junior. “We’re making partnerships to form a nice bond at Rutgers. It’s not a debate — it’s a dialogue.” The panelists at the event, co-spon- sored by Ratio Christi and Rutgers Hillel, each had 20 minutes to present their understanding of their faith’s concept of God. “We all believe some of the same things about God,” said David Wood, panelist and Society of Christian Philosophers member. “He’s perfectly good, perfect in knowledge and holy.” The idea of God living on earth through Jesus Christ is the biggest point of departure from other reli- gion’s concepts of God, Wood said. “According to the Bible and the Quran … God is the final judge,” he said. “[But Christianity says] Jesus is the one who decides who goes to heaven and who faces judgment.” Wood said Jesus spoke of things in the New Testament that God would say, so Christians believe Jesus is God because he would not bring someone back from the dead who claimed to be God but is not. “God would not resurrect a blas- phemer … so we believe Jesus is God,” he said. 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In his Jan. 24 State of the Union address, Obama put forward a financial plan that is projected to ease college tuition costs though lowering interest rates on student loans, creating incentives for institutions that “hold down” their tuition rates and improving col- lege choice data through a nationwide “College Scorecard.” “When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college,” Obama said in the State of the Union address. “At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.” Jean McDonald-Rash, University director of Financial Aid, said student involvement could help Obama’s plan gain momentum at the University. “It’s always a positive thing when students get involved in what is happening in their lives, especially when it concerns their debt,” McDonald-Rash said. “Them staying involved and voicing their opinion on these issues is very important and will help steer the discussion.” Ethan Winnegrad, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said higher education should be an affordable option for all. “Tuition across the board in every school in America is too high,” Winnegrad said. “I don’t think it should ever cost $30,000 to go to school. I think higher education should be something all fam- ilies should be able to afford.” McDonald-Rash said the idea of receiving government assistance can sound beneficial, but people will question the distribution of money. “The struggle is always if you’re putting the money here, then it’s not going somewhere else,” she said. “That’s going to be, I think, the biggest conversation they’ll have on Capitol Hill.” Increasing student aid alone will not provide enough assistance to students, Obama said. State budgets need to make higher edu- cation a top priority. “Let me put colleges and universities on notice,” Obama said. “If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from tax- payers will go down.” Elliott Krause, a University graduate student, said he believes the University should change its distribution methods of money if it wants to adapt to the policy. “There has to be stability for people who are facilitating the wages, but they also can’t increase tuition every semester,” Krause said. SEE OBAMA ON PAGE 5 Representatives from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths share beliefs on differences of God in their respective religions last night at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. JULIAN CHOKKATTU Interfaith panel discusses idea of God BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR A Christian, a Jew and a Muslim came together last night to discuss their faith’s different concepts of God. The Muslim Student Association sponsored the first of five panel dis- cussions, led by a representative of each faith, to promote understanding among University students, said Aisha Faruqi, head of MSA’s educa- tion outreach. “We’re presenting all the informa- tion about each religion to students,” said Faruqi, a School of Engineering Building Block Award honors U. NRHH chapter BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR The Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls recognized growing volunteer efforts on campus this past weekend when it awarded the Scarlet Knights Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary the regional Building Block Award. The NRHH Building Block Award is given to a chapter in the Central Atlantic region — which includes universities in Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. — that has improved and developed the most in one year, said Megan Schuster, Scarlet Knights Chapter president. The award is a 30-page document that displays recognition development, social and leadership projects, community serv- ice, communication and support improve- ment on local, regional, and national lev- els, and overall growth, she said. Although there was no monetary prize, Schuster said the real reward was recognizing all the effort that went into building the University’s chapter. The Scarlet Knights chapter was found- ed in spring 2009 by members of the Residence Hall Association, with 66 mem- bers and 11 honorary members who are not undergraduate members but support the chapter, said Schuster, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Our chapter has gone from having three executive board members and a few active general members to a full executive board with many active members,” she said. “We have put on programs that pro- mote all four of our pillars [that] have been involved on regional and national levels, and continue to grow.” NRHH deals with four pillars: leadership, scholarship, service and recog- nition, said Josh Epstein, vice president of Recognition. “I am so proud of … how much we have accomplished in three short years. Whether it be recognizing the dining hall SEE CHAPTER ON PAGE 5 President Barack Obama announced his plans last week to make education affordable during his State of the Union address. GETTY IMAGES SEE GOD ON PAGE 5 Kyle Flood became the 29th head football coach of Rutgers yesterday, when Athletic Director Tim Pernetti announced his hire at a press conference at the Hale Center.
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junior. “We’re making partnerships toform a nice bond at Rutgers. It’s not adebate — it’s a dialogue.”
The panelists at the event, co-spon-sored by Ratio Christi and RutgersHillel, each had 20 minutes to presenttheir understanding of their faith’sconcept of God.
“We all believe some of the samethings about God,” said David Wood,panelist and Society of ChristianPhilosophers member. “He’s perfectlygood, perfect in knowledge and holy.”
The idea of God living on earththrough Jesus Christ is the biggestpoint of departure from other reli-gion’s concepts of God, Wood said.
“According to the Bible and theQuran … God is the final judge,” hesaid. “[But Christianity says] Jesus isthe one who decides who goes toheaven and who faces judgment.”
Wood said Jesus spoke of thingsin the New Testament that Godwould say, so Christians believeJesus is God because he would not bring someone back from thedead who claimed to be God but is not.
“God would not resurrect a blas-phemer … so we believe Jesus is God,”he said.
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Obama challengesinstitutions to makecollege affordable
BY LISA BERKMANSTAFF WRITER
President Barack Obama is turning to colleges and universitiesto create affordable college options through the “CollegeScorecard” and student aid reform.
In his Jan. 24 State of the Union address, Obama put forward afinancial plan that is projected to ease college tuition costs thoughlowering interest rates on student loans, creating incentives forinstitutions that “hold down” their tuition rates and improving col-lege choice data through a nationwide “College Scorecard.”
“When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be thecost of college,” Obama said in the State of the Union address. “Ata time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit carddebt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loansfrom doubling in July.”
Jean McDonald-Rash, University director of Financial Aid, saidstudent involvement could help Obama’s plan gain momentum atthe University.
“It’s always a positive thing when students get involved in what ishappening in their lives, especially when it concerns their debt,”McDonald-Rash said. “Them staying involved and voicing their opinionon these issues is very important and will help steer the discussion.”
Ethan Winnegrad, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, saidhigher education should be an affordable option for all.
“Tuition across the board in every school in America is toohigh,” Winnegrad said. “I don’t think it should ever cost $30,000 togo to school. I think higher education should be something all fam-ilies should be able to afford.”
McDonald-Rash said the idea of receiving government assistancecan sound beneficial, but people will question the distribution of money.
“The struggle is always if you’re putting the money here, thenit’s not going somewhere else,” she said. “That’s going to be, Ithink, the biggest conversation they’ll have on Capitol Hill.”
Increasing student aid alone will not provide enough assistanceto students, Obama said. State budgets need to make higher edu-cation a top priority.
“Let me put colleges and universities on notice,” Obama said. “Ifyou can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from tax-payers will go down.”
Elliott Krause, a University graduate student, said he believesthe University should change its distribution methods of money if itwants to adapt to the policy.
“There has to be stability for people who are facilitating the wages, butthey also can’t increase tuition every semester,” Krause said.
SEE OBAMA ON PAGE 5
Representatives from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths share beliefs on differences of God in their respectivereligions last night at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus.
JULIAN CHOKKATTU
Interfaith panel discusses idea of GodBY AMY ROWE
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
A Christian, a Jew and a Muslimcame together last night to discusstheir faith’s dif ferent concepts of God.
The Muslim Student Associationsponsored the first of five panel dis-cussions, led by a representative ofeach faith, to promote understandingamong University students, saidAisha Faruqi, head of MSA’s educa-tion outreach.
“We’re presenting all the informa-tion about each religion to students,”said Faruqi, a School of Engineering
Building Block Awardhonors U. NRHH chapter
BY ANASTASIA MILLICKERASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Central Atlantic Af filiate of Collegeand University Residence Halls recognizedgrowing volunteer ef for ts on campus this past weekend when it awarded theScarlet Knights Chapter of the NationalResidence Hall Honorar y the regionalBuilding Block Award.
The NRHH Building Block Award is givento a chapter in the Central Atlantic region — which includes universities inDelaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio,Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Washington,D.C. — that has improved and developed themost in one year, said Megan Schuster,Scarlet Knights Chapter president.
The award is a 30-page document thatdisplays recognition development, socialand leadership projects, community serv-ice, communication and support improve-ment on local, regional, and national lev-els, and overall growth, she said.
Although there was no monetary prize,Schuster said the real reward was recognizing
all the effort that went into building theUniversity’s chapter.
The Scarlet Knights chapter was found-ed in spring 2009 by members of theResidence Hall Association, with 66 mem-bers and 11 honorary members who arenot undergraduate members but supportthe chapter, said Schuster, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.
“Our chapter has gone from havingthree executive board members and a fewactive general members to a full executiveboard with many active members,” shesaid. “We have put on programs that pro-mote all four of our pillars [that] have beeninvolved on regional and national levels,and continue to grow.”
NRHH deals with four pillars: leadership, scholarship, service and recog-nition, said Josh Epstein, vice president ofRecognition.
“I am so proud of … how much we haveaccomplished in three shor t years.Whether it be recognizing the dining hall
SEE CHAPTER ON PAGE 5President Barack Obama announced his plans last week to makeeducation affordable during his State of the Union address.
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Kyle Flood became the 29th head football coach of Rutgers yesterday, when Athletic Director Tim Pernetti announced his hire at a press conference at the Hale Center.
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Amy Siskind, the first femalemanager of a Wall Street firm,shared tips on how women couldovercome gender challenges inthe workplace Monday night dur-ing “A Girlfriend’s Guide toMaking it in the Real World.”
Siskind, the founder of theNew Agenda, a non-profitwomen’s advocacy group, identi-fied economic empowerment asthe central issue for women inthe workplace during the lecturehosted by University CareerServices and the New Agenda.
Siskind said women are put ata disadvantage in the corporateworkplace because there is adecline of women working inhigh-powered positions.
“[They] are being pro-grammed to help people ratherthan make money,” she said.
To make a breakthrough in theworkforce, she said women shouldbe building relationships in thebusiness world through a profes-sional image and reputation that isnot based on appearance alone.
The business world includesbuilding connections throughnetworking and forming a brand,Siskind said.
“[Business] is personal andwomen aren’t trained to reachout to one another or play inteams like men are,” she said.
Women can build their brandsthrough mentorships while keep-ing good relationships withpeers, she said.
Other strategies that can leadto success include having a net-work of people that individualscan rely on. Networking can helpindividuals become a key compo-nent of the workforce as strongeremployees, Siskind said.
She said University studentsshould build their brand throughnetworking and showing peopletheir capabilities after they get a jobthat gives them financial security.
“You should also find some-thing you enjoy doing and findsomeone to pay you to do it,while still providing financialsecurity,” Siskind said.
She said there are somemyths that concern the businessworld that are not true.
“If you look hot, you’ve alreadybeen disqualified from beingtaken seriously,” Siskind said.
1 The Rutgers University Programming Association will hosta movie night at 8 p.m. where they will be playing TwilightSaga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 at the Douglass CampusCenter. Admission is free.
3 Rutgers Theater Company will be presenting “Much AdoAbout Nothing,” at 8 p.m. at the Philip J. Levin Theateron the Douglass Campus. General admission will be $25,$15 for students and $20 for seniors. For more informa-tion, contact Jessica Cogan at (732)-932-7511 or [email protected].
Career Services is having an Internship Career Day thatwill be open to all students and alumni from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the CollegeAvenue campus. There will be a wide range of employersthat will be speaking with students about internships andco-ops in various fields and industries. Bring résumésand dress professionally.
The Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes, theDean of Douglass Residential College and the Center forLatino Arts and Culture is sponsoring a “Money Matters”film screening and a talk with director Ryan Richmond at 8p.m. in Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus Center.“Money Matters” is a coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old biracial girl who tries to navigate faith and sexualityquestions of adolescence.
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7 Student Volunteer Council and Student Life will have aCommunity Service Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at theLivingston Student Center. Students can meet with representatives of local, nonprofit agencies and campus organizations.
8 The Eagleton Institute of Politics will host “Humor andPolitics: How to Write Jokes when the News is Ridiculous”at 7 p.m. at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center.The event will feature guest speaker Elliott Kalan, a writerfor “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” The event is free tostudents, faculty and staff. For more information contactRandi Chmielewski at (732)-932-9384.
Amy Siskind, founder of New Agenda, encourages women to takerisks in the workforce Monday night at the Douglass Campus Center.
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10 “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier will present his documen-tary “Teenage Paparazzo” at 7 p.m. in the Rutgers StudentCenter multipurpose room on the College Avenue campus,sponsored by the Rutgers University ProgrammingAssociation. The film screening will be followed by an artexhibit and discussion with Grenier. Admission is $5 forstudents with an RUID and $10 for guests.
First female Wall Street manager advises women to overcome job disadvantages
She said learning from her mis-takes helped her achieve her goals.
“Keys to my success are hardwork, being dependable and reli-able, comfort with teamwork,unapologetically asking for whatI deserved and taking risks andfailing,” she said. “Failure is suc-cess and, of course, havingmany girlfriends to be there forme along the way.”
Meghan Rich, event coordina-tor and pioneer mentor of theUniversity chapter of New Agendasaid Siskind is a role model thatcould help students understandthe corporate environment from awoman’s standpoint.
“I want students to take awaythat you can go out and conquerin the world regardless of yourgender, your race, your ethnici-ty, your sexual orientation, any-thing. Don’t let that stop you,and go out to do your thing,”said Rich, a School of Arts andSciences senior.
Sylvia Cordero, event co-coor-dinator, said she wants women to
take on challenges they other-wise would not.
“I want young women to knowthat they’re not alone with theirideas and that more like them areout there than they think. I wantwomen to challenge themselvesand try the possibilities,” saidCordero, a career managementspecialist at the University.
Munirah Bishop, an eventattendee, said women have to dealwith different circumstances frommen when they are looking for a job.
“Not all females are offered thesame resources in order to be putinto the position where womencan get the chance to rise eco-nomically,” said Bishop, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences sophomore.
Lindsey Carter, a Universityalumna, said she felt the strate-gies provided to overcome thestruggles for women in the work-force did not include minorities.
“I feel as if Ms. Siskind touchedon a lot of tips that other people haveaccess to, but women and minoritiesdon’t have access to,” Carter said.
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Mitt Romney’s victory in Florida last nightmakes up for his defeat in last week’s primary,further cementing his chances of getting theRepublican presidential nomination, accordingto The Associated Press.
After tallying up more than half of Florida’sprecincts, Romney stood with 47 percent of thevote, while competitor Newt Gingrich received33 percent, according to the AP.
“While we celebrate this victory, we mustnot forget what this election is really about:defeating [President] Barack Obama,” Romneysaid in a Twitter post.
An exit poll of voters revealed that women,less conservative voters and people concernedwith the economy aided Romney’s victory,according to the AP.
Women were especially important to the for-mer Massachusetts governor’s success, with halfof all women polled picking Romney. Only 3 in 10women voted for former House SpeakerGingrich, according to the AP.
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., received 13percent of the votes, while Texas Rep. RonPaul ended up with 7 percent. But neithermade a substantial attempt to win the state.
The Florida primary, which was winner-take-all, granted Romney a total of 50Republican National Convention delegates,according to the AP.
About half of Florida primary voters saidthe most important factor they consideredwhen choosing a candidate was the potentialability to defeat Obama in November.
Other factors, such as experience, moralcharacter and conser vative credentials were considered less important. This wasalso the case in the Iowa, New Hampshireand South Carolina primaries, according tothe AP.
More than 600,000 Floridians placed theirvotes before the polls even opened, a figurethat exceeds those from the primary heldfour years ago.
ROMNEY’S VICTORY IN FLORIDA SEALS GOP CANDIDACY
McDonald-Rash said the billcould make the University a morefavorable option for high schoolseniors who consider tuition rateswhen looking at universities.
“It may assist students whogive up during the applicationprocess to apply and enroll,”McDonald-Rash said. “The great-est impact could be getting stu-dents who don’t feel they havethe means to go to college a wayto plan for that and perhaps par-ticipate in higher education.”
Adriana Kelly, a Mason GrossSchool of the Arts sophomore,
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staf f, bus drivers or theResidence Life and Housingoffices, working with Johnson& Johnson leaders … or serv-ing the New Brunswick community our chapter contin-ues to grow and develop,”Schuster said.
In addition to receiving theBuilding Block Award, the chap-ter has also received multiple “Ofthe Month” awards (OTMs),Schuster said.
OTMs are an NRHH tool torecognize deserving programsand people on campus. Theorganization has also beenawarded letters of suppor tfrom the Residence HallAssociation and ResidenceLife, she said.
Epstein said their continuouswork on campus has set theUniversity’s chapter apart fromother schools.
“We are able to have commit-tees consisting of our generalmembers and one executiveboard member for each pillar.Through these committees, weare truly able to continuouslywork on and accomplish tasksfrom each,” said Epstein, aSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences junior.
Epstein said the ScarletKnights Chapter of NRHH hadtwo major recognition initiativeslast semester.
The Scarlet Knights Chapterparticipated in “Monster Mash”at the Cook/Douglas RecreationCenter on Oct. 28, Epstein said.“Monster Mash” is an alterna-tive to trick-or-treating at theUniversity for children in the area.
“Our NRHH chapter recog-nized all of the participants atthe event for all of their hardwork and dedication,” he said.“To recognize all of them [thegroups involved in the pro-gram] we sent out thank-you
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While Judaism also has a con-cept of God as omnipotent andomniscient, the concept is notfixed, said Heath Watenmaker,Rabbi of Reform OutreachInitiatives at Hillel.
“My understanding of God isalways changing. As a Jew, I onlybelieve in one God,” he said. “It isour nature to grapple and strug-gle with God.”
Even though God is not visibleon earth, Watenmaker said themost immediate, tangible imageof God is in the people who heencounters in his daily life.
“We learn to come togetherand be there for each other as acommunity. We really strive tofind God through religious prac-tices and learn about his laws [inthe Torah],” he said.
Although there are differentlevels of observance in Judaism,from Reform to Orthodox, theyall hold that there is one God whoserves as a moral guide,Watenmaker said.
Islam’s concept of Goddeparts from both Christianityand Judaism, in that the religionis meant for both believers andnon-believers, said panelistMohammed Hannini.
“Islam invites them both tosubmit to God. The ability to thinkwas bestowed upon humans by
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said government assistancewould increase the number ofstudents in the University.
“I think it’ll actually attractmore in-state students,” Kellysaid. “They’re going to have thisadded incentive to attend a stateuniversity. Not only do they havethe lower tuition rate, but theyalso have money coming indirectly from the government.”
McDonald-Rash said thepresident’s policy would releaseinformation about employmentand scholarship rates, whichwould serve as tool for prospec-tive students.
“It would give high school stu-dents a clearer picture of schoolsand what they and their families canand cannot afford, and how muchthey need to borrow,” she said.
Tejinder Jangi, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said hethinks the plan will not resolvethe issue of student loan debtbecause the individual is respon-sible for the money.
“I don’t think you’re solvingthe problem,” he said. “Obviouslyyou want to decrease loans, but ifstudents are still not careful withtheir money you can’t fix theoverall problem.”
Nina Narang, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said thefinancial package would not effec-tively serve in the long term.
“I think that’s only treating asymptom of a larger ill,” she said.“The president’s plan would begreat but if tuition wasn’t thatexpensive in the first place, itwould be better.”
notes to each group, whichwere attached to bundles of lol-lipops shaped as ghosts.”
Epstein said throughout themonth of November and aroundthe week of Thanksgiving, theScarlet Knight Chapter recog-nized all of the campus and stu-dent deans on each campus atthe University.
“Our members got togetherto make personalized and pro-fessional-looking handmadecards thanking each dean forall of their dedication to ourstudents and the Rutgers com-munity,” he said. “Members ofour organization personallydelivered each individual cardto each dean, and they werereally excited to receive therecognition from us.”
Epstein said the major recog-nition initiative for the upcom-ing semester is Residence HallAppreciation Month.
NRHH takes part in this eventevery April and is dedicated torecognizing members of theUniversity who impact our resi-dence halls and community ingeneral, he said.
“We are planning to recog-nize the Rutgers University busdrivers, dining staf f, cleaningstaf f in our residence halls, res-idence life staf f and housingstaf f through thank-you cards,decorating of fices, bakingcakes and making buttons,” hesaid. “Each week in the monthof April will be dedicated to oneof these groups.”
Epstein said as the semesterprogresses, the University’schapter of NRHH will continueto prepare for April and addgroups of people to their list ofthose to recognize.
“We are always working hardon different projects at once, andwe able to accomplish a greatdeal,” he said.
Schuster said because ofthe support the University’schapter received on theregional level, they are evenmore motivated to apply for the National Building Block Award.
Allah,” he said. “The existence ofGod does not belong to science.”
Hannini said human intellectis limited, making it impossible tofully understand God.
“In reality, not being able tounderstand the essence of Godshould strengthen faith,” he said.“Allah is beyond space and time[because] he created space andtime. Whatever you think God is,he is not.”
Aimee Blenner, educationchair of Hillel’s student board,said it is important for differentfaiths to have conversations witheach other on campus.
“Even though Rutgers isdiverse, people don’t always meetothers who are different fromthem,” said Blenner, a School ofArts and Sciences senior. “It’simportant to know more abouteach other and get to know stu-dents from different faiths.”
Faruqi said it was interestingto hear an account of Christianityfrom someone like Wood.
“I’ve talked to many Christiansbefore, I always hear differentthings,” she said. “Because aspeaker is actually presenting it,he’s more knowledgeable abouthow the faith stands.”
Julie Miller, chapter directorfor Ratio Christi, was happy tohear reasons for the beliefs ofother faiths.
“There’s the feeling that allreligions are the same, but as youcan see, they’re all different,” shesaid. “We can all be wrong, butwe can’t all be right.”
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STAFF WRITER
Firefighters from across thestate competed in a cook-off forcharity Monday at the PinesManor in Edison, presentinghomemade dishes to judgesand hundreds of local tasters.
The cook-off was a part of alarger food festival, the secondannual “Cooked and UncorkedFood and Wine Festival,”designed to bring peopletogether for a cultural and char-itable experience, said BeverlyFoster, director of the SaintBarnabas Burn Foundation.
The festival aims to raisemoney for the Saint BarnabasBurn Foundation and the NewJersey State Firefighters’ MutualBenevolent Association — thelargest firefighters union in thestate, said Foster, one of theevent’s organizers.
Each fire department present-ed their meals for a group of offi-cial judges, who then chose thewinner. The public voted in a peo-ple’s choice award, where votesare tallied to determine thecrowd’s favorite dish of the night,Foster said.
The Roselle Fire Departmentwon this year’s cook-off, and theNew Brunswick FireDepartment won the people’schoice award.
Lt. Vinnie Inazo, left, and Cpt. Ray Schaffer were part of theNew Brunswick team that won this year’s People’s Choice Award.
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Along with the 40 restau-rants participating in the event,the enthusiasm from the firedepartments made the cook-of fa highlight for the visiting pub-lic, Foster said.
“Last year we had 10 firedepartments,” she said. “Therewas such an interest in it thatwe had other fire departmentssaying ‘We want to participatetoo,’ so we allowed two more tojoin us.”
Rob Piparo, a firefighterfrom the New Brunswick Fire Depar tment, said the competition is enter tainingbecause of the friendly rival-ries that heat up between thedif ferent departments.
“Firefighters are very com-petitive people, so this is agood competition,” Piparo said.
Participating in the cook-of ffor the second year in a row,the New Brunswick depar t-ment changed parts of theirmeal in an attempt to ensurethe prize they missed the pre-vious year, Piparo said.
“Last year we went prettyhealthy, and this year we decid-ed we weren’t going to be ashealthy,” he said. “We have anice Creole shrimp over ajalapeno cornbread.”
Piparo said part of the cook-of f ’s charm stems from thelack of professional chefs, with
the dif ferent firefighters show-casing recipes that theylearned on their own.
“We have no professionaltraining,” Piparo said. “We arejust firehouse chefs.”
The event’s organizers alsoset up an extra incentive tomotivate the dif ferent depart-ments, Piparo said.
“The first place team gets atrophy that you keep for theyear,” he said. “But this yearthey added a little somethingnew where you can come backnext year and be a judge.”
New Brunswick’s Har vestMoon was among the partici-pating restaurants. MikeDeAngelis, executive chef atHar vest Moon, said the brewery was proud to repre-sent the town for the secondyear in a row.
“We did it last year, as well,”he said. “We are big supportersof New Brunswick’s finest in general.”
DeAngelis, who ser ved acrawfish gumbo to passers-by,said it was the event’s charita-ble goals that attracted thebrewery’s attention.
“We’re just here to volunteerour time to help out a goodcause,” DeAngelis said. “I hopethis thing grows every year.”
Dennis Ives, firefighter forthe Belleville Fire Department,
said his team of cooks, whichcame in second place in theprevious year’s cook-of f, washappy to be a part of an eventthat is able to bring in such abig crowd.
“The turnout is outstanding.It sold out two years in a row,”he said.
Foster said that last year’sfestival raised about $17,000for each charity, a figure that they hope to surpass thistime around.
The money raised this yearis in the process of beingcounted and totals have not yetbeen released.
slowest periods of the year,Blithe said.
“Hub City Carnivale wascreated to give the communitysomething to do and look forward to during the cold win-ter season,” she said. “Wewanted to encourage people todrop the television remote andget out of the house to enjoysome live enter tainmentbecause there is nothing elselike it.”
The festival’s main event,“Family Day” on Presidents’Day, is expected to have a suc-cessful showing in downtownNew Brunswick, with lastyear’s Presidents’ Day eventattracting more than 5,000 peo-ple, Blithe said.
Rob Colvil, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said he
anticipates theevents that will bepresented duringthe remainder ofthe month.
“This is … myfirst time comingto the StateTheatre,” he said.“I have heardgreat thingsabout the carnivaland the eventsthey put on here,so I am extremely
excited,” he said. Blithe said the festival has
always aimed to bring top per-formers to the city of NewBrunswick, with past showsincluding comedians Sinbad andBill Cosby and dance troupessuch as Streb Extreme Actionfrom Brooklyn and the Broadwayshow “STOMP.”
Becca Demcsak, a Rockaway,N.J., resident who attended theCarnivale’s opening perform-ance with her friends, saidunique events such as CharlesRoss’ one-man recreation of“The Lord of the Rings” trilogywill attract crowds from outsideof New Brunswick.
“[I] heard about thisCharles guy and his solo showand it sounds extremely inter-esting,” Demcsak said. “It issomething I have definitelynever seen before.”
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New Brunswick’s StateTheatre kicked of f its sixthannual Hub City Carnivale last weekend, marking thebeginning of a four-week cele-bration that includes a varietyof shows.
Kelly Blithe, director ofPublic Relations at the StateTheatre, said the turnout for its opening weekend is a positive sign for the rest of thewinter festival.
“The carnival is off to a greatstart,” Blithe said. “Over 3,300people have attended the perform-ances so far.”
With the Court Tavern clos-ing and New Brunswick’smusic scene not as lively as itonce was, Blithesaid remainingvenues like theState Theatremust do theirpart to keep thecity’s enter tain-ment going.
“No one canreplace theCour t Tavern,”Blithe said. “Allwe can do is con-tinue to fulfillour mission ofbringing the finest nationaland international ar tists —including music acts — to NewBrunswick and the surround-ing community.”
Blithe said she is confidentthat the festival will satisfy all dif ferent types of patronswith its diverse selection of performances.
“There is something forever yone, whether you likedance, Broadway or rock-‘n’-roll,” she said.
According to the theater’sofficial website, performanceswill range from The Temptationsand The Four Tops, to a one-manrendition of “The Lord of theRings” and a showing of“Midnight in Paris.”
The festival, which will rununtil Feb. 24, aims to bring artand entertainment to the localresidents during one of the
“There is somethingfor everyone,
whether you likedance, Broadway or rock-‘n’-roll”
KELLY BLITHEState Theatre Director of Public Relations
racial marriage, slavery, (whichis even provided for in theBible), segregation, the sub-servience of women, to namejust a few of these ‘traditions.’”
Harris is a Republican whosepartner of 32 years stood next tohim as the governor introducedHarris as a nominee.
Christie, who is Catholic,has said he will veto a bill tolegalize gay marriage, whichboth houses of the Legislatureare considering.
Gay marriage advocate StevenGoldstein, the chairman of
Garden State Equality, haspraised Christie for selectingmore diverse nominees butdeclined to comment on Harris’decision to recuse himself fromgay marriage cases, saying itwould be inappropriate since thegroup supports a case that maysoon come back before the court.
Christie disclosed onMonday that he is aware of afederal civil case involving thefamily of his other SupremeCourt nominee, South Korean-born Phillip Kwon, the court’sfirst foreign-born nominee.
In June, the governmentseized $290,000 in bankaccounts connected to KCPWines & Liquor Corp., of MountVernon, N.Y. — a liquor storeowned by Kwon’s mother andwife. In a civil lawsuit, firstreported by The Star-Ledger ofNewark, the governmentaccused the business of break-ing up cash deposits to avoidincreased government scrutiny.
Specifically, the governmentsaid the business made 222deposits slightly under $10,000— a threshold that triggers
increased scrutiny — betweenApril 2010 to February 2011.Depositing money under thethreshold to avoid detection, aprocess known as “structur-ing,” can be prosecuted crimi-nally and is often seen inmoney-laundering cases. It canalso be handled in civil court,as was done in the Kwons’ case.
Neither Kwon nor his familymembers were accused of crimi-nal wrongdoing.
“It doesn’t involve Phil inthe least,” Christie said of thefederal civil case. “I have com-plete confidence in Phil and his integrity.”
The business settled with thegovernment on the reportingmatter, agreeing to forfeit$160,000 of the $290,000 the gov-ernment seized when it filed thecase in June.
“Ever y dime of bankdeposits came from sales fromthe store and were reported tothe IRS. There was nothing ille-gal or improper about thesource of the deposits. Thetaxes on the store’s sales werefully paid,” said GeorgeStamboulidis, an attorney forthe Kwons.
Stamboulidis said PhillipKwon had no direct ownershipinterest in the store and wasn’tinvolved in the case.
Kwon declined to directlycomment on the case.
The 44-year-old Kwon is afirst assistant state attorney gen-eral who previously worked forChristie at the U.S. attorney’soffice, where Christie activelywent after structuring cases.
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TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. ChrisChristie found himself on thedefense Monday over his twoSupreme Court picks just a weekafter announcing that he wasmoving to diversify New Jersey’sall-white Supreme Court by nom-inating two firsts: an openly gayblack man and an immigrant.
Christie said Bruce Harris,who is gay, told the governor hewould recuse himself from hear-ing any gay marriage casesbecause the nominee, a formerChatum Borough mayor, hasadvocated for the issue.
Years ago, Harris, 61, wrote toseveral state senators asking fortheir support of a same-sex mar-riage bill being heard by theSenate in late 2009. Christie, aRepublican who supports civilunions but opposes calling it mar-riage, said Harris volunteeredthe information about his writing.
“He told me he favoredsame-sex marriage, had advo-cated for it in his politicalcapacity and as a result, if hewere confirmed to the court,would recuse himself from thatmatter because he did not wantthere to be the appearance ofbias,” the governor recalled.
According to a copy of themail, obtained by The Star-Ledger of Newark, Harriswrote: “When I hear someonesay that they believe marriageis only between a man and awoman because that’s the wayit’s always been, I think of themany ‘traditions’ that deprivedpeople of their civil rights forcenturies: prohibitions on inter-
After announcing his nomination for a gay black man and an immigrant for the N.J. Supreme Court, Gov. Chris Christie said Monday his nominee Bruce Harris will be recused from same-sex marriage cases.
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the bills, which addressgovernment donations,targeted left-wing groupssince right-wing groupsreceive the majority oftheir donations from pri-vate groups and persons.Netanyahu’s administra-
tion defends their backing of the bill, as it pre-vents what they see as interference that aims todelegitimize Israel. The bills were spurred afternonprofit groups in Israel assisted the UnitedNations Fact-Finding Mission on the GazaConflict in 2009 — an investigation the Israeligovernment did not par take in. Israel wascharged with war crimes in that report, andNetanyahu seems determined to guarantee thatIsrael is free of any future criticisms or over-sight. Not only is the hope of a two-state solutionwith Palestine threatened by legalizing bias, butthe very core of Israel’s status as a “democracy”
also becomes subject to doubt.The groups Israel hopes to stampout, which are dependent on inter-national assistance, have prettyadmirable goals. Gisha is anIsraeli Legal Center for Freedomof Movement that works towardfree movement for Palestinians inGaza, and Breaking the Silence isa group that monitors abuses byIsraeli troops. Since when wasmaking sure the military is undercontrol and is acting ethically
unpatriotic? When the U.S. prosecutes its sol-diers who misconducted themselves and causedexcessive damage, those war tribunals are typi-cally not considered un-American. Actually, itwas the brutal soldiers who were seen as actingin a way not consistent with advanced militaryprincipals that call for restraint and discretion.
If Netanyahu and other Israelis believe thatincreasing the mobility of Palestinians and keep-ing the military in check “delegitimize” Israel,then the platform of Israel appears to be onewhere the military is above reproach and therights of Palestinians are a bothersome irrele-vance that the Israeli government would prefer to
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“If you look hot, you’ve already been disqualified from being taken seriously.”
Amy Siskind, the first female manager of a Wall Street Firm, on women in the workplace
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S ome may have expected the University’s new football headcoach to come from outside the confines of the local athleticcommunity. After all, the University has been known to spend
lavishly on their football program in recent years and has tried hard tobring both fame and fortune to the field. So it may be a surprise formany to find former head coach Greg Schiano’s replacement comesfrom within. But given the position in which Schiano left the program,former assistant coach Kyle Flood may be the choice that will mostbenefit the University in the wake of Schiano’s departure.
When Schiano left the University’s football program last week, heleft large shoes to fill. The former Scarlet Knights head coach has beencredited, among other things, with dragging a floundering program outfrom the ranks of mediocrity up into a recognizable and respectableposition on the national stage. And when such a legacy is paired withFlood’s, his credentials pale — just a little bit — in comparison.
At the beginning of Schiano’s 11-year career as head coach, Rutgersstagnated as what Athletic Director Tim Pernetti called the “worst pro-gram” in the nation. The department, eventually, was recognized asBig East material, and Schiano ultimately left the University with a 68-67 record. But more significant than his record was the state he left theprogram in, according to Pernetti. “I think what he’s done for Rutgersis really immeasurable,” Pernetti said. Schiano not only revitalized theUniversity’s football program, but for many in the athletic community,he also instilled a sense of pride in University football.
Yet right now, the University’s football program probably does notneed a replacement with a reputation big enough to rival that of Schiano.In fact, when compared to Florida International University’s MarioCristobal, who was originally offered the position of the team’s headcoach, Flood may indeed have been the better choice. Flood is special inthat he — in addition to coming from inside the University community —has himself lent a hand in setting the foundation upon which he andSchiano built the program. Flood began coaching offensive linemen andeventually served as assistant head coach under Schiano. Because of this,fans and team members can confidently call Flood “one of their own.”
Replacing Schiano with someone from outside the department mayhave hindered the momentum left by Schiano. By choosing Flood, fansand high school recruits, who were attracted to the University’s foot-ball program for its name and reputation, can now rest assured thatthis name will be carried forward by someone who himself progressedwith it. Flood may not have been the flashiest choice, and his reputa-tion and notoriety may not be big enough to fill the shoes of his pred-ecessor, but we’re happy to see Schiano’s position filled by someonewho has a record of serious dedication to the University’s program.
I srael likes to presentitself as a bastion ofdemocracy in the
largely stifled MiddleEastern region, and manyin the West have fallenhook, line and sinker forthis pose. While the smallnation may be more viable than its neighbors,Israel should not be put on a pedestal. If any-thing, much about Israel’s current regime isworrisome to true supporters of republicanism.Just this past July, the conservative Likud Partyin Israel’s Parliament, reacting to the nearbyArab Spring, passed a bill that banned “econom-ic, cultural or academic boycotts of … Israel andJewish settlements on the West Bank.” The NewYork Times report on this bill also detailed themonetary fines and lawsuits that would ensuefor any violators. In attempting to silence Israeliswho do not believe the government of IsraeliPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu and the Likud Partyare perfect and that the West Banksettlements are just and humane,Israel comes of f as a sham ofdemocracy that denies basic civilliberties to its own citizens. Thebanning of civil disobedience anddisagreement in general is a trade-mark of oppressive governments.Like the USSR, Israel and its blindallies seem to believe that shuttingout dif ferent opinions is notincompatible with good governance, since thoseopinions happen to be of the “wrong” variety. Inthis case, those who refuse to be head over heelsin love with every decision made by the LikudParty are simply uninformed and incorrect. IfIsrael cannot foster a genuinely democratic spir-it within its own country, what right does it haveto decide the freedom of others?
Continuing their choking of dissenting Israelivoices, 11 Israeli cabinet ministers voted on Nov.13, 2011, to pass two bills that would limit mil-lions of dollars of foreign donations to left-winggroups that “focus on Palestinian rights, civil lib-erties and other causes” (five voted against thebills). The New York Times Jerusalem bureauchief Ethan Bronner explained in his article that
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A s online social media outlets begin to occupy an increasinglygreater position in the lives of individuals around the world, sohave its applications become more varied and diverse.
Perhaps the latest in novel uses of social media sites like Facebook andGoogle+ is the attempt to reach wider audiences by politicians andpublic officials. Many politicians now communicate via Twitter andhold popular Facebook presences, while President Barack Obamaheld the first-ever virtual presidential forum Sunday on Google+.
This increased use of social media by our public officials is somethingthat we can view positively. Social media is so widespread that virtuallyeveryone has an online presence, and the fact that politicians have caughton to this reflects an effort to reach greater demographics of people. Also,in this digital age, the Internet has replaced traditional sources of informa-tion, such as the radio and TV — and is by many standards more effective.
A defining feature of the Internet is that it enables a two-way flow of infor-mation, in which parties can quickly and easily send and receive informa-tion from sources that may otherwise be hard to come by. This interactionbetween parties via email and social media has made information moreaccessible. And nowhere is the accessibility of information more importantthan when it comes to politics. In the past, individuals may have been keptin the dark regarding things like legislation and the backgrounds of presi-dential candidates. But today, the Internet has made this information easyto obtain, and it seems politicians are even more willing to offer it.
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill oncesaid, “All politics is local.” Politicians’ use of social media makes thisstatement truer than ever. The advent of social media helps our publicofficials perform their duties more effectively. With politicians reach-ing out to citizens through the Web, individuals can better informthemselves on topics that matter, increasing the transparency of pub-lic officials. Forums hosted online, like Obama’s virtual town hall, maybecome the nation’s new “fireside chats” for a digital age.
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“While the smallnation may be
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Israel should not be put on a pedestal. ”
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keep, indefinitely, on the backburner. By maneuvering toreduce transparency anddomestic surveillance of its var-ious entities, the Israeli govern-ment looks less like a politicaltriumph and more like a regimedesperate to privilege a few atthe cost of millions of Israelis’and Palestinians’ civil liberties— not to mention lives, if the
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Israel Defense Forces have noone to answer to.
Israel is better than this.Rather than insulating itselfthrough suppressive means,Israel should reassert itself atthe forefront of fairness, opendebate and progress to showthat, yes, democracy is possi-ble in the Middle East.
Sukanya Dutta is a School ofAr ts and Sciences junior majoring in political sciencewith minors in history and Russian literature.
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The Scarlet Knights alsohave a pair of Semper Fi All-Americans committed in four-star of fensive tackle J.J.Denman and four-star middlelinebacker Quanzell Lambert.
But Hamilton is likely the mostready to make an immediate impact.
His 6-foot-4, 245-pound frame isalready imposing, but his techniqueand ability to use his hands are hismost impressive attributes. Helearned them watching his father,Keith, play 12 seasons on the NewYork Giants’ defensive line.
“A lot of myfriends call me‘ T h eT e c h n i c i a n , ’ ”Hamilton said.
Moments afterH a m i l t o nannounced hisdestination, Quicka n n o u n c e dSaddle Brook line-backer SteveLonga wouldremain commit-ted to the Knights.
The three-star recruit wavered in hiscommitment, which he madein May, after Schiano’s depar-ture, but will sign his Letter ofIntent today with Rutgers.
Flood, Athletic DirectorTim Pernetti and the rest ofthe staf f managed to keep theirclass together — only St.Peter’s Prep tight end MichaelGiacone de-committed — andmore announcements tomor-row could go Rutgers’ way.
But the biggest came lastnight, and the reason was simple.
“I’m a Jersey guy,” Hamilton said.
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surprising decision to leave forthe Tampa Bay Buccaneersappeared to put that in jeopardy.
But Hamilton said he neverquestioned where he wanted to be.
“I think in my heart I knewwhere I wanted to be for a longtime,” he said. “Itook other visitsand saw what wasout there, but Iknew where Iw a n t e d to be.”
So instead ofcommitting toSchiano lastnight, he calledFlood before mak-ing his televisiona n n o u n c e m e n t ,sharing the newswith his new head coach.
He also spoke with defen-sive line coach Phil Galianoand defensive backs coach Jef fHafley, who recruits DonBosco for Rutgers.
“All of those guys are ecstat-ic,” Hamilton said. “They’rehappy to have me and I’m happyto be there.”
Hamilton joins fellow DonBosco Prep product LeonteCarroo and is one of three U.S.Army All-Americans in therecruiting class. Carroo, afour-star wide receiver, andfour-star of fensive linemanChris Muller are the others.
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“I think in my heartI knew where I
wanted to be for a long time. I took
other visits and sawwhat was out there.”
DARIUS HAMILTONDon Bosco Prep Lineman
Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood speaks yesterday inhis introductory press conference at the Hale Center.
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last Thursday, when he took overas interim head coach.
“Consistency is the mostimportant thing in any program,”Flood said. “Consistency of rela-tionships in recruiting hasallowed us to advance ourrecruiting every year. The visionof Rutgers football on offense,defense and special teams goesforward as it does today. Nothingstays the same — it gets better.”
Like Schiano, Flood prom-ised championships in thefuture. He spent seven seasonsunder Schiano, serving as hisoffensive line coach and earn-ing assistant head coachresponsibilities in 2008.
He spoke with Schiano, nowhead coach of the Tampa BayBuccaneers, before interviewingSaturday for the position. And hespent countless hours in a chairnext to the 11-year head coach.
But after 19 seasons as anassistant, now is Flood’s time.
“I’m not here to try to be GregSchiano, nor is my personalitythe same as Greg Schiano’s,”Flood said. “Going forward,they’ll see the differences.”
The differences ultimatelypaid dividends for Flood, whoreceived endorsements from sev-eral former players — most inthe NFL — during Pernetti’scoaching search.
He helped produce 2010 first-round pick Anthony Davis, whostarted every game in two sea-sons with the San Francisco49ers. He tutored 10 All-Big EastFirst Team or Second Team
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members. And, unlike Schiano,he served on a national champi-onship-winning coaching staff in2003 at Delaware.
Flood coached the Hofstraoffensive line for five seasonsbefore he earned a shot withDelaware. He also had a two-yearstint at Long Island University-C.W. Post after leaving his almamater, St. Francis.
Battaglia still runs into his andFlood’s former St. Francis team-mates, which he called “to thisday, very tight.” Before becom-ing a four-year letterwinner atIona, Flood’s St. Francis teamswere dominant, Battaglia said.
“It’s one of those schoolswhere it’s under the radar — it’sa city school,” Battaglia said. “Butit has great tradition. You’re get-ting the principle values. Youlook at all these guys in thecoaching field — these are allcharacter guys.”
Flood built close ties withNew Jersey high school coachesbecause of that character. Helured Ryan Brodie, the GardenState’s top lineman recruit, toPiscataway, along withPennsylvania’s J.J. Denman andChris Muller, Rivals.com four-star recruits.
He still continues to prepare,even if it is not as frantic as it wasin a St. Francis mess hall.
“That was a memory I didnot expect to have today,” Floodsaid. “There are some coachesthat envisioned themselvessomeday as head coaches. I fellinto that category. Since I start-ed coaching, I always hoped atsome point I would have anopportunity to be a head coachsomewhere. You never knowwhen that opportunity may ormay not come.”
Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, left, and head coach Kyle Flood share a moment of brevity yesterdayduring Flood’s introductory press conference. Flood spent 19 previous seasons as an assistant.
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Finishing in the top-three placesat a championship meet is an
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in itself. Sweeping all three placescomes as an even taller task.
But the Rutgers men’s trackand field team’s sprinters pulledoff the feat Saturday at theMetropolitan Championships,earning 24 points toward theteam’s winning total.
Senior sprinter Steve Wernerled the charge in the 200-meterdash, finishing in his season-besttime of 22.09.
After earning the win in thesame event at the Naval Academylast weekend, the Newtown Sq.,Pa., native put together his firstback-to-back wins of the season.
It was also the first time theScarlet Knights put togetherback-to-back team titles this season.
Eerily resembling the 200-meter dash from Navy, team-mate Kevin Brown finishedhundredths of a second behind Werner.
After being edged by a thou-sandth of a second at Navy, thejunior from Woodbury, N.J.recorded a time of 22.25, earn-ing the Knights second place inthe sweep.
“I thought I was going to makea move,” Brown said. “But[Werner] made the move first,and he took that to the finish.”
As the teammates pushed tothe finish line, their one-two fin-ish in the first heat set the stagefor sophomore Corey Crawford.
Crawford finished with 22.26,winning his heat and rankingthird overall in the competition.With the Oakland, N.J., native’sthird-place finish, the Knightsearned their coveted one-two-three finish.
“[The sweep] was importantfor the overall team title,”Crawford said. “It was closegoing into the 200, and we tookone, two and three. It was defi-nitely important.”
Crawford was a freshman lastseason when the Knights finishedsecond in the Bronx.
The team fell four points shortof Southern Connecticut for theteam title, as the then-rookieCrawford learned the importanceof every place.
His third-place finish in the200-meter dash completed theKnights’ sweep, but his 10 pointsfrom the win in the long jumpserved as the sophomore’s high-light of the meet.
Jumping a career-best 7.59meters, Crawford out-placedLong Island’s Brian Richards bynine centimeters.
The Indian Hills HighSchool product continues todevelop as a sprinter and ajumper. In each meet this sea-son, Crawford improved in thelong jump. He also added half ameter to his personal best thisindoor season.
Crawford’s time in the 200-meter dash shows improve-ment as well. In only his sec-ond dash of the season, thesophomore recorded hiscareer-best time.
“I had only run one 200 pre-vious of this at the Armory thisseason,” Crawford said. “It wasdefinitely a new experience,but it was definitely goodbecause it was my best 200 ever.”
With two meets before the BigEast Championships, the 200-meter trio looks to improve itstimes and pull off another sweepin the event. In a strong sprintingconference, earning a sweep is atough battle, but head coachMike Mulqueen’s squad is up tothe task.
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Sophomore Hamer Farag runs a middle distance event, but hissprinter teammates shined at the Metropolitan Championships.
Sweep of sprint eventspurs RU’s confidence
A number of on- and off-fieldincentives could enhance Flood’scontract, including $100,000 ifthe Scarlet Knights win the Big East outright.
Pernetti aimed to have a headcoach in place by today, which isNational Signing Day for highschool football recruits. But hevowed he would not rush the process.
“Five days ago when we start-ed this, I thought it was impor-tant to not lock into any dead-line,” Pernetti said. “I was goingto take the time necessary to findthe right person. Fortunately,those two things matched up.”
Flood inherits a job that is notthe same as it was 10 years ago,Pernetti said. The Knights have a
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veteran-laden unit, superior facilitiesand a recent history of success.
The state of the program like-ly played a part in the hiring ofFlood, an in-house candidate.
“The difference now is Rutgers isnot a stop-along-the-way place any-more,” Flood said. “Rutgers is a des-tination, and I think people in thisprogram know that.”
Among those in the program,four players sat in on Flood’s timeat the podium. Flood’s hirecapped a five-day stretch thatresulted in Schiano’s departure tothe Tampa Bay Buccaneers. TheKnights were confused initiallyand searched for answers.
They found a familiar one inFlood, Schiano’s assistant headcoach since 2008.
“Like coach said, our core valueswill stay the same,” said senior tightend D.C. Jefferson. “We still havethe same camaraderie with eachother around here. It’s good to havesomeone within the staff.”
But initial reports put an in-house hire in jeopardy. FloridaInternational’s Mario Cristobal waslikely Rutgers’ next head coach, buthe turned down an offer, The Star-Ledger reported Monday.
“I’m not going to get intodetails of what I discussed withwho,” Pernetti said. “At the end,through all the distractions, Itried to stick to the criteria andfind the right person and feelgood about where it ended up.”
Pernetti’s search 20 monthsago ended with head men’s bas-ketball coach Mike Rice. Pernetticulminated another search withFlood, a 19-year assistant withNew Jersey football connections.
“When given the opportunityto do a job and it’s a job you’rereally excited about, you take thatopportunity without hesitation,”Flood said. “Rutgers football as aprogram is going to go on and dosome great things here. I’m excit-ed to be in charge of it.”
Senior forward April Sykes shot 1-for-9 from the field last nightagainst Notre Dame after a 6-for-15 effort at Georgetown.
T H E D A I L Y T A R G U MS PORTS1 8 F E B R U A R Y 1 , 2 0 1 2
BY JOSH BAKANCORRESPONDENT
Monique Oliver was the onlyupperclassman to retain her start-ing job at tipoff for the Rutgers
w o m e n ’ sbasketballteam lastnight atthe LouisB r o w n
Athletic Center. The junior centerquickly showed why.
Oliver ended the ScarletKnights’ 71-41 blowout loss as abright spot with 17 points, ninerebounds and two blocks.
“I appreciate the fact that[Oliver] was battling,” said headcoach C. Vivian Stringer. “She’s
had these skills, but she’s alwaysdeferred. She grew up today.”
The Las Vegas native openedthe game with 9 quick points andfive rebounds. But in those eightminutes, Oliver also picked uptwo fouls for the No. 13 Knights.
Notre Dame lived off the out-side shot, but when it did not doso, it spent some of those pos-sessions trying to get Oliver offthe court.
“She was playing well.Getting her in foul trouble waswhat we were trying to do,”said junior guard SkylarDiggins, who finished with ateam-leading 18 points.
At that point, it became clearwhy Notre Dame (22-1, 9-0) is theNo. 2 team in the nation. Without
Oliver, a manageable 14-11Rutgers deficit turned into a 40-23score at the half.
Oliver also finished with theKnights’ only 3-pointer, the firstbasket of that variety for the jun-ior since her freshman year, whenshe attempted only one andmissed it.
NOTRE DAME OFTEN USEDa full-court press that Rutgersemploys, and the result often wasfewer blue uniforms toward thebasket the Fighting Irish defended.
That did not mean NotreDame lacked in the rebounding department.
Outside of Oliver, the FightingIrish shut down the rest of theKnights on the boards to finishwith a 52-24 advantage.
The Knights missed fifth-yearsenior guard Khadijah Rushdan’s5.4 rebounds per game, butRutgers suffered beyond that.Senior forward April Sykes’s pre-vious six-rebound-per-game sea-son average deviated with a one-rebound performance.
Many of the rebounds theKnights typically grab went toNotre Dame fifth-year seniorfor ward Devereaux Peters,who finished with 17 boardsand caused matchup problemsfor the Knights.
“She’s long, she’s quick, she’sathletic — she’s a matchup prob-lem,” Stringer said. “We put[Oliver] on her, which puts[freshman forward ChristaEvans] out [of her usual spot],which is not normally where sheshould be.”
Sophomore guard KaylaMcBride also finished with adouble-double for the FightingIrish, pulling in 10 boards.Sophomore for ward NatalieAchonwa took down sevenrebounds of f the bench.
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Oliver battles as lone bright spot
a percentage of 48.9, it could onlyend badly for the Knights.
“We’re a team that has a lotof dif ferent weapons,” saidNotre Dame head coachMuf fet McGraw. “We’re sounselfish that it might be anybody’s game.”
But as many issues as therewere on the defensive end forRutgers, the shooting was alsoto blame.
It mirrored Sunday’s per-formance against Georgetown,especially for leading scorerApril Sykes.
The Starkville, Miss., nativewent 6-for-15 against the Hoyas— most of her field goals camewhen the game was out ofreach — and followed that upwith a 1-for-9 night against theIrish, finishing with two points,her lowest output of the season.
Her performance was far fromthe only problem offensively forthe Knights.
As a team they shot only 16-for-53 from the field and juniorcenter Monique Oliver, theonly player for Rutgers to showsome form of a spark, saw lim-ited time because of early foul trouble.
She paced the Knights with 17points and nine rebounds.
“We missed a lot of shots,”Stringer said. “We missed a lotof layups.”
On the defensive end, Rutgerscould not remain air-tight, andthe Irish eventually found holesand did well to capitalize on mostoffensive opportunities.
Not only did Notre Dame hitmost open shots, but they dom-inated the Knights on theboards in a way they have notseen this year. Until last night,Syracuse’s eight-reboundadvantage was the mostRutgers had been out-rebound-ed this season.
The Irish surpassed thatnumber, totaling 52 rebounds— the most in Big East playthis season for them — com-pared to only 24 by the Knights.
For Notre Dame, thoserebounds turned into points,which created the gap in scoring.
“When we rebound asaggressively as we are, we getmore opportunities,” Digginssaid. “It helps to get everybodystarted quicker.”
Fifth-year senior DevereauxPeters led the way in rebounds,finishing with 17. She alsoscored 10 points, giving herone of two double-doubles inthe game for Notre Dame.
Four players managed dou-ble-figures for the Irish, led byDiggins and sophomore for-ward Natalie Achonwa, whofinished with 15 points.
Rutgers simply could notkeep pace with the rate atwhich Notre Dame scored,especially with the second consecutive subpar shooting performance.
Despite the discouragingsigns and the lack of of fensivefirepower, Stringer remainsconfident the team can still getthe job done later in the season.
“We should not drop ourheads down,” Stringer said. “Wecan pull this thing together theway that we should.”
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KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Junior center Monique Oliver sprinted to nine points and fiveboards early and also converted Rutgers’ only 3-pointer.
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P hiladelphia Philliesmanagement wasoriginally hopeful All-
Star first baseman RyanHoward would be ready forOpening Day.
Howard is still recoveringfrom surger y to repair atorn Achilles’ tendon suf-fered in his final at bat of the2011 season.
Typically the recovery timeis nine to 12 months, whichplaces his return sometimebetween the All-Star break andthe end of the season.
The Phillies front officesays it will be satisfied ifHoward returns in May andthat Opening Day is anextreme stretch.
Leading the race as a fill-in for Howard is veteran TyWigginton, with Jim Thomeand Laynce Nix as other options.
THE TEXAS RANGERSgave manager RonWashington a two-year con-tract extension, signing himthrough the 2014 season.
Washington and theRangers won 96 games lastseason, the highest mark inteam history, en route to asecond consecutive WorldSeries appearance.
Washington led theRangers to an AL West divisiontitle in 2010 on the back of a90-win season.
Texas went on to defeatthe Tampa Bay Rays for itsfirst playoff series win in clubhistory. They also beat theNew York Yankees to securethe club’s first-ever WorldSeries appearance.
THE WASHINGTONWizards sidelined for wardAndray Blatche for three tofive weeks with a strainedleft calf.
Blatche was one of themore controversial players inthe NBA this season.
His reported antics includeputting his name on a strip-club promotion, punchingteammate JaVale McGee andpublicly feuding with formerhead coach Flip Saunders.
He also admitted to beingout of shape, despite being thesecond-highest paid player onthe team.
THREE INJUREDPittsburgh Penguins skatedwith the team for 45 minutesbefore practice.
The most notable wasSidney Crosby, who is stillsuf fering the ef fects of aconcussion and a neck injury.
Pittsburgh’s star center wassidelined on Dec. 5 andappeared in only eight gamesthis season.
Jordan Staal and SimonDespres joined Crosby forthe skating session, butnone of the three are expect-ed to return in the near future.
WORD ON THE STREET
BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers men’s basketballteam has a chance tonight atProvidence to return to .500 in
Big Eastplay forthe thirdt i m e this sea-son.
Eachtime it reached the mark pro-duced the Scarlet Knights’ beststart in the conference since the2003-04 season. But they failedeach time to capitalize afterward.
So head coach Mike Rice mustadjust his approach — again.
“Thinking about that with thisteam, we’ve tried that, and it did-n’t exactly work,” Rice said.“We’re trying to focus on improv-ing every day, not making thesame mistakes and listening —small things. The big picture —doing things that have never beendone before — I don’t know if thatstuff works with this team.”
The Knights (12-10, 4-5) ownwins against Cincinnati, a pro-
gram they boasted little successagainst, and Notre Dame, a teamthey last beat in 2010.
They conquered then-top-10Connecticut, which they had notaccomplished in their past 10tries. Rutgers also outlastedPittsburgh on the road, where vis-iting teams rarely leave feelingself-assured.
The Knights also lay claim to a2-point loss to South Florida and adefeat against Big East cellardweller DePaul.
“Against Florida they didn’tsay a word to each other either,and they came out and playedwith tremendous intensity andpassion,” Rice said. “Right now,that’s what’s interesting aboutthis team. You yell at them —one time it works, one timethey shut down.”
Even in a down year, the BigEast is as difficult a conference tonavigate as any in the nation.With only four teams ranked inthe Top 25 and nine separated bytwo games, it gets even murkierto predict.
But it is also what makes theleague enticing.
“That’s why I came to theBig East. I knew everybody wasbig,” said freshman for wardDerrick Randall, “and I can playagainst them.”
Randall and the Knightsproved it in top-10 wins againstthe Gators and Huskies andeven in a 2-point loss to then-No. 10 Georgetown.
But they also showed the capa-bility for a letdown, evidenced bytheir 11-point lead collapsingagainst the Blue Demons.
They next visit the Dunkin’Donuts Center, where last-placeProvidence (12-10, 1-8) awaitsthem. The Friars have a first-yearhead coach, young players and arecent history of failure.
Rice knows the scenario.“There’s a level of frustration
when you have seven freshmenwith no seniors anyway,” he said.“If we could just focus a bit moreon some of our weaknesses, thereis a positive to be had. There aresome things we can do that noone thought we could do, so thereis frustration.”
No one summarizes Rice’sfeelings more than Dane Miller.
The junior wing recorded histhird double-double Saturday inthe last six games and ninth of hiscareer.
He nabbed nine first-halfrebounds against Cincinnati andgot his teammates involved. Buthe does so at times at theexpense of his own of fense.Miller is fifth on the team with6.4 points per game.
“I don’t know. Sometimes I sitback and let other people go outand get a spark,” Miller said. “I’mnot a selfish person, so I just pickmy spots. If it happens, it hap-pens. Offensively, I’ve never beena selfish kid.”
At times, Rice needs him to be.The message is always the same,except for the delivery.
He tried stressing the his-torical importance of wins. Heclapped and stayed calm. Andat the request of a team manag-er, he created a new team mantra.
Rice continues to keep hisoptions open.
“It’s just what you have todo, I guess,” he said, “with this team.”
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
After nine years with the pro-gram, Rutgers head tennis coach
B e nB u c c aknows itis up tot h em e m -bers of
his team to set the goal of the pro-gram this spring season.
“Really we sit down as a teamand the girls set what the goalsare,” Bucca said. “The goals aremultifaceted because they notonly deal with athletic perform-ance, but also performance in theclassroom and in the community.”
Unfortunately for the ScarletKnights, these goals have to be metwithout one of Bucca’s veterans.
Senior Leonora Slatnickwent down with an injury dur-ing the of fseason, and Buccasaid her returning to actionthis season is “highly unlikely.”
Instead, Bucca looks forseniors Morgan Ivey andJennifer Holzberg to fill thevoid left by Slatnick. The duoprovides experience for theteam and serves as co-captainsfor its final season as Knights.
“With any team, your leader-ship comes with your seniors,”Bucca said. “They have set agreat tone and a strong workethic for the team. They havehandled everything very well.”
Bucca also has sophomoreVanessa Petrini at his disposal.The underclassman comes of fa strong fall campaign duringwhich she advanced to thesemifinals of the ITA Division I
Women’s RegionalChampionship. It was the firsttime a Knight made it to thesemifinal of the tournament.
Petrini wants to see the teamimprove upon what it accom-plished in the fall season.
“I want to compete and tryas hard as I can in ever ymatch,” Petrini said. “I want tosee us have a better year thanwe did last year and to do bet-ter than we have done in thepast in the Big East.”
The experience the teamhas also comes with a learningperiod for the Knights, whocontinue to get three rookiesacclimated to the program andthe rigors of Division-I tennis.Bucca said freshmen LindsayBalsamo, Noor Judeh andSatreethai Sasinin have all fit innicely with the program.
“The freshmen always bringa lot of energy and excite-ment,” Bucca said. “It’s new tothem, but they have been play-ing great tennis.”
The Knights also return juniorMichelle Green and sophomoreStefania Balasa to the court forthe spring schedule, which fea-tures 20 regular season matches,including eight road tests and twoneutral-court showdowns.
For now, the focus shifts toLehigh, which the Knights takeon tomorrow to begin theirspring season.
“It’s the first match of the sea-son, so we just want to go outthere and play with the right spir-it,” Bucca said. “The team needsto play very aggressive andfocused tennis. That’s all we canreally control, and that’s all thatI’m looking for from this team.”
RUTGERS AT LEHIGH, THURSDAY, 3 P.M.
TENNIS
Knights open season with senior on shelf
RUTGERS AT PROVIDENCE, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
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Head coach Mike Rice speaks with players during a timeout Jan. 4 against West Virginia. Rice continues to explore new waysto motivate the Scarlet Knights, whose four wins in Big East play came against teams they lost to in Rice’s first season.
Rice faces new challenge at Providence
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Irish control tempo inRutgers’ lopsided loss
BY JOEY GREGORYCORRESPONDENT
There is no denying theRutgers women’s basketball
team hastalent —it hasf o u rreturnings t a r t e r s
from an NCAA Tournamentsquad and the third-best recruit-ing class in the nation.
But when facing No. 2 NotreDame without fifth-year seniorguard Khadijah Rushdan, it washard to imagine any other out-come than what resulted fromlast night’s matchup.
With an ef ficient attack led byjunior guard Skylar Diggins’ 18points, the Fighting Irish con-
trolled the game wire to wire andcoasted to a 71-41 win againstthe No. 13 Scarlet Knights.
It marks the 11th 30-point winfor the Irish this season, one shy ofa school record.
Aside from the absence ofRushdan, the biggest issue forRutgers was trying to keep up withthe flow if its opponent’s offense.
Rutgers head coach C. VivianStringer said Notre Dame was oneof the best passing teams theKnights would face. The Irishproved her right, as quick ballmovement and Rutgers’ inability tokeep up led to an open shooter onalmost every possession.
And since Notre Dame is sec-ond in the Big East in shooting with
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Notre Dame junior guard Skylar Diggins scored 18 points last night against Rutgers to lead the Irish toa 30-point victory, by far the Scarlet Knights’ worst margin of defeat this season.
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Flood picksup five-starcommit oneve of NSD
BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
The first player to commit tonew head coach Kyle Flood isthe Rutgers football recruitingclass’s best. Consensus five-star
r e c r u i tD a r i u s
Hamilton donned a ScarletKnights hat last night on MSGVarsity’s “A Quick :60,” commit-ting to Rutgers.
His verbal commitmentbecomes binding today, when hecan sign hisN a t i o n a lLetter ofIntent onN a t i o n a lS i g n i n gDay. TheDon BoscoPrep defen-sive line-man takesan alreadyh i g h l yregarded recruiting class toanother level.
“I just feel like in my heart,that’s where I want to be,”Hamilton told MSG Varsity’s MikeQuick. “It’s a great place. We havea great recruiting class this year.They’re going to do great things,and I want to be a part of it.”
Rivals.com ranks Hamilton asthe 11th best recruit in the country.Scout.com ranks him 20th overall.Both agree he is the prized mem-ber of a 17-member class.
Hamilton called Florida andMiami (Fla.) his other finalists lastnight, but he also took an officialvisit to California.
He long considered Rutgershis favorite, but Greg Schiano’s
Coach getsnod after19 seasons
BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
St. Francis Preparatory Schoollies along Francis Lewis Boulevard,nestled inside the Brooklyn-Queens
Greenway.V i n c e
Lombardi once called the Queensschool home, as did Joe Torre.
It added to its list of distin-guished alumni yesterday, when41-year-old Kyle Flood became the29th head coach in Rutgers footballhistory. He credited formerRutgers head coach Greg Schiano,but not before he paid homage to a59-year St. Francis mainstay.
Vince O’Connor, 81, gave Floodhis first coaching opportunity in 1993.
“He was just a tremendous per-son the way he cared for his play-ers, whether you were Kyle Flood,who would go on to play Division IIIfootball, or Marco Battaglia, whowent on to play in the NFL,” Floodsaid at his introductory press con-ference. “When you spoke to Mr.O’Connor, you were the mostimportant person in the world.”
Battaglia, a former Rutgers All-American, was on hand at the HaleCenter to hear Flood, along with ahost of Scarlet Knights and admin-istrators. He recalls Flood runningaround the St. Francis cafeteria,making sure players were ready forthe weekend’s game.
“Coach O’Connor would count ona guy like that because he would beable to control all of us,” saidBattaglia, who was a sophomorewhen Flood was a senior. “He showedleadership qualities back then, andhe’s been doing it ever since.”
Flood spent most of Mondayrecruiting when Athletic DirectorTim Pernetti informed Flood of hisdecision. Flood said, “Thank you,”he joked yesterday, and called hiswife afterward. And then heworked, like he promised Pernetti
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BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Kyle Flood always told recruitsthe difference between a head coachand an assistant was the head coach’s
C a d i l l a c .G r e g
Schiano’s SUV occupied the Rutgershead football coach’s parking spot atthe Hale Center for 11 years.
But Flood succeeded Schianoyesterday after serving seven sea-sons as offensive line coach, endingAthletic Director Tim Pernetti’sfive-day coaching search.
“I always felt like I was a can-didate for the job,” Flood saidyesterday in a crowded pressconference. “I never asked Timto be a candidate for the job. I’mhonored they considered me …
and even more honored theychose me.”
Flood inked a five-year dealworth $4.75 million, making himthe lowest-paid coach in the BigEast. He will make $750,000 dur-ing his first season, and hissalary will increase by $100,000each year.
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Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood and Athletic Director Tim Pernetti display the Rutgers jerseyPernetti presented to Flood yesterday, when Flood officially became the school’s 29th head coach.
