THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 142, Number 66 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 INDEX TIS THE SEASON Today: Sunny High: 35 • Low: 21 ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ........ 8 DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 A University alumna starts a month-long Web series on how to stay out of debt on BET.com. Boston University sophomore creates website where students can decide how “hot” girls are. UNIVERSITY OPINIONS UNIVERSITY ....... 3 THURSDAY DECEMBER 9, 2010 SPORTS ...... BACK Inside Beat presents some original and creative gifts that are sure to please everyone on your list. The best part is you don’t even need to leave your house. University students Paige Frankel and Brenna Sooy swipe to eat in Tillett Hall on Livingston campus. Students can donate their guest meal swipes to two organizations per semester starting spring 2011 rather than one. NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER RUSA ups meal swipe groups to two per semester BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR The Rutgers University Student Assembly has increased the amount of student organiza- tions fundraising in the meal sign-away program per semester starting spring 2011 in an effort to increase the ability for groups to raise money for a good cause. Following several conversa- tions with Executive Director of Dining Services Charlie Sams, RUSA President Yousef Saleh said each organization would have at least one month at different times during the semester to ask for students’ meal swipes. Although this two-month period for fundraising has yet to be determined, Saleh said it would be best if the fundraising period were moved closer to the middle of the semester to keep things fair. “If either organization can’t have their meal sign-away until the end of the semester, they might not be able to get as many swipes than if it was in the mid- dle,” said Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. A concern that arises with this new arrangement is the chance that the amount of possi- ble funding earned will decrease, Saleh said. “It’s a small concern,” he said. “We will check the data after its done and see how much each group made and see if it was more effective the way it was before.” Ross Kleiman, a Busch Campus Council representative in RUSA, led the effort to expand University, firm join to market research ideas BY MAXWELL BARNA STAFF WRITER The University announced a partnership last week with Intellectual Ventures, a Seattle- based private equity firm, in order to help bring inventions by University staff to the com- mercial marketplace. In its partnership with the University, the firm will provide critical resources needed to help these inventions become more than just essays and research findings, said Intellectual Ventures U.S. Head of Business Development Karen Kerr. “We are committing resources to stimulate invention and innovation on campus through a variety of different programs,” Kerr said. Michael Pazzani, vice president of Research and Graduate and Professional Education, said this partnership would help address the need to bridge the gap between the federal funds allocated to University research and the demand to bring these innovative ideas into the commercial marketplace. “It will help more University inventions get into the marketplace,” he said. “One of the rea- sons we do research at the University is not just to write papers but to have an impact on the world.” The program will gear University research toward areas of interest to Intellectual Ventures, said Dipanjan Nag, executive director of the Office of Technology Commercialization. The University last year received $433 million in federal research funding, Pazzani said. But this funding only provides the University with enough funds to conduct basic research. Nag said the concern for funding is primary. “The challenge is that the federal grants that come in do not provide [the inventors] with proof of concept money — money that is used to turn that basic research into a marketable prod- uct,” he said. Nag referred to this common funding gap as the “valley of death.” “Essentially, your basic research stops, but you don’t have any resources or funds to help take that idea to the marketplace,” he said. SEE RUSA ON PAGE 4 Students swap used clothes, shoes and bags at “The Clothing Swap” yesterday in the Busch Campus Center. The event, sponsored by the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, aimed to raise awareness of issues surrounding sexual violence. KRISTINE CHOI GENTLE CYCLE Scientists prove asteroids killed dinosaurs BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER CONTRIBUTING WRITER The mystery of what killed the dinosaurs may have been confirmed — for now. Several University researchers confirmed that an asteroid impact more than 65 million years ago caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs, not volcanic eruptions. The discovery of high concen- trations of iridium — common in asteroids but not in the Earth’s crust — in sediment layers formed during the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene peri- ods, or the K-Pg boundary, has led researchers to support the mete- orite impact theory. University professors Ken Miller and Robert Sherrell, research scien- tist Paul Field and their colleagues recently published their scientific findings of the “iridium anomaly” in the journal Geology. “Iridium is an element in space and deep within the interior of the earth and rarely found in the crust,” said Miller, a University professor of earth and planetary sciences. The pres- ence of iridium, which the researchers determined moved from deep within the earth to the crust, suggests that the impact of an object from space on Earth may have caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs, he said. Miller explained the 1980s dis- covery of iridium across the bound- ary of the Mesozoic section in Italy and around the world where researchers uncovered samples enriched with iridium. “This idea about iridium is not a new idea and has been around since the mid ’80s,” Lauren Neitzke- Adamo, associate director of the Rutgers Geology Museum, said via e-mail correspondence. This evidence supported the the- ory that an asteroid led to mass extinction on Earth, Miller said. “When an asteroid or meteorite hits, it leaves a blanket of vapor around the Earth, and when it falls into the ocean or coastline, it settles out into particles and other agi- tates,” said Field, of the University’s Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences. “The dust layer, when settled, can be preserved espe- cially in the deep ocean.” Miller said the debate of whether an asteroid hit Earth lasted until 1990 when Carl Swisher, now the chair of the University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, found a large crater in Florida. Swisher dated the rocks as the same age of those to the time of mass extinction. The idea moved forward when Neil Landman at the American Museum of Natural History in 2006 found an unusual bed that was about 20 centimeters long and offered a healthy number of KEN MILLER, ROBERT SHERRELL AND PAUL FIELD SEE IDEAS ON PAGE 5 SEE DINOSAURS ON PAGE 4 STATE ........... 7
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Inside Beat presents some original and creative gifts that are sure to please everyone on your list. The best part is you don’t even need to leave your house.
University students Paige Frankel and Brenna Sooy swipe to eat in Tillett Hall on Livingston campus. Studentscan donate their guest meal swipes to two organizations per semester starting spring 2011 rather than one.
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RUSA ups meal swipe groups to two per semesterBY DEVIN SIKORSKIASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly has increasedthe amount of student organiza-tions fundraising in the mealsign-away program per semesterstarting spring 2011 in an effortto increase the ability for groupsto raise money for a good cause.
Following several conversa-tions with Executive Directorof Dining Ser vices CharlieSams, RUSA President YousefSaleh said each organizationwould have at least one monthat dif ferent times during thesemester to ask for students’meal swipes.
Although this two-monthperiod for fundraising has yet tobe determined, Saleh said itwould be best if the fundraisingperiod were moved closer to the
middle of the semester to keepthings fair.
“If either organization can’thave their meal sign-away untilthe end of the semester, theymight not be able to get as manyswipes than if it was in the mid-dle,” said Saleh, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.
A concern that arises withthis new arrangement is thechance that the amount of possi-ble funding earned will decrease,Saleh said.
“It’s a small concern,” hesaid. “We will check the dataafter its done and see how mucheach group made and see if itwas more effective the way itwas before.”
Ross Kleiman, a BuschCampus Council representativein RUSA, led the effort to expand
University, firmjoin to marketresearch ideas
BY MAXWELL BARNASTAFF WRITER
The University announced a partnershiplast week with Intellectual Ventures, a Seattle-based private equity firm, in order to helpbring inventions by University staff to the com-mercial marketplace.
In its partnership with the University, thefirm will provide critical resources needed tohelp these inventions become more than justessays and research findings, said IntellectualVentures U.S. Head of Business DevelopmentKaren Kerr.
“We are committing resources to stimulateinvention and innovation on campus through avariety of different programs,” Kerr said.
Michael Pazzani, vice president of Researchand Graduate and Professional Education, saidthis partnership would help address the needto bridge the gap between the federal fundsallocated to University research and thedemand to bring these innovative ideas into thecommercial marketplace.
“It will help more University inventions getinto the marketplace,” he said. “One of the rea-sons we do research at the University is notjust to write papers but to have an impact onthe world.”
The program will gear University researchtoward areas of interest to Intellectual Ventures,said Dipanjan Nag, executive director of theOffice of Technology Commercialization.
The University last year received $433million in federal research funding, Pazzanisaid. But this funding only provides theUniversity with enough funds to conductbasic research.
Nag said the concern for funding is primary.“The challenge is that the federal grants that
come in do not provide [the inventors] withproof of concept money — money that is used toturn that basic research into a marketable prod-uct,” he said.
Nag referred to this common funding gap asthe “valley of death.”
“Essentially, your basic research stops, but youdon’t have any resources or funds to help take thatidea to the marketplace,” he said.
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Students swap used clothes, shoes and bags at “The Clothing Swap” yesterday in the Busch Campus Center. The event, sponsored by
the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, aimed to raise awareness of issues surrounding sexual violence.
The mystery of what killed thedinosaurs may have been confirmed— for now.
Several University researchersconfirmed that an asteroid impactmore than 65 million years agocaused the mass extinction ofdinosaurs, not volcanic eruptions.
The discovery of high concen-trations of iridium — common inasteroids but not in the Earth’scrust — in sediment layers formedduring the boundary between theCretaceous and Paleogene peri-ods, or the K-Pg boundary, has ledresearchers to support the mete-orite impact theory.
University professors Ken Millerand Robert Sherrell, research scien-tist Paul Field and their colleaguesrecently published their scientificfindings of the “iridium anomaly” inthe journal Geology.
“Iridium is an element in spaceand deep within the interior of theearth and rarely found in the crust,”said Miller, a University professor ofearth and planetary sciences.
The pres-ence of iridium,which ther e s e a r c h e r sd e t e r m i n e dmoved fromdeep within theearth to thecrust, suggeststhat the impactof an objectfrom space onEarth may have caused the massextinction of dinosaurs, he said.
Miller explained the 1980s dis-covery of iridium across the bound-ary of the Mesozoic section in Italyand around the world whereresearchers uncovered samplesenriched with iridium.
“This idea about iridium is not anew idea and has been around sincethe mid ’80s,” Lauren Neitzke-Adamo, associate director of theRutgers Geology Museum, said viae-mail correspondence.
This evidence supported the the-ory that an asteroid led to massextinction on Earth, Miller said.
“When an asteroid or meteoritehits, it leaves a blanket of vapor
around the Earth,and when it fallsinto the ocean orcoastline, it settlesout into particlesand other agi-tates,” said Field,of the University’sInstitute ofMarine andCoastal Sciences.“The dust layer,
when settled, can be preserved espe-cially in the deep ocean.”
Miller said the debate of whetheran asteroid hit Earth lasted until1990 when Carl Swisher, now the chair of the University’sDepartment of Earth and PlanetarySciences, found a large crater inFlorida. Swisher dated the rocks asthe same age of those to the time ofmass extinction.
The idea moved forward whenNeil Landman at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History in2006 found an unusual bed thatwas about 20 centimeters longand offered a healthy number of
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Alumna launches financial advice series on BET.comBY VALENTINA ARANGO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In an effort to help the manypeople dealing with financialtroubles today, University alum-na Sakina Spruell Cole launcheda new four-week Web series on BET.com.
On “Keeping It Rich withSakina,” which Cole createdand produces on her own, thehost talks to experts on financeand everyday people who man-age to live the “rich” life with lit-tle or no help. Guests on theweekly show, which star tedNov. 17, also include celebritiesand students.
“Finances could be a veryscary thing to deal with,” saidRochelle Hill, Cole’s publicist.“Sakina has made it easier for
everyday people, including col-lege students, to understandhow to manage their financesand be more savvy of the way itall works.”
Cole, an award-winningfinance journalist, conductsquestion-and-answer sessionswith students and talks with herpersonal financial advisers, col-leagues and friends offering andreceiving advice on the road tofinancial stability.
One of the show’s segments is“Nightly Business Report: OffCampus or On?” during whichshe talks with college studentsabout whether they should stayon campus or commute to school.
Cole also visits colleges andtalks to students to give themadvice on how to manage theirlives during and after college.
Through blog posts, videoupdates, Twitter, Facebook andthe new BET.com, Cole aims tomake the show interactive by
providing a special column for col-lege students who need advice.
“Sakina has made herself avail-able through all these sources inorder to reach more people andyoung people,” Hill said. “It is hergoal to help students not make the
same mistakes she made whenshe was a student.”
As a student, giveaways fromcredit card companies drewCole into getting almost everycard she was offered, which shethen used to purchase gifts for her mother, jewelr y andother items.
All the while, she was unawareof the spiraling debt she createdfor herself.
After graduating from theUniversity, Cole managed toget her finances back on track,and she now helps others dothe same.
Some students on campussaid Cole’s show addressesimportant issues for the college-aged population.
“As a college student, it isvery important to learn how to
manage your finances, becausewhen we graduate, we arealready going to be in debt,” saidGurneet Sangha, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year stu-dent. “It’s just the choice ofbeing less in debt.”
Ana Laura Diaz, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year stu-dent, said students sometimesmake bad choices and pay forthem later, but with more guid-ance, more young adults will beaware of the consequences ofrash financial decisions. Shesuggested that the Universityalso help students.
“Sometimes us students justdo not know what to do,” Diazsaid. “The University could[have] programs like this tohelp us students … avoid mak-ing bad choices.”
Three University scientists went to TrentonTuesday to discuss the idea of manmade global cli-mate change with Gov. Chris Christie, according toan article on nj.com.
Although they did not get to meet with the governor,the scientists, along with other environmental groups,created their own global warming discussion forum atthe Statehouse instead, according to the article.
The scientists made the trip in response toChristie’s claim that he was skeptical about mankind’s
direct involvement in climate change, a response to aToms River resident’s question during a town hallmeeting last month, according to the article.
“To be honest with you, I don’t know,” Christie saidin the article. “And that’s probably one of the reasonswhy I became a lawyer and not a doctor, or an engineer,or a scientist — because I can’t figure this stuff out.”
Although Christie’s spokesman, MichaelDrewniak, declined to comment, Paul Falkowski,director of the Rutgers University Energy Institute,
said the fault in global warming doubts is that they typically rely on personal beliefs andparty politics.
“There is no honest argument against human climate change,” Falkowski said in the ar ticle. “The issues now rely primarily on political dialogue on how we’re going to move this country forward.”
— Maxwell Barna
U. SCIENTISTS VISIT TRENTON TO ADDRESS CHRISTIE’S VIEWS ON MANMADE GLOBAL WARMING
“When we graduate,we are already going
to be in debt.” GURNEET SANGHA
School of Arts and Sciences First-year Student
fluids move through all sortsof rocks.
“These findings are significantbecause they show one iridiumanomaly related to meteoriteimpact and are found displayedalong the K-Pg boundary inshocked quartz cores that sourcethe large impact of the meteoriteto the mass extinction of dinosaursand other creatures,” Field said.
This may be one of the firststudies that show iridium can
move in sedimentand be mobileafter it is deposit-ed, he said.
Miller addedthat another inter-esting discoverywas made in theBass River sam-ple, when a 6-centimeter layerof ballistic-likematerial was
found embedded in the sediment. This was unusual because
these findings are usually concen-trated in areas of Mexico, he said.
Not only did the team uncoveriridium, but also shock mineralssuch as quartz came when vapor-ized rock from the YucatánPeninsula was carried leaving a 6-centimeter deposit in NewJersey, said University researchprofessor of earth and planetarysciences Richard Olsson.
“A lot of New Jersey residentsdepend on groundwater,” Olssonsaid. “So this drill is not only for sci-ence but also to help New Jersey.”
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fossils and mollusks as well asa high measure of iridium,Miller said.
“The iridium was not foundat the top of the bed but at thebase of the bed, which gave ustwo hypotheses — eitherimpact occurredand ever ythinglived on or theiridium hadmoved,” he said.
Miller sampledcores and foundiridium was not at the boundary as expected,which broughtresearchers toquestion the mete-orite impact theory, Field said.
“In 2008 to 2009 at the K-Pgboundaries in Monmouth coun-ty’s Tighe Park in Freehold andCumberland county’s Bass River,we found sections in which bothcases that were equivalent hadan iridium displacement of 20centimeters from their origin andwere both found to be porous,”Miller said.
When questioned why therocks found were porous,Field said iridium has been onEarth for more than 65 millionyears and since it is locatedrelatively close to the surface,
the meal sign-away program andsaid the new system also requiresvoting for meal sign-away organi-zations to take place a semesterprior to fundraising.
“It will allow them to takeadvantage of the entire semesterby knowing at least a few monthsin advance,” said Kleiman, aSchool of Engineering junior.“When the semester starts andeverybody has their guest swipes,they can start out right then.”
In the past, RUSA woulddecide which group could raisefunds through the meal sign-away program and conduct theactual time of fundraising in thesame semester, Kleiman said. Byusing this method, the amount ofpossible donations from studentsis reduced.
“It may take another week toget it all set up [after the vote],”he said. “Then all of the sudden, itis halfway through the semesterand it is tough now.”
The Palestinian Children’sRelief Fund experienced this lastsemester, after their fundraisingperiod was delayed because ofthe controversy that arose afterRUSA awarded them the rights tothe meal sign-away program,Kleiman said.
This forced PCRF to post-pone fundraising until the
following semester, whichimpacted their ability to raisemoney for their cause.
As president of the RutgersUndergraduate Research Society,Kleiman said the more notice hereceives about an event reciprocal-ly helps a group coordinate theirevent more efficiently and allowstime to maximize productivity.
“So it gives a buffer. It is justbetter to know ahead of time,” hesaid. “I wouldn’t imagine it beingto anybody’s detriment.”
The motivation to expand themeal sign-away plan developedafter this year’s meal sign-awayvote, where many RUSA mem-bers expressed the difficulty inchoosing the eventual winner,Rutgers Future Scholars Fundover Give Kids the World,Kleiman said.
“Members felt that choicewas really tough and peoplementioned they wanted to domore than one group at once,”he said. “I reached out to Samsafter I had heard people mentionthat and spoke to Saleh as wellto put this together.”
Kleiman also said the expan-sion of the meal sign-away pro-gram was not due to a realiza-tion of flaws in the system butrather an updated version toattend to the concerns of both RUSA members andUniversity students.
“It’s not like it was puttogether badly,” he said. “Itjust grew out of that and thisis now an expansion.”
Although RUSA VicePresident Matt Cordiero holdsthe same concern as Saleh, hesaid the only way to learn isthrough experimentation.
“I just don’t know how it isgoing to turn out but I am excitedto see what happens,” saidCordiero, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “If it helps peopledonate, it would be interesting tosee that.”
In an ef for t to ease this concern of both Saleh andCordiero, Kleiman said theaverage University studentuses about five or six guestmeal swipes a semester, whichwould provide a fair opportuni-ty for the second group to fundraise.
“Do I imagine that it will beeasier to raise money in thebeginning than the end?Probably,” he said. “But the goalof this is to expand it as much aspossible and I think this is agood improvement.”
RUSA member Dan Herbertworried the expansion of mealsign-aways would force twogroups to raise funds at thesame time, increasing unneces-sary competition in the charita-ble program.
“You’re left with two charities sort of fighting forpeople’s meal swipes at thecounter,” said Herber t, aSchool of Arts and Sciencessenior. “But this solution ispretty good and I’m happy it is working out this way.”
RUSA: Students use about
six guest swipes per semester
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A group of activist hackers known as Anonymouslaunched a campaign of cyberattacks yesterday insupport of the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks,according to an ar ticle in The New York Times.
Targets of the attack, which includedMasterCard.com, Amazon.com, PayPal.com andVisa.com, were those that publicly denouncedWikiLeaks and stopped cooperating with the website,according to the article.
Several groups were responsible, accounting for1,500 people who were logged on from chatrooms
and Internet forums including Anonops.net andwere mounting reported “denial of service” attackson websites that stood in resistance to WikiLeaks,according to the article.
Gregg Housh, one of the activists willing tospeak about the events publicly, said in the article that the actions taken against WikiLeaksfounder Julian Assange — who was arrested in Britain and subsequently denied bail Tuesdayon sex of fense allegations — are politically motivated ef for ts to silence people who challenge authority.
“To all of us, there is no distinction,” Housh said inthe article. “He is a political prisoner, and the two thingsare completely entwined.”
The Anonymous group released two manifestosover the weekend vowing revenge on those websitesand corporations who aligned themselves againstWikiLeaks, according to the article.
“We fight for the same reasons,” according to one ofthe manifestos in the article. “We want transparencyand we counter censorship.”
— Maxwell Barna
HACKERS ATTACK WEBSITES THAT DENOUNCE WIKILEAKS
“They show oneiridium anomaly
related to meteorite impact.”
PAUL FIELDUniversity Research Scientist
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days as a graduate student thatgrad students make it happen inthese labs, so we hope toinvolve them as well.”
Kerr said the University’sprestige as a research institutionhad a tremendous impact onIntellectual Venture’s decision toforge a partnership with them.
“It was absolutely crucial.The strength of Rutgers aca-demically and research-wisematched up to what we weredoing,” she said. “Probably themost important thing is the con-nection with the people andthen there’s the really strongoverlap of Rutgers’ areas ofstrength to areas where we’relooking to build portfolios.”
In agreement with Kerr, Nagsaid the University could onlybenefit from this partnershipwith Intellectual Ventures.
“This is a fantastic start for theUniversity,” he said. “We have
3,000 faculty mem-bers at Rutgers,and some of themare the best mindsyou’ll ever find.”
Pazzani saidthat logical andmarketable inven-tions at theUniversity arecommon. It isbecause of theUniversity’s inno-vative history thathe believes theoutcome of this
partnership could be vast. Following a seminar next
week at which faculty memberswill be given an opportunity tolearn about the program, theUniversity will begin the firstround of projects early this win-ter, Pazzani said.
“When you’re doing technol-ogy commercialization, you wantto move as quickly as possible,”he said. “I’m confident beforethe winter’s over we will havestarted a few projects.”
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The other issue to beaddressed by this partnership, aswell as by the Office ofTechnology Commercializationis the protection of these inven-tions, Nag said.
“We take the University’s rawinventions and then protect themwith things such as patents, copy-rights, trademarks,” he said. “We[then] take the University’s inven-tions, and we commercialize thoseinventions to the marketplace.”
Kerr said IntellectualVentures is confident in thefirm’s ability to help facilitatethe expansion and commercial-ization of some of theUniversity’s best inventions.
“The large vision of the firmoverall is to cre-ate an engine in advancementand to create amarketplace forinvention,” shesaid. “We’ve gotdif ferent invest-ment vehicles tohelp us do that.”
This partner-ship, althoughgeared primarilytoward assistingfaculty and gradu-ate students, isalso aiming to eventually open toundergraduate students as well,Pazzani said.
But Kerr feels that, asidefrom faculty, one of the largestimpacts made on a University-wide scale will be from the grad-uate students.
“In designing the program,we really wanted to make itopen to the Rutgers communityat large,” she said. “Obviouslythe faculty is a large part ofthat, but I know from my own
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Participants fill their cards at yesterday’s BINGO night at Neilson Dining Hall on the Cook/Douglasscampus. Prizes included Furbys, snuggies and a sled. Rutgers Recreation sponsored the event.
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“Grad studentsmake it happen
in these labs, so we hope
to involve them as well.”
KAREN KERRIntellectual Ventures U.S. Head
of Business Development
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10 The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra’s “A Strauss Affair toRemember” program begins at 8 p.m. at the NicholasMusic Center in the Mason Gross Performing ArtsCenter. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $20 forRutgers alumni, employees and seniors and $15 for stu-dents with valid identification. For more informationabout any Mason Gross event, visitmasongross.rutgers.edu or call the Mason GrossPerforming Arts Center ticket office at (732)-932-7511.
The “Professors’ Oriental Abstract World” exhibit fea-tures the Chinese brush calligraphy and painting art-works of professor Zhiyuan Cong of William PatersonUniversity and Yi-Zhi Huang of the University. The open-ing reception will include demonstrations by both artists.The exhibit is located in the Art History Building on theCollege Avenue campus.
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11 The Winter Wishes Party will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Lounge andMultipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus.Winter Wishes provides New Brunswick children pres-ents for the holiday season. Students, faculty and staff canvolunteer their time by participating in the party whileabout 600 pre-school children will receive their gifts. Pre-registration is required at getinvolved.rutgers.edu/svc.
Kappa Phi Lambda will host their annual Dear Santa ToyDrive from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Busch Campus CenterMultipurpose Room. There will be different activitiesranging from stuffing animals to gingerbread housemaking and eating. For more information, please [email protected] or [email protected].
Check-in for the Big Chill 5K Run/Walk is from 7:15 to8:45 a.m. Line-up for the race begins at 9 a.m. The entryfee is an unwrapped toy. Toys are donated to eight char-ities. To help support Rutgers Against Hunger, purchaseone yard of the race for $1. All runners/walkers receivea Big Chill T-shirt.
14 Today is the first Reading Day. Manage your time well!
23 Today is the last of day of the school year. Enjoy yourbreak!
28 It’s a date! The New Year Calendar Workshop will takeplace in the Zimmerli Art Museum on the CollegeAvenue campus from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Participants maywish to bring photographs of friends and family toinclude in their calendars. Instructor Dot Paolo guidesparents and children in the use of collage, stamps andmany other art techniques to create these one-of-a-kindcalendars. Tickets are $5 for museum members, $7 fornon-members and $3 for pre-registration in all six work-shops. Walk-ins will be allowed if space is available.
31 Today is New Year’s Eve. The Daily Targum staff hopesyou have a safe, fun night!
9 The Rutgers University Programming Association andthe Rutgers Winter Session will be pitching a tent from 2to 5 p.m. in front of the Livingston Student Center tohand out free hot cider and doughnuts. For more details,please e-mail Carey Loch at [email protected].
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Study shows gamblers spend less time in casinosTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.— Theamount of time gamblers arespending in Atlantic City casinosis falling, and they are holding onmore tightly to their walletswhile they are there.
A new statistical study showsthe amount of time gamblersspent inside casinos in thenation’s second-largest gamblingmarket is down more than 22percent, and the amount ofmoney they spend there is downalmost 30 percent over the lastfour years.
And the hit to the casinos’ bot-tom line is substantial: Grossoperating profit per hour is down61 percent.
George Cosgrove, a 69-year-old retiree from Whiting, N.J.,comes to Atlantic City once amonth with his wife, visiting adif ferent casino each time.One day last week he was tak-ing a break on a boardwalkbench outside the Atlantic CityHilton Casino Resort, whichhas not paid its mortgage inmore than a year and a half andreported $4.7 million in grossoperating losses in the thirdquar ter compared to grossoperating profits of $888,000 ayear ago.
“It’s easy to see for yourself— go in there, and there’shardly anybody in there,”Cosgrove said, motioning tothe Hilton. “There’s probablyhalf of what there was on aweekday a year ago. The busi-ness is just not there.”
Cosgrove estimates he andhis wife are spending at least30 percent less at the casinosthis year.
“We are definitely watchingour money more closely,” hesaid. “We’d love to keep doingthings the way we used to, butwe just can’t.”
A recent study reports the amount of time and money gamblers are spending in Atlantic Citycasinos has dropped. Casino revenue fell to $3.9 billion in 2009 from $5.2 billion in 2006.
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Michael Pollock, managingdirector of Spectrum GamingGroup, which wrote the study,said the numbers show just howdrastically the Atlantic City mar-ket is changing.
“It’s shifting toward a visitorbase that is less gambling-centric,which means they’re gamblingless per hour with tighter wal-lets,” he said. “Recessions end,and when it does, what AtlanticCity needs to do is diversify itscustomer base.
“We didn’t realize it at thetime, but 2006 and 2007 inAtlantic City and Las Vegas wasreally too good to be true,”Pollock said. “People were spend-ing more than they could afford.”
That came to a screeching haltwhen the economy started slow-ing down in late 2007 and nearlycrashed in 2008.
The study examined third-quarter figures from 2006 to2010 in three areas: gross gam-ing revenue per visitor hour(the amount of money casinostake in for every hour a gambleris on their premises), total visi-tor hours and gross operatingprofit per visitor hour.
The time frame was chosen touse late 2006 as a starting pointjust before the first slots parlorsopened in the Philadelphia sub-urbs, ushering in a four-year rev-enue plunge in Atlantic City thatcontinues unabated.
Gross gaming revenue fellfrom $9.13 per hour in 2006 to$6.42 for the city’s 11 casinos.
Gross operating profit pervisitor hour went from $2.74 in2006 to $1.05 in the third quar-ter of this year — a drop of morethan 61 percent.
Corresponding hourly fig-ures were not available for LasVegas, the nation’s largest gambling market. But it, too,has been struggling with therecession and the relentlessexpansion of casinos and slots parlors into local neighborhoods around the country.
Las Vegas casinos are lower-ing room rates enough to get peo-
ple in the door, but visitors arestill being tightfisted.
Gambling revenue in LasVegas is up less than 1 percentto $6.7 billion in Clark Countyfrom January throughSeptember, even though thearea has seen 2.4 percent morevisitors during the first ninemonths of 2010 compared withthe same time last year.
And 2009 was a similarlybad year: Fewer people cameto Vegas and they gambledeven less. There were 3 per-cent fewer visitors than in2008, but gambling revenuewas down 9.8 percent.
Atlantic City’s casino rev-enue fell from a high of $5.2 bil-lion in 2006 to $3.9 billion in2009. For the first 10 months ofthis year, they are at $3.1 bil-lion, down 9.1 percent from thesame period in 2009.
And a newPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPreport released Tuesday paints agrim picture for Atlantic Cityover the next five years, predict-ing that New Jersey casino rev-enues in 2014 will still be nearly36 percent lower than they werein 2006.
The Spectrum study brokeAtlantic City’s 11 casinos intofour groups by location. Thethree casinos in the city’s marinadistrict — The Borgata HotelCasino & Spa, Harrah’s ResortAtlantic City and Trump MarinaHotel Casino — saw their grossgaming revenue per visitor hourfall by more than 41 percent overthe last four years.
The three casinos in the Inletsection — Trump Taj MahalCasino Resort, Resorts AtlanticCity and the Showboat CasinoHotel — fared even worse, downmore than 49 percent.
The Hilton and the TropicanaCasino Resort were down nearly26 percent.
during this period, many ofthe conditions for terrorismwere allowed to arise andresult in the problems weface today.
There is also a great dealof information to suggest that Communism fell as aresult of a host of actions against it, not simply as aresult of the United States. While it would be igno-rant to argue the Americans played no role, theSoviet Union fell mainly because of the Brezhnevstagnation and an inability to combat the massivecorruption arising throughout the Communist sys-tem. There was also a great deal of resistance fromparties not related to or empowered by the UnitedStates during the Mikhail Gorbachev regime, par-ticularly from religious Eastern Europeans whoexploited their additional freedoms as a means foradvocating complete secession. Once again, thecolumnist ignores these complexities in order toblindly praise American successes without context.
Finally, I was repulsed when I read the phrase,“Islamic radicalism has one goal: global domina-tion.” It has always been my hope that the trend of
cold warriors would have endedwith the Cold War — the mentalitythat led to a tremendous simplifica-tion of modern warfare is stillprevalent, and the columnist is nostranger to it. The war inAfghanistan began as a result ofthe cold warrior ZbigniewBrzezinski convincing PresidentJimmy Carter to fund theMujahideen in order to incite aSoviet invasion of Afghanistan,
because he wanted to, as he states explicitly in aninterview with the French magazine NouvelObservateur where he brags about his successes,“give the Soviets their Vietnam.”
That was the true nature of American foreignpolicy during the Cold War — not defendingabstract notion of freedom, but attacking any ideaalien to an American variation of it and using everyother global citizen as a means of bitterly inflictingdamage on the Soviet Union despite it being unnec-essary and a disgusting assault on human morality.I unfortunately do not have enough words to com-pletely express my dissent, so I will be brief — I amsaddened to live in a world where this reactionaryworldview is still present, and it is unfortunate thatthe Targum has been used to give it voice.
Bilal Ahmed is a School of Arts and Sciences jun-ior majoring in Middle Eastern studies with a minorin political science.
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I read The DailyTargum’s column,“Peace depends on
strong US military,” onMonday with surprise,mainly because in theauthor’s idolization of U.S. foreign policy duringWorld War II, the Cold War and the last decade, hecompletely overlooked specific failures whichcaused American “exceptionalism” to be anextremely flawed policy which had limited success-es during the periods he describes.
The columnist begins by stating that PearlHarbor triggered the United States to defend thefrequently quoted rights to life, liberty and property“not only at home but also across the world.” Heignores the fact that the United States purposefullyavoided military confrontation with Germany andJapan for years in order to avoid deploying troopsacross the world and that war with Germany onlyexplicitly began after a military alliance with Japan.Although it is true that the United States providedimmense support to its European allies, to ignorethe complexities of why the United States waiteduntil after these events to deploy sol-diers is irresponsible writing.
Additionally, the writer begins toargue that prior to Americaninvolvement, the world was con-stantly at war and largely involved inarmed conflict, and Americaninvolvement prevented war and vio-lence from being in large levels inthe past 70 years. I am extremelytaken aback by this statement, par-ticularly since the millions killeddue to proxy wars and combat actions in regionssuch as Indochina would disagree that the war andviolence were in “low levels” as a result of Americaninfluence. The intervening hand of the UnitedStates ensured massive destruction in the VietnamWar that challenged any notion of the United Statesoperating as a benevolent global power.
Also, the extension of American influence in cre-ating the conditions for the overthrow of govern-ments such as those of Mohammad Mossadeq ofIran, Salvador Allende of Chile and other figuresgave rise to extremely oppressive local authorities.While it is true that the Soviet Union also perpetrat-ed human rights abuses and that there was neveropen warfare between the two superpowers, I takeissue with the notion that the world was chaoticuntil the United States forced it into order as itignores an immense amount of additional factors —technology, mass media, local leaders, etc. I mustalso note that as a result of American global policing
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“Sometimes us students just do not know what to do.”
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“I take issue with the notion that the world
was chaotic until the United States
forced it into order.”
F acebook might have been the inspiration for Boston Universitystudent Justin Doody’s RateBU.com, but the website tookthings much further. The BU student created it with the pur-
pose of allowing users to rank female students on their “hotness,”using photos taken from Facebook either by the person in question ortheir friends (or soon-to-be former friends). The site was launched lastFriday, and 1,160 users had rated a classmate by Monday, according tothe Boston University Quad. This website is an unethical and perhapsillegal exhibition of the university’s female population.
We have a problem with the website’s operation — female students’may find their photos up on RateBU.com without their permission.The site’s creator claims that Facebook pictures are public domain;therefore, anyone can use and reuse them. This is irrelevant however,because of the ethically questionable methods behind the site.
The posting of these photos online simply for the “hotness” factoris embarrassing — at least for those girls who did not mean for theirphotos to appear on RateBU.com. There are plenty of people whoappear on Facebook in less-than-appealing pictures. These studentscertainly do not want themselves rated on a site based solely on that.It is just unethical.
We cannot condone anyone who goes on this website either. Whileit may be the “thing” to do right now, actually rating the girls promoteseven more usability of the site.
Boston University cannot do anything about Doody’s website, andit should not. Therefore, it should be up to Doody to make the rightdecision, before lawsuits flood his dormitory.
This is nothing new, and it is understandable that in this day andage, we as students are attracted to these sites. Voyeurism may be atplay here, and if everyone is doing it, it seems OK. We understandsome girls appear on this website because of their own decision, but inthe end, there is the question of privacy and respect. RateBU.com cer-tainly misses both marks.
Ana Laura Diaz, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, on accumulating debt
Columbia Universityensures free speech
‘Hotness’ website disregards ethics
I nformation is a dangerous thing, or so it is portrayed by theDepartment of State. An official warned students of ColumbiaUniversity’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) last
Tuesday about visiting WikiLeaks. Later, an e-mail from SIPA went outwarning students against visiting the website or discussing it onFacebook or Twitter, because it might threaten their job opportunitiesin the state sector. University officials walked back on their remarksthis Monday, embracing free speech. We respect this move by SIPA.
The words of said official, who is also a Columbia alumnus,were reflected in the first e-mail to the students: “[The alumnus]recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents normake comments on social media sites such as Facebook orthrough Twitter.”
The State Department later on denied in an e-mail its involvementin the controversy.
There is the obvious attempt to limit the spread of WikiLeaks’release of confidential and secret information. At the very least, theState Department tried to minimize the damage done by the websitededicated to transparency and free speech. In this case, the unknownalumnus — unknown for obvious, scandal-prone reasons — warnedSIPA officials in his attempts of deterring students from visiting thewebsite by hitting where it hurts: job prospects. With bleak opportu-nities even for master’s degree holders, this is a threatening message.There already are a number of Facebook, Twitter-related online activ-ities that can endanger job prospects. Visiting WikiLeaks thereforewould do nothing more than instill an unfounded fear in students andlimit free speech.
We respect the university’s decision this Monday to reverse itsadvice to students by backing their right for an education throughinformation and free speech. In an e-mail obtained by Wired, officialssaid: “Freedom of information and expression is a core value of ourinstitution. Thus, SIPA’s position is that students have a right to dis-cuss and debate any information in the public arena that they deemrelevant to their studies or to their roles as global citizens, and to doso without fear of adverse consequences.”
While the massive release of classified information details some ofthe nation’s most important diplomatic activities, the StateDepartment made the mistake of reacting in this volatile, threateningmanner. This warning to our nation’s best-trained international affairsstudents represents a new front in the administration’s subtle silenc-ing of those who want to know more.
SIPA’s “correction” sent out to students was the right step in a uni-versity’s attempt to reaffirm the notion of free speech. It was not goodadvice that the State Department gave but a failed attempt at minimiz-ing the damage.
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BILAL AHMED
WikiLeaks published confiden-tial diplomatic cables fromAmerican embassies fromaround the world, and there isthe chance that Julian Assangewill face charges of espionage.Assange, in an opinion piecewritten in an Australian newspa-per, claims that WikiLeaks is“fearlessly publishing facts thatneed to be made public.”Assange goes on to liken theleaked cables to the PentagonPapers and says they should bepublished without interference.
What Assange fails to recog-nize is that unlike the PentagonPapers, the leaked diplomaticcables endanger national securi-ty. For example, PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad nowknows that Saudi Arabia no
longer supports Iran. It is logicalto assume too that Iran, whichbelieved Saudi Arabia to be sym-pathetic to its pursuit of nuclearweapons, will no longer revealsensitive materials to the Saudi
government. In turn, the UnitedStates loses access to informationabout Iran that Saudi Arabia pro-vided us. This trickle-down effectdeprives the United States ofpotentially valuable informationabout foreign governments andputs the Saudi government — an
American ally and the world’slargest producer of petroleum —in the crosshairs of Iran andthose who support its quest fornuclear weapons.
Additionally, the leaked diplo-matic cables hurt Americandiplomatic efforts around theworld. How can American diplo-mats expect cooperation fromleaders of foreign governments ifevery action and belief isexposed publicly? In the cables,French President NicolasSarkozy was named as the mostpro-American president Francehas ever had. His political ene-mies can use this information todefeat Sarkozy in an election andremove an American ally frompower. Yemeni President AliAbdullah Saleh, who allowed the
United States to bomb al-Qaidacamps in his country, will comeunder intense pressure from peo-ple in his own country for allow-ing the United States to interferein their affairs.
In a democratic society, ourfreedoms come with a greatresponsibility. The FirstAmendment allows the leak andpublication of the diplomaticcables for the public. But, eventhough Assange had the right topublish this information, he mustlearn that the proper action wouldbe to not release the informationand harm the national security ofthe country that guarantees himhis personal rights.
Robert Gemborys is a School ofArts and Sciences first-year student.
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Assange, WikiLeaks damage national security
T he New York Times pub-lished a set of leaked doc-uments in 1971 chroni-
cling the history of Americaninvolvement in Vietnam. The doc-uments, known as the PentagonPapers, revealed how Americanleaders misled the public in a warthat cost the lives of more than58,000 American soldiers. Thegovernment attempted to preventthe publishing of the papers usingthe grounds of national securitybut was unsuccessful when theSupreme Court ruled in favor ofThe New York Times.
It is now 2010, and historyappears to have repeated itself.
ROBERT GEMBORYS
Letter
“It is now 2010, and history appears
to have repeated itself.”
December has begun, andthe biggest political debatein the House and Senate is
on what to do with the Bush TaxCuts, which will expire Jan. 1. Let’sflashback to the 2008 presidentialelection to see how ardentPresident Barack Obama was onending the tax cuts for the rich, orthose who make over $250,000, andimplementing a tax break only forthe middle and lower classes.Obama argued that tax cuts for thewealthiest 2 percent should expire,and he along, with the rest of theDemocratic party, believe that giv-ing tax cuts to the wealthy does nottranslate into jobs. They also assertthat extensions of the Bush tax cutswould cost $700 billion, similar tothe cost of the previous “stimulus”bills. Is it not surprising that theembarrassing Republican sweep inthe midterm election has caused to
President Obama creates economic uncertainty
BRYAN NACHWALTER
Letter Obama to finally consider theRepublican’s argument?
A recent Gallup poll showedthat 40 percent of Americans wantto keep the tax cuts for allAmericans regardless of income,44 percent want to continue the taxcuts but establish new limits forthe wealthy, and only 13 percentwant the tax cuts to expire. FutureHouse Majority Leader JohnBoehner called the preliminaryHouse bill “chicken scratch,” andin a way it was, as there would bemany consequences of raisingtaxes on the wealthy during theseharsh economic times.
The Wall Street Journal claimsthat the rich make up one-fourth ofconsumer spending, and a taxincrease during times when theeconomy is weak would lead to con-sumers cutting back spending dras-tically. Mr. President, does it occurto you that although these individu-als only make up 2 percent of thepopulation, their wealth makes upthe vast majority of the funds uti-
lized to expand business activity.These small business owners arethe major generators of jobs in thiscountry, and increasing their taxeswould severely limit the amount ofworkers they could hire, increasingunemployment. The top 2 percentare responsible for investments,and higher taxes on these individu-als will actually hinder growth of theeconomy. Furthermore, could it notbe interpreted that only givingbreaks to the lower class, but pun-ishing the upper class symbolicallycreates a disincentive to strive forthe American Dream and climb theladder of success?
Recently, Obama has compro-mised with head Republicans on abill that would extend the tax cutsfor all Americans, but also offer apayroll tax holiday and extendedunemployment benefits.Republicans have argued againstthe unemployment extension,claiming that individuals solely justtake advantage of it, but clearly theyare wrong when unemployment
has just rose from 9.6 percent to 9.8percent. Also, the payroll tax reduc-tion will leave more money in con-sumers’ pockets, having an enor-mous impact on lower income indi-viduals. However, this compromiseObama has made has caused someanger with the “liberal” members ofthe Democratic Party who are com-pletely against extending anythingthat relates to legacy of the “Bush”years. If there is one thing to praiseObama for, it is that he has put thepolitical agenda aside, and did whathe felt was best.
The worst thing to do in arecovering economy is to createuncertainty, which is exactly whatObama has generated within hisfirst two years in office. It is almostas simple as if businesses, espe-cially small businesses, are certainthey will not receive a tax hike, itcreates an incentive to hire moreemployees. However, if this billmakes it through, there will be aclear contrast in the businessatmosphere, as businesses will no
longer have to “sit” on their cashflows and instead take risk on hir-ing more employees.
Perhaps, instead of even consid-ering extending taxes on Americans,maybe the government spendingshould be reformed, as legislationsuch as the stimulus is what is accu-mulating the deficit. Although thestimulus package seemed produc-tive in theory, the way the currentadministration executed it was inef-fective and detrimental. Althoughextending the Bush tax cuts is essen-tial for the short run of this country,the more important component isthe long run. Therefore, Mr.President, it is not the Bush tax cuts,although they are necessary, thatwill surge an economic boom inAmerica. The economy is recover-ing, but extremely slowly. The onlyway to get out of it is to create newhuge projects.
Bryan Nachwalter is aRutgers Business School first-year student.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 6 — Although youwant to pursue your own inter-ests alone today, you face theneed to handle another person'sproblems as well. Clarify logicbefore beginning.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 6 — A favorite personstays close by to help with a house-hold challenge. Delegate responsi-bilities early, and keep an eye onprogress to maintain momentum.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 9 — Independentthoughts guide every actiontoday. Less is more, where forceis concerned. Relax and finesseit for quicker results. Evaluateprogress later.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 6 — You think you wantmore independence. Actually,practical effort in a team gets youfurther. Once today's work is done,you can take off on your own.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 5 — Someone testsyour public image by asking youto pull off the impossible. Youfind a way to get it done withflair, on time and polished. Any-thing's possible.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 6 — Research createsa solid platform for group dis-cussion. You want to get outearly, so keep the conversationconcise. Something entirely newcould result.
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to do, because we know eachother that well.”
While Sykes’ scoring direct-ly relates to hersimplifying herapproach on thecourt, as well asthe team’s chem-istry, there maybe another rea-son why thingsare finally begin-ning to click.
Sykes spenther first twoyears at Rutgerswith No. 12 onthe back of herjersey, but dou-bled that number up at thebeginning of the season withNo. 24.
At first glance, it can be dis-missed as a simple numberchange. A deeper look reveals
otherwise. “Every time I
hear the nationalanthem I’m kiss-ing to my dadand it’s some-thing I alwaysthink about,”Sykes said of herfather, MichaelSykes, whopassed away 18years ago.“When ever y-thing’s goingwrong I always
go back to, ‘He’s not here and Iam here, so I’ve got to make thebest of it.’ It always helps me
get over that hump.” Sykes’ father donned No. 24
during his playing days, andthough those days have longpassed, Sykes’ still lay ahead.
It is now Sykes’ third seasonof collegiate basketball andsome things are clearly dif fer-ent, but overall she is still thatsame competitor fromStarkville, Miss.
And though Sykes joined theKnights more than two yearsago, now more than ever she isplaying the way everyone sur-rounding the program expectedher to play.
“It’s been a long time, hasn’tit? Longer than what long is,”Stringer said. “I tell you what …it’s been a long time and it’sgreat to see.”
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A fter an impressive out-ing in the Rutgersswimming and diving
team’s win over Wagner, juniorJacquelyn Ward earned thehonor of Big East Swimmingand Diving Athlete of the Week,the conference announced.
The Berlin, N.J., nativescored victories in the 200-yardfreestyle, the 500-yardfreestyle and helped the 200-yard medley relay earn a winas well.
FLORIDA HEAD FOOTBALLcoach Urban Meyer is onceagain stepping down from hisposition with the team.
Meyer left the team brieflyafter last season due to healthconcerns, but this time aroundthe head coach cited family as themain contributor to his decision.
Florida was a disappointing7-5 this season, but the programwent 64-15 and won two nationalchampionships under Meyer.
THE CHICAGO WHITESox resigned first basemanPaul Konerko yesterday, as thetwo sides agreed upon a three-year, $37.5 million deal. Theslugger will earn $12 million inhis first two years of the con-tract, with $6.5 million comingin the third year and $7 milliondeferred for seven years afterthe deal.
Konerko recorded one ofthe best seasons of his careerfor manager Ozzie Guillen lastyear, posting a .312 battingaverage, hitting 39 homerunsand knocking in 111 runs.
DETROIT LIONSdefensive lineman NdamukongSuh was the most recent victimof an NFL fine, as the leagueyesterday fined Suh $15,000for a hit on Chicago Bearsquarterback Jay Cutler.
Head coach Jim Schwartzvoiced his disapproval withthe decision, and the formerNo. 1 overall pick plans toappeal the fine.
IOWA FOOTBALL STARDerrell Johnson-Koulianosappeared in court yesterdayfor charges that the wideoutran a drug house through hisoff-campus home at Iowa.
Johnson-Koulianos is theschool’s all-time leading receiv-er, but on top of the initialcharge he faces, the receiver isalso being charged with pos-session of marijuana andcocaine, both of which he test-ed positive for.
The charges could yieldjail time of up to seven and ahalf years.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO PUTto rest the team’s 45-3 loss onMonday Night Footballagainst the New EnglandPatriots, New York Jets headcoach Rex Ryan turned to aninteresting method to burythe negative thoughts.
Ryan gave a game ballfrom the contests a funeralbefore yesterday’s practicebehind a goalpost in theteam’s practice facility.
what she shot last season underhead coach C. Vivian Stringer.
With the same mold ofguards, including juniors NikkiSpeed and Khadijah Rushdanfeeding her on the court, the EastOktibbeha (Miss.) product nevertakes all the credit.
Sykes attributes it all to theteam’s summer workouts.
“I like to think that it has a lotto do with us believing and trust-ing in each other,” Sykes said.“During summer, we probablycould close our eyes and tell youwhat the next person was going
SYKES: Forward credits
strides to summer workouts
continued from back “When everything’sgoing wrong I alwaysgo back to, ‘He’s nothere and I am here,so I’ve got to make
the best of it.’”APRIL SYKESJunior Forward
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BY LIZ SWERNCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track andfield team looks to get back on
t r a c kt h i sweekend— so tos p e a k .T h eS c a r l e t
Knights travel to Princeton’sJadwin Gymnasium for the NewYear’s Invitational for their firstmeet of the season.
Rutgers faces local competi-tion at the debut meet fromPrinceton, Monmouth, St.Joseph’s and other schools.
The first meet is not all aboutperforming well with fast timesand good jumps, but to get backinto the routine of competing.
“This weekend is a tune-upmeet to see where some of theguys are in their training,” saidhead coach Mike Mulqueen.
The Knights have not compet-ed since the spring, but competi-tion is not in the forefront of theirminds just yet. Training sinceSeptember, the team looks for-ward to seeing just how far it has come.
“It’s exciting, of course, tohave some fun competing, butthis first meet is a great tool tosee where we are at as a team,”said junior jumper Kevin Bostick.
“Hopefully we can get some goodmarks out of it and continue onthe right track.”
Mulqueen plans to take onlyhis jumpers and middle-distancerunners to the meet, with the restof the team training straightthrough December and having itsopening meet in early January.
The New Year’s Invitational
is especially important to fieldevent athletes looking to perfecttheir form.
“It is good to have the guyshigh jump and pole vault to gettheir steps down and get the feel-ing of competing again,”Mulqueen said.
The team also looks to thisSaturday’s meet as a great tool forthe new faces on the team. The firstcollegiate meet can be daunting fora freshman, so gaining the neces-sary experience can go a long way,according to junior Monroe Kearns.
“We have a lot of new guysthat haven’t fully experienced col-lege competition yet, so it will begood for them to jump in thissmall meet and get a taste of it,”Kearns said.
The Knights hope to leavePrinceton on Saturday with agood view of how the rest of theseason will play out.
“I know everyone is prettyexcited for the meet,” Kearnssaid. “Hopefully it’s a goodstart and preview for the rest ofthe season.”
The Jackson, N.J., nativeplaced fourth last year at the NewYear’s Invitational in the 600-meter run with a time of 1.22:58behind two other teammates.
“It should be exciting for ourfreshmen. As seen by theirpracticing, they are eager torun,” said junior Casey Weiss.“I’m also looking forward toseeing guys run that have notbeen healthy and haven’t com-peted in a while.”
But the Knights have a secondgoal in the back of all their minds.
“There’s no scoring, so plac-ing doesn’t mean too much,”Kearns said. “Another main goalis to just get through the meetsafely avoiding all injuries.”
Once a team riddled with badknees, tweaked hamstrings andstress fractures, the Knights hopeto keep injuries at a minimumduring the rest of the season.
Local meet brings return to track
RUTGERS ATNEW YEAR’S INVITE, SATURDAY
MEN’S TRACK
CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior guard Nikki Speed enters tonight’s game against Georgetownafter posting a career-high 17 points against Central Connecticut St.
The Knights could alreadygo a long way toward buildingtheir NCAA Tournamentrésumé with a couple of bigwins, but the challenge startswith protecting their homefloor tonight — something theteam has done successfully inits history.
Add the fact that Big Eastrival Georgetown — a teamthe Knights are 16-3 againstall-time — is the one lightingthe torch to the dif ficultschedule, and the stakes areraised even higher.
“We have to defend it — it’spersonal now,” said juniorguard Nikki Speed, who madethe 3-pointer to force overtimelast year against the Hoyas.“We’re the first ones to play onthis court, so that means some-thing. We want to [have] anundefeated season on our floor,so it’s very personal with all ofus.”
Speed put her best foot for-ward the last time she took tothe newly renovated RAC floor,recording her best game sincecoming to Piscataway.
The Pasadena, Calif., nativescored a career-high 17 pointsand added four assists. Thescoring output may have beenunexpected for others, but notto the junior point guard andher teammates.
“Nikki has always been agood shooter for us,” said jun-ior forward April Sykes, who
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“We have a lot of newguys that haven’tfully experienced
college competitionyet, so it will be good
for them.”MONROE KEARNS
Junior
led the team with 18 pointsagainst Central ConnecticutState. “Just to see Nikki relaxand pulling up for threes andknowing it’s going in alreadygoing down the court — that’sanother level of confidence aperson can have. It’s great tosee her making shots.”
Sykes was on fire in the sec-ond half of the game againstCCS, finishing 8-for-13 fromthe field in a game the Knightswon by 41 points.
The team does not expectthings to come as easy when itopens up conference play.
The Hoyas’ backcour t ofsophomore Sugar Rogers andsenior Monica McNutt leadGeorgetown in scoring with17.3 and 12.5 points per game,respectively.
Rogers posted a double-dou-ble with 20 points and 12boards a season ago to lead allscorers as a true freshman inher team’s Big EastTournament loss.
But to win the first leg of thistough stretch, the Knights muststart with defense, somethingStringer often harps upon.
Rutgers welcomes a dynamicbackcourt, a legitimatepostgame and a ranked oppo-nent for the first time since thesquad took on No. 3 Stanford inits second contest of the season.
The defense will be tested— along with the rest of theteam — but the Hall of Famehead coach would not have itany other way.
“Everybody is having greatyears — the teams that we’replaying,” Stringer said. “Andyet it’s these kinds of gamesthat really get me excited.”
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“The training trip is usuallyone of the hardest weeks of train-ing we have all season,” said sen-ior captain Jen Betz. “Usually weare too tired from practices to godo other things while we arethere, but it’s just nice to have achange of scenery and be in thewarm weather.”
Rutgers does not leave forFlorida until Dec. 30, so theKnights will get some time tospend at home with their fami-lies, but that does not mean thatthey get to spend time awayfrom the pool. Everyone on theteam is required to train withtheir club teams at home duringtheir week off and it is a safe betthat head coach Phil Spiniellowill be able to tell who has beenworking hard.
“I wouldn’t exactly call thetraining trip a vacation,” Betzsaid. “We are there for one rea-son and that is to train hard. Ourfocus will continue to be on prac-ticing and competing.”
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BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
The biggest news out of theBig East this week is not where
teams areheadingfor theirb o w lg a m e s ,
but whereone person is not headed for abowl game.
After a disappointing 7-5 fin-ish for Pittsburgh, despitebeing the preseason favoritesto win the conference, thePanthers fired head coach DaveWannstedt, who had all of thetalent to win the league butnever did.
Pittsburgh, which finishedthird in the conference, is on itsway to Birmingham, Ala., for theBBVA Compass Bowl, formerlythe PapaJohns.com Bowl, toplay SEC foe Kentucky.
The firing of Wannstedtcould play a major role for theRutgers football team in termsof recruiting, as the Panthershold commitments from fiveNew Jersey natives and sevenmajor targets of Rutgers headcoach Greg Schiano’s recruit-ing staf f.
One Rutgers target and Pittverbal commitment, Woodbridgeproduct defensive lineman MaxIssaka, told Rivals.com that thefiring of Wannstedt has a majoreffect on his commitment.
“This is a big setback for me;I’m not sure of anything now,”Issaka said.
The Big East released its post-season award honors yesterdaywith Connecticut, Pittsburgh,South Florida and Louisvillereceiving the highest honors.
Connecticut running backJordan Todman took homeOffensive Player of the Yearhonors after averaging 143.1yards per game and running for1,574 yards and 14 touchdowns,both Big East bests. Todmananchored crucial victories overPittsburgh and West Virginiathat sent the school to its firstBCS appearance and earnedRandy Edsall co-Big East Coachof the Year with Louisville’sCharlie Strong.
Strong, in his first year
replacing Steve Kragthorpe ashead coach, took the Cardinalsback to a bowl game, where theytake on Southern Mississippi inSt. Petersburg, Fla.
His name was already men-tioned with the soon-to-bevacant head coach position atFlorida after Urban Meyerannounced for the secondstraight year that he would stepdown. Strong ser ved as theGators’ defensive coordinatorunder Meyer.
Pittsburgh’s Jabaal Sheardearned Defensive Player of theYear with nine sacks and 14.5tackles for loss, anchoring thePanthers’ defensive line in placeof the injured Greg Romeus.
Dangerous USF return manLindsey Lamar took home SpecialTeams Player of the Year overRutgers’ Joe Lefeged andUConn’s Dave Teggart, whileLouisville safety Hakeem Smith
earned Rookie of the Year.
My final Big East rankingsand bowl predictions:
1.) No. 25 Connecticut —The Huskies do not have themost talent in the conference,but they have what it takes tocompete with anyone thanks toTodman on the ground.
With that said, it is going totake more than a solid runninggame to defeat high-poweredOklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl —Sooners win, 31-13.
2.) No. 22 West Virginia —If it were not for a few blundersby coach Bill Stewart’s squadearly in the season, theMountaineers would be playingin the BCS this season.
WVU needs to get its fumbleproblems under control and callthe plays to get Tavon Austin andNoel Devine the ball at the righttime. If that happens, they can
take North Carolina State in theChamps Bowl — Mountaineerswin, 34-21.
3.) South Florida — The Bullskept most games close and almostpulled it out against Connecticutto play spoiler last week.
With Skip Holtz as the headcoach, USF proved it can winafter October, but have a toughtask in Clemson at the MeinekeCar Care Bowl — Tigers win,28-20.
4.) Pittsburgh — It is goingto be hard for the Panthers torecuperate for one more gameafter dismissing Wannstedt ashead coach. Look what hap-pened to Cincinnati last yearafter Brian Kelly bouncedNotre Dame.
But Kentucky isn’t exactly apowerhouse — Panthers win,17-13.
5.) Syracuse — The Orangeand second-year head coachDoug Marrone started off on fire,but tailed off in the second half ofthe season.
But the Orange will be jackedup to be back in a bowl game andplay close to home at YankeeStadium in the first New EraPinstripe Bowl against KansasState — Orange win, 13-10.
6.) Louisville — The Cardinalsbecame bowl eligible by embar-rassing Rutgers on Senior Dayand have a legitimate runningthreat in Bilal Powell.
Playing in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’sBowl against Southern Miss is abig step for Strong in his first yearas head coach and will be a build-ing block to a stronger seasonnext year — Cardinals win, 23-13.
7.) Cincinnati — TheBearcats have a dangerousoffense, but the team needs adefense to win.
Remember, they did allow 38points against Rutgers.
8.) Rutgers — Let’s see whathappens in Schiano’s re-evalua-tion period over the next fewweeks and if the Knights canland some of the biggerrecruits in the class, like SavonHuggins, Miles Shuler andJosue Matias.
Wannstedt alters Big East landscape
BIG EASTMID-WEEK REPORT
FOOTBALL
RANDY EDSALLUCONN HEAD COACH
ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Dave Wannstedt, above, retired as head coach at Pittsburgh after adisappointing year saw UConn and Jordan Todman win the Big East.
JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Knights will also seesome live action with a Jan. 8matchup against Maryland. Themeet takes place at a semi-neu-tral site in Annapolis, Md., butone would be naïve to think thatthe Terrapins will not have somesemblance of a home advantage.
“Our team is focused and Ithink we will be ready to go forMaryland after the training trip,”Lindblad said. “Winter trainingtakes swimming and diving to awhole new level and this will helpus to prepare for the remainderof our meets this season and theBig East Championship.”
The matchup againstMaryland is the last road meetfor Rutgers until the Big EastChampionship and the perfecttest to see if their winter trainingpaid off. The Knights will rely onveteran leaders like Betz toensure that the entire team stayssharp all winter.
“I know everyone will want topush themselves to do theirbest,” Betz said. “Hopefully, Iwill be able to keep everyoneexcited and looking forward tothe rest of our season, eventhough training is at its toughestduring this time.”
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T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M
Same Sykesbrings newconsistency
BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZCORRESPONDENT
She is still the same player that came toPiscataway two years ago as the No. 2 overall
recruit in the country.And she is still
the same player who struggled throughher first two seasons of collegiate basket-ball at Rutgers.
But things are different this time around,be it junior April Sykes’ new number or new-found consistency on the court.
The Starkville, Miss., native is just keep-ing it simple this time around.
“It’s fun, it’s exciting, [and] I’m relaxed,”Sykes said. “My teammates do a great job dis-tributing the ball to me. We’re playing as ateam, we don’t really force a lot of things, and Ithink it’s great that our shooting percentage isthe best in a long time at Rutgers.”
The Knights’ shooting percentagestands a 46.2 percent — the highest per-centage a Rutgers team has had in the pastfour seasons and far better than last year’slowly 39.2 percent clip.
Sykes’ 29.3 shooting percentage,among other factors, brought down theteam total a year ago, but this year the for-ward’s play is an integral part of theteam’s of fensive success.
Her 18-point outing against CentralConnecticut State displayed her scoringexplosiveness and also reiterated how signif-icant her presence is on the floor. In games inwhich Sykes scored in double-figuresthroughout her career, Rutgers is 11-3.
The junior forward rattled off six dou-ble-digit scoring efforts this season, butnone were more impressive than her per-formances over the past four contests,when Sykes dropped at least 18 points onthree different occasions.
Over that span, Sykes owns a 64 percentmark from the field — more than double
JARED MILLER
Junior forward April Sykes scored at least 18 points in three of the team’s past four games.The most recent came in the Knights’ 73-32 victory over Central Connecticut State. SEE SYKES ON PAGE 13
Senior safety Joe Lefeged earnedSecond Team All-Big East Honors yester-day, the league announced.
The Germantown, Md., native was theonly Rutgers representative on either ofthe two conference teams.
The eight conference coaches vote onthe awards, and each of the other seventeams had at leastone player on theleague’s first team.Each of the otherseven teams alsohad more than oneplayer named to thetwo teams.
Lefeged fin-ished second onthe Scarlet Knightswith 84 tackles andhad 1.5 sacks, aninterception and four forced fumbles.But some of his best work was done onspecial teams, where he blocked twokicks and recovered another to return itfor a touchdown.
He also broke the school record with948 yards on 38 kickoff returns for anaverage of 24.9 yards per return.
Lefeged is also one of 10 semifinalistsfor the Jim Thorpe Award, which is givento the nation’s top defensive back.
— Steven Miller
LEFEGED EARNSALL-BIG EAST HONORS
JOELEFEGED
G’Town offersmeasuring stickfor young team
BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZCORRESPONDENT
A double-over time win againstGeorgetown in last year’s Big EastTournament still rings loud in the minds
of many on theRutgers women’sbasketball team.
When headcoach C. VivianStringer’s squadhits the hardwood
at the Louis Brown Athletic Centertonight to take on the Hoyas for the firsttime since that game, many familiar faceswill be on the floor for both sides.
So who made the most strides sincethat contest?
Stringer will not know the answer tothat question until after the contest, butembraces the challenge of finding out.
“There’s no question, Georgetowngives us the chance to measure up,”Stringer said. “You do not know if you’veimproved unless you challenge yourselfagainst the best and Georgetown has beenimpressive in their play.
“They’re better, more confident and prob-ably the quickest zone that I’ve seen, period.They’ve got all the elements necessary to besuccessful. I know that we’ve gotten better,but it would be great to have a quality win sothat we know we’ve gotten better.”
A quality win is something that haseluded Stringer and Co. so far this season.
The team had its shot at No. 3 Stanfordand California in a trip to the West andfailed to snag a win in a nail-biter againstnearby Temple.
With No. 12 Georgetown coming to town,the Scarlet Knights kick off a slew of toughmatchups with some of the most eliteschools in the nation — a list that includesNo. 25 Boston College, No. 8 Texas A&Mand No. 7 Tennessee.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
GEORGETOWN AT RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Winter brings no break for RU’s trainingBY MATT CANVISSER
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The rest of the school may get nearly amonth off during winter break, but for a
team with Big EastC h a m p i o n s h i paspirations, thereis no vacation.
The Rutgersswimming and div-ing team will contin-
ue to train throughout the holiday season,but do not pity them just yet.
The Scarlet Knights (2-3, 1-3) will stilltrain as hard as ever, but they will trade theBanks for Indian Shores, Fla. The teamtakes the trip every two years andfundraised to pay for this training sessionsince the last one.
“The team is definitely looking for-ward to our training trip to Florida,” saidjunior Brianne Lindblad. “It will allow usto get some hard work done in the poolbut also escape the school atmosphere fora little while and not worry about examsor homework.”
The Knights hope the Florida weathercooperates and allows them to train out-doors, which would be a change of pace fromthe RU Aquatic Center. Rutgers will scrim-mage Franklin and Marshall on Jan. 6 andwill try to maintain their competitive naturein a locale where most go to relax. JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Junior Brianne Lindblad led the Scarlet Knights’ 200-yard medley relay team thattook the top spot in their 179-100 victory last weekend over Wagner.SEE BREAK ON PAGE 15
