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A University teamof researchersunveils the effects of a virus that canmonitor the use of smart phones.

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The University continues to reach out to alumni to implement more online courses for post-doctorate degree programs. If theprogram further expands, within five to 10 years the University could potentially bring in more than $30 million in revenue.

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Alumni click with online coursesBY COLLEEN ROACHE

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In accordance with UniversityPresident Richard L. McCormick’s plans toincrease online enrollment by 20 percentper year over the next five years, theUniversity is working to expand programsoffered through the Web.

“Within the context of higher education,it is an important element that Rutgersneeds to move into, at least to some extentgreater than it has in the past,” said RaphaelCaprio, vice president of ContinuousEducation and Outreach.

The University is targeting its380,000 living alumni who, regardless of

where they are now, can reap the bene-fits of a postgraduate degree from NewJersey’s state university, Caprio said.

“The average college graduate today willneed the equivalent of seven more years offull-time education and professional devel-opment to sustain a competitive place in theworkforce,” he said. “There’s absolutely noreason that we should not be making ourresources available to our graduates.”

The University hopes graduates willstick with their alma mater throughouttheir professional lives, Caprio said.

Although he said most of the onlinecourses are equivalent to what is donein the classroom in terms of quality,there is still much work to be done.

“I would rather we grow a little slow-er and do it right,” he said. “Our focusfor faculty training is not on technologybut on best practices.”

With time and experience, come bettercourses, Caprio said.

“Every semester, the faculty that areengaged in online courses learn moreabout how to do it better,” he said.

Individual sectors of the University willmove their online programs forward at arate that is comfortable for them, Capriosaid. The School of Communication andInformation is a good example for otheracademic departments.

BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIOUNIVERSITY EDITOR

After spending a year of researchand contemplation, the Ad HocAcademic Integrity Committeesought student feedback last night asthey unveiled the details of their pro-posed changes to the AcademicIntegrity Policy.

Written in 1987, the policy does nottake into account new technologiesthat could facilitate cheating such ascell phones and laptops, saidChristopher Fioravante, an Ad Hoccommittee member.

The committee also found thewording and processes of the for-mer policy too complicated and dif fi-cult for students to understand.

“We wanted to create proceduresthat were less complex … easy to under-stand, more transparent and [consis-tent] across all the University schoolsand college campuses,” said Fioravante,a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

The University first made effortsto improve these problems in 2004which led to the establishment of aninterim policy four years later, whichis still in effect.

In their proposal, academic viola-tions are split into two categories —separable and non-separable — asopposed to the four levels of violationssetup by the interim policy.

Committee to enact clarified integrity policy

School of Arts and Sciences senior, Chris Fioravante, discusses the new integritypolicy. It includes clearer language and take new technologies into account.

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RUSA plans to restructure, unite U. student body

BY ARIEL NAGI NEWS EDITOR

In an ef fort to make student government moreeffective, the Rutgers University Student Assemblyis implementing a new constitution that consoli-dates all of the campus councils into one large governing body.

The constitution would have to go through a referendum process, where the RUSA body andstudents will vote on a decision to adopt the new regulations.

“Student government wants to consolidate thecampus councils into RUSA, and through that weneed to write a new constitution and pass itthrough referendum,” said Josh Slavin, RUSAmember and student representative for the Boardof Trustees.

Members will hold a possible RUSA Town Hallmeeting on March 11, where the student body cangive their feedback on the new constitution.

The key dif ference in the new document is thatall members of the campus councils will be members of RUSA rather than their own separate entities.

“For example, if you’re elected to the BuschCampus Council, you’re actually serving as a mem-ber of RUSA [that assists] the Busch [campus stu-dent body],” said RUSA Chair Werner Born.

Slavin, a Livingston College senior, said underthe new constitution, members would not have toattend as many meetings, allowing members tohave more free time. He said it would also assurethat conflicting decisions are not made behindclosed doors, and that students have a more trans-parent understanding of what student governmentis doing.

“Now you have almost 10 or 11 people meetingevery week,” he said. “It makes it hard for students

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Non-separable of fenses encom-pass smaller violations that could behandled by a faculty member, suchas cheating on a quiz.

On the other hand, separableof fenses are more severe and can be punishable by suspension or expulsion.

A student who commits a separa-ble offense may be penalized with an“XF” grade, or a disciplinary F,placed on his or her permanentrecord that indicates a class failuredue to an integrity violation.

Those wishing to remove the “X”must wait two years before they cansubmit a request and have it consid-ered by the Academic IntegrityAppeals Committee.

“One can argue whether twoyears is too much … but in order forit to go away, you would have to takesome sort of online course … onintegrity and to not take part in anyacademic dishonesty … to show thatyou kind of thought hard about this,”said committee Chair Martha Cotter.

To generate more studentinvolvement, the committee also pro-poses the creation of an honorscouncil where students from theNewark, Camden and NewBrunswick campuses will work topromote academic integrity.

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Professors investigate root of smart phone virusesBY GLEN GABRIELCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Smart phones have gottensmarter and smarter over theyears, allowing users to checktheir e-mails, pay their bills andeven update their Facebook statuses — all from their mobile devices.

But comput-er hackers havealso gottensmarter, and,according to anew Universitystudy, may soondiscover a wayto seize controlof a person’scell phone.

A Universityteam ofresearchers, ledby computer science ProfessorsVinod Ganapathy and LiviuIftode, discovered the effects acertain type of malicious softwarecomputer hackers could use tomonitor a person’s smart phoneuse from a remote location.

Called “rootkits,” the softwareallows a hacker to hijack an oper-ating system, giving them com-plete access to every action per-formed on a smart phone,Ganapathy said.

Rootkits are not a new prob-lem for electronics users, usedmainly by hackers to trick a com-puter into thinking it is virus-free,said Jeffrey Bickford, a first-yeargraduate student who worked onthe project.

“[If] you have a virus on yourcomputer, attackers will userootkits to hide this virus,”

Bickford said. “You run your anti-virus and the rootkit tells theuser that the computer is okaywhen it’s actually infected.”

What may be the most troublingis that a rootkit can go completelyundetected by a user, he said.

For those individuals who findtheir computers infected, it is

often too late andvaluable informationhas already beenstolen, Bickford said.

Rootkits are nowbecoming a problemfor smart phonesbecause they are nowrunning on their ownoperating systems,Ganapathy said.

Rootkits can bepicked up on a smartphone by visiting aWeb site containing

the malware, receiving a stan-dard SMS message or eventhrough Bluetooth, he said.

Ganapathy said for the purposesof their research, the team assumeda phone was already infected andunder a hacker’s control.

“This study was not aboutexploiting any of the vulnerabili-ties of the phone,” Ganapathysaid. “We were assuming that theattacker already had control of the operating systems of the phone.”

Ganapathy and Iftode foundrootkits have devastating effectsfor smart phone users.

Computer hackers can userootkits to rapidly drain a phonebattery, track user movementsthrough the phone’s GPS andeven listen in on phone conversa-tions, Ganapathy said.

Smart phones may be the new rage on campus, but hackers have already found ways to causedamage. A group of University computer science researchers looks into solving the problem.

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“We were assumingthat the attacker

already had control of the

operating systemsof the phone.” VINOD GANAPATHY

Computer Science Professor

He said an attacker benefitsfrom a rootkit by intercepting acall from a bank to a phone ownerand impersonating them to gainvaluable information regardingan account.

Worse yet, while anti-virusprograms already exist for per-sonal computers and laptops thatwould guard against such attacks,there is currently no defense forsmart phones, Iftode said.

Ganapathy, Iftode andBickford all said that while theyare currently working on an anti-

virus program for smart phones,they are still trying to solve thepotential battery-life problem.

Fortunately for smart phoneusers, Iftode said all the problemsdiscovered through the rootkitresearch were purely hypothetical,and there is no imminent threat tosmart phones at this time.

“We don’t know of any rootkitsof these kinds in existence today,”he said.

The idea for the researchcame about while Arati Baliga, apostdoctoral researcher involved

in the project, was working on herPhD research on detecting rootk-its on personal computers.

She drew parallels from herresearch and smart phones withhow similar they are becoming toregular computers, setting thefoundations for the rootkit study.

The University team present-ed the findings of their researchat the International Workshop onMobile Computing Systems andApplications, also known asHotMobile 2010, last week inMaryland, Ganapathy said.

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to know what student govern-ment is doing for them, itmakes it hard for students toknow who to listen to, becauseyou can have [campus coun-cils] saying one thing andRUSA saying another.”

Slavin said there have beentimes when the campus councilsmade decisions that RUSA didnot agree with, and this confusedthe student body.

“Right now student govern-ment is broken up into a lot of dif-ferent parts. At times councilshave passed conflicting resolu-tions, and that won’t happen any-more,” he said. “Now RUSA willspeak as the voice of all of thestudents on the New Brunswick/Piscataway [campuses].”

According to the RUSA con-stitution appendix, presidentsof campus councils and theRUSA chair have agreed that amore consolidated form of student government wouldgive RUSA a more powerfulvoice in dealing withUniversity administration.

“A resolution passed by a sin-gle student government repre-

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“[The School ofCommunication andInformation] has been innovativeand forward-looking in this areafor several years,” he said.“Other schools are being morecautious in approaching it, andthat’s okay.”

Still, online degree pro-grams cannot replace a tradi-tional classroom experience,Caprio said.

“The goal is not to trans-form the experience studentshave when they’re here,” hesaid. “Providing online courses… is an opportunity, but we’retrying to go with it — at leastinitially — as [a way to] expandthe ser vice reach of the University.”

While online courses are notyet a big source of revenuehere, expansion of the programin the next five to 10 years canbring in money for theUniversity, he said. If just fivepercent of alumni take a singlecourse annually, the Universitycould bring in about $38 millionin additional revenue.

The University also hasestablished off-campus learningsites at Brookdale CommunityCollege in Freehold, AtlanticCape Community College inMays Landing and RaritanValley Community College,which allow students to earn adegree from the University with-out ever having to come to anyof the three campuses.

With online degree offerings,the University can draw in stu-dents from across the country,particularly for programs, likegovernment accounting, that areoffered at few other schools,Caprio said.

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Due to an impasse in retransmission feenegotiations with Cablevision Systems,WABC-TV may pull its programming,according to an article in The Star Ledger.

The channel, a member of Disney-ABCTelevision Group, which is channel 7 in NewYork, currently offers its services for free,but the cable operator in Bethpage, N.Y.,has until March 7 to start paying for its sig-nal, according to the article.

This is the same day as the telecast of the Oscars.

Subscribers may no longer receive thestation if Cablevision fails to meet thedeadline, said the network af filiate in a release.

Cablevision said in the article that ABC’sdemands would add up to $40 million innew fees that would pass on to subscribers.

ABC starts running on-air messages toalert the 3 million Cablevision customers inthe tri-state area, according to the article.

— Mary Diduch

WABC-TV TO PULL PLUG ON PROGRAMS

“We wanted to bring theopportunity for students to have alarger role in the process … soit’s not just this administrativepolicy coming down on from thedeans above,” Fioravante said.

Students involved in this coun-cil will be either community orstudent advocates who serve onvarious boards and help withappeals. These advocates wouldtake part in “University AcademicIntegrity Reviews.”

Fioravante said the change innames serve a greater purposethan just changing semantics.

“Sometimes students, whenthey come in here, they thinkit’s going to be Court TV,” hesaid. “The process isn’t meantto be legalistic — it’s meant tobe educational.”

The committee also proposedthe creation of an honor pledge tofoster a stronger culture of aca-demic integrity within theUniversity community.

“[We want] students to under-stand the policy to some extentand … know that it’s importantnot to cheat on exams or plagia-rize papers,” Fioravante said.“[We want to make sure] theyunderstand that academic integri-ty is a crucial part of who we arehere at Rutgers.”

Although the mechanism inwhich they plan to implement thispledge is not set in stone, the com-mittee has considered making stu-dents write out the statement ontheir exams and assignments.

“We hope that people willthink about it every time theywrite it,” Cotter said. “If someoneis temped [to cheat], it mightmake them think twice.”

The pledge garnered thelargest amount of discussionfrom the student audience, whoboth criticized and suggestedimplementations of the pledge.

South Tower PresidentFrederick Whelply revealed theproposal to a town hall meetinglast week for the South Tower onthe Livingston campus.

Whelply said many peoplewere opposed to the honor pledge.

“For the most part a lot of peo-ple felt it was unnecessary andthat it would just be a distractiontoward them,” said Whelply, aSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

The South Tower residentsalso believed it would not prevent anyone from cheating,he said.

Fioravante said the reason whyUniversity students may find thepledge unnecessary is becausethere has never been such a pro-cedure suggested before.

“The first few years may be abit bumpy for those of us who areupper classmen … It’s becauseyou’re not used to it,” hesaid. “This isn’t part of yourRutgers experience.”

Once students have cycled out,the procedure will not seem like awaste of time, Fioravante said.

The committee hopes to pro-duce a final proposal by the sum-mer and present it for approval tothe Senate and Board ofGovernors, Cotter said. If the pro-posal is approved it should takeeffect in the fall of 2010.

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senting all undergraduate stu-dents at Rutgers University car-ried far more weight than a reso-lution passed by one council outof seven representing only thestudents of that campus,” accord-ing to the report.

By consolidating, moneywould be saved on expenses,including training retreats andco-sponsorships, according tothe report.

Some campus council mem-bers are upset about the con-solidation, arguing the campus-es could sink into one largegoverning body and leave manyvoices unheard.

“The solution reached wasto ensure that representativeswould continue to be electedand organized around theircampus in a new council system that existed purely asan organ of RUSA,” the report said.

Student Representative forthe Board of Governors EricKaplan said the DouglassGoverning Council and theUniversity College Council willstill operate as separate govern-ing bodies since both serve spe-cial student groups, DouglassResidential College and non-tra-ditional students, respectively.

He said these councils focuson specific groups, and their

decisions may not always affectthe general student body, sothey will not overlap withRUSA’s decisions.

“We have a number of over-lapping campus councils thatdon’t always communicate andsometimes send contradictingmessages,” said Kaplan, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior. “It will decrease redundan-cy and increase coordinationamong student leaders.”

Slavin said before the constitution is made public,RUSA wants to review it andcome to a final consensus.

“We want to talk about andbe informed about it before we have people vote on it,” he said.

Born, a School ofEngineering senior, said hethinks it will help more students get involved in RUSA,and the governing body will bemore democratic, allowing students to elect the RUSA president and chair and contribute more to the decisions made.

“Last year, we saw that a lotof students really had a lot ofinterest on how we run studentgovernment,” Born said. “It’sreally hard to try and get every-one’s ideas … [and] to try andfind a middle ground.”

Online degree programs alsobenefit the University becausedormitories and other accom-modations are not necessarywhen students take classesonline, he said. Furthermore,students can maintain theireveryday lives, as they canengage at their convenience.

Most well-developed onlineprograms will not be easy, espe-cially since professors can seewhat students work on and howmuch time they invest in assign-ments, and everything is storedelectronically, Caprio said.

“There is no such thing as ‘Mydog ate my homework,’” he said.

Jessica Tynes, a DouglassCollege senior, said she wouldbe interested in taking online courses.

“[My housemates and I] areprobably going to be travelling,so having an online optionwould be perfect for those of uswho … will not necessarily beable to sit in a classroom everyday,” she said.

Livingston College seniorMark Winston is in favor of the University’s online degree programs.

“It gives people the opportuni-ty to work and have flexibleschedules … simultaneously,they can do whatever they want— whether it be work or a fellow-ship … and try to get [a degree]online,” he said. “It’s a prettygood thing.”

Still, Winston said he is notinterested in online courses, ashe would prefer to learn in anactual classroom and enjoy one-on-one experiences with a profes-sor and other students.

The University offers onlypostgraduate degrees onlinenow, but this may change in thefuture, Caprio said.

Students interested in post-graduate degree programs at theUniversity can visitwww.ce1766.rutgers.edu.

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After researching nanotechnology, two Universityprofessors discovered several potential practical appli-cations that could help people every day.

Huixin He, associate professor of nanoscale chem-istry at Rutgers-Newark and Tamara Minko, professorat the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy,developed a way to possibly eliminate the problems ofside effects and drug resistance in the treatment ofcancer using nanotechnology, according to aUniversity press release.

Cancer cells can develop resistance to drug therapyunder chemotherapy and cause a relapse of the disease.

He, Minko and their co-researchers created nanoma-terials that allow for a chemical to destroy cancer cellsand a genetic drug to prevent drug resistance, accord-ing to the release.

The treatment was more than 130 times strongerthan when the chemical was administered alone todrug-resistant ovarian cancer cells.

“The drug can only be released when it is inside thecancer cells,” He said in the release. “This controlledinternal release mechanism can dramatically elimi-nate side effects associated with anticancer drugs tonormal tissues.”

He and another group of researchers also developedsingle-walled carbon nanotubes with the possibility ofgiving a more effective way of detecting and selectivelydestroying aggressive breast cancer cells, according tothe release.

Their unique approach of single cancer cells can bedetected and selectively eradicated while leaving thenearby normal cells unharmed, allowing it to be extend-ed to treat other cancers.

Grants from the National Science Foundation andNational Cancer Institute are funding He’s research inthe areas of cancer detection and treatment

— Mary Diduch

U. RESEARCHESNEW WAYS TO BEAT CANCER

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CRAFTY FOR CHARITY

Ticket company facesconspiracy charges

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NEWARK, N.J. — FourCalifornia men were charged yes-terday with using sophisticatedcomputer programs to fraudu-lently obtain more than a milliontickets to concerts and sportingevents and reselling them for aprofit estimated at $29 million.

Although the tickets theybought and resold were authen-tic, prosecutors say the groupused the programs to bypass safe-guards meant to restrict the num-ber of tickets that each customercan buy. According to a 43-countindictment, the four men andtheir company, Wiseguy TicketsInc., devised software that imper-sonated individual ticket buyersto bombard online ticket servicessuch as Ticketmaster and MajorLeague Baseball.

“This drove more tickets intothe hands of ticket brokersinstead of individuals,” U.S.Attorney Paul Fishman said.

The group focused on highlycoveted premium tickets to big-ticket events such as concerts byBruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, DaveMatthews and Hannah Montanaas well as sporting events such asthe Major League Baseball play-offs, the 2009 Sugar Bowl and the2007 BCS college football champi-onship game, Fishman said.

Many of the events were heldat New Jersey’s Giants Stadium,Izod Center and PrudentialCenter, but others were spreadacross the country, including NewYork City, Chicago, Houston, LosAngeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburghand Tampa, Fla., according to the indictment.

Kenneth Lowson, 40, KristoferKirsch, 37, Faisal Nahdi, 36, all ofLos Angeles, and Joel Stevenson,37, of Anaheim, Calif., facecharges that include conspiracy,wire fraud and unauthorized com-puter access. The wire fraudcounts are the most serious andcarry a maximum prison sen-tence of 20 years per count.

Mark Rush, a Pittsburgh attor-ney representing Lowson, calledthe indictment “disheartening” andcharacterized what his clientallegedly did as a more sophisticat-ed version of getting a bunch offriends together and sleeping out totry to get tickets first when ticket-ing offices open in the morning.

“All these guys really did wasinvent a better mousetrap to buytickets,” Rush said. “That’s all.”

Attorneys for the three othermen did not immediately returnphone messages yesterday.Lowson, Kirsch and Stevensonsurrendered in Newark on yes-terday; Nahdi is out of the coun-try and is expected to surrenderwithin the next few weeks,according to prosecutors.

According to the indictment, thedefendants worked with computerprogrammers in Bulgaria to createa computer network that was ableto fool mechanisms that ticket siteshave in place to make would-bebuyers prove they are humans.

Such mechanisms, known asCAPTCHA, involve making thebuyers type random words orcharacters shown on their screenbefore proceeding to purchasetickets. That’s difficult for a com-puter to do, but according to theindictment, the defendantsbypassed the system by, amongother things, having employeesand agents create databases ofanswers ahead of time by manu-ally going through tens of thou-sands of CAPTCHA challenges.

The company was able to snapup the best seats as soon as theywere made available onlinebecause the programs were ableto complete transactions morequickly than real humans vyingfor tickets manually. For exam-ple, Fishman said, Wiseguybought nearly half the 440 avail-able floor tickets for a BruceSpringsteen concert at GiantsStadium in 2008. In most cases,individual buyers are restrictedto a maximum of four tickets.

“They undermined the pri-mary market for premium ticketsat a slew of events,” Fishman said.

The defendants are accused ofusing hundreds of credit card num-bers from ticket brokers andfriends, along with thousands offake Internet domain names and e-mail addresses, to disguise whoactually was purchasing the tickets.

Wiseguy then would sell thetickets to brokers for an averagemarkup of $30 apiece, Fishmansaid, though in some cases themarkup reached as high as $1,000per ticket. The company made anestimated profit of $29 million from2005 through 2008, according tothe indictment.

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld employees who witnessed akiller whale attack its trainer said it happened suddenly andthat the trainer was dead by the time they were able to pry her loose.

One employee whose job is to watch the trainers toldOrange County sheriff’s investigators that Dawn Brancheauwas lying face-to-face with the whale Tilikum to communicatewith him before the attack. Jan Topoleski said in documentsreleased Monday that he saw Tilikum bite Brancheau’s hairand, within two seconds, pull her into the pool.

Employees said Tilikum began speeding around the poolwith Brancheau in his mouth. It took several minutes to corralhim and use a hydraulic lift to raise him. Brancheau was still inhis mouth, apparently dead. They pried her free.

Officials are still investigating Wednesday’s attack.

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never be solved, because thesystem will eventually reachits cap for active buses. Not tomention, you also increasethe risk of accidents and liabil-ity on a daily basis. This is aclear indication that theUniversity simply cannot holdany more people, and at thispoint we are already at full

capacity in terms of student body.Secondly, raising tuition slowly but surely elimi-

nates the reason why many students decide to stay instate. New Jersey spends the most on K-12 educationand produces a smarter core of students than the restof the nation. People come to the University with theidea of getting the best “bang for your buck.” We stillhave a reputation of being a serious research institu-tion with strong academic credibility. However, withthe damage overpopulation has on education and therising cost of tuition, prospective students are findingthe University less attractive. Other colleges then seizeupon this opportunity to steal the more appealing stu-dents living in New Jersey. They provide better finan-cial incentives, sound infrastructure and smaller class-

rooms. In effect, we end up with a cam-pus overcrowded with students that donot live up to the state’s potential —resulting in severe academic conse-quences that force the University todecrease its reputation and credibility.

I completely understand that thestate is making it very difficult for theUniversity to operate. On the otherhand, I believe the administrationshould look toward seriously cuttingother areas before placing the burden

on the students. Raising tuition and enrollment shouldbe done as a last resort, so the impact remains at anabsolute minimum. The University can do a number ofthings that would ultimately achieve this goal. It couldcut salaries of administrators, coaches and state work-ers. It could shy away from any more athletic invest-ments — specifically ventures like the “RACRenaissance.” This could also be coupled with a sub-stantial cut in the athletic department itself. Most of all,they should look toward eliminating continued wasteand bureaucracy. We can do without certain appoint-ments — such as lobbyist Jeannine Larue — and justbe more efficient in the way we conduct business. Onlythen will it be possible to convince Trenton that we aremaking great strides in education. I just hope thesebudget cuts, which are certainly reasonable, do nottranslate into the already prevalent term, “RU Screw.”

Brian Canares is a Rutgers College senior major-ing in history and political science. His column, “PureRubbish,” runs on alternate Tuesdays. He welcomesfeedback at bcanares@eden.rutgers.edu.

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I n these past few weeks, Ihave been quiteimpressed with The

Daily Targum, as it has slowlyprevented itself from fallinginto complete obscurity. Foronce, it has been nice to seeour student newspaper beingcritical of the declining condi-tions here at the University. Iam referring, of course, to its recent interest in high-lighting the state of University facilities, specifically thepoor excuse of modern architecture that is Scott Hallon the College Avenue campus. While this use ofmuckraking has not been as entertaining as TheMedium’s feature on the Red Bandana Kid, I am stillinclined to give the Targum a laurel for its efforts. Thiscoverage has instilled in me a sense of doubtfulnessabout our future, as the latest $18.5-million budget cuthas not given me any indication that Scott Hall willreceive hot water in its bathrooms. My intent, however,is not to complain about Gov. Chris Christie andTrenton, but, instead, I want to be a bit more construc-tive and direct my attention toward the University itself.

The administration has not informed us about itsfuture course of action. As I see it, theUniversity will probably go about thisin the most counterintuitive way. Themajority of financial burdens and budg-et shortfalls are usually covered at theexpense of the students. There is ahigher concentration of them, so theimpact on each individual is less thanthat of a professor or administrator,and student opposition to raised tuitionis usually confined to a week’s worth ofTent State. So, the obvious course ofaction would be to accept more students and raisefees. This path, however, will produce a number ofharms that will ultimately make the University morevulnerable, thus putting it at more of a disadvantage.

First, accepting more students comes at theexpense of creating a logistical burden on daily opera-tions. Accommodating these extra students createsproblems that go beyond the obvious argument of cost.For instance, there has been recent talk about whetheror not the University should raise student fees, in orderto implement additional buses to the system. While Ithink the system is very effective despite the financialconstraints — kudos to Director of TransportationServices Jack Molenaar — the University’s proposalvalidates the fact that overcrowding and long wait timesare a problem. If we continuously add more studentsthan we can accommodate, this creates a campus thatis overpopulated with buses. Places like CollegeAvenue can only hold so many vehicles at once.Consequently, buses will be prevented from moving onto the next destination, due to the lack of space at eachterminal. Unless we decrease enrollment, the issue will

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STORY IN UNIVERSITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Pure Rubbish

BRIAN CANARES

T he University and the North Jersey Transportation PlanningAuthority have long been announcing and re-announcingplans to construct a bike path through the city of New

Brunswick. This particular plan regards a path connecting the CollegeAvenue and Cook campuses. Middlesex County Planner GeorgeVerverides said the plan is still in very preliminary stages, but alreadyit sounds like a great idea.

Despite the very theoretical state of construction, this addition tothe city and University would only benefit the students. The plan is tobuild a path that goes to through Neilson Street and Albany Street,bridging the two campuses. The benefits are plenty, and if funds wereto be appropriately allocated, traffic would be reduced and roads wouldbe safer, among many other improvements. Traffic safety is a majorpart of these plans as a large number of people ride their bikes onGeorge Street, where safety is hardly a priority. And if these bike pathswere implemented, traffic in general would improve, as students wouldstop riding in between cars, causing a cacophony of horns to go off.The truth also is that sometimes riding a bike to class is often quickerthan taking a student-packed bus that takes the most inconvenientroutes. Getting from College Avenue campus to Cook campus on abike takes about 10 minutes, while crowded buses, as is the case nowa-days, take the risk of getting stuck in traffic. Being on a bus suddenlyseems unnecessary. The safety for all would also increase, as this des-ignated path for bicycles would provide certain separation betweenspeeding drivers and bikers. At the moment, most drivers do not knowthat people are not allowed to ride on the sidewalk of George Street. Abike path would therefore easily alleviate any additional problems.

Getting to class seems much easier now as students would be giventhe opportunity to safely take new or used bikes from AlexanderLibrary on the College Ave campus to the Cook Campus Center.Funding seems to be the most difficult part of this much-neededUniversity and city improvement, but if officials see it as we do, fund-ing will soon back these theoretical plans. Perhaps it all makes toomuch sense for anyone to fiscally support these bike paths, but withthe increasing number of cars on the roads and numerous bikers oncampus, these routes are needed.

Bike ride beatscrowded bus

“Accommodatingthese extra

students creates problems that go

beyond the obvious argument of cost.”

S moke-free areas are nothing new when it comes to public areasand indoor spaces, but college smoking bans are part of newdebates that have been going around university campuses.

While our University has not been involved in banning smoking alto-gether, it has for some time had smoke-free areas 25 feet in front ofschool buildings. Schools such as Vassar though have sparked debatesover increased smoke-free areas — ones that are in central parts ofcampus yet in open space. Cigarettes are still legal and students con-tinue to pay ever-increasing tuitions, so why should colleges prohibitsmoking in areas that have allowed it for years? And while neitherVassar nor our University has even begun this path, others have.

Open-air spaces are pretty much the only spots left for smokers toenjoy their dangerous, yet still legal habits. As long as smokingremains legal then, how can schools disallow it? If a student were tosmoke, it should be his or her decision, and any claims of health con-cerns from the university would be a small infringement on people’srights. In all reality, only a small part of the student body smokes, butit is that small part that needs to be protected from laws that attemptto control open spaces. When it comes to others being affected by cig-arette smoke, it is up to them to step away from the smoker. A publicspace should be available to all, and a smoking ban would only goagainst this principle.

Another problem of this smoking ban would be the boundaries ofthe campus. Even if signs were placed indicating where campusextended to, the ban would only lead to confusion and needless finesfor the already-indebted college students. Clearly, there would be noclear boundaries. Students would just be left to be ticketed by the busyofficers of Public Safety, or some other “safety” agency.

Ultimately, in the real world, whatever that may constitute, publicspaces are still considered smoking areas. Taking a break from work,one would go outside, disregard health concerns and take a drag of anold pacifying tradition. Why should college campuses be different?After paying an upward of $22,000 per year at our University, the lastthing we would want to receive is another ticket of sorts.

Thank you for smoking

gram on the campus. Not onlydoes the project help the schoolrecycle, but the student govern-ment also receives any moneyraised trough the program. Lastbut not least was Anna Yonas,speaker of the senate from OhioState University. To help raisemoney, the student governmentreceives funding from the contract

that Coca-Cola has with OSU.These success stories only scratchthe surface of what effective stu-dent governments are doing allover the country.

Why are they so effective ataddressing student issues? Firstoff, all of these schools haveincorporated student govern-ments, or governments that are

legally independent like our ownNew Jersey Public InterestResearch Group and The DailyTargum. Then there is the factthat students have direct controlover the government’s budget viadirect representation. Finally, allof the aforementioned studentgovernments have democraticstructures. It still amazes me howdifferent RUSA is from all ofthese schools. Perhaps evenmore amazing is how RUSA does-n’t even follow the lead of thecampus councils. The campuscouncils actually hold events andencourage student participation.

After this series of conversa-tions, I turned my attention towhat could be done on the banksof the Raritan. I know RUSA rep-resentative Avi Scher, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore, iskeen on creating an alcoholamnesty for University students.There is the RU Voting Coalition,which is putting in an insaneamount of time and energy to getUniversity students ready tovote. There is a ward systemquestion that would create posi-tive change for the city of New

ing to representatives from stu-dent governments all over thecountry; my goal was to see howeffective student governmentsconduct business. I talked to ChrisVan Drimmelen, the president ofthe Associated Students of OregonState University. During our con-versation he pointed out thatASOSU led an effort to approve areferendum, which would raisestudent fees in order to make theirstudent center environmentallyfriendly. The referendum receivedstudent approval, and now the stu-dent center is run with 100 percentrenewable energy. Meanwhile, thefederal task force at ASOSU had avoter registration drive which reg-istered more than 1,110 studentslast year. I wonder what help, ifany, has RUSA given the RUVoting Coalition in their efforts toregister students.

Then there was an awesomeconversation with Uriel Vazquez,the communications officer at theStudent Senate for CaliforniaCommunity Colleges. Vazquezhad told me about how at hisschool, the student governmenthad invested in a recycling pro-

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T he controversy that sur-rounds RutgersUniversity Student

Assembly as of late reveals a deep-er question the student body isasking; what is RUSA’s place atthe University? As it stands now,RUSA has very little place at thisUniversity because is does not actas a vehicle for students to posi-tively change the University. Myexperience with RUSA is that itacts like the U.S. Congress. Itpasses resolutions hoping thatsome administrator will see theproposal put into action. TheCongress can act in such a man-ner — our assembly of studentscannot. Rather, RUSA and campusleaders need to be the studentschampioning initiatives, onlyreferring to administration whenrequired. This is the only optionfor RUSA to increase participa-tion, relevance and effectiveness.

To come to such a conclusion,all you have to do is ask. Over thesummer I had the pleasure of talk-

Roll up your sleeves, get to work

MATT CORDERIO

Letter

“RUSA must tapinto this body

of knowledge if they ever hope tobecome relevant

on campus.”

Brunswick. This question direct-ly affects every student on cam-pus; yet, RUSA has been silentwhen concerning the issue.There is a plethora of other stu-dent issues RUSA could take on,or help other students take on.But if RUSA keeps the “please dowhat we say mentality” nothingwill change.

There are student leaders whoknow how to run campaigns, cre-ate policies and mobilize the stu-dent body. RUSA must tap into thisbody of knowledge if they everhope to become relevant on cam-pus. It is time to stop playingCongress — roll up your sleevesand get to work. And please, foronce, stop asking me, any studentleader, or the student body to cometo your meeting so that we mightaddress the body for a whole fiveminutes. I am not against studentsgoing to meetings, but this cannotbe RUSA’s only form of outreach.Instead, why don’t you come to thestudents so there can be a backand forth conversation.

Matt Corderio is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is an 8 — Everyone's onthe same page now, and youreach agreement on the magi-cal quality of the work. Logicstill provides the foundation.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 5 — Find concretewords to describe elusive feel-ings and ideas. You know whatyou mean. Make sure othersget the point. Dream large.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 6 — What seemedimpossible yesterday becomesalmost ordinary now. Therecould be a flood (literally), butthe solution is self-evident.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— Today is a 6 — Do exactlywhat you want in a social sit-uation. Others have a sepa-rate agenda that you don'tneed to follow. Manage yourown responsibilities.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — Someonecould talk you out of yourcash unless you're careful.Listen to emotional persua-sions, then season them withpractical logic.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 6 — Get your mes-sage out to the public loudand clear. Be sure to stress whyit's urgent. Get under theirskin. Also encourage feedback.

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KIRSTEN NUBER

Sophomore guard Khadijah Rushdan led all scorers with 16points on 5-of-11 shooting in Senior Night at the RAC.

old-fashioned and-one and a 28-20 lead.

Speed struck again in thelast second of the first half. Shebricked a three-point attempt,but then stole a pass the otherway and found Oliver for a sec-ond and-one as the clockexpired, putting Rutgers up 34-23 at the break.

The win for the Knights (16-13, 9-7) locks up the No. 6 seed

WIN: Knights secure No. 6

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in the Big East Tournament inthe final regular season game ofthe year. As the sixth seed in theTournament, Rutgers faces thewinner of South Florida (11) andCincinnati (14) Saturday at 6p.m. at the XL Center inHartford, Conn.

“I think that it was majorbecause we have been strug-gling to get 40 or 50 points,”Stringer said. “We’ve been strug-gling all year. … In order for usto be prepared for the Big East,we needed to have an impressivewin. Quite honestly the scoredid matter for our confidencebecause we didn’t have any.”

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When it comes down to it,Ray’s iconic shot will be remem-bered almost as much as theplethora of points it generated. Abizarre-looking, but deadly accu-rate, jumper combined with a dou-ble-clutch is something that looksever stranger than it sounds.

But it works. After tonight’s game, Ray sits

25th all-time in the Knights’ recordbooks with 1,098 career points.

“Her family work ethic isincredible. I remember when shefirst came she never had herhead up, she always lookeddown,” Stringer said. “But shewas an ‘A’ student and she wentabout her business. She wasnever a very vocal person.

“As a perfect example whenwe were discussing how eachperson needs to get better, wewere asking her how it was thatshe began to put the ball down ...and she said I got every tape thatI had last year, and I studied. AndI shot, and I shot.”

The road for Ray was a longand winding one. Coming off thebench against Tennessee in theNational Championship her fresh-man year, Ray saw her minutessteadily increase. By her junioryear, she was the outside shootingcomplement to guard EpiphannyPrince, the Knights’ leading scor-er, and expected to reprise thatrole in her senior year.

When Prince unexpectedlyjumped ship to play professional-ly in Europe, it thrust Ray intothe spotlight — ready or not.

But the senior saved the bestfor last, leading the Knights thisseason with 14.7 points per game.Ray delivered a memorable per-formance against Tennessee atMadison Square Garden, drop-ping a career-high 29 pointsagainst the Volunteers on 5-of-6shooting from beyond the arc.

From a freshman who aver-aged 19 minutes per game to asenior that leads the team thisseason with just under 35 min-utes a game, Ray blossomed intothe team’s most visible star andunofficial spokesperson.

“I think it’s just been a road ofprogression, it’s all about howyou’re going to get better eachyear,” Ray said after practiceFriday. “I just made sure I contin-ued to work each year and con-tinued to develop my skills as anoverall player.

“Coach Stringer always toldme, ‘Just make sure you workhard because your time willcome and stay positive and don’tworry about everybody else,worry about the team.’ I think byfollowing that I’ve been prettysuccessful here.”

While Ray’s aspirations ofbecoming a doctor after gradua-tion are well-known, the guardplans to put her dreams on hold totest the waters of playing profes-sional basketball first. But regard-less of where she ends up after put-ting on her cap and gown in May,Ray said she will always rememberher time at Rutgers and, mostimportantly, her team and coacheswho became a second family.

“No matter what happens[this season] coach Stringer con-tinues to tell us that we’re goingto stay together,” Ray said. “Wecontinue to be a family and ateam, and I think that she reallyemphasizes that because shewants to send us in the real worldprepared. To make sure wemature as young ladies and hope-fully become young women thatwill be leaders in the future.”

EXIT: Unconventional shot

puts Ray in RU record books

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STAFF WRITER

A fifth-place Big East finish wasnot quite what fifth-year senior cap-tain Cat Whetstone had in mind for

her finalyear on the

Banks. But for Whetstone and theRutgers swimming and divingteam’s seven other seniors, thestanding is nothing to scoff at.

“It’s great that we beat out[seven competing schools] consid-ering how small we are as a teamand we’re only a women’s program,”Whetstone said of the ScarletKnights’ Big East performance inPittsburgh. “Even though we didn’tplace as high as we would haveliked, we still beat out some reallygreat teams and that’s great for ourprogram as well as the University.”

Rutgers men’s swimming anddiving was one of six varsitysports eliminated due to budgetconcerns following the 2006-2007season — leaving RU as the lonewomen’s-only swimming and div-ing program in the Big East.

“We were there through all thestruggles that we went through totry to save the team,” recalled

Whetstone, a sophomore at thetime. “That’s been really hard andthere have been so many changesin our program because of that.”

Despite the turmoil, the groupchose to remain at the Universityand led by Whetstone, left theirmark while helping to set thestage for a promis-ing future.

“They’ve beenthrough a lot,” saidhead coach ChuckWarner of hisupperclassmen.“They [went]through the loss ofthe men’s programand they stayed atRutgers. Almostevery one of themhad some real sig-nificant physicalchallenges andthey developed communication,which is a really good thing for try-ing to have a closer team.”

The leadership of Whetstoneand co-captains Erin Saunders andDenise Letendre was instrumentalin guiding the team’s underclass-men-laden roster to a 3-0 start tothe dual-meet campaign.

Saunders battled through aslump to post multiple victorieson the one and three-meterboards during the run, whileWhetstone and classmate ShaynaLongacre carried the club to keywins over Villanova, Connecticutand West Virginia.

An NCAAHonorable MentionAll-American as as o p h o m o r e ,Longacre bestedthe field in the 100and 200-yardfreestyle, as well asthe 100-yard breast-stroke to carry theKnights over theWildcats andHuskies en route tobeing tabbed as theBig East Swimmerof the Week.

Whetstone — who, along withSaunders, expects to compete inthe NCAA Championships — gar-nered the same honor two weekslater when she captured the 100and 200-yard backstroke to helpRU swim past WVU. The HavenBeach, N.J., native also provideda highlight in the Swimming

World Conference Carnival bycoming from behind to clipMinnesota’s Hannah Whiteheadby .10 seconds for the 200-yardbackstroke title.

Both Whetstone and Longacreearned All-Big East honors after theseason — Whetstone on the secondteam and Longacre the third.

Warner also continually laudedthe dedication shown by seniorsJackie Klein and Jacquie Ward intraining, and cited them and class-mates Kimberly Case, TracyDimond and Hailey Weniger forimproving the team’s depth — anarea of concern for the 13th-yearhead coach coming into the season.

While graduation surelyimpacts the team, freshmenBrittney Kuras, Melanie Gaffey,Taylor Curado, Jessica Simunekand Taylor Zafir showed flashesof their potential. Warner saidthey can learn from the hardwork put in by those graduating.

“Every area of preparation[needs to improve] but really anarea I think everybody recog-nizes is getting stronger andmore athletic,” Warner said.“That’s a big part of becoming agreat swimmer.”

Seniors set foundation for program’s future

SWIMMING & DIVING

“We were therethrough all the

struggles that wewent through to try to save the[men’s] team.”CAT WHETSTONESenior Co-Captain

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After a leg injury sidelined him for all of last year, redshirt freshmanJesse Boyden split time this season wrestling at 184-pounds.

takes place at the Louis BrownAthletic Center. RU hasn’t beat-en the Mountain Hawks sincePresident Harry S. Truman wasin office, and 2011 is as good atime as ever to dethrone the con-ference foe. Spoiler alert, my RUExpress balance is only fivecents after the manager at theEaston Avenue Subway con-vinced me to get the combo withchips and a soda.

165 — The upcoming yearmarks the fourth under head coachScott Goodale. Excluding heavy-weight D.J. Russo, all of thestarters in the upcoming year areproducts of the coach’s recruitingefforts. No disrespect to former-coach John Sacchi, but the qualityof wrestlers that Goodale broughtin during his tenure vaulted theprogram into the national spotlight.

174 — With Vincent Dellefaveexpected to either redshirt or moveup a weight class, the 125-poundstarting spot belongs to Joe Langel.The pride of Howell, N.J., reeled offa consecutive-win streak this yearthat pinnacled at 17 games and hasthree full years in front of him toshow just how good he is.

184 — Having Ashnault inthe starting lineup is a giant plusfor RU, but isn’t two better thanone? Billy’s younger brother,Anthony, is a freshman at SouthPlainfield High School and isalready drawing comparisons tohis older brother — who is anNCAA qualifier. My advice?Lock him up now. If SouthernCalifornia head football coachLane Kiffin can commit a 13-year-old quarterback to USCthen what is stopping theKnights from snatching this kid

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off the market before anyoneelse — besides common sense.

197 — The vacant spot in thelineup that Lamar Brown leavesupon graduation is a tough one tofill. Jesse Boyden currently wres-tles at 184-pounds and a jump upone weight class could be exactlywhat he needs to spark his col-lege career. In high school,Boyden was a state champion at215-pounds, but broke his leg inhis first year on the Banks, caus-ing him to drop the weight andmove down to 184. The bump upto 197-pounds might just put himin the comfort zone to succeed.

Heavyweight — The last state-ment is reserved — as it is dur-ing a match — for Russo. Theupcoming year marks the finalseason in an illustrious career forthe Netcong, N.J., native and it isgoing to be a special one. Russois ranked eighth in the nation byInterMatWrestle.com, with fiveof the seven grapplers ahead ofhim leaving after this season.While that is by no means a guar-antee that he is the third bestheavyweight in the country head-ing into next year, it doesn’t hurtthe confidence.

Goodale said that heplanned their schedules, whenhe first arrived three yearsago, for 2011 to be the yearthey make an impact in thenational community. Thatimpact came one year earlythough, reaching No. 22 in thecoaches’ poll this season, thehighest in team history. Butthat is merely the beginning.The Knights return next sea-son with even more experienceand a great home schedule toreally turn some heads.

Alex Jankowski is an associatesports editor for The Daily Targum.He welcomes comments and criti-cism at jankowskialex@gmail.com

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T he Big East named theRutgers men’s basket-ball team’s guard, Mike

Rosario, to Conference HonorRoll yesterday after averaging20.5 points and 4 rebounds thispast week.

The sophomore, who earnedthe award for the second timethis season, scored a game-high24 points in Saturday’s winagainst DePaul and posted ateam-high 17 against Seton Halllast Tuesday.

The Jersey City native leadsthe Scarlet Knights with 16.4points per game and ranks 11thin the Big East in scoring.

THE RUTGERS MEN’S soc-cer team announced the additionof another assistant coach yes-terday in Charlie Inverso, whois fresh off of 24 years of coach-ing at Mercer CountyCommunity College.

Inverso compiled a career434-46-14 record throughout histime at Mercer County, winningfive junior national champi-onships in the process. TheRobbinsville, N.J., native wasawarded the NJCAA Coach of

the Year four times and took 18of his teams to the junior nation-al tournament.

He was also an assistantcoach at Princeton from 1980to 1985 prior to his tenure at MCCC.

THE SYRACUSE MEN’Sbasketball team climbed tothe No. 1 ranking yesterday inthe AP Top 25 voting. It is thefirst time SU ranked firstsince 2003, when it won thenational championship.

The Orange, who beatRutgers 81-65 earlier in the yearat the Louis Brown AthleticCenter, defeated Big East foeVillanova 95-77 Saturday indominating fashion.

Former No. 1 Kansas, No. 2Kentucky and No. 3 Purdue alltook losses over the weekend,aiding Syracuse in their ascentto the top spot.

THE NEW YORK JETSannounced yesterday that theteam released running backThomas Jones, as anticipated.

Jones’s three seasons withthe Jets were highlighted bylast year’s 1,402 rushing yardsand 14 touchdowns. TheVirginia product refused torenegotiate his contract, whichincluded a $3 million rosterbonus on top of a $2.8 millionbase salary in 2010.

The 32-year-old becomesanother member of over-30 run-ning backs in the 2010 freeagent class, joining popularbacks LaDainian Tomlinson andBrian Westbrook.

BY ALEX JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After two tough losses to openthe Big Ten/Big East Challenge,the Rutgers baseball team had

one lastshot toget itsfirst winof theseason,

or risk leaving Clearwater, Fla.,without a victory.

The Scarlet Knights pulled ittogether Sunday morning behindstrong bats and solid defense tobeat Purdue 6-5 and earn their firstwin of the year.

“Well it’s great to get the monkeyoff of our backs,” said head coachFred Hill Sr. who closed to within 19games of 1,000 career victories afterthe win. “I think that this relaxed ourplayers and now they won’t bepressing hard or trying to force any-thing to get that first win.”

The Knights (1-5) entered theninth inning with a two-run lead,much like they did in their last gamelast weekend against No. 12 Miami.But this time, freshman closer TylerGebler entered the game with onlyone out and runners at second andthird, and got the last two outs.

“It felt good to get out there andget the win,” said the Toms River,N.J., native of his first career save.“We have been on a little bit of a los-ing streak so I’m glad we were ableto shut the door.”

After Purdue cut the lead to one,Gebler forced a ground ball downthe first-base line, right at juniorJaren Matthews. The first basemanscooped up the ball and smartly rantoward home plate, cutting off therunner trying to advance from thirdand putting RU only one out awayfrom its first win.

“We knew that we didn’t wantto let in another run,” said theDon Bosco Prep product. “I gotthe ball with plenty of time to get

him out at home so that’s where Iwent with it.”

Gebler got Cameron Perkinsto ground out to shortstop to endthe Boilermakers’ (0-3) come-back attempt and conclude theBig Ten/Big East Challenge on ahigh note for the Knights.

“I knew that my defense wasgoing to come up with some playsbehind me,” Gebler said. “I left allof my nerves back in Miami in myfirst outing so I just went outthere and we got the job done.”

Defensively, RU was solid allgame long — not committing a sin-gle error while Purdue had three.Substantial defense is not a new con-cept to this team, Hill said. In fact, itis something that has been accentu-ated since the season began.

“Since day one we have beenstressing defense,” he said.“Overall, we have been playingsolid defense. Our biggest problemwas giving up walks and I think wecut down on that this weekend.”

The Knights fell to Iowa (3-2)and Northwestern (2-5) earlier inthe weekend by scores of 6-3 and7-5, respectively.

The bats came alive for RU in thefinal game of the weekend series,highlighted by Pat Biserta, who con-tinued his hot streak, going 3-for-5 atthe plate with a solo home run and 3RBI in total. The junior outfielderhas three home runs on the season.

After a tough series againstthe Hurricanes, Matthews had asolid game hitting againstPurdue, breaking a 4-4 tie in theseventh inning with an RBI singlethat plated Biserta. SophomoreRyan Kapp drove Matthewshome with a single up the middleto extend the RU lead to 6-4 — alead it would never relinquish.

“[The win] is such a relief,”Matthews said. “We thought we’dwin the first two games this weekso we looked at [Purdue] as a must-win game. Nobody wants to startthe year at 0-6.”

Error-free defense keys first victory of year for Knights

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Junior first baseman Jaren Matthews went 1-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI in the Knights’ 6-5 winover Purdue in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge. He also made a heads-up play in the field to save a run.

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M M A R C H 2 , 2 0 1 0 1 9S PORTS

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

After dropping three straightgames by a score of 15-8 to openthe Frost Classic inChattanooga, Tenn., the Rutgers

softballt e a mseemedp o i s e df o ranother

disheartening tournament. There were signs of improve-

ment in the first three games, butanything is a sign of improvementwhen a team opens the seasonoutscored 50-1. And then the fifthinning of the Scarlet Knights’fourth game at the Frost Classicrolled around.

With one ping of the bat fromsophomore designated hitterMikelyn Messina, the tidesturned. Her grand slam broke a 1-1 tie and won the first game of theyear for the Knights, 6-1 overAustin Peay.

“It was one of the greatest feel-ings,” said Messina, who is 4-for-21 with six RBI on the season.“Knowing that my teammateswere behind me the whole wayand they were the first ones togreet me when I touched homeplate was something special.”

But flying under the radaragainst Austin Peay was pitcherNoelle Sisco. The sophomorebuilt on last week’s perfect inningagainst No. 5 Arizona State with acomplete game three-hitter, drop-ping her ERA to a team-low 4.43.

“It felt great because we’vebeen pushing to get this win,”Sisco said. “We came so close to itin the first two games and didn’tget it. It was a good effort by thewhole team.”

Sisco fanned three batters inthe win and gave up just twoearned runs in 6 1/3 innings inthe 6-5 loss to TennesseeChattanooga on day one.

But the Towaco, N.J., nativegave up four runs in three innings ofrelief Sunday in a 9-8 loss to WrightState to close out the tournament.

“We did start to hit the ballwell quite a bit,” said head coachJay Nelson. “The difference in

the last game though, was that wehad those five errors. We couldhave iced the game. Our fieldingwas manageable up to this point.That was really our downfall.”

The Knights built an 8-6 leadgoing into the final inningagainst Wright State behind a 3-for-4, four RBI day from juniorleft fielder Mickenzie Alden.Wright State put together a four-hit bottom of the seventh inningagainst Sisco and sophomoreHolly Johnson that put the teamahead for the win.

“We’re starting to execute andstarting to come together as ateam,” Messina said. “We’re cut-ting down on our errors. It’s just amatter of are we going to do it?Are we going to take the nextstep? We know we can.”

Nelson targeted both theoffense and defense for signifi-cant improvement after the 50-1debacle in Tempe, Az., and bothsides of the ball showed statisticalimprovement in the team’s sec-ond tournament.

Senior ace Nicole Lindleyimproved after a rough firstweek, but is still 0-4 on the yearwith an ERA just above seven.

She does, though, lead theteam with 25 strikeouts.

“Nicole is on the verge of turn-ing over and being like herselflast year,” Nelson said. “She’s justoff. It’s just a matter of timebefore she gets going.”

The primary difference onoffense was putting Messina in theleadoff spot instead of Alden.Alden went hitless in the first tour-nament from the leadoff spot, butshe started seeing better pitches inthe ninth spot of the order, going 5-for-9 with five RBI and two runs inher last three games.

Nelson also moved freshmanshortstop Ashley Bragg into thesecond spot in the lineup because“she handles the bat well,” andBragg responded with four hits in11 at-bats to go along with thefirst three runs and two RBI ofher career.

“We’re 1-9 right now, butthey’re not really a 1-9 team,”Nelson said. “We have more spir-it. We’re just making some cru-cial mistakes.”

NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI

Sophomore hurler Noelle Sisco earned the Knights’ lone win ofthe season, a 6-1 decision in which she pitched a complete game.

Grand slam salvagesweekend road trip

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Tight match provides motivationBY JOSH GLATT

STAFF WRITER

In front of an Alumni Day crowdof 821 fans, the Rutgers gymnasticsteam came up just short of victory

in its firstn i g h t -t i m eh o m emeet ofthe year.

The Scarlet Knights placed secondin a highly competitive quad-meetSaturday, .125 shy of first placeBridgeport, but still putting up animpressive score of 190.870.

Also in the crowd at AlumniDay was a surprising guest inAthletic Director Tim Pernetti.

“Just because certain sportsgenerate more revenue doesn’t

mean they are more important,”Pernetti said. “I thought the meetwas great. They came up a little bitshort but I was very impressedwith how hard they worked.”

While not able to attain hergoal of winning the meet, headcoach Chrystal Chollet-Norton isstill pleased that her team com-peted with three teams thatshould be at USA Nationals,something that validated whatshe told her team all year.

“We wanted to show webelong at USA Nationals,”Chollet-Norton said. “We cameout and competed.”

On vault, the Knights featuredseveral strong performances,highlighted by a pair of 9.800’sfrom freshman Jenna Zito andsenior Alyssa Lewandowski. RU

posted a season-high on vaultwith a 48.550.

Despite recent struggles onbars, the Knights managed torebound with a strong perform-ance in the event. Over the week,Chollet-Norton had her team per-form in simulated meets to preparefor pressure situations.

Freshmen Jayne Jeffreys andEmma-Rose Trentacosti led theteam with scores of 9.600 and9.500 respectively.

“Doing pressure situationsduring the week really helped onbar,” Chollet-Norton said.

The one event that theKnights struggled on was bal-ance beam — the team could notcontinue the momentum fromthe first two events.

“You have hit four for four in apressure situation,” Chollet-Norton said. “Beam just didn’twork out for us today.”

While the beam team as awhole didn’t perform up to stan-dards, there were several brightspots. Zito continued a strongmeet with a 9.500 and juniorLeigh Heinbaugh scored a 9.400.

Heading into the final rotation,the Knights trailed Bridgeport144.475 to 142.000 and the floor exer-cise continued to be a team strength.

Junior Kiah Banfield led theKnights with a career-best per-formance of 9.900 to finish first inthe event. Supplemented by a 9.850from Zito and a 9.775 fromLewandowski, the Knights finishedwith a season high 48.875 on floor.

“It was pretty awesome that Igot a 9.900,” Banfield said. “I was-n’t too nervous because I knew Ihad to go out there and do my job.”

The loss to Bridgeport, a teamthat the Knights plan to competeagainst should they go toNationals, seemed to only givethe team extra incentive.

“When we go to Nationals,we are going to beat them,”Banfield said.

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Junior Kiah Banfield’s career-high 9.900 led all performers in thefloor exercise, but was not enough in the narrow loss to Bridgeport.

GYMNASTICS

RUTGERS 190.870SECOND PLACE

unbeaten streak to start off the NewYear. RU was only four points awayfrom upsetting two more top-25 teamsand it takes the lessons learned fromthose matches into a brand new year.

141 — Citing the difficulty ofclasses as the hardest adjustmentto life on the Banks, junior transfersBilly Ashnault and Daryl Cocozzohad a full year to get used to theirnew academic setting. Hopefullytheir stomachs adjusted to BrowerCommons as well.

149 — If there were any posi-tives to take from 20 away matchesthis season, it is the bevy of homegames that befall the Knights in theupcoming year. RU did not lose asingle match on home soil in 2010,so some home-cookin’ could be justthe thing to frog splash the teaminto the top-10.

157 — I’m willing to bet all of myRU Express money that whenLehigh comes to town the match

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T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M

Quiet gameleads to loudexit for Ray

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Senior guard Brittany Ray scored nine points and added two steals and two assistsbefore exiting the game to a standing ovation in her final home game with the Knights.

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSONSENIOR WRITER

With 1:54 left in the game, senior guardBrittany Ray checked out of her final gameat the Louis Brown Athletic Center and

walked toward astanding bench to

embrace head coach C. Vivian Stringer andher teammates.

Ray exited to the loudest standing ovationof the evening, as chants of “B-Ray” raineddown from the crowd, marking the begin-ning of the final chapter of her career as aScarlet Knight.

“I’m a very emotional person but I didn’tcry today,” said Ray with a smile. “I was filledwith joy. It was a great moment, just beinghere for four years and this is the last timearound. It was a great feeling walking outwith my parents and seeing Myia and Rahnext to me.”

Ray finished her final home game in quietfashion, scoring nine points along with a pairof steals and assists.

It took nearly 18 minutes against theCardinals before Ray came around a screenand drained a no-doubt jumper, promptingthe call Rutgers fans came to expect overthe guard’s past four years: “Brittany Rayfor three.”

Ray sits third in the Knights’ all-timerecord book in three-point baskets made,trailing Tomora Young by only one with 179shots made.

Sophomoreslead way indecisive win

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

Rutgers honored three seniorsof the women’s basketball teambefore yesterday’s game against

Louisville,but threes o p h o -m o r e soutshinedthe trio

and stole the show.In the most convincing Big

East win of the season, a 72-52decision, sophomores KhadijahRushdan, Nikki Speed and AprilSykes built an insurmountablelead behind a season-best 52 per-cent field goal clip.

“Ever ybody came ready toplay and we played as a team andwe executed and playeddefense,” said senior for wardMyia McCurdy. “Now we haveour locker room back and [headcoach C. Vivian Stringer] isproud of us and that’s a great thing.”

The Scarlet Knights also lim-ited themselves to just 14turnovers, but forced 26 of theirown and scored 27 points of f turnovers.

“I think at times we had somesloppy play,” said Louisville headcoach Jeff Walz. “It was enter-taining to see how many possibleways we could find to turn theball over.”

Rushdan led all scorers with16 points on 5-of-11 shootingwith a series of flashy layups inthe second half to go along withfive boards.

“We have been known to showup late but this is as late as itgets,” Stringer said. “It was niceto see us begin to put it alltogether with as many playersputting it all together.”

In the first half, however,Speed and Sykes led the team toan 11-point halftime advantage.Speed dished out six assists andscored five first-half points whileSykes scored seven points in the first 20 minutes on a perfect 3-of-3 shooting.

For the seniors, guardBrittany Ray scored nine pointsin her final game at the LouisBrown Athletic Center and gotthe loudest ovation as she cameout of the game with 1:54 left.Center Rashidat Junaid helpedRU pull away in the second halfwith five quick points and 10 onthe game and for ward MyiaMcCurdy contributed four pointsand four boards.

“It’s like a 100 percent turn-around. I’m so happy we won,”Junaid said. “We will continuethis throughout the Big East andhopefully through the NCAAs.”

To pull away in the first half,Speed knocked down two mid-range jumpers and her passingability provided the spark for RUto take its first major lead.Moving down the court on a fast break, Speed threw a no-look, bullet pass to freshman forward Monique Oliver for an

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In his inagural season on the Banks, junior Bill Ashnault, right, posted a 23-10 record, 17 of those wins coming in dual-matches.The Lock Haven transfer looks to make his return to the NCAA National Tournament in the 133-pound weight class.

Much-anticipated season sure to not disappointT he Rutgers wrestling season

is not over, but the wanderingeye can’t help but gaze into

the future to see what the next seasonholds. With nine of the 10 startersreturning, here is a starting lineup of10 reasons why the Scarlet Knightswill be even better come November.

125 — Let’s start by stating theobvious: Scott Winston is back.The Jackson Memorial productmoves up one weight class and forwhat he might lack in height, he SEE SEASON ON PAGE 17

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makes up with sheer power and amean streak. Hide your children.

133 — Last season the Knightsfinished 19-5-1 and rode a 15-match