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BACK BOWL BOUND RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012 BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU STAFF WRITER The University Senate is deciding on a pro- posal to cut the size of the senatorial body by 25 percent across the board for each individ- ual unit, or school, within the University’s three main campuses. The senate — an advisory body to the University’s administration that includes stu- Mitul Patel, a College of Arts and Sciences senior at Rutgers-Newark, discusses the lack of student funding from the state, which he said should provide more for higher education, last night during the Rutgers Student Union Teach-in the Douglass Campus Center. He said parents are not sure what to save for tuition as university prices constantly go up. SHAWN SMITH Housing to add seniority in next lottery BY ALEX MEIER CORRESPONDENT Students living on campus this upcoming academic year can expect change in the set up of the lottery system. Seniority will now be taken into account. The Residence Hall Association hosted a housing town hall meeting yesterday, where executive board members discussed these changes and answered students’ questions. “Last fall when [RHA] went around to a number of these leadership groups, the RHA town hall as well as some of the academic groups ... one consistent piece [that] contin- ued to come up in the discussion was senior- ity,” said Bill O’Brien associate director of Housing and Residence Life. Seniority will be incorporated into the apartment selection process, he said. When a group applies for an apartment, each mem- ber of the group will be ranked by a point sys- tem based on each applicant’s class year. “For example, someone who has a class year of 2013 would be given a point value of four. For 2014 — a point value of three, 2015 — a point value of two, 2016 — a point value of one,” he said. Each group applying for an apartment will have points added up and their applications will be sorted based on that point system, O’Brien said. Lotter y numbers will be used to rank groups with the same amount of points. But in terms of suites and doubles, the rankings will be determined by reverse sen- iority, meaning first-year students and sopho- mores will receive priority housing. “There was a fear that because the advan- tage goes to the juniors and seniors, that potentially all the sophomores could get pushed off campus,” he said. O’Brien said RHA was not comfortable imple- menting a new lottery system last year because they were not sure how the 1,500 new beds at the Livingston Apartments would affect housing. The University currently has space for BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT The Rutgers Student Union held a teach- in yesterday to let the University community know about student debt, rising costs of tuition, and what they can expect after grad- uation when loans are due. Private student loans provided by Sallie Mae are being referred to a secondary com- pany, General Revenue Corporation, which Teach-in educates students on debt U. Senate to vote on representative cuts Rutgers Student Union slams University’s debt collection agency General Revenue Corporation Members to decide this Friday on proposed 25 percent cuts to advisory body SEE SENATE ON PAGE 7 SEE DEBT ON PAGE 5 SEE SENIORITY ON PAGE 4 25 % UNIVERSITY SENATE Student and faculty representation will drop 1:1,200 1:60 Ratio of student representatives per number of students Ratio of faculty representatives per number of faculty GRAPHIC BY HAKAN UZUMCU, DESIGN EDITOR If the proposal passes, the ratio of Unversity senate representatives to students and faculty will decrease. the University pays to collect student debt, said Marios Athanasiou, an RSU member. David Bedford, an RSU member, filed an Open Public Records Act request in October to see what contracts the University holds with Sallie Mae. The University does not have any contracts with Sallie Mae, but it does have a contract in place with GRC. “Our focus is the rising cost of student loans,” said Bedford, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “Sallie Mae, Citibank and others are not giving out loans to help students, it is to help them make money. If you default, they can sue you for the entire amount of the loan and it becomes due immediately.” Athanasiou said GRC uses bullying tactics to scare students into paying on defaulted loans they may have. “They will not only call you repeatedly, email you, they will threaten to call credit card companies and affect a student’s credit rating,” he said. “We have a big problem with this.” Natalie Sowinski, an RSU member, said between 1980 and 2011, the price of dents, staff and faculty — is composed of 236 seats allotted to the various schools. Two hundred and nine seats are filled — 27 seats are vacant — but only a small percentage of representatives attend meetings on a regular basis, said Sam Berman, student representa- tive for the Senate Executive Committee for the New Brunswick campus. “The senate, since its inception, was origi- nally a faculty organization, but now it has grown to include other groups over time and the size of this has grown in an ad hoc, ran- dom way. It has grown unchecked,” said Berman, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. He said the downsize could improve rep- resentative participation and increase the number of active members. “Currently, a unit’s entitlement is deter- mined by a formula, and as of now it is for every 900 full-time students in the school, you have one student senator,” he said. Berman said one faculty senator repre- sents 45 faculty members. If the proposal
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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS A new collaborationbetween the University’s Byrne Seminars andAresty Research program offers students valuableopportunities. / OPINIONS, PAGE 8
MAGNETIZING PEACE Center takes global initia-tive on a local level to raise awareness ongender violence. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
The Rutgers football team accepted a bid to theRussell Athletic Bowl on Sunday and will matchup against Virginia Tech, which has a history ofstrong defensive units. / SPORTS, BACK
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY—NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COMTUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012
BY JULIAN CHOKKATTUSTAFF WRITER
The University Senate is deciding on a pro-posal to cut the size of the senatorial body by25 percent across the board for each individ-ual unit, or school, within the University’sthree main campuses.
The senate — an advisory body to theUniversity’s administration that includes stu-
Mitul Patel, a College of Arts and Sciences senior at Rutgers-Newark, discusses the lack of student funding from the state, whichhe said should provide more for higher education, last night during the Rutgers Student Union Teach-in the Douglass CampusCenter. He said parents are not sure what to save for tuition as university prices constantly go up. SHAWN SMITH
Housing toadd seniorityin next lottery
BY ALEX MEIERCORRESPONDENT
Students living on campus this upcomingacademic year can expect change in the setup of the lottery system. Seniority will nowbe taken into account.
The Residence Hall Association hosted ahousing town hall meeting yesterday, whereexecutive board members discussed thesechanges and answered students’ questions.
“Last fall when [RHA] went around to anumber of these leadership groups, the RHAtown hall as well as some of the academicgroups ... one consistent piece [that] contin-ued to come up in the discussion was senior-ity,” said Bill O’Brien associate director ofHousing and Residence Life.
Seniority will be incorporated into theapartment selection process, he said. When agroup applies for an apartment, each mem-ber of the group will be ranked by a point sys-tem based on each applicant’s class year.
“For example, someone who has a classyear of 2013 would be given a point value offour. For 2014 — a point value of three, 2015— a point value of two, 2016 — a point valueof one,” he said.
Each group applying for an apartment willhave points added up and their applicationswill be sorted based on that point system,O’Brien said. Lottery numbers will be used torank groups with the same amount of points.
But in terms of suites and doubles, therankings will be determined by reverse sen-iority, meaning first-year students and sopho-mores will receive priority housing.
“There was a fear that because the advan-tage goes to the juniors and seniors, thatpotentially all the sophomores could getpushed off campus,” he said.
O’Brien said RHA was not comfortable imple-menting a new lottery system last year becausethey were not sure how the 1,500 new beds at theLivingston Apartments would affect housing.
The University currently has space for
BY SHAWN SMITHCORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers Student Union held a teach-in yesterday to let the University communityknow about student debt, rising costs oftuition, and what they can expect after grad-uation when loans are due.
Private student loans provided by SallieMae are being referred to a secondary com-pany, General Revenue Corporation, which
Teach-in educates students on debt
U. Senate to vote on representative cuts
Rutgers Student Union slams University’s debt collection agency General Revenue Corporation
Members to decide this Friday on proposed 25 percent cuts to advisory body
SEE SENATE ON PAGE 7
SEE DEBT ON PAGE 5SEE SENIORITY ON PAGE 4
25%
UNIVERSITY SENATEStudent and faculty representation will drop
1:1,200
1:60
Ratio of student representatives per number of students
Ratio of faculty representatives per number of faculty
GRAPHIC BY HAKAN UZUMCU, DESIGN EDITOR
If the proposal passes, the ratio ofUnversity senate representatives tostudents and faculty will decrease.
the University pays to collect student debt,said Marios Athanasiou, an RSU member.
David Bedford, an RSU member, filed anOpen Public Records Act request in Octoberto see what contracts the University holdswith Sallie Mae. The University does nothave any contracts with Sallie Mae, but itdoes have a contract in place with GRC.
“Our focus is the rising cost of studentloans,” said Bedford, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “Sallie Mae,
Citibank and others are not giving outloans to help students, it is to help themmake money. If you default, they can sueyou for the entire amount of the loan and itbecomes due immediately.”
Athanasiou said GRC uses bullying tacticsto scare students into paying on defaultedloans they may have.
“They will not only call you repeatedly,email you, they will threaten to call credit cardcompanies and affect a student’s credit rating,”he said. “We have a big problem with this.”
Natalie Sowinski, an RSU member, saidbetween 1980 and 2011, the price of
dents, staff and faculty — is composed of 236seats allotted to the various schools. Twohundred and nine seats are filled — 27 seatsare vacant — but only a small percentage ofrepresentatives attend meetings on a regularbasis, said Sam Berman, student representa-tive for the Senate Executive Committee forthe New Brunswick campus.
“The senate, since its inception, was origi-nally a faculty organization, but now it has
grown to include other groups over time andthe size of this has grown in an ad hoc, ran-dom way. It has grown unchecked,” saidBerman, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.
He said the downsize could improve rep-resentative participation and increase thenumber of active members.
“Currently, a unit’s entitlement is deter-mined by a formula, and as of now it is forevery 900 full-time students in the school,you have one student senator,” he said.
Berman said one faculty senator repre-sents 45 faculty members. If the proposal
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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.
Wednesday, Dec. 5The Rutgers Student Center Atrium on the College Avenue campuswill be open from 1 to 4 a.m. through Dec. 12 for students. “AtriumAfter Hours” is sponsored by the Rutgers University Student Assem-bly.
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.
The Institute for Research on Women screens “Gun Hill Road,” afilm about how a Puerto Rican-American family deals with a son whois exploring his sexuality. The event is at 4:30 p.m. at the DouglassCampus Center lounge. Director Rashaad Ernesto Green will speakafter the film.
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.
Friday, Dec. 7Persian Club hosts Shabe Yalda to celebrate the Winter Solstice at 5p.m. at The Cove of the Busch Campus Center. There will be food,games, poetry and dancing. Admission is free.
Wednesday, Dec. 5Flautist Andrea Brachfeld and Phoenix Rising perform at 7:30 p.m.at the Hyatt Hotel at 2 Albany St. in downtown New Brunswick. Theevent is part of the New Brunswick Jazz Project.
Gary Gulman performs at 8 p.m. at the Stress Factory ComedyClub at 90 Church St. Tickets are $20. He will perform four moreshows: Dec. 7 and 8 at 8 and 10:30 p.m. For more information andto purchase tickets, visit stressfactory.com.
Grammy award-winning pop rock artist Kenny Loggins performsholiday hits at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. Tick-ets start at $20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visitstatetheatrenj.org.
UNIVERSITYDECEMBER 4, 2012 PAGE 3
Students design T-shirts for contest
Center initiative tackles gender abuse
BY ERIN PETENKOCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Some students who live onLivingston campus opt to showtheir pride with “I LUV LIVI” T-shirts. College Avenue campus res-idents are now creating their owndesigns that to rival these shirts.
The Residence Hall Associationis hosting a contest to choose adesign for the College Avenue cam-pus apparel, said Michelle Shin, theCollege Avenue chair of RHA.
“We want students who live onCollege Avenue campus to reallyidentify with one another,” saidShin, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
The feeling of community onother campuses inspired Shin tohost the contest, especially aftershe saw how popular Livingstonand Douglass shirts were amongstudents, she said.
“The College Avenue campusis very diverse, but it tends toseparate itself off to differentareas,” she said.
Shin hopes the T-shirts can bea conduit for unifying all of thedifferent sections of the CollegeAvenue campus, she said.
Chris Holdorf, vice chair of theCollege Avenue campus for RHA,said he wants the College Avenue T-shirts to represent the true nature ofthe campus, rather than the stereo-types some may hold true.
“A lot of people consider it tobe just a partying campus. I wantthe T-shirt’s design to be theother idea of College Avenue —where it’s a fast-moving environ-ment,” said Holdorf, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.
The deadline for designing theT-shirt is set for Dec. 31, but couldbe extended if just a few submis-sions are received, Shin said.
“We put an email as to when thedesigns are due by, but I don’t thinkwe’ve received many designs yet,”Holdorf said. “That’s probably ourmain concern now, getting enoughdesigns in and making sure themajority of the College Ave. resi-dents know about this competition.”
Students will be able to vote onwhich design they prefer in January
BY EZEKIEL AHNCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Students can decorate mag-nets with images, poems andquotes to get the word out aboutgender-based violence and helpto eliminate it.
The Office for ViolencePrevention and Victim Assistanceand the School of Social Work’sCenter on Violence AgainstWomen and Children started acampaign called “MagnetizingPeace,” a hands-on effort that aimsto put a stop to gender violence.
The peace campaign runsuntil Dec. 10 as a part of the glob-al effort, “16 Days of ActivismAgainst Gender-Violence.”
“The 16 Days of Activism arevery well known, but we arealso trying to do more here ona local level. We coordinateactivities worldwide, with 4,100 organizations working in172 countries,” said JulieSalthouse, a coordinator of theViolence Against Women pro-gram at the Center forWomen’s Global Leadership.
The campaign calls govern-ments to respond to violentoccurrences so victims would beprotected from violence, shesaid. Activists can connect withone another through the cam-paign and use those 16 days toincrease awareness on gender-based violence worldwide.
Samantha Winter, a researchassistant at the Center on
This is a submission of a design for the College Avenue T-shirtcontest, which ends Dec. 31. COURTESY OF MICHELLE SHIN
BY THE NUMBERS
1 out of every 5 womenwill experience some form of sexual violenceon a college campus
The Center for Women’s Global Leadership coordinates activities with4,100 organizations across 172 countries
The “Magnetizing Peace” campaign runs fromNov. 25 to Dec. 10
through Surveymonkey.com. RHAhopes to have the T-shirts ready towear before February, Shin said.
Kobi Malamud, vice presidentof Tinsley Hall, said while thecontest is open to all students toparticipate, he hopes the contestgenerates a design unique to theCollege Avenue campus.
Designs that include profani-ty, alcohol and drug referencesor derogatory statements will notbe considered, but all others arefair game, Holdorf said. Thecouncil will send back any rule-breaking designs to give the cre-ator a chance to change them.
The RHA is considering moreoptions for apparel such as sweat-shirts, sweatpants and hats,which the RHA council willdecide on in a vote after submis-sions are in, he said.
The type of apparel createddepends on several factors, suchas demand and the vendor theychoose, Shin said.
“Sweatshirts cost around $20if [students] buy enough of them,so we’re trying to have as manypeople to purchase the shirt aspossible,” she said.
When considering a design,Shin said she would like to seesimple, strong designs that capture the urban essence ofCollege Avenue.
“We really wanted a shirt thatpeople would look at and say ‘Oh,that’s so cool,’” she said.
They hope to find a shirt designsimilar to the one created inSeptember, which students later tie-dyed at an RHA event, Shin said.The shirt had an emblem of“College Ave.” in large black letters.
“The tie-dye shirt was a teaserfor this contest,” Shin said.
Kevin Lu, designer of the“Carpe Diem” Dance MarathonT-shirt, said he would prefersomething with splashes of color,loud visuals and the ability to cap-ture the essence of the CollegeAvenue campus.
“Any logo or design, no matterhow attractive, has no value unlessit communicates a message,” saidLu, a School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student.
Violence Against Women andChildren, said about 1 in every 5women will experience someform of sexual violence on a col-lege campus.
“We are trying to target theUniversity because it’s consid-ered by some to be a vulnerablepopulation,” said Winter, a gradu-ate student in the School ofSocial Work.
Belinda Akamelon, a man-agement intern at the Centeron Violence Against Womenand Children, said organizersknow many dif ferent ways torelay the message of endingviolence against women, but allfigured the best way wasthrough viral distribution.
Magnets could be easilyspread out into the communityand displayed on nearly any
metal surface on campus — frombuses to bathrooms, she said.
“We cut the magnets into two-by-three inch pieces and ask indi-viduals to write what they feelabout gender-based violence,”she said. “We can have many peo-ple pass by and see the magnetsand the message will be out thereand spread more widely.”
The magnets are directedtoward any kind of violencewomen experience, like domes-tic violence or sexual assault.The goal of this campaign is toget people to start talking aboutgender-based violence andbecome more aware of the issue,Winter said.
“The way we do that is bysetting up tables with blankmagnets, paints, and markers,”she said.
15,000 undergraduates to live oncampus, 5,000 of which areassigned to first-year students,O’Brien said.
Even though housing is notguaranteed, O’Brien said he isconfident students who want orneed to live on campus will receivesome sort of on-campus housing.
“Over the past few years,we’ve managed to house anyonewho has stayed with us throughthe entire process … meaning
DECEMBER 4, 2012UNIVERSITY PAGE 4
Tolbert says RHA is working on emergency guidelines
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DELIGHTFUL BREWS Semra Kurucan, Montclair State University Turkish Student Association president, left, serves coffee for attendees of the “Turkish Coffee House” last night at the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room on the College Avenue campus. Berna Sahin, a Montclair State University junior, right, pours coffee for volunteers to serve to students. Coffee is an important part of life in Turkey, as it marks important occasions like proposals.MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
we’ve managed to house anyonethat truly needs housing, even ifthey don’t get their top choice,”O’Brien said.
Cassie Ciesla, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student,said she is concerned becausethe new changes will give herclass a disadvantage.
“I think it’s a bummer becauseas the lower guys on the totem poleour choices are going to [be] limit-ed,” she said. “It’s going to force alot of students to get off campus.”
But Alison Hernandez, anErnest Mario School of Pharmacysenior, said she wishes thechanges in the lottery system wereimplemented prior to this year.
“It’s something that myfriends have complained about... some have been in the
Livingston Quads for all fouryears,” she said.
RHA also addressed theirresponse to Hurricane Sandy at themeeting to give students closureabout what happened, and plans tomake changes for the future, saidLuis Fernandez, RHA advocacydirector for the executive board.
RHA intended to clarify thatthey did not have the jurisdictionto fix certain problems that aroseduring the hurricane, Fernandezsaid. For example, the city of NewBrunswick controls water distri-bution, while RHA was responsi-ble for generators in the resi-dence halls.
Mike Tolbert, director ofHousing and Residence Life forStudent Support, said he was incharge of the committee that
evaluated the mistakes made dur-ing Hurricane Sandy.
Tolbert said his committee isworking on creating guidelines todistribute to students so they canknow ahead of time how to pre-pare for emergency situations.
“We will make sure that our stu-dents will get as much informationas we can to prepare them and con-tinue to give them information forevery situation we’re in,” he said.
The board acknowledged thata lack of communication duringthe hurricane created a greatamount of disruption and confu-sion, said Joan Carbone, associatevice president of student affairsfor Housing and Residence Life.
“That is the No. 1 fault that wesee, and we do feel that that is theNo. 1 thing that needs to be
improved,” Carbone said of thelack of communication.
RHA plans to implement bet-ter methods of communicationduring storms, such as givingwalkie-talkies to ResidenceAssistants and other members ofRHA, Carbone said. RHA alsoplans to tell students in the begin-ning of the academic year wherethey should evacuate to duringan emergency.
Fernandez said RHA chose tohold a forum to close the commu-nication gap between studentsand the administration.
“We want students to beempowered to share their opin-ions. … In my personal experi-ence with speaking with adminis-tration, they’re very open to stu-dent input,” Fernandez said.
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Sowinski says 25 to 30 percent of student tuition goes to GRC
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tuition has increased by morethan 500 percent.
“The negative repercussionson the American economy areenormous,” she said. “It createsan economic bubble and as withthe housing crisis in 2008, wehave seen that these bubblescan pop.”
Sowinski, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said the amountof student debt owed has sur-passed the amount of debt forcredit cards, as well as automo-bile and housing loans.
“GRC collects student loandebt from most kinds of loans,including federal loans, whichaccounts for most of the studentdebt,” she said. “If you default onyour loans, your account is con-sidered delinquent and forward-ed to GRC.”
According to the GRC con-tract with the University, Article2.7 allows GRC to use a tacticcalled skip tracing to trackdown debtors.
Sowinski said skip tracingallows GRC to pay some of itsemployees to use this process tolocate a person’s exact physicallocation to collect the debt.
“It’s actually kind of creepy,”she said.
Sowinski saidthe Universityshould be spend-ing students’money on betterfacilities andservices and putless of a focus ondebt collection.
“When you paythe University,you expect themto pay for class-rooms and facili-ties,” she said. “Instead, 25 to 30percent [of defaulted loans] goesto GRC and Sallie Mae. We wantthe University to use money topay for things that help us, nothurt us.”
University spokesman E.J.Miranda said the University onlyuses GRC when students fall intoserious delinquent status.
He said most students paytheir debts on time, and theUniversity has internal staff andprocesses to help them remain ingood financial standing.
“Students who do not repaytheir Perkins loans are, in effect,taking funds from currentlyenrolled students,” he said. “Ifwe are unable to collect thefunds, we have fewer dollars tolend to current students who arein need.”
While GRC faces legal trou-bles elsewhere, Miranda said theUniversity has had no problemswith them.
“Our students have notbrought any complaints to usabout the company or its prac-tices,” he said. “If students havequestions or issues regarding thecompany, they should bringthose concerns to the attention ofthe Office of Student Billing andLoan Collections.”
Athanasiou, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, saidwhile specific students have notfiled complaints, GRC’s currentlegal situation should deter the
University from continuing busi-ness with them.
“No matter how minor theamount of students who fall vic-tim to GRC, the University stillhas a contract with a companywho is being sued for violatingthe Fair Debt Collection PracticesAct and the Telephone ConsumerProtection Act,” he said.
Athanasiou said that alongwith the lawsuits, GRC also facescomplaints from former students.
“Rutgers is not the onlyUniversity to have a contract withGRC. GRC has 344 complaintsfiled against it with the BetterBusiness Bureau,” he said. “Weencourage [the University] towork with us to ensure studentsreceive a quality education in fairand equitable conditions.”
Catherine Stanford, a staffrepresentative from theAmerican Association ofUniversity Professors, said onesolution to the debt problem is toincrease state funding and grantsfor students.
“We need to begin to develop atactic, to tell Trenton to stop cut-ting and to start spending onhigher education,” she said. “We[New Jersey] are not broke, there
is money.”Stanford said
the University’sfaculty union hasstruggled withfunding cuts for years andreceives less and less from the state.
“About 20 per-cent of Rutgersbudget comesfrom the state,”she said. “Every
year, the state’s current governor,whether it be he or she, alwaystalks about making cuts. Theyalways tell everyone that theyhave no money. Part of their roleas a legislator is to find money.”
Along with grants and loans,parents try to help by saving forcollege, but Mitul Patel, aRutgers-Newark College of Artsand Sciences senior, said they donot know how much to save.
“Parents don’t realize howmuch tuition increases,” hesaid. “From 2008 to 2010, thecost of a university went up by15 percent.”
Patel said that saving mightnot be enough, and state fundingshould also be increased.
“Out of 50 states, we are 41stfor state aid,” he said. “Rutgerstuition has doubled in the last 10years. Public universities likeRutgers are getting harder to payfor and public universities willsoon be just another option, notthe cheaper option.”
Bedford said the studentunion is going to try to talk toUniversity President Robert L.Barchi about the contract withGRC and hopes its members candevelop a better way to workwith students.
The contract with GRC isrenewed annually, Bedford said,but the union hopes to encouragethe University to look for a differ-ent way of collecting loan debt inthe best interest of students.
“If we are unable tocollect the funds, wehave fewer dollars to
lend to current students who are
in need.” E.J. MIRANDA
University Spokesman
“The cuts are being made forgroups with very large con-stituencies like faculty or stu-dents, but for small groups likestaf f or part-time members,they are not being affected,” he said.
Pavel Sokolov, an undergradu-ate senator, said he recognizesthe need to lower uncontrolledgrowth because of the lack of par-ticipation among senators, butdoes not believe the proposalsolves these issues.
“I don’t think they shoulddeprive the students an opportu-nity to lead in the senate,” saidSokolov, a Rutgers BusinessSchool junior.
Sokolov and other students areexamining the reasons why par-ticipation is an issue for the stu-dent senators. He said he believesfreezing the amount of currentsenators and placing strictaccountability on them would pro-vide a better alternative.
He said the combination ofscheduling meetings duringclass times and the failure forstudents to recognize theirpotential in serving the senatecould possibly explain the lackof participation.
“I was involved last year in theproposed merger between
UMDNJ andRutgers, and abunch of us wentdown to Camdenfor the Board ofGovernors meet-ing and the senatewas the firstRutgers body totake an officialstance that wewould not letthem takeCamden,” he said.
Prentiss Dantzler, a studentrepresentative on the SenateExecutive Committee atRutgers-Camden, said he under-stands the concerns and agreesattendance is a serious issue.
“Most of our meetings are inNew Brunswick, and for some-one like me, we have to travel toNew Brunswick for these meet-ings. … I guess it’s more of aschedule conflict … but I know[Camden] has good attendance,”said Dantzler, a graduate studentat Rutgers-Camden.
He said the UMDNJ mergerwould create a larger board,which would call concern for effi-ciency in the senate.
“You need to know how muchyou’re working efficiently, andyou need to be mindful of stu-dents’ concerns,” Dantzler said.“I’m open to [the proposal], aslong as students’ concerns aren’tmarginalized or minimized.”
Berman said most senatorsunderstand the need to cut thegrowth in the senate body, buthaving fewer seats lessens thechances for students to learnhow the senate runs.
“For me, it would be sad tosee that denied for future stu-dents because it has less oppor-tunity, but the issue is a real one,”he said. “I don’t think you’ll haveanyone saying that we shouldignore this altogether.”
The proposal will come to avote this Friday. Puhak said hesaw no real signs of a pushbackagainst it.
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passes, the 25 percent cut wouldallow for one faculty senator torepresent 60 faculty membersand one student senator to repre-sent 1,200 students.
“Everybody loses senators,nobody gets away with that. Thething with faculty representationis that they are a much larger per-centage than students, so they’llcome out OK,” he said.
Senators vote on a number ofissues that directly affect how theUniversity operates. In meetings,senators hear reports from vari-ous subcommittees, whose mem-bers respond to charges from thesenate’s executive committee.
“We help [them] make thesort of complex decisions thathelp them run an institution ascomplex and large as theUniversity ... and it is up to thepresident and his administra-tion to follow that advice ornot,” he said.
Berman said under the pro-posed change, all deans wouldlose their voting privileges, butwould still be permitted toattend meetings and give their input.
“It’s the senate’s job to pro-vide recommendation to theadministration, soit doesn’t makesense for theadministration tobe voting on it,”he said.
S t u d e n tgroups are prima-rily concernedwith the senate’sability to maintainstudent represen-tation and ef fec-tively handle theirconcerns. Berman said mostgroups do not directly opposethe proposal.
“I definitely agree with it,”he said. “It’s definitely an issuesince [University of Medicineand Dentistry of New Jersey]is about to become a part ofthe University, and that is anadditional unknown increasein the number of senators we have.”
Robert Puhak, a Rutgers-Newark faculty member of theexecutive committee, said themove is practical and believes thesenate would operate more effec-tively at a smaller size.
“[The senate] has obviouslygrown as Rutgers has grown …you can have problems if itbecomes too big and if notenough members show up,” saidPuhak, a professor in theDepartments of Mathematicsand Computer Science atRutgers-Newark.
He said if the proposal werepassed, the senate would focuson retaining members thatwant to work or actively com-mit their time to working forthe senate.
Puhak is a member of theUniversity Structure andGovernance Committee, whichis responsible for creating anefficient senate governing body.The committee compared theUniversity to others, andobserved that most collegeshad smaller, more ef ficientlyrun senates.
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B y pairing close-knit, one credit seminars withopportunities for future research, a new col-laboration between the University’s Byrne
Seminars and Aresty Research Program will bringadditional benefits to an experience that is alreadyregarded as among the most memorable of a studentscollege-career.
The new collaboration, available to students in thespring of 2013, will allow students in Byrne-Aresty sem-inars a unique insight into select, research-orientedsubjects. In effect, participants will be able to preservethe close student-mentor bonds so often built duringthe first-year seminars and gain key research experi-ence by applying to work for their professors as a partof the Aresty Research Assistant Program.
Those students who took a Byrne seminar their firstyear at the University undoubtedly found the personal-ized classes useful. Each Byrne seminar is composedof only a handful of students, and is directed by a keyfaculty member in a given field. The atmospheres areconducive to experimentation and engaged discussion,
New hybrid seminar adds substance
NJ needs doctor-assisted suicide debate
T he proposal of a New Jersey bill that wouldallow doctors to prescribe lethal doses ofdrugs to patients with fewer than six months to
live has done much to amplify discussion in the GardenState about the benefits of doctor-assisted suicide. JohnBurzichelli (D-Gloucester) proposed the Death withDignity Act (A3328) in September, but a recent pollthat asked N.J. voters if they would approve of theoption shows that support is on the rise.
The poll, carried out by Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity’s PublicMind, which conducts marketresearch and public interest surveys, found that 46 per-cent of the 433 voters polled supported the proposalwhile 38 percent opposed it. Of those polled, 55 percenthad previously heard nothing about it though they stillweighed-in on the topic.
While the bill itself takes only a small step towardbringing relief to the state’s terminally ill patients, theresults of polls like these show that the debate isworth having. Yes, it may be an uncomfortable one —but not having it is tantamount to the neglect of hun-dreds of patients across the state that are forced to suf-
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and help to bring a localized, college feel to a massivestate university often devoid of the stuff.
Bringing Aresty into the mix will add even moresubstance to this experience. Students enrolled willbecome privy to information not otherwise available tounderclassmen, as first-year students are paired withexperienced, often distinguished, faculty members tostudy topics at the cutting-edge of their field of interest.A jump-start on internship opportunities, bond-build-ing workshops and new relationships with professorshelp to outline the program’s allure.
Moreover, the hybrid courses cater to a myriad offresh ideas. For example, in a course entitled “Fightingthe Fat: Do Obesity Treatments Work?” students willseek out the causes and consequences of obesity. Thecourse will also explore the current treatment strate-gies and how obesity drugs work through hands-onexperiments.
If successful, the Byrne-Aresty seminars can help tomake an undergraduate’s first year at the Universityeven more valuable than it already is.
fer, often in enormous amounts of pain, because of alack of alternatives.
In reality, the bill’s narrow scope would only applyto a small portion of the state’s terminally ill, but it atleast forces New Jersey to take a stance. Patients wouldhave to request a prescription both verbally and in writ-ing, and two witnesses would have to be present. A sec-ond doctor would then have to verify the first doctor’sdiagnosis, and only patients themselves would be ableto administer the drugs. This would certainly protectagainst malpractice, as well as ensure patients are mak-ing their own — and only their own — decision regard-ing their own lives.
In New Jersey, assisting someone in ending theirlife in New Jersey is currently illegal, and can result inpenalties of a $100,000 fine and up to a decade in jail.But this stance is not a unanimous one. Three otherstates — Washington, Oregon and Montana — cur-rently allow doctors to prescribe their patients lethaldoses. The question is a moral one, but we see littlereason why patients should not have the option of end-ing their life on their own terms.
get up and go to work at these stores at 2a.m. on Thanksgiving morning shouldn’thave to do that. Since when hasThanksgiving been blended into a part ofthe Christmas season as a mini-holiday?
Each year it seems that Christmas andgift buying is pushed and pushed into theminds of the American people.Americans spent an average of $764 in2011 on Christmas shopping, $50 higherthan the previousyear. This year,that average isexpected to slight-ly rise to $770.
Society nolonger buys giftsto give in the spiritof giving — theybuy them for thesake of havingsomething to giveon Christmas day. Yes, during theChristmas season jobs are created andgifts and other help is given to those whoneed it.
But the meaning of Christmas seemsto have been lost in the lure of commer-cialism, profit and the excessive material-ism of our society. It seems to no longerbe about celebrating the birth of Jesus,who was presented with gold, frankin-
cense and myrrh by the three wise men— thus beginning the spirit of giving.
I am not against gift giving, and I amnot against celebration. I don’t hatespending money or giving gifts onChristmas. I hate what has been done toit, and what it has done to our society.Christmas has turned into a birthdayparty on steroids.
The meaning of Christmas is in givingback to others,coming together,and bringing peaceon earth and goodwill toward our fel-low man — notb e c o m i n gimmersed in thepolitics of frustra-tion, materialismand stress.
There is a primeexample from history that tells us what thetrue meaning of the Christmas holiday is.It began on Christmas Eve 1914, on thebattlefields of Europe during World War I.
Thousands of troops on the WesternFront put down their weapons and ven-tured into the frosty wastes of no man’sland. There they were greeted by theenemy — the very people they were fight-ing against. They exchanged pleasantries
and proceeded to produce a small beaconof sanity in the vast disillusionment ofthat war.
It is called the Christmas Truce, and itdisplayed actual humanity in a time of mis-ery, hatred and immense pain. The sol-diers, whether they were British, French,Austro-Hungarian or German, broke theirdifferences and came together to celebratethe holiday. They celebrated out of reli-gious reverence and out of the desire for ashed of meaning in a time of disillusion.
Eventually, the truces ended and thetroops returned to war. But their legacyof community, peace and good will liveson because they put aside their hate,loathing and bitterness for one day.
So this holiday season, think aboutwhat Christmas really means, not whatthe corporations say it means. The nexttime you go out to purchase a gift, maybeconsider giving that money to theSalvation Army or buying that gift anddonating it to an organization that givesback to the sick, poor, underprivilegedand others who are less fortunate.Consider why you really celebrate thisholiday — for the sake of giving gifts orfor good will.
Mike Denis is a School of Arts andSciences first-year student.
biased and nonsensical, even assumingsome animals do have some rights. Theprotection that domestic animals likecats and dogs have over much smarteragriculture animals like pigs, forinstance, is purely a result of culturalnorms trumping logical legal arguments.
I don’t agree with animal cruelty laws.I’m also against the senseless destruc-tion and damage of animals in the sameway I’d be against the senseless destruc-tion and damage ofstuffed animals, butI ultimately thinkyou should havethe right to do whatyou want with yourown animals. Also,if you harm some-one else’s animal,you should be suedas though youharmed that per-son’s property, notgo to jail.
I’ve heard a horror story before about afellow who kicked a cat in a fit of rage, brokea few of its ribs, and ended up in jail and losthis job. That’s not right. A man’s life wasruined over a few bones of a lesser creature.
I have not yet revealed my reasoningin thinking that all animals have norights. Think of my reasoning this way:You know how atheists often argue thathumans are just biological machineswhose consciousness and feelings areillusions? And you know theists oftenargue that humans have souls and thattheir consciousness and feelings are veryreal and tangible?
I think the former applies to animals,and the latter applies to people. I thinkanimals might have some kind of lessersoul, but ultimately, they are like robotswhose feelings, even though they areexpressed, are not really felt by any expe-riencing entity.
When a human is sad, it’s not just thatour body has this reaction known as sad-ness — there is a spiritual entity, withwhich we identify, that is undergoing sad-
ness. Sadness isnot just tears com-ing out of your eyesand chills goingdown your back.Sadness is this sen-sation floatingaround in yourmind space.
Why do I thinkanimals don’t havethis grand soulfulexperience that
humans do? Two reasons: Genetics seemto have a far greater effect on the per-sonality of animals than they do onhumans, which is why racism is incorrectwhen applied to humans but “breedism”is fine for dogs.
Animal behaviors seem to be muchmore wired-in than human behaviors. Forinstance, how is it that all of the samespecies of squirrels across the country actthe same way and grab acorns, hibernateand run around on power lines? What cul-ture do they have to transmit these behav-iors like people do? Hardly any.
Even cats raised by people their wholelives know how to hunt. Animals are far
more instinct-based than people, andtheir instincts are sufficiently complicat-ed and consistent across the samespecies, such that I see no way that theycan be the creatures of free will and tan-gibly felt emotions like humans.
They have some kind of programmingthat humans lack, some kind of program-ming that dominates them and makesthem into robots. Human youth areincredibly impressionable and also use-less for the first few years.
We are blank slates because we havethis free-willing soul — this grand entity— which dominates our life, that canmake choices unlike any other humanhas ever made. We are unpredictable. Wedon’t have built-in behavioral program-ming to any appreciable degree. We areour own programmer, which is why evenseverely mentally handicapped humansshow a range of behaviors so muchgreater and more unpredictable than thatof “very smart” animals.
If I thought for a second that animalsdid have an experience of life similar tohumans, I’d become a non-functioningvegan and possibly die of malnutrition. Ibelieve strongly in empathy and moral consistency.
At this point in time, whenever I see“animal rights” trumping human rights, Isee that as an injustice we need to stop.
Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School sen-ior majoring in supply chain and marketingscience with minors in business and techni-cal writings and economics. His column,“Philosophies of a Particular American,”normally runs on alternate Mondays.
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I t’s that time of the season again. Thehollies have been put up and thetrees have been lit. Stockings will be
stuffed, holiday meals will be cooked,and families will get together to celebratethe Christmas holiday. It truly is a timefor happiness, as well as a time for giving.
Whether or not you celebrateChristmas, you should agree that it is aholiday that brings people together andgives back to those that are less fortu-nate. But as I have found, and I suresome of those who are reading this havefound, there is a disturbing trend in thecommercialism of the holiday.
Ads crop up on television two weeksbefore Thanksgiving arrives proclaiming“door busting deals” and “Black Fridaymega sales.” It seems as if Thanksgivinghas been completely forgotten as a holi-day and become more like a Sunday din-ner where the family gets together andhas a big meal.
Stores are even opening up earlyThanksgiving morning for these sales,and lines of people form for miles just toget the latest deal. Employees that must
COMMENTARYMIKE DENIS
Holiday cheer translates into consumerism, fear
“I hate what has been done to it, and what it has done
to our society. Christmas hasturned into a birthday party
on steroids.”
I don’t think that animals have rights.To me, an animal is a piece of prop-erty like a television set or a car.
This isn’t to say I hate animals or thinkit would be enjoyable to rip them toshreds in my living room or somethinglike that.
I think animals are adorable, and Ienjoy cuddling with domestic animals.Though to me, there is not too much of adif ference between cuddling with aflesh-and-blood domestic animal andcuddling with a stuffed animal, exceptthat the flesh-and-blood one is some-times bony and will try to squirm away.
I actually consider myself an animal-lover in a certain sense. Not an animal-lover in the vegetarian/PETA fanatic/catlady/vegan kind of way, but I do find ani-mals extremely interesting to watch. I’ma big proponent of zoos and looking atwildlife from behind glass walls. I alsothink conservation is important onlybecause if we were to let interestingspecies of animals go extinct, we wouldnot be able to hunt them.
A lot of people, atheists and theistsalike, will tell me that I’m wrong in think-ing that all animals are without rights.They’ll point to the semi-advanced braindevelopment found in non-bugs.
Out of this argument came animalcruelty laws and the like, which are
Animals have no rightsPHILOSOPHIES
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ED REEP
“If I thought for a second that animals did have anexperience of life similar to humans, I’d become a
non-functioning vegan andpossibly die of malnutrition.”
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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine STEPHAN PASTIS
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Today's Birthday (12/04/12). Drink in time alone this year with ajournal, your thoughts and a cup of tea. Plan for what you want andaim high. Treat yourself well. Care for one who needs it. Familycomes first, and home is where your heart is. To get the advantage,check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — Be respectful, andlisten to another's cries. Provideinformation. Passion requirescommitment. Maintain objectivity.Let them know you appreciate thefeedback. Say how you feel later. Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 9 — Conditions beginto improve, with compromiseachieved. A female sets the toneand pace. Don't ask many ques-tions. Take coaching from anexpert, and practice. It works out.Gemini (May 21-June 20) —Today is a 7 — Misunderstand-ings are likely. Nonetheless, com-mit to your passions. Consult witha co-worker on a priority. Bring inmore wealth. Postpone a shop-ping trip. Enjoy what you have.Cancer (June 21-July 22) —Today is an 8 — Contentmentreigns at home. On the spot cre-ativity is required, and it's fun andrandom. Help others generatenecessary funds from availableresources. Speak from your heart.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 9 — Intuition enters the pic-ture. Don't push too hard. Ham-mer out the details. New infor-mation dispels old fears. Test itbefore sealing up everything. Alovely moment is possible.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Todayis a 5 — Your suggestions may notbe immediately accepted. Don'tget intimidated. Keep planning.There could be a communicationsbreakdown, with temporary confu-
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Goodale said the team neededthe competition to bolster NCAAChampionship résumés of work,which he said only helpswrestlers like Zannetti gain expe-rience with the same top compe-tition they will likely face in post-season action.
“You need it every now andthen over the course of a season,”Goodale said. “Our schedule istough enough, but that kind ofcompetition in a tournament,where you are wrestling everysingle match as the tournamentgoes and gets harder and harder,that’s what it’s all about.”
Zannetti was one of sevenScarlet Knights to place on the podi-um, including a third-place showingby senior 184-pounder Dan Rinaldi.
The Lodi, N.J., native movedpretty easily through his first twomatches, capturing a major deci-sion against Army’s Nathan Dowand a pin against Michigan State’sEric Ford in the first period.
Seven Knights reachpodium in secondtournament of year
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Senior 184-pounder Dan Rinaldi earned two bonus-point wins Sunday, including a pin againstMichigan State’s Eric Ford. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR / MARCH 2012
third straight game. She endedwith six points and two rebounds.
Rutgers out-rebounded theEagles, 28-23, but had to get cre-ative with who was once theirleading rebounder struggling
Freshman wing KahleahCopper led the Knights with sixrebounds. Sophomore forwardChrista Evans and sophomoreguard Syessence Davis followedwith five and four, respectively.
Shields became the fourth Eagle(5-3) to score double figures in thegame following her game winner.
Even though the Knights havea wealth of rebounders from sev-eral positions, that is not the casewith scoring.
Rutgers entered the game withsenior forward Monique Oliver andsophomore point guard ShakenaRichardson as its double-figurescorers Thursday at Princeton.
Oliver, still not receiving hergeneral workload as she recovers
Rutgers out-reboundsEagles with guards’help on boards
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Sophomore wing Betnijah Laney has increased her scoring loadto combat other players’ inconsistent offensive outputs. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2012
from an Achilles’ injury, scoredonly six points in 23 minutes.
Richardson scored five asRutgers continues to strugglefinding consistent scoring fromthe point.
Instead, Copper kept theKnights in the game with five min-utes left with four of her six points.
Wheeler began a 7-0 run witha 3-pointer. Then Copper sank ajumper and two free throws to tiethe game at 52 with four minutesto go.
The Knights did not lead afterthe score was 3-2, and they had toovercome sizeable Boston Collegeleads throughout the game.
A 31-22 Rutgers deficit with1:04 left in the first half tied theEagles’ greatest lead all game.
But this game also says some-thing about Rutgers’ scoringstruggles. It averages only 56.5points per game with only fiveplayers who average five pointsor more per game.
Shields’ final basket to put herin double figures was not only agame winner, but a mark of thebalanced scoring that separatedBoston College from Rutgers.
For updates on the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team, follow JoshBakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.
Rinaldi’s loan blemish cameagainst Maryland’s No. 10Jimmy Sheptock, who defeatedRinaldi, 2-0, to force him to theconsolation finals.
Redshirt freshman heavyweightBilly Smith went 5-2 on the day witha seventh-place finish, and junior133-pounder Vincent Dellefave fin-ished at No. 8 on the podium.
Goodale liked the way theKnights who lost early in the tour-nament responded, especially in thetournament’s competitive brackets.
“During the course of theseason, there are going to bematches you lose and matchesyou don’t wrestle great, butyou have to learn from them,put it behind you and get on tothe next match, and that iswhat we did,” he said. “We didit beating some good guys, sothat was great.”
With Rutgers entertainingRider and Princeton on Saturdayat home, it was important to havea good showing in the open.
“What I take out of it is thefight these guys have, “he said.“If everyone gets on board withthat fight, you’re in good shape.”
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The Knights have not faced adual threat like him all season.
The closest person could beSouth Florida quarterback B.J.Daniels, who has rushed for 434yards this year.
“He’s a 6-foot-6 athlete,” Floodsaid of Thomas. “B.J.’s probably a6-foot, 6-foot-1 athlete. I think[Thomas is] a different guy thanmaybe anyone we’ve seen in along time.”
Rutgers helpsits secondarydepth if senior cor-nerback BrandonJones, who left theLouisville gamewith an undis-closed injury, isavailable to play.
“Without get-ting into thespecifics of theinjury, it’s going to
be a very tight timeline for him,”Flood said. “He’s really going tobe kind of on the bubble until weget to about game week, andthen we’re going to have to makea decision.”
Freshman kicker KyleFederico might be available, aswell, after not playing since Oct. 6against Connecticut.
No Rutgers kicker had amoment similar to Jeremy Ito’s2006 game-winning field goalagainst Louisville in the team’sfinal regular season game.
But the Knights can end theirseason more favorably if theyput their lack of momentumbehind them.
“When you play a game, thenyou don’t play another game fora month, it’s a completely differ-ent season than you were ever induring the regular season,”Flood said.
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him on several tracks outside thepocket that hindered his second-half efficiency.
The Hokies bring a balancedpass rush with four defendersboasting four sacks or more. Onlysenior linebacker Khaseem Greenehas more than that for Rutgers.
Linebacker Bruce Taylor leadsVirginia Tech with 5.5 sacks,which equalsGreene’s total. Butunlike Greene,Taylor has severalof his defendersright by him inthat statistic.
“I know thatthey have a greattradition of play-ing good defense,having some real-ly fine defensivelinemen while they were doingit,” Flood said, “and then as weget into the film, [we will] be ableto have an little bit of an idea ofwhat the similarities may be [toRutgers’ defense].”
Virginia Tech allows 18.2 firstdowns per game while Rutgersallows 18.
On special teams, kick returnerDemitri Knowles and punt returnerKyshoen Jarrett have each broughtone kick back this year for a touch-down. Knowles averages 28.3 yardsper kickoff return, while J.C.Coleman splits reps and averages21.8 yards per return.
As both teams stand out ondefense and special teams,offense could be the X-factor.
Nova’s bowl experience isseven passes in last year’s NewEra Pinstripe Bowl. Hokies quar-terback Logan Thomas alreadyhas 214 passing yards and 53rushing yards in the Sugar Bowlon his résumé.
Thomas also leads VirginiaTech with 528 rushing yards.
Taylor leads pass rush on Virginia Techdefense that ranks toward top of ACC
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Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene leads Rutgers with 5.5sacks, but is the only Knight with more than four sacks. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
“When you ... don’tplay another game
for a month, it’s a completely
different season.” KYLE FLOOD
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MEN’S BASKETBALL MISSISSIPPI 80, RUTGERS 67SWIMMING AND DIVING
Relay teamheadlinesmeet win
BY MIKE MORTONSTAFF WRITER
Traveling on the road for thefirst time this season, theRutgers swimming and divingteam went to Norfolk, Va., onSaturday to compete against apair of Beltway schools. Theyreturned with two victories.
The Scarlet Knights defeatedOld Dominion, 170-120, andGeorge Washington, 204-79. Thedecisive performance left headcoach Phil Spiniello feeling posi-tive about the team.
“I’m happy that we walked awaywith two wins from the weekend,”he said. “I think we walked in therewith a good mentality and focus,and we went in there to get thewin, and that’s what we did.”
The two victories improved theKnights’ record to 3-0 this season.Their first win came Oct. 26, whenthey defeated Wagner at the RUAquatic Center. The team’s faststart excites Spiniello, but he pointsto its strong strength of schedule inthe second half of the seasonbefore losing perspective.
“It’s definitely a good start,”Spiniello said. “There are somereally good teams on the sched-ule in the second half before wehead into the Big EastChampionships meet.”
The performance of their relayteams this weekend was one of thehighlights for the Knights.Rutgers’ two relay lineups finishedfirst and second on the day, withthe B lineup featuring freshmanJoanna Wu, sophomore GretaLeberfinger and juniors BrittanyGuinee and Mary Moser earninga first-place finish time of 1:45.20.The A squad finished close behindwith a time of 1:48.77.
“I was really happy with ourrelay times,” Spiniello said.“Those were the fastest relayswe’ve put forth this season, andthat’s a really good sign.”
Leberfinger, Moser and Wueach grabbed individual first-place finishes, as well.
Wu began the spurt by earninga first-place finish in the 200-meterfreestyle. Leberfinger then nabbedgold in the 100-meter breaststroke,as well as the 200-meter. Moser,who won both the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events, completedthe first-place efforts for Rutgers.
The diving team also put for-ward an impressive performance.The Knights finished with the top-four scores in the 1-meter dive, aswell as the top-three scores in the3-meter. Junior Nicole Scott ledthe way, winning the 1-meter divewith a score of 282.45 and the 3-meter dive with 292.20 points.
The divers’ showing helped toprovide a spark for the swimmersthat lasted the rest of the day,Spiniello said.
“The diving events happenedbefore the swimming events, so itwas good to have the divers getthe ball rolling,” he said. “It real-ly got the swimmers excited torace, which is great. It was a totalteam effort this weekend.”
For updates on the Rutgersswimming and diving team, followMike Morton on Twitter@MortonTargum.
Shooting, rebounding woes sink RUBY JOEY GREGORY
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Head coach Mike Rice and theRutgers men’s basketball teamunderstood the challenges theyfaced Saturday at Mississippi.
They knew the Rebels were astrong offensive reboundingteam that would put up a fight inthe paint.
The knowledge did not stopOle Miss from creating the offen-sive rebounding gap it expectedto in a 80-67 Scarlet Knights loss.
“We are going to have to reme-dy that in the next couple weeks tocompete with some of the goodteams we will face throughout theyear,” Rice said.
While the Rebels only pulleddown one more rebound overall,they totaled nine more on the
Sophomore guard Eli Carter, who leads the Knights with a 16.7 points per game average, put up 10 points in Saturday’s loss toMississippi. Carter hit only one of his 12 shots from the floor. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2012
offensive end, ending the gamewith a 16-7 advantage.
As expected, forward MurphyHolloway led the way for Ole Miss,tallying 17 points and 15 rebounds.
“You don’t blink against thisteam, and we certainly did,” Ricesaid. “Guys stepped up and madeplays. I liked 75 percent [of thegame], but the other 25 percentshowed some of the weaknesseswith this team, which is a touch soft.”
While the Knights enteredhalftime with a four-point lead,they could not keep the Rebelsfrom going on second-half scor-ing stretches.
A 9-0 Ole Miss run with 7:45remaining in the game highlight-ed a half in which the Rebelsoutscored Rutgers by 17 points.
Guard Marshall Hendersonled the Rebels in the second half,
putting up 12 points.In the first half they posted a
poor shooting percentage, only35.3 percent on 12-for-34 shooting.
Despite that number, Rutgers’halftime advantage stood at onlytwo scores.
Sophomore guard Eli Carterended the game 1-for-12 fromthe floor.
“You’re not going to win manygames with one of your best scorersgoing 1-for-12,” Rice said. “Once theball didn’t go in for him, he startedto chase a little bit and not let theoffense and his teammates help himout to get even better shots.”
Sophomores Myles Mack andEli Carter scored 15 and 10points, respectively, while seniorwing Dane Miller scored a sea-son-high 14 points on a perfect 7-for-7 shooting performance.
Shot selection was the onlything that discouraged Rice, whothought the team took too manyoutside jump shots.
“That’s settling,” Rice said.“Especially since they will allow youto attack since they are out in thepressing lanes a little bit, so you canget to the lane … and I thought evenour drives were immature.”
But what Rutgers saw in pro-duction from its starters, it lackedin support from its bench, thanksin part to foul trouble.
Sophomore forward KadeemJack and sophomore wing MalickKone both fouled out of the game,despite playing only eight and 15minutes, respectively.
For updates on the Rutgersmen’s basketball team, follow JoeyGregory on Twitter@JGregoryTargum.
The Knights are in the middle of a 29-daybreak between the end of their regular sea-son and a meeting with the Hokies.
Coming off consecutive losses, theKnights have nearly a month to shake offtheir trudging momentum and return to themethods that earned them nine wins.
Much of that means getting back to stand-out defense and special teams, even thoughVirginia Tech boasts the same.
The Hokies defense is second in its high-scoring conference with 23.9 points allowedper game. It has generated 32 sacks this year,while Rutgers only has 22.
Louisville failed to sack sophomore quar-terback Gary Nova on Thursday, but it sent
TEAM EFFORT The Rutgers swimming and divingteam topped both Old Dominion and GeorgeWashington on Saturday, led by its relay team,which clocked a season-best time. / PAGE 15
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‘D’ DAY Virginia Tech enters the Russell Athletic Bowlwith the second-best scoring defense in the ACC. TheHokies also sport a more successful pass rush than theKnights, with 32 sacks this season. / PAGE 14
EVERYTHING BUT NET Rutgers men’sbasketball guard Eli Carter hit onlyone of his 12 field goal attempts inSaturday’s loss to Ole Miss. / PAGE 15
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“You don’t blink against this team, and we certainly did.”—Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice
on Saturday’s loss to Mississippi
SCOTT WINSTONand redshirt freshmanheavyweight Billy Smithtied for the team lead inwins with 13 each for theRutgers wrestling teamafter Sunday’s NittanyLion open.
Portland 118 Toronto 110Charlotte 112 Denver 113
Cleveland 79 L.A. Clippers 105Detroit 89 Utah 104
Milwaukee 81New Orleans 102
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. LIU Brooklyn
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.RAC
WRESTLING
vs. Rider
Saturday, 5 p.m.College Ave Gym
MEN’S BASKETBALL
at Iona
Saturday, 9 p.m.Madison Square Garden
WOMEN’S TRACK
at New Year’s Invite
SundayPrinceton, N.J.
FOOTBALL VIRGINIA TECH-RUTGERS, DEC. 28
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova faces a tough Virginia Tech pass rush for theRussell Athletic Bowl with four defenders with four or more sacks.CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rutgers accepts bidto face Virginia Tech
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
In the Dec. 28 Russell Athletic Bowl,the winningest active head coach inDivision I football meets a first-year head coach.
In 33 years as a head coach, VirginiaTech’s Frank Beamer has had to deal withnegative momentum.
Head coach Kyle Flood is getting his firsttaste with the Scarlet Knights.
“I think going into this for the first timefor me, I can only draw from the experi-ences as an assistant coach at Rutgers,”Flood said Sunday. “For us, part of the suc-cess here, first of all, comes from making ita new season.” SEE BID ON PAGE 14
WRESTLINGWOMEN’S BASKETBALL
RU benefitsfrom deepfield at PSU
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
Penn State’s Matt Brown was the perfectexample of who Rutgers head wrestling coachScott Goodale wanted lined up in front of each ofhis wrestlers Sunday at the Nittany Lion Open.
The No. 3 174-pounder according toIntermat, Brown went up against senior GregZannetti in the weight class’ championship bout.
While Brown registered a 7-4 decisionagainst Zannetti, the loss left Goodale moreoptimistic than anything else.
“He’ll have a chance to beat that kid forsure,” Goodale said. “He can turn that resultaround. [Brown] is one of the best in thecountry and will contend for a national title.”
Before the loss, Zannetti captured fourstraight wins, including a 4-2 decision againstOld Dominion’s Billy Curling to advance tothe champion match.
While Brown won the bout, Goodaleknows Zannetti benefited from his runner-up performance.
“He was good and solid all-around,”Goodale said. “Greg can certainly turn thatperformance around. He’ll learn from thatmatch and be better in March.”
SEE FIELD ON PAGE 13
Senior 174-pounder Greg Zannetti went4-1 on Sunday at the Nittany Lion Open. NOAH WHITTENBURG / MARCH 2012
BC exposesfaulty play inearly season
Senior guard Erica Wheeler led Rutgerswith 19 points against Boston College. NELSON MORALES / NOVEMBER 2012
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head women’s basketball coachC. Vivian Stringer said at the team’s Oct. 25media day that she would be patient if theScarlet Knights struggled early this season.
After Sunday’s 58-56 loss to BostonCollege in Chestnut Hill, Mass., the Knightshave already dropped three games.
With a 3-3 record and more tough non-conference opponents like Miami (Fla.) andNo. 16 Tennessee on the schedule, Stringerhas more reason for concern before Big Eastplay begins.
Boston College guard Kerri Shields sentRutgers’ record to .500 with a go-ahead lay-up with five seconds remaining.
Senior guard Erica Wheeler missed the fol-lowing desperation shot, but she ended witharguably her most efficient game of the season.
Wheeler ended with 19 points off 8-for-15shooting without turning the ball over. Still,the Miami native leads Rutgers this year with17 turnovers.
Senior forward Chelsey Lee made ajumper with 30 seconds remaining to tie thegame at 56. Lee came off the bench for the
