THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 142, Number 79 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 RUTGERS KEEPS ROLLING Today: Snow/Rain High: 33 • Low: 28 ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ........ 10 DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 The Stress Factory hosts a full-day comedy workshop with comedy producer Jeff Singer. New legislature seeks to give the President the ability to shut down the internet in states of emergency. METRO OPINIONS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2011 SPORTS ...... BACK The Rutgers wrestling team won its 20th dual meet of the season on Saturday, when it topped EIWA-opponent Navy, 23-9, in Annapolis, Md. UNIVERSITY ....... 3 METRO .......... 8 Stress levels rise among first-years, survey says BY ANDREA GOYMA CORRESPONDENT Although some first-year students relish the thought of living away from home, an annual survey indi- cates they feel the most stress dur- ing this time in college. The survey, conducted by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), said the emotional health of students entering the nation’s baccalaureate colleges and universities is at its lowest point dur- ing their first year of college. Of more than 200,000 first-year students who participated, only 51.9 percent reported their emotional health as “above average” in 2010, a 3.4 percent drop from 2009, accord- ing to the survey. When students first reported their emotional health in a 1985 survey, 63.6 percent placed themselves in that category. “Many first-year students tell us their coursework is far more diffi- cult than they anticipated, particu- larly in relation to their high school experiences,” said Mary Kelly, staff psychologist and sui- cide prevention specialist at the Counseling, Alcohol and Other Wayne Firestone, president of Hillel International, speaks last night at the first Scarlet Blue and White event that discussed the University’s role in maintaining a positive association with Israel. NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Leaders promote Israel relations BY MAXWELL BARNA CORRESPONDENT In its first event, Scarlet Blue and White partnered with the Rutgers Hillel Student Board to bring University student leaders and speakers together to dis- cuss the importance of main- taining a strong relationship between the University, New Jersey, the United States and Israel. Liran Kapoano, Scarlet Blue and White President, said the event served as both a way to launch Scarlet Blue and White, but also to bring together student organizations that support the progress of Israel. “We planned this event back in November, really as kind of a launching pad for our group,” he said. “We’re a consensus group. We’re looking to bridge gaps between pro-Israel supporters and other organizations.” Speakers at the event includ- ed Hillel President Wayne Firestone, Deputy Consul General of Israel in New York Shlomi Kofman and Congressmen Frank Pallone, D- 6, and Leonard Lance, R-7. Pallone said one of the goals of the event was to focus on the importance of a better relation- ship between the U.S. and Israel. He discussed the threats of Iran and Turkey, highlighting that focus on the Middle East is also important. “As we see the unrest in the last week or so in the Middle East, particularly in regards to Egypt and what could possibly happen there if there’s an unfriendly government,” he Vigil remembers Haitian disaster, raises relief funds BY AMY ROWE CORRESPONDENT A candlelight vigil commemorating the lives lost of more than 300,000 Haitians one year ago during the earthquakes was held last night on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. The vigil, ran by the Haitian Association at Rutgers University, began at 8:04 p.m. to signify 1804, the year Haiti became an independent country, said Dagma Isaac, public relations officer for HARU. “We want to remind people that although it’s been a year since the earthquakes, it’s still an issue,” said Isaac, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “There was a cholera outbreak that killed 900 people, there’s no clean water or food, and there’s a city made up of a mil- lion tents where victims are living.” SEE VIGIL ON PAGE 6 Alumnus Aldrick Brown wins an award from the Sundance Film Festival for his film “Kyarwanda,” which recounts six citizens’ stories of the 1994 genocide. For the full story, see PAGE 3. COURTESY OF ISHMAEL NTIHABOSE FILMED MEMORIES SEE ISRAEL ON PAGE 5 SEE SURVEY ON PAGE 4 Drivers with Zone A, B, C or D permits are allowed to park on Livingston Campus Yellow Lot today until further notice. Supporters stand outside Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus last night during a candlelight vigil held in memory of the Haiti earthquake. Donations raised will go toward New Jersey for Haiti. CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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ONLINE @DAILYTARGUM.COM
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DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 12
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 14
The Stress Factoryhosts a full-day comedy workshopwith comedy producerJeff Singer.
New legislature seeksto give the Presidentthe ability to shut downthe internet in states of emergency.
METRO
OPINIONS
TUESDAYFEBRUARY 1, 2011
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
The Rutgers wrestling team won its 20th dual meet of the season on Saturday, when it topped EIWA-opponent Navy, 23-9, in Annapolis, Md.
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Stress levels rise amongfirst-years, survey says
BY ANDREA GOYMA CORRESPONDENT
Although some first-year studentsrelish the thought of living awayfrom home, an annual survey indi-cates they feel the most stress dur-ing this time in college.
The survey, conducted by theCooperative Institutional ResearchProgram (CIRP), said the emotionalhealth of students entering thenation’s baccalaureate colleges anduniversities is at its lowest point dur-ing their first year of college.
Of more than 200,000 first-yearstudents who participated, only 51.9
percent reported their emotionalhealth as “above average” in 2010, a3.4 percent drop from 2009, accord-ing to the survey. When studentsfirst reported their emotional healthin a 1985 survey, 63.6 percent placedthemselves in that category.
“Many first-year students tell ustheir coursework is far more dif fi-cult than they anticipated, particu-larly in relation to their highschool experiences,” said Mar yKelly, staff psychologist and sui-cide prevention specialist at theCounseling, Alcohol and Other
Wayne Firestone, president of Hillel International, speaks last night at the first Scarlet Blue and Whiteevent that discussed the University’s role in maintaining a positive association with Israel.
NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Leaders promote Israel relationsBY MAXWELL BARNA
CORRESPONDENT
In its first event, Scarlet Blueand White partnered with theRutgers Hillel Student Board tobring University student leadersand speakers together to dis-cuss the importance of main-taining a strong relationshipbetween the University, NewJersey, the United States and Israel.
Liran Kapoano, Scarlet Blueand White President, said theevent served as both a way tolaunch Scarlet Blue and White,
but also to bring together studentorganizations that support theprogress of Israel.
“We planned this event back inNovember, really as kind of alaunching pad for our group,” hesaid. “We’re a consensus group.We’re looking to bridge gapsbetween pro-Israel supportersand other organizations.”
Speakers at the event includ-ed Hillel President WayneFirestone, Deputy ConsulGeneral of Israel in New YorkShlomi Kofman andCongressmen Frank Pallone, D-6, and Leonard Lance, R-7.
Pallone said one of the goalsof the event was to focus on theimportance of a better relation-ship between the U.S. and Israel.
He discussed the threats of Iranand Turkey, highlighting thatfocus on the Middle East is alsoimportant.
“As we see the unrest in thelast week or so in the MiddleEast, particularly in regards toEgypt and what could possiblyhappen there if there’s anunfriendly government,” he
A candlelight vigil commemorating the liveslost of more than 300,000 Haitians one year agoduring the earthquakes was held last night on thesteps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus.
The vigil, ran by the Haitian Association at RutgersUniversity, began at 8:04 p.m. to signify 1804, the yearHaiti became an independent country, said DagmaIsaac, public relations officer for HARU.
“We want to remind people that although it’s beena year since the earthquakes, it’s still an issue,” saidIsaac, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “There wasa cholera outbreak that killed 900 people, there’s noclean water or food, and there’s a city made up of a mil-lion tents where victims are living.”
SEE VIGIL ON PAGE 6
Alumnus Aldrick Brown wins an award from the Sundance Film Festival for his film “Kyarwanda,” which recounts six citizens’ stories of the 1994 genocide. For the full story, see PAGE 3.
COURTESY OF ISHMAEL NTIHABOSE
FILMED MEMORIES
SEE ISRAEL ON PAGE 5
SEE SURVEY ON PAGE 4
Drivers with Zone A, B, C or D permits are allowed to park on Livingston Campus Yellow Lot today until further notice.
Supporters stand outside Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus last night during a candlelight
vigil held in memory of the Haiti earthquake. Donations raised will go toward New Jersey for Haiti.
CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Alumnus gains acclaim at Sundance Film FestivalBY ROBERT ADASHEV
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
University alumnus AlrickBrown showed the breakdown ofcultural boundaries during theRwandan Genocide in his film“Kinyarwanda,” which earnedthe 2011 Sundance Film FestivalWorld Cinema Audience Award.
“Kinyarwanda” — named afterthe official language of Rwanda —featured the stories of sixRwandans during the 1994Rwandan Genocide of the Tutsipeople. The film depicted how cul-tural borders were broken whenmosques opened their doors toprotect Tutsi refugees from themass killings, Brown said.
“Faith is part of the film, but it’sinterfaith. It’s general faith aboutbelief, hope and love,” Brown said.“The film criticized men and theiractions, but not their religions.”
Brown was introduced to theproject through a friend who livedin Rwanda as a Peace Corps volun-teer, and his interest in teachingpeople about the world led him totake part in making the film.
“He had a Rwandan friend whoI was e-mailing back and forth forsome time, and that friend turnedout to be Ishmael Ntihabose, theexecutive producer,” Brown said.“He got a grant to do a film and heasked me to come to Rwanda tohelp him make it.”
After hearing dozens of sto-ries from people affected by thegenocide, Brown had to choosewhich tales to tell.
“I kind of looked at the execu-tive producer,” Brown said. “Itold him the stories I felt were themost powerful, the ones I felt
“Kinyarwanda,” a film directed by University alumnus Alrick Brown, depicts the personal experiences of six Rwandans during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and the defiance of religious boundaries to save lives.
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would resonate with audiencesthe most and the ones that wereso distinct from anything they’veever heard before.”
Because it was an independentfilm, they did not have a Hollywoodmovie budget, said CassandraFreeman, an actress in the film. Tostay within budget, Brown neededto shoot the entire film in 16 days.
Freeman said Brown wrotethe script quickly and focused onindividuals as a way to humanizethe subject.
“There are still parties goingon, there’s still love stories hap-
pening. To see all these storieshappen with that backdrop, itmakes it look like these storiesare not just a statistic and itmakes it very real,” he said.
Movies like “Crash” and “PulpFiction,” which Brown recallsseeing for the first time at theBusch Campus Center, inspiredhim to use a non-linear approachwhen telling the story.
“I remember sitting there feel-ing like I was watching some-thing completely new,” he said. “Ifelt with that in mind and theother films I could give African
audiences, and all audiences forthat matter, a different style.”
Shooting the film in Rwandaadded to the film’s realism, butthe location’s rainy season andgrasshopper season were challenging.
“There were hundreds ofthousands of grasshopperseverywhere, killing lights andeverything else,” Freeman said.“They don’t really have an infra-structure set up there for film,but Brown and the producersmade everything as comfortableas possible.”
When he was 5 years old,Brown’s family moved fromJamaica to Plainfield, N.J., and themove left him feeling like an out-side observer of American culture.Seeing himself as an outcast,Brown was drawn to the Universitybecause of its diversity.
“Rutgers is an internationalcommunity. You get to meet peo-ple, you get to engage people,”Brown said. “The environment,the coursework [and] some of theprofessors were really influential. Istudied English, but I had a veryholistic education, and that’s whatI needed to be a better filmmaker.”
The films Brown made wereintended to educate peoplethrough storytelling, he said. Hefantasized about acting likeIndiana Jones, traveling aroundthe world and bringing adven-tures to students.
“That’s actually what I’mdoing, you know? I go to crazybeautiful places, make moviesand bring those stories back tothe classroom,” Brown said.
Judges at the Sundance FilmFestival took notice of Brownand his crew’s hard work byselecting the film out of thou-sands to appear at the festival,Brown said.
The film is No.1 in terms of buzzamong the Sundance audience,according to the Sundance website.
“For an alumnus fromRutgers to win such a prestigiousaward, which I guess it is goodfor the school and it gets theschool’s name out there in a pos-itive way,” said Kevin Nielsen, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior. “As a student at Rutgers, I’mproud of that.”
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School of Engineering first-yearstudent Hyun Seo said crammingfor exams and maintaining highgrade point averages are majorstress factors for first-year students.
“Not everybody studies con-sistently throughout the semes-ter, so they all have to cram in theend,” Seo said. “The GPA isanother factor because you see itall the time, and if it’s bad youdon’t feel good, obviously.”
The survey reported that theeconomic climate has influencedstudents’ college choice and aca-demic performance.
Kelly said many students arealready stressed about borrowingthe necessary funds to get a degreeand the uncertainty of the job mar-ket before coming to the University.
“Some first-year students arealready thinking about graduateschool, both as a way of adding totheir credentials and as a respitefrom having to find a position,”she said. “Of course, the prospectof taking out loans for graduateschool only adds to the stress.”
The percentage of incomingstudents who reported taking outloans remains high at 53.1 per-cent, but more students reportedreceiving grants and scholar-ships — 73.4 percent in 2010compared to 70 percent in 2009,according to the data.
In a new question askingwhether the economy affectedstudents’ college choice, 20 per-cent “agree strongly” and 42.1percent “agree somewhat.”
Awais Hashmi, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year stu-dent, said that despite hisacceptance to New YorkUniversity, his decision to attendRutgers University was based onfinancial aid.
“I’m very content with mydecision to attend Rutgers,” hesaid. “I don’t feel bad about itwhatsoever because I havefriends who go to NYU who arethinking about what their situa-tion might be when they have topay off their loans.”
School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student Kristina Knightsaid her Advanced Placementclasses in high school caused hera lot of stress but were necessaryto save money in college.
“I took a lot of A.P. and honorscourses in order to place out ofclasses in college,” Knight said.“If you don’t have to take a lot ofentry-level courses [at college], itsaves you money.”
Another trend in the surveyshows the differing stress levelsbetween men and women. Whileonly 17.6 percent of incoming malestudents reported feeling over-whelmed, 38.8 percent of female stu-dents felt stressed in this manner.
SURVEY: Female students
report more stress than males
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A survey by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) reported that University studentsexperience the lowest point of emotional health in their first year of entering college. First-year studentslike Bharat Verma, Jack Lee (above) and Deepta Janardhan (below) reported they were stressed overborrowing funds to pay for school and the uncertainty of the job market.
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“This finding is consistentwith data published by theNational Center for HealthStatistics, which suggests thatwomen in general are more likelythan men to report psychologicalsymptoms,” Kelly said.
One hypothesis is that menmay be less willing to admit todistress because of the differ-ences in socializing men andwomen, she said.
Even though the survey datasuggests emotional health hasdecreased, more students thanbefore — 71.2 percent — ratedtheir academic abilities as“above average.”
Although high levels of driveto achieve and academic abilityare often considered positivetraits, they could also contributeto students’ feelings of stress,said John Pryor, lead author ofthe report and director of theCIRP, in a press release.
Students are also acutelyaware of how competitive it is toearn good internships, jobs orscholarships, Kelly said.
“Some may respond by over-whelming themselves with moreactivities than they can realisticallyhandle — all in the service ofimproving their résumé,” she said.
But Brian Chu, Universityassociate professor of clinicalpsychology, said there is less of acorrelation between academicability and stress.
“I think this is a kind of studythat requires a control condi-tion,” Chu said. “[The relation-ship between academic abilityand stress] is not totally in corre-lation and is the type of findingthat can be distorted by relyingsolely on self-report.”
While self-assessment sur-veys are tested for validity andreliability, there is always theissue of “social desirabilityresponse,” said Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, University associate edu-cational psychology professor.
“[Social desirabilityresponse] is when peoplerespond based on what theythink people want to hear orwhat they think would be social-ly desirable,” Clauss-Ehlers said.
Because the survey involves ahuge sample, it helps alleviatethat factor, she said.
Clauss-Ehlers advised that ifstudents are feeling stressed it isimportant they remain socialrather than withdraw.
“Isolation isn’t helpful becausestudents or anyone can lose theperspective that other people arealso going through [the same situ-ations],” she said. “[They’re also]thinking, ‘how are people dealingwith it and how can I deal with it?’”
Despite the results, the surveyalso reported that studentsremain optimistic about their col-lege education, with 57.6 percentbelieving there is a “very goodchance” they will be satisfied withcollege — the highest this figurehas been since 1983, when it wasalso 57.6 percent.
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said. “I think that it is veryimpor tant for the U.S. toachieve a peaceful settlement.”
Pallone also touched uponthe issue of anti-Semitic rheto-ric on campus, noting that free-dom of speech should be pro-tected, but hateful speech thatcould spark violence should notbe tolerated.
“It’s often times difficult try-ing to figure out how to protectthe freedom of speech, but atthe same time make sure hate-ful speech is not protected,” hesaid. “Rutgers prides itself onbeing a center for diversity, butat the same time, that createsan environment where therecould be a lot of dialogue, butwe can’t allow speech thatencourages violence.”
Lance reflected on the currentprotests in Egypt and whatshould be done.
“We have to make sure, mov-ing forward, that Egypt recog-nizes its responsibilities, partic-ularly in Gaza,” he said. “I amwell aware … that as the situa-tion in Egypt develops, Egyptmust recognize that Israel isheavily involved.”
Both congressmen expressedtheir support for Israel and itsright to exist not only as an inde-pendent country, but also as aJewish state.
Jerr y Enis, adviser forHillel, said this event was creat-ed to allow people to presenttheir points of view about Israeland its relationship to theUnited States.
“What they wanted to dowas create a platform in whicheveryone could present theirpoints of view on Israel, andthe pluses and minuses of
Representative Frank Pallone, D-6, states his support of Israeland its right to exist as an independent country and Jewish state.
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Israel’s relationship with theU.S. and in par ticular, NewJersey,” he said.
Despite his responsibility tostay neutral in on-campusUniversity disputes, RutgersUniversity Student AssemblyPresident Yousef Saleh said itwas a good event, but he feltattendees could have been moreopen about their thoughts andfeelings on the issue, and to evenoffer help.
“I did not feel it was as polit-ically courageous as I wouldlike it to be,” he said. “I wouldhave liked for people at thisevent to promote extending ahand in helping resolve this on-campus dispute.”
Saleh, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said moreshould have been discussedthat was relevant to the cur-rent on-campus issues facinggroups like Scarlet Blue and White.
“I felt like it was a cheerlead-ing event and more should bedone by both sides to cometogether in discussing their dif-ferences and how to move for-ward in fostering a positive cli-mate,” he said.
Before the event began,Kapoano said he would agreeto co-sponsoring an informa-tion event with student organi-zations like BAKA: StudentsUnited for Middle EasternJustice in order to helpaddress all of the current on-campus issues.
“I was actually planning onwriting an open letter to TheDaily Targum and to BAKA invit-ing them to co-sponsor an event,”he said.
Out of the 45 student organi-zations invited to the event, 24were represented and the roomwas filled to its maximumcapacity, said Raf fi Mark,Hillel’s Israel PlanningCommittee member.
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A New Jersey Senate committee passed a bill today thatcould remove certain regulations over telecommunica-tions companies.
Businesses say the Market Competition and ConsumerChoice Act will make the industry more competitive byleveling the playing field for cable and television compa-nies, according to an nj.com article.
“Passage of this bill will send a very strong message,that in the area of telecommunications infrastructure ...New Jersey is on the cutting edge of innovation and open-ing itself up to investment,” President of Verizon NewJersey Dennis Bone said in the article.
Although it keeps regulations for 911 calls and otherpublic safety services, it lifts laws that would require com-panies to provide credit for when customers experience acable outage for more than a few hours.
In addition, it removes laws that ensure cable compa-nies do not discriminate or refuse service, and laws thatrequire corrections of billing errors, according to the arti-cle. It also throws out laws that protect customers fromslamming or switching a consumer’s telephone companyfor local or long-distance service without permission.
If passed, companies would also not be required tocarry public education and government channels.
“Consumers very much want their government to atleast provide a safety net,” said Stefanie Brand, director ofthe New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel, part of the NewJersey Department of the Public Advocate in the article.“We won’t have any recourse.”
The New Jersey League of Municipalities advised thepanel to slow down and take more time to consider thebill’s effects.
“It seems trivial to some people, but I can assure youthat it is not trivial to people in the community who careabout those issues,” Assistant Executive Director of theLeague Michael Darcy said in the article.
— Kristine Rosette Enerio
BILL CLEARED TO DEREGULATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
The Liberated Gospel Choirbegan the vigil with an a cappel-la version of “Total Praise” byRichard Smallwood.
“It meant a lot for us to performat the vigil, since we have a coupleof Haitian members,” said thechoir’s director and School of Artsand Sciences sophomore JeanMarc Edma. “Our way of support-ing Haiti is singing, and this was agreat way to show our support.”
After the choir sang, HARU’sPresident Dominick Ambroiseasked the crowd for a moment ofsilence for those who died in Haiti.
“We want to re-inspire thosewho have forgotten about Haitiand let them know there is stilltrouble there,” said Ambroise, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sen-ior. “If you know something’swrong, I’d hope you’d feel moreproactive about it just by know-ing about it.”
HARU gave out “HaitianRelief” buttons for a minimum $1donation at the vigil, whichbrought in around $50 to helpfund Haitian relief through thenon-profit organization NewJersey for Haiti, Isaac said.
“Money is objective,” Ambroisesaid. “Anyone can give me money.I want people to show they carewith their presence at this vigil andother Haiti benefit events.”
Stan Neron, executive directorof New Jersey for Haiti, spoke aboutthe situation in Haiti at the vigil.
“Buildings and homes havecome down,” he said. “Some couldsee their family members, otherscould not under all of the rubble.Those who did had to bury themon the spot by setting them on fireand cremating them.”
Neron said the way to helpHaiti is by taking action, startinghere at the University.
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The candlelight vigil featured performances by The Liberated Gospel Choir, which sang various songs in a cappella. Members of theHaitian Association at Rutgers University aimed to raise awareness of the problems that continue to exist after the disaster.
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“We have to go and takeback our countr y,” he said.“The international communityneeds to follow our lead. Thereare NGOs [non-governmentalorganizations] there, but notmany reflect the United States.”
Neron asked those who speakCreole in the crowd to chant“Haiti will not be destroyed” afew times to signify solidarity forthe Haitians.
New Jersey for Haiti, whichformed a year ago, is dedicatedto improving the situation inHaiti by raising money to pro-vide essential solutions, hesaid. One such ef fort is thepurchase of solar-poweredwater systems that can pumpup to 30,000 gallons of freshwater into struggling Haitian communities.
“We also need to educate thechildren there,” Neron said. “It
takes $200 to educate a child inHaiti. Some of us have boots thatcost that much here.”
After his speech, School ofArts and Sciences junior JenelleDunkley performed an a cappellaversion of “Can’t Give up Now” byMary Mary.
“I didn’t expect the vigil to besuch a celebration of Haitian cul-ture,” said Samantha Orner, aSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “I really loved all the
music. It was very emotional.”Ambroise held a longer
moment of silence afterDunkley’s performance.
“I really appreciated thisvigil,” said Arielle De Lain, aSchool of Nursing sophomore. “Ilived in Haiti, I went to highschool there. I know people whowere hurt by the earthquakes.I’ve seen the situation there, withthe tents. It’s necessary for peo-ple to make a movement.”
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1 Vanessa Farquharson, author of the book “Sleeping Nakedis Green,” is coming to talk about her 366-day journey to livea more environmentally conscious lifestyle by making onepositive change each day. She is also going to give away thesecrets about how students can go green on campus. Theevent is sponsored by the Rutgers University ProgrammingAssociation and will take place at 8 p.m. in Cook CampusCenter Multipurpose Room.
Auditions for the 2011 Rutgers’ production of “The VaginaMonologues” will be held 8 to 10 p.m. in Scott Hall room120. No preparation necessary. For audition criteria andmore information about how to get involved join theFacebook group “VDAY Rutgers University-NewBrunswick: The Vagina Monologues 2011” or [email protected].
2 “Art After Hours” will feature a tour from 5 to 9 p.m. of theexhibition “Dancing with the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints,” awomen’s themed poetry showcase, including an open-micopportunity and a performance of Renaissance and Baroquemadrigals. Complimentary light refreshments are alsooffered. Take advantage of a 20 percent discount in themuseum store and receive 50 percent off the soft covermonograph on Joan Snyder’s paintings with the purchase of“Dancing with the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints.”
The TJC Campus Ministry is holding a Bible study on 1Timothy 2 from 9:10 to 10:45 p.m. in Scott Hall room 202. Allare welcome. For more information please [email protected].
The Department of Religion is hosting a public forumcalled “Religion and Violence: South Asian Perspectives”from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Cook Campus CenterMultipurpose Room. Edwin F. Bryant, a professor from theDepartment of Religion, will moderate the event. The eventwill feature Maya Chadda of William Paterson Universityand Michael Jerryson of Eckerd College. Chadda will dis-cuss “The Challenge of Designing Strategies forPreventing Religious Violence in South Asia,” whileJerryson will discuss “Buddhism and Violence:Discourses, Antecedents and Manifestations.”
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3 Sarah Rosenfield, a professor from the Department ofSociology, will speak at “Race, Gender and Well Being: TheParadox of Women’s Mental Health” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. atthe Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglass cam-pus. The lecture is in conjunction with the Institute forResearch on Women Distinguished Lecture Series on “TheArt and Science of Happiness.” For more information con-tact the IRW at 732-932-9072.
Nigel Smith, professor of English and co-director of theCenter for the Study of Books and Media at PrincetonUniversity, will give the University Libraries’ 2011 LouisFaugères Bishop III lecture from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at theAlexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Smith’slecture will celebrate the opening of the exhibition, “Miltonand the Cultures of Print,” on display in the SpecialCollections and University Archives Galleries until May 31,2011. For more information contact Fernanda Perrone at732- 932-7006 ext. 363 or [email protected].
9 Ananya Roy, a leading scholar in comparative urban stud-ies and international development will present a lectureentitled, “The Urban Century: Ecologies andEpistemologies of Dwelling in the Global South.” In thistalk, she will present an analysis of global urbanism, payingparticular attention to cities of the global south. Roy is aprofessor of City and Regional Planning at the University ofCalifornia-Berkeley. The lecture will take place at theAlexander Library in the fourth floor lecture hall at 4:30p.m. It will be followed by a reception.
10 An executive dean’s lecture featuring Susan Solomon enti-tled, “A World of Change: Climate Yesterday, Today, andTomorrow,” will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Cook CampusCenter Multipurpose Room. Solomon is a senior scientist atthe Earth System Research Laboratory at the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She is an inter-nationally recognized leader in atmospheric science, par-ticularly for her insights in explaining the cause of theAntarctic ozone “hole.” Solomon’s current research focuseson issues relating to both atmospheric chemistry and cli-mate change. Please join us for this dynamic presentation,which is part of the “Ecologies in the Balance?” year-longseminar series to examine possible solutions to sweepingand unprecedented global environmental, social and eco-nomic challenges and to explore the opportunities for inter-vention that these changes represent.
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Workshop trains aspiring comics to break into businessBY CLIFF WANG
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Comedy producer Jef fSinger held a full-day comedyworkshop last Saturday at TheStress Factory Comedy Club inNew Brunswick to teach bud-ding comedians how to survivein the industry.
Singer, executive consultantfor the Just For LaughsInternational Comedy Festival,educated the audience mem-bers on the kind of materialbookers, agents, managers,casting directors and judgesare looking for in comedians,said Stress Factor y owner,Vinnie Brand.
“Jef f ’s seminar is one of theonly ones I’ve seen that breaksthe business down for the per-former,” Brand said. “Going tothe seminar will help a comic… cut through years of painfulself-discover y and strip away inaccurate assumptionsof the business.”
Singer, who declined tocomment, is acclaimed forproducing shows such as“Dating It” and “Reading It.” He has worked with come-dians such as Rober tSchimmel, Patton Oswalt andSarah Silverman.
Brand said many people inthe business look to Singer asthe go-to guy in the industrybecause he is brutally honestand objective in his critiques.
The event, which startedaround 10 a.m. and lasted until 6p.m., gave the audience insighton how to market to comedy pro-ducers, he said.
Jeff Singer hosts a comedy workshop at the Stress Factory to advise people interested in comedy on how to write comicroutines, deal with managers and attract prominent casting directors in the industry.
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“Jeff has a keen eyesight intostand-up, performers and materi-al alike and has a true love of theart form,” Brand said. “Jeff givesperformers what they need most— honesty.”
The workshop was divided intotwo main sessions — for the firsthalf, Singer advised the audience onhow to write a successful comedyact, said Patrick Howitt, an employ-ee at The Stress Factory. In the sec-ond, every person delivered a five-minute routine and received com-mentary from Singer.
“He talked about past experi-ences and stories, and reallyinformed us about the businessside of the industry,” saidHowitt, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
Stress Factory receptionistRandi Feldbauer said he was sur-prised by the diversity of peoplewho attended the workshop.
“Newbies and veterans alikewanted to test their material andhopefully improve it,” saidFeldbauer, a Mason Gross Schoolof the Arts senior.
Singer talked about some ofthe major comedy artists in thebusiness and discussed how todeal with top managers, clubbookers, television executives,record labels and agents,Howitt said.
Howitt said the workshophelped teach aspiring comedianshow to analyze their strengthsand weaknesses on the stage andachieve their individuality anddistinction as a performer.
He found that the workshopwas an effective way to receive
constructive feedback andadvice in a highly supportiveclassroom environment.
“His feedback was where hefeels you are in terms of how theindustry would see you andwhere you eventually needed tobe,” Howitt said.
Although the event cost$125 and attracted about tenattendees, Howitt said it was wor th it and encourages more comedy students to look into Singer’s program.
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City restaurants holdLeGrand fundraiser
BY KRISTINE CHOICONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Eric LeGrand BelieveFund, established by theRutgers Division ofIntercollegiate Athletics, held acharity event in New Brunswicklast Sunday to support LeGrand,a defensive tackle for theUniversity football team, and hisfamily during rehabilitation.
More than three months havepassed since number 52, EricLeGrand, suffered a major spinalcord injury in a Rutgers versusArmy game — an injury leavinghim temporarily paralyzed fromthe neck down.
A number of participatingrestaurants in New Brunswick,including Panico’s and Panico’sBrick Oven Pizza on ChurchStreet, provided a variety of spe-cial menus, pledging to donate aminimum 50 percent of each tick-et price to the Eric LeGrandBelieve Fund.
“We have a personal interestbecause the owner was at thegame with his 13-year-old sonwhen they saw Eric actually gethurt,” said Lisa Panico, wife ofthe owner of Panico’s andPanico’s Brick Oven Pizza. “Sowhen the idea came about wewere extremely interested in par-ticipating in tonight’s program.”
Tickets for most of the restau-rants started at $100, with the high-er ticket prices around $250.Depending on which ticket theypurchased, dinners were given spe-cial three-course tasting menus.
Catherine Lombardi onLivingston Avenue, another par-ticipating restaurant for the EricLeGrand Believe Fund, experi-enced so many reservationrequests that they had to sched-ule a second night to accommo-date everyone.
Part two of the fundraiser willinclude a small silent auction onFeb. 27, according to theCatherine Lombardi website.
The event was considered anoverall success, with a turnout solarge that there was barely anyroom left to move around in thePanico’s restaurant, Panico said.
“Eight hundred people cameout this evening in NewBrunswick,” she said. “It’s anevening to be with the coachesand the Rutgers family.”
The motivation behind thefundraising event was a groupeffort because people wanted tobe part of a supportive communi-ty, Panico said.
“We discussed it and felt asthough this was the right thing todo for New Brunswick,” she said.
Amidst the crowd of people,there were various pieces ofScarlet Knight décor, includinga poster board where the peoplein attendance wrote messagesof support and encouragementfor LeGrand.
Greg Schiano, head coach ofthe University football team, goton stage at the Panico’s restau-rant to make a speech.
“A lot of times, when someonegoes through something likethis, they all of a sudden becomethe greatest kid ever,” Schianosaid. “Well, Eric was the greatestkid before this all happened andhe’s continued to do that.”
Schiano also spoke highly ofLeGrand’s success at the rehabil-itation facility, which is locatedless than an hour away from theUniversity campus.
“He’s been unbelievable,”Schiano said. “I’ve been [there]when he leaves for his rehaband two hours later he showsback up drenched. Heapproaches this thing just likehe did football … it’s just a dif-ferent set of challenges.”
LeGrand inspired his friendsand family when he was taken offhis ventilators last Thanksgivingweekend and again when heregained some sensation in hishands mid-December, accordingto an interview on the EricLeGrand Believe Fund website.
“I believe that I will walk againone day,” LeGrand said in theinterview. “I believe it. God has aplan for me and I know it’s not tobe sitting here all the time. Iknow he has something plannedbigger for me.”
Schiano said he was proudto be part of the Universitycommunity, especially on anight where people from allover New Brunswick came tosupport the cause.
“A lot of people like to takeshots at New Jersey and say badthings, but you know, whensomething happens to one of ourown it’s really neat to see every-one circle the wagon and supporthim … a night like tonight justreaffirms that to me,” he said.
As Schiano finished hisspeech, people in attendancebroke out in a round of applause.
“I can tell you that Eric’sgoing to get back,” Schianosaid. “His dream and his visionis to be leading us out of [thestadium] tunnel.”
Catherine Lombardi and other New Brunswick restaurants held afundraiser for the “Eric LeGrand Believe Fund” on Saturday evening.
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their help. At the ver yleast, an explanation as towhy Jews would be upsetat the undertones of theevent to the attendeeswould have been accept-able. Perhaps explainingthe relationship betweenHitler and the Grand Mufti
of Jerusalem during the Holocaust. While Hitlerwas attempting to conquer Europe, he had hiseyes set on the entire world, and Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Palestinian leader at the time, wasmore than happy to lend a hand. He helpedrecruit more than 20,000 Palestinians for theWaffen SS and was promised to be leader ofPalestine after the extermination of the morethan 350,000 Jews living in the region.
Aside from the historical justification for Jewsbeing upset with last Saturday night’s event, itwas in its very essence an extreme case of anti-Semitism. To those of you who like to chide
around the definition of anti-Semitic and how it applies to all ofthose from a Semitic background,get a grip. Every individual under-stands that in today’s society, anti-Semitism refers to a certain per-ception of Jews. The EuropeanUnion took this one step furtherand stated that the manifestationof anti-Semitism can be represent-ed by both, “claiming the exis-tence of the State of Israel is aracist endeavor … [and] drawing
comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy tothat of Nazis.”
Still, if one holds the idea that Israel defendingitself is comparable to gassing Jews, then perhapsone could explain the procedure conductedSaturday of segregating Jewish and Israel sup-porters from the rest of the event’s attendees?Why did BAKA or their sponsors start to chargean entrance fee to those with different ideologiesthan their own? Why did they pompously andracially find anyone looking like an anti-Israel sup-porter and give them green wristbands, telling theJews huddled together that they were event staffand security? Sure, we could attend the event if wewanted to, but that all of a sudden meant we wouldhave to support a cause that borderlinesHolocaust denial, and no righteous Jew or gentilewould do such a thing. BAKA made a point of thatinside the event when they told their supportersthat there was now a $5 mandatory entrance feeand that those who do not want to pay theentrance fee probably do not support the event.
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F irst BAKA: StudentsUnited for MiddleEastern Justice
tried to use student fees tobreak international law andsend a flotilla to Gaza.Then they used studentfees to bring NormanFinkelstein, a Holocaustminimizer, to campus. Finally, they planned onhosting an event comparing Israelis to Nazis andassumed that the Jewish and pro-Israel communi-ty would stand idly by while they did so. Not sofast, BAKA — the Jewish community on campushas had enough of your hateful rhetoric, scaretactics and blatant disregard for human history.We did not come out in the hundreds because youwanted to host a pro-Palestinian event. We cameout because the mere accusation that Israeli actsof self-defense are in the smallest amount compa-rable to the systematic genocide of more than 11million people is deplorable.
Hoda Mitwally, public relationsofficer for BAKA, could not havemade it any clearer as to why theJewish community showed up indroves. “We are not claiming thatone oppression is worse than theother,” she said. But I am. I amgoing to make it quite clear thatthe gassing and butchering of theJewish people — 6 million of them— is far worse than the Palestinianstruggle in Gaza and the WestBank. I am not saying their strug-gle does not matter — every human life is valu-able, and I acknowledge that is a tragedy in andof itself, but it is not even remotely similar. IfBAKA or the International Jewish Anti-ZionistNetwork were concerned in the least bit with thetheme of their program, “Never Again forAnyone,” they would have made clear at theevent that Hamas and Hezbollah’s acts of genoci-dal intention will not be tolerated. However, theyfailed to do so. There was no mention of theHamas charter calling for the obliteration ofIsrael or the genocidal rhetoric of Hezbollahleader Hassan Nasrallah who said publicly, “Ifthey (Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us thetrouble of going after them worldwide.” Therewas no condemnation of the 59 heinous refugeecamps still active in Arab countries and how onlyIsrael naturalized all citizens after being attackedin 1948.
If BAKA’s events are intended to help end suf-fering worldwide, why not start with genocide inDarfur? If BAKA is so keen on sending flotillasto help starving and deprived people, there is acountry called North Korea that could really use
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BAKA must end hateful tactics
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“I go to crazy beautiful places, make movies and bring those stories back to the classroom.”
Alrick Brown, a University alumnus, on making movies
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“If BAKA’s events are intended to help
end suffering worldwide, why notstart with genocide
in Darfur?”
M cCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pa., is making an oddmove in an attempt that is supposed to aid black students —they have decided to segregate them. After discovering that
roughly one-third of the school’s black students scored “proficient oradvanced” in reading on the Pennsylvania System School of Assessment— compared to 60 percent of the school’s white students — McCaskeyEast instructional coach Angela Tilghman suggested that the schoolseparate students according to race and gender and place them in home-room classes with a teacher of the same race and gender. For example,the school would place a group of black male students together in an allblack male homeroom and assign a black male homeroom teacher tothe group. Tilghman may have proposed the plan as a means of helpingblack students achieve more, but segregation is not the way to do that.
A far better plan would have been to separate the students according tohow they scored on the assessment test and place them in homeroomsaccordingly. That way, all students — regardless of race or gender —would receive the mentoring they need in order to achieve more in school.In segregating the students according to race and gender, rather than aca-demic need, the school is implying that the students’ scholastic perform-ance is a result of their innate physical attributes and that they must betreated differently because of these attributes. Essentially, in trying to givethe black students the chance for success that the school feels they need,the school is actually hindering that success and reinforcing negativestereotypes. The students need liberation from such hurtful prejudices, notan educational system that supports them, no matter how inadvertently.
Maybe this development is the result of hypersensitivity to race andgender. While it is obviously a good thing to recognize the racial andgender identities of students so that those students may take pride inthem, it is possible to go overboard. That is, it is possible to become sowrapped up in recognizing these qualities that they become overem-phasized and result in a damaging “separate but equal” mentality — asis occurring at McCaskey.
We applaud the school’s good intentions, but we thoroughly dis-agree with their chosen method of turning those intentions into prac-tice. Since academic success is what the school wishes to promote,they should help the students according to their educational needs —not according to their biological qualities. The school is trying to pushtheir students forwards but is only succeeding in sliding backwardsinto an outdated and damaging mentality.
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AARON MARCUS
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President should notcontrol Internet
Segregation hindersstudent success
A s the world watches the current state of chaos unfold in Egypt, onething everyone is calling attention to is the nation’s total lack ofInternet access. Interestingly enough, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-
Conn., has decided that now would be a good time to introduce an Internetblackout bill for the United States. If successful, the bill would give the pres-ident the ability to seize control of the Internet — and even shut it down, ifdeemed necessary — in the event of an emergency. This is a pretty hypo-critical step, considering that President Barack Obama himself has urgedthe Egyptian government to restore Internet access to its citizens.
The mere proposition of this bill is unacceptable. Sponsors of the billclaim that the president would not use this power to control a rowdy pop-ulace, as is the case in Egypt. However, there is no way to guarantee that,and such a statement is certainly not one that anyone should ever takeon good faith from their government. This is far too much power to con-centrate in the hands of a governing body, much less in the hands of oneman. If anything, this bill would make it easier for a president to estab-lish some sort of totalitarian rule in a democratic nation. That may soundalarmist — and, in some ways, it is — but it’s true. Allowing the presi-dent the ability to shut down the Internet at will is a dangerous step thatcould potentially have very negative repercussions.
The Internet should never be completely shut down, especially notin times of emergency, as the bill stipulates. In fact, the Internet isincredibly useful in emergencies. It is one of the most effective ways tocommunicate important information to masses of people at greatspeed. If the country were to enter a state of emergency, Internet com-munications would be the easiest way for the citizens to access infor-mation regarding said emergency. Shutting down the Internet wouldonly rob the people of this important access, thus keeping them in thedark during a time when they should be as informed as possible.
It isn’t that we feel the United States government is full of corrupt indi-viduals who would jump at the chance to take advantage of the nation.Rather, it is that the people can never be too careful when the governmentstarts acquiring the ability to control such integral aspects of their lives. Wehave to ask — will this bill really be used to promote safety, or will it beused to control the people, as the world has seen in Egypt?
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T here are three majorobstacles on the road toconflict resolution and
reconciliation, and ultimately to abetter future for all partiesinvolved: The desire to win, theneed to be vindicated and thequest for retribution. While beingrooted in intrinsic human urgesand needs, they are irrevocablyfutile and counter-productive. Allthree impediments are flagrantlyexposed in the mounting ten-sions around BAKA: StudentsUnited for Middle EasternJustice group’s activities on cam-pus and the reactions theyinvoke. Unfortunately, instead ofdialogue and understanding, ani-mosity and misconstruction rulewhile ineffective means and badcounsel defeat good intentions.
When I saw the invitation ofBAKA to their event this week-end, I was both enraged and sad-dened. The invitation boasted twopictures side by side: One ofPalestinian refugees from 1948and the other of Jews in a concen-tration camp. My outrage wasemotional — as a second-genera-tion survivor, I was appalled bythe memory of the Holocaustdeliberately exploited in theInternational HolocaustRemembrance Day. My sadnesshowever, was rational: I knew thatonce again what seems to be agood objective will backfire due toignorance, fretfulness and badjudgment. If the goal of the BAKAgroup was to call attention to theanguish of Gaza and to alleviatethe suffering of its people, theycertainly chose the worstapproach to do that. Comparingthe Gaza affliction with theHolocaust is strategically
MULI PELEG
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Peaceful resolution requires compassion
L et me begin by sayingthat this statement is onbehalf of no one but
myself as a University student— not as Latino StudentCouncil political chair orRutgers University StudentAssembly parliamentarian —before someone asks for myresignation. With that out of theway, I hereby place a call forcivility on campus.
I am utterly disgusted at thekind of slander and attacks thathave been going on over thepast days between severalJewish organizations andBAKA: Students United forMiddle Eastern Justice. Therehave been several dif ferentissues brought up through let-ters that accuse the membersof BAKA of being anti-Semitic,supporting terrorism andever ything in between.Whether anyone believes theseaccusations or not is entirely upto them, but all I ask is there bea little civility.
Throwing around terms like“anti-Semitic,” “terrorist,”“Nazi” and other slanderoussentiments is not civil.Frequently bashing a studentorganization in theUniversity’s newspaper is not
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Furthermore, using theannotation that members of theJewish community wereprotesting a Holocaust sur-vivor is a tactic of pitting oneJew against another. HajoMeyer and Hedy Epstein’s sur-vival of Nazi genocide are hero-ic. Their vehement anti-Semiticand anti-Israel rhetoric on theother hand is not. BAKA proba-bly should not be touting theirfeatured speaker. After all, hisbiggest fan is David Duke — aformer Grand Wizard of the KuKlux Klan and knownHolocaust denier. To justifytheir rhetoric with the excuseof having Holocaust survivorsspeak would be similar toallowing Duke to speak for all Americans.
Israel supporters inside theevent, who were allowed in forfree before the mandatory fee,recollect on the trashing of ElieWiesel’s name. As I contem-plated this, I sat thinking whatmy family members and themillions of people raped andmurdered by the Nazis wouldsay. I believe they would use acollection of Wiesel quotes,and it would sound somethinglike this, “My kindelach, inJewish histor y there are nocoincidences, indif ference isthe epitome of evil. There maybe times when we are power-less, but there must never be atime when we fail to protest.”
Aaron Marcus is a School ofArts and Science junior majoringin political science and history.He helped organize a protestagainst the event, “Never Againfor Anyone.” His column,“Marcus My Words,” runs onalternate Tuesdays.
Heed call forcivility on campus
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misjudged, historically unfoundedand morally wrong. Could the sys-tematic, methodical and meticu-lous annihilation machine of theNazis seriously be compared withanything? Is there any Jewish,Israeli or Zionist equivalence tothe devilish plan of “Mein Kampf?”Is there any racist, all-encumber-ing ideology to eradicate Muslims,Arabs or Palestinians? Selectiveanalogies never serve their pur-poses. Juxtaposing a picture ofPalestinian refugees withHolocaust victims is like matchingelephants with snails: They botheat grass. Other than that it is aludicrous association. The urge toincrease awareness and raise con-sideration to a genuine crisisshould not be based upon revolt-ing comparisons and alienatingdepictions. It is self-defeating andharmful to the noblest of causes. Ifthe purpose is relief for Gaza,detestable correlations should nothave been the way to do it.
Context is essential to compre-hending complex political issues,and it is certainly a necessity inunderstanding the heartbreakingsituation in Gaza. However, simplis-tic and biased accounts will do adisservice to the advocates ofchange. The closure on Gaza is pre-sented as sheer Israeli cruelty andpreventing vessels from arriving tothe impoverished strip is portrayedas vicious and inhumane. But whyis Israel so unwavering and so waryabout supplies for Gaza? Perhapsbecause there were numerousattempts to smuggle in weaponsand ammunitions there to continuethe armed struggle against it. Thetwo most outrageous were the shipKarine A seized in 2002 full of rock-ets and missiles on board, and in2009 the Cypriot vesselMonchegorsk was captured carry-ing a whole tank, artillery and mor-tar shells as well as materials to be
used for producing rockets. Tellingthe entire story is not only an ethi-cal obligation but also indispensa-ble to expedite relief for the Gazapeople. Had it not been for theIsraeli apprehension of arms toextremists, the blockade wouldhave been lifted a long time ago, asit has been before. In the samevein, the occupation itself is anabomination and a moral burden toIsraelis and most of them wouldhave given it up had they beenreassured that violence and terror-ism would not torment them any-more. If the purpose is relief forGaza, contextualization shouldhave been the way to do it.
Here are some facts that mustbe reckoned with: First, an inde-pendent Palestinian state couldonly be achieved by cooperation ofPalestinians and Israelis. Such anundertaking is arduous and sensi-tive but it is the only guarantee forPalestinian nationhood.Confrontation, defiance and vio-lence were habitually maliciousinhibitors on the road to bothPalestinian and Israeli escape fromtheir miseries because, and this isthe second fact, there is interde-pendence between these two bel-ligerents. They are entangled indespair and in hope. Hence forPalestinians, independence stemsfrom interdependence. A third factis that most Israelis and mostPalestinians yearn for peace. Theyare tired of this hopeless and trag-ic conflict. Their protracted disputeis fed by reciprocal negativeimages, miscommunication, fearand despair. These factors stimu-late suicide bombers to Israelistreets and rocket attacks on theNegev on the one hand, and humil-iations at checkpoints and Jewishsettlers’ harassment on the other.There are extremists on both sideswho benefit from the continuationof this strife and they should be
marginalized by sanity and the will-ingness to survive and prosper.Palestinians and Israelis have simi-lar and shared goals: A viable inde-pendent Palestinian state and agenuine collaboration to promotepeace and stability between themin light of the regional volatility andmadness that are brewing all over.These common goals are feasiblebut they must be preceded by sev-eral bold and intertwined decisions— ending the occupation, gettingrid of extremists on both sides andthe treatment of each other withdignity and respect. If the purposeis relief for Gaza, building trust inorder to dissipate fear should havebeen the way to do it.
If the purpose is to win the con-flict, establish vindication and toget even, it is doomed to failure.But if indeed the purpose is to alle-viate the anguish of Gaza, as well asthe hardships of all Palestiniansand Israelis bogged down in thiscentury old folly of rancor, compas-sion must replace antagonism andpractical moderates must take overfrom delusional and deceivingextremists. I write these lines withall my heart. I write these lines as aprofessor of political science whoseexpertise is conflict resolution anddialogue. I write these lines as ateacher whose classes are co-attended by Arabs, Muslims, Jewsand Israelis. I write these lines asan Israeli who served in the armyand witnessed at close-hand howviolence and hatred smell, feel andlook. I write these lines as a peaceactivist who still believes in the pos-sibility — or better yet, theinevitability — of a better future forall in the Middle East.
Dr. Muli Peleg is theSchusterman Visiting Scholar forIsraeli affairs at the Allen andJoan Bildner Center for the Studyof Jewish Life.
civil. Creating an incrediblyhostile environment at anevent with distinguishedguests promoting global peaceis not civil.
For those that do not know,the University has been promot-ing civility on our campus sothat we may create a better envi-ronment for everyone to dowhat they came here to do —learn and become a better per-son. That call appears to beignored by many.
Furthermore, I consider ituncivil and unjust to makedrastic slandering assumptionsabout a grassroots studentorganization via a plethora ofwell-resourced community networks not once but on sev-eral occasions with no foresee-able end.
I am a firm believer inMartin Luther King Jr.’s state-ment: “Injustice anywhere is athreat to justice everywhere”and therefore ask for theattacks on BAKA to stop andfor a more civil avenue to bepursued with mediation if nec-essary. The issue at hand ismuch larger than theUniversity community andaf fects more than just Jewishor Palestinian students.
Jorge Casalins is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomoremajoring in political science.
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JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERJunior forward Chelsey Lee struggled in the Scarlet Knights’ last two
games, averaging just 4.5 points in the pair of conference losses.
Aside from junior forwardApril Sykes, who is averaging14.5 points per game to lead theteam, there is an offensive voidthat is never consistently filled.
During the team’s winningstreak, sophomore centerMonique Oliver and junior for-ward Chelsey Lee filled thatvoid, with the post pair makingthe Big East honor roll in con-secutive weeks.
Since then, the two havestruggled to maintain theirform, pushing the load onSykes and junior guardKhadijah Rushdan, who is try-ing to rebound from twostraight tough outings.
The Wilmington, Del.,native last scored in double fig-ures in the squad’s road win atCincinnati two weeks ago,when she tallied 16 points totie for the team’s lead in scor-ing on the night.
But this could be the per-fect game for Rushdan to getback on track.
Although the Knights fell tothe Red Storm last season inPiscataway, Rushdan recorded
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Junior guard Khadijah Rushdan scored 14 points last season ina 60-52 loss to St. John’s at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
14 points on 7-of-16 shooting tolead the team in scoring.
Rutgers also has a historicaledge working in its favor, asthe Knights have dropped justtwo games against St. John’sall-time on the road.
And with the emergence of aconfident Sykes — somethingmissing a year ago — Rushdanshould feel more comfortablethan ever in the team’s short trekup the turnpike to New York.
But as a whole, the Knightshave quite the task at hand.
The Johnnies relied on a bal-anced attack in their win a yearago, as four players scored indouble-figures en route to victory.
Three of those players —sophomores Nadirah McKenithand Shenneika Smith and jun-ior Da’Sheena Stevens — lookto once again wreak havoc onStringer’s defense, and with aclear height advantage allacross the board, the trio couldbe dif ficult to contain.
But the Knights have shownability to battle a height deficien-cy before, when they were ableto stifle No. 19 Georgetown’s 6-foot-6 center, Sydney Wilson toseal an early-season upset.
Rutgers has shown itsyouthful inexperience at timesthis season, as well as its abilityto play with the elite.
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Freshman Mike Wagner, black, won his 197-pound bout Saturday in Annapolis, Md., against Navy’s Greg Prioleau, 6-1. The South Planfield, N.J., native sat outthe Scarlet Knights’ previous match against Rider in favor of Middlesex Community College transfer Dan Hopkins but boasts a 10-11 record on the season.
Saddoris entered thematchup leading the EIWA invictories this season with 27and stands second all-time onthe Navy wins list with 137 victories.
But it was Cocozzo whoearned the only takedown inthe match late in the third peri-od to claim the victory.
“Dar yl wrestled a ver ysmar t, technical match,”Goodale said. “One takedownwas all that he needed. He did
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a good job of controlling thetie-ups and controlling the paceof the match.”
Cocozzo closed to withinfour wins of 100 in his careerthat spans over his seasons with Edinboro andRutgers. With only threematches left on the schedule,No. 100 will have to come atthe EIWA Tournament.
“I think his preparation[makes him successful],”Goodale said. “He’s alwaysbeen a good wrestler. Thething that got in the way of Daryl was Daryl. As far asflat-out wrestling goes, therearen’t many better in our room.”
The match against Navy wasnot all pleasant for the Rutgers’coaching staf f, as the boutbetween sophomore DanRinaldi and No. 11 LukeRebertus at 184 pounds endedin some controversy.
The two battled it out to a 2-2 tie after regulation and head-ed into sudden death overtime.With neither grappler able toscore a takedown, the matchwent into a ride-out scenario inwhich each wrestler had 30seconds to escape the grasp ofhis opponent.
Rinaldi was unable to escapeRebertus in the fourth over-time and was on his way toreturning the favor to
Reber tus, when a stalematecall from the referee providedan oppor tunity for theMidshipman to escape andearn the win.
“Rinaldi was riding him outand they called a stalemate togive the kid a fresh start whenhe is on his belly,” Goodale said.“It was the most offense thatwas happening the whole matchand they stopped the match. Idon’t understand why theystopped the match at that point.”
Reber tus came away withthe 3-2 decision, but it was notwithout protest from theKnights’ sideline.
“I don’t think boring is theright word, but both guys were
ver y tentative,” Goodale said of the regulation periods.“For our guys to achieve their goals, they have to getafter it.”
The controversial win did lit-tle to dent the Rutgers’ lead orthe team’s spirits as true fresh-man Mike Wagner steppedright in at 197 pounds andearned a 6-1 decision.
“We’ve given [Wagner] a cou-ple of days of f since he isn’t used to wrestling for thislong of a season. But we feel likehe is back to normal now,”Goodale said. “He’s getting bet-ter with every match and thatwas the goal. And he loves it. Heloves to wrestle.”
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M any Rutgers women’ssoccer players earnedawards at the Scarlet
Knights’ annual banquet Sundayat the Rutgers Visitor Center.
Senior midfielder GinaDeMaio earned the Knights’Most Valuable Player award.Fellow senior Rheanne Sleimanwon this year’s Coach’s Award.
The North Vancouver,Canada, native registered a 4.0GPA this semester, nevermissed a training session orclass and started all 20 games.
PITTSBURGH STEELERScenter Maurkice Pouncey hasnot been ruled out of Super BowlXLV, according to head coachMike Tomlin.
The Pro Bowl rookie suf-fered a high ankle sprain in theAFC Championship against theNew York Jets.
Backup center DougLegursky will fill in for Pounceyif he is inactive.
Pouncey or Legursky willhave to defend 337-pound nosetackle BJ Raji, who in the NFCChampionship became theheaviest player in postseasonhistory to score a touchdown,according to ESPN.
FORMER FLORIDAfootball coach Urban Meyer isjoining ESPN as a college foot-ball analyst.
Meyer makes his debuttomorrow during ESPNU’s cov-erage of national signing day.
He will work weekly regular-season games and the programs“College Football Live” and“College Gameday.”
With Florida, Meyer wontwo BCS national champi-onships. He finished his coach-ing career with a record of 104-23 in 10 seasons with BowlingGreen, Utah and Florida.
CHELSEA AGREED TO Afee with Liverpool to signFernando Torres. Liverpool willreceive about 45 million pounds— or $72 million — from Chelseain exchange for the striker.
The figure is only two mil-lion pounds less than the mostexpensive purchase in soccerhistory, which was in 2009 forManchester City forwardCarlos Tevez.
Torres signed through2013 with Liverpool. The strik-er will help Chelsea defend itstitles as Premier League andFA Cup champions.
THE BALTIMORE ORIOLESsigned a pair of pitchers inJustin Duchscherer andMark Hendrickson.
Duchscherer signed for$4.5 million plus incentives.Hendrickson signed for$900,000, according to anMLB source.
Duchscherer earned a 2.89ERA in only five starts last sea-son with the Oakland Athletics.
Hendrickson, a formerNBA player, finished with a5.26 ERA last season out ofthe Orioles’ bullpen.
THE DAILY TARGUM
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Senior Kiah Banfield, above, and freshman Alyssa Straub tied for a sixth-place finish in the vaultwith scores of 9.725. Freshman teammate Luisa Leal-Restrepo won the event with a 9.800, partof an impressive day for the Cali, Colombia, native, who also won the all-around competition.
The team also faltered onfloor exercises — an event thatis ordinarily the team’sstrength. After relying on floorexercise for the victor y athome, the Knights were unableto put together clean routines.
“We had two falls on floorthat we didn’t have at home,”Chollet-Norton said. “We did-n’t have our best routines, butwe will figure it out this week.”
One of the bright spots forRutgers continues to be fresh-man Luisa Leal-Restrepo. Inonly her four th collegiatemeet, Leal-Restrepo took firstplace in all-around scoringwith a personal season high of38.850. Chollet-Nor tonb e l i e v e sthat Leal-R e s t r e p ois onlybeginningto scratchthe sur-face ofher talent.
“ S h ewill beone of thetop ath-letes at the East AtlanticGymnastics LeagueChampionships,” Chollet-Norton said.
But Leal-Restrepo’s per-formance may not have beenpossible without a shift in thelineup order prior to the meet.Chollet-Nor ton recognizedthat Leal-Restrepo was strug-gling on bars and made a choice that seems to havesolved the problem.
“She can’t wait around to go last on bars,” Chollet-Norton said. “We moved her to first and it worked out.”
Chollet-Nor ton made itclear that with her new team depth, there is moreaccountability for mistakes.
“We have so much depththat the lineup is not set,”Chollet-Nor ton said. “Thereare no guarantees for anyone.”
The Knights next compete at the LivingstonRecreation Center on Friday in a tri-meet againstBridgeport and Brown.
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BY ADHAAR SHARMACONTRIBUTING WRITER
For a second-place finish atthe Metropolitan Championshipsthis weekend, the Rutgers
w o m e n ’ st r a c ka n df i e l dt e a ms c o r e d1 4 2
points, five shy of winner St.John’s at the Armory Track andField Center in New York, N.Y.
The rest of the field gave littlechallenge to the Scarlet Knights,with third place Manhattan fin-ishing at 75.5 points.
But head coach JamesRobinson was not satisfiedwith his team’s performance.
“Few people performed real-ly well but overall we were flat,”Robinson said. “I could under-stand the placing if we went outand performed at our highest.We had enough talent to win andwe have only us to blame.”
Freshman Tylia Gillondelivered a first-place win inthe 60-meter dash and finishedsecond in the 200-meter dash.
The freshman sprinter hasplaced in the top three in everyrace she ran this season.
“She has already infiltratedthe Rutgers top five for the 60-meter and 300-meter dash,”Robinson said. “She has thepotential to be one of the bestin Rutgers history.”
Junior Brittni Rodriguez fin-ished third in the 60-meterdash and senior Jamie Walkercame in fifth. Walker also camein sixth in the 200-meter dash.
Senior Cour tney Sampleand freshman Rachel Leeke fin-ished fourth and sixth respec-tively in the 400-meter dash.
Junior Zainab Bisiolu placedfourth in the 500-meter dash toround out the sprint events forthe Knights.
Overall, the Knights gained 44points from the sprinters com-pared to a 39-point overall score byeighth place Fairleigh Dickinson.
In the distance events, sopho-more Victoria Pontecorvo fin-ished third in the mile, freshmanBrianna Deming placed secondin the 3000-meter and sopho-more Anjelica Brinkofski tooksecond place in the 5000-meter.
Outside of the top-three finishes,sophomores Stephanie Krausserand Jennifer Spitzer, as well asfreshman Rashmi Singh placed inthe top eight in the 800 meter, 1000meter and 5000-meter.
In the jumps, Rutgers missedits captain, Nwamaka Okobi andsophomore Asha Ruth. Thewomen failed to place in the topthree in all three events.
Regardless, freshman EmilyVargas placed sixth in the highjump and fourth in the longjump. Freshman Ekene Ugboajafinished fifth in the long jumpand seventh in the triple jump.
Senior Natalie Clickett wonthe shot put.
Rutgers placed second in boththe 4x400 and 4x800 relays, losingto St. John’s in both events.
Sophomore Lindsay Bertulisand freshmen Vanessa Arientyl,Tara Wuko and Ashley Deckertled Rutgers to a first-place finishin the distance medley.
RU takessecond atChamps
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Junior guard Ashton Gibbs’ 24 points on Saturday against Rutgers helped prevent No. 4 Pittsburgh from joining Connecticutand Villanova as top Big East teams to fall and avoid a two-game losing streak for the Panthers.
BY TYLER BARTO ANDANTHONY HERNANDEZ
STAFF WRITERS
Pandemonium sweptthrough the Big East this pastweek, as Pittsburgh,Connecticut, Villanova and
Syracuseall trans-f o r m e di n t ot h e i ro w n
cases of upset city. Intra-conference foes beat
up on each other, sendingsome reeling programs furtherdown the rankings and ascend-ing others among the elite.
Despite the random stringof upsets, there is still a clearpicture atop the Big East.
1.) Pittsburgh (20-2, 8-1) —Despite losing, 56-51, in rarefashion to No. 8 Notre Dame atthe Petersen Athletics Center,the No. 4 Panthers own justone blemish in conference playand retain the top spot.
Head coach Jamie Dixonmade sure his team avoided aneven greater letdown againstunranked Rutgers on Saturday,besting the Scarlet Knights, 65-62, courtesy of Ashton Gibbs’24-point performance.
2.) Notre Dame (17-4, 6-3)— With an upset of Pittsburghlast week, the No. 9 Irishascended in the national rank-ings, jumping all the way up toNo. 8 in the country.
Beating Pittsburgh is onething, but beating down on thePanthers in their own house isenough to make some serious noise.
3.) Louisville (17-4, 6-2) —The No. 15 Cardinals upendedthe Huskies in a double-overtimethriller, but any team owning aconference loss to lowlyProvidence does not deserve tobe directly under Pittsburgh inthe rankings. Defeating KembaWalker and UConn was a start,but with games againstGeorgetown, Notre Dame andSyracuse on tap, there is still plen-ty of room for more statements.
4.) Connecticut (17-3, 5-3)— The No. 6 Huskies had theirsix-game winning streaksnapped in a double-overtime79-78 hear tbreaker againsthead coach Rick Pitino and vis-iting Louisville. But give creditto UConn for giving Walker asupporting cast in the game, asShabazz Napier and Jeremy Lamb scored 23 and 21points, respectively. Syracuseis next for head coach JimCalhoun’s squad, which neednot look past ’Cuse’s currentfour-game slide.
5.) Villanova (17-4, 5-3) —Head coach Jay Wright’s Wildcatssuffered a 69-66 loss to Georgetownin one of the most topsy-turvySaturdays of the season.
Despite dropping three of itspast four contests, No. 12Villanova is still in stable condi-tion with its senior backcourt ofCorey Fisher and Corey Stokes.
The Wildcats have a chanceto get back to their winningways on Wednesday, when theywelcome a pesky Marquetteteam to Villanova, Pa.
6.) Georgetown (16-5, 5-4)— Senior guard Austin
Freeman’s 30 points propelledthe Hoyas to an upset victoryover ’Nova, but the successwas long overdue for head coach John ThompsonIII’s team.
The transition to a moreguard-oriented of fense tookmore time than many outsidersbelieve, but Georgetown’s winover the Wildcats could pro-vide the spark sorely needed topropel the Hoyas back into thenational picture.
7.) West Virginia (14-6, 5-3)— The Mountaineers will notamaze anyone with a highlight-reel of fense or a suf focatingdefense, but head coach Bob
Huggins has done more withless this season.
West Virginia earned animpressive road victor y atCincinnati over the weekendbut face a surging Seton Hallteam in its next contest.
8.) Syracuse (18-4, 5-4) — My,how the mighty have fallen. Afterstarting the season unblemished,the No. 17 Orange dropped their lastfour contests, capped off bySaturday’s defeat against Marquette.
Head coach Jim Boeheimhas a tough task in front him,namely with managing fresh-man center Fab Melo, who hasnot found a bona fide role in Syracuse’s of fense.
BIG EASTMID-WEEK REPORT
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JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior guard Austin Freeman (15) scored 30 points againstVillanova on Saturday in a Georgetown upset in Philadelphia.
Plenty of upsets dominate Big East weekend
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COURTESY OF RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Freshman Kara Millaci qualified for the Big East Championships in her last opportunity at the RU Invitational, where she posted season-best times in the 100- and200-yard butterfly races. The Whitehouse Station, N.J. resident, spent much of her competitive swimming career in Piscataway at the RU Aquatic Center.
BY MATT CANVISSERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The goal all season forRutgers head swimming and div-ing coach Phil Spiniello was to
see asmany of
his athletes qualify for the BigEast Championships as possible.
It may have been a stretchto think that all 22 members ofthe team would qualify, but theScarlet Knights got one stepcloser to that goal at the RUInvitational thanks to freshmanKara Millaci.
“I was very excited to quali-fy,” Millaci said. “I hope to goeven faster at the Big EastChampionships in about two weeks.”
In order to qualify for theBig East Championships, swim-mers and divers must posttimes under a set qualifying
time at any point throughoutthe season. Millaci was able topost her season-best times inthe 100- and 200-yard butterflyat the Invitational — the lastevent of the regular season.
“It was huge because thiswas the last opportunity for herto qualify,” Spiniello said.“[Millaci] qualifying is a greatsign for things to come in her future.”
Millaci made the Big East cutby finishing the 100-yard butter-fly in 59.69 and the 200-yardevent with a time of 2:09.39.Theentire team was noticeablyexcited for her when she quali-fied, including Spiniello, who letout the loudest cheer in the RUAquatic Center.
“Each day my teammatesand coaches cheer for me insets and always help me pushmyself to the next level,” Millacisaid. “Seeing them at the end of
the lane before my races lastweekend really motivated me toswim fast so I would be downwith them in Kentucky for BigEast [Championships].”
Millaci is unique among therest of the swimming and div-ing team for an unlikely reason:She is one of only six swim-mers on the team from theGarden State.
Millaci hails from WhitehouseStation, N.J., and has been com-
peting at the Sonny WerblinRecreation Center for more than13 years with her club and highschool teams.
But being close to home wasnot originally a selling point, asshe very nearly headed northto compete in the Atlantic 10Conference for Rhode Island.
“I was actually not consider-ing Rutgers until about amonth before I had to decidewhere I was going to go toschool,” Millaci said. “Ithought it would be too close tohome and I have been swim-ming at this pool all the timesince I was about 5 years old.”
The Knights are glad shemade the decision to come toRutgers, as Millaci’s vastlyimproved times at the RUInvitational led directly to theKnights being named the MostImproved Team of the Week bycollegeswimming.com.
The Knights improved theirfastest times by 100.5 percentaccording to the website, nar-rowly edging Tennessee, whichimproved 100.3 percent.
The Big EastChampionships begin late nextweek in Louisville, Ky. The div-ing competition kicks of fFriday, Feb. 11 and lasts untilFeb. 13. The swimming eventsbegin on Wednesday, Feb. 16and conclude on Saturday, Feb. 19.
The anticipation is building forMillaci and the rest of the Knightsas the culmination of their seasonis rapidly approaching.
“[Coach Spiniello] has beentalking about the Big EastChampionships almost ever yday since we started training inSeptember,” Millaci said. “Nowthat I have qualified, I hope tohelp the team out as much as Ican and swim fast there.”
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Freshman earns Big East qualifier in last chance
DON BOSCO RB COMMITS TO RUTGERS SCHIANO ALLOWS SAVAGE TO SPEAK TO FLORIDA SCHOOLSThe Rutgers football team
received another verbal com-mitment in the daysleading up to theNational Signing Dayin the form of DonBosco running backPaul Canevari.
The 6-foot, 207-pound tailback is the secondRutgers Class of 2011 commit-ment from the North Jersey
powerhouse. Don Bosco quar-terback Gary Nova committed
after initially pledg-ing to play collegefootball at Pittsburgh.
Canevari’s recruit-ment just picked up inrecent weeks, whenboth Akron andRutgers expressedinterest in him spend-ing a semester awayand enrolling nextJanuary. Canevari willsign his Letter of
Intent on Wednesday andenroll with the Class of 2011.
— Steven Miller
PAULCANEVARI
Head football coach GregSchiano granted Tom Savagepermission to speak to Miamiand Florida in regard to histransfer, according toRivals.com.
Schiano initially denied per-mission to Savage and an appealscommittee upheld the decision,but the 10th-year head coachsaid he changed his mind aftersitting down with the ScarletKnights’ former quarterback.
Savage still has the optionof returning to Rutgers, butSchiano was not optimisticabout those odds.
— Steven MillerTHE DAILY TARGUM
Tom Savage threw for 2,732 yards and 16 touchdowns in his career.
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Senior nearswin No. 100with decision
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Senior Daryl Cocozzo upset Navy’s sixth-ranked wrestler Bryce Saddoris, 3-2, in their 157-pound bout in Annapolis, Md. The win broughtCocozzo’s career total to 96, and the nation’s 16th-ranked 157-pounder will have an opportunity to reach 100 at the EIWA Tournament.
BY A.J. JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Despite Mother Nature’s attempts to slowit down, the Rutgers wrestling team shoveledits way out of New Jersey this weekend and
trekked toAnnapolis, Md., fora match against con-ference foe Navy.
The No. 9Scarlet Knights
returned to the Garden State with a 23-9victory over the Midshipmen and their15-match winning streak still intact.
“The weather really didn’t play muchof a factor into the match,” said headcoach Scott Goodale. “If we didn’t wrestlewell, then we would have dropped it. Weshowed up there ready to wrestle.”
Despite dropping the first bout at 133pounds, the Knights (19-1) claimed sevenindividual victories over Navy (4-3) andimproved to a per fect 7-0 in EIWA competition.
The biggest win of the day came via the 157-pound matchup between two grapplers whohave seen their fair share of close matches.
Senior Daryl Cocozzo earned his 96thcareer victory with a 3-2 decision overNavy’s Bryce Saddoris.
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BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ CORRESPONDENT
With the final stretch of the season wind-ing down for the Rutgers women’s basketball
team, consider itjudgment day.
The ScarletKnights (12-8, 5-2)battle formerlyranked conferencerival St. John’s
tonight in Queens, N.Y., in the first of the
final five road contests until the end of the year.
And if the squad’s record away fromthe Banks so far this season is any indica-tion, it could be a rough final month forhead coach C. Vivian Stringer and her team.
The Knights are almost a weekremoved from being considered amongthe elite in the Big East, but with back-to-back double-digit conference losses and adate with the Johnnies (15-6, 4-4), theycould soon become an afterthought.
Still, even with two blemishes afterstarting the season unbeaten in the BigEast, all is not lost for Stringer and Co.
Rutgers has shown ability to bounceback this season and the ability to be con-sistent — apparent in the team’s five-game winning streak that ended with aloss to No. 2 Connecticut.
But these gritty traits — traits mostStringer teams have — appeared only inflashes for the Hall of Fame head coach.
RUTGERS AT ST. JOHN’S, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SEE WOES ON PAGE 15
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Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer will take her squad on the road five more times this season, beginning tonightwith a matchup against St. John’s at Carnesecca Arena. Stringer and Co. lost each of their last two games after winning five straight.
Knights seek to solve road woes in Queens
RU capitalizeson Pitt errorsto finish second
BY JOSH GLATTCORRESPONDENT
Following its biggest victory in recenthistory, the Rutgers gymnastics team fin-ished second in a tri-meet against two
tough opponentsin West Virginiaand Pittsburgh.
Coming intothe meet, headcoach Chr ystal
Chollet-Norton expressed her desire tocompete with Pittsburgh.
The Scarlet Knights accomplished thatgoal, finishing with a 191.50, ahead of thePanthers’ 189.025. But defeatingPittsburgh was not the accomplishmentChollet-Norton anticipated it being.
“They self-destructed,” Chollet-Nortonsaid of Pittsburgh’s performance. “Beamwas the worst for all three teams, butPittsburgh wasn’t able to recover.”
Chollet-Norton was concerned aboutthe struggles on beam, but she waspleased with her team’s ability to bounce back from a poor performance inthe event.
“They didn’t fall apart after beam,”Chollet-Norton said. “I always tell mygirls they have to bring it and they reallydid fight after beam.”
Despite noting the positive implica-tions of her team’s resiliency, Chollet-Norton recognizes that for her team toreach scores in the range she wants, itwill need to improve upon limiting its mistakes.
“We have to figure out the problems inthe gym,” Chollet-Norton said. “We haveto practice as if it’s a meet and compete as if it’s practice.”
