THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 141, Number 62 S E R V I N G T H E R U T G E R S C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 8 6 9 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2, 2009 INDEX OLIVER AND COMPANY Today: Partly cloudy High: 55 • Low: 50 Freshman standout Monique Oliver is making a big first impression on the court for the Rutgers women’s basketball team this season. The Scarlet Knights tip off against Temple tonight at the RAC. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ........ 8 DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY ....... 3 The unofficial path outside the Eagleton Institute on Douglass campus has been covered in an environmentally- safe manner. New health guidelines are telling teen girls to wait until they are 21 years old to be tested for HPV and cervical cancer. OPINIONS UNIVERSITY President Barack Obama meets with Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, last month aboard Air Force One. Obama said that he will add 30,000 troops. COURTESY OF PETE SOUZA/ OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER Obama plan sends 30K more troops to Afghanistan City officials will meet with the New Jersey Department of Transportation to discuss changes to the intersection of Commerical Avenue and Route 18, above, where George Coleman Jr. was killed on Dec. 18 while crossing the highway. ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Pedestrian death prompts potential intersection reform Council improves Quad plaza, endorses NJPIRG BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Livingston Campus Council mem- bers put together the building blocks to install more benches and tables around Livingston campus and voted to endorse the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group’s concept plan at their Monday meeting. Council members announced they received the funding from the University and the benches and tables will be installed in the Quads Residence Hall plaza. They received $8,800 and got approval from several different depart- ments to install two more tables in the plaza, two tables in front of the Towers Residence Hall entrance and a bench in front of the library, council Treasurer Anthony Weingard said. “Housing is on board, residence [life] is on board and the [University] landscape architect, he supported it,” said Weingard, a Rutgers Business School sophomore. There are only three tables in the Quads plaza area, which seats roughly 12 people, he said. Installing the tables and benches would allow more stu- dents to enjoy the outdoors rather than stay in their residence halls. “As the weather gets nicer, they’re obviously going to want to be outside rather than stay indoors,” Weingard said. “[Students] can go outside, have a place to do work, be productive and take advantage of it.” Council 2012 Representative Ross Kleiman said adding more tables and benches would bring the campus pop- ulation together, but there may be a problem with noise if more people are going to be spending time outside. “I think that benches and tables BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR President Barack Obama announced the deployment of an additional 30,000 troops to fight the war in Afghanistan last night in a primetime speech to the nation. Speaking at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Obama said these additional troops — costing about $30 bil- lion — would deploy early in 2010 to tar- get the insurgency and secure key popu- lation centers. “They will increase our ability to train competent Afghan Security Forces, and to partner with them so that more Afghans can get into the fight,” Obama said. “And they will help create the conditions for the United States to transfer responsibility to the Afghans.” He said additional troops would accelerate this transfer so the United States can begin withdrawing troops by July 2011. “Just as we have done in Iraq, we will exe- cute this transition responsibly, taking into account conditions on the ground,” Obama said. “We will continue to advise and assist Afghanistan’s Security Forces to ensure that they can succeed over the long haul. But it will be clear to the Afghan government — and, more importantly, to the Afghan people — that they will ultimately be responsible for their own country.” This increase comes after Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander in Afghanistan, asked for more troops after deeming the situ- ation there more dangerous than anticipated, Obama said. Roy Licklider, a University professor of political science who focuses on United States foreign policy, said ideally, local groups should drive out terrorist groups, but the forces in Afghanistan are not strong or large enough. “It’s been very hard to develop a good Afghan army,” Licklider said. After months spent reviewing all the possible options with various leaders, BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER As part of an ongoing investigation regarding pedestrian safety, the New Jersey Department of Transportation and city officials will meet in the com- ing days to discuss potential changes to the intersec- tion of Commercial Avenue and Route 18. The meeting comes following the tragic death of 15-year-old George Coleman Jr., who was struck and killed attempting to cross the renovated highway. The department has already announced a change in the signaling pattern at the intersection. Lights for thru traffic on Route 18 North and the left-turn lane on Commercial Avenue will be syn- chronized so they are the same signal at the same SEE OBAMA ON PAGE 4 SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 6 SEE REFORM ON PAGE 4 The University recently settled a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by four groundskeepers in 2006, who accused the University of denying them promotions and ignoring two acts of racial discrimination. The employees were based on Cook/Douglass maintenance grounds and were employed by the University for at least 12 years, according to an article in The Star-Ledger. The four workers were made up of three blacks and one Hispanic. The University agreed to pay each of the workers $71,875 in lost wages and other damages, and they agreed to reim- burse their attorneys $300,000 in legal fees, according to the article. “The University is pleased that this mat- ter is resolved. Rutgers University remains committed to a workplace that is open, inclusive and free from all forms of dis- crimination,” Spokesman E.J. Miranda said in a statement. “The University will contin- ue to work with all of our employees to maintain this high standard.” The plaintiffs argued their bosses purposely did not grant them promo- tions but advanced their other co-work- ers, who were mostly whites, according to the article. According to a court document, one of the plaintiffs was said to have flaws includ- ing not having adequate experience related to the field and low scores on the exam taken for the position, which did not make him eligible for a promotion. But another co-worker did receive the job because of his prior experience, and he was also black, according to the document. Shortly afterwards, the plaintiff was offered the opportunity to serve in an act- ing capacity for the position he wanted at another University campus, which he turned down, according to the document. The plaintiff claimed the University ignored a noose found in a lawn-shop on Cook campus, which was later identified by the Rutgers University Police Department as a rope mistaken for a noose, according to the document. He also claimed the trailer, where the groundskeepers kept their tools, was shot with a paintball gun in an act of racial dis- crimination, according to the document. The individuals who shot the paintball gun were given disciplinary action, and they claimed it was not motivated by racial discrimination. — Ariel Nagi UNIVERSITY SETTLES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH GROUNDSKEEPERS
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OLIVER AND COMPANYToday: Partly cloudy
High: 55 • Low: 50Freshman standout Monique Oliver is making a big first impression on the court for the Rutgers women’s basketball team this season. The Scarlet Knights tip off against Temple tonight at the RAC.
ONLINE @DAILYTARGUM.COM
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DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 10
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 12
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . 3
The unofficial pathoutside the EagletonInstitute on Douglass campushas been covered inan environmentally-safe manner.
New health guidelines aretelling teen girls towait until they are21 years old to betested for HPV andcervical cancer.
OPINIONS
UNIVERSITY
President Barack Obama meets with Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces
in Afghanistan, last month aboard Air Force One. Obama said that he will add 30,000 troops.
COURTESY OF PETE SOUZA/ OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER
Obama plan sends 30K more troops to Afghanistan
City officials will meet with the New Jersey Department of Transportation to discuss changes to the intersection of
Commerical Avenue and Route 18, above, where George Coleman Jr. was killed on Dec. 18 while crossing the highway.
Council improves Quad plaza, endorses NJPIRGBY ARIEL NAGI
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Livingston Campus Council mem-bers put together the building blocksto install more benches and tablesaround Livingston campus and votedto endorse the New Jersey PublicInterest Research Group’s conceptplan at their Monday meeting.
Council members announced theyreceived the funding from the
University and the benches and tableswill be installed in the QuadsResidence Hall plaza.
They received $8,800 and gotapproval from several different depart-ments to install two more tables in theplaza, two tables in front of the TowersResidence Hall entrance and a benchin front of the library, councilTreasurer Anthony Weingard said.
“Housing is on board, residence[life] is on board and the [University]
landscape architect, he supported it,”said Weingard, a Rutgers BusinessSchool sophomore.
There are only three tables in theQuads plaza area, which seats roughly12 people, he said. Installing the tablesand benches would allow more stu-dents to enjoy the outdoors rather thanstay in their residence halls.
“As the weather gets nicer, they’reobviously going to want to be outsiderather than stay indoors,” Weingard
said. “[Students] can go outside, havea place to do work, be productive andtake advantage of it.”
Council 2012 Representative RossKleiman said adding more tables andbenches would bring the campus pop-ulation together, but there may be aproblem with noise if more people aregoing to be spending time outside.
“I think that benches and tables
BY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
President Barack Obama announced thedeployment of an additional 30,000 troops tofight the war in Afghanistan last night in aprimetime speech to the nation.
Speaking at the United States MilitaryAcademy at West Point, Obama said theseadditional troops — costing about $30 bil-lion — would deploy early in 2010 to tar-get the insurgency and secure key popu-lation centers.
“They will increase our ability to traincompetent Afghan Security Forces, and topartner with them so that more Afghanscan get into the fight,” Obama said. “Andthey will help create the conditions for theUnited States to transfer responsibility tothe Afghans.”
He said additional troops would acceleratethis transfer so the United States can beginwithdrawing troops by July 2011.
“Just as we have done in Iraq, we will exe-cute this transition responsibly, taking into
account conditions on the ground,” Obamasaid. “We will continue to advise and assistAfghanistan’s Security Forces to ensure thatthey can succeed over the long haul. But itwill be clear to the Afghan government —and, more importantly, to the Afghan people— that they will ultimately be responsible fortheir own country.”
This increase comes after Gen. StanleyMcChrystal, the commander in Afghanistan,asked for more troops after deeming the situ-ation there more dangerous than anticipated,Obama said.
Roy Licklider, a University professor ofpolitical science who focuses on UnitedStates foreign policy, said ideally, localgroups should drive out terrorist groups, butthe forces in Afghanistan are not strong orlarge enough.
“It’s been very hard to develop a goodAfghan army,” Licklider said.
After months spent reviewing all thepossible options with various leaders,
BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER
As part of an ongoing investigation regardingpedestrian safety, the New Jersey Department ofTransportation and city officials will meet in the com-ing days to discuss potential changes to the intersec-tion of Commercial Avenue and Route 18.
The meeting comes following the tragic death of15-year-old George Coleman Jr., who was struck and killed attempting to cross the renovated highway.
The depar tment has already announced achange in the signaling pattern at the intersection.Lights for thru traf fic on Route 18 North and theleft-turn lane on Commercial Avenue will be syn-chronized so they are the same signal at the same
SEE OBAMA ON PAGE 4
SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 6
SEE REFORM ON PAGE 4
The University recently settled aracial discrimination lawsuit filed byfour groundskeepers in 2006, whoaccused the University of denying thempromotions and ignoring two acts ofracial discrimination.
The employees were based onCook/Douglass maintenance grounds andwere employed by the University for atleast 12 years, according to an article inThe Star-Ledger. The four workers weremade up of three blacks and one Hispanic.
The University agreed to pay each ofthe workers $71,875 in lost wages andother damages, and they agreed to reim-
burse their attorneys $300,000 in legalfees, according to the article.
“The University is pleased that this mat-ter is resolved. Rutgers University remainscommitted to a workplace that is open,inclusive and free from all forms of dis-crimination,” Spokesman E.J. Miranda saidin a statement. “The University will contin-ue to work with all of our employees tomaintain this high standard.”
The plaintif fs argued their bossespurposely did not grant them promo-tions but advanced their other co-work-ers, who were mostly whites, accordingto the article.
According to a court document, one ofthe plaintiffs was said to have flaws includ-ing not having adequate experience relatedto the field and low scores on the examtaken for the position, which did not makehim eligible for a promotion.
But another co-worker did receivethe job because of his prior experience,and he was also black, according to the document.
Shortly afterwards, the plaintiff wasoffered the opportunity to serve in an act-ing capacity for the position he wanted atanother University campus, which heturned down, according to the document.
The plaintiff claimed the Universityignored a noose found in a lawn-shop onCook campus, which was later identifiedby the Rutgers University PoliceDepartment as a rope mistaken for anoose, according to the document.
He also claimed the trailer, where thegroundskeepers kept their tools, was shotwith a paintball gun in an act of racial dis-crimination, according to the document. Theindividuals who shot the paintball gun weregiven disciplinary action, and they claimed itwas not motivated by racial discrimination.
— Ariel Nagi
UNIVERSITY SETTLES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH GROUNDSKEEPERS
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Every year, as autumn slipsinto winter, students trample thepathway spanning the EagletonInstitute of Politics on Douglasscampus into a muddy mess.
Rutgers EnvironmentalServices and Grounds recentlylaid a bed of woodchips toimprove traction on the popularthoroughfare. The move came asa response to student concernsabout safety on the pathway.
“It’s good to know that[University Facilities and CapitalPlanning] are not destroying anyoutside ground systems,” saidLauren Eisen, junior classSEBS/Cook Council representative.
The council introduced a res-olution to lay gravel on the path
earlier this month, but tabled itto allow time for properresearch on potential impact tothe soil.
Ultimately, the woodchips area permeable solution that is muchmore maintainable than cinder,said Environmental Services andGrounds Director DianneGravatt. Environmental Servicesand Grounds was able to use com-posted trees from Busch campuswhere new residence halls arebeing built.
This was the silver lining forthe council, which opposes envi-ronmental disturbances.
“There are no plans to createa cinder path there,” Gravattsaid. “For anything like that tohappen, we would have to applyto the Freehold SoilConservation District.”
The district addresses stormwater, soil erosion and sedimenta-tion problems that result fromland disturbance activities,according to their Web site.
Getting approval from themrequires a comprehensive sur-vey, but it would conflict withmajor renovations planned forthe campus.
Cook campus is located in thewetlands and requires permitsfor the University to build on,she said.
But many of the buildings,such as the Starkey apartmentsand Perry residence hall, werebuilt before laws regulated it,
Gravatt said. Because all stormrunoff leads to Passion Puddle,they cannot build anything thatwill cause pollution.
“There’s already two well-litand paved paths, so this waspreferable [to construction],”said Food Science RepresentativeGreg Resch, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior. “It’s nice to seehow effective the council was inmaking the change.”
Council President DavidSorkin, a Cook College senior,conceded that cinder would notbe feasible, but asked for furtherand more focused efforts to laywoodchips. Students have beenhappy with the compromise so far.
“I was OK with them layinggravel, but not concrete,” saidSonia Szczesna, a School of Arts
and Sciences first-year studentrepresentative. “So the wood-chips work well.”
Eisen, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior, was thankful forthe quick response.
“I have to say that it was a real-ly fast response by [University]Facilities. What they have donewith the path will really benefit stu-dents getting to class without dam-aging the environment,” she said.
Gravatt was sympathetic to theoriginal resolution but remainedfirm on the University’s policy.
“The desired path betweenEagleton and Loree [Building] isnot a real path and we don’tintend for it to be,” Gravatt said.“But as long as students use it, wewill continue to put woodchipsdown over it.”
Nearly a century after women’s suf-frage victory in the United States, femalescontinue to advance in almost every sec-tor of American society, including politics.
As of January, New Jersey legislatorsBarbara Buono and Sheila Y. Oliver willhold leadership positions in the state gov-ernment, according to a University MediaRelations press release.
Democratic State Senator Buono,Rutgers School of Law-Camden alumna,will become New Jersey’s first female sen-ate majority leader. AssemblywomanOliver, also a democrat, will succeed
Assembly SpeakerJoseph J. Roberts Jr.to become the firstblack woman to holdthe position.
Buono has been astate senator since2001 after havingserved three termsas an assembly-woman. She repre-sents the state’s 18thdistrict, which includes parts ofMiddlesex County, according to Buono’s
Web site. The sena-tor, who will replaceSenate President-elect StephenSweeney, was alsothe first woman tochair the SenateBudget andA p p r o p r i a t i o n sCommittee.
Oliver, who waselected to her first
term in the Assembly in 2004, representsthe state’s 34th district that includes
regions of Essex and Passaic counties.She has served as deputy speaker protempore since 2008 and was assistantmajority leader from 2006 to 2007, accord-ing to Oliver’s Web site.
About 25 percent of state legislatorsnationwide are women this year, accord-ing to the Center for American Womenand Politics at the Eagleton Institute ofPolitics. Only a few women are speakersof state houses or assemblies; fewerwomen are state senate majority leaders.
— Colleen Roache
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The United States is doing aswell as can be expected, he said.
“It’s a lot of money and we’rerisking a lot of American lives,and it is not at all clear if it’sgoing to work,” Licklider said.
Obama had said in the pastthat the Unites States shouldbe fighting in Afghanistan andnot Iraq, Licklider said. Thepresident may be reluctant topull out, but there are manyconsequences for staying theretoo long.
There is not a lot of money orthe same amount of political sup-port to continue the war at highlevels, and if the wars are notended within a few years, theDemocrats and Obama couldlose support in future elections,he said.
The current conflicts have notgenerated the same amount ofprotests like the Vietnam War,where students worried aboutbeing drafted if they failed, butthey are at the back of everyone’sminds, he said.
“[The war] hangs over every-body,” Licklider said.
President of the RutgersDemocrats Alex Holodak saidObama’s policy would help to getthe job done.
“I think that we should get outof Iraq and Afghanistan as quick-ly as possible, and it looks like he
has a timetable setbefore re-elec-tion,” saidHolodak, a Schoolof Arts andSciences senior.
But he said heis skeptical thatthere are enoughtroops to ensuresecurity, and itmay be difficult tosend more, as theUnited States doesnot have themoney to spend
on this war.Rutgers University College
Republicans President RonHolden said he is glad thatObama made a thoughtful deci-sion based on military intelli-gence and not political agendas.
When Obama first took office,he said he wanted to pull outsoon, said Holden, a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
“I definitely think that he’sdoing the right thing by not justgiving up on them,” Holden said.
Militar y surges can helpshift responsibility to the peo-ple of Afghanistan, like in Iraq,he said.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Ben Sugarman isagainst both the wars in Iraqand Afghanistan, and thinksthat no troops should be fight-ing there.
“I think it’s unproductive and Idon’t think it’s going to help,”Sugarman said.
He said the United Statesshould instead focus on domesticissues first.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Caroline Dwyer saidshe is happy about Obama’splans to lessen troops in Iraq andincrease them in Afghanistan.
“I think we’re finally chasingdown people in the right coun-try,” Dwyer said.
She has friends serving over-seas and is worried about them,but thinks this is productive andnecessary to bring the troopshome.
Licklider said Obama hadcome under criticism for takingtime to review the request tosend more troops, but last night’sspeech showed he was ready tomake a decision.
“I think somebody has tomake a specific decision here andthat’s his job,” Licklider said.
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time, said DOT SpokespersonFran McCrory.
“If the thru-light is green,then the left turn is green,” shesaid. “If the thru-light is red, thenthe left turn is red.”
This move will help ensuredrivers are not turning when apedestrian is trying to cross thestreet, McCrory said.
But Patricia Bombelyn, theColeman family’s attorney,questions the safety of the intersection for pedestri-ans, calling it “dangerous by design.”
There are many factors thatmake the crossing unsafe forpedestrians including its posi-tioning on top of a hill with acur ve, a building par tiallyblocking pedestrians’ view ofoncoming traffic when crossingfrom Boyd Park, high speedlimits that give drivers only afew seconds to realize a pedes-trian crossing is approachingand sidewalks that aredesigned close to the highway,she said.
“You have to ask ‘what werethey thinking’ when theydesigned this,” Bombelyn said.“The pedestrian doesn’t stand achance when the speed is 50,60 and 70 mph … there is noestablished traf fic pattern ofstopping, lighting is absent andthere are no warnings to driv-ers to expect pedestrians or theneed to slow down.”
In the wake of the tragicdeath of their son, the Colemanfamily is now pushing for thecreation of a pedestrian bridgeto span the intersection and anew policy that would ensureparents are immediately noti-fied when their child has suf-fered a serious accident,Bombelyn said.
advisers and allies, Obamamade the decision to send moretroops.
“I do not make this decisionlightly,” Obama said. “I make thisdecision because I am convincedthat our security is at stake inAfghanistan and Pakistan.”
He said al-Qaida is workingthere to create violent terroristattacks against the United Statesand its allies.
“This danger will only grow ifthe region slides backwards, andal-Qaida can operate with impuni-ty,” Obama said. “We must keepthe pressure on al-Qaida, and todo that, we must increase the sta-bility and capacity of our partnersin the region.”
He said the military inAfghanistan never had theresources or manpower toaccomplish its goal of establish-ing a secure government and mil-itary there.
“When I took office, we hadjust over 32,000 Americans serv-ing in Afghanistan, compared to160,000 in Iraq at the peak of thewar. Commanders inAfghanistan repeatedly askedfor support to dealwith the reemer-gence of theTaliban, but thesere inforcementsdid not arrive,”Obama said.
He said theconflict in Iraqwould be comingto an end. Combatbrigades will startto come home bythe end of nextsummer andentirely by the endof 2011.
Despite the work accom-plished in Iraq, al-Qaida hasbecome more violent inAfghanistan and Pakistan, he said.
“After escaping across theborder into Pakistan in 2001 and2002, al-Qaida’s leadership estab-lished a safe-haven [inAfghanistan],” Obama said.
The Afghan people had elect-ed a legitimate government, butthe Taliban has maintained acommon cause with al-Qaida.
“Gradually, the Taliban hasbegun to take control overswaths of Afghanistan, whileengaging in increasingly brazenand devastating acts of terror-ism against the Pakistani peo-ple,” he said.
Obama discussed the cre-ation of a stronger partnershipwith Pakistan.
“We will strengthen Pakistan’scapacity to target those groups thatthreaten our countries, and havemade it clear that we cannot toleratea safe haven for terrorists whoselocation is known, and whose inten-tions are clear,” Obama said.“America is also providing substan-tial resources to support Pakistan’sdemocracy and development.”
Licklider said the UnitedStates should focus more on get-ting troops in Pakistan, anIslamic nation known to havenuclear weapons. This helps tocombat al-Qaida, as terrorism isan international issue not limitedto Afghanistan.
But if the United States pullsout of Afghanistan too soon, itsends the message to othernations that the military is nottaking a strong stance against ter-rorism, he said.
“There’s a real dilemmahere,” Licklider said. “It’s not aneasy situation, where theanswer’s pretty obvious.”
OBAMA: Pakistan to see
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REFORM: Family pushes
for Route 18 pedestrian bridge
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A memorial of flowers and candles marks the location on Route 18
where George Coleman was killed. Patricia Bombelyn, the Coleman
family’s attorney, states that the intersection is “dangerous by design.”
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“There’s a realdilemma here. It’s not an easy
situation, where the answer’s
pretty obvious.” ROY LICKLIDER
University professor
“For anyone who loses achild, they can never be madewhole, but they can find ways togive justice to them,” she said.“In this case, this is what willgive the Colemans justice.”
The DOT is examining con-cerns raised regarding theintersection, noting the investi-gation will look at everything,McCrory said.
The recent tragedy at theintersection of CommercialAvenue and Route 18 high-lights the rising number ofpedestrian fatalities in thestate. According to a recentstudy released by theTranspor tation for Americacampaign, 121 pedestrians havebeen killed in traf fic collisionsin New Jersey this year alone, a33 percent increase over thesame period in 2008.
Alan M. VoorheesTransportation Center SeniorResearch Specialist Ranjit Waliasaid one out of every five NewJersey traffic deaths is a pedestri-an; a figure that he said needs tochange but cannot be easily fixed.
A myriad of factors must all beconsidered, such as if pedestrianfacilities like sidewalks are beingprovided, traffic signals areaccommodating pedestrians andwhether pedestrians are eveneducated on how to behave whencrossing a road, Walia said.
“We are not doing a greatjob yet in any one of those fac-tors, and if we want to changepedestrian safety in NewJersey, we are going to have toaddress those things,” he said.“It’s not something that isgoing to happen overnight, butwe want to focus on it.”
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3 The Mason Gross School of the Arts Department ofDance presents works by distinguished faculty and guestchoreographers in “DancePlus Fall.” Part of a semiannu-al series, “DancePlus” will be at the New Theater todaythrough Sunday, Dec. 6. Each of the three concerts willpresent the work of four to six faculty members and fre-quently includes world premieres. Performances areDec. 3, 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 6.For more information about any Mason Gross event, visithttp://masongross.rutgers.edu or call the Mason GrossPerforming Arts Center Ticket Office at (732) 932-7511.
4 Do you enjoy listening to beautiful, harmonious music?Then come to the Queens Chorale’s Winter Concert! TheQueens Chorale is the oldest student-run choir on cam-pus, which invites women, including graduate students,from the entire University community to join us.Hybridizing a choral group with a mellow sorority, we cul-tivate a relaxed social atmosphere where we can enjoysinging as a group. Known for singing traditionalUniversity music, QC also sings a variety of music at ourbiannual concerts. Come out enjoy the music at 8 p.m. atKirkpatrick Chapel on Old Queens campus. Students pay$5 and general admission is $10.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. presents the 2009 AlphaPhi Alpha Step Show featuring the best step teams from allover the nation, beginning at 6 a.m. in the LivingstonRecreation Center. For more information contact QuentinRobinson at [email protected] or visitwww.alphastepshow.com.
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6 The Rutgers University Campus Coalition AgainstTrafficking hopes to get many students out to participate inthe club’s eating contest on at 2:30 p.m. in Room 411 of theRutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Allmoney raised will be donated to the Polaris Project, a NewJersey-based, anti-trafficking organization.
7 “Our Children,” a semi-documentary film featuring childHolocaust survivors playing themselves, will be screened at7 p.m. at the Student Activities Center on the CollegeAvenue campus for University students and the general pub-lic. Shot on location at a Jewish orphanage outside of Lodz in1947, the film was banned by the Polish government asbeing “too Zionistic” and was then lost for more than 30years. For more information contact Alexandra Casser [email protected] or (201) 788-5570.
5 Visit Rutgers Gardens on Cook campus from 1 to 4 p.m. forholiday decorating workshops, hot cider and tours of theUniversity’s American holly collection. You’ll also be ableto purchase poinsettias, a University-grown Christmas treeand wreaths.
The council voted unanimouslyto endorse the concept plan, whichaims to provide the UniversitySenate with information aboutNJPIRG’s values and goals and showthe senate that the group works forstudents and haseducational value,which the guide-lines require forany organizationto receive specialfunding.
C o u n c i lP r e s i d e n tWiniris DeMoyasaid it is impor-tant that thecouncil endorsesNJPIRG becauseboth organizations have workedtogether in the past for severalcauses, such as registering peopleto vote and a rally for health care.
“I think an organization likeNJPIRG is a valuable asset to theUniversity, and when it comes tohaving them to potentially go upfor referendum, it’s important that
they have the support of the stu-dent government, because [stu-dent government] is a reflection ofstudents in general,” said DeMoya,a Rutgers College senior.
NJPIRG CampaignCoordinator SarahClader said if theorganization werenot funded underthese special guide-lines, they wouldnot be able to workas efficiently as theydo now.
“We are able todo all these things,like register peopleto vote, becauseevery three years
Rutgers students vote through abig referendum to fund usthrough a waiveable fee thatappears on their term bill,”Clader said.
NJPIRG works to promoteawareness about several differentissues through campaigns suchas hunger and homelessness and
voting, and the organizationworks in conjunction with NewJersey Community Water Watch,she said.
Working with student govern-ment in the past shows that theorganization has educationalvalue, which is why NJPRIGasked the council to endorse theirconcept plan, Clader said.
“Since we’ve worked with LCCin the ‘Get out the Vote’ campaignand health care, we would behappy for [the council] toendorse NJPRIG [because]NJPIRG has educational value,”she said.
DeMoya said the organiza-tion’s members not only educatestudents at the University and inother communities throughoutthe state, but they also work tohelp these communities throughhands-on, positive campaigns.
“They’re not only valuable asan educational tool, they’re valu-able in the community of stu-dents,” she said. “That’s why wefeel we should support them.”
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would allow us to create a bettersense of community,” saidKleiman, a School of Engineeringsophomore. “Regarding thenoise issue that might occur, thatwould have to be played by ear. Ifthat becomes a problem, maybesomething will have to be doneabout that, in terms of RA’spatrolling the Quads … or somesort of issue that facilities wouldlook into.”
Council members alsoapproved a resolution regardingNJPIRG’s concept plan.
NJPIRG will be reapplying fora referendum in the spring 2010semester to reestablish the groupas a special organization underUniversity Senate guidelines,allowing them to receive fundingby adding a waiveable fee of about$11 to student term bills.
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and award-winning authorMichael Aaron Rockland will dis-cuss his latest novel “Stones”today from 7 to 8 p.m. at the EastBrunswick Public Library.
His other works include“The George WashingtonBridge: Poetry in Steel” and 12other stories.
Librarian Stephanie Nye saidRockland will talk about how hebegan the process of writing hislatest novel, followed by a ques-tion and answer period.
“[The] more profound mean-ing with regards to the title is the‘stone’ that the protagonist Jackcarries around with him. He wish-es he had done something verydifferent with his life,” Rocklandsaid. “He wishes he became awriter instead of a medical doctor.”
His first book, “Sarmiento’sTravels in the United States in1847,” was chosen by TheWashington Post’s Book World asone of the “50 Best Books of theYear.” His novel “A Bliss Case”was a New York Times “NotableBook of the Year.”
Rockland co-wrote “Lookingfor America on the New JerseyTurnpike,” which was chosen bythe New Jersey State Library asone of the “Ten Best Books EverWritten on New Jersey or by aNew Jerseyan.”
Rockland has won five majorteaching and lecturing awards,including the National TeachingAward in American Studies. Hehas lectured in 21 countriesaround the world.
A regular contributor to NewJersey Monthly magazine,Rockland has also worked in tele-vision and film production, mostlyfor PBS, and is regularly inter-viewed on NPR.
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to waterboarding havecracked in a matter of lessthan 20 seconds. Surely,obtaining confessions per-haps due solely because ofthe fear of death is neitheran accurate way of extract-ing confessions nor ahumane way.
Not only do the CIA’sinterrogation tactics violate the Geneva Convention,but on a broader spectrum, simply the interrogation-al process itself and its results have caused the eye-brow of the law to rise in skepticism. The CIA’s tac-tics have been criticized and questioned not only byan assortment of American citizens, ranging from“normal” citizens to members of the Senate andCongress, but also by former CIA agents themselves.The reliability of the confessions produced by thesevere interrogation techniques is under harshscrutiny, as many people think that since the prison-ers are subject to such harsh treatment, they mayconfess in a desperate attempt to simply have the
treatment cease. It is “bad interro-gation. I mean, you can get anyoneto confess to anything if the tor-ture is bad enough,” said formerCIA officer Bob Baer. Other for-mer CIA officers, specificallyLarry Johnson, believe that theCIA’s conduct when dealing withterror prisoners equalizes theUnited States with the Nazis andSoviets. “What CIA field officersknow firsthand is that it is better tobuild a relationship of trust …
than to extract quick confessions through tacticssuch as those used by the Nazis and Soviets,”Johnson said.
Further, not only has criticism of the CIA’s officialswho conduct the interrogations heightened, but formerPresident George W. Bush has been severely criticizedfor allowing the CIA’s interrogational abilities to over-ride that of the military’s, a power that is questionablein its legality. President Bush, whose administration’score conviction was that the executive branch musthave unquestioned power when in the midst of war,raised controversy when he vetoed the Congressionalbill that attempted to limit the CIA’s techniques whenquestioning terror suspects. Many people felt thatBush had the opportunity to end the cruel treatmentthat the CIA inflicts on prisoners, but instead of seizingthe opportunity, he opened up doors for inhumaneinterrogations to wage on for a very long time. Bushhas proven to be decisive and unrelenting is his deci-sion to support the CIA’s harsh tactics. His decision toveto the Congressional bill has created uneasy feelings,especially among generals of the U.S. Army, who fearthat such harsh treatment might be reversed and
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A ccording to theCentral IntelligenceAgencies official
Web site, the CIA has ahandful of responsibilities,all channeled toward pro-tecting the United Statesand ensuring intelligent con-duct internationally. As theWeb site says, “The CIAdirector’s responsibilities include: collecting intelli-gence through human sources and by other appro-priate means … correlating and evaluating intelli-gence related to the national security and providingappropriate dissemination of such intelligence.”Note that in this small except from their “About theCIA” page, the word “appropriate” is used twice;the CIA promises to administrate their power inappropriate means. Irony arises when one readstheir statements and, in turn, studies the history oftheir behavior and their current-day policies. Toput it bluntly, the CIA has proved itself to be any-thing but appropriate in certain areas of conduct. Inparticular, the interrogation tac-tics of the CIA have been a con-troversial subject of heateddebate. Their harsh tactics whenquestioning terror prisonershave been questioned from notonly a moral standpoint but alegal standpoint.
Most obviously, the harshtechniques adopted by the CIAafter the September 11 attacksare clear violations of the GenevaConvention. Adopted on August12, 1949, the Geneva Convention set the principlesfor international law for humanitarian issues, chieflythe handling of prisoners of war. Article 13 of theGeneva Convention states that prisoners of warmust be dealt with like human beings, but the newtactics that the CIA adopted in 2002 violate suchrights of prisoners of war. Similarly, the provisionsof the International Convention Against Torture hasbeen violated by the CIA’s conduct. The techniquesthat the CIA has enforced, while they certainly doall not constitute as full-fledged torture, still violatethe “humane” treatment that the GenevaConvention demands.
Most controversial, waterboarding, where theprisoner is strapped upside down onto an elevatedboard with the continual flow of water into his or hermouth, is clearly illegal under international law, as itentails mock execution. Mock execution surely con-stitutes as torture, which is prohibited under theGeneva Convention and U.S. law itself, but it hasbeen permitted for the CIA to exercise by the Bushadministration. Waterboarding has proven to have ashocking capability to crack even the most hard-ened prisoners, as they believe they are trulydrowning. CIA officers who subjected themselves
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Save The MediumT he dedicated weekly readers of The Medium are going to be dis-
appointed to not get their dose of dirty cartoons and offensive —but hilarious — personals today. The publication has run out of
money due to the rise in cost of printing. In order to have an issue out forthe end of the semester, readers of the paper will have to go without it thisweek. The Medium, which is funded by allocations given from theRutgers University Student Assembly, has been getting the same amountof money from them for years. Something needs to be done to ensurethat the student-run organization gets the money it needs for printing.
Since money for allocations comes from student fees, the most obvi-ous solution would be to raise student fees by a small margin to helpstudent groups, like The Medium, have the funding they need to goabout their business. Students might think that because tuition hasgone up and the number of students attending the University has alsoincreased dramatically, there would be plenty of funds to disperseamong the student organizations at the school. In actuality, the num-ber of student groups has been rising right along with the number ofstudents here and the money they are giving to the University. It endsup balancing out. According to University Student Life’s Web site,there are more than 400 student-run organizations. A small increase instudent fees might give the groups the little but extra funding theyneed to get by and go about doing what they are supposed to do.
At the same time, it may not be enough to help organizations withjust a small fee increase. Because there are so many groups, thereneeds to be increased scrutiny performed during the screeningprocess to see which groups are actually doing productive things withtheir money and see if there can be any reallocation of funds. There areso many groups that it is possible that there are some that may be ableto have better events if they shared funds.
The Medium is one of the most productive student groups, produc-ing a paper that is read by about 24 percent of students at the University,according to a readership survey. People look forward to its publication,and it is always consistent providing a paper for students to read andlaugh at every week. Something needs to be done to help them publishthe product that entertains many students who would be upset if theyneeded to cut the amount of papers they put out a semester.
“I do not make this decision lightly. I make this deci-sion because I am convinced that our security is at
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Triumphsand Woes
JENNA GREENFIELD
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Get tested nowI t is not common practice for a teen girl to take initiative to spark a
sex talk with her parents and to be taken to a reproductive healthcare provider. Usually, a push comes from a parent to get her
checked out and given the routine Pap smear that comes with everygynecologist appointment. This test screens the girl for human papil-lomavirus and cervical cancer. The norm has been that when the girlturns 18 years old or becomes sexually active, then she is supposed tostart seeing a gynecologist.
According to CNN, new health guidelines are saying that girls cannow wait until age 21 to start getting Pap smears. Some health expertsare now concerned that rates of sexually-transmitted diseases orunplanned pregnancies could increase without the Pap test to prompt adoctor’s visit. Ideally, teens should have an HPV shot and see a gyne-cologist for counseling about STDs before they become sexually active,experts say. They should also be educated about how HPV vaccinesdon’t protect women who have already been infected with the virus.
There may not be an increase in sexually-transmitted diseases andpregnancies because the doctor’s visit does not change a person’sbehavior patterns, but they do raise awareness. A risk that STDs willgo untreated or girls will remain unknowledgeable about the risksdoes exist. There are girls who will misinterpret the new guidelines asan excuse just not to go get tested if they are sexually active and missout on important conversations with their doctor.
The real concern that lies with these new guidelines is why they arenow suggesting that girls should wait to be tested. It can be comparedto the new rules about mammograms and screening women for breastcancer. Women are now advised to wait until they are 50-years-old togo get screened for the disease. Many health insurance providers arenot going to cover women younger than age 50 for the screening, andthat is not right because a lot of cancer cases occur in women youngerthan 50. The same is going to go for girls and HPV and other STDs.Both changes in guidelines are being backed up with the reasoningthat it is to prevent false alarms and unneeded testing for diseases. Asfar as the Pap smears go, there was such a push for the HPV vaccineand raising awareness about contracting the virus that you would thinkit would be almost counterproductive in the movement to raise aware-ness to say you can wait to be tested. When it comes to health, it is bet-ter to be safe than sorry, and there should be a push to keep yourselfsafe and to test for disease as early as possible, especially when the ageof sexually-active teens is getting younger everyday.
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inflicted upon American prisonersof war. Jennifer Daskal, seniorCounterterrorism Counsel atHuman Rights Watch, is one suchcontester. “All U.S interrogators,whether they work for the CIA orthe military, should be held to thesame standards,” Daskal said.“Having separate rules muddiesthe waters and increases the possibility for misunderstandingand abuse.”
Evidently, the CIA has not beenconducting very “appropriate” activ-ities. With little regard for the law, ithas managed to squeak aroundtheir boundaries with the help ofthe Bush administration that sup-ports the use of torture-related pro-cedures on prisoners of war. TheCIA has certainly has placed a footover the line of legality, but perhaps,in light of our rather new president,change is to come.
Jenna Greenfield is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore. Hercolumn, “Triumphs and Woes,”runs on alternative Wednesdays.
Attacks against athletics are pure rubbish
T o begin, I’d like to thankThe Daily Targum’scolumnist of yesterday’s
“Crew faces financial upstreambattle” for alerting me to what Iwas going to read before Iglanced at his story.
The title of his column is “PureRubbish,” and he’s absolutelyright, though after reading his lat-est edition I’d contend that “rub-bish” is a generous term.
Having covered the cut sportsissue back in 2007 when I waspart of the news staff, I thought Ihad seen it all. Former AthleticDirector Bob Mulcahy was demo-nized; a student athlete from oneof the six teams hurled a personalinsult that I will not repeat here atUniversity President Richard L.McCormick during a Board ofGovernors meeting.
After reading the columnist’scolumn yesterday, I have to sayI’m impressed. Calling out fellowstudents for their choice in majorsbecause the author deems someto be more rigorous than others isnot only one of the most pompousthings I’ve seen in print lately, italso represents a new low in thequest to reinstate the six sports.
Before I get to the opinion partof the article, I’d like to address a
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Petition RUSA to increase The Medium’s funding
I am sure a good number of stu-dents, as they arrived atBrower Commons on the
College Avenue campus, NielsonDining Hall on Douglass campus,Tillet Dining Hall on Livingstoncampus or any of the student cen-ters today, were shocked not tofind their favorite publicationthere. I’m talking, of course, aboutThe Medium. As an editor for thisillustrious publication, I feel weowe it to our readers to explain asto why this travesty has happened.Simply put, we could not afford toprint the paper this week. TheMedium is — just like the rest ofyou — broke. Hopefully, we’ll have
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glaring factual inaccuracy thatanyone who takes the time tolearn something about the foot-ball team — instead of just typingtheir names into a University data-base, which takes all of seven sec-onds — would know.
The author said that the teamis full of liberal arts and criminaljustice majors, without any “rigor-ous” majors, as he calls them, tobe found. If only he had taken thetime to talk to someone likeMorgan Carter.
Carter, a linebacker for theScarlet Knights, can do twothings that seem unfathomablydifficult to someone like me:
1) He is a linebacker for the Knights.
2) He’s going to be a doctor.Carter said the following in an
interview before committing tothe University to play football:
“My mom always asks me, ‘Ifyou get injured tomorrow and cannever play football again, is theschool you pick still the sameplace you want to be for college?’I take that to heart. I’m lookingtowards majoring in pre-med; Imight do biology, bioengineeringor organic chemistry, somethingin that area. I’d like to get into themedical field, so I’ll need a back-ground in a variety of places so Ido well on my MCATs.”
That’s right, MCATs. Forthose of you whose majors do not
fit Mr. Canares’ list of real majors,I’ll catch you up. You need to takethe MCATs to get into medicalschool, which, by the way, youcan do even if you’re on the foot-ball team — the very same foot-ball team that scored 997 out of1000 in the NCAA’s AcademicProgress Rate report for 2008.
You see, contrary to theauthor’s apparent belief, athleteswith what he calls “rigorous”majors at the University do existon the football team. Imagine that.
Simply put, we could go backand forth on whether the cuts tothe six sports were justified basedon finances or whether therewere insidious underlying rea-sons based on conspiracy. Theopinion of whether or not theteams should be reinstated is notthe problem with the author’s col-umn. The method of argumentbehind it is.
Cuts to the six teams wereunfortunate; no one likes to seetheir passion taken away fromthem. I’m sure that the sameexcitement the football team feelswhen they sprint out of a tunnel tostart a game is equivalent to whatthe crew team feels before thestart of a regatta.
Raises in my tuition were alsounfortunate. A person could look atany number of things at theUniversity and deem them unfortu-nate based on personal preference.
But to compare one group toanother based on the academicfocuses of its members, predicat-ed solely on the narrow mindedview that one major is more aca-demically important based on thesubjective view that one requiresmore time than the other, isabsolutely ridiculous and unfair.
Of course, after listing theinferred “superior” majors of theclub crew team, the columnistsays he is not out to discredit theacademic ability of the footballteam. Of course not — that mon-strous paragraph beforehandmust have been there to fill space.
But it makes me wonder. Is the geneticist that helps
uncover the mysteries behindhereditary disorders any more orless important than the policemanwho helps protect citizens on a dailybasis? Is the politician who helpsadvance civil rights legislation lessimportant than someone whoresearches biotechnology? Can youeven equate one profession toanother in terms of task or assignimportance to them? Of course not.
There are people who devotetheir lives to the pursuit of studiessuch as history, and I’m sure histo-ry professors at the University,many of whom are at the top oftheir respective fields, have spentjust as much time researching,conjecturing and theorizing as abiomedical engineer or a physicist.
What the author fails to real-ize, or perhaps fails to mentionso as not to deflate his argument,is it is not the type of degree youearn but how you apply it. Acriminal justice major can goequally as far as a pharmacymajor and a history major can gojust as far as a chemist, as long asthey have the drive and the rightknowledge at their disposal. TheUniversity provides them withthe knowledge; they providethemselves with the drive. Andsince the columnist’s researchwas limited to a basic search ofnames in the University data-base, I don’t think he sat downwith the football team for anintensive Q&A session.
The point is, a university likeRutgers can offer a top-rate edu-cation for anyone who is invest-ed, the football team and evenour columnist included. I’m surethe University has taught him alot. But it certainly hasn’t taughthim humility.
Then again, what do I know?I’m not a geneticist; I’m only ajournalism major.
Steven Williamson is a seniorsports writer for The Daily Targumwho covers the field hockey,women’s basketball and women’slacrosse teams. He accepts comments and criticism at [email protected].
enough money to do an issue forthe last week of the semester (nextweek), so you won’t have to go intoyour finals without your much-needed fix of satire, insanity andgood old-fashioned entertainment.
Since The Medium is a stu-dent-run organization, we get ourfunding allocated to us by theRutgers University StudentAssembly, the infamous RUSA.We’ve been getting the sameamount of money from RUSA fora number of years now, as wemanage to consistently use whatis allocated to us. This year, asother years, we are allocatedapproximately $6,500 per semes-ter. This is all public information,available on RUSA’s Web site, orat least it should be.
Unfortunately, printing costshave gone up — it costs around$500 each week to print eachissue this semester — and ourfunding has not — so we’ve beenforced to make cuts, just like theUniversity cut that class youneeded to graduate on time.
In the end, where we mighthave been able to print 13 issuesthis semester, we could onlyafford 11. This week’s issue, sadly,had to be canned. So here’s mymessage to you, O readers of TheMedium: We need your help. Startpetitioning RUSA to allocate us, orany other student-run publicationthat you like, more money so wecan deliver to you every week theentertainment and diversion fromyour boring everyday routine that
you all crave. Unfortunately, budg-ets for spring 2010 were submittedlast month, but if you’re a first-yearstudemt or sophomore looking tomake a difference in your futurehere at the University, why nottake two minutes to e-mail RUSAat [email protected] orby phone at (732) 932-8518 and tellthem why you think The Mediumdeserves more funding?
RUSA is supposed to representyou, the students, right? Also,remember how RUSA managed to“save” $7,000 on their trip? Wheredid all that money go, and why hasit not gone back to the students? Inspite of all this, on behalf of theentire editorial and writing staff atThe Medium, thanks so much toeveryone who has read the paper
and submitted articles, drawings,poetry or personals to us.
The Medium would not bewhat it is today if it weren’t for ourreaders, and we’re grateful to all ofyou for your support. For my part,reading your personals submis-sions has been an utter riot. I’veenjoyed every minute of it andlook forward to doing it again inthe spring. This has been one of, ifnot the most, successful semes-ters that The Medium has everhad. We look forward to seeing,entertaining and offending you allnext week and next semester!
Dave Imbriaco is a RutgersCollege senior majoring in historyand religion. He is one of the per-sonals editors at The Medium.
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Today's Birthday (12/02/09) As the year unfolds, you discover thatmental effort applied skillfully to career issues involves more thanlogic. You need to develop hidden opportunities that only surfacewhen you are willing to dive in. Everyone around you believes youcan work miracles, and somehow you do. To get the advantage,check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — Use your abun-dant energy to move groupprojects forward. Others agreeto your terms, but not withoutsome discussion.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 6 — You find your-self moving into new mentalterritory. Your imaginationgoes wild, and you forge aheadwith new projects.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is an 8 — Someonecommunicates long-distanceto give you an original idea.Work out a solution privatelyand then present it to yourclosest neighbor.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is an 8 — Your vision isonly limited by your imagina-tion. You see the path to yourdreams clearly. Go for it!Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) —Today is a 7 — Deal withwhat's right in front of you.You have plenty going on, buthandle the problems of themoment first.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 7 — Your bestresults come from activitiesbehind the scenes. Plenty oftime to go public later.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is an 8 — You have tonsof energy and no clear senseof where to use it. Check outthe environment first, and takean independent direction.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — Another personpresents an idea that matchesup beautifully with your think-ing. It involves action. Don't beshy. Publicity works wonders.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is an 8 — The world beatsa path to your door today. Willyou be at home to answer? Takeadvantage of the opportunity.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is an 8 — You don't haveto move at the speed of light.In fact, you're better off takingthings step by step, noticingopportunities as you go.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — You're still onthe right track, and you see yourgoal ahead. Bring an associateon board who has the energyand know-how you need.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 7 — Whatever youset in motion in the morningcarries you through the day.Work with the materials onhand. Clean up after yourself.
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Texas with nine rebounds andscored nine points and grabbednine rebounds — all defensive —against Mississippi State.
But Stringer is confident thatthe pieces will continue to fallinto place.
“I don’t know what it is, she’sstuck on nine [points orrebounds],” Stringer joked. “Shejust needs to be patient, be a littlemore calm and slow it down a lit-tle bit, let us all enjoy it. … I thinkthat once she establishes herselfand once she knows what’s going
on she’s going tobe there forever. Ijust have a lot ofrespect for theway she plays. Sheplays hard.”
The freshmanhas the opportuni-ty to continue toproduce tonight forthe Knights (4-3)when they playhost to the TempleOwls (5-1), a teamthat has historicallygiven RU trouble.
The Knights found them-selves down by 15 early on theroad last year and needed a 22-8run in the second half and 25points from Epiphanny Prince tobail them out in a 64-60 win. RUnarrowly won the game on freethrows after Temple hit two threepointers in a 10 second span toclose the gap.
Now without Prince but with abevy of talent on the rise, theKnights are set to rematch theirA-10 nemesis.
“I just like watching and get-ting to know the plays and fol-lowing in the footsteps [of myteammates],” Oliver said. “We’rejust working together and com-municating so were pretty goodat that.”
Senior George Johnson ranks second on the Knights with 6.5 sacksthis season and scored his first career touchdown against Maryland.
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saw time against Boston College’s6-foot-6 Carolyn Swords.
Mississippi State, Georgiaand Texas were no walk in thepark either.
“I’m feeling pretty good afterplaying against Appel and knowingI could go against her,” Oliver said.“I have a lot of confidence on thefloor and I feel pret-ty comfortable.”
The forwardcontinues to settleinto her role onthe Banks, as partof a post thatStringer called“the strongest it’sever been” duringthe weekend’sParadise JamTournament in theVirgin Islands.
The post com-bination of Oliverand sophomore forward ChelseyLee is a potent one for theKnights — the two combined toaccount for 32 percent of theKnights’ total rebounds. The duobroke out in a huge way duringthe Paradise Jam Tournament,accounting for 41 percent of theteam’s rebounds during thethree-game stretch.
“Oh yeah, I don’t know wetake turns,” Oliver said.“Sometimes [Lee] does welland then I do well, so it’s kind oflike that.”
For all of her success, she con-tinues to fall a hair shy of her firstcollegiate double-double, comingno closer than in the ParadiseJam. The freshman logged acareer-high 13 points against
“I think that once[Oliver] establishes
herself and once sheknows what’s goingon, she’s going to be
there forever.”C. VIVIAN STRINGER
Rutgers head coach
CHARGE: Oliver, Lee own
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“My back issues made methink that I wasn’t going to be aseffective as I was [before theinjury]. I was worried that it mightkeep me from playing,” he said.“It made me appreciate my athlet-ic ability so much more because it
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suffering from recruiting viola-tions that sprang up in 2000,resulting in the loss of 40 percentof scholarships. The Knightsreached the NCAA Tournamentjust three times — in 2001, ’03and ’06 — since that time.
Winning a national champi-onship is hard, but you wouldthink a school with the resourcesof Rutgers would run into one insomething other than fencing,even if by accident. There is toomuch talent in the state of New
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The Knights reached the NCAA Tournament only three times in thepast decade under recently-departed head coach Bob Reasso.
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Jersey, and RU has too manyresources for records like those.Remember, the football team wasstill unwatchable six years ago andfootball head coach Greg Schianowas rumored to be one more badseason away from getting the axehimself. Then again, he had TerryShea’s players until 2004.
Oh, how fortunes have changed. Schiano is guiding the
Knights to their fifth consecutivebowl game, while Reasso, whoused to be top dog from the late1980s to mid 1990s, is out of a job.
Reasso has come closer thaneither Schiano or C. VivianStringer to winning the Knightsan NCAA NationalChampionship. In 1990, his team
lost to UCLA 4-3 on penalty kicksin the title game. RU’s only otherteam NCAA Championship —and this is hard to believe — wasa 1947 men’s fencing victory.That team doesn’t exist anymore.
Put bluntly — that’s notgood enough.
So Pernetti has a job to do. Hehas to find a replacement for oneof the most well-respected coach-es in college soccer.
“Rutgers is a tremendousplace,” Reasso said. “I’m surewhoever gets the job will have agreat team returning and will bevery successful, and I’ll be root-ing for them.”
As for the names getting floatedabout as a potential replacement:
Dave Masur — a formerRutgers player and assistantunder Reasso — has led St.John’s to 17 NCAA Tournamentappearances and a national titlein 1996. He’s coming off a seasonin which his team captured theBig East Tournament title, beat-ing RU 3-0 along the way.
The other, Robert McCourt— the most coveted name in col-lege soccer — just ledMonmouth to an 18-2-2 season,the second round of the NCAATournament and the No. 5 rank-ing in the country.
If Pernetti chooses either one,they won’t come cheaply. He hasto be ready to fork over someserious cash.
But then again, that’s whatPernetti is getting paid for —to make decisions like this.He’s been excellent thus far,but this is his first big chanceto make a real splash, to injectsome life back into one of themost revered programs in col-lege soccer.
He can do it. He has showedhe’s not afraid to make a changeand thank goodness for that,because RU athletics needs some.
could have easily been taken awayfrom me. Thank God it wasn’t.”
Surprisingly, Johnson’sfavorite moment as a Knight camefrom the offensive side of the ball.
“Timmy Brown’s game-win-ning touchdown againstConnecticut has to be the mostmemorable moment for me,” hesaid. “I’ve never been a part ofsomething like that. It was reallyamazing and was a special gamefor the whole team.”
BY BILL DOMKECORRESPONDENT
Almost prophetically sched-uled for the end of the season,
the toptwo foot-b a l lteams inthe Big
East conference are set to tusslefor the Big East title.
No. 5 Cincinnati (11-0, 6-0)has not clinched the conferenceby any means, and it will notstop No. 15 Pittsburgh (9-2, 5-1)from attempting to take the titlefor itself.
After already notching theirbest starting record in school his-tory two games ago, the Bearcatsare one of the few teams in thenation left undefeated — all themore reason for the Panthers tolick their chops.
But with Tony Pike quarter-backing once again for theBearcats, Pitt has a lot of work todo, especially if the senior throwsfor another six touchdowns likeagainst Illinois.
With the chance for a hugeupset and vindication from thisweekend’s loss to previouslyunranked West Virginia, this is thegame that can either provide a hugeuplift for Pittsburgh head coachDave Wannstedt’s crew, or put it init’s place for the rest of the season.
FALLING 34-14 AT THEhands of Rutgers was the laststraw for Louisville head coachSteve Kragthorpe. Louisville VicePresident/Director of AthleticsTom Jurich announced Saturdaythat the coach’s contract with theuniversity was terminated.Kragthorpe had two yearsremaining in the contract.
The Cardinals (4-8, 1-6) strug-gled under Kragthorpe for threeyears, amounting a 15-21 overallrecord and 5-16 mark in Big Eastconference play.
The coach enjoyed success inhis first year at Louisville, utiliz-ing the talents of Brian Brohm topropel the Cards to a 5-2 startbefore the injury bug took its tollon the team. A massive upset ofthen-No. 15 Cincinnati at Nippert
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T he Meineke Bowl wantsRutgers to play — as longas it can beat West
Virginia — and Cincinnati candefeat West Virginia, according toa report from Scarlet Scuttlebutt.
Assuming these two gamesplay out this way, the ScarletKnights are favored to take onMiami in the Meineke.
Miami would play in theMeineke instead of the Gatorsbecause the committee wouldonly see Miami playing NotreDame, the report continued.And since that won’t happen,Miami is favored to play theKnights, assuming the afore-mentioned conditions are met.
RUTGERS TENNIS HEADcoach Ben Bucca was named tothe Eastern Regional UnitedStates Tennis Association/Intercollegiate TennisAssociation CampusRecreation Award Winner for2009, as announced Monday bythe organizations.
The accolade honors an ITAcoach who has done an out-standing job implementing theUSTA’s Tennis on Campus pro-gram or similar recreational ten-nis programs in an effort togrow participation within thecampus community.
The organizations recog-nized eight coaches.
THE PHILADELPHIAPhillies signed Brian Schneiderto a two-year, $2.75 million con-tract to be their back-up catcherto Carlos Ruiz. Schneider spentthe last two years with the NewYork Mets.
Schneider hit .257 with theMets in 2008 with nine homeruns and threw out 33 percent ofthe runners trying to stealagainst him.
Schneider is four yearsyounger than Paul Bako andthree years younger than ChrisCoste, who were the Phillies’backup catchers last season,and Schneider’s .345 caughtstealing percentage in 2009 isalso better than both of them.
BOBBY BOWDEN, WHO res-cued a football program on theverge of oblivion in 1976,announced his retirement asFlorida State University’s coach.
The 80 year old ends a careerwith 388 won games, secondonly to Penn State’s Joe Paternoon the all-time list.
Bowden won two nationalchampionships, won or shared12 Atlantic Coast Conferencetitles, and had a record 14 con-secutive years of winning atleast 10 games and rankedamong the top five on the finalAssociated Press poll from1987-2000.
THE NEW YORK KNICKSwere 3-14 entering last night’sgame against the Phoenix Sunsunder head coach MikeD’Antoni. The Knicks are not inlast place in the AtlanticDivision, with that sole rightbelonging to the winless NewJersey Nets (0-17).
Cincinnati, Pitt prepare for Big East title battle
BIG EASTMIDWEEK REPORT
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Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike, left, and Pittsburgh quarterback Bill Stull, right, lead their squadsinto Saturday’s de facto Big East Championship game with a trip to the Sugar Bowl on the line.
Stadium and a comeback victoryagainst Rutgers in the 2007 sea-son finale was included in the sea-son’s wins. The Cardinals went 5-7 the following season.
Jurich announced that a nation-wide search for the next headcoach would begin immediately.
WITH 10 OF WESTVirginia’s 16 points under hisbelt, Tyler Bitancurt was notabout to miss this field goal.
Tied at 16, Bitancurt kickedthe game-winning field goal astime expired to propel theMountaineers (8-3, 4-2) to a victo-ry over then-No. 9 Pittsburgh andthe bragging rights for the 102ndedition of the Backyard Brawl.
It wasn’t that everything wasnot working for the Mountaineersso much as everything wasimploding for the Panthers.
Bill Stull went 16-for-30 for179 yards, a touchdown and twopicks. Dion Lewis was able torush for 155 yards on 26 touches,but couldn’t find the end zone.
Meanwhile, Noel Devinebroke an 88-yard run for a touch-down on the Mountaineer’s sidein the third quarter and ran for134 yards overall for the day on17 carries.
The loss catapulted thePanthers down the top-25 ladder;Pitt fell from No. 9 to No. 15.
BACK IN THE SADDLE,Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pikehad some questions to answerafter returning from a seriousinjury to his non-throwing arm.
Six touchdowns proved to bemore than enough.
Throwing 32-for-46 for 399yards and six touchdowns against
Illinois, Pike proved that he coulddo more than just come back andhandle the team.
In fact, the six touchdownsbroke the school record formost touchdowns in a singlegame, previously set by GiinoGuidugli, who threw fiveagainst Southern Mississippi in 2004.
Cincinnati handed the ball offfour times in the first three quarters.
Connecticut caught a breakwhen Syracuse rolled into town.
Blowing the Orange (4-8, 1-6)out 56-31, the Huskies were ableto secure Bowl eligibility withtheir sixth win of the season.
Zach Frazer went 13-for-21 inthe air for 173 yards, two touch-downs and an interception, whileAndre Dixon ran for 73 yards ofhis own on the ground for threeadditional touchdowns.
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Weekend losses, even record no cause for alarmBY ALEX JANKOWSKI
CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers wrestling teamentered the 2009-10 season in theshadows of an impressive 20-6
finish lastyear and
on the cusp of breaking into thenational rankings.
With several wrestlers cited inpreseason rankings, the ScarletKnights headed into a tougherschedule with confidence.
After dropping two matchesduring the Thanksgiving breakto conference opponent Bucknelland national powerhouse Iowa,the Knights sit at an even 3-3record through six matches.
But the story behind the num-bers of this moderate start showsthat RU is in no trouble and ispoised to string together victo-ries in the upcoming months.
“I was disappointed how wefinished on Friday, but overall,I’m happy with where we are atright now,” said head coachScott Goodale. “We have Pitt atthe end of this semester whichis big, and then after that our second semester scheduleis lighter.”
The Dec. 12 meeting inPittsburgh is one of three dualmeets left for RU this semes-ter, the other two comingSaturday against Princeton andthe Virginia Military Institutein Princeton.
One surprise this seasonthus far is the success that jun-
WRESTLING
BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
While playing for the Rutgersfootball team, Andrew DePaolamoved from quarterback to holderto wide receiver to long snapper.
But when Saturday andWest Virginia roll around, thefifth-year senior’s versatilitycomes to an end as he embarkson his final home game atRutgers Stadium.
DePaola began his career onthe Banks in 2005 as a quarter-back recruit from Parkton, Md.,where he worked for his firstthree years, eventually gainingresponsibility as a holder. Hetransitioned to wide receiverafter that, but rarely got thechance to play because of hisvalue as a long snapper — hiscurrent position.
“Talk about an unselfish guy— that’s Drew, a great leader
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Junior transfer Bill Ashnault is 8-2 in his first season wrestling for the Scarlet Knights, including amajor upset over Bucknell’s David Marble, the 13th-ranked competitor in the weight class.
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Though he was limited to non-contact drills yesterday, truefreshman wideout Mark Harrison returned to the practice field.
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Over the course of his five years at Rutgers, Andrew DePaola (16)lined up at quarterback, wide receiver, holder and long snapper.
ior transfer Bill Ashnault has had in his first year withthe Knights.
Ashnault came to RU withNCAA Tournament experiencefrom his years at Lock Haven andknows what it takes to succeed.
“We were upset after thisweekend, but I hope we realize
now what we are going to have todo to win,” he said.
Ashnault is 8-2 this seasonincluding a convincing victory overNo. 13 David Marble from Bucknell.
Where RU has had trouble thisseason is in the middle of matches,allowing opposing teams to seizemomentum in large stretches.
One solution comes in theform of junior Daryl Cocozzo,who transferred in the offseasonfrom Edinboro.
Cocozzo is a 157-pound weightclass wrestler with NCAATournament experience, but wasforced to sit this semester out dueto transfer regulations.
“Having Daryl back in ourlineup after the break definitelyhelps us out,” Goodale said.“Our guys in there right nowhave done a nice job. They havefaced some tough opponents sothere is no need to jump shipjust yet.”
Redshirt senior Lamar Browngot off to a quick start in his finalyear, reaching the finals of the197-pound bracket in theOklahoma Gold Tournament, butdropped both of his matchesagainst Iowa and Bucknell.
His record stands at 6-3.“Right now he is having some
trouble scoring points, which iswhat he needs to do,” Goodalesaid. “It’s something he will haveto take the time to fix.”
Finishing out matches is some-thing RU has no problem doing,boasting one of the premier close-out heavyweights in the country,No. 10 Dominick Russo.
The redshirt junior still hasyet to drop a match with six of hisnine victories coming via pinfall.
There is no need to push thepanic button on this season,Russo said.
“If you break it down, two ofour matches could have went ourway on any other day,” he said.“We lost to Penn State by onepoint, and we could have beatenBucknell if just one match wentthe other way. Last year weweren’t facing nearly as toughcompetition. We are a much bet-ter team this year and it will showdown the stretch.”
and well respected amongst histeammates,” said head coachGreg Schiano. “I know it killedhim this year not to play receiver.He wanted to play receiver sobadly, but he understood howimportant he was as a long andshort snapper. He did that for theteam. We could use a few moreDrew DePaolas, that’s for sure.”
DePaola had his heart set onplaying wide receiver after mov-ing from quarterback but didwhat he had to in order to helpthe team.
“I never thought it would takethe turns that it has just fromcoming in as a quarterback andbeing a holder to wide receiver tolong snapper,” he said. “I’ve beenable to play different positionsand I’ve never, in my dreams,thought it would happen like this.
“I wanted to play receiver. Iwanted to help my team as muchas I could, and this is the way thatI can help my team the most sothat’s fine with me. I’m embrac-ing my role.”
As a fifth-year senior, DePaolagot the experience of playing onthe same college team as hisbrother Nick, who enrolled atRutgers this season and playsrunning back on the scout team.
“It’s been great,” DePaolasaid. “We’re three hours away soI don’t get to see any of my imme-diate family members here, sohaving my little brother five min-utes away down the road atSilvers Apartments or here at theHale Center has been great. I’mhappy for it.”
AFTER HAVING SUCCESS INthe Wild Knight formationagainst Louisville behind truefreshman Mohamed Sanu’s 148rushing yards, the offense facesanother test in the 3-3-5 defenseof West Virginia.
The Mountaineers use adefense based on three downlinemen, three linebackers andfive defensive backs — the onlyteam on the Scarlet Knights’schedule to do so.
“It’s different,” Schiano said.“Everything about theirdefense is a little different. Youhave to adapt some blockingschemes. If we block [theWildcat can be successful].”
SCHIANO CONTINUED HISheavy praise of WVU tailbackNoel Devine yesterday aftercomparing him to NFL legendBarry Sanders at his Mondaypress conference.
“We’ve hung in there, but assoon as I throw the tape on, helooks better than he was,”Schiano said. “He’s playing at avery high level right now, higherthan I’ve ever seen him.”
In two games against Devine,the RU defense held the 5-foot-8tailback to 95 yards on 25 attempts.
TRUE FRESHMAN MARKHarrison (head) returned to widereceiver yesterday to participatein non-contact drills. Seniors TimBrown (ankle) and ShamarGraves (stomach) remain day-to-day, and Schiano said he’s unsureon sophomore defensive endJustin Francis’ ability to play.
BY STEVEN WILLIAMSONSENIOR WRITER
Her 9.6 points per game are sec-ond highest for the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team, as areher 5.6 rebounds.
She leads the Scarlet Knights infield goalp e r c e n t -age with62.5 per-cent andin freethrow per-
centage for players with a mini-mum of 20 attempts at 81 percent.
Her 67 total points in only 124minutes are good for second onthe squad, and her six blocksrank third.
But she isn’t a senior, a junior oreven a sophomore. That’s right,one of the most productive playersfor the Knights this season is a truefreshman forward — and her nameis Monique Oliver.
“I think we all can agree thatshe’s played a very maturegame,” said Rutgers head coachC. Vivian Stringer. “She’s upsetwith the few turnovers she hadtoward the end of the [Texas]game, but I was telling her todaythat she’s got some incrediblepasses. As a coaching staff wejust stood back and said ‘Wow’when we saw that.”
Only seven games into the sea-son, Oliver was pitted against someof the biggest and toughest posts inthe country.
RU threw the forward into thefire in her first collegiate gamewhen she squared off against one ofthe nation’s top centers inStanford’s 6-foot-4 Jayne Appel and
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Four years later, Johnson knows he chose right
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Senior defensive end George Johnson, who battled through lower-extremity injuries
over the course of his career, needs just one more tackle to top the century mark.
BY TYLER DONOHUESTAFF WRITER
George Johnson was sup-posed to be a Cavalier. Uponfinishing his career atGlassboro High School inSouth Jersey, the highly-tout-ed recruit was set to head
s o u t ha n d
become a member of theUniversity of Virginia foot-ball program.
But after an admissionsissue derailed his hopes ofplaying football inCharlottesville, Johnsonfound his plan B just an hourup the Parkway from home.He signed on to play for theRutgers football team andarrived as a freshman in2006. Nearly four seasonslater, the senior defensiveend wouldn’t have had it anyother way.
“My experience here hasbeen completely different thanI thought it would be,” he said.“I didn’t think the team wouldbe as tight as it turned out.”
It didn’t take long forJohnson to feel at home andput his past plans behind him.
“Once I realized the teamhad such a special bond, Ireally began to enjoy it,” hesaid. “It made me feel a lot bet-ter about my decision to cometo Rutgers.”
Johnson’s first year withthe Scarlet Knights was theprogram’s breakout season.The team climbed as high assixth in the BowlChampionship Series stand-ings and much of the creditwas owed to the outstandingdefensive unit. Surrounded bystandouts like Eric Foster,Ramel Meekins and JamaalWesterman on the defensiveline, Johnson was able to learnfrom some of the most produc-tive players to ever put on aKnights uniform.
“When I was in highschool I didn’t think youneeded passion to play well, Ithought you just had to haveathletic ability,” he said.“Seeing the passion thatthose older guys brought intoevery meeting, every prac-tice and every game taughtme a lot.”
The 2007 season sawJohnson move into a startingrole in the Knights’ defensiverotation, contributing 39tackles and four sacks in hisfirst extensive action. As ajunior in 2008, Johnsonracked up 39 tackles for asecond time.
But over those few years,Johnson experienced prob-lems with his back that testedhis fortitude.
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Freshman Monique Oliver is averaging 9.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, good for second on the team.The forward narrowly missed picking up her first career double-double in each of her past two games.
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W hen the Rutgers men’ssoccer team begins playin the 2010-11 season
something is going to be different.For the first time in 29 years,
Bob Reasso won’t be pacing thetouchline at Yurcak Field. Heannounced his resignation Mondaymorning, making him the firstcoach to leave his job underAthletic Director Tim Pernetti.
“Everybody was surprised,”said junior captain YannickSalmon. “But I also think every-body just wanted to support him.So yeah, everybody was surprised,but at the same time we alsorespect his decision.”
It will be strange. Reassoamassed 351 career wins atRutgers, took the Scarlet Knightsto 13 NCAA Tournaments, threeFinal Fours and a national champi-onship game.
But the well had dried up forhim in recent times. He’s had onlyone winning season in his last six,reaching the NCAA Tournamentjust once.
Reasso’s resignation is just thefirst straw to drop in what couldshape up to be a winter and springfull of changes under Pernetti.Whether Reasso was forced out ortruly just had enough is somethingonly he and Pernetti know.
“No,” Salmon said when asked ifhe had a sense Reasso might beleaving. “I mean we were all reallyexcited for the next season and Ithink coach was too, so like I said,it was kind of surprising.”
But this we do know: WhenPernetti arrived on the Banks youcould tell he had a plan. My gutfeeling is he’s had an itchy triggerfinger to make changes since themoment he stepped on campus.
And rightfully so.There need to be changes made
inside RU athletics. Outside of fourprograms — women’s basketball,women’s soccer, wrestling and aslightly above-average footballteam — the team-based athleticprograms have struggled.
No hate mail please, swim-ming and track — I’m not talkingabout you.
Need proof? Here are somerecords from last season, but youmight want to hide your eyes:
BASEBALL: (22-31, 8-19 Big East)MEN’S BASKETBALL: (11-21, 2-16
Big East)FIELD HOCKEY: (2-16, 0-6 Big East)MEN’S LACROSSE: (4-11, 2-5 ECAC)SOFTBALL: (23-33, 6-18 Big East)VOLLEYBALL: (10-19, 3-11 Big
East — But to their credit, they’remaking strides.)
Even Reasso’s once-feared soccer program went stagnant,
