THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 142, Number 88 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 SLIPPERY ROAD Today: Sunny High: 38 • Low: 23 ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ....... 10 DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 Three students win delegate awards at the McGill Model United Nations Assembly. Sandor Kepilo, a 96-year-old Hungarian man, is being charged with war crimes dating back to 1942. UNIVERSITY OPINIONS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2011 SPORTS ...... BACK The Rutgers women’s basketball team continues its Midwest road trip tonight with a game at No. 14 DePaul, after losing at Notre Dame and before heading to Marquette. UNIVERSITY ....... 3 IB EXTRA ........ 9 OneVoice promotes Israeli-Palestinian peace Dana Sender, a keynote speaker representing OneVoice-Israel, shares her childhood experiences in Israel during an event hosted by international organization OneVoice and the Rutgers Hillel Student Board. JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER BY ANKITA PANDA ACTING METRO EDITOR Invited by the Rutgers Hillel Student Board, international organization “OneVoice Movement” came to the University last night to speak at length of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict last night in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. The event featured two keynote speakers — activists Dana Sender, who represented OneVoice-Israel and Roza Helou, who represented OneVoice- Palestine. Sender described the Palestine-Israel conflict’s impact on her childhood in Israel, while Helou spoke about its impact on her childhood in Palestine. “We’re here to share personal stories so you know what it’s like to be an Israeli and a Palestinian,” said Sender, who served in the Israeli army as a social worker. Helou, whose father was imprisoned by Israeli forces for his affiliation with the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, talked about the struggles she faced in Palestine because of the violent nature of the conflict and said she wishes to be free of the trauma one day. “It’s not easy for us because we’re in a conflict each and every day … we need to live a normal life like you live a normal life,” she said. The Rutgers Hillel board invited OneVoice to speak last night because they agree with the overall message the organization promotes, said Ezekiel Pariser, Orthodox Committee Chair of Hillel. “OneVoice’s goal is to encourage and promote solutions to the conflict … to help citizens of America see the conflict from both sides [and to] encourage lead- ers in government to act and help in the conflict,” said Pariser, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Hillel Vice President and event coor- dinator Kim Schwartzman arranged the event in December after her Jewish studies Professor Samuel Peleg encour- aged her to work more closely with OneVoice, an organization Peleg was affiliated with. Although the initial purpose of the event was for Hillel to work with OneVoice to relay both sides of the Israel- Palestinian conflict, School of Arts and Sciences senior Schwartzman said the goal has slightly changed. “At first, it was just to get people to hear both sides of the conflict, but now we think this is a perfect event to help open minds,” she said. Pariser said Hillel wanted both sides of the conflict to be heard so University stu- dents could see the real, uncolored issue at hand. “Hillel’s goal [in holding] this event is to promote dialogue that invokes the public to both sides of the issue,” he said. Rachel Steinberg, the International Education Program manager for OneVoice, agreed that both sides of the issue should be heard, but disagreed Students sue NBPD after alleged beating BY AMY ROWE ACTING ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Two University students filed a lawsuit against the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD) after an incident in December where police alleged- ly burst into their off-campus house, beat them and ransacked the property. School of Arts and Sciences sophomores and roommates Jake Kostman and Kareem Najjar said plainclothes police officers busted the door open to their Somerset Street rental house and entered their basement bedroom at 4:30 a.m. while they were sleeping. “They looked like robbers at first,” Kostman said. “All I heard was screaming and cursing, and I saw Kareem on the ground. We had to hope these guys were police officers.” Kostman said he and Najjar were kicked, punched and handcuffed before the officers identi- fied themselves and presented a warrant for some- one in the building. “They rounded us up and sat us on the couch in our underwear,” Kostman said. “They refused to close the front door and this was in December. We had to sit there for an hour and a half.” Kostman noticed his hand turning purple in the tight handcuffs and asked an officer to loosen them up. “I still don’t have feeling in my thumbs,” Kostman said. “I crushed a nerve, so I probably won’t get it back.” Police searched the house after rounding all four residents up, he said. “They tore our rooms apart,” Kostman said. “They broke my computer and took all our stuff and put it in a pile on the floor. They took a five- pound bag of pancake mix [from our house] and poured it over everything. They ruined a lot of stuff.” Jim O’Neill, spokesman for the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, said law enforcement SEE PEACE ON PAGE 7 SEE NBPD ON PAGE 4 Obama cuts spending, invests in education BY MARY DIDUCH ACTING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF President Barack Obama echoed his plans to “Win the Future” yesterday at a middle school in Baltimore, Md., where he presented his budget proposal for the 2012 fiscal year. With a $3.7 trillion budget request, Obama stressed the importance of education and investing in new technologies to tackle the nation’s growing deficit and ailing competition — a senti- ment similar to his State of the Union address. “Because I’m convinced that if we out-build and out-innovate and out-educate, as well as out-hustle the rest of the world, the jobs and industries of our time will take root here in the United States,” he said. “Our people will prosper and our country will succeed.” The president projected a $1.65 trillion deficit at the end of this fis- cal year, Oct. 1, but expects it to drop to $1.1 trillion next year. In the proposal, Obama called for a five-year freeze on discre- tionary spending outside of securi- ty while investing in key areas like education and technology. This is a projected savings of more than $400 billion over the next decade. Aside from the freeze, he pro- posed cuts to reduce waste and improve efficiency from about 200 federal programs. One example is cutting 14,000 office buildings, lots and government-owned properties no longer needed. He said these cuts would help keep the federal programs the nation does need. The president also demanded accountability from these programs and pledged yesterday to veto any bill with earmarks. Some of these cuts come to community action programs in University sophomores Louisa Lee and Ayuni Yussof enjoy dipping different sweets like cookies and fruit yesterday at the Off Campus Student Association’s Chocolate Fondue event in the Livingston Student Center lobby. JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER DIP IT LOW SEE OBAMA ON PAGE 5
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Three students win delegate awards at the McGill ModelUnited Nations Assembly.
Sandor Kepilo,a 96-year-old Hungarian man, is being chargedwith war crimes dating back to 1942.
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OneVoice promotes Israeli-Palestinian peaceDana Sender, a keynote speaker representing OneVoice-Israel, shares her childhood experiences in Israel during an event hosted by international organization OneVoice and the Rutgers Hillel Student Board.
JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY ANKITA PANDAACTING METRO EDITOR
Invited by the Rutgers Hillel StudentBoard, international organization“OneVoice Movement” came to theUniversity last night to speak at length ofthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict last night inthe Student Activities Center on theCollege Avenue campus.
The event featured two keynotespeakers — activists Dana Sender, whorepresented OneVoice-Israel and RozaHelou, who represented OneVoice-Palestine. Sender described thePalestine-Israel conflict’s impact on herchildhood in Israel, while Helou spoke about its impact on her childhoodin Palestine.
“We’re here to share personal storiesso you know what it’s like to be anIsraeli and a Palestinian,” said Sender,who served in the Israeli army as asocial worker.
Helou, whose father was imprisonedby Israeli forces for his af filiation with
the Democratic Front for the Liberationof Palestine, talked about the strugglesshe faced in Palestine because of theviolent nature of the conflict and said she wishes to be free of the traumaone day.
“It’s not easy for us because we’re in aconflict each and every day … we need tolive a normal life like you live a normallife,” she said.
The Rutgers Hillel board invitedOneVoice to speak last night becausethey agree with the overall message theorganization promotes, said EzekielPariser, Or thodox Committee Chair of Hillel.
“OneVoice’s goal is to encourage andpromote solutions to the conflict … tohelp citizens of America see the conflictfrom both sides [and to] encourage lead-ers in government to act and help in theconflict,” said Pariser, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
Hillel Vice President and event coor-dinator Kim Schwartzman arranged theevent in December after her Jewishstudies Professor Samuel Peleg encour-
aged her to work more closely withOneVoice, an organization Peleg wasaffiliated with.
Although the initial purpose of theevent was for Hillel to work withOneVoice to relay both sides of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, School of Arts andSciences senior Schwartzman said thegoal has slightly changed.
“At first, it was just to get people to hearboth sides of the conflict, but now we thinkthis is a perfect event to help open minds,”she said.
Pariser said Hillel wanted both sides ofthe conflict to be heard so University stu-dents could see the real, uncolored issueat hand.
“Hillel’s goal [in holding] this eventis to promote dialogue that invokes the public to both sides of the issue,” he said.
Rachel Steinberg, the InternationalEducation Program manager forOneVoice, agreed that both sides of theissue should be heard, but disagreed
Students sueNBPD afteralleged beating
BY AMY ROWEACTING ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Two University students filed a lawsuit againstthe New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD)after an incident in December where police alleged-ly burst into their off-campus house, beat them andransacked the property.
School of Arts and Sciences sophomores androommates Jake Kostman and Kareem Najjar saidplainclothes police officers busted the door opento their Somerset Street rental house and enteredtheir basement bedroom at 4:30 a.m. while theywere sleeping.
“They looked like robbers at first,” Kostman said.“All I heard was screaming and cursing, and I sawKareem on the ground. We had to hope these guyswere police officers.”
Kostman said he and Najjar were kicked,punched and handcuffed before the officers identi-fied themselves and presented a warrant for some-one in the building.
“They rounded us up and sat us on the couchin our underwear,” Kostman said. “They refusedto close the front door and this was in December. We had to sit there for an hour anda half.”
Kostman noticed his hand turning purple in thetight handcuffs and asked an officer to loosenthem up.
“I still don’t have feeling in my thumbs,”Kostman said. “I crushed a nerve, so I probablywon’t get it back.”
Police searched the house after rounding all fourresidents up, he said.
“They tore our rooms apart,” Kostman said.“They broke my computer and took all our stuf fand put it in a pile on the floor. They took a five-pound bag of pancake mix [from our house] and poured it over everything. They ruined a lotof stuf f.”
Jim O’Neill, spokesman for the MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor’s Office, said law enforcement
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Obama cuts spending,invests in education
BY MARY DIDUCHACTING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
President Barack Obamaechoed his plans to “Win theFuture” yesterday at a middleschool in Baltimore, Md., where hepresented his budget proposal forthe 2012 fiscal year.
With a $3.7 trillion budgetrequest, Obama stressed theimportance of education andinvesting in new technologies totackle the nation’s growing deficitand ailing competition — a senti-ment similar to his State of theUnion address.
“Because I’m convinced that ifwe out-build and out-innovate andout-educate, as well as out-hustlethe rest of the world, the jobs andindustries of our time will take roothere in the United States,” he said.“Our people will prosper and ourcountry will succeed.”
The president projected a $1.65trillion deficit at the end of this fis-
cal year, Oct. 1, but expects it todrop to $1.1 trillion next year.
In the proposal, Obama calledfor a five-year freeze on discre-tionary spending outside of securi-ty while investing in key areas likeeducation and technology. This is aprojected savings of more than$400 billion over the next decade.
Aside from the freeze, he pro-posed cuts to reduce waste andimprove efficiency from about 200federal programs. One example iscutting 14,000 office buildings, lotsand government-owned propertiesno longer needed.
He said these cuts would helpkeep the federal programs thenation does need. The presidentalso demanded accountabilityfrom these programs andpledged yesterday to veto any billwith earmarks.
Some of these cuts come tocommunity action programs in
University sophomores Louisa Lee and Ayuni Yussof enjoy dipping different sweetslike cookies and fruit yesterday at the Off Campus Student Association’s ChocolateFondue event in the Livingston Student Center lobby.
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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The University’s travelingModel United Nations (RUMUN)team returned from the McGillModel United Nations Assembly(McMUN) in Montreal with theconference’s prestigious“Outstanding Delegation Award”for the school with the highestpercentage of individual awards.
This is the second delegationaward for the RUMUN team, afterwinning the first at the Universityof Pennsylvania in November,said Shariq Ahmad, president ofthe Rutgers UniversityAssociation of InternationalRelations (RUAIR).
“We have now won delegationawards at the two largest confer-ences in North America,” saidAhmad, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “We have moreindividual awards this year thanalmost all our previous yearscombined.”
Within each simulation com-mittee, there are individual dele-gate awards — best delegate, out-standing delegate and honorablemention, Ahmad said. AtMcMUN, Ahmad and AdvaitShukla, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore, won out-standing delegate awards andSamip Joshi, a School of Arts andSciences senior, won a best dele-gate award.
“The Outstanding DelegationAward means that the ratio ofhow many people we [had in ourteam] to how many individualwins we had was the greatest ofany small group,” said AafiyaMohammed, director of commu-nications for RUAIR.
Mohammed, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, said winningthe award reflects the team’s ded-ication and their ability to suc-ceed when placed in competitionwith other schools likeGeorgetown University andPrinceton University.
Participant’s skills in diploma-cy and debate are crucial factorsfor granting awards, Ahmad said.
“The most effective delegatesknow their topics very well, candebate them effectively, are goodpublic speakers, skilled negotia-tors, quick thinkers, problem-solvers, charismatic, work wellwith others and can get theirpoint across and turn their wordsinto action,” he said.
McMUN is one of the largest,most competitive Model UN con-ferences on the continent wheremany schools travel to Montrealto compete, Ahmad said.
“When we get called up for amajor delegation award, there are
thousands of students in that con-ference room watching you asyou walk up to receive it, and theyall know you are from Rutgers,”he said. “Other colleges are reallystarting to consider Rutgers a for-midable opponent.”
The McMUN conference hadabout 2,000 students and morethan 100 participating schools,Mohammed said.
The structure and level ofdebate varies with each commit-tee, Mohammed said. It took overa year for the team to prepare forthe conference.
“We prepare just by holdingour general meetings,” he said.“Some meetings we focus on poli-cy, some on public speaking,some are war game simulationsand others are just round tablediscussions.”
The head delegate, the presi-dent and some of the more expe-rienced members also traineveryone, including those who
have no previous debating experi-ence in Model UN, Ahmad said.
Positions are assigned basedon the skills, experience and aspecialty each delegate has,Ahmad said.
Before the members assigntheir own delegates, they try tofind out other schools’ delegatepositions in the committees inorder to create the best matchand increase the team’s chancesof winning, he said.
“To be a member of the ModelUN team, you just need to be will-ing to learn, not be shy and beable to prepare properly to godebate on whatever your topicwill be,” Ahmad said.
Abilities like speaking in class,giving presentations and beingcomfortable with argument trans-late into important skills at con-ferences, Mohammed said.
“Speaking skills are some-thing I believe are not stressedenough in classes because being
able to speak your way throughtough situations is much easierthan awkwardly sliding out ofthem,” he said.
Debating on the Model UN cir-cuit also fosters a skill set that isapplicable and useful towards bothstudents’ academic career, RUAIRTreasurer Pavitra Badami said.
“The ability to critically ana-lyze and innovate unique solu-tions to problems presented dur-ing the course of debate can natu-rally be applied towards criticalanalysis required in many[University] classes,” saidBadami, a School of Arts andSciences senior.
RUMUN has two Model UNconferences in April at theUniversity of Chicago and NewYork University.
To join the Model UN team,students should have an interestin international affairs and adesire to learn more about them,he said.
“It certainly helps if people liketo voice their opinions and keep upwith current events,” Ahmad said.“That is not a prerequisite andmany of our members join in orderto learn more about what is goingon in the world.”
The many relationships fos-tered with other students and uni-versities from all across the worldare one of the highlights of partic-ipating in Model UN, Badami said.
“The opportunity to represent[the University] on a global plat-form and beat schools such asUnited States Military Academyat Westpoint, Yale and Columbiagives Rutgers the exposure it sodeserves and the opportunity todemonstrate our strengths andskills across the nation,” she said.
College students from across the country compete at the McGill Model United Nations Assembly. The Rutgers University Association of International Relations won the “Outstanding Delegation Award.”
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authorities executed a legalsearch warrant Dec. 10 at thebuilding.
“During the investigation,several people were arrestedand charged, and police confis-cated undisclosed amounts ofecstasy, marijuana and LSD dur-ing the execution of the searchwarrant,” O’Neill said.
O’Neill declined to com-ment on the lawsuit, but hesaid the of fice was in theprocess of reviewing the alle-gations of abuse.
After police arrested someother people in the building, theytold the roommates they werefree to go, Kostman said.
“An of ficer said sorry forpunching [Najjar] in the face,”he said. “[Najjar] told him, ‘It’s okay,’ but then I thought,is it?”
Kostman and Najjar met withNew York City criminal attor-ney Bryan Konoski a week afterthe incident.
This is the second time thisyear the NBPD has been criti-cized for violent actions duringinvestigations. A YouTubevideo surfaced one week agofeatured the arrest of aUniversity student.
In the video, an officer is seenallegedly punching a student onthe ground four times while fourofficers try to handcuff him.
“We decided not to tell thepress immediately,” Kostmansaid. “But when I saw the video, I decided we shouldsay something.”
Both Kostman and Najjarsaid their lives as students havechanged after the experience.
“I commute now, and I canonly take 12 credits because I’mcoming from an hour away,” saidKostman, who lives in Stanhope,
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New Brunswick Police officers allegedly tore apart the Somerset Street home of School of Arts and Sciences sophomores Jake Kostmanand Kareem Najjar after they searched the building. Jim O’Neill, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman, said police found drugs.
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N.J. “Commuting is not fun, it’sreally not. You have to play thehand that’s dealt to you. I also hadto quit my part-time night job.”
Najjar said he still lives in thehouse on Somerset Street, buthe tries not to spend all of histime there.
“I tried getting out of mylease, but my landlord wouldn’t
let me” Najjar said. “It’s a two-family house, so when I hearpeople walking up the stairs, Iget the creepiest feeling. Itmakes you feel like you’renever safe.”
Najjar said he is filing the law-suit because he wants justice.
“I want people to under-stand that cops have the power
to protect people but shouldn’tabuse it,” he said. “It was justthe wrong way they went aboutit — it shouldn’t have hap-pened like that.”
Kostman, whose father is aformer police officer, said he wasalways taught to respect authori-ty. But in this case, he sensedauthorities abused their power.
“Cops should be held to a high-er standard than we are,” Kostmansaid. “I’m starting to think corrup-tion in the system runs deeperthan just students getting beat up.I don’t think a police chief whoallows this in the system shouldcontinue his job.”
Lt. J.T. Miller of the NBPDdeclined to comment.
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BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justicecelebrated former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’sresignation and the 32nd anniversary of the Iranian rev-olution last night at 7:00 p.m. on the steps of BrowerCommons on the College Avenue campus.
The event, “BAKA’s Celebratory Memorial of thePeople’s Revolution,” featured 10 speakers who dis-cussed the political climate in Middle Eastern coun-tries including Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Iranand Palestine.
“It’s a celebration of all democratic aspirations toreach an understanding of all of their victories,” saidFarrah Husain, BAKA member and School of Arts andSciences senior.
BAKA originally planned to hold an event to honorthe 32nd anniversary on its actual day, which was lastFriday, but they moved it to Monday when they heardabout Mubarak’s resignation, said Sami Jitan, BAKAevents coordinator.
“We didn’t know Mubarak was going to resign, so wedecided to hold it on Monday,” said Jitan, a School ofArts and Sciences senior. “I’m glad he’s gone, his poli-cies on Israel relations were oppressive. But the fightisn’t over yet. I pray for the best for the people of Egypt.”
The OneVoice Movement co-sponsored an event withRutgers Hillel called “OneVoice for Peace” last night at 8p.m., which BAKA declined to co-sponsor.
“We as individuals might attend, but it’s not in linewith our group’s beliefs,” Jitan said. “They discussissues from Israel’s point of view and fail to recognizethe unequal power relations. We are about human rightsfor all. We need activism, not discussion.”
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that OneVoice wanted toencourage any one solution.
“We’re not trying to promoteanything,” she said, “But thereis significant consensus for atwo-state solution based on1967 borders.”
OneVoice is a non-partisanorganization, Steinberg said.
Following Sender andHelou’s narratives, as well asSteinberg’s short Powerpointpresentation, audience mem-bers were given the opportuni-ty to ask questions of the twospeakers to end the event.
Pariser hopes the event madea positive difference to theUniversity community.
“It will promote peacefuldialogue on campus, in whichboth sides are given the oppor-tunity and the chance toexpress themselves in aninformed and intellectual andacademically honest forum,”he said.
The Hillel student boardextended an invitation toBAKA: Students United forMiddle Eastern Justice in a let-ter to the editor published inThe Daily Targum on Feb. 7,but BAKA declined to take partin the event.
Hoda Mitwally, public rela-tions of ficer for BAKA, saidshe, along with BAKA, do notagree with the two-state pro-posal OneVoice promotes.
“OneVoice’s approach takesa very Israel-centric approach… there’s hardly any mentionof what falls upon thePalestinians,” said Mitwally, aSchool of Ar ts and Sciences senior. “It calls for atwo-state solution which isextremely flawed.”
Mitwally disagreed withPariser and said the event didnot impact the University com-munity in any way becauseOneVoice withholds a signifi-cant number of details that sur-
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round Israel-Palestine conflictfrom the public.
“OneVoice places a veil onthese ver y impor tant issuesand turns impor tant discus-sions on Israel-Palestine into apow-wow session where every-body holds hands and talksabout peace but does not talkabout how to formulate theconditions for peace and jus-tice,” she said.
Although the organizationrefused to take place in theevent, members of BAKA hadthe right to attend on their own,Mitwally said.
Sami Jitan, BAKA events coordinator and a School ofArts and Sciences senior, con-sidered attending the eventbecause he wanted to know ifOneVoice would spread anymisconceptions surroundingthe Middle-Eastern conflict.
“I’m interested to see whatthey’re saying,” he said. “AsRutgers students are going tobe listening to the event andtaking what they say, I’m inter-ested to see what kinds of mis-conceptions that might bepropagated at the event.”
Neither Mitwally nor Jitanbelieve Hillel or BAKA areready to sit down alone and dis-cuss the matter at hand.
“I think a lot needs to beacknowledged before we can sitdown,” Jitan said.
Mitwally, on the other hand,does not agree with Hillel’sapproach in any aspect.
“Well the approach thatHillel is taking is to silencePalestinians and supporters ofthe Palestinian people, topigeonhole them into positions,to make accusations aboutwhat they stand for,” she said.“I don’t think we’re ever goingto agree on our politics.”
Schwartzman said she wish-es to remain hopeful that Hilleland BAKA can negotiate suc-cessfully one day.
“We’re still going to keep ontr ying to reach out,” she said. “If it takes us naggingthem to co-sponsor, we’ll do it.”
true when it comes to educa-tion,” Obama said.
His administration is plan-ning to prepare more than10,000 new math and scienceteachers over the next fiveyears and train 100,000 morecurrent teachers in thosefields. He is also keeping amore than $800 billion increasein federal scholarships.
“That’s what families acrossthe country do every day —they live within their means andthey invest in their family’sfutures. And it’s time we did thesame thing as a country,”Obama said.
The president also plans toinvest in transportation, by budgeting $50 billion toward
jobs that helprebuild, modern-ize or repairt r a n s p o r t a t i o ninfrastructure.
O v e r a l l ,Pflaum thinksthe president ismoving in theright direction,as the proposalscould reduce therate of thedeficit’s growth.
“We reducethe rate and then pay our debt,and then hopefully our deficitwill begin to shrink,” he said.
Noah Glyn, president of theRutgers University CollegeRepublicans thinks Obama’s pro-posal to freeze spending will nothelp the economy.
“We’re not cleansing our-selves of the problems. We’recontinuing them at a lesserextent. That’s not acceptable any-more. We should reverse notreduce the trend,” he said.
Glyn thinks the proposals tospend more in certain federalprograms will crush the deficit.
“It’s basic math,” Glyn said.“We don’t have the money. If wedon’t have the money, there willbe serious repercussions.”
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low-income neighborhoodsand community developmentblock grants.
“But if we’re going to walkthe walk when it comes to fiscal discipline, these kinds of cuts will be necessar y,”Obama said.
He proposed other cuts indomestic spending, health carespending and spending throughtax breaks and loopholes.
Obama also proposed cut-ting $78 billion in theDepartment of Defense’s budg-et plan and end-ing tax breaksfor oil and gascompanies.
R u t g e r sU n i v e r s i t yC o l l e g eD e m o c r a t sP r e s i d e n tC h r i s t o p h e rPflaum acknowl-edged that theadmin is t ra t ioncut across theboard in manyareas, but hethinks one area that couldhave been cut more wasdefense spending and the warsin Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Without having our mili-tary budget open and on thetable, we’ll never really be ableto reduce the deficit,” saidPflaum, a School of Arts andSciences senior.
But in his plans to “win thefuture,” Obama pledged to invest in new technologiesand education.
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With massive hits like Glee andAmerican Idol, it’s easy to forgetthat Fox occasionally tries its handat drama. The Chicago Code is anew crime drama about a handfulof good cops trying to stop cor-ruption in — you guessed it —Chicago. The series follows law en-forcement on every rung of theladder, from the rookie cop andyoung detective, to the veteran de-tective and new superintendent.
Jennifer Beals (Flashdance) starsas Teresa Colvin, the city’s first female superintendent. She is
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Scott Disick, Kourtney’s notori-ous boyfriend and “baby daddy,” getsin a heated fight with a stranger be-cause the man attempted to makemoves on Kim upon seeing her sexyand “ar tsy” cover for W Magazine.“I’m so mad right now,” Kim wails.
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Former Friends cast memberMatthew Perry returns to thetelevision world with his new se-ries Mr. Sunshine. Perry stars asBen Donovan, a self-absorbedmanager of a sports venuecalled the Sunshine Center. Atthe arena, the employees hosteverything from sporting eventsto the circus. In the firstepisode, Donovan celebrates his40th birthday, where he starts tore-evaluate his life and usuallack of concern for others.
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apparently the only one willing totake on the city’s corruption and hasto form an unofficial taskforce to doso. Colvin selects her former part-ner Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke,Brotherhood), a typical disagreeable-but-secretly-a-good-guy cop with afuzzy moral code in his social life buta very strict one for justice.
The show makes good use ofChicago almost as a character itself,really allowing the viewer to get afeel for the city. Each main charac-ter has a unique story to tell in aGoodfellas-style voiceover. However,the tone of the pilot was a little hardto grasp — the show constantlymoved back and forth between
light and heavy material. It washard to tell the difference betweenwhich plot points to take seriouslyand which were there for fun.
For this reason, the plot linesare unremarkable. There is avery clear setup for a multi-episode, if not season-long, arcabout the corrupt politician whohas an in with the mob. But, likethe dirty alderman, many charac-ters suffer from the clichés thrustupon them. Perhaps once all ofthe clichés are out of the way, TheChicago Code will be able to showus something real. Until then, itremains as another cop show witha predictable storyline.
“[The magazine] promised I wouldbe covered with ar twork. You cansee the nipples!” Eventually, Kimmakes amends with W, stating that itwas a great opportunity for her andthat she loves the photos.
While Kim accepts her controver-sial photo shoot, big sis Kourtneyfaces Scott’s demons. The season ofKhloe and Kourtney Take Miamiended with Kourtney kicking Scottout of their Miami apartment so hecould face his drinking problem andaccept the responsibilities of father-hood. Drunken and aggressive,Scott’s problems rear their ugly
heads in the New York pilot. SisterKhloe Kardashian comes to Scott’sdefense, despite not being his biggestfan. She assures Kourtney that Scottfought for the right reasons.
Back in New York, Scott has beentr ying to stay sober and supportKourtney and Kim while they opentheir store, Dash NYC. The sistersarrive in their Soho boutique on Nov.3, 2010 and of ficially open it the nextday.
Stay tuned for the next episode,because these famous sisters arebound to take you for a wild ride inthe city that never sleeps.
Additional characters such asDonovan’s zany boss Crystal (Al-lison Janney, West Wing) and herson Roman (Nate Torrence, Stu-dio 60 on the Sunset Strip) addhumor to the show. During theepisode, friends-with-benefitsAlice (Andrea Anders, Better Of fTed) ends a fling with Donovan,contributing to his mid-life crisis.He wonders if being alone in lifeis what he really wants.
It can be risky for a hit sitcomactor to come out with a newshow. After Friends went off theair, fellow alumnus Matt LeBlancpremiered in the spin-off Joey,
which was a flop. But there is po-tential for Perry’s new endeavor— not only is he the star, but heis also a co-creator and producer.
In the pilot, fans of Perry arereminded of his comedic actingskills. He plays his character wellas Ben interacts with his co-work-ers, especially his unpredictableboss. Crazy scenarios in the pilotarise, such as broken heating sys-tems and clowns with axes, whichfurther increase the amusementof the show. Hopefully in the com-ing weeks more will be explainedand the talents of Perry and Jan-ney will be aptly showcased.
to disappear quite yet. Evennow, as I write, I am receiv-ing e-mails from myself inthe future, undoubtedly aresult of me leaving my e-mail logged into a Targumcomputer.
For me, this is a mutualbreakup. One where I ambreaking up with about 20
people — it ends on good terms, but you don’t reallyhave that much to say to each other. However,Targum persists and my name will be sandwichedbetween a predecessor and a successor, and I canonly hope I will be remembered so fondly. So anotherthank you, Targum, for allowing me this opportunityand for teaching me more in the last year than all myprevious, as well. I can only hope that my future willbe as rewarding and filled with such amazing people.
Onto the people:To my spectacular board: I will miss you dearly,
if you couldn’t tell. I don’t think I have ever had somany people I call my friends at any time in my life.You accepted me, and we were able to bond in a wayI never expected. My last request to those of you
who read this is not to forget aboutme on your ways to success — Iwant to know all about it. I willalways be here if anyone of youshould you need anything. All youhave to do is ask.
To the incoming board: some ofyou are old, some of you are new. Youwill all do a fantastic job. I regret thatour time together was short, but I am
excited to read the paper for the rest of your term. To my wife Mary Catherine: We sure had some
times. I would have failed without you. You taughtme so much but also asked for my help. You mademe realize that for everything to work, I had to becompletely honest with you, as you were with me.You know I can’t lie to you. I made you cry, youtaught me a tough lesson. Forever I will miss seeingyou Sunday through Thursday, but it’s your turnnow. Be excellent, I know you will.
I guess that is all I have room to say. Surprisingly,I am not good with words, so I hope everyone whoreads this understands. There is no way to effectivelyconvey how I feel right now. This is not a goodbye col-umn — it’s a see you around. Peace out, Cub Scout.
Neil P. Kypers is a School of Arts and Sciences sen-ior majoring in political science with a minor in phi-losophy. He is The Daily Targum’s outgoing editor-in-chief and will always be remembered for his eyebrows,which his bartender meticulously shaved. He also willnever know who moved his stone, or who the “room”boy is in Rihanna’s classic song. Board 143 tips theirhats off to you, Renegade Cowboy.
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T o all the disappoint-ed readers expect-ing an ode, I offer
my deepest condolences.Upon reflection, I realizedthe only reason I wanted towrite this send-off as an odein iambic pentameter wasdue to denial — denial thatmy last days were approach-ing, a reality I didn’t want to face and I still don’t. Iam writing this now because a columnist fell out,but I am not sure I would be ready to do it tomorrowor a week from now.
The first thing that I need to do is thank the pastboards that pushed the paper independent and theprecedents that allowed me to become editor-in-chief. Undeserving, uneducated in journalism and arésumé better suited for manual labor than for co-CEO, the staff put their faith in me and out of thatfaith a respect and relationship grew. While I sit athome writing — something new for me since Ihaven’t typed anything in my apartment for a while— I cannot help but realize the impact every singlemember of the 142nd Editorial Board made on me.
I came into the office with hairlong enough to put into a ponytail.What everyone must have thoughtof me. A nobody who looks like helives in the wrong decade runningfor EIC — resentment is only natu-ral. I leave now looking nothing likethe above mug of me with my“politician” hair. Every day was alesson in life, and I was the student.I had the most to learn, the most to prove and themost to lose. Believe me, there was the momentwhere I thought it was all gone. Yet, despite my lackof judgment, you all stood by me.
It is this that I will miss the most. I will miss myfamily. While I will never forget a single person, aface, a personality, we have come to the inevitabledivergence in the road. We will see each other inpassing, exchange our pleasantries and go about ourday, perhaps all reunite at a “Reunited and It FeelsSo Targum” Facebook party. But today, I still wish Iwas walking into 26 Mine St. and seeing Hansel n’Griddle at people’s desks, story lists being printedand Matt asking if we are doing budget because hewants to do edit. I want to watch our Thursday nightshow and get people coffee from Au Bon Pain. Thething I am going to miss most is being there foreveryone when they needed something.
I guess it is rare for an EIC to say he misses theoffice. Most are worn-out and jaded, ready to be freefrom it all. I was only part of the paper for a year, onefantastic year at the top — I am not ready for it toend. Granted, the sports desk is making sure I havework until the beginning of March, so I don’t have
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I t appears that, for at least one man, World War II isn’t quite overjust yet. Sandor Kepiro, a 96-year-old former Hungarian militaryofficer, has been charged with war crimes from 1942 regarding
the killing of 1,200 Serbian civilians. In response to these charges,Kepiro has stated, “I am innocent and need to be acquitted … I ambedridden and can’t leave my home. I have nothing.” The decision tocharge the man now, almost 70 years later, raises a salient question —that is, should the crimes committed during wartime pursue a personfor the rest of their life? In the interest of the very principle of justice,we have to say yes.
We are not claiming that Kepiro is definitely guilty. His innocence iscertainly up for debate, seeing as we do not have all of the necessaryfacts to come to any semblance of a conclusion regarding whetherKepiro should be convicted. Rather, the point is that, if Kepiro isindeed guilty, he deserves to be punished, regardless of his age or thelarge amount of time that has elapsed since the crimes were commit-ted. In any case — especially one wherein so many innocent peoplelost their lives — justice must be served. There is no doubt about that.
It is difficult to look at a 96-year-old man and demand he be broughtto trial. People are bound to feel the inevitable twinge of sympathywhen the accused is so near the end of his life. One almost wants to for-get the charges and let him be. Yet doing so would be an injustice, evenif that truth is hard to swallow for some — and it understandably is.
It does not matter that nearly 70 years have passed since the slaugh-ter in question occurred. The window of opportunity to serve justice toatrocities never closes. The crimes may seem distant now, but, on thescale of human history, they are actually fairly recent. Even if thesecrimes were committed over a century ago, people would be required toseize the opportunity to correct the wrongs in whatever way they could.Pain can resonate through seemingly indefinite spans of time, and whilebringing Kepiro to justice — that is, if he is guilty — may not make upentirely for the loss of 1,200 lives, it certainly mitigates some of the hurt
Work for justice,disregard time frame
W hile it may not be the most scholarly point of reference,Disney-Pixar’s “Wall-E” is notable for being an adorablechildren’s movie, which paints a morbid picture of humani-
ty’s future at the hands of artificial intelligence. It is possible to dismissthe film as nothing more than cute and funny, with some dark adultovertones, but it is not the first movie to posit a bleak vision of a futurewherein machines rule the day. Should we be taking heed of thesewarnings? This is where I.B.M.’s Watson comes in. Watson is a super-computer, which has thus far done a pretty good job competing on“Jeopardy,” beating out Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter — the two mostsuccessful “Jeopardy” competitors to date. Some people have taken arather alarmist approach to Watson, heralding him as mankind’s deathknell and a sure sign of the fast-approaching age of machines. Othershave decided the machine is nothing more than the next step in com-puter progress, more of an aide to human beings than an adversary.Whatever the opinion, Watson is a pretty big deal — one that will havesome serious repercussions for the future of man’s relationship withtechnology. We may not have to fear an apocalyptic, “Terminator”-stylescenario, but we should proceed with caution nonetheless.
In Richard Powers’ Feb. 5 Op-Ed for the New York Times,entitled“What is Artificial Intelligence?”, the author likens Watson to anincredibly powerful search engine — essentially, a glorified Google. Asof now, that is really all that Watson is — a machine with the ability tocomb through incredible amounts of data in order to successfullyanswer a posed query. But one needs to consider the possible reper-cussions of such advanced technology. What does it mean when com-puters start thinking much, much faster than humans? What does itmean when those computers start understanding the subtler nuancesof language — something no search engine has done just yet?
What it means is that human beings now have a machine that mayend up laying the groundwork for some tremendously useful instru-ments. But we should not wait to see what happens before consideringhow we should deal with artificial intelligence in the legislative realm.While Watson may be yet another stage of the human race’s perpetualmarch to new heights, we cannot forget that many terrible things havecome out of technological advancement in the past — nuclear weapon-ry, for one. In the wrong hands, advanced technology has the potentialto pose severe danger. So we may not end up battling robot overlordsany time soon — if at all — but we have to remember that innovationcan often be a double-edged sword.
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known for its diversity of educa-tional backgrounds, religions,race and so many other traitsthat put our fair and hallowedplace among the top places tolearn in the country. As stu-dents, we have come together inso many recent events — 9/11,the tragic passing of TylerClementi and the unfortunateinjury of Eric LeGrand. Quotingthe “Eric LeGrand BelieveFund’s” slogan, we have to“believe” in ourselves as people,as students, as Scarlet Knights.
The diversity and backgroundof the University does matterwhen describing both Hillel andBAKA because the debate
affects not only how unbiasedstudents see religious organiza-tions but also how the aforemen-tioned groups represent them-selves on campus. If both stu-dent activist groups are going tobe debating publicly — in such aforum as the Targum — thegroups should get together anddescribe the unprejudiced factsthat are common knowledge tothe student population ratherthan flinging religious and politi-cal epithets at each other whichcan emotionally and physicallyoffend all parties involved.
Both organizations know theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict hascaused some recent uproar at the
University, but knowing the truefacts of the conflict does matter tous who are affected at home.With this being said, our strongpolitical and religious beliefsshould not get in the way of usknowing the correct information.Clouded conservative and liberalviewpoints have detracted bothgroups’ mission to fight for peaceand justice while on campus.
The key word for both organi-zations is peace. Both organiza-tions want a peaceful resolutionto the Middle Eastern conflict.Although they have dif ferentstrategies and tactics to proposea pledge for harmony, bothBAKA and Hillel have the same
goal and that is the importanttenet in this debate.
Both organizations should con-sider that unaffected students wanta resolution to this conflict as muchas they do, but they have to realizethat students are getting sick ofconstantly hearing about this nega-tive debate. All we, the studentbody, want is for both organizationsto give peace a chance.
Scott Sincoff is a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences sophomore majoring injournalism and media studies andenvironmental policy, institutionsand behaviors with a minor in pro-fessional youth work.
members — faculty, staff andgraduate employees — use thebus service every year. This is animportant issue to students andworking people in our communi-ties because unionized bus driverswill be replaced by lower-paid driv-ers with no job security or bene-fits, no chance to speak out onhealth and safety concerns orreport problems without retalia-tion. This is an important issue forstudent fee-payers because a law-suit charging University execu-tives with rigging the bid to favorthe new vendor raises questions ofethics and indicates that theremay not be any savings for theUniversity from the new contract.In light of a recent report issuedby the New Jersey State
Comptroller, we should all ques-tion the process by which this bidwas awarded. In his report,Comptroller Matthew Boxer citednumerous instances when the
University did not follow common-ly accepted practices of competi-tive bidding and questioned howmany millions have been wastedthrough the process by which theUniversity awards these lucrative
contracts. We should all wonderwhether this lack of competitivebidding is a partial reason for ris-ing tuition and skyrocketing student fees.
Academy Bus itself experi-enced a significant learning curvewhen it assumed the contract 10years ago. Those of us who werehere at the time remember thatthe drivers were inexperienced,buses were scruffy and break-downs did not always receive aspeedy response. Over the years,we have seen significant improve-ment. The drivers joined a union,increased their earnings andsecurity and were able to obtainthe training they needed.
Are we going back down to thebottom of the slope again? When
the University can bus its donorsto Newark for a fundraiser and flyhead football coach Greg Schianoon his recruiting rounds in a heli-copter, shouldn’t we have busdrivers with a living wage, jobsecurity and protection whenthey report hazards?
AFT-Rutgers joins our studentallies and our colleagues in the NewJersey AFL-CIO in calling on theUniversity to restart the biddingprocess for campus bus service.
Lucye Millerand is president of the Union of RutgersA d m i n i s t r a t o r s - A m e r i c a nFederation of Teachers Local1766. University ProfessorAdrienne Eaton is president of AAUP-AFT.
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A fter reading about thedisputes betweenRutgers Hillel and
BAKA: Students United forMiddle Eastern Justice in TheDaily Targum over the past fewweeks, I propose the followingquestion: Instead of arguingabout the faults of each group’smission and actions, why can’tthe groups come together andtry to make a peaceful resolutionon campus?
We are all students at theUniversity. This campus is
SCOTT SINCOFF
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Choose discussion over senseless argumentation
A cademy Bus, the vendor which has pro-vided the New
Brunswick/Piscatway campuseswith bus service for the last 10years, will be replaced next yearby another outside vendor FirstTransit of Aberdeen, Scotland,United Kingdom, if UniversityPresident Richard L. McCormickand others in the Universityadministration are allowed tocontinue their race to the bottom.
This is an important issue toAmerican Federation of Teachers-Rutgers because thousands of our
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Junior guard April Sykes leads Rutgers with 13.3 points per gamethis season but scored just seven points against Notre Dame.
3-point land while holding bothsquads under 32 percent shoot-ing overall.
But against the No. 8 team inthe nation, Stringer’s muchharped-upon defensive effort wasin opposite form.
Rutgers allowed Notre Dameto shoot 51.9 percent from thefield, and even more disconcert-ing was the Irish’s 55.6 shootingclip from 3-point range.
After leaving the Joyce Centeron Saturday with their fourthconference lost, the Knights nowface a quick turnaround andmust get back to their defensiveways while also trying to avoidtheir third losing streak of atleast two games.
And not only do the Knightshave to get past the Blue Demons— one of the top teams in the BigEast, as well as the nation — theyalso have to hurdle DePaul’s 16-game home unbeaten streak.
All three of DePaul’s lossesthis season came away fromMcGrath Arena, and unlike aRutgers squad lacking a consis-
tent offensive threat, the BlueDemons boast junior forwardKeisha Hampton.
Hampton averages 15.4points per game to lead theteam and does much of herdamage from the foul line. ThePhiladelphia native went to thecharity stripe 125 times this sea-son –– good for third in the BigEast –– and shoots 75.2 percentwhen she gets there.
But Hampton also poses aperimeter threat and is secondon the team in made 3-pointersand first in attempts.
With a win tonight, DePaulwould tie No. 8 Notre Dame forsecond in the conference,while a win for Rutgers wouldbring the Knights into a tie forfourth place.
On the other hand, a BlueDemons loss drops them tothird, while Stringer and Co.would fall back to eighth placein the Big East to drop their sec-ond straight.
There is no questioning thesignificance of tonight’s game,both in terms of Big East andNCAA Tournament seeding.
But there remains one loom-ing question for the Knights:Who will be the player to leadRutgers offensively?
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adjustments will help the team per-form at its optimal level in Louisville.
“We have tapered downyardage and weight room workin an effort to get the womenrested,” Spiniello said. “Theresponse to the extra rest hasbeen excellent.”
The Knights send nearly their entire squad to theChampionships, as 15 of the 18women on the team beat the con-ference’s set qualifying times.
While Rutgers sends down alarge number of competitors,there will not be much experience heading to theBluegrass State.
The Knights boast a lineupfilled with underclassmen, butthe coaching staff does not seethat as an obstacle standing inthe way of its goals.
“We have a young team onpaper, but these women are readyto perform at their best,”Spiniello said. “I’m just going toremind them what we’ve beentraining for all year and thatthey’re ready for this.”
The Big East Championshipsmark the end of the season forthe swimmers unless they canpost times fast enough to qualify for the NCAAChampionships. The divers willstill compete in the Zone DivingChampionships, another post-season meet.
But it is the Big East thathas been the carrot at the endof the stick all season, and it isthe Big East that will defineSpiniello’s first year as headcoach of this team.
“We will categorize the meetas a success if we see improvedtimes and people finish in the top16,” Spiniello said. “We want peo-ple in the top 16 and top eight.”
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Sophomore Jenna Zito scored a career-high 9.775 on the beam this weekend to win the event against SUNY Cortland. Zitostruggled in the event in recent weeks but helped Rutgers to its best score since 2004 with the event win.
“We had really goodmomentum as a team and wehad a lot of really great rou-tines — that was really help-ful,” she said. “My teammateswere doing their part and I justhad to do mine.”
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Chollet-Norton said it was out-standing to see Zito pull off herroutine despite her struggles.
“We don’t like to pull peoplebecause they are falling, so we gave her another opportuni-ty and she did a great job,” she said.
The momentum built aftereach routine and it was the com-bined effort by the team that pro-pelled it to the top, Chollet-Norton said.
“It wasn’t just one star,” shesaid. “Yes, [Leal-Restrepo] didgreat, but her 9.900 on floorwouldn’t have broken the floor[exercise record] unless [theteam] hit the other events likethey did.”
In her final season withRutgers after announcing her retirement, Chollet-Nortonsaid the team is working hard to end her career on a high note.
“We got it together at theright time,” she said. “The nextmeets are tough meets. We aregoing in with confidence.”
Heinbaugh said she is alsohappy to see the hard workfrom the past three years reflectin the scores.
“It’s good to know [Chollet-Norton] is leaving on such ahigh note,” she said. “It’s reallycool to be a senior and be onsuch a good team.”
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WITH MIKE TEEL
Returning to Piscataway for “the miracle oftwo minutes,” Rutgers football’s all-time leading
passer spoke with the media about his nextmove, Knights in the NFL and Don Bosco ...
Question: What are you up to?Mike Teel: I’m throwing, staying ready and hope-fully the [collective bargaining agreement] kindof sorts itself out because from the people thatI’ve talked to, that’s kind of been the reason fornot signing. Not necessarily myself, but moreoften than not, that’s why there’s a lot of freeagents that haven’t signed yet. Once that kind ofworks itself out, hopefully I’ll kind of have anidea one way or another whether I’ll have anoth-er opportunity.
Q: Are there any teams in particular showing interest?MT: I think of the teams that run offenses that I’vekind of been a part of before. That’s a lot of theleague. The Cardinals, with the terminology theyuse, with [former Rutgers offensive coordinatorJohn McNulty] out there, the Eagles and the stuffthat they do and the kind of stuff that I’m familiarwith. I really don’t have any say in the matter. Myagent has talked to some teams — I know Miamiand Jacksonville — but in the end, it’s not reallymy decision, and that’s the tough part for me.
Q: Do you find it tough not being out there throwingpasses to Tiquan Underwood or having DevinMcCourty try to pick you off?MT: A little bit. I don’t mind not having Devin try topick me off. I miss throwing to those guys. It’sfunny. We were talking about two years ago when[Underwood] came out to Seattle, and I was watch-ing him running around playing my team, and itwas just weird not having him on our side.
Q: Did you think Devin was going to be this good?MT: He was always really talented, but the kind ofthing that separated him was his knowledge of thegame and what he brought to the table from thatstandpoint. As you get better physically, a lot ofguys, for whatever reason, don’t get as good in themental part of the game. They kind of level out ortake a longer time developmentally, and that’s whya lot of young guys don’t play early in the NFL.When you have a guy like him who can take thephysical part to another level and also the mentalpart, it makes it that much easier to use and obvi-ously you have success.
Q: What’s it like having Bosco kids back in Piscataway?MT: It’s going to be a lot easier for me to be aRutgers fan. Not that I wasn’t a huge one before,obviously. But it’s nice to have some home guysand some really good players. I’m excited aboutthem getting down here and getting ready toplay here.
Q: Gary Nova has said you helped bring him here alittle bit. What is your relationship with him like?MT: We’re friends, and I think that was the biggestthing when he was being recruited. I was a friendto him. I didn’t tell him he should go to Rutgers. Itold him all of the good and all of the bad. I toldhim both sides of the story. I said, ‘Listen, it’s notgoing to be easy no matter where you go, but ifyou can an opportunity to stay home and play infront of your friends and family, it’s somethingspecial, and I’m really glad I got to do it.’ When Isaid that he kind of got that sense, and it workedout for the better.
THE DAILY TARGUM’S Knights draw in scrimmage at No. 9BY VINNIE MANCUSO
STAFF WRITER
After a long offseason, theRutgers men’s lacrosse teamreturned to action on Saturday
when theyt r a v e l e d
to Hempstead, N.Y., to competein a pair of preseason scrim-mages at Hofstra.
And like any season-opener,the squad was anxious to finallyface off against a team wearing adifferent color.
“It was good to get out andplay against other people, not bebeating up on each other for achange,” said senior defensemanBrian Shemesh. “It was good tosee how our offense and ourdefense would work togetheragainst another team.”
The Scarlet Knights, hopingto improve on last year’s 6-8campaign, showed great prom-ise, downing Pennsylvania, 6-4,and tying the host Pride at fivegoals apiece. Hofstra of feredRutgers with a challenge, asthey are ranked No. 9 in thenation’s preseason poll.
“When you go against a teamlike Hofstra, who is ranked pre-season No. 9 with a lot of well-established players, it’s alwaysa good test,” Shemesh said. “Ithink that the fact that the olderguys were able to lead and theyoung guys were able to holdtheir own and play their rolespretty well shows the teamchemistry we’ve been buildingthis year.”
And for this year’s squad,team chemistry is key. Headcoach Jim Stagnitta saw his teamplay against Penn and Hofstra,more balanced across the fieldthan in past years.
“On the attack we’re a littlebetter there, a little slicker,”Stagnitta said. “And defensively
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Senior captain Brian Shemesh saw room for improvement withhis team’s defense in scrimmages against Penn and Hofstra.
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as a whole, I thought we did areally nice job.”
The attack unit, in particularsophomore Duncan Clancy andredshirt freshman ScottKlimchak, was the catalyst thatpropelled the Knights to a tiescore with a ranked opponent.
“Those two kids — I wasimpressed by what I saw fromthem,” Stagnitta said. “They wereable to create opportunities. Theywere able to make things happen.”
Still, a Rutgers team plagued bymissed opportunities and rushedshots last year had moments whenit returned to its old form.
“Honestly, we out-shot both theteams we played against, particu-larly against Hofstra,” Stagnittasaid. “We just have to be a littlemore patient and finish our shots.”
As a leader of the team,Shemesh was also not contentwith the Knights’ performance.
“Obviously, there’s a lot ofthings we need to clean up,” thecaptain said. “We’re far away fromthe team we’d like to be, butwe’re certainly on our way.”
And despite the work that stillneeds to be done, Stagnitta ishopeful about the team’s season,which opens Friday at homeagainst Wagner, based on its pre-season performances.
“The thing I like the most isthat we got on a bus, drove twohours, warmed up for a half hourand played a scrimmage against ateam that’s considered one of thetop 10 teams in the country,”Stagnitta said. “And we more thanheld our own.”
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RU sets recordscores despitelate changes
BY NEIL P. KYPERSSENIOR STAFF WRITER
Although an injury forced a last-minutechange to the routines, the Rutgers gymnasticsteam turned a dual meet against Cortland into a
record-setting event.The Scarlet
Knights recorded acombined teamscore of 193.525 atSaturday’s meet at
Corey Gymnasium in New York — the high-est score since a 2004 quad meet.
An injury kept freshman Alyssa Straubout of the competition and prompted somelate changes to the routine.
“[The score] is just a testament to thegirls and the depth that we have,” said headcoach Chrystal Chollet-Norton. “We canswitch like that and not lose a step.”
Behind freshman Luisa Leal-Restrepo’srecord-tying performance of 9.875 on vault,the Knights combined to score 48.825, break-ing the previous school record.
A member of the Columbian nationalteam, Leal-Restrepo also placed first in bars,floor exercise and all-around to help Rutgersto its victory.
Leal-Restrepo and sophomore Jenna Zitotook the top two all-around spots, settingcareer high scores with 39.175 and 38.725,respectively.
The team showed marked improve-ment in its beam performance, hittingfive out of six routines, said senior Leigh Heinbaugh.
“We have been working on our confi-dence a lot in the gym and we go out thereand we are not tentative because we areconfident in our skills,” Heinbaugh said.
The confidence could be seen in Zito, whotook the event with a career-best of 9.775.
Zito, a Rockaway, N.J., native, struggledon beam in her past few meets and saidfinally hitting the routine was a muchneeded boost.
Knights turnto ‘D’ to stopslide vs. No. 14
BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZACTING ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C.Vivian Stringer watched her team play smoth-ering defense in consecutive home games a
week ago to gener-ate back-to-backconference victories.
With the ScarletKnights venturingto Chicago to takeon No. 14 DePaul
tonight, the Hall of Fame coach hopes herteam gets back to her brand of defense toavoid two straight road defeats.
While the Knights boast three double-digit scorers in juniors April Sykes andKhadijah Rushdan, and sophomore centerMonique Oliver, none of the three playersprovided a consistent offensive spark.
Rutgers got a taste of No. 8 Notre Dame’splaymaking guard, Skylar Diggins, its lasttime out, when the sophomore dropped 20points on Stringer’s defense.
The Knights also faced off with arguablythe best player in the country in No. 2Connecticut’s senior sensation Maya Moore,who scored 17 points on an off night at theLouis Brown Athletic Center.
But for the Knights, the question of whotheir go-to scorer remains.
With the team’s playmaker never clearlydefined, playing stifling defense –– whetherit be in the half-court zone or 55-press –– isrequired to win games.
Historically, Rutgers does most of its dam-age when it plays tough defense. And forproof, look no further than 11 Knights’efforts this season.
That is how many games the Knights heldtheir opponents under 30 percent shootingfrom beyond the arc, with the most recentsuccessful efforts coming in wins overPittsburgh and Syracuse.
The Knights held the Panthers andOrange to 15.2 percent combined from
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Junior guard Khadijah Rushdan entered the season as the most experienced player on the Knights roster and has at least eight assists in each of the past three games.
Rutgers hopes divers springstrong showing at Big East
BY MATT CANVISSERSTAFF WRITER
The Rutgers swimming and diving team worked all season long toward onegoal: a strong showing at the Big
East Championships.The swimming
competition does not begin untilWednesday, but the Championships offi-cially began on the diving side last Fridayin Louisville, Ky.
Senior captain Jen Betz and Co. startedthe meet of f with a bang for the Scarlet Knights.
“The divers set the tone for the team and what we are capable of in these Championships,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “They got the ball rolling and it is [the swimming team’s] job to keep it rolling on Wednesday.”
Betz dominated the 3-meter diving eventall season long for the Knights and her suc-cess continued in Louisville.
She ranked fourth with a score of296.45 after the trials, but she increasedher score to 316.40 in the finals, which puther on the podium.
Just a season after placing 21st in theevent, Betz showed marked improvement totake bronze in her final campaign.
Freshman Nicole Scott also had a strongshowing in the 3-meter, qualifying in 10thwith a 246.60 score before bumping herselfup to ninth in the finals with a 283.70.
Scott’s impressive performance in herrookie season bodes well for the future ofthe diving team, which loses Betz after the season.
The Knights received another major con-tribution from a young diver on Saturday,when sophomore Katie Kearney placed sixthin the 1-meter dive.
Kearney posted a 257.25, whichgrabbed the No. 6 slot out of 34 divers.The Knights managed to post two diversin the top 10, as Betz added a score of267.20 to land in the 10th spot. Scott fol-lowed closely behind with a 233.10 markgood for 13th.
Tomorrow offers the swimming team itsfirst opportunity to continue the success oftheir diving counterparts.
Spiniello altered the team’s training forthe past few weeks and believes the
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Senior Jen Betz improved upon last season’s 21st-place finish in the 3-meter diveto reach the podium and earn a bronze medal at the Big East Championships.
