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LIVING LA VIDA LOCA University Housing and Resi-dence Life has modified the annual on-campushousing lottery process to reflect seniority. OPINIONS, PAGE 8
DANCE FOR CHARITY A campus group holds anannual charity ball to benefit education and health care for impoverished children. UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
Rutgers women’s basketball guard ShakenaRichardson and forward Chelsey Lee broughtsecurity to the one and four spots in yesterday’s73-46 win against Louisiana Tech. / SPORTS, BACK
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BY BRIANNA PROVENZANOSTAFF WRITER
During its last meeting of the semester lastFriday, the University Senate voted in favor ofa proposal to reduce the size of its body by 25 percent.
The decision means a reduction in member-ship for the University’s two largest factions ofdelegates — students and faculty.
According to the University Structure andGovernance Committee’s report on the change,the new entitlements — or available senate seats— will allow for one student senator for every
Peter Gillett and Jon Oliver, University Structure and Governance Committee co-chairs, present the charge that suggests cutting the University Senate body. Gillett said the body’soverall participation has fallen 14.3 percent since 2002. He said the senate’s reduced sizewould generate more active members and increase productivity. ALEXA WYBRANIEC
U. Senate finalizes decision to slash seats by 25 percent
Experts highlight rights ofstudent renters off campus
BY ALEX MEIERCORRESPONDENT
With so many students currently inthe process of apartment hunting, theNew Brunswick Renters’ Union held ameeting on Friday in the DouglassCampus Center to educate studentsabout living off-campus.
Some students living off-campus donot know their rights as tenants andcan find themselves in costly or dan-gerous situations.
Donald Heilman, director of StudentLegal Services, said students living offcampus must know the legal servicesavailable to them.
“If I could wrap everything up in onephrase [it would be] ‘you’re moving offcampus, protect yourself as a tenant,’”he said.
Heilman said a student should havean attorney review his or her leasebefore signing it.
“This is a preemptive strike to a bazil-lion headaches. How many [students]have signed a $60,000 contract before?That’s what you’re doing when you signa lease,” he said.
BY SHAWN SMITHCORRESPONDENT
Imagine a machine that makes custom choco-lates or one that simulates the movements of afully functional elbow.
These are just two of the projects that senior industrial engineering students atthe University created and presented Friday at the 13th annual “Design of Engineering
Cuts follow lack of participation, active members in general body meetings
Students in “Design 2” class create machines for applications outside of classroom
Engineers present designs forreal world use at science fair
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BLAZING YULE Voorhees Choir performs “This Christmastide” at the95th annual “Yule Log Ceremony” at Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus. During the ceremony, a selection of Douglass Residential Collegeseniors stand on stairs and read passages celebrating holidays of variousdenominations. The tradition involves torch bearers, log bearers, a firelighter and chime usher — all Douglass students selected based on theirachievements at the University. JOVELLE TAMAYO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Student Legal Services allows anattorney to review students’ leases for afee — $25 for each student involved inthe contract, Heilman said.
He said leases often favor the landlordand students must understand what theyare on the hook for, especially in terms ofpaying the rent. As long as it is clearlystated, renters are only responsible fortheir portion of the rent.
“When you sign a lease, unless there’slanguage specifically cutting it out, whichan attorney might be able to negotiate foryou, you’re signing for the whole sum,”Heilman said.
Often times renters fail to pay theirsum of the rent, he said, and the rest ofthe tenants living on the property mustmake up this difference.
Heilman said one important reasonfor a lease review is to see if a tenantneeds to purchase renters insurance.This is necessary because a landlord isnot responsible for a tenant’s personalproperty that is damaged or stolen.
Renters must trust their instincts andbe cautious before signing a lease,
SEE RENTERS ON PAGE 5
900 full-time students enrolled at the University,and one faculty senator for every 45 budgetedfaculty members.
Peter Gillett, chair of the committee, said theproposed change arose partially out of concernsover the senate’s size, functionality and visibility.
He said throughout the past 40 years, entitle-ments have increased sharply as the senate evolvedto include more constituencies: part-time lecturers,alumni and soon, the inclusion of new delegatesresulting from the University’s merger withUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Systems” fair in the Busch Campus Center Cove.
Kwabena Agyemang, a School ofEngineering senior, said her group’s project, created as an assignment for her “Design 2” class, is a culmination of four years of learning applied to a real-world scenario.
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Monday, Dec. 10 The Rutgers Student Center “Atrium After Hours” continuesfrom 1 to 4 a.m. through Dec. 12 as a late-night study space forstudents. This initiative is sponsored by the Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly.
The Women’s Center Coalition hosts its “SCREAM Against Gender Vio-lence” rally at 5 p.m. at Brower Commons on the College Avenue cam-pus as part of the 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence campaign.
MuslimGirl hosts a charity event for Gaza relief at 7 p.m. at the CookCampus Center. Performances include Palestinian rapper ShadiaMansour. Tickets are $5.
The Department of American Studies and the Collective for AsianAmerican Studies holds an event to remember the Cambodian geno-cide at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Roomon the College Avenue campus. There will be a screening of the film“Enemies of the People,” a lecture from Professor Cathy J. Schlund-Vials and a performance from rapper Prach Ly.
Tuesday, Dec. 11Historian and musician David Kincaid talks about “Irish Songs of theU.S. Civil War” at 4 p.m. in the Remigio U. Pane Room of AlexanderLibrary on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsored bythe Rutgers University Libraries.
Wednesday, Dec. 12The Student Employment Office sets up a table from 11 a.m. to 2p.m. in front of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenuecampus to talk to students about part-tim and seasonal employment.Those who stop by will get a free stress ball.
The Rutgers Photography Club showcases its members’ works from 7to 9:30 p.m. at the Douglass Student Center’s NJC Lounge. There willbe free food.
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Wednesday, Dec. 12Kenny G performs holiday songs at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre.Tickets start at $35.
Thursday, Dec. 13Sadat X of Brand Nubian performs at 9 p.m. at the Court Tavern at124 Church St. in downtown New Brunswick. There is a $5 covercharge. This is a 21+ event.
Friday, Dec. 14Free horse-drawn carriage rides continue every Friday and Satur-day in December from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 2Albany St. and Heldrich Hotel at 10 Livingston Ave.
the chapter held a charity ballFriday to do what they can fromhome — send money that willfund free clinics along with educa-tional workbooks for the children.
Students who paid for theirentry competed in a “best-dressed” contest and took turnsposing in a photo booth at theball, which raised more than$500 for FIMRC clinics in India,Uganda, Costa Rica, El Salvador,Nicaragua and Peru, said NikkiChand, president of FIMRC.
The club purchased theworkbooks before the event,which will be sent along withthe proceeds to help fight illiter-acy, she said.
The real difference FIMRCmembers make happens duringsemester breaks, Chand said.
On relief trips, studentsadminister care that profession-als in the United States are usu-
ally responsible for becausethere is nobody else to do it, saidAndrea Kwok, FIMRC secretary.
Kwok, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said the medicalexperience gained abroad wouldnever be possible in the UnitedStates because of legal liabilities.
“Most of the time they needany help they can get. You’ll beasked to administer vaccines, oryou’ll watch live surgeries orbirths,” Kwok said.
Chand, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences senior, said she sawthe effects of poor health carepractices firsthand during aservice trip to Peru. She saidmany children in the area donot have access to properhygiene supplies.
“When we did a survey, wefound that children were brush-ing their teeth with twigs, or
they were using soap as a sub-stitute for toothpaste,” she said.
Chand said her fatherinspired her to volunteer for thecharity because he came froman impoverished community.
“When I went there, I realizedthat I am the first woman in myfamily to get an education,” shesaid. “I want to share this withmore people that totally deservemore options and should dream tobe whatever they want to be andnot just what their family does.”
Kwok said the organizationworks locally as well as internationally.
“We will send people out intothe New Brunswick area to workas tutors in local schools or atthe soup kitchens,” she said.
She said the turnout was bet-ter than expected at the ball, asthey ran out of seating and foodbefore it was over.
“The hardest part is gettingthe word out and getting guests,and we did a really good job thisyear,” Kwok said.
One of the guests, BhargaviSriram, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said the chari-ty, which is open to anyone will-ing to join, always needs more volunteers.
“FIMRC is doing some reallygood work and more peopleshould know about what theyare doing and try to getinvolved,” she said.
Henah Parikh, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidthe event was a great way tohelp kids in need.
“I came to support FIMRCand all the work they do to helpchildren and developing coun-tries. Seven dollars [the price ofadmission to the ball] can reallygo such a long way,” she said.
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Group hosts charity ball to benefit children internationally
BY CARLETT SPIKECONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University’s chapter ofthe Foundation forInternational Medical Relief ofChildren hosted a charity ballon Friday as part of their initia-tive to raise funds for impover-ished children.
Throughout the year FIRMCsends volunteers to give basicmedical care to kids sufferingfrom poverty overseas.
Because they cannot send stu-dents to help right before finals,
Foundation buys,sends books tofight childhood illiteracy
STUDENT FINDS SUCCESSAFTER LOSING PARENTMerrill Simpson, a School of
Environmental and BiologicalSciences senior, said she creditsthe Equine Science program atthe University with helping herget through the tragic loss ofher mother.
Simpson told University MediaRelations that her mother, whopassed away during Simpson’s firstyear at the University, alwaysencouraged her to find a passionthat she could turn into a career —a sentiment that pushed her to applyherself to her studies even harder.
She said she has loved horsessince she was 4 years old, andeven bought a horse during herfirst year of high school. She wasforced to sell it before coming tothe University, but that did notdiminish her desire to ride horses.
She is now the supervisor of theRutgers University MountedPatrol, a student group of publicsafety officers who patrol Cook andDouglass campuses on horseback.
IN BRIEF
BIG CHILL 2012Runners gather in the College Ave Gym after finishing the 5K. More than9,000 participants attendedthe 10th annual run for charity Saturday. Each runnerwas required to donate a toyworth at least $10 for a childbetween the ages of 3 and14, which were gatheredonstage in the College Ave Gym. Three hundred fifty people volunteered to run theevent, which started andended in front of the gymnasium and loopeddown George Street andthrough Buccleuch Park.Some also made donationsthrough buying “yards” ofthe race route, the proceedsof which went toward coatsfor children. TIAN LI
rum,” he said.For the University Senate, quo-
rum — or the minimum attendancerequired for the body to vote — isset at one-third of the voting mem-bers, meaning that of the 209 senateseats which are filled, 70 must bepresent at meetings, Gillett said.
Average senator attendance hasfallen 14.2 percent since 2002, hesaid. Entitlements have grownbecause of natural processes by 11.4percent, but the number of senatorselected has grown 8.7 percent. Inother words, willing candidates havenot grown at the same rate as theavailable seats.
Ted Szatrowski, a professorof Management Science andInformation Systems, said hefelt the senate reductions would
be a positive step towardincreasing productivity.
“I think this is a great move and Ithink this will help to make thingsmore efficient. ... I’m not worriedabout the faculty voice being dimin-ished, or the student voice,”Szatrowski said.
Specifically, Szatrowski said hefelt that the senate’s committeeswould be positively affected by thereduction of delegates.
“When I’m on committees, that’swhere all the work gets done. Acommittee of 20 gets reallyunwieldy. When you have 10, you’llspend more time in the appropriate
way, focusing on the issues,” he said.Szatrowski said the benefits
that come with full attendance anda smaller senate results in the gen-eral body operating more efficient-ly as well.
Sam Berman, the NewBrunswick student delegate for theUniversity Senate ExecutiveCommittee, said some senatorswere initially uneasy about the pro-posed reductions.
“Students were consideringopposing certain aspects [of the pro-posal]. We were worried about …whether or not we’d come awayfrom this with less say in what thesenate does as opposed to equal ormore say,” Berman said.
Berman, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said thesenate’s vote is beneficial forstudent representation.
He said he hopes the decisionwill ultimately make the body as awhole more effective.
“Hopefully with a smaller sen-ate size, the people who run andget the positions are the peoplewho take it more seriously and willshow up. And at any rate, quorumis smaller, so that’s less of a risknow,” Berman said.
The senate also voted in favor ofthe Budget and FinanceCommittee’s proposal to present tothe senate with an annual report inan effort to increase transparencyregarding the University’s budget.
BFC chairman MenahemSpiegel said the purpose of the pro-posal is to provide additional focus tothe committee’s activities and toallow for a better understanding oftrends, problems, difficulties andstrong points.
“Not only will [this knowledge]be serviceable to the members ofthe senate ... but also will branch outfrom there to disseminate to thewider University community,” saidSpiegel, an associate professor in theRutgers Business School.
Heilman said. “All of you have an internal
check: the gut check, the smellcheck ... my advice is — know agood deal, know a good property,know a good landlord when you seeit, smell it, taste it.”
Heilman said students must alsoconsider whether living off campussuits their lifestyles.
“Your grades suffer, your careerchoices suffer, it’s miserable, soplease consider the loss of servicesyou get off campus so you can haveyour eyes opened,” he said.
But Jan Deguzman, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, said mov-ing off campus has not changed hisstudying habits.
“The only problem with oncampus is the fact that you’ll besurrounded by so many other peo-ple, but living off campus can havethe same issues,” he said. “In bothcases when I lived on campus oroff campus I went somewhere elseto study.”
Bill Rementer, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, said livingoff campus tends to distract himfrom studying.
“I get kind of claustrophobic ifI’m in my room too long. I get dis-tracted more easily because there’smore things to do at my house so Ieither go to the library or computerlab to study,” he said.
Charlie Kratovil, a Universityalumnus and New Brunswick com-munity organizer, said renters mustknow the laws surrounding theirsecurity deposit.
Landlords often use securitydeposits as leverage, said Kratovil, aNew Brunswick resident. Rentersshould know that money from asecurity deposit should be in aninterest bearing account that tenantscan access. Landlords may notspend the security deposit money,he said.
When landlords do not telltenants how to access theirdeposit, tenants can use themoney to pay for their rent, hesaid. Landlords must give thetenants back the securitydeposit within 30 days of thelease’s end or tenants are enti-tled to receive double theamount of the security deposit.
“A lot of people expect theirmoney back and only get a smallfraction of it or just never hear fromthe landlord again,” Kratovil said.“You really want to protect yourselffrom that.”
Deguzman said he has not expe-rienced any issues with his landlord.
“My landlord’s pretty nice, heacts more as a peer. I don’t reallyhave any problems with him,” hesaid. “He always checks up on us.”
But Justin Levatino, a School ofEngineering senior, said his land-lord from last year misused his secu-rity deposit.
“Last year I lost half of it, andhalf of the stuff that [my landlord]deduced off of us was preexisting,”he said. “He said there was graffitiin the basement but we came withit there.”
Kratovil said tenants must man-age and maintain a positive relation-ship with their landlord and beupfront about any issues.
“It’s somebody you’re going tohave to deal with every time there’sa maintenance issue ... an emer-gency or a crime or some problemhappens on the property” he said.
“It’s also the person you’re goingto have to deal with usually once amonth to pay the bill.”
Getting involved in the city’sgovernment can help tenantslearn about their rights andfuture issues they may face,Kratovil said. He advises tenantsto attend rent control board andcity planning board meetings.
Judy Shaw, a senior researchspecialist at the Bloustein School ofPlanning and Public Policy, said stu-dents must also consider a proper-ty’s environment in terms of person-al health.
Shaw said tenants shouldknow when their property’s yearof construction was to avoid risksof lead exposure.
“Before 1978, you could paintwith lead paints and now you can’t,”she said. “So any building that wasbefore 1978 runs the possibly of hav-ing lead based paints in the walls ofthe house.”
Shaw said tenants could avoidthe risk of lung cancer by askingtheir landlord about the area’sradon situation.
“The thing that’s so unusualabout radon is your [neighbor’s]house could be fine and you’re livingright next door and your house isnot. It’s that random,” she said.
Shaw said changing personalbehaviors could also minimizehealth risks.
“We’re looking at the physicalhouse, but we’re also looking at thebehaviors and interaction betweenthe house and the people,” she said.
Overuse of cleaning supplies,pets, mold spores and air freshenersall can correlate with respiratoryissues, Shaw said.
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“The mechanism for determin-ing senate entitlements has beenbased on the notion of trying tobalance the representations of dif-ferent units by having formulaethat determine representation ofthe two largest groups: facultyand students,” said Gillett, aRutgers Business School associ-ate professor.
Although a larger body wouldmean more delegates available toprovide input and vote, Gillett saidthe University Senate has struggledwith participation in recent years.
Combined with the fact that thenumber of elected senators havefailed to match the increase in enti-tlements, Gillett said the body’soverall participation has fallen 14.3percent since 2002.
“This year we are entitled to 236senators, though only 209 of thoseseats are filled. The average atten-dance of senators to last year’s meet-ings was 104,” he said.
Gillett said the senate’s reducedsize would increase productivity andprovide an incentive for members tobe active.
“There is no future in a senatethat continues to grow indiscrimi-nately if we’re not persuading peo-ple to participate as actively as wewant it to be,” he said.
In addition to a decrease in pro-ductivity, attendance has fallen 4.3percent across constituencies in thepast 10 years, he said.
“Compared with the 209 we havenow, on average, only half of thosesenators come. This begins to begquestions about whether at any par-ticular point in time we have a quo-
Judy Shaw, a senior research specialist at the Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, tells studentsabout lead safety in their off-campus rental housing. Housesbuilt before 1978 may contain lead paint, which is hazardousto students’ health. SMARANDA TOLOSANO
“Students were considering
opposing certainaspects [of the
proposal].” SAM BERMAN
New Brunswick Student Delegate Senate Executive Committe
Proposal to focus onUniversity budget’stransparency passes
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More information available at rent control, planning board meetings
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“This [‘Design 2’ class] was achallenge, it was a struggle mentallyand wore you down,” he said. “But itwas worth it in the end. If we couldget through this, we could getthrough anything in life.”
Agyemang and his group mem-bers created a fully automatedchocolate-making machine.Clients can go on a website, placean order and specify what shapeand filling theywould like. Themachine then cre-ates the order andsends out a textmessage or emailto the client to alertthem their order isready for pickup.
T h o m a sBarlow, a School ofEngineering sen-ior, worked with agroup on a device that simulatesthe natural movement of an elbow.This machine could help doctorsdiagnose elbow injuries andunderstand muscle forces.Sensors are attached to a mechan-ical arm, and as it moves, themachine analyzes data accordingto its movements.
“We will provide a list of injurieswith the machine to help with thediagnosis,” he said.
Within “Design 2,” studentsapply their accumulated skills to cre-ate their machine, Sikorski said.
“The class, ‘Design 2,’ is a bigpart of the engineering pro-gram,” he said. “It is everythingwe have learned in all four years,applied here.”
Barlow said the class not onlytaught the students how to practical-ly apply four years of work, but alsohow to present and answer ques-tions from people who know nothingabout their projects.
“We gave presentations oncea week in class with the profes-sors helping us prepare. We allsaw significant improvementsas time went on,” he said. “Weanswered basically the samequestions every week fromclassmates, so it was interestingto get questions from people
who were notinvolved with theprocess.”
Kang Li, anassistant professorin the School ofEngineering, saidthe class was devel-oped to give stu-dents the chance toexperience a real-life problem withthe ability to ask
professors for help when necessary.“We wanted them to integrate
and apply their knowledge to aproblem,” he said. “Somethingfrom a textbook has no application.This allowed them to deal withgroups and use the knowledgefrom their classes.”
Li said the class gives studentsthe chance to work on projects thatwould take place outside of theclassroom and teaches them skillsthat they can take with them tofuture jobs.
But the groups had limitations to
“It is everything wehave learned in all
four years, applied here.” JOSEPH SIKORSKISchool of Engineering
Senior
Joeseph Sikorski, a School of Engineering senior, explains how his group’s chocolate-makingmachine works. The machine allows users to customize their order and keeps them updated onits status through text message and email alerts. Users can also track the progress of their orderonline. The machine was made for “Design 2,” a class that allows senior engineering students toput their knowledge to practical use. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Students work ingroups with budgets of $600 in class
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work with while they designed andcreated their projects.
“All of the groups were given abudget of $600 to work with,” hesaid. “They also had to have threeparts to their projects: a mechanicaldesign, some type of software inte-gration and optimization. They hadto include optimization because wewant them to have actual experi-ence.”
E.A. Elsayed, a professor in theSchool of Engineering who alsotaught the class, said the projectswere designed to allow students toexperience the stresses and prob-lems of their peers in the field.
“We wanted to train the studentsand give them real-life experience,”he said. “We wanted to includeeverything from A to Z, from theeconomics of a project to working inteams while under budget con-straints.”
Elsayed said that while they aregiven limitations, sometimes prob-lems arise and teams will work withprofessors to figure out solutions.
“Sometimes groups will run overbudget,” he said. “Sometimes theywon’t know how to handle or workwith a vendor, so we are here.”
Elsayed said one of the biggestchallenges of this project from the
professor’s side is coming up withprojects for the students. Every yearprofessors come up with new ideasso that there are never repeats.
“Our biggest challenge is com-ing up with projects that can be com-pleted within a semester that haveelements from real life,” he said. “Weare always seeking innovative ideasand the planning for next year willstart [Friday] afternoon when I goback to my office.”
Li said that while the course istough, it is meant to prepare stu-dents for life after graduation.
“It’s not enough torture for thestudents,” he said.
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R ecently, the University Housing andResidence Life has declared its intention totake into account the year of housing appli-
cants, citing feedback it has received from leader-ship groups and academic groups alike. The majorpoint that kept arising has been the advantage thatupperclassmen should be entitled to in the housingprocess. The decision to weigh seniority in housingdecisions is definitely an improvement on the process.
This decision has been received with reliefamong many students that felt it has been a longtime coming. The housing process has long beencriticized as being flawed and unfair, and taking sen-iority into account is a step toward assuaging thisproblem. However, it is only a step, as further issueshave come into question as this new housing processprepares to be implemented.
While it is necessary to take applicants’ years intoconsideration, other factors deserve to be taken intoaccount as well. Among many other things, prefer-ence should be given to students that are out of stateor live farther away. Further, it is questionablewhether allotting seniority to a point system wouldbe more efficient than simply allowing upperclass-men to choose their housing first. The point system
Housing seniority only the first step
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We found that children were brushing their teeth with twigs.
Nikki Chand, president of Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, on the livingconditions of children in Peru. See the story in UNIVERSITY.
University should do more to address housing process issues
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itself may become even more complicated or dismis-sive of students’ needs, as it has been in the past.
The new housing decision also comes withreverse-preference, giving the advantage to first-year students and sophomores when it comes toapplying to suites and doubles. While this seems likea move that will ensure the housing of all students, italso disregards seniors that may prefer living in res-idence halls rather than apartments. There is also afear of too many upperclassmen choosing to stay on-campus, thereby pushing many underclassmen off-campus. We also cannot ignore the fact that sopho-mores and juniors still remain in a limbo, with somuch attention being drawn to first-year studentsand seniors that the “middle-classmen” may find ithard to navigate.
Overall, the housing process needs more consis-tency in order to remain fair, balanced and atten-tive. While progress is being made in the rightdirection, we are only replacing a flawed systemwith a less flawed system that continues to disre-gard many factors of college life for students inneed of housing. Moving forward, RHA should con-tinue to examine ways to make housing on campusmore accomodating — and equitable — for stu-dents of all class years.
the result was a series of general suc-cesses for students.
And yet the work has only just begun.In the coming months, students aregoing to find themselves up against plen-ty of challenges that are going to requirecollective action. Barchi’s strategic plan-ning process is beginning in earnest inthe spring. The merger with theUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey, along with the University’sentrance into the Big Ten Conferenceand the Committee on InstitutionalCooperation, is going to present chal-lenges as well as opportunities for stu-dents. And students are going to need tocapitalize on thepolitical victory ofthe Building OurFuture Bond Actin order to ensurethat higher educa-tion continues tobe a priority at thestate level.
At the federallevel, though, chal-lenges loom aswell. I have so far studiously avoidedwriting copiously about national politics(which, I must admit, has been especial-ly difficult for me during an electionyear). But as the fiscal clif f approachesI’ve come to realize that the debate wethought the election was supposed toclear up — the proper size and scope ofthe federal government in modern socie-ty — has only just begun in earnest.Sequestration could affect students asearly as next year – if Pell Grants are cut,for instance, students who rely on feder-al financial aid to attend school may findthemselves unable to continue in their
studies. Even if sequestration is by somemiracle avoided, students may feel animpact if education cuts are put on thealtar of some grand bargain. As educa-tion becomes increasingly important asthe basis for success in a knowledge-based economy such as our own, ensur-ing access to quality education must beuniversally recognized as one of the pri-mary obligations of modern government.No society can flourish which abandonsits youth, and as cutbacks take center-stage in fiscal clif f negotiations, it is up tostudents to remind their legislators tomake the right decisions when it comesto funding higher education.
I say it is up tostudents to remindtheir legislators ofthis, because inthe end, democrat-ically electedpoliticians are onlyresponsive tothose constituen-cies who careenough to getinvolved. Students
can be a very powerful constituencywhen they choose to be. Two years ago,a few hundred students turned out intothe streets to protest rising tuition ratesat the University — the result was thesmallest increase in tuition at theUniversity in recent memory. Over thesummer, as Congress hesitated toaddress the scheduled increase in theinterest rate on student loans, pressuremounted from student organizations allover the country — including the UnitedStates Student Association, a studentadvocacy organization in which RutgersUniversity Student Assembly is a mem-
ber — until Congress, in fear of alienat-ing a large and suddenly very angry por-tion of the electorate right before an elec-tion, agreed to postpone the increase.The key to both victories was organiza-tion and communication. When studentsmake their voices heard — whether it bethrough marching the streets in protestor writing letters to their representatives— policymakers listen. There are simplytoo many students for a politician toignore when seeking reelection.
The reason I have avoided writingabout national politics this semester hasbeen my desire to focus on issues thatdirectly affect student interests, and canbe affected by an informed and mobilizedstudent body. The fiscal clif f negotiationsmeet both of those criteria. It is up to stu-dents to defend their interests during thelame duck session of Congress, when adeal to avert sequestration will bereached or not. Whether that dealemerges, and the shape it will take,depends largely on which constituenciesCongress and the president are responsi-ble too. If students are not on that list —make no mistake — protecting highereducation will not be a priority of eitherparty. I know we all just came through avery exhausting election cycle, and someof you may want to take a break from pol-itics for another four years.Representative democracy doesn’t workthat way, and in these hard times, wedon’t have the luxury of pretending thatit does.
Sam Berman is a School of Arts andSciences junior majoring in political sci-ence with a minor in economics. His col-umn, “Community Matters,” runs onalternate Mondays.
I made good choices, because I hadaccess to the right information — informa-tion that exists because of the fundamentalidea that people ought to have a right tomake an informed decision about what isbest for them and for their families.
Now does it make any sense — is ittruly reasonable that in making a simpletrip to do my food shopping — that I hadmore informationreadily available tome than my chil-dren did when itcame to one of thebiggest life deci-sions they wouldever make?
Choosing a col-lege — both for par-ents and students —is one of the mostimportant choices one can make. It is aninvestment in a better future. A college edu-cation is the first step on the path to success.
And that’s the advice students get, isn’tit? Go to school. Get an education. Makesomething of yourself.
But written in the finest of print is thereality that is decades of debt. It is a reali-ty with which far too many of us —whether it is through debt of our own orthat of our children — are familiar.
For many young people, college isabout more than what happens in theclassroom. For many students, this is thebeginning of adulthood. It is the start of anindependent life.
If our intention is to give our students theskills they need to be responsible adults, in anage of information, the very least we can do ispass this bill and give them the facts. They’ll
be able to make theright decisions.
But as it istoday, recent grad-uates across thenation — many ofthem young peoplejust barely out oftheir teenage years— have on averagemore than $20,000worth of debt.
Today, the sum of student loan debtsurpasses that of credit card debt, autoloan debt, and it threatens our country’seconomic stability. For too many collegegraduates, loan payments far exceedincomes. For them, the thought of gettingmarried or starting a family or even mov-ing out of their parents’ basements seemsout of reach.
For too many college graduates, unpaidstudent loans today can mean not just a
delay in adulthood but garnished wages orSocial Security tomorrow. Andthis isn’t just something that affects thestudents themselves. More and moreretirees — believing that they could beginthe next chapter of life with the kids out ofthe house and their days at the officebehind them — are joining the ranks of themillions of student loan debtors over theage of 60.
These were students just looking for ashot at good jobs that pay a livable wage.They were students just looking toachieve what their parents may not have,to fulfill their dreams, to move forwardwith their lives.
But just months after graduation,they realize that something keeps hold-ing them back. And it will for the next10 or 20 years, sometimes more. Inshort, they started classes with highhopes, and they left with debt that waseven higher.
All because they made what seemedlike a smart decision.
I urge my colleagues to pass this bill,and stand up for the generation of youngpeople who will build our future.
Barbara Buono is an N.J. Democraticstate senator for Legislative District 18. Sheis the author of bill S2187.
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I t’s been quite a semester for stu-dent activism. Student governmentstepped up in response to Sandy,
working with administrators to providerelief for students and displaced resi-dents; University President Robert L.Barchi agreed to disaf filiate fromAdidas after pressure from RutgersUnited Students Against Sweatshops;student activists worked tirelessly topass New Jersey Public Question 1(higher education bond act) and NewBrunswick Municipal Question 1 (elect-ed school boards); student voting powerin the University Senate increased from26 percent to 31 percent, ensuring thatstudent interests would be heard by theadministration, if students care to pro-mote them. All in all, it has been anexciting semester for those who tookme seriously in my first column of thesemester, in which I urged my fellowstudents to take ownership of the act ofbuilding a brighter future for theUniversity as an institution.
The key point that I am trying toemphasize — what all of these accom-plishments have in common — is thatthey came about as a direct result of stu-dent involvement. In each of the abovemoments, students took time out oftheir busy schedule to put their ef fortinto a project that needed doing, or tofight for a cause they believed in, and
Collective student action must continue
“In the coming months, students are going to find
themselves up against plenty of challenges that are going to require collective action.”
O n Thursday, the Senate HigherEducation Committee passedthe bill S2187. It, quite simply,
has a single purpose — empoweringNew Jersey’s students. It providesprospective students and their familieswith an easy-to-understand fact sheetabout the cost of attendance.
We live in the Information Age. It is anage in which knowledge is power.Because of what we know today, we havethe ability to live better lives. With whatwe know, we can make better decisions— whether big or small — each andevery day.
Just the other day, I did some groceryshopping for my family. Before I went tothe store, I checked a few different cir-culars to find out what was on sale.When I went out to buy the groceries,labels on the shelves made the lowestprices clear. And later that day when Igot started on dinner, nutritional labelstold me all about the vitamins and nutri-ents my family would consume by eatingthat food.
New resolution empowers NJ students
COMMUNITYMATTERSSAM BERMAN
COMMENTARYBARBARA BUONO
“They were students just looking to achieve what their
parents may not have, to fulfilltheir dreams, to move forward
with their lives.”
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Today's Birthday (12/10/12). Ever consider writing a book? Thiscould be the year. You enjoy quiet time at home, and your wordsattract magnetically. Partnerships, family, finances and wellness arekey themes. Work energizes the second half of 2013, and your lovelife shines earlier. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 isthe easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 6 — Friends help youmake an international connec-tion. Build something with it,and do it right. It's easier to goforward than back. Work togeth-er for a team breakthrough.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is an 8 — State the rulesclearly before beginning. Don'tmention publicly what you'reacquiring. Your partner makes apersuasive argument. Build uponthe past, and reinforce structure.The excitement is growing.Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Todayis a 7 — Double-check the data. It'sa good time for a transformation.Keep digging to find the clue,pushing past old barriers. It's thestart of a profitable new effort.Cancer (June 21-July 22) —Today is a 9 — It's a good timeto fix things. You can do creativework, and well. Devise secret sig-nals only the two of you under-stand. Reset your study goals.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 9 — Make sure you're play-ing by updated rules. Measuringpotential obstacles is smart. Onlyfollow the truth, and stick to thebasics. Maintain your position,and you're unstoppable.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Todayis an 8 — Concentrate on house-hold matters. Take care of a den-tal or plumbing issue. Good quali-ty is cheaper over time. Inspireyour team for a power boost.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today isa 7 — Provide support, and yourteam advances to the next level.Consider your decisions. You'revery persuasive now. Do it gently.Meditation puts it all in perspective.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Todayis a 9 — Nothing beats hands-onexperience. Discover somethingvaluable. Accept responsibility, andkeep your eyes on the prize. Re-think priorities, considering thecosts. Hold your temper. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 6 — Work with youraudience. You're good at this.Apply your personal magic to awhole new world. Discipline isrequired. Develop an effective rou-tine. You're especially charming.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is an 8 — Play by the rules.There's a lot going on behind thescenes. Listen to the voice of expe-rience. The judgment favors thepowers that be. Revise your plans.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is an 8 — Routine gives youstrength. A friend offers anotherperspective. Hold on to whatyou've got. Others follow your lead.Fine-tune and edit your work. Cele-brate what you're grateful for.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Todayis an 8 — Act responsibly, andimagine perfection. Organizationcomplete things faster. Chores takeprecedence. Stick to the schedule,for a positive outcome. Listen togroup members. Old love ripens.
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After seeing a 22-point leadshrink to one in eight minutes,Miller became the leader theScarlet Knights (5-2) need himto be. He stretched Rutgers’lead to two possessions beforePoole stepped in with two free throws to put the gameout of reach.
“[Miller’s] effort is what weneed from him,” Rice said.
Late block leads to five-point swing,effectively ends Gaels’ comeback bid
RESURGENCE
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior Dane Miller looks for a passing lane during Saturday’s 81-73 win against Iona at Madison Square Garden. Miller notched adouble-double, scoring 13 points to go along with 13 rebounds. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Instead of reaching the net,the ball met the outstretched armof junior forward Wally Judge.
Judge swatted the ball toMack, who converted on alayup and a resulting free throwfollowing a foul by Iona guardA.J. English.
Rice said Judge’s play was agood response to not startingbecause of what Rice called a“violation of team rules.”
The block was only one exam-ple of the Knights’ control of thepaint. Rice knew the team mightbe a step slower than the smaller,quicker Iona lineup.
But it was also bigger and stronger.
As a result, the final rebound-ing total showed Rutgers aheadby 18.
The Knights also scored 13more points in the paint and man-aged five blocks compared to theGaels’ one.
“We don’t have those kinds ofathletes,” said Iona head coachTim Cluess. “We don’t even getto practice against them.”
Ridley ended the game as theonly Gael taller than 6-foot-5 toplay more than 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, the 6-foot-6Miller played 29 minutes, andthe 6-foot-9 Judge saw 24 min-utes on the floor.
That meant for most of thegame, Iona gave inches to its opponent.
Win or not, Rice still has todeal with a team that showed itcan build up a lead and then loseit minutes later.
“This team has talent. Theyjust find ways to get in their ownway,” Rice said. “At times theylisten. At times it is like we[never] coached them [before].It’s a challenge.”
For updates on the Rutgersmen’s basketball team, follow JoeyGregory on Twitter@JGregoryTargum.
“We’ll win our fair share ofgames if I can just get [Miller]to care that much and competethat much.”
Miller ended the game with adouble-double, notching 13points and 13 rebounds.
But in the game’s closing min-utes, his chance to step up lookedlike it would not come.
The Gaels’ (3-4) charge revi-talized the Madison SquareGarden crowd, which aided their
comeback bid, catching theKnights by surprise.
“I didn’t really think theywould come back like that,”said sophomore point guardMyles Mack. “We let themback in it. We started playinglike they play, and I think thatwas bad for us. We need to playour game.”
The Knights ended the gamewith 25 turnovers, a numbermuch too high for Rice’s liking.
Although Rutgers turnedthe ball over one more time inthe first half, it was not asimpactful. Part of it had to dowith Iona’s 12 turnovers andthe other part with its 27.6 first-half field goal percentage.
And as the ball started to rollthe Gaels’ way, Rice felt the pres-ence of a selfish Rutgers teamthat settled for long jumpers.
“We stopped going inside,”Rice said. “Everything was ‘me’instead of … ‘we,’ and ‘me’ can’tget involved in this. We have tocontinue to share the game.”
The selfishness culminated inthe evaporation of a lead, untilone of the Knights’ more experi-enced players stepped up.
With 1:55 remaining and theGaels within one point, Ionaforward Taaj Ridley attempteda layup that would have put his team ahead for the firsttime since the 7:34 mark of thefirst half.
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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK FREE THROW WOES CONTINUE FOR RUTGERS
Oliver carries Knights on both ends at GardenBY AARON FARRAR
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After becoming the 32nd play-er to score 1,000 career points forthe Rutgers women’s basketballteam Thursday, senior forwardMonique Oliver added to hertotal as the Scarlet Knightsdefeated Louisiana Tech, 73-46,yesterday at Madison SquareGarden in the annual MaggieDixon Classic.
The Las Vegas native wastedlittle time going to work in thepost, collecting 10 points in thefirst half. Oliver showed offquick, swift moves in the paint,making it difficult for defenders.
She credited her opportuni-ties to the way the Knightscame out and pushed the tempoof the game.
“Our past games, we didn’tcome out with enough energy,”Oliver said. “But I think [yester-day was] really a good start for usto continue to move forward. Ifwe bring that much energy andthat much passion in the first halfthroughout all of our games, Ithink we’ll be great.”
Oliver finished the afternoonwith a team-high 14 points in 28minutes. She added fiverebounds and four blocks.
As Oliver led the charge offen-sively, the Knights pushed thepace and hustled to get easy tran-sition baskets.
“We are looking at our identi-ty offensively,” said head coachC. Vivian Stringer. “Most peoplelook at [this] team and they’ll say,‘Man, this team needs to be run-ning.’ Believe it or not, I’m always
Senior forward Monique Oliver heaves the ball over two Louisiana Tech defenders. Oliver ledthe Knights with 14 points yesterday against the Lady Techsters. JOVELLE TAMAYO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Senior forward Chelsey Leewas the first player of f thebench and was pleased withthe team’s play from start tofinish, something the Knightshave struggled with in theyoung season.
“I think today we came outplaying like the first half was thesecond half,” she said. “We actu-
ally put two halves together forthe first time.”
THE MATCHUP WITHLouisiana Tech was the fifth timethe Knights competed in theMaggie Dixon Classic. The two-game event is named after formerArmy head coach Maggie Dixon,who passed away at the age of 28
because of an arrhythmic episodeto the heart a few weeks afterguiding the Black Knights to the2006 Patriot League title.
Dixon led Army to its firstNCAA Tournament bid that seasonfor any Army basketball team. Theundetected heart disease causedher death a little more than a monthbefore the coach’s 29th birthday.
“I still have a lot of learning to do.”
Richardson’s nine pointswere one away from tying hercareer high. The total included a3-pointer and consecutive fieldgoals she made while fouled inthe second half.
Even though the 5-foot-4Richardson was the second-short-est player on either roster, hercourt vision was still crisp enoughto split assists through defenders.
The Neptune (N.J.) HighSchool product did not record anassist in four of seven games thisyear, and her game-to-game scor-ing output is as inconsistent.
Richardson took less initiativethan usual in Thursday’s 0-for-1shooting performance againstLIU-Brooklyn, but it returnedagainst Louisiana Tech.
But the production had rarelybeen there before.
Her play also helped seniorforward Chelsey Lee’s recentrejuvenation, as Lee ended thegame with 11 points off of 5-for-5shooting in 19 minutes.
But Rutgers’ (5-3) shots alsofell for a season-high 61.5 per-cent, including 3-for-5 shootingfrom 3-point range.
“It definitely felt like the bas-ket was the ocean [yesterday],”
Guard records sixassists after severalassist-less outings
ROMP
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Lee said. “I felt like every shot weput up, either it was a good shotor uncontested. … We crashedthe boards and got second-chance baskets, so I think thatwas the main thing.”
The Knights held only a 35-31rebounding advantage againstthe Lady Techsters (2-5), butLee reached a turning point inthat regard.
Her six boards in 19 minutescame from arguably her mostaggressive play since returningfrom last year’s shoulder sur-gery. One came on the offensiveend to convert a put-back in herfirst couple of minutes, when theLady Techsters swarmed.
“Just more confidence,” Leesaid of how she regained her oldform. “I’ve been struggling sinceI got back for the past six games,and it felt great just to feel likemyself getting up and down thefloor without bobbing my headand getting to the boards.”
For Rutgers to meet its seasonexpectations, it needed Lee inpre-surgery form and for at leastone point guard to step up.
No player has been predictablegame-by-game this season, butthe Knights made progress withthe production it wanted from Leeand Richardson.
“We do know that we have tal-ent throughout, and we need tocontinue to work,” said headcoach C. Vivian Stringer. “I’mlearning, we’re learning.”
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encouraging them to run. I wantthem to run. We’ve been workingon it.”
THE CONTEST WITHLouisiana Tech marked anothergame that Rutgers could not takeadvantage of scoring from thefree throw line.
The Knights only made onetrip to the free throw line in thefirst half, connecting on one oftwo attempts.
The Lady Techsters becameacquainted with the line, taking14 first-half attempts alone and 11more in the following half com-pared to three for Rutgers.
The Knights have become acquainted with lop-sided comparisons.
In their last game against LIUBrooklyn, they only visited thecharity stripe once before half-time compared to the Blackbirds’five attempts.
But in yesterday’s matchup,free throws were non-factors forRutgers because of its all-around performance from thefield. The Knights outscored theLady Techsters’ bench, 40-14.They received a big contribu-tion from the second unit, led bya nice outing from freshman for-ward Ariel Butts.
The Columbus, Ga., native fin-ished with six points, sevenboards and two blocks.
“It was nice to see them besuccessful,” Stringer said of theteam’s reserves. “It was good.Technique-wise, it was good. Wedo know that we have talent, butwe’re young and we need to con-tinue to work.”
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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK LOWERY’S HONOR MARKS FULL-CIRCLE TURNAROUND
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
There were only two uncer-tainties at the College AvenueGym on Saturday night beforethe Rutgers wrestling team’s25-5 win against Rider and 30-6 victory against Princeton:senior 144-pounder MarioMason’s status and how junior197-pounder Dan Seidenbergwould respond following an injury.
While Mason sat out,Seidenberg answered head coachScott Goodale’s call for produc-tion for the Scarlet Knights (6-0)in convincing fashion.
After Rider’s Donald McNeilevened the score at 2-2 on areversal, the momentum shiftedagainst Seidenberg, whoseemed poised to lose control ofthe match.
RU topples in-state rivals, holds perfect dual recordWRESTLING SEIDENBERG RETURNS FROM INJURY, CAPTURES TWO WINS
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football team’sreturn to practice Saturday markedthe beginning of what head coachKyle Flood calls a new season. ButFlood’s biggest task before prepar-ing for the Dec. 28 Russell AthleticBowl involves distancing theScarlet Knights from a season-end-ing loss to Louisville, voiding theirchance at a BCS berth.
“The memory will never goaway,” Flood said. “There’s noth-ing else we can do to affect thatgame. That game is a part of his-tory, and that’s what it is. Now wemove forward, and we try tomake more history.”
Flood said the team came togrips with its season Dec. 2,when it reconvened for its bowlannouncement. The Knightstalked about their matchup withVirginia Tech, discussed the sea-son as a whole and — moreimportantly for Flood — turnedtheir attention to the future.
Rutgers moves on from end-of-season troublesMembers of the Knights offense meet with head coach Kyle Flood during a timeout Nov. 17 at Cincinnati. Flood said Saturday the team focused its energy on itsDec. 28 matchup with Virginia Tech two days after its season-ending loss to Louisville. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2012
But Seidenberg respondedwith an escape later in the thirdperiod and closed out the matchwith a takedown to the approvalof Rutgers fans in attendance.
The most excited person inthe gym might have beenGoodale, who pumped his fistwith pleasure at how Seidenbergfinished his 5-2 decision.
“He’s still kind of banged up,and he fought through it,”Goodale said. “For him, that iskind of something he neededmentally to get over the hump. Hejust gutted out the win.”
Seidenberg also recorded a6-0 decision against Princeton’sDan Santoro, making him oneof five Knights to finish thenight with two more wins totheir records.
“Those are weights we lookat coming into the season to beproductive,” Goodale said. “We
don’t need him just to come inand fill a void — we need him tocome in and win matches. It’simportant. As long as he iswrestling well, that’s a big plusfor us.”
While Goodale said it wasimportant for Rutgers to windecisively against both in-stateschools, junior 133-pounderVincent Dellefave was prettyclear as to how he viewed both opponents.
“For Rider and Princeton, it’sjust like another dual meet forus,” he said Friday during prac-tice. “We really don’t get toohyped up for it because we are inthe same state.”
But Dellefave left findingmotivation after he dropped a2-0 decision against Rider’sJimmy Morris.
Like Seidenberg, Dellefaveresponded, pinning Princeton’s
Andrew Hirai after leading thematch, 9-3, in the second period.
“It’s a long year, so you can’tdwell,” Goodale said. “Vinny did agood job [Saturday]. He had atough loss and then came backwith a pin. That’s what we preachand that’s something he did agood job with.”
The fall capped an impressiverun for the Knights, who scored 24straight points against the Tigersto put the match out of reach.
Senior 174-pounder GregZannetti began that run whenhe registered an 8-0 major deci-sion against Princeton’s RyanCallahan. The match win includ-ed two takedowns.
Zannetti won by a 3-1 deci-sion in his match against Rider’sRyan Callahan after strugglingearly to secure points.
“I came out a little sluggish,”Zannetti said. “But I felt better in
my second match. I didn’t likethe way I wrestled in that firstmatch, but I just have to put thatbehind me.”
Rutgers’ next match unfoldson a bigger stage when theKnights compete againstNebraska and Tennessee-Chattanooga at MadisonSquare Garden in the “Grapplefor the Garden”.
The message now is to try totake something out of both con-vincing wins.
“Everyone just needs to focuson what they need to do individ-ually to get better,” Zannettisaid. “We try not to focus on thepast we just want to continue toget better.”
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“I think we all understand it,”said senior defensive tackle ScottVallone. “Once we get into [gamepreparation], then guys will real-ly focus down, and we’ll be ableto really attack what we’re tryingto get.”
For now, Flood treats theKnights’ team activities like anextended spring practice period.Players outside of the depth chartearned 12 team reps Saturday, hesaid, which Flood could not repli-cate during the regular season.
But following a pair of chancesat sealing a BCS bid, the Knights’most difficult test remains play-ing the waiting game.
Thirteen practices separatethe team from its meeting inOrlando with the Hokies, theKnights’ premier bowl opponentfrom a branding perspective.
“Obviously they have greathistory, but they also have greatplayers,” Vallone said. “I don’tthink their record reflects howgood they really are.”But a 6-6 team from the ACC’s
Coastal Division is hardly theone Rutgers expected followingits best season since 2006. Floodpraised Virginia Tech headcoach Frank Beamer, whom he met for the first timeWednesday during the RussellAthletic Bowl coaches’ press conference.
Beamer has won at least 10games in a season 13 times inBlacksburg, Va., including astreak of eight years in a rowbefore this year’s .500 record.
Flood, whose selling pointDec. 2 was a 10-win season, is pur-suing his first as a head coach.
“It’d be a great accomplish-ment for us to be able to do that,”Vallone said. “I think we’re amore than capable team of achiev-ing that. With everything we’vegone through this year, I thinkthat’d be something great to endthe season with.”
ANTWAN LOWERY DOESnot know where his older broth-er Antonio, a former Rutgers
linebacker was, but he could pic-ture his reaction following thejunior left guard’s Big East FirstTeam selection.
“He was probably doing cart-wheels,” Antwan Lowery said.
And for good reason. AntonioLowery remained AntwanLowery’s fiercest supporter dur-ing the last two seasons, whenproblems stemming from AntwanLowery’s personal life and weightplagued him.
Antwan Lowery played onlyfour games last season despite 10appearances and four starts twoyears ago. His underwhelmingperformance had overshadowedthe promise he showed as a red-shirt freshman.
“I just see it as being a trueblessing coming from where Icame from a season ago,”Antwan Lowery said. “[Thecoaching staff] put their trust inme, and I just had to go out andplay football.”
Antwan Lowery became thethird Rutgers offensive lineman
in four seasons to earn first-team recognition.
The Knights are four thnationally in sacks allowed witheight. They surrendered 30 lastseason and 101 in 2010 and2009 combined.
“The difference was every-where, from the head coach tothe offensive line coach to theunit putting in the work, guystruly caring about the position,”Antwan Lowery said. “It showedthroughout the season. ... It’s justbeen a tremendous blessing tosee that guys truly care.”
FLOOD SAID HE WILL MEETwith the team’s NFL draft-eligiblejuniors following Rutgers’ bowlgame. Only two juniors — widereceiver Mohamed Sanu last yearand left tackle Anthony Davis in2010 — have left early in the pastthree seasons.
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against Iona, waiting for his chance to re-enter the game.
As he did, junior guard Mike Poole converted a tip slam to push him to 14 points, one more than his season total.
Miller returned seconds later, and theRutgers men’s basketball team celebratedat midcourt as Poole of ficially broke hissix-game slump.
“[Poole] has to play to his strengths andthat’s shooting open shots,” said head coach
Mike Rice. “If he does that, he’s a valuablepiece to our team.”
Poole finished with 18 points, but Millersealed an 81-73 victory against the Gaels.
yesterday with a chance to play in a build-ing she admires.
“This is the Garden,” the sophomorepoint guard said. “I love New York. It’s a legendar y place. It feels good to come here.”
Richardson’s style of play reflects thesurrounding city, with no-look passes andattempted tricks both occasional parts ofher repertoire.
But inside the arena, Richardson chose somenew techniques on her way to recording nine
points and a career-high six assistsin the ScarletKnights’ 73-46 victory against Louisiana Tech.
“I think I have to be patient, let thegame come to me more,” Richardson said.
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
NEW YORK — Senior wing DaneMiller sat down at the scorer’s table as theclock ticked past 11:50 left Saturday
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RECLAMATION PROJECT Rutgers head footballcoach Kyle Flood said the team came to termswith the end of its regular season, which saw itlose two games in a row. / PAGE 15
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HIGH SPEED The Rutgers women’s basketball team tookthe court with a higher energy level yesterday in a 73-46win against Louisiana Tech, led by senior forwardMonique Oliver’s 14-point game. / PAGE 14
JERSEY’S BEST The Rutgers wrestlingteam bested in-state rivals Rider andPrinceton on Saturday, winning bothby at least 20 points. / PAGE 15
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We don’t need him just to come in and fill a void — we need him to come in and win matches.”
— Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale on senior197-pounder Dan Seidenberg
NICK VISICAROearned an upset Saturdayagainst Rider’s RamonSantiago, who ranked16th in his weight class.The victory for the sophomore 165-pounderpushed the score to 25-5.
New York Jets 17 Atlanta 20Jacksonville 10 Carolina 30
Philadelphia 22 Baltimore 28Tampa Bay 21 Washington 31
Dallas 20 San Diego 34Cincinnati 17 Pittsburgh 24
MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 81, IONA 73
MEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. G. Washington
Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.RAC
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. Southern
Wednesday,7:30 p.m.RAC
MEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. Rider
Dec. 28, 7:30 p.m.RAC
FOOTBALL
vs. Virginia Tech
Dec. 28, 5:30 p.m.Orlando
SEE RESURGENCE ON PAGE 13
Junior’s resurgence helps stem Iona’s late charge
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 73, LOUISIANA TECH 46
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
NEW YORK — Shakena Richardsonand the Rutgers women’s basketball team entered Madison Square Garden SEE ROMP ON PAGE 14
Rejuvenated play leads Knights in rompSophomore point guard Shakena Richardson recorded nine points and six assists yesterday in a win against Louisiana Tech. Richardson overcame inconsistent results earlierthis year to generate a career-high assist total and come one point away from tying her career-high point total. JOVELLE TAMAYO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
