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Students give back to the communitythrough the StudentVolunteer Council’s“Martin Luther KingDay of Service.”

The New York PoliceDepartment shouldface legal repercussionsfor monitoring collegeMuslim Student Associations.

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Syracuse senior point guard Scoop Jardine provided the finishing touches yesterdayin the No. 2 Orange’s 74-64 win against the Rutgers men’s basketball team.

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Although the grease trucks are known for their fat sandwiches, the trucks also have salads, soups and vegetarian options forunder $7. But many students come to the grease trucks for the sandwiches, said Ahmed Ahmed, the manager of RU Hungry.

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Campus food vendors give range of choicesBY RICHARD CONTE

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There are more than 20 eateries oncampus that of fer a wide range offoods, but finding a meal that is bothhealthy and inexpensive could provedif ficult for some students.

Among food vendors on campus,those with higher fat and caloric con-tent are generally cheaper than thosewith lower caloric content.

For example, an Au Bon Painchicken cobb salad with avocado has410 calories, 24 grams of fat and 10grams of saturated fat, according tothe restaurant’s website. With a smalldiet soda, the meal costs about $7.

The salad of fers a healthy sourceof vitamin A and vitamin C, but ismore expensive compared to thecheaper, high-fat Wendy’s “Everyday

Value” meal which includes a Jr.Cheeseburger Deluxe, Value Fries,and a Value Pepsi. The meal wouldcost a student about $3, but consistsof 700 calories, according to therestaurant’s website.

While men require 2,200 to 2,800calories a day on average and womenneed 1,800 to 2,200 calories each day,according to the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, students on campus mustdecide between low-priced, high-caloric foods and more expensive,healthier foods.

Students flock to the grease truckson the College Avenue campus for fatsandwiches, which cost about $7 andcan include chicken fingers, moz-zarella sticks, french fries and mari-nara sauce, like in the “Fat Darrell”sandwich. The Tampa Bay Timesreported in 2005 that the sandwichmade up 85 percent of a person’s daily

caloric intake, at 1,718 calories.But Ahmed Ahmed, the manager

of RU Hungry, said the trucks of fermore than just fat sandwiches.

“We have salads, we have soups,we have healthy stuf f like veggiestuf f,” Ahmed said.

At the Douglass Campus Center’sDouglass Café, students have accessto a variety of healthy foods they cangrab on the go, said Nick Kraus, thecafé’s concessions supervisor.

“We’ve brought in fresh fruit cups.… You can just grab one,” he said.“We have yogurt parfaits, as well ascheese and fruit [cups and] a widevariety of salads. We of fer at our reg-ister … fresh fruit. We eliminated allthe candy and other unhealthy foods.”

Peggy Policastro, a UniversityDining Services nutritionist, said the

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U. students studyabroad less thannational average

BY MAR GONZÁLEZ BUSÓCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Though the number of U.S. college students who studyabroad has increased every year for the past decade, only1 in 100 students take advantage of the opportunity toexperience another culture or setting.

Even though more than 90 percent of Americansbelieve it is important to prepare future generations fora global society, according to the National Association ofForeign Student Advisors: Association of InternationalEducators website, only 1.09 percent of Universityundergraduate students study abroad. University stu-dents are choosing to study abroad less frequently, com-pared to the national average of 1.32 percent in 2009-2010, according to NAFSA.

Two hundred and eleven students traveled abroadthrough the University in the spring of 2011, and 202 ofthose were University students, said Amanda Goodman,the outreach and recruitment coordinator for theUniversity Study Abroad Office. Nine students that werenot University-affiliated chose to study through one of theUniversity’s abroad programs.

Vera Hinsey, a School of Arts and Sciences sopho-more, said few students go abroad because they areafraid of living in an unfamiliar country and facing prob-lems on their own.

Hinsey said this fear explains why the United Kingdomand Australia are the most popular destinations, followedby Spain and Italy.

Some programs require a basic competency of a for-eign language taken at the university level, including pro-grams at the University of Valencia in Spain where cours-es are taught in Spanish, according to the UniversityStudy Abroad website.

But many programs do not require fluency in anotherlanguage, Goodman said.

The 2011 Institute of International Education’s OpenDoors reports an increase in studying abroad in theUnited States — 270,604 U.S. students studied abroad forcredit during the academic year 2009-2010, compared to260,327 the previous year.

Many European countries have higher rates of studentstraveling abroad because of the European CommunityAction Scheme for the Mobility of University Students(Erasmus) Project, which, through the Lifelong Learningprogram 2007-2013, funds student mobility, according to the

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Alyssa Esteban, a Mason Gross School of the Arts sophomore, replicates Adele’s “21” albumcover in less than four minutes during Pi Delta Psi Fraternity Inc’s “Miss Cutie Pi” beautypageant Saturday at the Busch Campus Center. Esteban won the overall competition.

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A LITTLE BIT OF PIRHA revealsexecutive boardelection results

BY YASHMIN PATELUNIVERSITY EDITOR

Current on-campus students elected the ResidenceHall Association’s student-run executive board, chairpositions for the residential campus council and presi-dents for 32 hall governments last Friday for theupcoming year.

The executive board and hall governments act asa voice for the student body to University adminis-trators and address issues that concern students,said Matthew Zielinski, RHA advisor. The electionwas held between Feb. 15 and Feb. 17 through anRHA website poll.

The newly elected executive board for the upcom-ing year includes Frederick Grant Whelply as presi-dent, Matthew Brazza as vice president and

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Groups host Engineering Week to educate prospective studentsBY ELIZABETH KEARNS

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The School of Engineeringand the Engineering GoverningCouncil are teaming together topromote engineering amongprospective students duringNational Engineering Week.They will be hosting events thisweek from Feb. 20-24 at theBusch Campus Center.

“The main goal is to raiseawareness of engineering toprospective students and theRutgers community,” saidParth Oza, the council presi-dent. “We want to have a funenvironment where ever yonecan work on solving problemsand learn things while having agood time.”

To plan this year’sEngineering Week at theUniversity, the School ofEngineering created a commit-

tee consisting of deans, staf fmembers, an e-week chair andhimself, said Oza, a School ofEngineering senior.

Each day multiple eventswill be held to encourage stu-dents to learn more about engi-neering, said Dhruti Patel, theengineering e-week chair and asenator for the council.

The week kicks of f Monday,with tours of the dif ferent engi-neering organizations anddepartments of the University’sSchool of Engineering.

There will be a “DestinationImagiNation” program onTuesday where students willcompete in problem-solvingactivities, said Patel, a School ofEngineering senior.

“‘Destination ImagiNation’ isa way to get students involvedin educational programs relatedto science. They will worktogether to solve problems and

challenges that dif ferent judgeswill give them,” said JayRavaliya, the secretar y of the council.

Patel said the “NovelEngineering Regional Design”

— or “NERD Olympics” — willbe the largest event of the weekand feature 11 activities takingplace in the multipurpose roomof the Busch Campus Center.

The “NERD Olympics” is funded by Busch deans, Patel said.

Star ting at 10 a.m. onThursday, there will be a tower-building competition, a text-book relay race, an egg dropcompetition and a catapult com-petition. The tower-buildingcompetition, which gives stu-dents only gumdrops andspaghetti to work with, will also be a test of their engineering skills, Oza said.

Patel said it is important forthe participants to understandthe properties of the materialsthat are given to the teams and how to utilize the materials to build atower for optimal strength.

The council will host its first annual cardboard boat race on Thursday at 8 p.m.in the Sonny Werblin

Recreation Center pool, Oza said.

Ravaliya, a School ofEngineering junior, said stu-dents will have to take thephysics into account for thecardboard boat race.

“They’ll think about howmuch they weigh, how much ofthe boat will sink and whatdesign of the boat will be mostefficient,” he said.

Vetri Velan, a class representative for the councilsaid he was most excited for thecardboard boat race.

“...Teams of two will getabout an hour to build a boat outof only a cardboard box and ducttape and then race it across theWerblin pool,” he said.

The week will conclude withan invite-only dinner where the council will give awards tofaculty and staf f during a black-tie af fair, Oza said.

Council celebrates civil rights leader through volunteeringBY MANUELA JIMENEZ

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Student VolunteerCouncil held its fourth annual“Martin Luther King Day ofService” Saturday in which 150students spent their spare timeaway from schoolwork helpinglocal organizations around NewBrunswick, Somerset andHighland Park.

Student volunteers met at theRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus to giveback to the community in the sameway that Martin Luther King Jr. did,turning their day off to a “day on” ofcommunity service, said KatieMonsky, a service event coordina-tor of the council.

Volunteers were shown inform-ative slideshows on King and videoclips highlighting the historicaccomplishments of the civil rightsleader, Monsky said. There wasalso a disc jockey playing music tomotivate students to volunteer.

Monsky collaborated with ColeyConter, also a service event coordi-nator of the council and a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore, tomake up a list of organizations thatwould be available on Feb. 18 to takestudent volunteers during the after-noon hours of the day.

“We reached out to differentsites from New Brunswick andnearby communities to compile alist of sites where volunteers can goto provide service,” said Monsky, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior.

Volunteer sites include NewBrunswick Free Public Library;Who Is My Neighbor? Inc, a localnonprofit organization; EasterSeals, a nonprofit, community-based health agency dedicated tohelping children and adults withdisabilities; First Reform Church inNew Brunswick; Roosevelt CareCenter and Stop Hunger Now, aninternational hunger relief agency,Monsky said.

“At the library, they were help-ing to move around and sort books

and clean,” she said. “At theRoosevelt Care Center, they playedgames with senior citizens such asbeach volleyball.”

Members of Stop Hunger Nowbrought bins of grains to theRutgers Student Center thatneeded to be packaged and sentout to impoverished countries,Monsky said.

“Student volunteers packaged10,000 meals,” she said. “Members

of Stop Hunger Now counted eachmeal [packaged] by boxing them toget the food ready for shipping.”

Sixteen members of the councilacted as site leaders, overseeing thevolunteers and holding a reflectionmeeting, Monsky said.

“At the end of every service,[there was] an opportunity for stu-dent volunteers to reflect on the vol-unteer effort and see what peoplelearned,” she said.

Students registered to volunteerfor the day of service online throughgetinvolved.rutgers.edu and signedup for which event they would liketo volunteer for, Monsky said. Therewas a limited amount of studentsthat were able to volunteer for a par-ticular event.

Krista Kohlmann, program coor-dinator for Community Service forUniversity Student Involvement,said the service’s mission is to raiseawareness and let students knowthat anyone could make a differencefor the community — it is just a mat-ter of taking the time.

“The volunteers get a sense ofthe importance of volunteer work,and hopefully they understand themission of the groups that theywork with … besides only gettingtheir dinner and lunch provided fortheir time,” Kohlmann said.

Nikita Lotwala, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, said she want-ed to participate in the day of serv-ice because she wanted to give backthe way King did to the community.

“By volunteering at this event Ifeel that I am giving [King] therespect he deserves and making adifference,” she said.

Chau Nguyen, a School ofEngineering first-year student, saidshe found the day of service to be arewarding experience.

“This is my first MLK Day,”Nguyen said. “I signed up becauseyou get to meet a lot of students withthe common goal of volunteeringand helping.”

— Yashmin Patel contributed tothis article.

Students, left, give their time Saturday to the New Brunswick Free Public Library to organize New York Times microfilm during the Student Volunteer Council’s “Martin Luther KingDay of Service.” Students also play volleyball with senior citizens at the Roosevelt Care Center in Edison, N.J., as a part of the volunteering efforts.

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“I feel that I am giving [King]

the respect he deserves and making a difference.” NIKITA LOTWALASchool of Arts and

Sciences Senior

“We want to have a fun environment

where everyone can work on

solving problems.” PARTH OZA

President of the Engineering Governing Council

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European Commission ofEducation and Training website.

The Erasmus Project, foundedin 1987, allows E.U. students tostudy in another European coun-try while receiving financial aidfrom their home governments,universities and Brussels, the defacto capital of the EuropeanUnion, according to the pro-gram’s website.

In the United States, theSenator Paul Simon StudyAbroad Act, approved by the U.S.House of Representatives in 2009,aims to encourage diversity instudent participation in studyabroad, according to the NASFApublic policy site. The bill has notbeen passed.

The bill is based on thebelief that no education is com-plete without a global experi-ence, according to the NAFSAwebsite. Its major goal is tohave 1 million American stu-dents study abroad each yearwithin the next decade.

In New Jersey, 0.71 percent ofU.S. college students studying atN.J. institutions went abroadfrom 2009-2010, according to theNAFSA Study AbroadParticipation by State Report.

At the University, the numberof internationalstudents hasincreased in thelast three years,but still has alower rate of stu-dents goingabroad comparedto the nationala v e r a g e ,Goodman said.

The UniversityStudy AbroadOffice offersmore than 100programs in 38countries, eitherfor a semester, a year or over thesummer, said Carrie Wojenski,the regional coordinator for theStudy Abroad Office.

“We can help them go abroadif they want to,” she said. “Theyjust need to apply.”

One hundred and fourteenstudents went abroad with 15non-University students in fall2011, Goodman said. Forty-sevenof those students — 46 of thembeing University students — arespending the 2011-2012 academicyear abroad.

To make students aware of theopportunities studying abroadhas to offer, the office organizesstudy abroad fairs and informa-tion sessions including one thisTuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at theRed Lion Café in the basement ofthe Rutgers Student Center onthe College Avenue campus,Goodman said.

The office also has Twitterand Facebook accounts, withmore than 1,500 followers.

Goodman speculates that thelack of motivation to study abroadis because students think the pro-grams are more expensive thanthey actually are.

“I think that students worryabout the cost,” she said. “It canbe scary when they first see it,but we offer a number of scholar-ships, and there are a lot of schol-

arship opportunities, especiallyfor Douglass Residential[College] students. Financial aiddoes go toward study abroad pro-gram costs.”

The price of an abroad expe-rience depends on the destina-tion and might include housingand meals, but there are someprograms that are cheaper thanstaying at the University,according to the UniversityStudy Abroad website.

The yearlong program atJilin University in China —which costs $10,000, includingtuition and housing — is halfthe University’s cost, evenwhen including the cost of air-fare, which can be as low as$1,400, according to the website.

Students who go abroad canalso apply for scholarships to helpthem pay for the costs of the pro-gram, Goodman said.

The Gilman Scholarship, forexample, offers 2,300 grants forup to $5,000 for American citi-zens, according to the IIE web-site. The University’s StudyAbroad Scholarships rangefrom $2,500 to $5,000, accordingto the University’s StudyAbroad website.

Students might also be con-cerned that they will not be able tocomplete their degree on time ifthey study abroad, Goodman said.

In the latest NAFSA statisticfor the 2009-2010 academic year,

22.3 percent of stu-dents were study-ing social sciences,20.8 percent werestudying business,and 12.1 werestudying humani-ties.

Wojenski rec-ommended thatstudents interest-ed in goingabroad to antici-pate studyingabroad as part oftheir collegecareers.

“Depending on their languagecompetency, for example, theycan choose to go earlier and takeabroad the lower level courses orlater,” she said.

University students canstudy abroad for two weeks inthe summer at RenminUniversity of China and haveclasses with University profes-sors and students with whomthey are familiar with, accord-ing to the University StudyAbroad website.

One of the most popular pro-grams is at John Cabot Universityin Rome, where the common lan-guage spoken is English, so stu-dents do not need to know anoth-er language, Goodman said.

According to theInternational Educator’s OpenDoors, Secure Borders:Advantages of EducationAbroad for Public Policy report,the United States does not pro-duce enough Americans withadvanced foreign-languageskills to fill the needs of itsdefense, foreign relations andlaw enforcement agencies.

In that study, research showedthat students who study abroadhave higher GPAs and degree com-pletion rates than those who did nottake advantage of the opportunity.

— Anastasia Millicker con-tributed to this article.

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Jeffrey Beneducci as internalaffairs director, said CortneyBrewer, RHA election organizer.

Other board members includeMichael Lee as public relationsdirector, Luis Fernandez as advo-cacy director, Cortney Brewer asnational communications coordi-nator, Cameron Stowell as secre-tary and Aisha Farman as treas-urer, Brewer said, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.

Zielinski said the candidatesdo not necessarily come into aposition with a pre-planned agen-da as to what issues they want toaddress with administrators.

“Their jobs are to work fortheir student population. Thatreally changes from year to year,”Zielinski said. “Their job is to rep-resent the students.”

Brazza, a School ofEngineering sophomore, said hewants to work with the board tohave a more colloborative effortbetween RHA and resident assis-tants in the upcoming year.

“I just want to have all the peo-ple feel more empowered thatthey can also accomplish change... I want to help the students[know] that small things can bechanged, like different kinds ofsafety issues, like having morelamp posts [for the nighttime],”Brazza said.

Planning for the electionprocess began during winterbreak when Brewer assembledthe application forms for studentsinterested in running for election.Once the Feb. 6 application dead-line approached, the RHA exam-ined candidates to see if they metthe eligibility requirements.

To be eligible, applicants musthave a 2.5 cumulative GPA, can-not be planning to become a resi-dent assistant, have a lotterynumber and plan to live on cam-pus next year, and have a goodjudicial standing with theUniversity, Brewer said.

Eligible applicants were ableto begin campaigning after get-ting campaign material approvedby the residence hall administra-tors before sending out messagesthrough social media groups andfliers, Brewer said.

The RHA elections occur intwo dif ferent processes,

Zielinski said. The electionprocess happens in February sothe newly elected student lead-ers can be trained for the posi-tion they will fill.

“All of those individuals willspend the rest of the semestershadowing the person that theyare replacing and will learn thatjob,” he said. “So if you are elect-ed to be hall president ofVoorhees, you will meet the cur-rent Voorhees president — youwill shadow them.”

The chair and vice chair of theresidential campus councils meetwith the vice president of everyhall government to discuss cam-pus issues and let administratorsknow about the concerns of stu-dents, Zielinski said.

Then the president of everyhall government meets with theeight RHA executive committeemembers to discuss Universitywide issues, he said.

The RHA executive boardaims to make the University resi-dential experience better,Zielinski said.

The president of the execu-tive board is responsible for run-ning and facilitating all of themeetings as well as having anoverall vision for the organiza-tion, Zielinski said.

“They are the person that getsthe student voice and in turn rep-resents the entire campus popula-tion and various committee meet-ings and the vice president’s lead-ership cabinet,” he said.

Responsibilities delegated tothe vice president involve over-seeing the internal operations,assisting the president and run-ning the processes of the organi-zation, Zielinksi said.

The treasurer takes care of thebudget and handles the moneywhile the secretary takes care ofadministrative duties, processesinformation and builds contactlists, he said.

The advocacy chair sharesfeedback between the studentsand the administrators,Zielinski said.

“So they get an administratorto come to RHA to speak to thestudents and they poll the stu-dents to get their student voiceand send that off to the adminis-trators,” he said.

The public relations directortakes care of external communi-cations of the group through theirwebsite, Facebook, Twitter andfliers, Zielinski said.

The internal affairs director isresponsible for leadership devel-opment days in which they trainover 300 student leaders for hallgovernment, he said.

Presidents of hall governmenthave been selected for all of thebuildings on-campus except forthe Livingston Apartments thatare set to open for the fall 2012semester, Zielinski said.

Electing the president for theLivingston Apartments will occurin April or March once all the res-idents have been placed throughthe housing lottery process intothe apartments, he said.

“We will ask all of thosefuture residents who wants tobe the first president in theLivingston Apartments andthose people will have a chanceto vote,” Zielinski said.

While all the executive boardmembers were currently elected,Brewer was elected as nationalcommunications coordinatorback in November, he said.

“That is the person that repre-sents RHA when we go to region-al and national conferences. Theysit in on national conferences andvote on behalf of the University.”

Brewer said there are legisla-tive issues that are discussed atthe national conferences andaffect organizational structuresof RHA in which the nationalcommunications coordinatorvotes on whether to support aparticular issue.

The second part of the elec-tion process will take place dur-ing the fall semester to fill theremaining positions of the hall governments.

“In September every year stu-dents get in their halls and that iswhen we elect all of the rest of theexecutive board for the hall gov-ernment — so everyone else whoworks for the president, the vicepresident, secretary, treasurersand reps for all of our hall gov-ernment,” Zielinski said.

Marina Sharobeam, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences first-year stu-dent, said she thinks the studentgovernment can try to focus onimproving the social aspects of aresidence hall.

“I know our RAs try to do flooractivities once in a while — peo-ple don’t always show up, but Ifeel like if the students them-selves got to come up with theactivities more than the RAs orstudent government do, thenmore people would go,” she said.

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dining halls on campus of fer anarray of healthy options.

“Healthy beverages includefiltered water, skim milk and100-percent fruit juices,” shesaid. “Fresh whole fruits areavailable throughout the dayand sliced fresh fruit is alwaysavailable during the breakfast[and] brunch hours.”

All food items in the dininghalls contain no trans fats listedon their nutrition facts label,Policastro said.

Joe Charette, the executivedirector of Dining Ser vices,said with more than 5,000 fooditems on inventor y, DiningServices has a vast number ofoptions to choose from.

“If students use the dininghall ingredients like a pantry,the options are almost limit-less,” he said.

Students can use grilledchicken breasts, which areavailable during lunch and din-ner, for sandwiches, wraps, sal-

ads, pizza toppings or stir fry,Charette said.

When eating at the dininghall, it is up to the student toeat what they care to for anaverage cost of about $10 for meal plan holders, he said.

Students also have theoption to eat at the food courtin the student centers acrossthe University, but Charettesaid the dining halls are a morecost-ef fective option.

“If you went into a studentcenter for just a slice of pizza,for example, you can eat forless than it costs to enter a din-ing hall,” he said. “When youadd, salad, soup, fruits and veg-etables, drinks and dessert, itis always more economical toeat in the dining hall.”

Mario Hernandez, a Schoolof Ar ts and Sciences sopho-more, said it is easier to findunhealthy choices in the dininghalls than healthier ones.

“I think there are healthyfood options in the dining halls,but there isn’t as much varietyin the healthy options as thereare more unhealthy choices,”he said.

Camille Sennett, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidthe dining halls have healthyoptions, but those options arepoorly placed.

“In the main lines, theyplace easy-to-cook, quicklyserved items, which tend to beunhealthy,” she said. “Studentsneed to search for the healthieroptions, which may be prob-lematic. … The dining hallsfocus on ef ficiency in serving,not nutrition.”

Another student said shedoes not think the Universityof fers healthy af fordableoptions for students to eat.

“Wendy’s is the cheapest[place to eat], which isn’t thathealthy. I’m a commuter stu-dent, so I just bring my ownlunch to school,” said ErinHodgkiss, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.

Shane Whelan, a School ofAr ts and Sciences senior,believes there are healthyoptions that are also inexpen-sive.

“There are a lot of options,”Whelan said. “You [just] haveto go out of your way to look forthem [on campus].”

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U. Study Abroad Outreach andRecruitment Coordinator

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New Brunswick church reaches 200-year milestoneBY GIANCARLO CHAUX

METRO EDITOR

Members of the FirstReformed Church of NewBrunswick are celebrating the200th anniversar y of theirchurch, focusing on thechurch’s history and role in thesurrounding community.

Hartmut Kramer-Mills, co-pastor at the First ReformedChurch on 9 Bayard St., saidthe year does not mark thebeginning of the actual FirstReformed Church congrega-tion, but instead is centeredaround the anniversary of theChurch’s building itself.

“It’s important to us becausethe building has become a focalpoint of an incredible communityeffort in the last three years torestore it. The community andthe church pulled together, andwe received a grant from the stateof almost $500,000 to do this,”Kramer-Mills said.

In celebration of the anniver-sary, the church is hosting aseries of events throughout theyear. The first event, held onFeb. 12, focused on Dutch cul-ture and presented acts per-formed by local volunteers, saidJoan Fekete, a First ReformedChurch member.

“We have some members ofthe congregation that areDutch dancers,” Fekete said.“[The event] was relatively well attended.”

Although Dutch settlers origi-nally founded the church, differ-ent cultural groups located in andaround New Brunswick have also

influenced the congregation’s his-tory, Kramer-Mills said.

“It’s actually not as Dutch asmany of the other reformedchurches in the area because ourparticular church was part of thishub developing center that hadpeople who were actually Frenchand German speaking togetheralong with the Dutch,” he said.

The only major renovationproject the church underwent inrecent times occurred after some-one set fire to the building in1971, said Ethel Salamone, a FirstReformed Church member.

“Quite a bit of damage wasdone to the front of the Sanctuary.We lost many of our windows,pews were taken out and carpet-ing was replaced. That’s the onlyvery important transformation wehave had,” she said.

The church is often referredto as the “Town Clock” becausethe clock in the steeple belongs tothe city of New Brunswick. Theclock, installed after 1828, hashad a unique relationship with thepeople of New Brunswick,Salamone said.

“It was a request from the peo-ple who used to come and sellvegetables in the area,” she said.“They needed to know when tostart getting things cleaned upbecause they could only be therea certain time.”

Kramer-Mills said the churchalso shares a long history withthe University.

The idea for introducing theUniversity, originally calledQueen’s College, sprouted fromthe lack of an academic institutionin the 18th century that could

educate those who wanted to bepastors, Kramer-Mills said.

“Every [potential pastor] hadto be shipped to the Netherlands[to be educated],” he said. “Thiswas a very dangerous journey atthe time.”

Kramer-Mills said the linkbetween the church and theUniversity was important to thelocal community, and evidenceof this relationship is still visible today.

“The first four presidents ofRutgers are in [the church’s]graveyard because they used to

be presidents of Queen’sCollege as well as senior pas-tors here,” he said.

Kramer-Mills said inresponse to the Dutch church,the English established theEpiscopal Church located onPaterson Street. Now the twobuildings represent distinctiveparts of the city, he said.

“What is so unique in NewJersey … is that the Dutchchurch and the English churchare always next to each otherwhen there is a historic core leftin the town,” he said. “If you took

[these churches] away, youwould bereave us and the com-munity of its historic character.”

Fekete said the church’s sig-nificance is highlighted when it iscontrasted against all of the mod-ern architecture that surrounds itin the downtown area.

“There’s been a great deal ofchange [in downtown NewBrunswick], but when you seethe church you just say ‘wow it’sbeen here all of these years’,” shesaid. “It is unique to be in a citythat has revitalized itself and stillhas an old structure.”

The N.J. Department of Transportation announcedWednesday that work has begun on the final phase ofthe Route 18 extension, which will run from RiverRoad to Route 287, according to a Patch.com article.

The project, costing a total of $28 million, will mod-ify the current Hoes Lane/Centennial Avenue corri-dor, converting the roadways into the last section ofRoute 18. The four-lane state highway will be extend-ed by about 2.5 miles, according to the article.

Piscataway Township owns Hoes Lane and the partof Centennial Avenue used in the project, but thosesections will soon become part of the state highwaysystem, according to the article.

NJDOT Commissioner James Simpson said thedevelopment plan would provide several benefits forthose living in the area, according to the article.

“Completing the extension of Route 18 throughMiddlesex County will upgrade the safety and opera-tional performance of the entire transportation sys-tem in this area, allowing more ef ficient movement ofgoods and people in central New Jersey,” Simpsontold Patch.com.

To reduce the impacts the construction will haveon local residents and motorists, two lanes will bemaintained during peak hours on Route 18, Hoes Laneand Centennial Avenue. At least one lane will be open on each roadway throughout the entire construction period.

Existing deteriorated roads will be completelyredone as a part of the extension of Route 18, aprocess that will significantly improve the quality ofthe roadways on the new stretch of the highway,according to the article.

NJDOT BEGINS WORK ONROUTE 18 EXTENSION

FOR SAFETY, EFFICIENCY

The First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, located on 9 Bayard St., was founded by Dutch immigrants in 1812. The congregation was formed 100 years prior to the building’s introduction.

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unclean, to him it is unclean”(Romans 14:14). If peoplewant to do some extra thingsfor God, that’s fine, and that’swhat modern Jews do.

As for modernChristianity, many of itsideas come from centuries ofpagan influence and theolo-gy based on political expedi-

ency. When one reads the New Testament, they dis-cover that much of what it says is actually in linewith the Old Testament, which would make sense.For example, in the New Testament, there is nomention of a heaven and hell as Christians com-monly imagine. As per the Old Testament books ofDaniel and Ezekial, the New Testament indicates

that people remain dead when theydie until a resurrection at the end ofthe days when some will live forev-er and some will die again — andyou don’t even have to believe inJesus before you die in order to liveforever (John 5:29). Really, the sec-ond coming of Jesus at the end ofthe world in the New Testament isdescribed exactly the same way as

the coming of the Messiah described in the Hebrewprophetic books, so Jews and Christians are waitingfor the same outcome. Realize that in principle, allthe New Testament really does is describe themechanisms for how the Old Testament propheciescan come true. On another note, the NewTestament never outright states that Jesus is Godhimself, consistent with Old Testament verses like“God is not a man” (Numbers 23:19). He’s just a guywith a major position under God (1 Corinthians15:28, Revelation 3:12). The idea of one deity con-sisting of three distinct parts existed in pagan reli-gions long before Jesus came around.

Now, what I’m saying probably doesn’t mean any-thing if you’re one of the many Jews or Christianswho don’t actually believe in their religion, but see itas more of a cultural artifact that’s worth preservingfor one reason or another. That’s absolutely fine,though. There’s no hell, and most everybody endsup with a good afterlife anyway. But for those inter-ested in discovering supernatural truth about theuniverse, there is so much lurking beneath the sur-face. There is no reason for you to limit yourself toJudaism or Christianity. I’m not saying Jews have tobelieve Jesus is their Messiah or that Christians

A s one raised“Jewish” who thenbecame “Christian”

later in life, I realize moreand more that there is noreason for Christianity andJudaism to exist as separatereligious entities at all. Mostmodern Jews and modernChristians have so manymisconceptions about the Bible that alleviating bothsides of their misconceptions would make themhave practically the same religion. I call this combi-nation the Messianic Jewish Church of Ed Reep,and I’d love some company.

Consider this: did you know that modern Jewishpractice has far more in common with ancientChristianity than it does with ancientJudaism? You see, almost all modernJudaism — even some strains ofOrthodox Judaism — is based tosome degree or another on the ideathat Jews do not need to follow theentire Law of Moses, which is the setof rules God gave the Jews in theTorah. The ancient Jews followed itto the letter, but following the Law ofMoses in the modern day would be ridiculous —especially since it occasionally requires people to dosome heinous things that would get them sent to jailfor life. Rather, almost all modern Jews believe insome fashion that they should choose which aspectsof the Law of Moses that they want to follow basedupon their personal relationship with God. They maysimply pay lip service to high holy days, or they maybe devoted and forgo work on the Sabbath every sin-gle week for their whole lives. The go-ahead for pick-ing and choosing aspects of the Law of Moses to fol-low is found nowhere in the Torah or Old Testament,Judaism’s holy scriptures. Rather, it is found in theNew Testament. You see, most modern day Jews areliving a Christian lifestyle.

One of the key ideas of Christianity is that Jesus’death made it so that people would no longer bebound to following the Law of Moses and that theyjust have to love others and be nice and all that(Romans 7:1-7:6, Romans 13:8-10). Christianity doesnot forbid people from following the Law of Moses,though — except for some of those murderous com-mandments. In fact, Romans 14 essentially says it isokay for Christians to still celebrate holidays andavoid certain foods if they want. Romans 14 even goesa step further and says “there is nothing unclean ofitself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be

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E fforts to limit smoking in the workplace or other public areashave seen a rise in recent years — yet none go as far as recent-ly proposed measures at universities in Texas, which aim to

ban smoking from college campuses altogether. With billions of dol-lars in grant money, a state agency is considering campus-wide tobac-co-free policies in order to cut down on the number of smokers andprevent instances of cancer in Texas.

Such a policy is likely to draw criticism from both sides. Smokersand proponents of individual liberties might view this as an infringe-ment on personal freedom, while non-smokers and opponents of bigtobacco might welcome the measure as an effective way to deter peo-ple from consuming tobacco products. While we tend to side with thelatter — the policy does seem to have good intentions and would resultin a much healthier campus — we realize that there is little opportuni-ty for success in such a sweeping statute.

First, the policy would not prevent individuals from obtaining tobac-co products, which is the most effective way to curb smoking habits. Bylimiting only the areas where one is allowed to smoke, the policy failsto address the root of the problem. Individuals will still be able to gettheir hands on a pack of cigarettes, and while they may not be able tosmoke on campus, they will just as easily be able to indulge elsewhere.

Second, preventing students from smoking on campus might proveto be a daunting task. The plausibility of having campus police or someother task force patrol for smokers at all time seems unlikely. Individualswould no doubt continue to find a way to continue their habit on campus.

A more effective option for these schools would be to create desig-nated smoking areas so that students who wish to smoke can do sowithout imposing on those who don’t. The idea of restricting smokingcampus-wide is unreasonable. But with current campus policies atthese schools, which include restricting smoking within 20 feet of abuilding’s doors, along with the aforementioned added measure, uni-versity administrators can make both parties happy while still limitingthe amount of smoking on campus.

“There’s no hell, and most everybodyends up with a good

afterlife anyway.”

M any were shocked when, in 2009, news reports brokedescribing how the New York Police Department had placedundercover officers at New York City and regional colleges,

including the University, in order to monitor the acts of Muslim studentorganizations. More recent reports, however, show that the depart-ment’s surveillance activities extend far beyond city limits.

The NYPD went far beyond its jurisdiction to monitor the websitesof a number of Muslim student organizations across the Northeast forwhat they considered “suspicious activities” — including theUniversity’s New Brunswick and Newark campuses.

Students and administrators at these schools — which include YaleUniversity, the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University andthe University of Buffalo — have a right be outraged. The NYPD didnothing to notify administrators of these schools of their actions, manyof whom surely would not have cooperated even if asked. And themembers of these associations, whose websites were monitored daily,now must live knowing their names and personal information is includ-ed somewhere in the files of the NYPD.

The lengths to which the department went to monitor these groups,as well as the nature of the information they targeted, is both surprisingand, at the same time, laughable. In one instance in 2008, the NYPD sentan undercover agent on a white-water rafting trip to record students’names and the number of times members prayed. In this and otherinstances, information of students and professors who had been accusedof no wrongdoing were taken down and included in a formal report.

When asked what evidence the department had for conductingtheir surveillance, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne noted 12 peoplearrested or convicted of terrorism charges in the United States orabroad who had once been members of Muslim student associations.Using this as justification to monitor similar organizations across theNortheast is clearly irrational and, we would argue, dangerous.

Aside from being what seems to be a clear violation of civil rights, theNYPD’s actions extend well beyond what should be considered appropri-ate conduct for a city police department. The NYPD should be heldresponsible for their actions, whether that means an investigation into thelegality of operating so far outside their jurisdiction, or a conviction for vio-lating the civil liberties of members of these organizations. Individuals,especially those in college, should not have to hide their religious or ideo-logical beliefs out of fear that someone is looking over their shoulder.

Combat smokingmore effectively

NYPD should facecharges for actions

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have to forget about the trinity,but everyone should try to thinkcritically about the Bible and theirreligious beliefs. Maybe the otherreligions are onto something.Maybe we can start shedding reli-gious labels and the associatedidentity politics and move to amore “spiritually blind” world.

One last comment, and I meanno disrespect to Hillel. My fatherconsiders himself a Reform Jew— both ethnically and in religiouspractice — but he shares beliefssimilar to mine and sees nothingwrong with Jesus serving somesort of major role under God. Iremember being young and goingto temple and Hebrew school andasking him about Jesus, and hesaid things like: “Yes, Jesus is

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S tand-up comedy is a pure artform in that it primarilyinvolves only the comic, the

audience and the ideas and state-ments presented from the former tothe latter. While props and otherdetails have been incorporated intostand-up, it mostly remains a spo-ken word performance. Because ofthis procedural simplicity, stand-upcomedy offers a vast and diverserange of opinions, views andthoughts. But the most commonvenues for stand-up — comedyclubs — are increasingly dilutingand narrowing the potency of thisoutlet for social commentary. Themark of a great stand-up comedianis a keen sense of things, an abilityto recognize the nuances of thosethings, and then effectively deliverone’s own unique and comical takeon those things to the audience. Butas time goes on, the policy of come-dy clubs is to reward not the mosttalented, but the most popular. Thispractice not only discourages goodcomedy, but it turns the art forminto a pissing contest designed toput people in seats instead of goodcomics behind the mic.

Stand-up comedy should betreated as a meritocracy — that is tosay, advancement by merit of talentand ability. But on the club circuitthe stand-up comedy scene isincreasingly being morphed into aplutocracy — advancement bymerit of wealth, and in today’s com-edy scene, the currency is cus-tomers. While open mic nights arenotorious for allowing anyone andeveryone an opportunity to get onstage and speak to the masses, inreality open mic is becoming moreand more of a “bringer” showswhere would-be performers mustbring audience members alongwith them in order to be given ashot. What often happens is thatpeople will go to an open mic nightonce just to “do it” and round up alarge number of their friends tocome along and watch them bomb.The people with real comedic talentfrequent these open mic nightsoften or even regularly. Gatheringlarge amounts of people to go paythe cover charge and the two-itemminimum week after week isimpractical and impossible.Therefore, most of the night is ofawful attempts at comedy beinggiven more time and large audi-ences, while the most talented sub-sist on scrap stage time when mostof the audience has left and the fewremaining tables are either too tired

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legitimate. God gives people lotsof ways to worship him. Hebrewschools should teach him.”

The Taglit-Birthright programthrough Hillel that gives studentsa free trip to Israel might let athe-ists of Jewish descent who consid-er themselves Jewish to partici-pate, but I do not think they wouldlet people participate who are ofJewish descent but believe Jesusis the Messiah. That’s fine — theorganization can do what it wants.No one has the right to a free tripanywhere. I think this is proof,though, of the silliness of keepingJudaism and Christianity apart.

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or too drunk to really listen.Additionally, comedy competitionshosted at these clubs rely on theaudience members voting for theirfavorite performer to advance to thenext round. When the crowd is basi-cally factions brought by one comicor another, obviously the vote isalmost predetermined by whobrought the most voters for them-selves. The bottom line is if youhope to get a fair shot at perform-ing, you’d better be prom king, orelse you’re not getting the support-ers you need to come out give you adecent chance to really perform.

Economically, the prom kingsystem makes a lot of sense, andclub owners are wise to employ it.They are business people, andprofit is their main goal. Whyshouldn’t they favor performerswho bring dollars in the door andput people in the seats? In a floun-dering economy, it may even benecessary. However, this all fun-nels down into one breed of comicincreasingly dominating the stand-up comedy scene in a survival ofthe fittest scenario, where thefittest are those with the mostfriends they can manipulate intogoing out and spending money.The majority of people who aregoing to be able to do this are like-ly of a specific personality: a “promking” personality. They are outgo-ing, gregarious, popular and unre-served extroverts. While there isnothing wrong with this type ofperson — and in fact, these peoplehave many qualities most of usenvy — it does limit the type ofcomic and art presented to anaudience. The young comicsbecoming successful in recenttimes — Dane Cook, Aziz Ansari,Bo Burnham, Daniel Tosh —clearly exhibit this type of persona.The drawback is that the varietyand diversity of successful stand-up comedy is being suffocated. Ifthe trend continues, will there beany more successful comedianslike Steven Wright, MitchHedberg or Rodney Dangerfield?The future of stand-up comedy islooking more homogeneous andstandardized as a narrow set ofqualities is rewarded above howfunny someone is at the breedinggrounds where comics start. Anindustry that should value talentand sense of humor is turning intoone big high school, where beingthe popular kid is everything.

Jason Eberight is a School ofArts and Sciences senior major-ing in history with a minor inclassical civilization.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is an 8 — It's all aboutnew partnerships until the mid-dle of March. Go out and meetnew people. You're growingmore attractive with age. Showrespect and gain love.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 6 — Being politegains you extra points. It's easierto deal with problems. You'relucky in love. You get more withhoney than vinegar.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is an 8 — Family'sextremely important right now.They can support you in yourgoals. Love's getting interesting.Accept an invitation while youcan. Find beauty.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 9 — Keep your eyesopen for income opportunities,but don't get greedy. Otherslove your ideas, so keep themcoming. Be thankful for whatyou have.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 9 — Go ahead andchase a white rabbit. Your curios-ity gets rewarded in the nextfour weeks, but you may have totake some risks. Are you ready?Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 6 — You could rake ina lot of money. Don't sprintbefore you've warmed up yourmuscles. You might find somebumps along the romance trail.

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turnovers, which tied for the moston the team.

For nearly 40 minutes, theOrange could not exhale. ButJardine’s late-game performanceprovided the outlet.

“That took the life out of thegym, forget us,” sophomoreguard Mike Poole said ofJardine’s shot. “The whole gym,all the Rutgers fans seemed likethey died when that shot hap-pened. It kind of clinched thegame for them.”

Carter tried his hand in theheroics as the Scarlet Knights

(12-15, 4-10) trailed by 4 with lessthan two minutes left. But his con-tested 3-pointer in transition car-omed off the rim, and Syracuse(27-1, 14-1) turned to a game-clincher of its own.

Boeheim called the RAC ashooter’s gym, and Jardine’s 5late points provided the testa-ment. Jardine calmly controlledthe last 90 seconds as only a fifth-year veteran can. But thePhiladelphia native was not alone.

Orange sophomore C.J. Fairtied a game high with 21 pointsand grabbed a game-high eightrebounds. Joseph and sophomorecenter Fab Melo scored in doublefigures to go along with Jardine’s17 points.

“You just don’t know where it’scoming from,” said head coach

Mike Rice. “C.J. Fair is one of thebest offensive rebounding wingsthere is in college basketball. Youjust don’t know where you’re get-ting hit at.”

The Knights, and especiallysophomore forward GilvydasBiruta, took their fair share ofpunches. The Orange threatened

to pull away throughout the sec-ond half, but a double-digit leadnever came.

Biruta proved the catalyst,scoring a season-high 21 pointsand recording seven rebounds.But only Poole joined Biruta withat least 10 points.

The Knights’ three freshmanguards combined to shoot 3-for-16from 3-point territory and scoredonly 19 total points. No one elseconverted a 3-point attempt.

So Rice looked to his defense.“I always think we need a stop,”

he said. “That’s who I am. We justdidn’t get stops down the line thatwe needed. You’re not going tomatch basket-for-basket withSyracuse. We didn’t do enough.”

Syracuse outshot theKnights, 31-11, at the free-

throw line, converting 12 morethan Rutgers. Fair went 8-for-8,while the Knights made nine asa team.

Still, Rutgers had its opportu-nities in its sixth home matchupagainst a top-10 team in three sea-sons. It traded runs, swayedmomentum and even took thelead. But the Orange were notConnecticut or Florida, teams theKnights outlasted this season atthe RAC.

Jardine made sure of it.“They have an unfair advan-

tage for a college basketballcoach in Scoop Jardine runningthe point,” Rice said. “He had justsuch a composure and under-standing of what he wanted to do.It hurt us down the line becausehe was strong.”

PLAY: Carter misses shot

with Rutgers trailing by 4 points

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GILVYDASBIRUTA

In addition to a better shoot-ing performance, Rutgersresumed its customary control ofthe paint. The Knights out-rebounded their opponent, 33-28,for the first time in four gamesand picked up 28 points in thepaint, 10 more than Villanova.

Turnovers were not an issue,either. Rutgers gave the ball awayonly 13 times, its lowest totalsince Jan. 10 against Pittsburgh,and only allowed Villanova 10points off of takeaways.

The Knights’ superior speedand quickness had a large role toplay in that.

“[Rutgers is] always going toscore more points off ofturnovers than we are,” saidVillanova head coach HarryPerretta. “They’re better at press-ing and getting in the passinglane. We’re just not athleticenough to go out and do that.”

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smaller lineup against Wildcats

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NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan looks to pass Saturdayout of a Villanova double-team. She played guard and forward.

BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

VILLANOVA, Pa. — In the midstof a five-game losing streak, theRutgers women’s basketball team

missed ap o t e n tthreat fromthe fieldwho couldconsistent-

ly sink shots from outside.But that player was there all

along. Junior guard Erica Wheelerfinally rediscovered her stroke.

Wheeler started for a secondstraight game Saturday in the No.21 Scarlet Knights’ 61-52 winagainst Villanova.

The Parkway Academy (Fla.)product took advantage of her 39minutes of playing time with 16points on 7-for-10 shooting.

“[Wheeler] helps open up thegame,” said senior point guardKhadijah Rushdan. “Once theystart making shots, we’re able toget more drives. When we’re ableto make shots like that, the suc-cess of our team is very great.”

Head coach C. Vivian Stringerput Wheeler on the court for all 40minutes of a 60-50 loss Wednesdayto West Virginia. Wheeler saw atmost 27 minutes per game in thethree previous contests.

She scored only 16 combinedpoints in those three games, but theguard posted 11 points in her startin Morgantown, W. Va. She puttogether enough for a Knights (18-8,7-6) win against the Wildcats.

The Miami native led a pro-ductive scoring backcourt, whichincluded Rushdan’s 13 points andfreshman guard Syessence Davis’6 points.

Junior center Monique Oliverhad been a pillar of consistencyduring the Knights’ losing streak.But she was a different playeragainst the Wildcats (15-12, 5-8).

Oliver, the team leader in play-ing time this season, was on thecourt for only five minutes.

But foul trouble was not the solecause. Stringer substituted for Olivertwice in the first eight minutes, eventhough the Las Vegas native did notrecord a single foul.

Stringer noted Oliver’s earlystruggles and wanted to put out abetter defensive lineup.

“She got two shots snapped earlythat she shouldn’t have,” she said.

The answer to replace Oliverwas not freshman center ChristaEvans — she played only eight min-utes because of two early fouls.

That left senior forward AprilSykes at the five position. Her tough-est task was guarding Villanova jun-ior forward Laura Sweeney.

The 6-foot-2 Sweeney scored19 points, the most by far for theWildcats. She had no problemgetting to the free throw line witha 7-for-9 shooting clip from thestripe. The Marlton, N.J., nativealso posed a threat on the boardswith a team-leading six rebounds.

But the Knights were as activein rebounding, generating a 33-28advantage on the glass.

Sykes and Wheeler led theway for the Knights on theboards, finishing with seven andfive, respectively.

Villanova began the game asthe fourth-ranked 3-point shoot-ing team in the Big East with a33.7 percentage. Rutgers rankedfourth to last at 28.6 percent.

But the Knights’ shootingproblems from behind the arcwere not apparent. They made 3-of-8 from downtown while theWildcats shot 6-for-31, only 19.4percent of their 3-pointers.

“We have to be able to make atleast 10 [3-pointers] to win thegame,” said Villanova head coachHarry Perretta. “[We will notscore] 60 unless we get 10 to winthe game.”

Rutgers’ perimeter defensewas a major factor in its win, as more than half of Villanova’s 51 shots came from 3-point territory.

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NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior center Monique Oliver posts up Villanova’s Laura Sweeney.Oliver played five minutes Saturday and did not score.

NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior guard Erica Wheeler drives through the Villanova defense Saturday in the Knights’ win. Wheeler scored 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting at the Pavillion.She returns to Piscataway with consecutive double-figure scoring games after an offensive slump that included three games she came off the bench.

Wheeler ends slump, leads offensive backcourt

The only threat on the offen-sive end was the Wildcats’ lead-ing scorer, junior Laura Sweeney.The Marlton, N.J., native totaled19 points.

While Sweeney surpassed herseason average in scoring, theKnights kept her in check on theglass. Sweeney ended the contestwith six rebounds, two below herseason average.

The low rebound total cameas a surprise in a game inwhich she was at least 2 inchestaller than most of the defend-ers guarding her.

Rutgers’ centers, juniorMonique Oliver and freshmanChrista Evans, played a combinedeight minutes.

Rather than try to battle theforwards with height, Rutgerssported quicker players suchas freshman Syessence Davisto help stifle Villanova’s out-side shooters.

“The name of this game wasdefense,” said Rutgers headcoach C. Vivian Stringer. “I wentwith who I thought could bestdefend them on the defensive

side. I don’t think anyone woulddeny that [Davis] is lightningquick, would play hard and coulddo what we need her to do.”

That left Sykes and Rushdanwith the job of covering Sweeneyand freshman Emily Leer, both ofwhom are 6-foot-2.

But that did not bother eitherof the Rutgers duo.

“In my freshman year I usedto deal with [former Rutgerscenter] Kia Vaughn [in prac-tice],” Sykes said. “You justhave to play smart on the post.It’s not about how big andstrong you are. You just have tomove your feet and get aroundthe big man.”

Rutgers is back above .500 inconference play and has a goodchance to win its next threegames. All three opponents havesub-.500 conference records,including Seton Hall, which iswinless in the Big East.

The next test comes tomor-row against the Pirates. TheKnights must wait until then tosee if the revived of fenseremains intact.

SOPHOMORE FORWARDC.J. Fair made his presenceknown of f the Syracuse benchwith his put-back baskets andalley-oops, but eight of hisgame-high 21 points came atthe foul line.

Fair shot 8-for-8 from the freethrow line, almost single-handed-ly outshooting Rutgers, whichwent 9-for-11.

“This team still has young bodiesand young minds,” Rice said. “In theBig East, you have to seek that con-tact. The free throw disparity hurts.”

Rutgers attempted 64 foulshots this season againstranked Big East opponents.Those opponents attempted153 in the same games.

The Knights took more tripsto the foul line against only then-No. 10 Connecticut — the lastgame in which Rutgers complet-ed an upset bid.

RUTGERS SUFFERED ITSfirst home loss against a top-10team since Jan. 29, 2011, when itlast welcomed the nation’s sec-ond-ranked team to the RAC.

The Knights fell by 2 toPittsburgh and then beat the nextthree top-10 foes to travel toPiscataway. Villanova rankedninth in the national polls last sea-son, then Florida and Connecticuteach ranked 10th overall whenthey fell this season.

“This is a tough place toplay, I don’t care who you are,”said Syracuse head coach JimBoeheim. “I think Florida ispretty good, Connecticut ispretty good. Notre Dame lostin here? They’re pretty good, too.”

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S ophomore cornerbackJordan Thomas left theRutgers football team to

run track at Binghamton.Thomas spent his second

season in a crowded second-ary when he finished witheight tackles and returned 16kickoffs for 310 yards.

The Endicott, N.Y., nativebegan his Scarlet Knightscareer as a running back, lead-ing the team in rushing in 2010.

He received fewer snapsthis season as he transi-tioned to the defensive sideof the ball.

Thomas moved to corner-back last spring. One of hisonly highlights occurred on adefensive touchdown hescored against Army.

THE RUTGERS SOFTBALLteam completed a 2-1 weekendwith a 2-1 win Sunday againstTexas State.

The Scarlet Knights fin-ished above .500 in SanMarcos, Texas. They defeatedDayton on Saturday, 8-0, andfell to Texas State on Friday,11-6.

Senior Lindsey Curran ledSunday’s scoring effort with atwo-run home run in the top ofthe third for the Knights (4-3).

Freshman Alyssa Landrithpitched a complete game,allowing one run on two hitsfor her second straight win.

Senior third basemanBrittney Lindley led the wayagainst Dayton with five RBI,including a grand slam.

For complete coverage, seetomorrow’s edition of TheDaily Targum.

THE RUTGERS MEN’Slacrosse team beat Air Forceon Sunday, 11-10, markinghead coach Brian Brecht’s firstwin with the Scarlet Knights.

The Knights (1-1) fendedoff the Falcons after securingan 11-8 lead with three min-utes remaining.

Sophomore NickDePaolera paced the Knightswith a career-high five pointson two goals and three assists.Redshirt sophomore attack-man Scott Klimchak and sen-ior Will Mangan recordedthree points each.

With the score tied, 8-8, and10:38 remaining, the Knightsscored three consecutive goalsin the next eight minutes.

For complete coverage, seetomorrow’s edition of TheDaily Targum.

ESPN RELEASED A state-ment yesterday for three com-ments on ESPN outlets con-cerning New York Knicks pointguard Jeremy Lin. The state-ment called the comments“inappropriate and offensive.”

ESPN dismissed one ofits online headline writersand suspended an ESP-NEWS anchor for 30 days.Reports indicate the anchoris Max Bretos, according tofoxsports.com.

WORD ON THE STREET

BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT

Rutgers head men’s basketballcoach Mike Rice expected this

type ofper form-ance fromGilvydasBiruta alls e a s o nlong, but

instead found the sophomore for-ward on his bench with foul trou-ble more often than he wasinvolved in the paint.

The Biruta that Rice expect-ed appeared at the LouisBrown Athletic Center yester-day, taking advantage of theholes in the hear t ofSyracuse’s 2-3 zone en route toa game-high 21 points.

“There was a GilvydasBiruta sighting today, huh?That’s what I thought I’d haveevery game, to be honest withyou,” Rice said after suf feringa 74-64 loss to the second-ranked team in the nation.“The moon and the stars andthe planets aligned today forGil. There was a confidenceabout him.”

It was apparent from the out-set, as Biruta put the ScarletKnights on the board with ajumper from the foul line.

He scored the first six pointsfor Rutgers and 10 of its first 12.

“That’s the Gil we all remem-ber from last year,” said sopho-more guard and former St.Benedict’s Prep (N.J.) teammateMike Poole. “He’s been througha slump, but he woke up.”

He did it against a patentedzone defense and 7-foot sopho-more Fab Melo.

Biruta consistently attackedMelo for a 9-of-14 performancefrom the field. He also made 3-of-4 foul shots and matched acareer-high scoring total in addi-tion to seven rebounds.

It was the third time in hiscareer Biruta scored 20-pluspoints, but the first since Feb. 1,2011, against Providence.

“Something bad is going tohappen in this league — italways is,” Rice said. “Heresponded. You can see withGil … that he’s not going torespond well, but he did.”

Biruta enjoys return to productivity

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KEITH FREEMAN / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore forward Gilvydas Biruta attempts a lay-in yesterday as No. 2 Syracuse’s C.J. Fair (5) andFab Melo defend. Biruta tied for a game high with 21 points in the Knights’ losing effort.

RU places third in Maryland quad meetBY VINNIE MANCUSO

CORRESPONDENT

When the Rutgers gymnas-tics team traveled to Marylandon Saturday for a quad meet, it

s a wfamiliarfaces inW e s tVirginiaa n d

William & Mary.The last time the Scarlet

Knights met up with EAGL oppo-nent West Virginia, they fell to theMountaineers by a score of193.425-191.650. William & Mary,on the other hand, lost to theKnights, 192.500-191.825, in aquad meet in Pittsburgh.

The results remained thesame this weekend, as Rutgersplaced third with a score of191.700, behind host Marylandand West Virginia, coming out ontop of only William & Mary.

“There were some individualhighlights, for sure. There were

some really good routines,” saidhead coach Louis Levine. “Wejust fell a little bit short when itcame to putting it all together fora good team score. It is a little dis-appointing, but we are just goingto keep pushing forward.”

The Knights did notearn their first confer-ence win of the yearthanks in large part to adisappointing eveningon the uneven bars.Rutgers finished last inthe event with a score of47.775.

Sophomore AlexisGunzelman, who alsofinished first for theKnights in the all-around, record-ed the highest score for Rutgerson bars with a 9.725.

Levine said the worst aspectof the bar routines was not themistakes, but the fact theywere avoidable.

“Bars are definitely wherewe struggled the most,” Levinesaid. “We had to record some

falls on bars, and some of themwere just lapses in thinking.”

Junior Jenna Zito led theKnights with a 9.800 in theirbest event of the day, the floorexercise. Rutgers finished theevent with a score of 48.50,

aided by Zito and herclassmate NicoleRomano, whonotched a season-high 9.775.

While the lost in-conference opportuni-ty disappointed Zito,she was proud of theeffort an injury-plagued Rutgers put upin Maryland.

“We were hoping for every-thing to finally come together,”Zito said. “I’m proud of myteammates for pushingthrough, just fighting throughall the injuries and the sickness-es we had. I think we were stillable to pull out a good meet.Some of the scores didn’t go ourway, but we hung tough.”

Levine cites a problem in themeet that has become consistentfor the Knights in the past fewweeks — inconsistency. Theproblem can only be fixed in thegym, Levine said.

“It is not rocket science. Youjust have to keep doing rou-tines and building confidence,and it will all fall into place,” hesaid. “Every person needs todo their part.”

As the Knights enter the mid-point of their schedule with aneven 7-7 record and no confer-ence wins, they know they haveto finally put a full meet together.To do so, Zito knows the teamneeds to land all of its events.

That includes the uneven bars. “We have obvious mistakes

that we are all aware of, so we’llwork on that,” Zito said. “The barroutines are coming, but they’restill inconsistent. We have to keeppracticing in our lineup so weknow every girl can make it in arow. When we do it in a meet,we’ll have the same result.”

GYMNASTICS

RUTGERS 191.700THIRD PLACE

LOUIS LEVINE

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FLOOD, RU ADD COACH, SEC TEAMFOR 2012 SEASON

Rutgers head football coach KyleFlood rounded out his defensive staffSaturday, when former Central Florida

defensive linecoach Jim

Panagos agreed to terms, according toThe Star-Ledger.

Panagos spent five seasons at UCF, allof which he worked in the trenches. Heparlayed a four-year stint with theMinnesota Vikings into working inOrlando, a future Big East destination.

Panagos grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y.,and played four seasons along the

defensive line at Maryland.

Flood intro-duced his defen-sive assistantsTuesday, but hecontinued to lookfor a final piece.

He said he didnot want to basethe decision on fill-ing positional

needs, but the Panagos hire does so.Panagos replaces former defensive

line coach Phil Galiano, who will nowcoach special teams under Flood.

Other members of Flood’s first staffpaid a visit to the Louis Brown AthleticCenter yesterday, where they pitched theScarlet Knights to a host of recruits.

Their sales pitch likely included ahome-and-home series with Arkansas,which Rutgers Athletics Communicationsannounced Friday.

The Knights travel to Fayetteville,Ark., on Sept. 22 before hosting theRazorbacks in 2013. The second matchupmarks the first with a SoutheasternConference opponent in Piscataway.

Rutgers faced six SEC teams in itshistory, but all meetings took place atGiants Stadium.

The Knights still have a schedulinghole to fill with West Virginia’s depar-ture to the Big 12. The Big East currently claims only seven football-playing members.

The conference continues to work withBoise State to add the school for the 2012season, according to The Star-Ledger.

— Staff Report

FOOTBALL

NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior forward April Sykes takes one of her five 3-point attempts Saturday againstVillanova. She notched her first 20-point game since Jan. 21 in a win against USF.

BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

VILLANOVA, Pa. — For the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team faithfuls who travelto nearly every road game, the battle with

déjà vu is over.With a 61-52 win

against Villanova onSaturday, the streakof five consecutivegames with under-

whelming offensive production ended. The biggest breath of fresh air for the No.

21 Scarlet Knights (18-8, 7-6) came from sen-ior forward April Sykes.

After six unusually quiet games, shebroke out of her recent skid and led theattack with 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting.

“I was just in a mental slump, period,”Sykes said. “It wasn’t just about makingshots. [During the slump] I wasn’t evenattempting shots, I was missing layups.”

Her production came just in time, withthe season nearing a close and theKnights still looking lost on the of fensive end.

But as Sykes’ shots began to fall, so didthose of the rest of the team. By the endof the game, Rutgers owned three double-digit scorers.

In addition to Sykes’ 20 points, juniorguard Erica Wheeler and senior point guardKhadijah Rushdan added 16 and 13 points,respectively.

Everything that plagued the Knights as ateam in the five-game losing streak, especial-ly shooting, did not at Villanova.

During the last five games, Rutgers post-ed a shooting percentage better than 42 onlyonce — it shot 42 percent from the fieldWednesday against West Virginia.

But the Knights shot at a 46-percent clipagainst Villanova (15-12, 5-8).

Rutgers ends five-game skidbehind Sykes’ 20-point effort

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Scoop Jardine could not help but smileyesterday as he turned from the Louis BrownAthletic Center 3-point line.

The Syracusesenior point guard’s3-pointer in front ofa capacity crowd putthe Orange aheadby 8 points as the

clock showed only a minute remained. His

efforts on the previous two possessions led to4 points, as well, lifting the No. 2 Orange to a74-64 win against the Rutgers men’s basket-ball team.

“Scoop made some plays down thestretch,” said Syracuse head coach JimBoeheim. “That’s what we would hope forfrom a senior guard. He has been doing thatall year.”

Jardine’s driving floater two possessionsearlier did not fall. But forward Kris Josephput back the miss, which junior wing DaneMiller called the play of the game.

Jardine returned on the next trip with acontested jumper from the wing. But hisbiggest play put the game out of reach.

Eli Carter had Jardine in his sights.But not even the freshman guard couldprevent Jardine from having his way andlocking up Syracuse’s Big East-best 27thwin of the season.

Jardine turned and let loose a toothy grin.His four misses from the foul line had notcost Syracuse. Neither had his three

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YEE ZHSIN BOON

Syracuse’s Scoop Jardine drives against freshman point guard Jerome Seagears yesterday in the No. 2 Orange’s 74-64 victory.Jardine, a senior point guard, helped to account for three consecutive scoring possessions that clinched their 14th Big East win.

Jardine’s late-game play downs Knights

JIM PANAGOS