Columnist Katie Bryck gives her account of her travel experience between London and Dublin for the Thanksgiving holiday. / OPINIONS, PAGE 8 A new collaboration between the Byrne Seminars and the Aresty Research Center gives first-year students an opportunity to meet and work with new professors. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3 WEATHER Mostly Cloudy High: 46 Nighttime Low: 35 Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980. VOLUME 144, ISSUE 54 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • OPINIONS ... 8 • DIVERSIONS ... 10 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 12 • SPORTS ... BACK RESEARCH TIES RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012 Students in the stands react to Rutgers’ 20-17 loss to Louisville last night at High Point Solutions Stadium. For the second season in a row, the Knights failed to win the games they needed to secure a berth in the Orange Bowl, dropping their final game last season to Connecticut, as well as their final two games this season. Instead, the Cardinals earned another BCS berth under head coach Charlie Strong while the Knights must wait until Sunday in order to find out which bowl they will be going to. Likely candidates are the Russell Athletic Bowl and the Belk Bowl. See BACK for full game coverage. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR The Empire State Building shines scarlet with a new state-of-the-art LED lighting system that allows a selection of more than 16 million colors. A live feed of the tower was displayed in the stadium. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ORANGE CRUSHED BY MARISSA OLIVA STAFF WRITER The tip of the Empire State Building in New York City glowed scarlet red last night in honor of Rutgers’ Big East Championship football game against Louisville at High Point Solutions Stadium. This was the second time the Empire State Building was lit in support of the Scarlet Knights. The building turned scarlet in 2006 after the University’s 28-25 victory over Louisville. “The reason then, and the reason now is because we really are the most followed col- lege team in this area,” said Tim Pernetti, athletic director, before the game. “We have a great following in New York City. We don’t RUSA questions U. contract with student debt collector Building lights up red for Rutgers, Louisville Big East title game BY DOMENIC RUGGERI STAFF WRITER While the Rutgers University Student Assembly members were drafting an in-state tuition bill in early October they found out the University pays a company to collect stu- dent debt. John Connelly, president of RUSA, said the University has a contract with the General Revenue Corporation, a sub- sidiary of Sallie Mae, which collects unpaid student tuition, last night in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. “We pay them to collect our debt,” said Connelly, a School of Arts and Sciences sen- ior. “It doesn’t make sense.” RUSA introduced a resolution for a “Student Debt Teach-In” on Dec. 3 at the Douglass Campus Center, which will be a ses- sion that educates students on student debt, Sallie Mae and the rising cost of education. SEE RUSA ON PAGE 5 SEE KNIGHTS ON PAGE 3 Sallie Mae’s General Revenue Corporation gets paid to accrue unpaid tuition Empire State acknowledges Scarlet Knights FLYING SOLO: EURO EXCURSION Marios Athanasiou, co-author of the reso- lution opposing the contract, said GRC is allowed to keep 25 percent of outstanding tuition collected. “We see this as very corrupt and outside the interests of students,” said Athanasiou, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. GRC has several lawsuits regarding the violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and has received 343 com- plaints from the Better Business Bureau since June 2012 because of their aggressive collection practices, Athanasiou said. He said the corporation will call, mail and email students relentlessly with threats about future credit ratings if they do not pay. “Of course we believe students should be paying tuition. We want to make it a less threatening environment,” he said. David Bedford, co-author of the resolu- tion and a member of the Rutgers Student
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Columnist Katie Bryck gives her account of her travelexperience between London and Dublin for theThanksgiving holiday. / OPINIONS, PAGE 8
A new collaboration between the Byrne Seminars andthe Aresty Research Center gives first-year students an opportunity to meet and work with newprofessors. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COMFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Students in the stands react to Rutgers’ 20-17 loss to Louisville last night at High Point Solutions Stadium. For the second season in a row, the Knights failed to win thegames they needed to secure a berth in the Orange Bowl, dropping their final game last season to Connecticut, as well as their final two games this season. Instead, theCardinals earned another BCS berth under head coach Charlie Strong while the Knights must wait until Sunday in order to find out which bowl they will be going to. Likelycandidates are the Russell Athletic Bowl and the Belk Bowl. See BACK for full game coverage. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The Empire State Building shines scarletwith a new state-of-the-art LED lightingsystem that allows a selection of morethan 16 million colors. A live feed of thetower was displayed in the stadium.NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
ORANGE CRUSHED
BY MARISSA OLIVASTAFF WRITER
The tip of the Empire State Building inNew York City glowed scarlet red last nightin honor of Rutgers’ Big East Championshipfootball game against Louisville at High PointSolutions Stadium.
This was the second time the EmpireState Building was lit in support of theScarlet Knights. The building turned scarletin 2006 after the University’s 28-25 victoryover Louisville.
“The reason then, and the reason now isbecause we really are the most followed col-lege team in this area,” said Tim Pernetti,athletic director, before the game. “We havea great following in New York City. We don’t
RUSA questions U. contractwith student debt collector
Building lights up red for Rutgers, LouisvilleBig East title game BY DOMENIC RUGGERI
STAFF WRITER
While the Rutgers University StudentAssembly members were drafting an in-statetuition bill in early October they found outthe University pays a company to collect stu-dent debt.
John Connelly, president of RUSA, saidthe University has a contract with theGeneral Revenue Corporation, a sub-sidiar y of Sallie Mae, which collectsunpaid student tuition, last night in theStudent Activities Center on the CollegeAvenue campus.
“We pay them to collect our debt,” saidConnelly, a School of Arts and Sciences sen-ior. “It doesn’t make sense.”
RUSA introduced a resolution for a“Student Debt Teach-In” on Dec. 3 at theDouglass Campus Center, which will be a ses-sion that educates students on student debt,Sallie Mae and the rising cost of education. SEE RUSA ON PAGE 5SEE KNIGHTS ON PAGE 3
Sallie Mae’s General Revenue Corporation getspaid to accrue unpaid tuition
Empire StateacknowledgesScarlet Knights
FLYING SOLO:EURO EXCURSION
Marios Athanasiou, co-author of the reso-lution opposing the contract, said GRC isallowed to keep 25 percent of outstandingtuition collected.
“We see this as very corrupt and outsidethe interests of students,” said Athanasiou, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sophomore.
GRC has several lawsuits regarding theviolation of the Fair Debt CollectionPractices Act and has received 343 com-plaints from the Better Business Bureausince June 2012 because of their aggressivecollection practices, Athanasiou said.
He said the corporation will call, mail andemail students relentlessly with threatsabout future credit ratings if they do not pay.
“Of course we believe students should bepaying tuition. We want to make it a lessthreatening environment,” he said.
David Bedford, co-author of the resolu-tion and a member of the Rutgers Student
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Sunday, Dec. 2Women Helping Women at Rutgers hosts “The Myths and Realitiesof Depression: What You Need to Know” at 3 p.m. at the Center forApplied Psychology, Suite C on Busch campus.
Monday, Dec. 3 RU Turkish hosts its first “Turkish Coffee Night” at 8 p.m. at theRutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenuecampus. There will be free Turkish coffee, desserts and baklava,accompanied by live music.
Tuesday, Dec. 4 The Association of Mediterranean Organizations at Rutgers Univer-sity (AMOR) hosts its first “Persia to Portugal” mixer at 7 p.m. at theRutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. There willbe food, dancing and many activities.
Thursday, Dec. 6 Nayan Shah, professor at the University of Southern California,speaks at 2 p.m. on her book “Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race,Sexuality and the Law in the American West” at the Institute forResearch on Women on Douglass campus. The event is part of theIRW and Collective for Asian American Studies’ “Disorientations”lecture series.
Oxfam Rutgers will hosts its annual “Fashion Beyond Borders” at7:30 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. Therewill be food and performances from many University cultural organ-izations. Tickets are $7 before the event, $10 at the door.
Monday, Dec. 10 The Women’s Center Coalition hosts “SCREAM Against Gender Vio-lence” at 5 p.m. at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campusas part of the 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence campaign..
Friday, Nov. 30Drew Carey performs at 7 p.m. at the Stress Factory Comedy Clubat 90 Church St. in downtown New Brunswick. This event is soldout, so call (732) 545-4242 for any last-minute availability.
The Monkees perform at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre at 15 Liv-ingston Ave. in downtown New Brunswick. Tickets start at $35. Formore information and to purchase tickets, visit statetheatrenj.org.
Sunday, Dec. 2“The Velveteen Rabbit,” a life-sized puppet show, will be performedat the State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. in downtown NewBrunswick at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information and topurchase tickets, visit statetheatrenj.org.
The Empire State Building’scustom innovative LED lightingsystem installed Monday will helpthe scarlet shine even brighter.
The state-of-the-art lightingsystem is unique to the EmpireState Building and allows cus-tomized light from a selection ofmore than 16 million colors,
according to an Empire StateBuilding press release.
Pernetti said the Universityreceived a tremendous amount ofpublicity when University Athleticsbroke the announcement.
“It has gone viral pretty quick-ly through social media,” Pernettisaid. “We are seeing it in print andInternet coverage of the game.”
High Point Solutions Stadiumdisplayed a live-feed of the scar-let-lit Empire State Building forfans to see at yesterday’s game.
“I normally teach an under-grad junior level course, so theopportunity to teach first-year stu-dents was really pleasant for me,”O’Donnell said.
O’Donnell, whose Byrne semi-nar focuses her collaborativelearning research, is involvedwith the University’s Task Forceon Undergraduate Education andhas been a part of the programsince it started.
She said the seminars resultfrom the task force’s general ori-entation toward getting more stu-dents in touch with the researchaspect of the University, she said.
Four of O’Donnell’s formerByrne students, now in their finalsemester towards obtaining amaster’s degree, are returning tohelp her teach her spring semi-nar, she said.
“Getting access to faculty andsome of the experience faculty
have is helpful [for new stu-dents],” O’Donnell said. “It sort ofbreaks down the very large sys-tem into reasonable context.”
She said the seminars were agood opportunity for students tohave access to the School ofEducation faculty who can teachthem what they need to know andhow to apply it to the teacher edu-cation program.
“[It’s a] very unusual experi-ence for me to have students bothin the beginning … and the end oftheir years,” O’Donnell said.
O’Donnell referred two for-mer Byrne students to col-leagues to find work usingresearch grants. Others main-tained their connection to theSchool of Education and enteredthe school’s five-year master’sprogram during their junior year,she said.
“In my own case, there havebeen lots of hidden benefits to thestudents,” O’Donnell said.
The University provides atremendous opportunity for stu-dents, but it can feel overwhelm-ing. The Byrne seminars givefirst-year students a chance tosee a new side of the University,he said.
“A lot of students don’t knowwhat [research] means,”Keeton said. “They don’t knowwhat their professors do out-side of class.”
All five Byrne-Aresty profes-sors will be taking on Arestyresearch assistants in the fall2013 semester, he said.
Through the Byrne Seminars,students can get into the class-room with a tenured faculty mem-ber right away. Otherwise, theymight have to wait until their jun-ior year.
Students self-select theirByrne seminars, so they canexplore their major or look intoan outside interest, Mullis said.
Keeton said Byrne seminarsare fun because he can design acourse around interesting topicsthat students would not see untiladvanced astrophysics courses.
During a previous semester,he taught a course focused onstudying technology found in sci-ence fiction that discussed howlight sabers and invisibility cloakswould work — if they were possi-ble, Keeton said.
“These are topics on which I’mnot an expert, [so] we learned alot together,” he said.
Keeton said several of his for-mer Byrne students became Arestyresearch assistants and went on tobecome peer instructors.
“The level of enthusiasm isrefreshing,” Keeton said. “It’sinvigorating to hear studentscome in and go, ‘That’s so cool,’to see the light bulb go off overtheir heads.”
only view ourselves as a NewJersey college team, but also asNew York’s.”
Kathleen Conlin, assistant toassociate athletic director, sub-mitted an online application a fewweeks ago for the Empire StateBuilding to be lit scarlet for lastnight’s game.
“We had to explain howRutgers will put this out there,how we are going to help pro-mote the Empire State Building— through flyers, email blasts,publications, Twitter, Facebook,”Conlin said. “They are lookingfor exposure.”
The applications are run pasta board that determines whetheror not the applicant fits their cri-teria for lighting, she said.
Conlin and her teamreceived news Tuesday thattheir request had been granted.She said she believes the light-ing will give both the footballteam and the University a greatdeal of attention.
“Everyone knows theEmpire State Building. Thewhole world knows of it.”Conlin said. “When you havethe Empire State Building lit up,you’re special.”
UNIVERSITYNOVEMBER 30, 2012 PAGE 3
Seminars provide first-years research opportunities
BY HANNAH SCHROERCORRESPONDENT
First-year students will be ableto get hands-on research experi-ence this spring through a collab-oration of Byrne Seminars andthe Aresty Research Program.
The new Byrne-Aresty semi-nars, available for spring 2013,aim to make the relationshipbetween research inquiry andongoing research more explicit,said Charles Keeton, faculty direc-tor of the Aresty Research Center.
Byrne seminars are small,one-credit interdisciplinarycourses open to first-year stu-dents that are graded on apass/no-credit basis. Becausethe course does affect gradepoint average, students are pro-vided a low-pressure learningenvironment and an opportunityto develop alongside a facultymember, said Angela Mullis,director of Byrne Seminars.
“Just from pure word ofmouth and talking to seniorswho have taken Byrne seminarson their way out … they’re a wayto establish community early onand find a faculty mentor,”Mullis said.
The new Byrne-Aresty semi-nars teach students researchskills and give them hands-onexperience through the Arestyprogram, Mullis said.
Students can then apply towork for their professors as a partof the Aresty Research AssistantProgram, said Keeton, associateprofessor in the Department ofPhysics and Astronomy.
“From the students’ stand-point, this is a great introductionto the research side of theresearch university,” Keeton said.
Mullis said the programmakes students more comfort-able when seeking out facultyduring office hours or just talkingabout what they want to research.
Byrne Seminars, a part of theTransformation ofUndergraduate Education initia-tive, began in 2007 afterUniversity alumnus John J. Byrneand his wife donated $2 million tothe University, Mullis said.
Angela O’Donnell, a profes-sor in the Graduate School ofEducation, said Byrne seminarsare a way to make her researchmore relatable while teachingstudents she normally wouldnot reach.
Byrne-Aresty collaboration to debutin spring 2013
“They’re a way to establish
community early onand find a
faculty mentor.” ANGELA MULLIS
Director of Byrne Seminars
Pernetti says lighting went viral through social media
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“When you have theEmpire State
Building lit up,you’re special.” KATHLEEN CONLIN
Assistant toAssociate Athletic Director
The Empire State Building lights up red for the first time afterRutgers beat Louisville in 2006. GETTY IMAGES / NOVEMBER 2006
Olivia Mastrodonato, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sen-ior, said she appreciates theUniversity’s large fan base in itssurrounding areas.
“I think it made the entireRutgers community proud to be apart of something so large andexciting. I loved it,” she said.
Mastrodonato said her father,a University alumnus from theclass of 1980, was the first to tellher about the lighting of theEmpire State Building in honor ofthe game.
“We were both so excited forthe Rutgers name to be so widelyspread,” she said. “I think it justbrought everyone together andheightened the excitement forthe game even more.”
Habeeba Husain, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said shefeels that the game, combinedwith the lighting of the EmpireState Building, unifies theUniversity community.
“It’s pretty cool that New YorkCity is recognizing the finalgame and wearing scarlet likethe rest of us,” she said. “It isbeautiful against the night sky,overlooking the rest of the city.It’s awesome.”
Pernetti said the culminationof the football game and the light-ing of the Empire State Buildingwas great for the University, NewJersey and all fans.
“Having the Empire StateBuilding lit scarlet is a great tes-tament regarding how much thearea supports Rutgers football,”Pernetti said.
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Union, said the eventual goal ofthe resolution is the creation ofan in-house department, whichwould help students with debtrather than just bully them.
“People aren’t made aware ofoptions like payment plans,” saidBedford, a School of Arts and
UNIVERSITY PAGE 5NOVEMBER 30, 2012
POLL FINDS SANDY AFFECTED MOST
NJ RESIDENTS
A Rutgers-Eagleton Poll foundthat Hurricane Sandy affected two-thirds of New Jersey residents.
Only 35 percent of thosepolled reported that they werenot touched by the storm. Ninety-four percent of residents lostpower for at least some amountof time during and after thestorm, according to UniversityMedia Relations.
One-fifth of residents whowere affected by the storm were
IN BRIEF
Connelly says RUSAhopes to followRUSAS victory
RUSA
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Jamila White, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, accepts her new position as recording secretary in Rutgers University Student Assembly. Ian Wolfe andJacob Nieman, School of Arts and Sciences juniors, talk about a resolution in solidarity with university students in the Middle East, whose studies were interruptedby airstrikes. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sciences sophomore. “Not onlydo we want the University to dis-affiliate [from the GRC] but createan in-house operation that helpsstudents through the processrather than threatening [them].”
Athanasiou said Sallie Mae isconsistent in lobbying againstthe interests of higher educationand currently holds about $150billion’s worth of national stu-dent debt. He said a large num-ber of institutions hold contractswith GRC, but none have disaffil-iated yet.
Athanasiou said he hopesRUSA is able to follow the example
of United Students AgainstSweatshops, which managed to getthe University to revoke its con-tract with Adidas in the past week.He said the University should han-dle student debt collection insteadof an outside corporation.
“What will make them stop isus … saying ‘we will stand againstthis,’” he said.
The contract is annual, so itcould be revoked as soon as thisyear, Athanasiou said.
Bedford said the main reasonno universities have disaffiliatedyet is because not enough peopleknow about the corporation.
RUSA members found outabout the contract accidentallywhen they were working on thein-state tuition bill and Universityrepresentatives were hesitant tocome forward about it, he said.
Bedford filed an Open PublicRecords Act request for the con-tract in early October.
“The University claimed theydidn’t know about it at first,” hesaid. “After a while they changedtheir story, which makes usbelieve they were aware.”
Also on the agenda was a reso-lution to show solidarity with uni-versities in the Middle East,
which have been affected by theconflict in Israel.
The resolution, which is largelysymbolic, is a call for peace in theregion, said Jacob Neiman, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sopho-more. He said some universities inthe area have been directly affect-ed by violence and had to cancelclasses and evacuate students.
“We commend the recentcease-fire announced Nov. 22,2012 as a step in the right direc-tion,” he said. “But more needs tobe done.”
Both resolutions passedunanimously.
forced to leave their house, 6 per-cent of which said they have notyet returned home.
David Redlawsk, director ofthe Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, saidthe poll showed the distinctimpact of the hurricane.
“What we get from these num-bers is a clearer sense of its dis-ruptive effects on nearly all NewJerseyans, whether near theshore or much further inland,”he said.
FIVE U. PROFESSORSBECOME FELLOWS
The American Association forthe Advancement of Scienceselected five University profes-sors to reach the rank of fellows.
These professors were cho-sen for this distinction based ontheir efforts made in theadvancement of science andencouraging scientific or sociallydistinguished applications,according to Media Relations.
Monica Driscoll, a School ofArts and Sciences professor inthe Department of Molecular
Biology and Biochemistry,explores the fundamental biologyof aging and ways in which to pro-tect against the neurological dam-age that occurs from diseases likeParkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
Yogesh Jaluria, a School ofEngineering professor in theDepartment of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering, focuseson thermal science and engineer-ing. His findings have been usefulin understanding environmentalphenomena and the spread of firesin small spaces, like elevators.
Jing Li, a School of Arts andSciences professor in the
Department of Chemistry andChemical Biology, creates materi-als that can be used for clean andrenewable energy.
Manish Parashar, a School ofEngineering professor in theDepartment of Electrical andComputer Engineering, hasmade advancements in comput-ing and computational science.
Mark Gregory Robson, dean ofAgricultural and Urban Programsin the School of Environmentaland Biological Sciences, focuseson the interaction of humanbeings and pesticides and the poli-cies that regulate pesticide use.
NOVEMBER 30, 2012 UNIVERSITY PAGE 7
BY JUSTINA OTEROSTAFF WRITER
A collective is hoping to uniteyoung people at the heart of theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict tofind a solution through thepower of music.
Heartbeat, an Israeli-Palestinian youth music commu-nity founded in 2007 and based inJerusalem, plans to go on tourthroughout U.S. universities forfirst time in November, said AmiYares, University alumnus andco-director of Heartbeat.
He said a musical setting pro-vides an outlet for people to meeteach other and voice their ideas.
“Through this music-makingexperience, their narratives areheard and respected, and theycan become leaders in their owncommunities because of whatthey are talking about,” saidYares, a singer and songwriterfrom Israel.
Shoshana Gottesman, commu-nications and development asso-ciate for Heartbeat, said the proj-ect could give hope to U.S. stu-dents watching the conflict fromoverseas by letting them knowthey can still make a differencefrom home.
“It’s hard to … feel so far awayand question [whether] things
will get better and [if it’s possibleto] make a difference,” she said.“By bringing our youth to theStates, they see how they areaffecting the situation by chal-lenging the status quo. We aremaking a difference together.”
Aaron Shneyer, executivedirector and creator of Heartbeat,said music has an effect on peo-ple that can change how theyinteract with each other.
“I’m a musician, so I am reallyfascinated about the power ofmusic. I really believe that music isa physical force that shapes theway we feel, and it can open peopleup to one another,” Shneyer said.
When looking at politiciansand the media, Shneyer saidthere is often a top-downapproach where all of theresponsibility and focus is onleaders, who try to control theconflict through treaties andcoercive negotiation.
“We see that it doesn’t work,”he said. “I deeply believe that alasting peace with justice willcome when the people on theground build trust with oneanother and they understand thatthey do have partners for peaceon the other side.”
Yares said group membershope to remove the notion of fear,which he said stops people from
Alumnus strives to promote peace through music-making Heartbeat co-director says studentscan make difference from home
Members of Heartbeat, an Israeli-Palestinian youth community,perform to bring peace in the Middle East. COURTSEY OF AARON SHNEYER
in the places that we visit, to offerthe tools and ideas that can helpthe communities here work toimprove intercultural relations,and to inspire people to createcreative approaches to makingchange in the world,” he said.
Shneyer said the suffering hesees around the world inspiredhim to help create the project.
“It’s needless. Once peoplehave a chance to meet each otherand connect [they realize] the per-son I used to fear, I used to hate, isexactly like me,” he said. “Oncetrust is built then the need for vio-lence and the impulse for commit-ting injustice is wiped away.”
Despite the ongoing pres-ence of conflict, Shneyer saidhe still sees potential forchange in Israel.
“[The performers] are able toopen up their hearts and sharedifficult things and [have] mean-ingful relationships and mostimportantly create good musictogether. I see the possibilities forthe whole region,” he said.
Yares said students who areinterested can get involved andmake a difference not only withinthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict,but other issues they are passion-ate about.
“If you’re already asking [whatyou can do] then you are alreadydoing it. Just turn your questioninto action,” he said. “So if you’reready to ask the question, thenyou are ready to find the answer.”
Heartbeat is working with theUniversity with tentative plans toperform on campus.
getting to know each other andestablishing stable relationshipsin Israel and Palestine.
“We want to make sure thatwhile we are engaging these kidsthat we [also provide] them [with]a safe space to exist and create,” hesaid. “We want to make sure thatit’s a space to give them the tools toconfront reality around them.”
Yares said music could helpestablish a sense of communityamong Israelis and Palestinians.
“The musical experience isvery multi-faceted because youhave that moment of creatingmusic together and actually per-forming,” Yares said. “In order tomake good music, you have towork together.”
Isaac Woodward, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said hewould like to see the group cometo the University after seeing itsmusic videos online.
“I think this is encouraging, soI’d love to see it come here. It’scool just on the surface level, tosee [Jews and Palestinians]singing,” he said. “It was awesometo see that. It would go back andforth between Arabic and Hebrewwhich I found really cool.”
Shneyer said this first U.S.tour is a chance to introduce theHeartbeat youth program to anew audience. He hopes thegroup can spread awareness andcreate relationships while bring-ing people together.
“We want … to deliver mean-ingful programs to the students
Gov. Chris Christie announcedhis bid for reelection this weekamid an ongoing state recovery fol-lowing Hurricane Sandy. While wewon’t go so far as an endorsement,Christie’s decision is all right by us.The Garden State’s relatively
smooth, gradual recovery had a lot to do with theman’s shining leadership, after all. Christie and hisreelection bid get a laurel.
New Jersey, following a previousban on bath salts in the state, per-manently banned synthetic marijua-na this week. Really, the ban is noserious loss to us — though appar-ently the stuff was big among highschoolers. Allegedly, it’s also pretty
dangerous stuff. So purely as a safety precaution, the bandeserves a laurel. All-natural is the way to go anyway, butdon’t take it from us. Just ask Colorado and Washington.
So ends another installment of“No Shave November.” Guys andgirls (yes, ladies have been knownto participate as well) can finallytake a sharp razor to the thickplumage they’ve been working onfor the past month. While we’ll
miss the grizzly beards and hairy underarms, we’realso glad it’s finally over. A laurel to all the men andwomen who railed against the hygienic companies, anda laurel to the furry month for keeping our faces warmsince who-knows-when. Now go shave.
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Cramped quarters? No studytime? Procrastination nation? We’veall been there, but the University isnot to blame. Between an impromp-tu “Frankenstorm” weeklong breakand ample study time in the weeksleading up to finals, the consensus
remains: Facilities are fair. Even Tillett Hall has remainedopen, despite recent plans for renovation by spring 2013.If you’ve got finals problems, we’ve got a dart for you,son. We got 99 problems, but a study space ain’t one.
Livingston Island is, slowlybut surely, shaping up to be asmall paradise of pristine apart-ments, shipshape student centerand a new face to Tillett. Theonly thing still lacking is thisalleged Livingston Plaza shop-ping center the University keeps
telling us about. The University receives a dart forits deceitful foundations: Fall 2012 does not equalspring 2013.
Win or lose, yesterday’s gamewas one for the Scarlet historybooks. A sold-out stadium, a re-invigorated Knights team and thechance at a share of the BCSberth and Big East title fame
made for the perfect storm. New York City even litthe Empire State Building scarlet red for us. Wedon’t need to say it — a laurel to the Scarlet Knightsfor a spectacular season. Good ol’ Col. Rutgerswould be proud.
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6 a.m. giving myself enough time gothrough security, get my passport checkedand even to take a nap in the terminal. Asevery money-conscious study abroad stu-dent does, I flew luxuriously on Ryanair,managed to get a window seat and landed inDublin five minutes prior to our supposedtime of arrival.
After arriving in Dublin and goingthrough border control where they stampedmy passport with green ink, I used my map ofDublin — which was probably bigger thanme — to navigate my way to meet my friendsat our hostel. I hopped onto another bus tothe city center and rather effortlessly foundmy way. I felt so proud of myself that not evena hostel with no towels could bring me down.
In true college-kid style, I hadn’t sleptWednesday night before my travels becauseI was up writing an essay I had put off to thelast minute. Needless to say, my first day inDublin was a bit of a sleepy blur. We visitedthe Guinness brewery, wandered the cityand ate a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at abeautiful restaurant. With two glasses ofwine in me and a belly of turkey and stuffing,I headed off to bed and prepared for an early6:45 a.m. start on Friday to travel the coun-tryside of Ireland.
On Black Friday when everyone wascamping out, preparing for a day of shopping,I climbed the Cliffs of Moher, saw green hillsthat seemed to go on forever and hung out onthe rocky seashore of the Galway Bay. Thiswas definitely the most worthwhile bus tour Ihave taken in Europe thus far.
We spent my last day in Ireland on thewest side of the country frolicking aboutGalway and enjoying the beauty of thehomey feeling city. We visited a Christmasmarket, ate the best seafood chowder andsaw the sunset over the Galway Bay. It wassimply breathtaking.
At night we went to a few pubs, crashed astag party and had plans to catch a bus backto Dublin at 9:15 p.m. This is where the trav-el plans went sour. We ended up having somuch fun enjoying the nightlife of Galwaythat we unanimously decided that we wouldtake the 11:15 p.m. bus back, which we weretold was the last bus back to Dublin for thenight. We arrived at the coach stationaround 10:45 p.m. and after about 10 min-utes of sitting there, I realized the bus sched-ule board said that the next coach going tothe city center wasn’t until 1:45 a.m. Aftertalking to attendant, of course this proved tobe true, so my friends and I decided to take
shelter in a nearby pub for the next threehours of waiting.
When 1:30 a.m. rolled around, we headedback to the station to catch our bus, whicharrived at 1:40 a.m., and before boarding I fig-ured I would double-check that it was actuallyheaded to the city center of Dublin. The driv-er replied with, “No, we only go to the DublinAirport, looks like you’ll have to catch the 3:45bus.” This wasn’t a feasible solution consider-ing the bus back to Dublin took close to threehours, and I had a plane to catch at 7:45 a.m.
We ended up having to take the busback to the airport to take a cab back to thecity center. From there I had to gather mybelongings at the hostel and get back on abus to go back to the Dublin Airport.Never was Murphy’s Law truer.
Nevertheless, I had an amazing trip toIreland and made it back in one piece sofor that, I’m happy. Next time I will thinktwice before assuming it is a good idea totake the last bus home.
Katie Bryck is a School of Arts andSciences senior majoring in journalism andmedia studies and studying abroad in London.Her column, “Letters from London,” runs onalternate Fridays.
the Church Committee Reports, AbuGhraib, etc.).
Eventually, when someone finally getscaught and backed into a corner, themedia swoops in and chalks it up to “afew bad apples,” puts on a judicial dog-and-pony show, and every once in a whileif we’re lucky we get a resignation out ofthe deal. For the most part, however, the“bad apples” are simply swapped out foran equally nauseating and misusedmetaphor, while the system remainsunchanged and the offending patriot getspromoted to Supreme Allied Commanderof NATO (see: General Lyman Lemnitzerand Operation Northwoods for a particu-larly unsettling example).
For those whoare quick to dismissthese claims as theunfortunate conse-quences of earliergenerations anduncertain times, Iwould ask that youdirect your attentionto the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Earlier thismonth, the court ruled by a vote of 8-3 in favorof Donald Rumsfeld, granting him immunityfrom the unlawful detention and torture of twoU.S. citizens who alleged they were held cap-tive in 2006 after they became suspicious thattheir employer, a private security contractoroperating in Iraq, was involved in illegalbribery or other corruption activities.
Upon notifying U.S. authorities, theywere detained and transported to the intern-
ment facility known as Camp Cropper,where they were subjected to the infamous“enhanced interrogation techniques”authorized by Donald Rumsfeld and theBush administration. The court, in a publicdisplay of capitulation that flies in the face ofboth international law and common decen-cy, handed down a decision that, accordingto Judge David Hamilton’s dissent, providesimmunity “not only to former SecretaryRumsfeld but to all members of the military,including those who were literally hands-onin torturing these plaintiffs.”
The decision underlines the fundamentalhypocrisy that lies within the beloved mythof “American exceptionalism.” If we are at allexceptional, it is certainly due at least in part
to our exceptionalability to condemnthe leaders of the“uncivilized” worldfor violating thesanctity of humanrights, while allow-ing our own leadersto tap dance across
the Constitution and our own human rightswithout so much as batting an eye.
Michael Stohl once wrote, “Condemnationand disgust do not solve problems; they aremerely a luxury of the distant noncombatant.”As it happens, I enlisted in the U.S. military atthe age of 17 and I’ve spent almost a third ofmy life at the mercy of the U.S. government.At first, I was proud of my service and I feltthat by enlisting and deploying to Iraq, Iwas a part of something bigger than
myself. Looking back, I find them replacedby feelings of disbelief and betrayal, espe-cially as I watch my younger brothers lineup at the recruiting stations so they canafford a college education.
Condemnation and disgust may not solveproblems, but actions do. There are thingswe can do to help put a stop to the despica-ble tyrants who continue to sully the name ofthe American people by using the Americangovernment as their weapon of choice. Thefirst thing we must do is demand a moreindependent media and a free flow of infor-mation. Without independent media andfree access to information, we allow thosewho would detain, torture and kill their owncitizens to dictate the limits of public dis-course and suppress legitimate dissent.
Those who are sent overseas to do thebidding of Donald Rumsfeld and his golf-ing buddies aren’t afforded the luxury ofhaving these discussions on military baseswhile they await their next — and possiblylast — deployment.
Every second we let the media distractus with mindless lamentations or stories ofmourning over the death of the Twinkie,we are doing a disservice to those who aresent to kill and be killed in the name of“U.S. interests.”
Joe Amditis is a School of Arts andSciences senior majoring in criminal jus-tice and political science with minors inpsychology and criminology. His column,“Swimming Upstream,” normally runs onalternate Thursdays.
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Everyone knows the Empire State Building. The whole world knows of it. When you have the Empire State Building lit up, you’re special.
Kathleen Conlin, assistant to associate athletic director, on getting the Empire State Building lit scarlet red in honor of the University’s game against Louisville last night. See the story on FRONT.
T he United States — and by that Imean the U.S. government — seemsto get a substantial amount of pleas-
ure out of constantly broadcasting our endur-ing commitment to things like human rights,democracy and the rule of law. The U.S. isusually the first to point out when other coun-tries violate these lofty egalitarian ideals, andour good old democracy-spreading leadershave been dropping big fat bombs of freedomall over the Middle East — and sometimeseven Europe — since the end of the ColdWar. In fact, since 1990 there have been atleast 17 different countries that have beenunfortunate enough to get a taste of liberty inthe form of good old humanitarian interven-tion. (Don’t tell Kosovo and Iraq, but libertytastes just like depleted uranium).
Meanwhile, when the tables are turnedand the finger points back at the UnitedStates, there always seems to be a con-venient loophole or creative defense wait-ing to clear our dear leaders of any actualliability under international or domesticlaw. Of course, this isn’t news to anyonewho has bothered to glance at a historybook (see: Native American genocide,slavery, My Lai, the Iran-Contra affair,Augusto Pinochet, the Pentagon Papers,
SWIMMINGUPSTREAM
JOE AMDITIS
Condemnation and disgust do not solve problems
“Don’t tell Kosovo and Iraq, but liberty tastes just like
depleted uranium.”
N othing is more gratifying than arriv-ing in a country you have never beento before and knowing that you got
there all on your own. However, this gratifica-tion would not be half as fulfilling if it were notfor the extreme amount of preparation onemust do prior to taking a trip. One must fore-see the many mishaps one may encountertraveling alone for the first time.
I took my first solo trip from London thispast weekend to spend Thanksgiving inDublin, Ireland. I find it important to notethat they do in fact offer full-blownThanksgiving dinners — stuffing, turkey andcranberry sauce included — in Ireland toappease the American celebrators. Havingcovered much ground traveling Europe thissemester I saw my trip to Ireland as a test ofmy confidence as a traveler. I started my jour-ney on Thursday by taking two buses to getto Stansted Airport, and I made sure to allotmyself more than enough time to do so. Iarrived at the airport for my 8:15 a.m. flight at
If traveling solo, remember where your bus is going
LETTERS FROMLONDON
KATIE BRYCK
PostcardsfromAbroad
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NOVEMBER 30, 2012 SPORTS PAGE 13
WRESTLING RINDALDI COULD FACE TOP WRESTLER IN WEIGHT CLASS
High-profile matchups await RU at Penn StateBY BRADLY DERECHAILO
CORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head wrestlingcoach Scott Goodale knows howvaluable open tournaments areto the program.
They provide an opportunityfor the whole roster, includingredshirting wrestlers, to gainvaluable experience they wouldotherwise only receive on thepractice mat.
But to Goodale, the ScarletKnights’ trip this weekend toState College, Pa., to participatein the Penn State Open is morethan that.
“The expectation should be towin the tournament,” Goodalesaid. “Realistically for ouryounger guys, the goal should beto advance as far as you can inthe tournament, but we havesome really good guys on thisteam that are going to get testedby the best in the country.”
Goodale said besides a pairof 197-pounders in junior DanSeidenberg and freshmanHayden Hrymack, the rest ofhis wrestlers will compete inthe open.
Penn State, which theKnights face Feb. 24 in dualaction, send eight rankedwrestlers, according to Intermat,providing plenty of opportunityfor any one of Goodale’s grap-plers to pull off victories againsthigher-ranked opponents.
Goodale feels that chance isvery important in the early por-tion of the season.
“Right now you want toknock off one of those national-ly ranked guys no matter wherethey are from because it sets
Senior 184-pounder Dan Rinaldi gains position on Army’s Derek Stanley last season at the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis. Rinaldispent last season at 197 pounds, but moved down a class like Scott Winston. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR / MARCH 2012
you up for the rest of the sea-son,” Goodale said. “So rightnow those are the expectations— put yourself in a situation toknock of f somebody that’sranked higher than you.”
If senior 184-pounder DanRinaldi advances far into thetournament, he will likely seeone of the open’s highest-ranked opponents in PennState’s Ed Ruth.
Ruth is ranked No. 1 in the184-pound weight class andboasts a national championshipfrom when he wrestled last sea-son at 174 pounds.
Rinaldi is No. 13 in hisweight class, and a win againstRuth would prove valuable asthe season continues.
The Lodi, N.J., native’schance for an upset is only oneof many for Rutgers, andGoodale only sees that as a positive.
“It’s a great opportunity andone of the best opportunitiesgoing on this particular week-end,” Goodale said. “It is a greatopportunity for our guys to wres-tle some highly ranked guys.”
But Goodale does not want toface the possibility of the team’s
wrestlers losing in earlierrounds, losing a chance toenhance their bodies of work forthe NCAA Tournament.
A loss by any individual in theearly goings results in wrestlingin the losers’ bracket, a movethat features an added workloadduring the course of a day.
“The one thing I worry aboutis getting too many matches,”Goodale said. “You don’t want toget on that losers’ side becauseonce you get there, you arewrestling seven to eight times,and I don’t necessarily believe weneed that. So you want to stay on
the front side of the bracket soyou continue to win and put your-self in a situation to wrestlenationally ranked guys.”
While the competition isprevalent throughout the weightclasses, Goodale would not wantit any other way.
“We have opportunities towrestle some of the best in thecountry,” Goodale said. “That’swhat we are looking for.”
For updates on the Rutgerswrestling team, follow BradlyDerechailo on Twitter@BradlyDTargum.
NOVEMBER 30, 2012SPORTS PAGE 14
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK TANDEM OF QUARTERBACKS OVERWHELMS RU DEFENSE
The Rutgers football team’sdefense had its way withLouisville quarterback Will Steinin the early going.
But from the second quarteron last night, the Knights strug-gled on that side of the ball, show-ing shades of last Saturday’s lossat Pittsburgh.
Much of that is thanks toCardinals normal star terTeddy Bridgewater relievingStein and picking apar t theRutgers defense.
The Knights noticed the differ-
A fourth-quarter threaded passto senior wide receiver Tim Wrightfell instead into the hands ofLouisville linebacker JamesBurgess. An earlier downfield heaveto Wright bounced out his controland instead dribbled onto the HighPoint Solutions Stadium turf.
And an interception returnto Louisville’s 42-yard linenever materialized.
Rutgers’ troubled past in mean-ingful games had surfaced, andagain, it proved insurmountable.
“It’s OK to hurt,” said headcoach Kyle Flood. “When youpour as much of your life into itlike they do, when you don’t get it,it’s OK to hurt. There’s nothingwrong with that. What’s not OK isto stop.”
Following a Monday announce-ment that Cardinals (10-2, 5-2)quarterback Teddy Bridgewaterwould play, Flood said he did notplan to prepare for two quarter-backs. He did not need to.
Third-quarter scoresprove costly for RU,conference title hope
ARMS
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene walks off the High Point Solutions Stadium field followingRutgers’ three-point loss last night to Louisville. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater consistently found holes in the Rutgers defense, leading the Cardinals on all four oftheir scoring drives en route to last night’s 20-17 win against the Knights. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
tackle Scott Vallone. “I thought wewon the battle up front.”
The front four rarely ended theplay on the same side of the line ofscrimmage they started on, find-ing their way into the backfieldmore often than not.
Defensive linemen combinedfor nine tackles for loss, including1.5 sacks.
Vallone led the charge, drop-ping Cardinals behind the line fora total loss of 15 yards.
OFTEN THE KNIGHTS dependon special teams to help sway thegame in their favor.
That did not happen againstLouisville.
The Rutgers kickoff returnunit, which boasts a top-10 aver-age nationally, was far from a pos-itive for the Knights in lastnight’s contest.
Junior returner JeremyDeering had four attempts, aver-aging less than 20 yards perreturn, and had one fumble on theRutgers 20-yard line, which led toa go-ahead score from Louisville.
His long was a 23-yard returnand added a 22-yard return. Thenext longest return came courtesyof sophomore Miles Shuler, whowent for 17 yards.
In addition, a penalty on seniortackle Devon Watkis negated afake field goal pass that resulted ina touchdown.
“I’m disappointed we had aturnover on special teams,” Floodsaid. “I’m disappointed we had apenalty on special teams thatended up bringing a touchdownpass. … My disappointments arein things we didn’t execute.”
As a result, Rutgers had sever-al long fields, most of which itfailed to conquer.
For updates on the Rutgers foot-ball team, follow Joey Gregory onTwitter @JGregoryTargum.
ence between the two, falling toLouisville, 20-17.
Stein helped generate only 64yards of offense.
After the first quarter,Bridgewater took over and thehighest-scoring offense in the con-ference emerged.
“[The Cardinals] trustBridgewater more,” said seniorsafety Duron Harmon. “Theytake more shots downfield. Steinwas just a changeup. [TheCardinals] knew exactly whatthey were going to do when theymade the switch.”
Louisville added 96 yards ofoffense before the first half was over.
In the second half, the differ-ence between the two quarter-backs was as glaring as ever andthe defense failed to adjust.
Harmon said it came down to alack of execution and the defensiveplayers not doing their jobs wellenough to stop the Cardinals.
While Stein failed to progressthe offense significantly in the timehe spent under center,Bridgewater took control andfound the same holes Panthersquarterback Tino Sunseri did.
“When you see some of thethrows he made, I don’t thinkthere’s anybody else in the leaguethat can make those throws,” said
head coach Kyle Flood. “The onlyother quarterback we saw all yearthat could make those throws was[Arkansas quarterback TylerWilson].”
Rutgers defensive backs couldnot find open receivers fast enough.
In that time, Stein rarelyreturned to the field and was rele-gated to a mainly third-down role.
The defensive line, which hadone of its best performances of theseason a game removed from fail-ing to be a significant factor, wasthe Knights’ biggest source ofdefensive consistency.
“I thought we played really wellup front,” said senior defensive
Senior backup Will Steinplayed, as well, but Bridgewaterjoins a growing list of names in thelast seven seasons Piscataway willnot soon forget.
Clearly hobbled by a sprainedankle and fractured left wrist hesuffered Saturday, Bridgewater
operated almost exclusively out ofshotgun. Each of his movements— affected by less than a week ofrecovery time — appeared forced.
He did not even enter the gameuntil the start of the second quarter.
And yet, following two touch-downs that spanned 16 seconds,
Bridgewater had given Louisvilleits first lead. He did so with inge-nuity — a scrambling shovel passled to a 14-yard touchdown.
And he followed it up with pre-cision, connecting on 71 percentof his passes despite near-con-stant duress.
“He’s one of the best quar-terbacks in the country in myopinion,” Vallone said. “Someof the throws he made were unbelievable.”
Rutgers, meanwhile, could donearly no wrong earlier.
A pair of Louisville missedtackles led to 153 combinedyards and two first-half touch-downs. Nova’s 186 yardsthrough 30 minutes equaled orsurpassed his totals from the lastthree games. And the availabilityof sophomore Jawan Jamison,the team’s leading rusher,proved inconsequential.
Jamison earned seven rushesin a first half defined by insistenceon the pass.
Rutgers’ decision was bychoice — Nova went untouchednearly each time he took a snap.Louisville’s, meanwhile, wasforged from necessity.
A one-dimensional offenseforced the Cardinals to the air,where both Bridgewater andStein were competent but notnearly as effective.
Until it mattered.“Unfortunately, we didn’t do it
well enough,” Flood said. “Thatwas the reality of today. The effortand the emotion that was poredinto that game, right now, theirhearts have been ripped out.”
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FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIO LIKELY LEAVES RUTGERS OUT
2012 2007 (3-4)
2011 (4-3),2009 (3-4)
Rutgers Football: The BIG EAST
in Big Eastat 5-2
Tied 1st4th(T)
Had opportunity to clinch title in season finale
5th
2010 (1-6)
ortuitlef
h8th
2ndA quick look back
at how Scarlet Knights football
has performed in the past seven
years, 2006-2012, within its
conference.
2008 (5-2),2006 (5-2)
Two losses by a combined 10 points
Triple overtime loss at WV costs BCS berth, (tie)
Senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais closes in last night on Louisville running back Jeremy Wright. Rutgers impressed him in the first college football game heattended, the Knights’ win against Louisville in 2006. Beauharnais said the result of this game should not hinder recruiting. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Chance at first BCS berth eludes RUBY JOSH BAKAN
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head football coachKyle Flood made his way to theScarlet Knights locker room toconsole several of his players afteryesterday’s 20-17 loss to Louisville.
As he hugged SteveBeauharnais, it was the onlysmile the senior linebacker let outafter the defeat.
Flood plans to meet with play-ers again Sunday for a bowl selec-tion show, and he has a differentmessage to emphasize.
“Then at that point, it’s time tolook at the whole season as abody of work,” Flood said. “Thisone hurts, and it’s going to hurt,but we’re going to get through itas a football team.”
The final judgment of the BCSvoters and computers will likelyforce the Rutgers football teamout of the BCS bowl it wanted.
Neither the Scarlet Knightsnor Louisville are in the currentBCS poll, but the Cardinals aremost likely to get the nod afterbeating Rutgers.
Rutgers clinched a share of itsfirst Big East title Saturday afterConnecticut beat Louisville, butthe Knights wanted much more.
Even Flood publicly tookblame for the loss.
Head coach Kyle Flood reacts to a call last night in the Knights’season-ending loss to Louisville, which likely earns a BCS bid.NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
better case to earn one than theBig East.
No. 17 Kent State, which handedRutgers its first loss this season, andNo. 21 Northern Illinois face offtonight in the MAC Championship.
But no matter what the selec-tion show says, Flood likes wherethe program is going.
“We’re proud of a footballteam that won nine game andwon a share of the Big East titlefor the first time in the history ofthis University,” he said.
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“We weren’t ever really able toswing the momentum back [onceLouisville led], and that’s my job,so I take responsibility for that,”Flood said. “We didn’t seem to beable to find a way to swing themomentum back in our favor.”
When Rutgers’ victory againstLouisville in 2006 sparked thecrowd to storm the field, severalof the Knights’ future commitstouched the High Point SolutionsStadium field, includingBeauharnais, attending his firstcollege football game.
Louisville’s victory insteadsent potential recruits to the park-ing lots rather than the field,which is not as positive a sellingpoint for Rutgers recruiting.
It also affects Rutgers’ chancesof landing future recruits whowatched the game on ESPN. TheKnights would have also helpedtheir recruiting case with a victo-ry if future recruits could watchthem in a BCS bowl.
But Beauharnais is not wor-ried about the effects.
“We have the share of the BigEast title. I think everybody’s def-initely forgotten that,” he said.“The stands were packed today,and we have a share of the BigEast title. That means we’re co-Big East champions. I’m not wor-ried about recruiting.”
Since Rutgers did not win theBig East outright, BCS voters andcomputers will decide whichteam makes it into a BCS bowl.
It might be none of the teams,since no team clinched an auto-matic bid that comes with win-ning the conference outright.
Rutgers, Louisville andSyracuse have each clinched ashare of the Big East title with 5-2conference records. Cincinnatican obtain that record with a vic-tory tomorrow at Connecticut.
The Cardinals remain themost valid candidate for a BCSbowl, but the Knights and theOrange both have cases tomake it.
Each team split its two gamesamong the other two teams cur-rently holding a share of the BigEast title with Louisville beatingRutgers, Rutgers beatingSyracuse and Syracuse beatingLouisville.
Cincinnati is the most outsidecontender at the momentbecause of losses to Louisvilleand Rutgers. But it likely hurtsthe Big East’s chances of earninga BCS bid if four teams currentlyranked outside of the BCS cur-rent poll share a conference-win-ning tie.
Only 10 teams receive a BCSbid, and the MAC currently has a
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
C onfetti floated through the frigid Piscataway air last night at High Point SolutionsStadium. But instead of a post-game celebration, the Rutgers football team found 8:44remained in the third quarter against Louisville, and its fake field goal touchdown had
been called back.The confetti hung inside the smoke-filled stadium a while longer, but no well wishes followed,
no BCS aspirations lingered and the second-largest crowd in school history had emptied.Instead, a 20-17 loss to the Cardinals served as an eerie reminder of the program’s
FALL FROM GRACE Sophomore quarterback GaryNova and the Rutgers football team’s offensescored two early touchdowns before convertingonly three points in the second half. / PAGE 14
BY THE NUMBERS EXTRA POINT SCORE BY QUARTER
SPORTS
BAD OMEN Four opportunities in the last seven seasonshave evaded the Rutgers football team in its search forits first outright Big East Championship, including itsbanner 2006 season. / PAGE 15
DOUBLE TROUBLE Louisville’s pair ofquarterbacks found ways to drive onthe Rutgers football team’s defensein the second half. / PAGE 14
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“There comes a point when you want to get there, [and] we have to do it.”
—Senior defensive tackle Scott Valloneon Rutgers’ season-ending troubles
KYLE FLOODdropped to 0-2 in the Rutgers football team’sfinal two regular seasongames after a 9-1 start.The Knights needed to winonly once during that spanto win the Big East.
Louisville held the ball nearly 25 more minutesthan the Rutgers football team last night atHigh Point Solutions Stadium. Head coach KyleFlood said two quick touchdown drives skewedthe statistics, but so did a nearly eight-minuteCardinals drive that resulted in a third-quartertouchdown, bringing Louisville within fourpoints before ultimately taking the lead.
UP IN ARMSKnights squander early 11-point lead in loss to Louisville, add to history of letdowns on conference’s biggest stage
FIRST QUARTER
Louisville 0
RUTGERS 7
SECOND QUARTER
Louisville 3
RUTGERS 7
THIRD QUARTER
Louisville 14
RUTGERS 0
FOURTH QUARTER
Louisville 3
RUTGERS 3
Senior wide receiver Tim Wright watches as a pass intended for him floats in the air before Louisville linebacker James Burgess intercepts it, setting up a field goal thatclinched the Cardinals’ 20-17 win. The Knights’ scored only three second-half points in the season-ending loss. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
“It wasn’t something that snuck up on us,” said senior defensive tackle ScottVallone. “There comes a point where you want to get there, [and] we have to do it.”
Rutgers (9-3, 5-2) had embraced its of fensive philosophy. A week after managingonly 207 total yards at Pittsburgh, the Knights entered halftime with 219.
They scrapped run-heavy formations for five-receiver sets. They tweaked a run-firstmentality to take shots down the field. And for the first time in the team’s recent mem-ory, they looked comfortable doing so.
That was until it mattered.“Just keep scoring,” thought sophomore quarterback Gary Nova following a 14-3
second-quarter lead. “I don’t think we got complacent. For whatever reason, we justcouldn’t execute.”
