THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 143, Number 101 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 CONFERENCE CAPPER Today: Partly Sunny High: 50• Low: 34 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2012 INDEX ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 South Plainfield residents donate goods to families affected by a deadly fire. The state’s third annual Bike/Ped Summit outlined a number of measures that would ensure safety of cyclists, pedestrians. OPINIONS SPORTS ...... BACK OPINONs ........ 10 The Rutgers women’s basketball team closed the regular season last night against Marquette, earning a win and the No. 6 seed in the Big East Tournament. UNIVERSITY ....... 3 NATION .......... 9 METRO METRO .......... 7 USAS panel shares experiences with sweatshops in NJ, globally BY RICHARD CONTE CORRESPONDENT Students were offered the opportunity to learn that sweatshops are on the rise because of globalization through “Sweatshops in the Global Economy” last night at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops organized the event, with the goal of educating students on upholding workers’ welfare, said Anna Barcy, a member of RUSAS. “We’re hoping that by the end of the night [students] have a better understanding of the issue,” said Barcy, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. The event featured a panel discussion, with RUSAS President Richard Garzon, Geisa Rocha, a part-time lectur- er in Latin American studies, and Carmen Martino, a pro- fessor at the School of Management and Labor Relations. Martino, the co-founder of New Labor, an organization that tries to improve working conditions in Latin America, said many temporary agencies took advantage of their workers. “It’s a situation where people are paid less than min- imum wage, where people are not paid overtime, but they work more than 40 hours, a place where people get hurt, and no one wants to take responsibility for the person who has been injured,” Martino said. “It’s a very hazardous industry.” Martino said workers, who usually do not have driver’s licenses, get rides to work from the agency that employs them, he said. “They make you pay for the ride,” Martino said. Mauricio Castillo and Carmen Hernandez, two work- ers and members of New Labor, shared stories of work- ing in poor labor circumstances during the discussion, with Bryan Nelson, an organizer for New Labor, trans- lating their accounts. Members of Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops and New Labor, an organization that tries to improve working conditions in Latin America, discuss labor conditions yesterday at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Dharun Ravi and his lawyer Steven Altman walk into the Middlesex County Courtroom before yesterday’s trial. ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Wei gives account of webcam viewings during Ravi’s trial BY STEVEN MILLER CORRESPONDENT The closest thing to emotion any member of the Ravi fam- ily showed yesterday came in the worried glances, exchanged shortly after the lunch hour yesterday at Middlesex County Courthouse. Dharun Ravi sat composed at the defense table in his black suit with a blue shirt and pink tie, charged with inva- sion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness tampering and hindering arrest in connection to the September 2010 death of Tyler Clementi. But his parents exchanged looks of surprise when the prose- cutors called Molly Wei, a former University student considered Ravi’s accomplice, to the witness stand. No one anticipated the key witness for the prosecution to testify on Day 2 of the trial, which is expected to last three to four weeks. But after early morning testimony from School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Pooja Kolluri, Associate Director for Residence Life William O’Brien and the cross-examination of School of Engineering sophomore Scott Xu, Wei took the stand. The prosecutors took the opportunity to explain how the video of Clementi with an older man appeared on her computer and how Ravi reacted afterward. “He thought we were going to get in trouble, so he wanted to make it seem like it was more of an accident,” said Wei, who transferred from the University. “We knew that there would be a video.” The defense used the cross-examination to prove Ravi had no homophobic motivation. “I didn’t get the sense that he didn’t like Tyler,” Wei said, “just that they were different.” That point will prove vital in the case, as Ravi could face a 10- year prison sentence should the 15-member jury find him guilty of the top bias intimidation charge for acting with malice against Clementi because of his sexual orientation. Wei, who the Rutgers University Police Department ini- tially arrested along with Ravi, signed a waiver of indictment for two counts invasion of privacy — fourth degree for view- ing without consent and third degree for broadcasting with- out consent. She is part of a pre-trial intervention program that will dis- miss the charges upon completion of 300 hours of community service, payment of a fee, counseling about cyberbullying and alternate lifestyles, and truthful testimony in court. That testimony began with a detailed account of her relation- ship with Ravi. The pair first met in middle school, but fell out of touch when they attended West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School, which Kolluri and Xu also attended. SEE TRIAL ON PAGE 5 Scott Park, a School of Engineering junior, chows down on samosas with his team The Samosas Slammers. The Desi International Youth Association sponsored the samosa-eating contest last night at the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR SCARFING SAMOSAS SEE USAS ON PAGE 5
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South Plainfield residents donate goodsto families affected by a deadly fire.
The state’s third annual Bike/Ped Summit outlined a number of measuresthat would ensure safety of cyclists,pedestrians.
OPINIONS
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
OPINONs . . . . . . . . 10
The Rutgers women’s basketball team closed the regular season last night against Marquette, earning a win and the No. 6 seed in the Big East Tournament.
UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . 3
NATION . . . . . . . . . . 9
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USAS panel shares experienceswith sweatshops in NJ, globally
BY RICHARD CONTECORRESPONDENT
Students were offered the opportunity to learn thatsweatshops are on the rise because of globalization through“Sweatshops in the Global Economy” last night at TrayesHall in the Douglass Campus Center.
Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops organizedthe event, with the goal of educating students on upholdingworkers’ welfare, said Anna Barcy, a member of RUSAS.
“We’re hoping that by the end of the night [students]have a better understanding of the issue,” said Barcy, aSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student.
The event featured a panel discussion, with RUSASPresident Richard Garzon, Geisa Rocha, a part-time lectur-er in Latin American studies, and Carmen Martino, a pro-fessor at the School of Management and Labor Relations.
Martino, the co-founder of New Labor, an organizationthat tries to improve working conditions in Latin
America, said many temporary agencies took advantageof their workers.
“It’s a situation where people are paid less than min-imum wage, where people are not paid overtime, butthey work more than 40 hours, a place where people gethurt, and no one wants to take responsibility for theperson who has been injured,” Martino said. “It’s a veryhazardous industry.”
Martino said workers, who usually do not have driver’slicenses, get rides to work from the agency that employsthem, he said.
“They make you pay for the ride,” Martino said.Mauricio Castillo and Carmen Hernandez, two work-
ers and members of New Labor, shared stories of work-ing in poor labor circumstances during the discussion,with Bryan Nelson, an organizer for New Labor, trans-lating their accounts.
Members of Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops and New Labor, an organization that tries to improve workingconditions in Latin America, discuss labor conditions yesterday at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center.
NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Dharun Ravi and his lawyer Steven Altman walk into theMiddlesex County Courtroom before yesterday’s trial.
ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Wei gives account of webcam viewings during Ravi’s trial
BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT
The closest thing to emotion any member of the Ravi fam-ily showed yesterday came in the worried glances,exchanged shortly after the lunch hour yesterday atMiddlesex County Courthouse.
Dharun Ravi sat composed at the defense table in hisblack suit with a blue shirt and pink tie, charged with inva-sion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness tampering andhindering arrest in connection to the September 2010 deathof Tyler Clementi.
But his parents exchanged looks of surprise when the prose-cutors called Molly Wei, a former University student consideredRavi’s accomplice, to the witness stand.
No one anticipated the key witness for the prosecution totestify on Day 2 of the trial, which is expected to last three tofour weeks.
But after early morning testimony from School of Arts andSciences sophomore Pooja Kolluri, Associate Director forResidence Life William O’Brien and the cross-examination ofSchool of Engineering sophomore Scott Xu, Wei took the stand.
The prosecutors took the opportunity to explain how thevideo of Clementi with an older man appeared on her computerand how Ravi reacted afterward.
“He thought we were going to get in trouble, so he wantedto make it seem like it was more of an accident,” said Wei,who transferred from the University. “We knew that therewould be a video.”
The defense used the cross-examination to prove Ravi had nohomophobic motivation.
“I didn’t get the sense that he didn’t like Tyler,” Wei said, “justthat they were different.”
That point will prove vital in the case, as Ravi could face a 10-year prison sentence should the 15-member jury find him guiltyof the top bias intimidation charge for acting with malice againstClementi because of his sexual orientation.
Wei, who the Rutgers University Police Department ini-tially arrested along with Ravi, signed a waiver of indictmentfor two counts invasion of privacy — fourth degree for view-ing without consent and third degree for broadcasting with-out consent.
She is part of a pre-trial intervention program that will dis-miss the charges upon completion of 300 hours of communityservice, payment of a fee, counseling about cyberbullying andalternate lifestyles, and truthful testimony in court.
That testimony began with a detailed account of her relation-ship with Ravi.
The pair first met in middle school, but fell out of touch whenthey attended West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School,which Kolluri and Xu also attended.
SEE TRIAL ON PAGE 5
Scott Park, a School of Engineering junior, chows down on samosas with his teamThe Samosas Slammers. The Desi International Youth Association sponsored thesamosa-eating contest last night at the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room.
ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
SCARFING SAMOSAS
SEE USAS ON PAGE 5
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The Rutgers Business School won the regionalfinals of the CFA Institute Research Challenge for thethird time in the last five years. The competitioninvolves researching a company and rating it withdetailed analysis to back it up.
This year, the University competed against 23 otherbusiness schools including Cornell University, NewYork University, Dartmouth College and FordhamUniversity, rating and analyzing MICROS SystemsInc., a company that provides hardware and softwarefor restaurants, hotels and retailers, according toMedia Relations.
After trumping the other schools in the New Yorkregion, Rutgers Business School will move onto theglobal finals held in April in New York City, accordingto Media Relations.
“We never worked so hard in our lives,” SachinModi, the team’s leader, told Media Relations. “We hadan amazing combination on our team: strong strategyfrom the MBAs, tremendous financial analysis fromthe undergrads, and a strong network of contactsthrough the EMBAs for field research.”
The team’s field research was what set them apartfrom the rest, according to Media Relations.
“The research is as good as what we see on WallStreet,” said Kay Booth, the managing director atGolden Seeds Fund LP, told Media Relations.
Allison Nagelberg, a team member and graduatestudent in the Rutgers Business School, told MediaRelations the time constraints of the competition werea challenge.
“It’s very hard to know a company in a short amountof time,” Nagelberg said. “But we were determined toknow everything we could.”
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Speaker stresses health care reform, education for patients BY MANUELA JIMENEZ
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Misha Pavel, a programdirector at the NationalScience Foundation, sharedhis views on transforminghealth care through educatingpatients yesterday to an audience of more than 15 fac-ulty and graduate students.
Pavel said improvements inthe health care system couldbe made after patients are ableto identify symptoms thatcause illnesses.
He said patients see a doc-tor when they are sick, but thehealth care system should begeared toward providingproactive methods to helppatients prevent diseases.
“If you prevent diseases,you also prevent overspend-ing,” Pavel said. “Right now,when you go to the doctor,[they] make judgments by per-sonal experience. … The key isstabilizing relationships withcaretakers so that they areable to note changes in yourhealth and diagnose properly.”
Pavel said the amount ofAmericans that have healthissues because of a lack ofexercise and a healthy diet ison the rise.
Some health problemsoccurring today are caused byunhealthy food choices, whichlower life expectancy rates,Pavel said at the lecture hosted by the Office of theVice President for Researchand Economic Development in the Computing Researchand Education building onBusch campus.
Graduate students and faculty members learn ways of gaining research funding to improve health care on Busch campus yesterday at The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development’s “Transforming Health Care: The Role of Science and Technology.”
ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
“Restaurants … promote high-carbohydrate foods … that raisesobesity, and it’s a problem thatindividuals need to address,”Pavel said. “Lifestyle and hygieneaffects lifestyle. Even though weare concerned about illnesses,we have to think about preven-tion of illnesses. There is a hugeproblem with obesity.”
Pavel said people should notonly go to the doctors whenthey are sick, but should alsovisit the doctor to have checkups and establish a relationshipwith a primary physician.
Addressing weight manage-ment and health issues can be met through healthier eating habits and exercise,Pavel said.
“The ability to monitor is akey issue,” Pavel said. “Veryrarely [do] we go to hospitalsfor check ups. Being able tomonitor health functions is akey factor to make a dif ferenceon the intervention side.”
Educating patients is oneway to address the issue ofhealth care, he said. Patientscan reduce health costs by
knowing the symptoms thataf fect them to help prevent illness and help doctors make diagnoses.
Pavel said researching technology to target diseasescould help improve the healthcare system.
He said the NSF providesfunding for research projectsthat aim to make a dif ferencein health care through techno-logical advances.
Michael Mueller, the associatedirector of the University Officeof Proposal Development, said
the foundation reviews researchproposals to see if it would makea difference in society and allo-cate funds to chosen applicants toconduct their research.
“The NSF is responding tothe repor ts where we have[the] world’s most expensivehealth care system. … The bestways to analyze issues from aclinical side [is] to look atthese researcher’s technolo-gies and chose the best sci-ence. The best science is fund-ed and it leads to discovery,”he said.
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1 The Rutgers Astronomical Society is hosting Professor TadPryor for a lecture on “Observing Satellite Galaxies of theMilky Way with the Hubble Space Telescope.” The lecture,part of a series hosted by the society, is free and open to thepublic, and is accessible for non-astronomy majors. Pryorwill give his lecture at the Physics Lecture Hall from 8 to9:15 p.m. on Busch campus.
2 Comedian Aziz Ansari will perform his routine at the StateTheatre in downtown New Brunswick. This event is hostedby the Rutgers University Programming Association. Formore information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.
3 Rutgers Recreation and Rutgers Ballroom is having a“Dance Workshop: Hustle Basic and Beyond” to teach thefundamentals and some variations on the official hustle from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the College Avenue Gym. Attend with orwithout a partner. Admission fee is $15 or $8 with aUniversity student ID. For more information, contactCarmen Valverde at (732) 932-8204.
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8 The Mason Gross School of the Arts will host the SymphonyOrchestra at the Nicholas Music Center at 7:30 p.m. onDouglass campus. The event will feature the UniversityKirkpatrick Choir and Riverside Choral Society under thedirection of Patrick Gardner. General admission will be $20,but $10 for students.
13 Author and educator Laura Simms conducts the JaneVoorhees Zimmerli Art Museum’s sixth annual “Celebrationof Storytelling,” which will focus on the themes friends andthe gift of dreams. The free event is from 10 to 11 a.m. at themuseum on the College Avenue campus. For more informa-tion, call (732) 932-7237, ext 640.
21 The Rutgers University Programming Association sponsors“Founder of ESPN: Bill Rasmussen” at the LivingstonStudent Center. A University alumnus and creator of ESPN,Rasmussen will return to campus with the stories behind thesports channel more than 30 years after its founding andhow being an entrepreneur has shaped his life.
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Career Services will host “What Do You Want To Be WithYour Liberal Arts Degree? Major and Career DecisionMaking” from 2:45 to 4:15 p.m. at the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue campus. The interactive sem-inar will help students use their academic and general inter-ests toward a career path. Space is limited and registrationis required, email [email protected] to register.
“We’ve come here to work,we just want to be treated fair-ly,” he said.
But aside from labor issues inNew Jersey, companies that theUniversity has relationships withwere also discussed.
Garzon said Russell Athletic,an apparel company that oncehad a contract with theUniversity, has lost a consider-able amount of money since thenational USAS protested itslabor conditions.
Barcy hoped the event wouldput pressure on the University tosever ties with other big apparel
companies that have their work-ers in bad conditions.
The Workers RightsConsortium, which the University
is also contracted with, helpsmake ensure workers have theirrights and work in good condi-tions, she said.
RUSAS wants the Universityto disassociate from the FairLabor Association, because theassociation does not provideemployees with good conditionsto work, Barcy said.
RUSAS invited PresidentRichard L. McCormick to cometo the panel and learn about theissues, she said, but he wasunable to attend.
Students like NataliaBaranowski, a School of Arts and
Sciences junior, said big compa-nies using sweatshops are engag-ing in unpleasant actions.
“They’re awful, there are set uppeople for people who don’t neces-sarily have it easy,” she said.
School of Environmental andBiological Sciences juniorMichael Elias said the event wasgreat because it brought aware-ness to the issue.
“It brings awareness to sweat-shops and how they affect thoseinvolved in them,” Elias said.“Such an event also helps torebuke misconceptions peoplemight have on the issues.”
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Students have ditched their winter coats more often than usualthis season, with unusually warm February temperatures to thank.
“We are unsure as to why this pattern developed and why ithas been so persistent in this particular winter any more thanwhy conditions were such that the past two winters were quitesnowy,” said state climatologist David Robinson.
Other regions have been wondering where winter has beenas well, with most of the lower 48 states experiencing mild,mostly snow-free winters, said Robinson, a geography professorat the University.
But Alaska has experienced a cold winter for its region,and Europe has had an exceptionally cold late January andearly February, Robinson said.
The University could be hit with a snowfall where plows mightbe necessary before the season ends, he said.
“How big that might be I wouldn’t ever hazard a guess,”Robinson said. “Everyone surely recalls the record-setting snowfallof this past Oct. 29, giving hope to snow lovers that it could snow aslate as early to mid-April.”
Although many speculate that global warming is responsiblefor the weather this winter, Robinson said one season or oneyear is not enough to measure climate change.
“New Jersey’s climate is becoming warmer and wetter thesepast several decades, and we’re beginning to suspect thatextreme conditions are becoming more common,” he said. “…The vast majority of climatologists believe that human impactson the environment are playing a major role in these changes.”
This winter is likely to rank as New Jersey’s third or fourthwarmest in history, Robinson said.
The winter of 2001-2002 was the state’s warmest winter, fol-lowed by the winter of 1931-1932, he said. This winter couldreplace 1997-1998 as third or fall below it to take fourth place.
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When Wei arrived at herDavidson Hall room in August2010, she realized Ravi livedacross the hall, and the pairbecame friendly again, she said.
Ravi told her he thought hisroommate Clementi might begay, but it was a “brief, casualmention,” Wei said, and it did notcome up again.
Xu expressed the same senti-ment in his cross-examinationfrom defense attorney SteveAltman. Xu was closer friendswith Ravi in high school — theyplayed Ultimate Frisbee togetherand discussed their roommateassignments when notified.
Xu heard Clementi might be gay,but learned of Clementi’s encountervia Ravi’s Twitter account.
“It was a memorable tweet,”Xu said. “It stood out. It’s notsomething you see every day.”
Wei said Ravi tweeted fromher computer after watching thevideo, enabled by an “auto-accept” feature on Ravi’s desktopcomputer that activated his videochat when it received a request.
They witnessed Clementi kiss-ing an older man, but closed itafter about two seconds, she said.
“Initially we were saying wecouldn’t tell anyone what hap-pened because of how shockingit was,” Wei said. “It shouldn’thave happened, and we saw
Steven Altman, Dharun Ravi’s attorney, followed by his assistant and Ravi, enter the second-floor courtroom of the Middlesex CountyProsecutor’s Office during the second day of trial. The trial is expected to continue for three to four weeks.
ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
TRIAL: Jury hears request
for residence hall room change
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Hernandez said she and herhusband did not receive enoughmoney for the work they put in,which she said was necessary whileraising their two sons. Her husbandwas awarded about $1,600 in backpayments after bringing up theissue with New Labor, she said.
Castillo said he also experi-enced similar working conditionsand missed payments.
USAS: RUSAS wants U. to
part with Fair Labor Association
continued from front“It brings awareness to
sweatshops and how they affect
those involvedin them.”
MICHAEL ELIASSchool of Environmental and
Biological Sciences Junior
something we weren’t expectingto see. It just felt weird.”
But Wei said she accessedthe video chat again later thatnight — with four girl friends inthe room, not Ravi.
“It was the exact same image,except they had taken their topsoff,” Wei said.
Kolluri was among those whosaw the video the second time,but she said she had no idea whatshe would see when she was toldto gather around Wei’s computer.
Ravi entered the room after-ward and offered little reactionwhen told what they saw on thevideo chat. He thought Clementimight be gay and wanted to con-
firm it, Kolluri said, but Ravi alsowanted to make sure things in hisroom were not touched.
Altman again argued that pointin the cross-examination with Wei.
There were no discussionsabout making Clementi fearfulshe said.
Once the RUPD becameinvolved, it was Ravi and Wei whowere afraid.
Wei said she saw an officerknock on Ravi’s door on Sept. 23,2010, but there was no answerand the officer left. Ravi told Weithat he was in his room, she said.
Wei went to police headquar-ters that day, when an officerpicked her up from class in an
unmarked vehicle. Sheexchanged text messages withRavi from the station.
“Did you tell them we did it onpurpose?” Ravi had asked. “Whatdid you tell them when theyasked why we turned it on?”
Ravi also asked her if thepolice mentioned another videofrom Sept. 21, 2010, when hetweeted a second time afterClementi again asked to have theroom to himself.
While testifying, Wei said shewas unaware of another video fromthat night, but believed rumorsalready began to circulate aboutClementi’s relationship with anotherman, and that Clementi caught on.
Clementi requested a roomchange at 3:55 a.m. that day,according to O’Brien’s testimony.Clementi’s request read “room-mate used webcam to spy onme/want a single room,” butJudge Glenn Berman only allowedthe second part into court.
The first part of the statementwas not shown to the jury afterBerman determined it was“hearsay” evidence and inadmis-sible in court. When Ravi and Weifirst viewed the video stream,they had no idea Clementi wasaware, Wei said.
Berman halted the cross-examination at 4 p.m., and it willresume again today.
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BY WASEEM MAINUDDINCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A fire that claimed the lives of five South Plainfield residents on Thursday has prompted community outreachto support the affected familiesthrough donations.
The fire, which began earlymorning at 1407-1409 ClintonAve., destroyed the two-familyhouse in South Plainfield,where members of theJef ferson and Jackson familyboth lived, said Alex Barletta, amember of the South PlainfieldCity Council.
While the Jackson familyvacated the house without anyharm, some members of theJefferson family were not able toescape, Barletta said.
Ann Jefferson and four of hergrandchildren, between the agesof two and 12, died in the fire, hesaid. The mother of the children,Natalie Jefferson, was able to getout of the house with her otherthree children.
Barletta, who is in charge oforganizing a local drive for thefamilies, said residents haveresponded to the tragic event bymaking monetary donations.
“We’ve had an overwhelmingsuccess with the drive,” Barletta said. “We raised $3,700 on Saturday alone.” The BoyleMemorial Foundation, a non-profit organization, is collectingmonetar y donations for theClinton Avenue fire victims, he said.
Barletta said in addition tomonetary donations, residentshave donated school supplies,both perishable and non-perish-able foods, toys, water andclothes. Locations such as theSouth Plainfield Senior Centerare participating in the drive tohelp collect the donated items.
Barletta said although the firetore apart a family, he is glad tosee the South Plainfield commu-nity putting in so much effort tohelp a family in need.
“South Plainfield really cametogether this weekend. All of the
efforts of the town are really pay-ing off,” Barletta said.
Anne Daley, confidentialassistant to the mayor of SouthPlainfield, said the communi-ty’s outreach is going farbeyond expected, prompting
those in charge of the drives toadjust their requests of neces-sary items.
“Saturday we had an over-abundance of stuff. Now we arejust asking for new clothingitems,” Daley said.
Donations came under thename of dif ferent companies as well as local residents,
Daley said. Hall’s WarehouseCorporation contributed a trailerin order to store all of the donat-ed goods until the families areable to find a proper place to set-tle down.
Daley said she hopes morepeople hear about the tragedyand continue to provide supportfor the fire’s victims.
“We’ve already had an over-whelming response this Saturdaywith the influx of money andclothing. Now all we ask of peopleis to stay consistent with dona-tions. These families are in direneed right now,” she said.
Amber Figueroa, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,said she was impressed with thereaction of the local community,an inspiration that may bring herto visit the drives herself.
“It’s great to see communitiescome together. Back home inNew York, we had all kinds ofcommunity programs and it’sgreat to see things like that hap-pen in New Jersey,” Figueroasaid. “I hope I can make it out to
South Plainfield sometime thisweek.”
Oliver Walsh, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, said hehopes the outreach can set anexample for other communitieswho may deal with tragedies inthe future.
“I really hope other towns likemy own learn from SouthPlainfield. Not only did they showsolidarity toward a family in hardtimes, but they also raised anoverwhelming amount of money,”Walsh said. “If you ask me, that’spretty awesome.”
Matthew Anesh, mayor ofSouth Plainfield, said in a pressrelease that the city is currentlyinvestigating the fire.
“Our local police are workingcooperatively with the MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor’s Office andother county and state agenciesto thoroughly investigate thecause of the fire,” he said in thepress release. “It is importantthat we let these professionals dotheir jobs so we can know exact-ly what happened.”
South Plainfield residents give support to victims of house fire
“Now all we ask of people is to stay consistent
with donations.” ANNE DALEY
Confidential Assistant to theMayor of South Plainfield
Peter Weber finished in first place at the 69th annu-al professional bowling U.S Open Sunday at theBrunswick Zone-Carolier in North Brunswick, becom-ing the most successful bowler in the event’s history,according to an article on sportsnetwork.com
Weber, from St. Ann, Mo., won his fifth U.S.Open title after throwing a strike on his final ball inthe tenth frame. Weber surpassed the record of fourtitles shared by both his late father Dick Weber, andhis father’s close friend Don Carter, according tothe article.
“Dad, I know you were watching,” Weber said. “Iknow you’re proud, and I’m sorry I broke your record.This is my greatest title ever.”
Weber’s first place prize consisted of a $60,000 aswell as an automatic spot in the Round of 36 inApril’s PBA Tournament of Champion’s, accordingto the article.
Weber, 49, is now recognized as the oldest player toever win the event, edging out the record set by 46-year-old Norm Duke last year at the same NorthBrunswick bowling alley, according to the article.
Second place in the tournament went to Texas native Mike Fagan, who won $30,500.Third place and $15,000 went to Jason Belmonte
from Australia.Weber said the U.S. Open, which was televised on
ESPN, is his favorite professional bowling occasionof the season, according to the article.
“This is the tournament I look forward to everyyear,” he said in the article. “I live for the U.S.Open because I know, no matter what, I have achance to win.”
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NEW ORLEANS — Nearly twoyears after his brother Gordonwas killed in the DeepwaterHorizon oil rig explosion, ChrisJones had planned to drive in fromBaton Rouge with other relativesto attend the start of the federaltrial over the nation’s worst off-shore oil disaster.
But Jones learned Sunday thata judge had delayed the start ofthe trial from Monday to March 5because oil giant BP PLC wasmaking progress in settlementtalks with a committee overseeingscores of lawsuits. Jones said hehas mixed feelings about theprospect of a settlement, addingthat he would be disappointed ifBP manages to “write a check tosolve their problems.”
“I was ready to go to trial andsee their feet held close to thefire,” he said Sunday. “It seemslike the easy way out to paywhatever the plaintiffs are will-ing to take.”
Two people close to the casetold The Associated Press thedecision to postpone was madeSunday during a conference callbetween parties in the Gulf ofMexico oil spill case and U.S.District Judge Carl Barbier. Theyspoke on condition of anonymitybecause they were not authorizedto discuss the call.
They said the judge told thoseon the call that BP and thePlaintiffs’ Steering Committeewere “making some progress” intheir settlement talks. The steer-ing committee is overseeing law-suits filed by individuals and busi-nesses following the explosion onthe Deepwater Horizon rig onApril 20, 2010. The blast killedGordon Jones and 10 other work-ers and led to 206 million gallonsof oil spewing from the blown-outwell, soiling miles of coastline.
However, the judge did notmention the status of settlementtalks between other parties, nordid he mention any figures beingdiscussed, according to the peopleclose to the case.
The brief order issued byBarbier on Sunday said onlythat the delay was granted “forreasons of judicial ef ficiencyand to allow the parties to makefurther progress in their settle-ment discussions.”
Among other things, the trialthat is now set to begin March 5is meant to determine the penal-ties that need to be paid by BPand other companies involved inthe oil spill. Billions of dollars areat stake.
BP and the Plaintiffs SteeringCommittee confirmed in a jointnews release that the trial hadbeen delayed. It said the oil giantand the PSC were working toreach an agreement that would“fairly compensate people andbusinesses affected by theDeepwater Horizon accident andoil spill.”
“There can be no assurancethat these discussions will lead toa settlement agreement,” the jointstatement said.
Separately, BP has had discus-sions in recent days with the fed-eral government and cement con-tractor Halliburton Energy
Services Inc., according to severalpeople close to the case.
If no settlement is reached,Barbier will preside over a three-phase trial that could last the bet-ter part of a year. The first phase isdesigned to identify the causes ofthe deadly blowout and to assignpercentages of fault to the compa-nies involved in the ill-fateddrilling project.
Financial analysts estimateBP could wind up paying any-where from $15 billion to $30 bil-lion over the lawsuits, and BPhas estimated in regulatory fil-ings that its total liability for thedisaster is $40 billion.
An AP analysis found that thecompany could conceivably faceup to $52 billion in environmentalfines and compensation if thejudge determines the companywas grossly negligent.
The trial may not yield majorrevelations about the causes of thedisaster, but the outcome couldbring much-needed relief for tensof thousands of people and busi-nesses whose livelihoods weredisrupted by the spill.
Relatives of the 11 peoplekilled in the Deepwater Horizonblast say they are hoping forsomething more elusive: justicefor lost loved ones.
Sheryl Revette, whose hus-band, Dewey, was also amongthe 11 killed when BP PLC’sMacondo well blew out and trig-gered an explosion on thedrilling rig, doesn’t have any-thing to gain financially from thetrial. She wants an apology fromthe oil giant, something she saidshe hasn’t received yet.
“I’ve never heard a wordfrom them,” said Revette, 48, ofState Line, Miss. “But an apolo-gy isn’t going to bring my hus-band back.”
The decisions and actions thatled to the explosion and spillalready have been painstakinglyinvestigated by the Coast Guard,federal regulators and a presiden-tial commission. Their probes con-cluded that BP, rig ownerTransocean Ltd. and Halliburtondeserve to share the blame for astring of risky decisions that weredesigned to save time and money.
Transocean spokesman LouColasuonno wouldn’t commentSunday on whether the company,which owned the DeepwaterHorizon rig, was participating insettlement talks.
“This deal does not change thefacts of the case and Transocean isfully prepared to go to trial,” hesaid of BP’s settlement talks withthe plaintiffs.
The massive scope of the case— a maze of claims and counter-claims between the companies,federal and state governments andplaintiffs’ attorneys — has elicitedcomparisons to the tobacco litiga-tion of the 1990s.
Roughly 340 plaintiffs’ lawyershave worked on the oil spill case.BP has spent millions of dollars onexperts and law firms. More than300 depositions have been taken.Millions of pages of legal briefshave been filed. One JusticeDepartment lawyer said it wouldtake him 210 years to read all thepages submitted into the record ifhe read 1,000 pages a day.
GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum, above, and Mitt Romney present their ideas on variousissues yesterday in Traverse City, Mich., in preparation for the state’s primary today.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. —Republican presidential con-tenders Rick Santorum and MittRomney wooed Michigan votersin appearances that were vastlydifferent both in substance andin style — and that illustratedthe contrasts between the twofront-runners for the GOP presi-dential nomination.
Santorum, the formerPennsylvania senator pitching blue-collar populism and his Christianfaith, used a visit to a nightclubSunday on the outskirts of thistown to outline a vision of Americangreatness driven by the workerswho he says built the country.
“We know what works inAmerica. Bottom up,” Santorumtold the 600 people in his audience,which included many people stilldressed in their church clothes, aswell as others wearing Detroit RedWings jackets and camouflagehunting caps. He spoke for nearlyan hour from a podium before tak-ing questions. The crowd whistled,cheered and shouted back, run-ning through the Declaration ofIndependence like a call-and-answer sports cheer.
“They are endowed by their ...”Santorum started. “Creator,” thecrowd shouted back. When ayoung girl standing near the stagepiped up: “You should be presi-dent.” Santorum smiled andthanked her. “Out of the mouths ofbabes,” he said to the crowd, easilyreferencing Matthew 21:16.
A bit later at a soaring ball-room in the Park Place Hoteldowntown, a state representativeand a congressman stalled forabout 45 minutes before Romneystepped onto the stage at thefront of the room, an enormouscampaign sign hanging behindhim. The former Massachusettsgovernor spoke for about 20 min-utes, offering his standard cam-paign speech with some addedfocus on his Michigan roots.
“The right course for Americais to believe in free people andfree enterprises — and I do and I
will,” Romney told the crowd ofabout 700. He cited the “pioneersand innovators” who helpedAmerica thrive and said: “Theirsuccess did not make us poorer.Their success made us betteroff.” He barely mentioned reli-gion, stopping only to emphasizethe reference to the creator in theDeclaration of Independence andciting the motto, “In God WeTrust.” He took no questionsfrom his crowd, made up of menin jackets and one with a ball capadvertising the Jack Nicklaus-designed golf courses at the near-by Grand Traverse Resort.
How Romney and Santorumcourt Michigan voters — and whothey are targeting — ahead ofTuesday’s primary illustrates thedifferences between Romney, formore than a year considered theRepublican to beat, andSantorum, his current top chal-lenger for the GOP nomination.Polls show the two men in a closerace in this struggling Rust Beltstate as both try to win over thethousands of voters who havebeen out of work for years as theirstate has struggled to replacemanufacturing jobs that poweredits economy for decades.
Santorum, a strict Catholicwho wears sweater vests andhighlights his background as thesenator from another sufferingmanufacturing state,Pennsylvania, is directly appeal-ing to the Michigan’s vibrant teaparty movement and religioussocial conservatives. Romney, amultimillionaire former businessexecutive and a Mormon, isstressing his birth and upbringingin this state, playing to theRepublican establishment thathelped his father become gover-nor decades ago.
In primaries and caucusesthat already have been held, exitand entrance polls showRomney has done far betteramong higher income votersthan he has with those whomake less than $50,000 a year.And people who don’t identifythemselves as evangelical
Christians backed him in muchhigher numbers than those whosay they are evangelical.
Playing to that divide,Santorum is selling himself asthe conservative crusader, adeeply religious man from a blue-collar state who will go toWashington and stand fastagainst the cultural and econom-ic forces that he says areencroaching on traditional fami-lies and manufacturing jobs.
“More people go to church onSunday than go to all the profes-sional sporting events combined ina year,” Santorum says, dubbinghis jobs plan “supply side econom-ics for the working man.”
“There are a lot of people inthis country who want to usetheir hands and their mindstogether to make something,”Santorum said Saturday in St.Clair Shores, where he appearedwith almost no senior advisers intow. “That’s their vocation —that’s what they were made to do,that’s what they want to do, that’swhat they love doing. And guesswhat, there’s less and less chanceto do that.”
Santorum’s policies echo thisphilosophy. He’s proposing cut-ting the corporate tax to 17 per-cent from 35 percent, and slash-ing corporate taxes for manufac-turers to zero, a move he says willhelp bring back blue-collar jobs.He barely mentions the laborunions that helped keep thosejobs well-paying.
Romney almost always focuseson his general economic message.
“If you want someone who willdramatically and fundamentallychange Washington and bring youless government and more jobs,then I’m you’re guy,” Romney saidSunday as he has on numerousoccasions. He earned more laugh-ter than usual for mentioning hisboyhood cross-country road tripsin his parents’ Rambler, the audi-ence obviously familiar with the oldmodel of car his father retooledwhen he was running AmericanMotors. Later, he posed for pic-tures and signed autographs.
In Apartheid South Africa,the government defined fourdifferent races and bannedbeaches, restrooms, votingand transportation from non-whites. To compare that inany way to Israel is a disgraceto the people of South Africaand all those under realoppression today. After Israeli
independence in 1948, Jews and non-Jews alike whoremained in Israeli territory were naturalized andmade citizens with full rights. In addition, Israelabsorbed almost 1 million Jewish refugees expelledfrom Arab countries, while the Arab states createdwhat seem like anti-Palestinian laws to segregate thePalestinians who fled Israel from the rest of society.
While apartheid doesn’t exist in Israel, don’tassume that there aren’t places and leaders in the
world pursuing policies similar toSouth African Apartheid. Forinstance, it is Palestinian law that sell-ing land to a Jew is a capital offensethat could result in a “legal” deathsentence. Mahmoud Abbas, the mod-erate president of the PalestinianAuthority, has publicly stated that anyfuture Palestinian state will be Jew-free, effectively becoming the first
state since Nazi Germany to officially deny Jewsentrance based on their religion. In addition, hundredsof PA-controlled Jewish holy sites are off-limits to Jewsand routinely face desecration. Even at Judaism’s holi-est site, the Temple Mount, there are discriminatorypolicies against Jews. Controlled by the JerusalemIslamic Waqf, it is forbidden for Jews to pray where theholy Jewish temple once stood.
In the Palestinian territories, if PA or Hamas offi-cials even believe that a Palestinian has an “improper”relationship with an Israeli, they are seen as collabora-tors and put to death. These apartheid-like policies areperpetuated by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctionsmovement in its attempt to boycott and ban every-thing Israeli, no matter how distant the things they areboycotting are from Israeli government policy.Seeking to discriminate against companies, artists andtechnology solely because it is Israeli is real racism. Ifanti-Israel enthusiasts in the Palestinian territories andaround the world are looking to end “apartheid” in theMiddle East, they should stop actively pursuing itagainst the Jewish people and Israel.
Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences seniormajoring in political science with a minor in history. Hiscolumn, “Marcus My Words,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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A ll across the nation,anti-Israel activistsare involved in what
has become known as“Israeli Apartheid Week.”One thing is certain — if youare looking for apartheid,you won’t find it in Israel.Anti-Israel activists call thisan apartheid week to instillshock value on a group of people they believe knowlittle about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By associ-ating apartheid with Israel, they hope students willblindly join their cause. But they cannot bill a weekdedicated to anti-Israel sentiment as “Hate IsraelWeek” because that obviously carries negative con-notations. But rest assured, this week is nothingmore than the anti-Israel movement’s attempt todraw up hatred against the world’s lone Jewish State.
To call Israel an apartheid stateis not only inaccurate, but alsohighly of fensive toward peoplethat have actually faced apartheid.This is a common theme in theanti-Israel movement’s repertoire,use of an appalling historical eventfor their own personal gain despiteno correlation.
Just last year BAKA: StudentsUnited for Middle Eastern Justice, brought an eventto campus that I believe compared Israeli acts ofself-defense to the calculated murder of 6 millionJews in the Holocaust. They tirelessly attempt todelegitimize Israel, fictitiously comparing it to atro-cious regimes of the past only to be blinded by theirmovement’s hypocritical track record.
Anti-Israel activists call for a week dedicated tohating a true democracy in Israel, but they appearsilent as the Syrian government ruthlessly murdersthousands of their own citizens. They call for therelease of probable Islamic Jihad leader KhaderAdnan from an Israeli prison, but are silent as YoucefNadarkhani awaits execution in an Iranian prison forthe crime of converting to Christianity from Islam.These are the true colors of the anti-Israel move-ment — they do not care about Palestinians orhuman rights, only merely hating Israel.
Israel represents a melting pot of nationalities,cultures and religions. Muslims, Jews andChristians all fight in the army, vote in elections andare represented in Knesset. Arabs, Jews andChristians all live among one another, sharing pub-lic transportation, public parks, shopping malls andschools. That is not apartheid. This is what democ-racy looks like.
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Israel is not apartheid state
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A t the state’s Third Annual Bike/Ped Summit on Saturday, leg-islators, advocates, planners and enthusiasts came together todiscuss efforts to better accommodate pedestrians and bicy-
clists in local communities across New Jersey — an issue that is centralto New Brunswick, as well as the University community, nowadays.
Current measures employed by the city, while effective, do leavesome things to be desired. Flashing sidewalks to warn oncoming traf-fic of pedestrians are employed in a handful of areas, but crossing inareas without them can be difficult. Bicyclists, too, in many areas areleft without safeguards from local vehicular traffic.
But ensuring the safety of bicyclists in New Brunswick has becomeespecially important in recent months. The city’s reinstatement of it’s100-year old bicycle ordinance, which prohibits those 12 and olderfrom riding on sidewalks, has arguably increased the danger thatmany cyclists face while riding on city streets. Along many streets inNew Brunswick, like George Street, cyclists are forced into close quar-ters with traffic and have little room to maneuver. Bike paths, whichwere proposed at the Summit and have been weighed by city officialsat council meetings for some time now, would do the most to accom-modate these cyclists.
City bicycle paths, flashing crosswalks and enforcing a 2011 ordi-nance that would require cars to allow cyclists a three-foot clearanceon the road were among the measures proposed to remedy the issueof pedestrian and cyclist safety in the state, which has more than 100pedestrian deaths per year.
And while they would greatly benefit pedestrians and cyclists, itmust be noted that some of the proposed measures could prove diffi-cult to enforce or maintain. It’s hard to imagine, for example, thatrequiring cars to allow cyclists a three-foot clearance could consistent-ly be monitored. And, bike lanes must remain clear of debris and obsta-cles to remain safe for use.
As the city keeps growing, city officials will have to continue to rec-oncile the welfare of drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists. While weunderstand the city has made this a top priority, we do see room forimprovement. The measures proposed during the Summit, as well asothers, could all help make New Brunswick streets a safer environ-ment for its residents and visitors.
“Israel represents a melting pot of
nationalities, culturesand religions.”
Summit proposalswould ensure safety
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AARON MARCUS
C ertain state lawmakers, like Senate President Stephen Sweeney,D-3, look at townships across the Garden State — each withtheir individual services and agencies — and see waste.
“We collect more than enough money to run the government to rungovernment in the state,” Sweeney said. “Probably too much. We havetoo much government.”
Thus, in order to cut down on this waste, Sweeney has been push-ing a bill in the Senate that would give towns a choice: either shareservices and consolidate agencies with neighboring municipalities andsave money — or refuse and pay for that saving in the form of reducedstate funding. While Sweeney’s plan may be quite extreme, it maymake a good point.
Under the bill, which was approved by a Senate panel yesterday, astate organization, called the Local Unit Alignment, Reorganizationand Consolidation Commission, would be employed in studyingwhether towns could save money if they were to consolidate agenciesor share services. The towns could then comply by adopting the appro-priate legislation or putting it up to a referendum, but if the votersreject the measure, then the towns will lose state aid equal to theamount they would have saved.
We see no problem with towns sharing services in this way. With atotal of 566 municipalities across the state, there’s no doubt that someof these services or agencies could easily be centralized at no seriouscost to the communities themselves. True, some municipalities maybe large enough to require their own services, but there are probablyjust as many that could easily get along with shared services.
The key to the plan’s success would be determining when it’sappropriate to merge one town’s services with another — and this maybe the hardest part. Towns should not be overly penalized for refusingthe shared option if they indeed would be better off as they are. Thefact that two towns could save money if they were to merge alone doesnot necessarily mean that they would be better off if they did. Thoughthe plan may save municipalities across the state money, it should notcome at the cost of safety, efficiency or functionality.
Sharing servicescould benefit towns
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G ov. Chris Christie hasendorsed the BarerCommission’s proposal
to sever Rutgers-Camden fromthe rest of the University andhand it over to RowanUniversity — the so-called“merger” proposal. I write notjust to comment on that fact, butto say that from my vantagepoint as someone with appoint-ments in both the Camden andNew Brunswick campuses, Iperceive a mismatch betweenthe real threat to the proposalposes to the University and thereaction to that threat in theparts of the University that arenot Rutgers-Camden.
On the one hand, facultycouncils, the faculty Senate, cer-tain departments, various stu-dent bodies and PresidentRichard L. McCormick haveexpressed their clear oppositionto this proposal. On the otherhand, it seems to me that theproposal is not stirring up muchpassionate resistance amongnormal faculty and students onthe New Brunswick campus —nothing like the mobilizedopposition in Rutgers-Camden.My message here is that itought to be stirring up such aresistance, because if this merg-er goes forward, it will be badfor what remains of theUniversity as a whole.
There are two categories ofharm that would befall the restof the University if Rutgers-Camden were lost: direct andindirect. Direct harm wouldresult from the loss ofresources that Rutgers-Camdenprovides. These would includethe loss of joint institutes suchas the Institute for Law andPhilosophy and the loss of repu-tation that would come from atleast three things — losing theright to claim to be “the StateUniversity of New Jersey,”acquiescing to the loss of a cam-pus as no major U.S. universityhas ever done before, and los-ing brand value, because, toquote the words of Julie Ruth,an associate professor inRutgers-Camden’s School ofBusiness, “Rutgers will be per-ceived as betraying members ofits own family, an act that isunmistakably disloyal.”
It is, however, indirect lossesthat I fear would be truly severein the long run.
By indirect losses, I meanthose losses that would resultfrom establishing a competingresearch university in southernNew Jersey. The building andmaintenance of such a universi-ty would consume a significantshare of state resources. Itwould do so in many ways,including transition costs andthe costly duplication of thingslike library services for tworesearch universities. But in myview, the most significant costwould come from the fact thatthe new university wouldinevitably start creating com-peting doctoral programs.Those programs, especially inthe hard sciences, are veryexpensive to mount and main-tain. In a state that is financiallystrapped for cash, it makessense to have one majorresearch university — and one
Merger affects allof U. community
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that distributes its doctoral pro-grams across its campuses. Itdoes not make sense to estab-lish a competing research uni-versity duplicating many of theprograms the state already has.The attempt to set up such acompeting university will con-sume significant resourcesfrom the state’s higher educa-tion budget, and that means itwill drain resources from therest of the University.
It is worth adding that thisshould be a concern not only tothe University community, butalso to the citizens of NewJersey generally. As it is, ourUniversity is a world-class uni-versity. But subtract substantial-ly from the support it gets, setup a competing research univer-sity in the state, and the state ofNew Jersey will end up with twomediocre research universities.One great public research uni-versity is of far more value to thestate than two mediocre ones.
It is important for all at theUniversity to recognize that,one way or another, more of thestate’s higher education dollarswill be headed south toCamden. The state is not aboutto let the Cooper MedicalSchool of Rowan University fail,and it will take money to sup-port it. In addition, South Jerseypoliticians will not be placatedunless certain imbalances theyperceive in state support forhigher education areaddressed. So the question isnot whether the rest of theUniversity will have to accept asmaller share of the state’shigher education resources.The question is how muchsmaller its share will have to be.Given that roughly 30 percentof the University’s budgetcomes from the state, it is cru-cial for the future flourishing ofthe University that the loss beas small as possible.
I close now with two pointsabout the politics. First, thepoliticians who support this planare still pushing hard to makethis merger happen. This is truedespite a recent poll indicatingthat more than twice as manycitizens of the state oppose theproposal as support it. But ifthey realized the University wasunited in resisting the proposal,they might be more willing toback down and work with theUniversity to pursue more con-structive alternatives.
Second, returning to thetheme with which I began, theUniversity community outside ofCamden must not respond as ifthis threat concerns some otherplace. The threat is equally realto all of us. So I ask those of youwho do not attend Rutgers-Camden to take very seriouslythat this proposal is bad for yourUniversity, too. Don’t sit passive-ly by. Ask everyone you can towrite their state senators, theirassembly representative and thegovernor. Organize campusprotests like the ones you’veread about on the Camden cam-pus. This is not just an attack onRutgers-Camden. This is anattack on us all. But we can stopthis thing if we come together asa community to do so.
Alec Walen is an associateprofessor in the Rutgers-CamdenSchool of Law.
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“We had three really goodevents, but bars has been ournemesis,” Levine said. “We aregoing to have to make somechanges to try and put some hitroutines up there. We keep goinginto these meets that we can winand unfortunately, we cannot putbars together when we need to.”
As the season winds down,the bar routine is the missingpiece of a puzzle that could earnRutgers more first-place finishes.Although junior Jenna Zito seesimprovement, she said the teamstill waits for it to fall into place.
“I think we are still waiting oneverything to still come togeth-er,” she said. “We really do have alot of good routines and just a fewfalls we need to clean up.”
Zito led the squad in its mostsuccessful event of the day — the
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LIANNE NG
Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman peforms Saturday on the beam.Head coach Louis Levin called Gunzelman a leader on the floor.
But with a mixture of turnoversand interior scoring, the Knightsstretched their lead to 15 midwaythrough the second half.
The double-digit gap did notstop the game from maintainingphysicality in the paint.
As Rutgers held a 14-pointadvantage, Speed, freshmanBetnijah Laney and Marquettesophomore Gabi Minix all man-aged offensive fouls as they bat-tled for position under the bas-ket. All three turned to the refer-ees to protest, but to no avail.
Thanks to the fouls — most ofwhich were on the Golden Eagles— with little more than five minutesremaining in regulation, the Knightsfound themselves in the doublebonus — not that they needed it.
The offense was potentenough on its own.
For the fourth consecutivegame, Rutgers cracked the 60-pointmark and also managed a 43.3shooting percentage from the field.
Sykes led the attack — thethird time in four games she hasdone so — with her fourth 20-point performance of the season.She ended with 20 points, 15 ofwhich came in the first half.
“I was just being relaxed,” shesaid. “This is our last go-aroundon this court. I just wanted to goout with a bang.”
But she was not the onlyupperclassman to peform herpart in the victory.
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Not to be outdone on SeniorNight, Rushdan and Speed alsoturned in impressive performances.
Rushdan took her normalplace running the point and man-aged a double-double — sheended with 13 points, 11rebounds and four assists.
Speed earned two new season-highs with 8 points andsix assists.
The night was not onlyimportant for the seniors, butalso Stringer, who badly wantedto see her senior class that sawits fair share of rough timesend strong.
“I, since my time here atRutgers, have never wantedmore for a group of [players]than I have for this [senior class],and that’s the truth,” she said.“They’ve gone through a lot … allkinds of challenges, everythingyou can think of. To see them putit together tonight, as they did,was real special.”
Defensively, the Knights tight-ened up in the second half. Theymanaged 23 takeaways whileturning the ball over only 11times and totaling 20 assists on26 baskets.
But Stringer did not get lost inthe hype of the night or a three-game winning streak.
The minute she walked intothe postgame press conference,she knew her team would playthe winner of the Marquette-Cincinnati matchup in the sec-ond round of the Big EastTournament.
Rutgers’ first game will takeplace Saturday at 8 p.m. at the XLCenter in Hartford, Conn.
floor exercise. She tied for sec-ond in the event with a personal-best score of 9.875.
“I was really happy with myfloor routine. I’m workingtowards that 9.900 — that is mygoal,” Zito said. “I finished thatroutine, and I knew it was thebest one I have ever done. That isa great feeling knowing that.”
The floor routine has consis-tently been the Knights’ bestevent over the course of their lastfew meets. For Levine, it is a tes-tament to not only the skills, butthe attitude of his team.
“We have a really good groupof girls who really like to per-form. Floor is a chance for theirpersonality to come out,” Levinesaid. “Other teams are constant-ly coming up to us and compli-menting us on our floor rou-tines. It is something we con-centrate on here, and it hasbeen our strength for the pastcouple years.”
Sophomore Alexis Gunzelmantied Zito on Saturday in the floor
exercise. Gunzelman, who fin-ished second in the all-aroundwith a score of 39.000, has settledinto an established role with the Knights during the course of the season.
Levine first noticedGunzelman as an assistantcoach, when the all-arounderwas a freshman.
“Toward the end of last year,when she really got into all-around, she was having somesuccess,” Levine said. “She hasalways been an extremely tal-ented gymnast, and when shegot here, she learned how to compete.”
Even in their third-place fin-ish, Gunzelman led the Knights,much like she has done for themajority of the season.
“She has been our leader outthere on the floor — just consis-tent day in and day out,” Levinesaid. “What you are seeing inmeets is what we are seeingevery day in practice. That is theeasiest way to make it work.”
Junior catcher Jeff Melillo combined with two teammates toplate eight runs in three games against Old Dominion.
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It is rare that a team wins a five-error game, but it can happen withsuperior pitching and hitting.
On the pitching end, Smorolrebounded from a Miami loss, inwhich he only went four innings,to give up only one earned runin seven innings against theMonarchs (2-5).
Offensively, eight Knightsnotched two or more hits. Themiddle of the order also playedup to par.
Sophomore second basemanNick Favatella, junior catcherJeff Melillo and junior right field-er Steve Zavala knocked in acombined eight runs while occu-pying the three, four and fiveholes in the order.
Zavala reached base fourtimes behind Melillo and batted
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Senior reliever Willie Beard pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings inGame 1 of the Knights’ three-game sweep of Old Dominion.
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Sisters maintain sport’s legacyBY TYLER BARTO
SPORTS EDITOR
When Max Borghard was inhigh school, his father, Al, intro-duced him to the sport of
r o w i n g .Arguably
more than any other sport, row-ing lends itself to families, saidBorghard, now the head coach ofthe Rutgers rowing team.
“A lot of times you’ll see fami-lies where rowing is not the firstsport people think of,” Borghardsaid. “They’ll try baseball, soft-ball, gymnastics and at somepoint, they find the opportunity todo rowing. You’ll see the youngerbrother or sister like, ‘Oh, I’mgoing to try that’ when they get toabout eighth grade, ninth grade.”
Life on the water became afamily affair for the Fords. JanineFord, the oldest rower, spent herfinal season with the ScarletKnights last year. She rowedalongside sisters Laura, then asophomore, and then-freshmanStephanie.
“When Janine was here,”Borghard said, “she was definite-ly the older sister.”
Laura and Stephanie Fordspent spring days watchingJanine race for Borghard, headcoach with the Knights since1995. The sport rubbed off onthe younger siblings, who bothrowed four seasons at NutleyHigh School.
“It was definitely a factor,”Laura Ford said. “We wouldwatch her race and want to be apart of the team.”
The Ford sisters’ high schoolcoach, Kevin Smyth, rowed atRutgers during his college career.Smyth taught Janine Ford as asixth grader, convincing her torow at the high school level. Shefinished her final season on water
10 years later on the CollegiateRowing Coaches Association All-Mid-Atlantic First Team.
“Last year, I considered herthe best rower at Rutgers,”Stephanie Ford said. “I feel likeI’m just trying to work up to her standards.”
When it came time to recruitLaura and Stephanie Ford, it was“a fairly easy sell,” Borghard said.
“We’ve gotten to know the par-ents really well,” he said. “WhenJanine first got here, they wereheavily involved. [Laura and
Stephanie Ford] both really likedwhat they saw their sister goingthrough, and I think they wantedto be a part of that.”
Borghard preaches intensity,and the Fords practice it. Bothare near the top end of Rutgers’rowing machine, which they useduring workouts.
The Knights took to the waterlast week for the first time duringthe spring. Borghard plans formore work on the Raritan Riverin the coming days, along withland exercises.
But he had to combat morethan weather conditions at thestart of the season.
“We’re getting healthy withsickness, and people are doing agood job managing their injuries,”
Borghard said. “We’re starting totake strokes on the water.”
Stephanie Ford rowed onBorghard’s varsity eight in herfirst season. Both sisters continueto compete for a spot on the varsi-ty team in the spring.
In the process, Laura andStephanie Ford stepped into aleadership role, Borghard said.
“They don’t really get fazedby the pressure of racing,” hesaid. “They just bring a nice bal-ance between wanting to racehard and yet handling the pres-sure of racing.”
Both add years of rowing to ateam that, to a certain extent,lacks them.
While Borghard points to ath-letes that played seasons of highschool basketball, softball andother sports, some never rowedbefore. He does not have toworry about the Fords.
“Having experience helps.They try to lay down a good,strong rhythm,” Borghard said.“They’ve been solid performersthrough the winter. It’s just a helpwhen we get that good competi-tion, and everybody starts toraise their level. Having experi-ence has been valuable.”
Laura Ford played basketballin high school, but rowing washer calling card. The junior was asenior captain at Nutley, winningat the Long Island and UpperMerrier Invitational.
Stephanie Ford earned signifi-cant time in the boat last year,capturing first place at theMurphy Cup and second at theKnecht Cup. She aided theKnights in a second-place finishin the fall at Navy Day.
“[My sisters] set the bar highfor me,” the youngest Ford said.“They were really competitivewhen they were in high school. Iwanted to be as good as they were.”
ROWING
“[Laura andStephanie Ford]have been solid
performers throughthe winter.
It’s just a help.”MAX BORGHARD
Head Coach
in two. The lineup protectionaided Melillo to his three-RBIday, according to the catcher.
“Steve Zavala getting behindyou and driving in runs reallyhelps out as a hitter,” Melillo said.
Zavala also led a four-runrally during the seventh inningin Friday’s 8-6 win. TheRandolph High School productinitiated the scoring with a two-run double.
Beard earned the win out ofthe bullpen with 3 1/3 shutoutinnings and allowed only oneMonarchs hit.
Rutgers began its offensivedominance with 15 hits in theseries opener, leading it to 40 inthree games.
The Knights evened theirrecord against Old Dominion.But they travel this weekend toface a team closer to Miami’s cal-iber in No. 14 Georgia Tech (6-2). The Knights hope to provethemselves as they did againstthe Monarchs.
Senior sprinter Kevin Brown, above, works with Corey Crawford,a redshirt freshman in the sprint events in his final indoor season.
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Rookie rebounds fromknee injury, setback
BY BEN CAINCONTRIBUTING WRITER
When Corey Crawford heardthe pop, he knew it was going tobe bad.
The pop was the sound of his leftk n e e c a p
splitting in half. The conse-quence was a long road of rehabentering his freshman year onthe Rutgers men’s track andfield team.
Crawford’s kneecap hadgiven way because of a hairlinefracture. He put stress on it by competing in up to threemeets per week as a senior atIndian Hills High School. He did not know about the injuryuntil it culminated in his kneecap breaking.
He had to redshirt for theindoor portion of his freshmanyear. Crawford rehabbed his wayback in time to compete last sea-son in only two outdoor meets.
“It was a tough way to transi-tion into college,” Crawford said“I just kept my mind straight. Iwas motivated to get backbecause I knew I had four moreyears here, so I was lucky.”
The Oakland, N.J., native’smotivation is paying off, produc-ing a standout season in the longjump, highlighted by his second-place finish in the event at the BigEast Championships.
Entering the IC4AChampionships this weekend atBoston University, Crawfordwants to carve out a biggername for himself. He will try todo so against 50 other compet-ing schools.
“For me personally, I justkind of treat every meet thesame,” Crawford said. “Prior tothe meet you get a little nerve-wracked, but I just like to go outthere and try to have fun withme and my jump buddies. Wejust like to kick it and have agood time.”
Redshirt junior Adam Bergohad the biggest impact onCrawford. Bergo was Crawford’shost on his recruiting visit to
Rutgers, and the two developeda close friendship since then.
“I really just look for goodpeople, because these are theguys I’m going to be hangingout with for the next fouryears,” Crawford said. “I knew Iwas going to be in good handsat Rutgers.”
Bergo has not been shy aboutthe potential he sees inCrawford. He said said earlierthis season he believes Crawfordwill be the best long jumper inRutgers history before the endof his career.
“Long jump has always beensomething that I’ve really enjoyeddoing,” Crawford said. “It’s just alot of fun to me. So to come hereand be known as one of the besthere would just be awesome — itwould just be an honor.”
But Crawford’s skills tran-scend to the long jump. He alsocompeted in the 100-, 200- and400-meter dash, as well as the4x400-meter relay during his timewith the Scarlet Knights.
“Sprinting and running in the4x400 is something I’ve alwaysdone throughout my high schoolcareer, and I love it,” Crawfordsaid. “I almost love sprintingmore than jumping.”
Crawford was originally pen-ciled in to run the 200-meter dashat the Big East Championships,but head coach Mike Mulqueenlater pulled him from it when herealized the long jump took placeat the same time.
Crawford might take onmore of a role in the sprintsnext season, with senior sprint-ers Kevin Brown, Steve Wernerand Aaron Younger graduatingafter this year. All three seniorsalso compete in the 4x400-meterrelay for the Knights, andCrawford is a candidate to takeone of the spots in the eventafter they leave.
“Winning a 4x400-meter BigEast Championship would justbe the ultimate running title forme,” he said.
For the Knights, havingCrawford back this year hasbeen as rewarding.
MEN’S TRACK
RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZSTAFF WRITER
Early in her life, Rutgerswomen’s track and field sophomore sprinter Tylia
Gillon didnot really
think much about college. But that all changed one day in middle school.
“My eighth-grade year, myrelay was really good,” Gillonsaid. “My coaches said there waspotential for me to get scholar-ships. It was around that time thatI made competing at the Division-I level a goal.”
Gillon accomplished her goal,deciding to run sprints for theScarlet Knights. But transitioningfrom high school to college wasan adjustment.
“It was dif ferent than highschool,” Gillon said. “I was defi-nitely nervous, and the competi-tion was a lot better than in high
school. It has been a lot bettermy sophomore year since Ihave been able to get adjustedto college.”
College was not the onlything Gillon had to adjust to.Entering the season, longtimemen’s sprinters coach LouTomlinson decided to work withthe women’s sprinters for thefirst time.
“With Coach Lou being herethis year, practice has beentough,” Gillon said. “Everyonewas telling us to prepare forCoach Lou, and I didn’t reallyknow what that meant at first.Lou will get you where youneed to be. His practices aretough, but we just have to fightthrough them, and it’s definitelyworth it.”
Midway through her sopho-more campaign, the hard workGillon put in shows. The NewEgypt, N.J., native set personal-best times in every event she
competed in this year. It includesthe 4x400-meter relay team —setting a school record twice thisseason — the 60 meter and the200 meter.
“She is a tremendous leader,”said head coach James Robinson.“I think she has put in a tremen-dous amount of work.”
But Gillon endured a tryingmoment during the Big EastChampionships at the Armoryin New York. A member ofNotre Dame’s 4x400-meter relayforced Gillon to readjust aftertaking the baton.
“My lowest point competingwould have to be this year at theBig East Championship,” Gillonsaid. “That took a second offour time. We should have easilymade the podium and that wasfrustrating, but things like thatonly make you work harder andget better.”
The 4x400-meter relay teamfinished the race in four thplace, only a couple of tenths ofa second behind the third-placeIrish. But competing has notalways finished in a disappoint-ment for Gillon.
“Last year at the ECAC, Imade it to the finals in the 60meter,” Gillon said. “After I cameback for the final round, I wasvery impressed with myself.”
The ECAC indoors takes placethis weekend, and Gillon’s coach-es expect strong results.
“She has raised her level,”Robinson said. “I am very excitedto see what she has to offer goinginto this weekend.”
Gillon has her eyes set onspecific goals returning to the ECAC.
“I want revenge in the 4x400,”Gillon said. “I also would like tomake it back to the finals in the 60and the 200.”
Despite evolving into one ofthe Knights’ best athletes,Gillon is still young, as is mostof the team. The youth hasGillon and the coaches veryexcited for the future.
“The team, we have becomelike a family, so I like beingaround them all the time,”Gillon said. “People may notsee the struggle we put in toget to the meets. People maythink track is an easy sport, butit’s just as tough if not tougherthan any other sport. I think it’sjust the beginning of us gettingbetter. We have a lot more to of fer.”
Sprinter becomes mainstay
WOMEN’S TRACK
JOVELLE TAMAYO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Sophomore Tylia Gillon realized her talent in eighth grade, whencoaches told her college sprinting was a possibility.
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R utgers senior 133-pounder MikeDeMarco wrestled in a
simulated match yesterdayagainst 149-pound teammateLuke Rigoglioso.
DeMarco injured his LCLand another muscle in Januaryand has not competed in amatch since. He wore a braceon his right knee.
DeMarco and the ScarletKnights compete in the EIWATournament on Saturday forthe first time since their Feb. 16dual-meet win against Drexel.
Five EIWA wrestlers at 133pounds will compete at theNCAA Tournament in Marchin St. Louis.
THE RUTGERS ROWINGteam returned to the RaritanRiver last week for the firsttime since the end of the fallseason. The Scarlet Knightsrowed twice on the RaritanRiver last week, said headcoach Max Borghard.
Borghard continues topreach passion with a rosterfull of underclassmen.
“It’s really trying, with ayoung squad, to bring theintensity, work hard duringpractice and all the technicalthings will come along withtime,” Borghard said. “They’reworking on the water, gettingready to work.”
The Knights begin the sea-son March 24 at the MurphyCup Regatta in Philadelphia.
CONNECTICUT MEN’Sbasketball head coach JimCalhoun underwent success-ful surgery to address hisspinal condition that forcedhim to miss the Huskies’ lastseven games, according to theWashington Post.
The two-hour surgery wasperformed yesterday morningat Beth Israel Medical Centerin New York and involvedremoving a large extrudeddisk fragment that was press-ing on a spinal nerve.
Calhoun was previouslydiagnosed with spinal stenosis,a narrowing of the spine nor-mally associated with agingand sometimes arthritis.
UConn has gone 3-4 duringCalhoun’s medical leave and 5-5 without him this season.
FORMER WESTVirginia defensive line-man/outside linebacker BruceIrvin ran a 4.43 in his secondattempt at the 40-yard dash.But his official time of 4.50 wasstill the fastest among defen-sive linemen yesterday at theNFL Combine.
Irvin ranks No. 13 amongoutside linebackers accordingto the NFLDraftScout.comrankings.
Irvin did not play highschool football, instead earn-ing his GED. After a stint injunior college, he ended anotable Mountaineers careerwith 14 sacks during his jun-ior season.
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Ever since his freshman cam-paign in which he saw 12 gamesof action, Will Mangan has been a
significantpresence
in the midfield for the Rutgersmen’s lacrosse team.
Now in his fourth and finalyear on the Banks, Mangan findshimself in a bigger role. Alongwith classmates Jacob Fradkin,Zachary Zenda and NicholasZerillo, the senior is one of fourco-captains leading the ScarletKnights into their 2012 season.
With his change in status comesa change in atmosphere as well.During his first three seasons withthe Knights, Mangan became usedto the leadership of former headcoach Jim Stagnitta. For his senioryear, Mangan is in the middle of thetransition that new head coachBrian Brecht brought with him.
Amid the changes, Manganfocuses on the only thing heknows — leading with his actions,not words.
“I’m definitely looking to be aleader this year, butI’m not really a rah-rah guy,” Mangansaid. “I like to leadby example. I showup every day andwork hard. It helpsthe young guys payattention and followthe lead.”
Mangan got offto an early startwhen it came toleading the team.He notched twogoals in the Knights’ season-open-ing loss to No. 2 Duke.
With a loss under his team’s belt,Mangan soon showed how effectivehe could be in a Rutgers victory.
Over the two-day span of theKnights’ next pair of games,
Rutgers toppled both Wagner andAir Force. In the Air Forcematchup, Mangan notched threecrucial goals en route to theKnights’ 11-10 win. Against Wagner,
the captain againrecorded a hat trickto go along withtwo assists to leadthe team.
In the Knights’latest effort, an 11-7loss to Maryland-Baltimore County,Mangan had yetanother multiple-goal game, findingthe net twice.Mangan’s secondscore of the day
sparked an comeback effort thateventually fell short.
The strongest weapons havebeen Brecht’s first midfield in hisinaugural season. Mangan andclassmate Mike Diehl havealready combined for 16 goals
during the Knights’ first fourgames. Freshman midfielderBrian Goss — following Brechtfrom his former school, Siena —added four goals of his own.
“The leadership that WillMangan brings is incredible,”Brecht said. “He is a captain, buthe is also the leader on the offen-sive end and definitely of thatmidfield group. That group hasbeen playing incredibly well, anda lot of it is because of him.”
Amid the numerous changes tohis position, Mangan has alreadyestablished a rapport with his newhead coach. Both find themselvesas leaders of the Knights for thefirst time. The relationship hasbeen as important to Mangan asMangan’s play is for Brecht.
“Coach Brecht is great. He hasreally changed the vibe aroundhere,” Mangan said. “He is such ahardworking guy that you can’thelp but feed off that and workjust as hard yourself.”
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Senior midfielder Will Mangan leads the Knights this season with 10 goals and 13 points. Head coach Brian Brecht points to Mangan’sfirst midfield unit as the team’s strength in his first season, which features a 2-2 start in Brecht’s four games in Piscataway.
Senior provides easing presence for RU
“I’m definitely looking to be
a leader this year, but I’m not really
a rah-rah guy. I like to lead by example.”
WILL MANGANSenior Midfielder
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BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Sometimes junior centerMonique Oliver and senior pointguard Khadijah Rushdan switch
r o l e s for theR u t g e r sw o m e n ’ sbasketballteam.
In the 69-58 win againstMarquette last night at theLouis Brown Athletic Center,Oliver often played facilitatorwhile Rushdan played the poston offense.
To head coach C. VivianStringer, it is a testament totheir value.
“The name of the game forScarlet Knight players is versatili-ty,” Stringer said. “You have to bea darn good player, a specialist toplay center or point guard.[Rushdan] … might have goneand posted you up. When a post ismaking a pass to a guard, thoseare the types of things that we tryto encourage.”
Rushdan recorded morerebounds than assists and endedwith 11 and four, respectively. Butthe change is a common occur-rence for the Wilmington, Del.,native. She averaged 5.3 reboundsand 3.6 assists per game this yearentering the final regular seasongame of her career.
On the defensive end,Rushdan often boxed out whoeverplayed Marquette’s (13-16, 4-12)four position. The tallest playerthe 5-foot-9 Rushdan guarded was6-foot-3 sophomore KatherinePlouffe, who leads the GoldenEagles with 8.3 boards per game.
Oliver dished out a three assistsfrom the five spot, third-best for theNo. 24 Knights (21-8, 10-6).
Rushdan’s and Oliver’s pres-ence in the interior opened upopportunities for others to set upscoring chances. Senior guardNikki Speed led the way with aseason-high six assists in her finalgame at the RAC.
“As the season gets fartherdown the road, we know whateach other likes to do,” Speedsaid. “We know where to findeach other.”
THE FIRST SIX POINTS FORthe Knights came on back-to-back3-pointers from senior forwardApril Sykes, followed by juniorguard Erica Wheeler. TheKnights did not need much morefrom the outside.
Rutgers scored 42 of its 55points from field goals in the paint,compared to Marquette’s 22.
Even though four GoldenEagles are taller than theKnights’ biggest player, 6-foot-3 freshman Christa Evans, the Knights still exploitedMarquette inside.
“With our team, size doesn’tmatter,” Sykes said. “The guys wepractice with are [Marquette’s]height. In practice, they block ourshots all the time. It helps us ingames with big players.”
Blocked shots were oneaspect that impeded Marquette’splay in the post. Rutgers swattedseven attempts.
Oliver led the team with fourrejections, while Rushdan, Sykesand freshman guard ShakenaRichardson recorded one apiece.
Rutgers also took advantageon the offensive boards, gaining
15 second-chance opportunitiesoff of the glass. Marquette owneda 36-33 rebounding advantage,but Rutgers took 11 more shotsfrom the field.
FOUL TROUBLE WAS NOTa problem for Rutgers, whichfouled Marquette 15 times in thecontest.
The Knights comitted 10 foulsin the second half, but putMarquette into the bonus withthree minutes remaining whileRutgers cushioned its relativelysafe 63-52 lead.
Rutgers earned 21 free throwsand allowed only 15 Marquetteshots from the charity stripe.
Oliver was the most successfulat the line, finishing with 7-for-8shooting.
Freshman wing BetnijahLaney earned the second-mosttrips to the foul line, despite onlynine minutes of action. But theSmyrna High School (Del.) prod-uct finished with only 1-for-4shooting from the line.
FOUR SENIORS WEREhonored on Rutgers’ SeniorDay and all started the gamefor the Knights.
Stringer gave the nod to seniorguard Jaymee Tucker to beginthe final regular season game ofher career.
Tucker played the first twominutes and 15 seconds beforeWheeler substituted in for the senior.
Tucker was a team managerturned walk-on last year andappeared in 12 games her juniorseason, also her rookie year. The North Brunswick nativeappeared in 13 contests this year.
KNIGHTNOTEBOOK
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Senior guard Nikki Speed looks to pass last night against visitingMarquette. Speed recorded a season-high six assists.
WILLIAM MELOT
Junior center Monique Oliver (34) and senior forward April Sykes combine to defend Marquette’s Arlesia Morse last night at the Louis Brown Athletic Centerin the Knights’ win. Oliver contributed three assists, which was third on the team, in the final game of the regular season.
Pair of Knights show off flexibility in season finale
Senior forward April Sykes takes a 3-pointer from the baseline last night, when three scholarship players finished off their finalregular seasons with a 69-58 win against Marquette. Sykes scored a team-leading 20 points at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
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Rutgers sweepshost ODU forfirst victories
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
In its opening series of the season, theRutgers baseball team put together domi-nant pitching and hitting against a baseballpowerhouse. But the Scarlet Knights never
did both in thesame game.
The Knightstraveled to OldDominion lastweekend, and in a
three-game sweep, Rutgers executed thoseindividualized parts in a team effort.
“Getting to 3-3 is very important,” saidhead coach Fred Hill. “If I were a player, I’d be thinking, ‘We’re back on the right track.’”
The Knights’ pitchers allowed only fourwalks throughout the weekend. No pitcherimproved more from the last time out thanjunior lefty Rob Corsi.
Corsi bounced back from his loss toMiami, in which he had more earned runsthan innings pitched, to make the Big EastWeekly Honor Roll.
“I made sure to calm down and relax, andI made sure to throw strikes,” Corsi said.
The mindset led to seven-shutout inningsin the Knights’ 5-1 win.
Corsi (1-1) made the Honor Roll, but the entire Rutgers pitching staf f impressed Hill.
“[Tyler] Gebler, [Rob] Smorol, [Ryan]Fasano, Corsi and [Willie] Beard all did apretty good job,” he said. “Much better thanthe week before.”
The Knights’ 11-8 victory Saturday wastheir most complete game of the weekend.
Junior closer Jerry Elsing took themound to get the final three outs with an 11-5 advantage. Rutgers (3-3) put together 17hits, and its pitching allowed only fourearned runs in the first eight innings.
But the Knights defense was not there.Rutgers added two errors, bringing its
total of five, and allowed three runs in the final inning. None affected Elsing’sblank ERA.
“The ninth inning in the second gamewas an atrocity,” Hill said. “Luckily, wehad a nice lead so we were able to get outof there.”
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Knights record season-high score in third-place finishBY VINNIE MANCUSO
CORRESPONDENT
In the stat books, the Rutgers gymnasticteam’s quad meet Saturday in the LivingstonRecreation Center looks like a success.
The ScarletKnights tallied theirhighest team scoreof the season with192.400. They alsotook first place on
the podium in both the balance beam andfloor exercise with scores of 48.325 and48.925, respectively. The score on the beammarked a season high for the team.
And yet despite the successes, Rutgersstill ended its night in third place behindBridgeport and Eastern Michigan. Thehighs of the meet could not overcome thelows on a sloppy parallel bars routine, saidhead coach Louis Levine.
SEE SCORE ON PAGE 15
GYMNASTICS
RUTGERS 192.400THIRD PLACE
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Junior Jenna Zito competes on the beam Saturday in the Knights’ quad meet, which resulted in a third-place mark for the team.Zito recorded a personal-best score of 9.875 with her performance in the floor exercise.
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
With the Big East Tournament only fourdays away, the Rutgers women’s basketballteam came out firing last night and did not let
up all game.In a 69-58 victory
against Marquette,the No. 24 ScarletKnights’ (21-8, 10-6)offense looked tour-
nament-ready. The win locked up a No. 6seed and a first-round bye.
“We’re beginning to get a rhythm,” saidhead coach C. Vivian Stringer. “We’re begin-
ning to understand what makes us go andhow it needs to be done. I think people arebeginning to understand their role more.”
Yet in the midst of a game that influencedthe Knights’ postseason, Stringer kept inmind it was also Senior Night for four of herplayers and wanted to give them a properfinal home game.
In addition to the pregame ceremonies,which honored seniors Khadijah Rushdan,Nikki Speed, April Sykes and Jaymee Tucker,Stringer gave them a second chance to soakin the scene.
With a minute remaining, Stringer let herseniors know how much she appreciatedtheir time on the Banks. She subbed out the
three seniors on the floor, which allowedeach of them a standing ovation and a chantof “thank you seniors” from the home crowd.
“I’ve been here for a long time,” Rushdansaid. “To say that this is it, it’s like, wow. Idon’t think it has really hit me yet.”
The team did not get caught up in the fes-tivities and excitement. Save for a minordefensive lapse in the first half, Rutgersrolled over its final regular-season opponent,as it had did the past three games.
The Golden Eagles (13-16, 4-12) managed30 points at halftime, only 5 points behindtheir ranked opponent.
