is list-ed at 250 pounds — made him anideal candidate at tight end oncehe changed positions in 2009 asa redshirt freshman. Butthrough nearly four seasons,Jefferson gained little traction asa pass catcher.
His 18 receptions this seasonare a career high, and he is onpace to catch more passes thisseason than he did in the lasttwo combined. He has caughtonly one touchdown, the firstsince a 2010 gadget play inwhich he caught a pass fromwide receiver Mohamed Sanuagainst Florida International.
A Jefferson holding penaltySaturday at Pittsburgh negated atouchdown, although the Knightsscored two plays later.
“Things didn’t go the way weplanned,” Jefferson said. “Theycame out with a great gameplan, and we didn’t execute oursto the fullest to come out with avictory. We’re moving forward.”Forward thinking has alwaysbeen linked with Jefferson.
He entered 2012 on the pre-season watch list for the JohnMackey Award, given to thenation’s top tight end, despiteonly 27 career catches.
Offensive coordinator DaveBrock’s pro-style system was sup-posed to signal a return to tightend production. But in recent his-tory, Rutgers has received minorcontributions from the position.
L.J. Smith, drafted in theNFL’s second round in 2003, aver-aged 32 receptions through threeseasons. Clark Harris in 2006 wasthe last tight end to account formore than 300 yards in a season.
“We’re a pro-style offense withan emphasis on running the foot-ball to create one-on-ones in thepassing game,” said head coachKyle Flood yesterday. “But we’re
going to attack on offense in everygame. Unfortunately, if you don’texecute, it doesn’t look very good.”
Outside of the Knights’ twolosses — in which they trailed byat most three scores — sopho-more quarterback Gary Nova hasaveraged 21.5 pass attempts inthe last six games.
It has meant a pinch on oppor-tunities at tight end, which alreadyfaced a steep learning curve.
“I think I came a long waydoing something I never didbefore,” Jefferson said. “I’m stillnot where I want to be.”
FLOOD WILL LIKELY DRAWThursday from his experiencesas a Delaware assistant in 2003,when the Blue Hens won the FCSnational championship.
The atmosphere — Flood saysit is the Monday Night Football ofthe college level — againstLouisville could be arguably themost heightened in program his-tory, with a BCS bid at stake.
“We’re certainly not naïve towhat the result of the game willdictate for either team,” Floodsaid. “It’s a big game. It’s the kindof game that you want to be in asa player and as a coach, and it’sthe kind of game as a programthat we hope to be in every year.”
FLOOD SAID HE EXPECTSsophomore running back JawanJamison, hobbled by an ankleinjury, to be available againstthe Cardinals.
Jamison has rushed a com-bined 13 times in the last twogames since suffering a sprainedankle Nov. 10 against Army. Heaveraged nearly 24 carries in theprevious nine games.
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Sophomore running back Jawan Jamison will play Thursday against Louisville despite an ankleissue that surfaced Nov. 10 against Army. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Modest gains highlight Jefferson’s stay
Senior tight end D.C. Jefferson (10) attempts to get to the second level of Pittsburgh’s defense Saturday on a Knights running play. Jefferson leads three Rutgerstight ends this season with 18 receptions, but his progress has come in moderation. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
FRIENDLY FIRE The Rutgers gymnastics teamplans an intrasquad competition to see who willfill the lineup spots for its first meet. / PAGE 19
NBA SCORES EXTRA POINT RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR
SPORTS
MIXED RESULTS Senior tight end D.C. Jefferson has 18catches this season, which — for better or worse —are the best numbers of his career. / PAGE 23
GIVE, TAKE The Rutgers footballteam’s senior cornerbacks challengethemselves on field. / PAGE 22
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I think I came long way doing something I never did before.”
— Rutgers football team tight end D.C. Jefferson on transition from quarterback
DAN RINALDI wasone of eight wrestlers forthe Rutgers wrestlingteam to go undefeatedSaturday at the NortheastDuals in Albany, N.Y. Thesenior 184-pounder went3-0 in his matches.
San Antonio 118 Milwaukee 93Washington 92 Chicago 92
New York 89 Cleveland 78Brooklyn 96 Memphis 84
Portland 101 Charlotte 69Detroit 108 Oklahoma City 114
MEN’S BASKETBALL
at Mississippi
Saturday, 2 p.m.Oxford, Miss.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
at Princeton
Thursday, 7 p.m.Princeton, N.J.
SWIMMING, DIVING
Tri-meet
Saturday, 1 p.m.Norfolk, Va.
WRESTLING
at Penn State Open
SundayState College, Pa.
FOOTBALL SENIOR WEEK WRIGHT CONTEMPLATES LEGACY
Senior wide receiver Tim Wright attempts to run past Pittsburgh safety Jarred Holley on one of his five catches Saturday in theKnights’ 27-6 loss. He totaled 61 receiving yards in the contest. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Injury sparks wideout’s growthBY JOEY GREGORY
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Tim Wright has been a consistent pres-ence during his five seasons as a member ofthe Rutgers football team, but not always onthe field.
After redshirting his first year as a ScarletKnight and failing to record a catch in 2009,he turned to the following season as his yearto emerge.
But that did not happen.A knee injury suffered in preseason camp
forced him to miss the entire 2010 season.Rather than making strides on the
field, he had to keep his mind straight of fof it.
“Going through something like that, whereyou had to sit out for a whole season, what canyou do?” Wright said. “You can sit there, harpon yourself and be down, or you can just lookat it as an opportunity to get better, to learnyour body more, to be more hungry.”
Wright was used to sitting on the sideline.In his early days he watched future NFL wide-outs Kenny Britt and Tiquan Underwoodmake their lasting marks on the program.
Unable to play, Wright had all the timehe needed to soak in as much as he couldfrom them.
“Just learning from their ups and downs,things they excelled in, some of their darkestmoments where they had to overcome things,allowed me to try and not cross those same
roads,” Wright said. “I just took that and car-ried it and put it into my game. Guys like that,they’re great guys to learn from. They had alot of success. Why not follow them?”
That period served as a time for growthand also showed his teammates, includingfellow receiver Mark Harrison, a little bitmore about the Wall Township, N.J., native.
“It shows you what kind of guy he is and itshows you how much character he reallyhas,” Harrison said. “He could have called itquits right there, but he’s a warrior. He justpushed through it.”
Wright said that time off the field showedhim the fragility of a playing career.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
Early successfollows Scotton platform
BY MIKE MORTONSTAFF WRITER
Through her first two years with theRutgers swimming and diving team, juniordiver Nicole Scott had already cemented aplace in the program’s record books.
She further entrenched her place inRutgers history Nov. 18 — the final day ofthe Frank Elm Invitational — by breakingher own record on the platform dive.
Scott posted a 269.70 score, breakingher own record of 251.95 she set her fresh-man year.
Head coach Phil Spiniello was excited to seeScott’s performance at this point in the season.
“It was great to see her break her ownrecord this early in the season,” Spiniellosaid. “Her diving is really coming together.”
But the record was not on Scott’s mindbefore attempting the platform dive, she said.
“I was just sort of trying to take it one diveat a time,” she said. “I really just wanted toget my whole list off decently, and I did it bet-ter than I thought I could.”
The success has not been rare so far thisseason for Scott, who has yet to finish worsethan second in any event. In addition to herrecord-setting dive at the Frank Elm Invite,Scott also finished second in both the 1- and 3-meter dives.
She also placed second in the 1- and 3-meterdives in the Scarlet Knights’ first dual meet ofthe season against Wagner. Sophomore team-mate Nicole Honey finished first in each ofthose events.
Scott won both the 1- and 3-meter dives atthe Sonny Werblin Invitational, the first eventof the season.
Her early-season success, along withpractice, left Scott optimistic about the sec-ond half of the team’s schedule.
“I’ve been really happy with how I’ve beenperforming,” she said. “I think I’ve been div-ing pretty consistently, which I’m happy with.There’s obviously some things I need towork on to improve all my dives, but I thinkthat the training that we’ve been doing isreally going to help.”
Spiniello also believes Scott is poised for ahuge second half of the season.
“She’s definitely laid the foundation to besuccessful,” he said. “She’s really taken herdiving to another level this year.”
