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Marissa Ionno wasin total shock whenshe found out that shewas named one ofseven nominees forGlamour Magazine’sTop College Womanaward for herFacebook networkTAILS, which pairs

homeless animals with new owners.Ionno, a College of Arts and Sciences jun-

ior at Rutgers-Camden, said she launchedthe TAILS Network because she wanted tohelp homeless animals in a more direct waythan most people do.

“I was so happy that [because of the nom-ination] the message of animal rescue wouldbe spread across the country,” Ionno said.

She said her passion for her volunteerefforts come from a lifetime love of animals,but she was also motivated to create the net-work after she began working at an animalshelter five years ago.

“I fell in love with every dog at the shel-ter,” Ionno said. “I went home my first nightbawling my eyes out because I couldn’tbelieve that those animals would be sleepingon a concrete floor that night.”

The network posts information abouthomeless animals on their Facebook pagefrom rescue organizations across the coun-try, Ionno said. The network’s Facebookpage has been up and running for about sixmonths, and has saved 44 dogs in that time,Ionno said.

“Since there is such an issue with petoverpopulation, unfortunately, thousands ofperfectly adoptable pets are euthanizedevery single day,” Ionno said. “By sharingtheir photos, you never know who may seetheir next family member.”

Vickie Scattoreggio, a volunteer for theLeague for Animal Protection of Huntington,said she frequently asks Ionno to post dogson her site.

“She is personally involved seeing toevery animal from the minute they are post-ed until they are placed forever in a home,”Scattoreggio said. “She is constantly updat-ing it and finding more information.”

She said that Ionno’s page helped to savetwo pit bulls, a brother and a sister, and also

Student usesTAILS Networkto help animalswith adoption

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PERSON OF THE WEEK RUSA backs equal tuition rights

“RUSA has taken a stand infavor of in-state tuition for all peo-ple on New Jersey,” said JohnConnelly, president of RUSA. “Ifyou attend a high school in thestate, you should be able to beconsidered as an in-state student.”

The bills, Assembly bill A1659and State Senate bill S2355,would allow undocumentedimmigrants or children of undoc-umented immigrants to receivein-state tuition and financial aid ata higher education institution in

New Jersey, said Spencer Klein,president of NJUS.

An undocumented personwould qualify for in-state tuition ifhe or she attended an Americanhigh school for three years ormore and received a diploma orGED, said Klein, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.

Both of these bills wereinspired by the DREAM Act —federal legislation that will allowqualified undocumented youth togain a path to citizenship, he said.

Klein said he believesAssembly bill A1659 and Senatebill S2355 are important in makingimmigration a part of New Jersey’spolitical agenda, Klein said.

“We are setting a precedentthat the political conversation inNew Jersey has to shift to immi-gration,” he said. “The federalconversation is shifting, and soshould the state.”

Connelly said RUSA has plans to push Barchi to fur ther support the

New Jersey Assembly and Senate bills.

Connelly said if the legisla-tion passes, the Universitywould need to create a largerbudget to compensate for addi-tional in-state students, he said.Later in the semester, RUSA willjoin an NJUS campaign forensuring budget increasesincluding directing fundingtoward this cause.

University students are actively fighting for the state to pass two bills that would give undocumentedNew Jersey youth the oppor tunity to pay for college at in-state tuition rates. The Rutgers University

Student Assembly and New Jersey United Students are leading the campaign through grassroots ef for ts.

Marissa Ionno usessocial media as tool togive pets new homes

CASH ‘N’ ELVIS Jonathan Ashe performs ’50s classic rock ‘n’ roll and blues lastnight at the Cook Café in the Cook Campus Center. The Rutgers University Programming Association, the host of the event, served fries and milkshakes toaudience members, while Ashe covered the songs of Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.TIAN LI

Officials warn students oflaptop theft

BY ALEX MEIERCORRESPONDENT

A quiet library might seem like a goodplace to leave a student’s belongings unat-tended. But according to the number of theftsreported last semester, it is not — especiallyduring high-traffic periods.

During exam week in December lastsemester, six laptop thefts were reported atthe University, said Chief Kenneth Cop fromthe Rutgers University Police Department.

Five occurred at Alexander Library andRutgers Student Center on the CollegeAvenue campus, and one at Mabel SmithLibrary on Douglass campus.

He said libraries are susceptible to occur-rences of theft because of the increased flowof traffic.

Zach Sklarsky, a School of Arts andSciences junior, said his laptop and charg-er were stolen during last semester’sexam period.

“I left to go make a phone call for 10 to15 minutes, and I asked my friend who wassitting a desk carrel next to mine, but shecouldn’t see my stuff directly,” he said. “Icame back and [my laptop and charger]were gone.”

Sklarsky said he contacted RUPD afterthe incident, but his laptop was never returned.

“I did hear that a week after my laptop wasstolen that they had arrested someone at the

Police urge students not to leave belongingsunattended at facilities

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Friday, Jan. 25The Rutgers Business School will host a career fair exclusive toaccounting, finance, management, marketing and supply chain man-agement majors. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Liv-ingston Hall of the Livingston Student Center.

Rutgers Foundation will hold their annual blood drive on the CollegeAvenue campus. The drive, rescheduled because of SuperstormSandy, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of Winants Hall.

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BY DOMENIC RUGGERISTAFF WRITER

With the recent partnershipbetween the University andPearson eCollege, the Universityhas expanded its already largepool of fully online undergraduateand graduate programs, but chal-lenges still remain in the effort tomake the experience worthwhilefor students.

Erica Boling, associate pro-fessor in the GraduateDepartment of Learning andTeaching, said hurdles are to beexpected in the rush to integraterelatively recent informationtechnology into the learningexperience, but it will be neces-sary to do so in the digital age.

The University of fers sixmasters degrees fully online,each between 30 and 42 creditseach, said Richard Novak, asso-ciate vice president ofContinuing Education &Distance Learning.

Each online course costs $100in addition to the normal per cred-it rate of $333 for in-state studentsand $768 for non-residents, andfulfills three credits, Novak said.

He said the money goestoward suppor ting the infra-structure costs of the onlineprograms and classes to famil-iarize faculty with the logisticsand methods for teaching.

The University has more than9,000 enrollments for onlinecourses this year, up from around7,000 last year, Novak said.

Boling said the main com-plaints students have with onlineprograms is the lack of face-to-face interaction compared to tra-ditional classes.

She said the integration of newmultimedia technology, such asaudio and visual components,allow for better discussions and afeeling of personal interaction.

Past research shows thatonline courses have shown ahigher dropout rate than regularcourses, she said.

“We’re finding we’re maintain-ing higher enrollments difficult,”she said. “People think, ‘Oh it’s anonline course, it’s [going to] beeasy,’ and it’s not.”

She said online courses thatinclude audio and visualaspects, however, do not followthe trend.

“We’re doing research. …Students are saying [these class-es] feel like part of a community,”she said.

Boling said certain peoplemay learn better or worse withdif ferent teaching methods.The common idea that individu-als have specific methods oflearning, such as audio or visu-al, which are their only meth-ods of absorbing information islargely untrue.

“There has been criticism ofthat argument,” she said. “Recentresearch indicates that we alllearn in a variety of ways.”

Boling said of fline, small-group learning in a face-to-faceenvironment is highly ef fectivebecause of the meaningful, per-sonal and ef ficient way whichinformation is communicated.

But when groups get too large,she said it gets increasingly dif-ficult to reach all students inthe lecture hall.

She said her large onlinecourses, however, allows her toremember her students.

“When I have 30 or 40 stu-dents, I find I actually get toknow my students better[online],” she said.

Alisa Belzer, associate pro-fessor in the Department ofLearning and Teaching, said inher experience, incorporatingan online aspect has had mixed reactions from students.

“[Graduate] students likethe convenience of not havingto come to campus, but manystudents, they’d rather betogether,” she said.

She said often, problems stu-dents have with online coursescome from the poor interfacesetup in programs created by faculty.

“It’s challenging to transformwhat you teach [into an online for-mat] … what you lose is the spon-taneity and the back and forth,”she said.

Belzer said formats thatallow students to take control ofdiscussions and include profes-sors and experts in conversa-tions better simulate in-classlearning, but faculty membersare often less familiar or com-fortable using the Internet forteaching purposes.

The University offers a cer-tificate in educational technolo-gy, which consists of three class-es to teach educators how toeffectively integrate the Internetinto their courses, Boling said.Much of the teaching for theprogram is done online.

The first course focuses pri-marily on the introduction ofnew technology to students,while the next two offer morepractical instruction on how touse and integrate multimediainto courses.

“One of the things we do ismodel kinds of ways to commu-nicate and educate, while learn-ing about dif ferent technology,”she said. “The courses actuallyembeds the students in theexperience … rather than justreading how to do it ef fectively,they are doing it themselves.”

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library,” he said. “I haven’t heardanything since. I pretty muchgave up caring, since my oddswere pretty slim. Though pre-ventable, [stuff] happens.”

Sklarsky said he believed theenvironment of the library madeit seem safe.

“For some reason beingaround students at the library, Iassume people would be civiland such,” he said. “It makesyou remember that Alexanderis not a student-only library, buta public one and anyone cancome in and out.”

But RUPD made AlexanderLibrary a priority in terms ofpatrol, Cop said. Public safetypersonnel were also assigned todistribute informational materialsabout the consequences of leav-ing property unattended.

At least 15 laptops were stolenfrom University libraries lastsemester, said Jeff Teichmann, alibrary supervisor at AlexanderLibrary, where most of the theftstook place.

Cop said most thefts occurredwhen items were left unattended.

“It only takes a minute andyou could walk away withsomebody’s property,” he said.“Theft is a problem that isgoing to occur as long as peo-ple don’t take that step of secur-ing unattended property.”

But RUPD has arrested 10people linked to the computerthefts since Sept. 1, 2012, Cop said.

“What that tells us is that thisisn’t an organized group, this is acrime of opportunity, whichmeans that when people seeitems unattended, they mighttake them,” he said.

Cop said a mix of students andnon-students commit propertytheft on University grounds.

Cellphones, wallets, pursesand other types of personal itemsthat are easily concealable arestolen as well, Cop said, and vic-

tims of theft should immediatelyreport the crime to RUPD.

“We’ll have an officer respondto their location and meet withthem, gather the details of theincident and investigate fromthere,” he said.

Cop said RUPD’s response toa laptop theft last Decemberexemplifies the proper executionfor an investigation.

RUPD was able to connectvideo footage, a parking ticketissued the day of the theft and acredit card from a wallet stolenalong with the laptop, he said.

“The vehicle was issued a tick-et, we had video of them leavingthe library. We had them usingthe stolen credit card,” Cop said.“We made an arrest on them, and

there were two suspects, [whowere] non-students.”

The suspects were tied to inci-dents that occurred in Septemberand October, he said.

Teichmann said in his 25years of working for theUniversity, theft has alwaysbeen a problem. He said hebelieves theft will continue totrouble the community becausestudents can act naive.

“They feel comfortable here.They feel it’s almost like they areat home,” he said.

Teichmann said the librarystaf f put up signs warningabout the consequences ofproperty negligence.

“We will tell people you shouldleave your stuff attended, but it’snot really our position to police ...that’s not our job,” he said.

Cop says RUPD made 10 arrest linkedto laptop theft since Sept. 1

THEFT

CONTINUED FROM FRONT

JANUARY 24, 2013UNIVERSITY PAGE 4

Finals week means packed libraries and other University facilities. Police Chief Kenneth Cop saidthat unattended laptops will be stolen and encourages students to take their belongings withthem. Alexander Library Supervisor Jeff Teichmann said the library is not responsible for unat-tended belongings. Alexander Library staff have installed lockers in the Reference Reading Roomand study carrels on the first floor, but students should use their own lock, he said. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SHIRLEY YU

“It’s such a big university. You don’tknow the characters

that are here.” MARIAILONA PANALIGANSchool of Arts and Sciences

Junior

After observing people lock-ing personal property to chairsand tables, Alexander Librarystaff installed lockers in theReference Reading Room andstudy carrels on the first floor,Teichmann said. But the lockersare used infrequently, he said.

“I haven’t seen anybody usethem lately at all. I’m not sure ifI’ve ever seen anyone use them,”he said.

Students must use their ownlocks for the lockers, he said.

Police came to AlexanderLibrary last Tuesday to investigatea purse theft, Teichmann said.

“People might think ‘it’s earlyin the semester so nothing’sgoing on,’” he said. “Just don’tthink because it’s a new semesterit went away.”

Teichmann said a laptop theftoccurred in Alexander Library’sGraduate Reading Room lastyear. Anyone who wishes to enterthe Graduate Reading Roommust present a University gradu-ate identification.

“Just because it’s an areathat is for Rutgers [graduate]students only doesn’t mean atheft can’t happen,” he said.“Students steal just as much asanyone else.”

But Samantha Lopez, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior, saidshe feels like her property is safeon campus.

“If I’m in the dining hall orsomething and I have to use thebathroom, I usually leave mystuff by the table. … Nothing’sbeen stolen from me,” she said.

Lopez said she has previouslyasked others to watch her laptopwhile leaving it unattended andsaid she was not aware that mostitems are stolen in this scenario.

“You hear it happens to otherpeople you just don’t think it’sgoing be your stuff,” she said.

Mariailona Panaligan, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior, said she never leaves her per-sonal property unattended butknows many friends who do.

“I’ve heard stories alreadyof people using the bathroomreal quick and come back andsomething is taken,” she said.“It’s such a big university. Youdon’t know the characters thatare here.”

She said she is unsure whattype of career is in her future,but she would ultimately like torun a high-quality animal res-cue center.

For now, she said she is dedi-cated to the TAILS Network andhelping to make sure every ani-mal on her site gets the attentionit needs. She said when she beganthe network she vowed that every

member wouldget the feedbackthey deserved.

“I literallyanswer everyquestion, inboxand comment thatis posted, becauseI appreciate howmuch they carefor these ani-mals,” MarissaIonno said. “Inever want any-one to feel likethey’re not mak-

ing a difference by sharing.” She said the problem lies with

previous owners. “The animals in the shelter

didn’t ask to be there. They arethere because somewhere downthe line, humans have failedthem,” she said.

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UNWANTED LAND Professor Frank Popper speaks to faculty members of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planningand Public Policy on locally unwanted land use. The lecture, which took place at the Bloustein School yesterday,focused on land which was used for hazardous waste in localcommunities. Popper proposed to move it to a safer locationand has been planning ways to fight locally unwanted land usesince 1981. NISHA DATT

helped to have them rescuedtogether so that they wouldremain in the same home.

“This was a difficult place-ment. One of the dogs was blindand the other was deaf, and theywould have been separated,”Scattoreggio said.

The winner of the competitionwill receive $1,500, and would bechosen through votes by thereaders, who areprovided with abiography of thenominee, academ-ic information andhow the nomineeinspires other col-lege juniors.

“The first thingMarissa said whenshe found out shewas nominatedwas that she didn’tcare if she won,she just wantedmore exposure tohelp the animals,” Joanna Ionno,her mother, said. “She is gettingrecognition for her cause.”

Marissa Ionno said the sitesurpassed her wildest expecta-tions and is making a differencebeyond what she could haveever imagined.

Ionno says she responds to every member in the network

NETWORK

CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“The animals in theshelter didn’t ask to

be there ... somewhere downthe line, humans

have failed them.” MARISSA IONNO

Rutgers-Camden College of Artsand Sciences Junior

JANUARY 24, 2013UNIVERSITY PAGE 6

JULIAN CHOKKATTU STAFF WRITER

Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchenhas extended its hours in NewBrunswick to provide shelter forhomeless people.

“We have what’s called CodeBlue, and the soup kitchen isopen overnight as a warmingcenter,” said Lisanne Finston,executive director.

The shelter began its extendedhours last night, running from 7p.m. to 7 a.m., and will continuethat schedule until Friday, Finstonsaid, and possibly Saturday,depending on the weather.

She said the city would provide transportation to

New Brunswick provideswarmth for homeless

Connelly said RUSA will con-tinue to raise awareness and sup-port the legislation, but RUSAhas yet to plan what other specif-ic actions they will take.

NJUS also hopes to furthertheir involvement in pushing thegovernment to act on these bills,Klein said.

“We want to ignite the flamesof interest and advocacy to passthese bills, to expand, and to givemore students in New Jerseyaccess to a public education,” he said.

In hopes of raising awarenessfor this legislation, students fromthe University, members of theNJ DREAM Act Coalition andmembers of NJUS gathered inTrenton Jan. 8 for the Rally forTuition Equity.

“It was really our kick-off rallyfor us to tell the legislators andChris Christie and to inform themedia and the public that we arekicking off our campaign and willgo against any struggles that willcross in our path,” said FrangyPozo, a member of NJUS.

At the rally, undocumentedstudents from several universitiesspoke about the struggles theyface from paying higher, out ofstate tuition rates, Klein said.

Connelly said he believeseveryone should listen to theundocumented students’ side ofthe story.

“These aren’t people whohave come to take our jobs,”Connelly said. “They’re stu-dents just like any other thatyou’ve attended school withyour whole life.”

Connelly also spoke at therally, sharing his own experi-ence of trying to af ford a col-lege education and discussinghow his education has af fectedhis own life.

“Coming from a workingclass background, I know Iwouldn’t be able to af ford aneducation without the privi-leges, such as in-state tuition,that were awarded to me,” hesaid. “And I know that’s thecase for many of them.”

The rally attracted mediaattention and those involvedbelieve their campaign was suc-cessful in getting their messageacross to the government, saidPozo, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.

“We are definitely moving for-ward and becoming well known,”she said. “We got our foot in thedoor and helped people see thatwe were actually serious aboutwhat we’re doing here.

University students and NJUS membersprotested at Trenton over winter break

RUSA

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homeless people that require it.

“They can contact the NewBrunswick police, and emer-gency responders are available toprovide transportation,” she said.

Finston said the nonprofitorganization works with the city,other homeless providers andthe county to provide the shelter.

“If the weather dips below 20degrees or if there is snow 6 inchesor more, we open as an overflow ofthe homeless shelter,” Finston said.

Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchenis a point of contact for manyhomeless individuals who needservices and assistance to get offthe streets, she said. The shelteris located at 18 Nielson St.

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Police findadditional suspect inshooting

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HOUSTON — A second sus-pect may emerge in the after-math of the shooting at aHouston-area community col-lege that left three peopleinjured, the Harris County sher-iff said Wednesday.

At least 10 shots were firedTuesday during a disputebetween two men outside thelibrar y at the Nor th Harriscampus of Lone Star College,Sherif f Adrian Garcia said.Authorities were still lookingfor the handgun that was used.

Carlton Berr y, 22, ischarged with two felony countsof aggravated assault with adeadly weapon. Garcia of feredno additional details on the roleof a possible second suspect.He said investigators were try-ing to determine what causedthe argument, adding that thedispute was “idiocy, stupidity.”

“We had individuals who didnot care about putting otherpeople in harm’s way,” he saidat an afternoon news confer-ence. “It was a ridiculous, adolescent confrontation that occurred.”

Berry was injured in the inci-dent and is under police super-vision at a Houston hospital,Garcia said. Investigators werestill trying to determine how hewas wounded.

Berr y had a Lone StarCollege ID but it was not clearwhether he was enrolled at theschool, Garcia said. Courtrecords did not list an attorneyfor Berry.

Garcia said the two otherpeople wounded in the shoot-ing were recovering. JodyNeal, 25, with whom Berry wasarguing, was shot in theabdomen and leg. Neal waspursuing his GED, the sherif f said.

A maintenance worker forthe college, 55-year-old BobbyCliburn, was standing nearbyand was shot in the leg.Sherif f ’s of ficials corrected hisage, which was reported earli-er as 69.

A woman whose name hasnot been released also receivedmedical treatment. It was initially believed she suffered aheart attack, but Garcia saidshe was treated for an anxiety attack.

Berr y is scheduled for acourt hearing Thursday, whichcould be delayed because ofhis medical condition, of ficialssaid. He faces a total bond of $60,000.

The volley of gunshots aroundnoon Tuesday at the college,located in north Houston, prompt-ed a lockdown then evacuation ofthe campus. Students wereallowed to return to campus andretrieve their vehicles laterTuesday. Classes at the campusresumed Wednesday.

Senators urge approval of Keystone pipelineTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — More thanhalf the Senate urged yesterday aquick approval of the Keystone XLoil pipeline, ramping up pressureon President Barack Obama tomove ahead with the project justdays after he promised in his inau-gural address to respond vigorous-ly to the threat of climate change.

A letter signed by 53 senatorssaid Nebraska Gov. DaveHeineman’s approval of a revisedroute through his state puts thelong-delayed project squarely inthe president’s hands.

“We urge you to choose jobs,economic development andAmerican energy security,” the let-ter said, adding that the pipeline“has gone through the most

Codey considers running for governorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON, N.J. — FormerGov. Dick Codey is close to decid-ing whether to enter the NewJersey governor’s race after a visitwith national labor unions inWashington, as a new poll showsGov. Chris Christie beating anyDemocratic challenger by at least2 to 1.

Two people close to Codey,now a state senator from EssexCounty, told The Associated Pressyesterday that he returned toNew Jersey on Tuesday night sat-isfied the unions would back hiscandidacy, and that millions indonations would flow his way if hewins the Democratic primary.They spoke on condition ofanonymity because they are not

Deep freeze tocontinue throughweekend in East

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PORTLAND, Maine — Ateeth-chattering cold wave withsubzero temperatures is expect-ed to keep its icy grip on muchof the eastern U.S. into theweekend before seasonabletemperatures bring relief.

A polar air mass blamed formultiple deaths in the Midwestmoved into the Northeast yes-terday, prompting the NationalWeather Service to issue windchill warnings across upstateNew York and northern NewEngland and creating problems for people still tr ying to rebound from Superstorm Sandy.

In a storm-damaged neighbor-hood near the beach on NewYork City’s Staten Island, peoplewho haven’t had heat in theirhomes since the late Octoberstorm took refuge in tents set upby aid workers. The tents wereequipped with propane heaters,which were barely keeping upwith the cold, and workers wereproviding sleeping bags and blan-kets for warmth.

Eddie Saman is sleeping inone of the tents because the gap-ing hole in the roof of his homehas rendered it uninhabitable.Heat has been restored to thehouse, but much of it escapesthrough the hole.

“It’s very cold,” Saman said,”and mainly I sleep here next to theheater here.”

In northern New Hampshire,a man who crashed his snowmo-bile while going over a hill onTuesday and spent a “bitterlycold night” injured and alone on atrail died on Wednesday, thestate’s Fish and GameDepartment said. Friends whowent looking for John Arsenault,of Shelburne, when he did notshow up for work found himunconscious yesterday morning,and he died later at a hospital,authorities said.

exhaustive environmental scrutinyof any pipeline” in U.S. history. The$7 billion project would carry oilfrom Canada to refineries alongthe Texas Gulf Coast.

“There is no reason to deny orfurther delay this long-studiedproject,” said the letter, which wasinitiated by Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Max Baucus, D-Mont.,and signed by 44 Republicans andnine Democrats. AnotherDemocrat, Jon Tester of Montana,supports the pipeline but did notsign the letter.

At a news conference yesterday,senators said the pipeline should bea key part of Obama’s “all of theabove” energy policy, in which hehas expressed support for a rangeof energy sources from oil and nat-ural gas to wind, solar and coal.

The Obama administration hastwice thwarted the 1,700-milepipeline, which Calgary-basedTransCanada first proposed in late2008. The State Departmentdelayed the project in late 2011after environmental groups andothers raised concerns about a pro-posed route through environmen-tally sensitive land in Nebraska.

Under pressure from congres-sional Republicans to make adecision on the pipeline,President Barack Obama blockedit in January 2012, saying his con-cerns about the Nebraska routehad not been resolved.TransCanada submitted a newapplication last spring.

The State Department saidTuesday it does not expect to com-plete a review of the project before

the end of March. The StateDepartment has jurisdiction overthe pipeline because it crosses aU.S. border.

The renewed focus on thepipeline comes as Obamapledged during his inauguraladdress to respond to the threatof global warming.Environmental groups and someDemocratic lawmakers arguethat approving the pipeline woulddirectly contradict that promise.

“If we are going to get seri-ous about climate change, open-ing the spigot to a pipeline thatwill export up to 830,000 bar-rels of the dirtiest oil on theplanet to foreign marketsstands as a bad idea,” saidAnthony Swift of the NaturalResources Defense Council.

authorized to speak publicly abouthis deliberations.

A message left with the AFL-CIO was not returned.

The two people close to Codeysaid he still has business and fam-ily concerns that could keep himfrom running.

Sen. Barbara Buono, ofMiddlesex County, has entered therace, but the Democratic establish-ment has been trying to recruit abetter-known candidate they believecould mount a stronger challenge tothe popular Christie.

Buono was endorsed Tuesdaynight by the former head of theDemocratic State Committee.Assemblyman Joe Cryan told theaudience at a women’s politicalevent in New Brunswick that it’s

time for the party “to progressand grow.”

Cryan, like Buono, wasstripped of his leadership post forbucking establishmentDemocrats. Buono has also beenendorsed by Monmouth andSomerset County Democrats;home county Middlesex has alsopledged its support.

Codey, 66, served as governorfor 14 months after Gov. JimMcGreevey resigned in 2004. Hedecided not to seek a full electedterm, which fellow Democrat JonCorzine won in 2005.

Codey has been flirting withrunning in November sinceNewark Mayor Cor y Bookerabandoned the idea in December.

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D iana Fajardo and Ronald Hush won seats onthe New Brunswick school board Tuesday,after the city’s first ever school board election

was held. Given the considerable role both constituen-cies played in making elections a reality, city residentsalong with University students should continue to fol-low the developments of this board closely.

Last semester, supporters of an elected schoolboard saw a considerable victory against MayorJames Cahill’s rigidly appointed school board.Eradicated after years of reign, the old system hasspun in a more democratic direction. This week, cityresidents and students were able to exercise the rightthey have earned — the ability to vote for their schoolsystem’s officials.

But the development is important for students inparticular, because we, as a University, played a bigrole in the process of switching to an elected schoolboard. The Rutgers University Student Assemblyhelped to sway student opinion toward support for an

Continue to engage after board election

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E arlier this month, the University partneredwith Pearson eCollege, a Colorado distancelearning company that provides partner insti-

tutions with online learning software services neces-sary for virtual education. The seven-year contract,according to University administrators, will bringthousands of online students to the school by 2020,both increasing its reach and the resources availableto students on campus and beyond. As education inthe 21st century continues to redefine itself, all shouldlaud the University’s newest plunge into the world ofonline education.

The partnership, which will increase the number ofmaster’s degree programs offered online through theNew Brunswick, Newark and Camden campuses,helps move the University into a field whose advan-tages have already been realized by hundreds of sec-ondary and post-secondary schools across the country.The number of schools offering fully online degreeprograms has nearly double in the last 10 years,according to the U.S. News and World Report. Andother schools — including Harvard and MIT, who part-nered with MIT last year to launch a series of massive

Pearson contract increases U. value

elected board, with obvious success. Though studentsmay not realize it, we leave a pretty large footprint.

It’s important that we continue to support thoseinstitutions that we helped create. Keeping a close eyeon the progress made by New Brunswick schoolsunder this new board is one way to do that. Studentsshould continue working to create a closer bondbetween community and school board members.

Fajardo and Hush, both qualified candidates, wereendorsed by New Beginnings for New BrunswickSchools and the mayor himself. Cedric Goodman andJerry Mercado were endorsed by rival organization,New Brunswick for Elected School Board Committee.All candidates worked often and well with youth, aswell as in city government, according to supporters.

And though this election may not have been an accu-rate representation of New Brunswick for Elected SchoolBoard Committee’s efforts, who spear-headed the cam-paign for an elected board, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t ademocratic one, and a step in the right direction.

online open courses called edX — have begun to takeonline learning and its capabilities even farther.

It need not be said that education is changing.Traditional methods of learning — the ones withwhich most students here on campus are familiar with— are no longer the only effective ways of connectingstudents to teachers. The Internet, along with web-based software that allows individuals to connect overvast distances, has not only made information moreaccessible, but has provided a useful alternative to theolds ways of learning.

Nor are those methods, at least for many people,the most appropriate. According to David Finegold,Senior Vice President for Lifelong Learning andStrategic Growth Initiatives, the University’s newonline degree programs are meant to specifically caterthose people for whom a traditional, in class educationis not possible. Individuals with disabilities, with fami-lies or in the military will now be able to further theireducation through the University without having tohave stepped foot on campus. When one grants thateducating individuals is a good thing no matter how itis done, the benefits of online learning become clear.

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magazines or — sigh — cable news astheir only sources of information. This, asmost of us know, can be frustrating at thelocal level (think holidays and family din-ners) and downright damaging at thesocietal level (how’s that post-rapturedog-sitting service working out?).

Granted, access must also be accom-panied by adequate time and commitmentin order for someone to tap into the truevalue of information. The sad truth is,most working peo-ple simply don’thave the time toimmerse them-selves in researchjournals anddatasets. Most peo-ple have jobs, fami-lies and otherresponsibilities thatrequire constant tending. I’ve heard peo-ple refer to this as a “life.” I’ll have moreinformation on this strange concept onceI’ve done some more research on itsmeaning and purpose.

It would be unreasonable — and alsosomewhat cruel — to expect a full-timeblood lab technician or software engineer,for example, to have to come home after along day of work and read through thelatest Review of International PoliticalEconomy just to keep up with contempo-rary public discussion. As a free society,however, I think we should at least beable to come up with a system that

provides the average, hard-workingAmerican citizen with reasonable accessto the current scientific, economic andpolitical literature of the day without tak-ing a second mortgage or selling one oftheir children.

Although the University, like manyschools, pays various providers likeJSTOR for access to online content, thecurrent system of information exchangeis becoming more restricted and expen-

sive with each pass-ing year. Evensome of the mostwealthy and well-to-do universities onthe planet arestruggling with theincreasing cost ofacademic material.Some journals can

cost up to $40,000 a year, with the annu-al cost to universities in the millions.The price of online content from some ofthe major providers has gone up bymore than 140 percent in the last sixyears alone.

This is unacceptable. Holding informa-tion hostage like this stifles humanprogress, limits education and preventsthe spread of information. In addition, ittransfers additional burdens to the stu-dents in the form of tuition increases andaccess fees.

During his inaugural address onMonday, President Barack Obama went

through a list of principles and values onwhich he believes we should focus as wemove forward into the future. Overall, hetouched on several critical issues thatdemand immediate attention — like howwe need to deal with other nations morepeacefully, which I can only assumemeans more drone strikes. I cannot helpbut think, however, that if we had betteraccess to the scientific and academic liter-ature in the first place, perhaps we would-n’t have to waste so much time trying toconvince people that climate change isn’ta giant communist conspiracy.

Luckily, there are scores of peoplefighting for the free flow of informationevery day. Even Ivy League schools likeHarvard, as their own costs continue torise, have decided joined the fight.Unfortunately, however, we’re not out ofthe woods yet, and the tragic loss ofheroes like Aaron Swartz reminds us thatnothing worth having comes easy. Therewill always be those who wish to hinderprogress and to preserve the status quo.But, as history demonstrates, when theAmerican people come together anddemand change, it is unwise to stand inour way.

Joe Amditis is a School of Arts andSciences senior majoring in criminal jus-tice and political science with minors in psychology and criminology. His col-umn, “Swimming Upstream,” runs on alternate Thursdays .

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The federal conversation is shifting, and so should the state.”

Spencer Klein, president of New Jersey United Students, on the Rally for Tuition Equity in Trenton. See the story on FRONT.

A s a University student, I feel thatI have much to be thankful for,particularly when it comes to the

invaluable access to education, knowl-edge and information that the Universityprovides to its students. It may havetaken me a few semesters to truly appre-ciate the value of that access, but nowthat I see the profound and irrevocableeffect it has had on my life, I cannot imag-ine the type of person I would havebecome were it not for something appar-ently as simple as free information.Despite the nearly insurmountable stressof exams, the unending barrage of park-ing tickets, and the suspiciously punctualRU Screw, the University really doeshave a lot to offer its students duringtheir time here.

Unfortunately, the average person hasalmost zero access to the wealth of infor-mation out there. In fact, I would even bewilling to wager that a large portion ofthe American public doesn’t know thatsuch a treasure trove of comprehensivedata and information analysis evenexists. Instead most people are forced to rely on things like newspapers,

Holding information hostage

“Luckily, there are scores of people fighting for the free flow of information

every day.”

SWIMMINGUPSTREAM

JOE AMDITIS

stuck the first time you received it. Ittremendously benefits the colleges thatkids are often ill-equipped for the work-force after their years in primary and sec-ondary schools.

Some kids feel like they would be losersif they didn’t go to college or dropped out.Their peers point out that many careersrequire college degrees. If you want toteach at public schools, be a physician, orbe an engineer, for example, you need adegree by law.

But this is not the case with everycareer. What career do you want? I meanactually want — not just what your parentswant you to want. Want to be a writer? Ahistorian? A film-maker? Why gothrough four yearsof college then? Aswas mentionedbefore, not all 120credits will be fromwriting courses.Even if you have wealthy parents who payfor all four years and beyond, you could bewasting much of your time at college.

What you could do instead is immerseyourself in literature — or whatever sub-ject you like — for four years at home.Read all the materials you can get yourhands on. Analyze them, read what othershave written about them, and then writeyour own material. Over the course ofthose four years, you could work up arésumé of your own work. Then you wouldstand out from other kids who only havecollege degrees to show for themselves.

You could develop a unique voice andstyle that could set you apart, and you

won’t ruin your life by racking up an insur-mountable mountain of debt from studentloans. Actual accomplishments are worthmore than college degrees, which arebecoming increasingly more common.

We’ve all heard the old adage, “It’s notwhat you know, it’s who you know.” Formany careers, this is true. Want to work ona political campaign? Want to be a journal-ist? Nobody cares if you went to college.What matters is if you can do the job.There are other ways of showing that youcan do a job besides holding a degree.Working internships is a great way ofdoing that. Internships are usually free,and sometimes they pay you. You meet a

lot of people as anintern — peoplewhose good wordemployers valuemore than the judg-ment of collegedepartments. Youmight also learn bet-

ter with the hands-on experience of yourinternship than you would with a class-room experience.

Why do we still need to physically be ina classroom to learn from an instructor,anyway? Going away to college is becom-ing more and more antiquated with devel-oping technology. One argument for thecurrent system is that there is an indispen-sable “interaction” factor in physical class-rooms. Wait a second. People don’t interactover the Internet? What is the purpose ofprograms like Skype? Besides, the majori-ty of the kids in physical classrooms — atleast from my experience — do not interactat all. The kids in the front row interact,

and there are maybe six or seven of themin each class.

Everyone else in class might as well behome watching a video of the class lec-ture. It is a huge waste of energy andresources to transport the instructor andall the students to one campus and tohouse students there.

One might list the “college experience”as a reason to go away to college. Livingaway from home can be fun. Parties can befun. Meeting people from different back-grounds can be fun. Just because these aresome of the things you can experiencegoing to college, it doesn’t mean you nec-essarily have to go to college to experiencethem. Think outside of the box.

The efforts of organizations like NewJersey United Students to bring attentionto tuition increases and student debt(regardless of how one feels about thesolutions they propose) are honorable.They demonstrate a genuine concern forthe welfare of university students. But theydo not address the fundamental problemswith schooling in the United States.

Maybe the problems we face are struc-tural, not just financial. Maybe there arekids in college now that should be doingother things with their lives. Maybe somekids are wasting their time at college notdoing what they love. Until we admit that,many students will continue to getscrewed. And more kids will wish theywould have dropped out.

Eric Antisell is a School of Arts andSciences senior majoring in history andpolitical science. His column, “Run With It,”runs on alternate Thursdays .

W hy do we go to college? Theanswer to this question will nodoubt vary from student to stu-

dent. It is vital that the question be askedwhile we are still in school. Even betterwould be before we enter in the first place.Should you drop out?

Only those who know you and your sit-uation can answer that question. I don’tknow what you should do. I’m not sayingyou should drop out. I’m saying youshould think about dropping out. If youthink about it and decide that you shouldstay in school, then no harm done.

First we should ask, “What’s the pointof college?” Some say it’s so that you canspecialize in a specific field of study. This isonly partially correct. Psychology majors,for example, do not study psychology only.The existence of general educationrequirements proves the “specialization”argument is flawed.

Why do we even need gen eds? To geta well-rounded education? I thought thatwas the point of K-12 schooling. Why doesK-12 schooling fail so miserably in thatregard? It is devastating that college stu-dents have to take classes like “ExpositoryWriting” to learn basic skills that theyshould have learned in their K-12 years. Itis also not cheap. Imagine how much lessyou would have to pay in tuition — andhow much less revenue colleges wouldcollect — if the “well-rounded education”

Think about dropping out

“There are other ways ofshowing that you can do a job

besides holding a degree.”

RUN WITH ITERIC ANTISELL

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tonight. I think that’s one of themain reasons why we lost.”

The first 20 minutes prom-ised the type of close game bothteams have become accus-tomed to in their last three sea-sons. St. John’s found itself —however improbably — ahead,thanks to a slew of turnoversbehind its half court. The RedStorm went on a 17-0 run thatspanned each half.

Rice said earlier in the week St.John’s (12-7, 4-3) reminded him ofhis 2011-2012 team because of itsinconsistency. Carter and seniorwing Dane Miller likely gave Riceanother flashback.

Sophomore guard Myles Mack drives against St. John’s guard Jamal Branch. Mack picked up thescoring load with 17 points during sophomore guard Eli Carter’s five-point outing. WILLY MELOT

Head coach Kyle Flood is cer-tain of one thing about the offense:sophomore Gary Nova will still bethe starting quarterback, at leastcome spring practice.

The Scarlet Knights offensefinished this season averaging21.5 points per game, third-to-last in the Big East. Improvingthat number will not onlyrequire progress from Nova, butcreating a system that makes iteasier for him.

Flood said Jan. 18 he wouldreplace Brock with a coordinatorwho also implemented a pro-style offense.

Coleman leads quick receiving corpsfor Nova’s second full year starting

OFFENSE

CONTINUED FROM BACK

Pair of Knights goscoreless in first halfagainst St. John’s

FATE

CONTINUED FROM BACK

Both went scoreless in thefirst half, and each is suscepti-ble to long lapses on of fense,especially if they do not con-vert early shots. Carter went 0-for-6 from the field in the firsthalf and committed fourturnovers, while Miller tookonly one shot. He finished with three.

Carter entered the gameshooting 41 percent from thefield this season and only 30.8percent from 3-point territory,five percentage points down fromhis freshman campaign. He didnot play during the game’s finalminutes, as Rutgers trailed bysingle digits.

“Putting the ball in the bucketis affecting the way he’s doingother things when he’s on thefloor,” Rice said.

Little went right for theKnights on an evening in whichthey shot only 36.5 percent. ButCarter’s shot total and body lan-

guage served as a harrowingreminder of how much Rutgersdepends on its leading scorer.

If a silver lining remains, it isthat Mack nearly compensated.

The 5-foot-9 Mack led theKnights with nine first-half pointsand finished with a team-high 17.He has done so this season withremarkable efficiency, shooting52.9 percent from the field and49.3 percent beyond the arcentering last night.

He shot 6-for-16 from thefield against St. John’s and sankfour free throws, where his con-version percentage is amongthe nation’s best. But he couldnot prevent a pair of gun-slingers a chance to out-do eachother, even if only one camewith ammunition.

For updates on the Rutgersmen’s basketball team, follow TylerBarto on Twitter@TBartoTargum.

Sophomore wide receiverBrandon Coleman, who ledRutgers with 718 receiving yardsand 10 touchdowns this year,returns as the focal receiver.

Sophomore Miles Shuler, juniorQuron Pratt and freshman LeonteCarroo give Rutgers enough speedfor a quicker offense.

Coleman wants the receiversto help Nova out more, and aquicker offense could do thatwith more bailouts.

“We try to make each otherlook better, and that’s what youhave to do,” Coleman said Dec.28. “You have to find a way, and[in the Russell Athletic Bowl] Iknow I didn’t find a way a couple

times, so I know I just have towork on that.”

Flood did not have the sameview once the season ended, whichputs a 13-10 loss against VirginiaTech on the offense as a whole.

“There is no responsibility tobail anybody out,” Flood saidDec. 28. “There are expectationsof performance, and our expecta-tions of performance are veryhigh, and I think we met them ondefense. I don’t know that we metthem on offense.”

Jamison ended his Rutgerscareer on a low note with 22 yardson 13 rushes while re-aggravatinghis previously injured right ankleagainst Virginia Tech.

An ineffective running gamecrippled Rutgers’ offense, andnow the Knights have to figureout how to move the chains with-out Jamison at all.

Sophomore Savon Hugginswill likely start at running back,

where Rutgers enters next yearlargely unproven.

Huggins rushed for 410 yardsthis season and only totaled morethan 50 yards Nov. 17 at Cincinnati,where he totaled a career-high 179yards on the ground.

Redshirt freshmen P.J. Jamesand Ben Martin will both com-pete for a backup role. They havetaken only five and 10 careerhandoffs, respectively.

Incoming freshman DonteaAyres, who will enroll early andpractice with Rutgers this spring,will likely be in the mix as a back-up, as well.

The most certain part of theoffense is the line, which returnsevery starter except right tackleR.J. Dill.

But even the offensive linewas unreliable against theHokies, allowing three sacks.

“Even the plays that weren’tstacks there were pressures,”

Flood said Dec. 28. “I think it ishard for a quarterback to set hisfeet every time if he’s not surehe‘s going to be protected or not.”

The line only allowed 11 sacksall year after giving up 30 in 2011,but junior guard Antwan Lowerystill sees room for progress.

He noted one problem as theline’s biggest difficulty all season.

“Communication,” Lowerysaid Dec. 28. “Everybody beingon the same page. There weretimes when we weren’t on thesame page and everybody wasn’tplaying as one. [Improving that]is going to be a big key.”

Whoever takes over for Brockwill be lucky to have an establishedline, but every facet will need fix-ing to improve the passing gameand an unproven running game.

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JANUARY 24, 2013SPORTS PAGE 14

BY GREG JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

Underclassmen have playeda pivotal role early in the seasonin guiding the Rutgers gymnas-tics team through several of itskey injuries.

Junior Luisa Leal, EAGLRookie of the Year in 2011, hasbeen sidelined since the thirdmeet of last season because ofinjury. Second-year head coachLouis Levine hopes to have herback within the next few weeks,he said Saturday.

When the Scarlet Knightslost senior co-captain Jenna Zitoduring warm-ups of their homequad meet Saturday, anotherabsence needed tobe filled.

Zito competedin three of fourevents in each ofthe team’s firsttwo meets. She fin-ished on top of theKnights’ lineup onvault and floor atNew Hampshireon Jan. 6, and shealso took firstplace overall Jan.12 in the floor exercise.

For many of the Knights, Zitoalso possesses several intangiblesand simply cannot be replaced.

“It was really devastating forall of us,” said junior co-captainAlexis Gunzelman on Saturday.“Mentally, I think we were a littleshort of where we were last weekand the previous week.”

In spite of the loss, youngergymnasts have stepped in criti-cal moments.

Freshman Claudia Salinas,who averaged a score of 9.350on the balance beam in Rutgers’first two meets, put together a

would open our game up by allow-ing these guards to dribble pene-trate more and get them the openshots and looks. Even though she’sthin she gets up and rebounds.”

Rutgers continues to find ways topress through diffi-cult moments, andeach player has toadjust to largerroles and moreresponsibilities.

During seniorforward MoniqueOliver’s briefabsence as shenursed an ankleinjury, the Knightssaw valuable min-utes from freshman forward RachelHollivay and sophomore forward Christa Evans.

The duo added depth in thepaint and created mismatches foropponents. Its presence was alsocrucial for Rutgers in its 55-47 vic-tory against Georgetown onTuesday, when senior forwardChelsey Lee found herself inearly foul trouble.

Injuries in Knights backcourt leaveyounger guards to fill scoring void

ACCOUNTABILITY

CONTINUED FROM BACK

GYMNASTICS LUISA LEAL, ZITO OUT WITH INJURIES

Veterans’ setbacks allow for experience

Senior co-captain Jenna Zito injured herself during warm-ups Saturday before Rutgers hosted aquad meet. The Knights have had to replace her production since. JOVELLE TOMAYO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Given the circumstances,Levine is proud of how theKnights have made the most ofdifficult situations.

“I’m really happy with how theteam came together [Saturday],”

he said. “Losing your team cap-tain in warm-ups is not an easything, and they were able to pret-ty much overcome that.”

For as long as Leal and Zitoremain sidelined, the

Knights need to continue overcoming adversity.

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Freshman guard Kahleah Copper led Rutgers with 12 points Tuesday against Georgetown. She also had to defend guard Sugar Rodgers, 14. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Things looked bleak for theKnights again when senior guardErica Wheeler went down in thefirst half with a minor ankleinjury. It was another instancethat required other players topick up responsibility.

“Everybody else has to step upand pick up theslack,” said sopho-more guardS h a k e n aRichardson.

Richardson sayseach Knight needsto be accountableand has to pick upintensity.

She led anoffensive surge toclose out the first

half against the Hoyas.The backcourt has taken a

blow, as sophomore guardBriyona Canty is sidelined forthe remainder of the yearbecause of a left knee injury.

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“If you get [KahleahCopper] that shot,

anything along the baseline,

she can do that.” C. VIVIAN STRINGER

Head Coach

first-place and career-high bal-ance beam routine score of9.850 without Zito in the lineup.Salinas’ performance helped theKnights achieve a season-high48.225 team score in the event.

Classmate Jenna Williamsalso had her best overall per-formance of the season, nailing a9.850 on both the vault anduneven bars while putting togeth-er a 9.450 performance on thebalance beam.

Her teammates are impressedwith how quickly she hasanchored several events.

“When she competes, every-one has full confidence in her.She practices really hard, andthat’s what she shows when

she competes,”said seniorDanielle D’Eliaon Saturday.“She’s a fresh-man and she hasso many yearsahead of her,and she’salready thisgreat. You canonly expect somuch more. Ithink she’s been

a really key point in this teamthis year.”

Without Leal and Zito, theKnights improved Saturday fromthe previous meet on floor andvault with respective scores of48.600 and 48.275.

Filling the void on the floorroutine, arguably Zito’s bestevent, freshmen Katie Stebickand Danielle Verdon earnedrespective scores of 9.775 and9.650. Sophomore SaraSkammer also earned a 9.650 inthe event to round out a floorlineup that featured three offive underclassmen.

“Mentally, I thinkwe were a little

short of where wewere last week andthe previous week.”

ALEXIS GUNZELMANJunior Co-Captain

JANUARY 24, 2013 SPORTS PAGE 15

BY ERIC DIMETROSKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track andfield team entered off of a sixth-place finish at the Great DaneClassic in the Bronx.

The Scarlet Knights restedseveral of their key athletes inthe last meet, but should have amore complete squad for theupcoming event.

Senior Adam Bergo is one ofthe Knights’ key competitors andhopes to see big contributionsfrom the team.

Experience gives Knights stability for ChampionshipsMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, TODAY

MEN’S BASKETBALL THREE RUTGERS FORWARDS COMBINE FOR NINE SHOTS

Junior forward Wally Judge attempts a layup as four Johnnies crowd the boards in yesterday’s 72-60 St. John’s victory. Judge scored double figures, but could onlyattempt six shots as the Knights struggled to feed the ball to their forwards. WILLY MELOT

St. John’s haults Rutgers frontcourtBY JOEY GREGORY

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When the Rutgers men’s bas-ketball team looks back at tapefrom last night’s 72-60 loss to St.John’s, it will likely see plenty to fix.

It is no secret the Scarlet Knightsexpect to see most of their scoringproduction from sophomore guardsEli Carter and Myles Mack.

In a game where those two donot produce — such was the caselast night — candidates to helpshoulder the load have beeninconsistent at best, especiallywhen it comes to interior scoring.

“If our top performers aren’tscoring…[the bigs] have to pickup what they aren’t doing,” saidjunior forward Wally Judge.

But scoring is impossiblewithout the ball.

And the three forwards com-bined for only 11 shot attempts in55 combined minutes, threefewer than Carter alone.

“That’s what we’re going to haveto work on,” said head coach MikeRice of getting the ball inside. “Wegot a little bit better at it, but wehave to become more consistent.”

The platoon of Judge, seniorAustin Johnson and sophomore

both in giveaways and from thefree throw line.

They caused St. John’s 14turnovers but scored only 17points as a result.

Mack and Carter hit all oftheir free throws, but the rest of

the team went a combined 3-for-10 from the line.

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Senior forward Austin Johnson goes up for a block last nightagainst St. John’s. Johnson only took three shots in 13 minutes.WILLY MELOT

Kadeem Jack has manned the for-ward positions for the majority ofthe minutes this season.

None of them have produced aconsistent effort.

Judge netted 14 points in theJan. 17 Rutgers win against SouthFlorida, but had only hit double-digits in four of the other 16games before last night.

Johnson’ season high in scor-ing is 10, which he hit only twicewhile Jack has exhibited thesame sporadic scoring prowess.

The Knights needed them toup those numbers against theRed Storm. While Mack hit hisusual target, Carter was silent formost of the night.

The first half gave the impres-sion Judge would provide enoughassistance, as he opened witheight points.

But it took him 13 minutes intothe second half to find the net again.Then again, he did not have the balllong enough to get shots off.

“[The Johnnies] were active intheir zone, so it was hard to getangles and get position,” Johnsonsaid. “They had a lot of move-ment. I think the activity of theirzone made it hard for the guardsto throw it down.”

While Judge finished the gamein double figures — he scored 10points — the Knights needed him tokeep up his first half pace, especial-ly once Red Storm leading scorerD’Angelo Harrison found his touch.

After scoring only five pointsin the opening frame, Harrisonanswered with 15 in the second.

Judge and the rest of the for-wards remained largely ineffective.Johnson finished with only fourpoints, while Jack ended with two.

The strong defensive perform-ance from St. John’s did not help.

“They’re long, athletic, activeguys,” Johnson said. “Theiractivity was disruptive. They’regood players.”

Sophomore Jerome Seagearsenjoyed another productive nightat point guard, notching eightpoints and three assists whilecommitting only two turnovers.

Seagears has started everygame since Rice inserted him in thelineup Jan. 5 against Pittsburgh.

Since then he has averagedmore than six points per gameand dished out 20 total assistswith only seven turnovers.

The Knights struggled to takeadvantage of the opportunitiesthey created against St. John’s,

“We didn’t have our full teamcompeting [in the Great DaneClassic] but still did well,” Bergosaid. “A lot of guys have beenresting up.”

The Knights hope the restleads to better results inupcoming meets as manyreturn to full strength.

The long distance unit looks tocontinue to improve, as its timeshave gotten better in each meetthis season.

Many of the team’s veteranshave already posted times ordistances that have qualified

for the Big EastChampionships, but more oftheir teammates still look forqualifying numbers.

Of the current qualifiers,many still hope to improve ontheir times and distances.

The MetropolitanChampionships is a good test fora young team, which is learningeach week.

Many of the younger Knightsare using the experience theyearned in recent weeks and con-tinue to get a feel for high-levelcollege competition.

Many have been battlinginjuries of late and continue toheal for upcoming meets.

Bergo, one of the Knights’ dec-orated athletes last season, hasbeen dealing with various injuries.

“I’ve been recovering for the pastfew months and am feeling a lot bet-ter,” Bergo said. “My technique isgetting back to what it was.”

The time off for some athletesdid the Knights well in several dif-ferent areas and should help inthe long run.

The jumping unit, one of thebest in the Big East last season,

continues to return to fullstrength and looks to build on itin the Bronx.

Head coach Mike Mulqueenhas focused on working with thewhole team.

The MetropolitanChampionships is anotheropportunity for the team toimprove and prepare for the restof the year.

Many young athletes willper form again this weekendand hope to have a better show-ing the second time in NewYork City.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013

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ISSUES UP FRONT The Rutgers men’s basketballteam’s frontcourt struggled to get shots lastnight against St. John’s. / PAGE 15

NCAAM SCORES EXTRA POINT RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR

SPORTS

BACK ON SCHEDULE The Rutgers men’s track teamenters the Metropolitan Championships with a morecomplete roster than last meet. / PAGE 15

YOUTH INJECTION Rutgers gymnasticsunderclassmen have stepped up throughtwo veterans’ injuries. / PAGE 14

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Now that we’re losing, it’s just how the ball rolls.”— Rutgers men’s basketball forward Wally Judge

on sophomore guard Eli Carter’s shooting struggles

BILLY SMITH Leadsall Rutgers wrestlers thisseason in dual victorieswith 13, one more thanthree other wrestlers onthe roster. He holds a 13-2record this season in dualmeets.

MEN’S TRACK

at MetropolitanChampionships

TomorrowNew York City

SWIMMING, DIVING

vs. Fordham, Ryder

Saturday, 10:30 a.m.RU Aquatic Center

WOMEN’S TRACK

at MetropolitanChampionships

TomorrowNew York City

MEN’S BASKETBALL ST. JOHN’S 72, RUTGERS 60

WRESTLING

at West Virginia

Friday, 8 p.m.Morgantown, W. Va.

Carter slump spells RU fateFOOTBALL

Sophomore Brandon Coleman leads aquick group of wideouts next season.ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rutgers toimplementnew offense

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COPPER PROVIDES KNIGHTS WITH MORE OFFENSE

Backups provide depth, accountability for ailing squadBY AARON FARRAR

CORRESPONDENT

Unplanned dilemmas and circumstancesbeyond its control have plagued the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team in what has beenan unpredictable season.

The Scarlet Knights have been tested SEE ACCOUNTABILITY ON PAGE 14

Sophomore guard Eli Carter gets beaten on defense during his 1-for-14 effort fromthe field against St. John’s. Carter was not available for comment after the game.WILLY MELOT

BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR

Two high-volume scorers took the LouisBrown Athletic Center court last night, butsoon after, their paths diverged.

St. John’s guard D’Angelo Harrisonproudly puffed his chest following each bas-ket en route to 20 points, while Eli Carter didhis best to keep up with Harrison’s team-high 15.3 shot-per-game average.

He matched Harrison — the two com-bined for 28 shots — but little else added upin the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s 72-60loss to St. John’s.

Carter was not made available to themedia after the game.

“We have to address some situations,”said head coach Mike Rice. “If you’re notscoring, there are other parts of the gameyou can excel at that can help your team, andthat goes with a lot of our players. Do some-thing, make a play for your team.”

Sandwiched between 23 and 20-point per-formances against Pittsburgh and NotreDame, respectively, Carter managed to shootonly 8-for-35 during a three-game span.

The sophomore guard led the Knights(12-6, 3-4) in scoring last season with 13.8points, but averaged 11.7 shots per game.The latter is up to 12.4 this season, enteringlast night’s game.

He scored his first points nearly 29 min-utes into the game, but not before missinghis first nine shots. He promptly convertedhis next 3-point attempt.

“Our leading scorer, he wasn’t putting theball in the hole,” said sophomore point guardMyles Mack of Carter, who shot 1-for-14.“Nights like that happen, and it happened

BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

At first it appeared the Rutgers footballteam’s offense might be the most certainpart of the team next year with most of theunit set to return.

Within a month of season’s end, sopho-more running back Jawan Jamison and offen-sive coordinator Dave Brock’s departureschanged that complexion.

Now whoever takes over Brock’s duties willadopt an offense with several question marks.

SEE OFFENSE ON PAGE 13

South Florida 47Seton Hall 55

Duke 63Miami 90

Butler 53La Salle 54

Penn State 49Indiana 72

Florida 64Georgia 47

Colorado St. 61New Mexico 66

SEE FATE ON PAGE 13

and contributions are necessar y fromever y player who takes the floor.Freshman Kahleah Copper has receivedhigh praise for her performance of latewhen she sees time.

“She’s an incredible athlete,” said headcoach C. Vivian Stringer on Tuesday. “She isvery gifted. We just changed her position

about two weeks ago, which she cannot thankme enough for. I am happy about the change,as well.”

Copper earned more of a frontcourt roleinstead of playing around the perimeter. Thechange has allowed the Knights to spread thefloor and enables guards to become moreoffensive-minded.

“We saw things in practice where she wouldrun the four so well, and the team seemed veryconfident,” Stringer said. “She does a great job offinishing. If you get her that shot, anything alongthe baseline, she can do that. She seemed somuch more comfortable that we thought we