the of ficer with a 2-foot-longwooden stick during thefatal altercation.

Of ficers Daniel Mazanand Brad Berdel stoppedDeloatch, a New Brunswickresident, and two otherunidentified men during aroutine patrol on Sept. 22and asked them to showtheir hands, according tothe lawyer. Deloatch thendarted down an alley wayand tried slipping under afence in the backyard of 103Throop Ave.

template available online as aresource to help maximize safety,said Krakower, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

Krakower, who is in ImsGeographic Information Systemsin Health and Planning class, saidthe mobile app informs users howdangerous an area is with statisticaldata on crimes.

What were doing basically isgoing around campus and puttingdata in variables onto a smar t-phone, she said. [We are] makinga list of perceived vulnerability to crime.

Variables such as lighting,amount of police patrol and suspicious-

looking people could help police intheir patrolling, Krakower said.

GIS creates interactive mapswhich give you a sense of demograph-ics and different kinds of statistics pro-jected onto a map, she said.

R U Safe? blends statistics on dan-gerous areas from previous criminalactivity with students intuitive senseof danger, Krakower said.

Im said he hoped the event made stu-dents more aware of their surroundings.

One thing they did was actuallyassess what was happening. Students canlearn about the safety because theyreactually doing the survey, he said.

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Students pinpoint potentially dangerous areas of the College Avenue campus last night during an R U Safe? eventblending statistical data and students perceptions to determine where they felt vulnerable to crime on campus.

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App maps out campus danger zonesBY MATTHEW MATILSKY

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Participants in the crime preven-tion event R U Safe? created a mapof the College Avenue campus lastnight, highlighting areas most proneto crime using a smartphone appli-cation called Mobile Mappler.

Designed by Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning andPublic Policy lecturer Wansoo Im,the app allows users to select areaswhere they feel vulnerable tocrime, said Jerilyn Krakower, coor-dinator of R U Safe?

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The Deloatch family andtheir spokesman returnedto the backyard pathwaywhere Barry Deloatch wasshot and killed about twomonths ago by a NewBrunswick Police of ficer.

But this week the familyspoke about their concernswith a statement from alawyer representing one of two of ficers involved in the incident. The statement claimed thatDeloatch allegedly struck

Nate Deloatch, left, Tommie Deloatch and Walter Hudson,family spokesman, not pictured, hold a press conferenceto respond to a statement by Lawrence Bitterman yesterday in an alley way where Barry Deloatch died.

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Osama Shabaik, one of the original Irvine 11 Muslim students who were convicted for disruptinga speech by the Israeli ambassador this past September, speaks to students about the UC IrvineDevelopment last night at the first Project Ummah event in the Busch Campus Center.

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BREAKING SILENCE Professor analyzeseuros effects onEuropean Union

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University of Washington political science ProfessorJames Caporaso gave his prediction of the euro zonesstability to an audience of mostly political science stu-dents yesterday during his visit to the campus.

Speaking to about a dozen students and faculty at theCenter for European Studies on Douglass campus,Caporaso said his prediction surprised him as well.

Two months ago, I would never have said that theeuro could collapse, but now there is definitely achance, he said.

After the rising national debts of Greece and Italy,the crisis in the euro zone 17 of the 27 EuropeanUnion countries that use the euro as its currency haspushed some economists to agree the status quo is not sustainable.

Caporaso, who specializes in international political econ-omy and comparative political economy, said the outcomes

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Bloustein School reaches 20-year milestoneBY RINA MODY

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Although the Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning andPublic Policy turned 20 years oldat the start of this academic year,its staff and faculty will be cele-brating all year long.

The school will commemo-rate past achievements through aseries of monthly presentationsdesigned to raise awareness ofthe different faculty researchprojects, said Karyn Olsen, direc-tor of Communications at theBloustein School.

We really need to showcaseour faculty. The work thattheyre doing directly af fectsthe careers that students planon entering, Olsen said. Itscrucial for students to under-stand that what their professorsare researching is influencingcurrent public policy.

The Bloustein Schools gradu-ate urban planning program isranked third in the nation,according to Planetizen 2012Guide to Graduate UrbanPlanning Programs.

Although the BlousteinSchool was created two decadesago, the programs currentlyavailable to its students originat-ed long before the school itself,said James Hughes, the EdwardJ. Bloustein School of Planningand Public Policy dean.

The Edward J. Bloustein School, on 33 Livingston Ave. in downtown New Brunswick, is hosting a series of events aimed to spread University awareness about 20 years of its facultys research.

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This year is really specialbecause its not only the 20thanniversary of the school itself,but there are also a lot of otherimpor tant anniversaries thatwere celebrating this year,Hughes said.

The undergraduate urbanplanning program is celebrat-ing its 65th anniversary thisyear, while the graduate urbanplanning program is celebrat-ing its 45th anniversar y,Hughes said.

Yearlong events include alum-ni panel discussions, where for-mer Bloustein students return toshare with current students theirwork experiences and the practi-cal applications of what theylearned while at the University,Olsen said.

All of these small eventswere hosting are all leading up tothis one large symposium wereholding in April, Olsen said.

The Symposium on PlanningHealthy, Sustainable Communities

will focus on the topic of sustain-able communities and will bringtogether all of the differentaspects of the Bloustein School,she said.

The intent behind the sym-posium is to approach the issueof sustainable communitiesfrom three dif ferent tracks: livability and environment;society and community; andeconomic competitiveness with workforce development,she said.

All of the different institu-tions from the school will fallunder one of those three cate-gories and will be used when con-sidering how to create a sustain-able community, Olsen said.

The Bloustein School incorpo-rated approximately five researchcenters and institutes since itscreation a number that hasnow grown to 18, Hughes said.

The schools expansion isself-generated, Hughes said.The school provides the statewith well-educated and equippedpublic workers. In return, thestate provides the school withfunding that can be used to fuelresearch projects.

Stephanie Curenton, anEdward J. Bloustein School ofPlanning and Public Policy assis-tant professor, who has given fac-ulty research presentations thismonth, said the opportunity wasuseful for the students and hercolleagues as well as herself.

Curenton said the events are apositive way to celebrate theschools 20th anniversary,because they allow opportunitiesfor the community and the rest ofthe University to get to know theBloustein School better.

The presentation allowedme to interact with the rest ofthe faculty and the students in away that I would otherwise beunable to, she said. I got a lotof good feedback.

for European financial systemto function.

The day-to-day problems thatmany Europeans will experienceare incomprehensible, he said.People will be wondering theconversion of Greek drachmasand euros, and what their moneywill be worth.

Professor R. Daniel Kelemen,director of the Center ofEuropean Studies and host of theevent, said if the euro were to col-lapse, U.S. institutions would faceproblems similar to theirs. ManyU.S. banks have taken out insur-ances on the euro, and theadverse effects would be similarto the 2008 AmericanInternational Group collapse.

Caporaso said the other solu-tion could be that the financial cri-sis will push Europe towardgreater centralization, which willgive greater powers to the EUand the European Central Bank.

Caporaso said the option of fur-ther integration contains problems

in itself. The consolidation of debtfrom the euro zone countries wouldcause the German banks borrow-ing interest rates to increase, whichis one of the reasons Germanyopposes full integration.

EU countries not in the eurozone have also pushed back fromswitching to the euro, whereaspreviously they were willing tojoin, he said.

Turkey, which has been tryingto join the EU and the euro zone

for many years, aims to be induct-ed, but Caporaso said conserva-tive governments in the EUwould continue to be against theinclusion of Turkey.

The addition of Turkeywould allow the young workersto offset the both those prob-lems. It will give Europe a bridgeinto Asia and the Muslim world,Caporaso said.

Kelemen said the euro zonewould not dissolve despite thecurrent economic situation.

Nietzsche said, Whateverdoesnt kill you makes youstronger. I think it wont fallapart. Europe will becomestronger, he said.

Caporaso said Europe isactually divided into four parts:the economic, social, fiscal anddemocratic Europe. The eco-nomic policies of Europe are on their way to full integra-tion, but social, fiscal and dem-ocratic policies are behind in integration.

He said the lack of politicalpower of the EU and the lack ofability for the organization to cre-ate fiscal policies regarding debtare the main culprits of the crisis.

The problem is not theamount of debt. The problem isstructural, Caporaso said. It isinstitutional. If these institutionswere in place, you wouldnt have arun on the bank.

Amanda Alcantara, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior, saidshe agreed with Kelemens pre-dictions instead of Caporasosdire outlook.

I dont think France andGermany will allow Italy and Greeceto bring them down while still beingpart of the euro, she said.

Alcantara said Caporaso wasdrastic in saying the EU couldfall apart.

Her experiences in focusingEuropean studies at theUniversity and her time spentstudying abroad in Paris do notreflect this prediction, she said.

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Stephen Bronner, a political science professor at the University, talks last night about the past political and economic events that may have led to the reasons whythe Occupy protests are occurring at the Teach-In event at the First Baptist Church in Piscataway. Occupy Central Jersey hosted the event.

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are uncertain. The EU woulddecentralize or become moreunified as a fiscal federation,which would enact unified legis-lation across Europe, he said.

Europe cant stay where it isnow. We are at an unstable equi-librium, he said. You can eithermove forward and be furtherintegrated or go back and dis-solve the euro.

The timeline to fix the prob-lem and reassure markets havealso shortened, said Caporaso,who is also editor of the journal,Comparative Political Studies.

The Europeans thoughtthey had 30 to 40 weeks, butnow they actually have 30 to 40days, he said.

Caporaso said if the eurodissolved, it would be dif ficult

I cannot believe DanielMazan and his attorney waitedtwo months to release anunjustified action, said WalterHudson, the Deloatch familysspokesman. The report over-all is unethical.

Despite the claim made byMazans attorney LawrenceBitterman, Hudson said the weapon attained by the Middlesex CountyProsecutors Of fice was a 2-by-4 piece of lumber alleged-ly used to attack Mazan during the time of the incident.

Because Deloatch was 5-feet, 3-inches and 135 pounds,Hudson said the lumber wouldhave required a lot of strengthto swing, which would havebeen dif ficult if he was pinnedunder the fence.

The Deloatch family andHudson gathered yesterday inthe alleyway of f the corner ofThroop Avenue and HandyStreet, where part of the fenceDeloatch was stuck under wasremoved. A small memorialsits in front of the tree next to the gap where the fenceonce stood.

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Participants recorded dataon the application and ratedtheir perception of dangerfrom one to five, Im said. Theyalso filled out a survey afterthe event.

The project only focuses ondangerous areas on the CollegeAvenue campus as of now. ButKristen Clarke, student repre-sentative to the Board ofGovernors and a participant,said she hopes it would expandto other areas.

In regards to the overallproject, I think its a good ideaand would be really cool toexpand this and actually do iton all five campuses, as well asa larger area of the student[neighborhoods] all ofWard six, most of Wards fiveand two in [New Brunswick],she said in the survey.

Clarke, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, said this information should beaccessible to security servicesaround campus.

This data should not only beadvertised but given to theUniversity administrators like [vicepresident] for Student Affairs,[Department of Transportation

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Hudson said he was unsurewhy Officer Brad Berdel, theshooter according to Bitterman,did not use another method toapprehend him if he was armed.He said Deloatch was pinnedunder the corner of a metalfence and if needed could havebeen pepper-sprayed or struckwith a baton.

The police allegedly shot 20feet away in the dark, butHudson said the autopsyrepor ts would show that hewas shot in close range.

The Middlesex CountyProsecutors Office could notcomment by press time and hasnot yet released any results oftheir investigation.

Barr y Deloatchs sister-in-law said she experienced eyeand facial trauma when shewalked into the metal bar ofthe fence at the crime scene onSept. 24 to visit the vigil. Shesaid that the alley way wasunlit and dark.

The aspect that it was sodark how could he have hadany idea what he was shootingat? He could have shot his par tner, said TommieDeloatch, Barr y Deloatchsyounger brother. He was shotin close range.

Why Berdel and Mazanstopped Deloatch and the twounidentified men is still underinvestigation, but Hudson said

some assume it is because ofDeloatchs past criminal record.

The 46-year-old Deloatch inthe past has pled guilty to drugpossession and distributioncharges and completed a reha-bilitation program, accordingto nj.com.

Hudson said he thinks themedia neglected to mentionthat Deloatch graduated from adrug court program and wasadvocating against drugs tocommunity members beforehis death.

The New Brunswick PoliceDepartment is a criminal enter-prise. Officers are engaged incriminal conduct, Hudsonsaid, citing Sgt. Richard Rowewho has been charged withmishandling 81 internal af fairscases at the New BrunswickPolice Department.

The city has also held onecommunity forum in the pasttwo months, Hudson said.

Hudson said Deloatch waspinned at the end of the fencewith parts of the metal dug intohis midsection, and the bulletpierced his left side and splitwith no exit wound. One part ofthe bullet struck his aor ta,killing him.

Its a story of justice, and itstotally inaccurate with the discrep-ancies within itself, he said. Whathappened that night and whatBitterman endorses were wrong.

Services], RUPD, maybe evenFacilities if its concerning the light-ing, she said.

Melissa Gotanco, a studentin Ims class who is completinga final project based on infor-mation about lighting in crime-prone areas, said the eventheightened her awareness.

It was fun to see the campusdifferently. I was more aware ofdangerous areas, said Gotanco,a School of Arts and Sciencessenior, in the survey.

Volunteers at the eventwere mostly students fromIms class, but also includedstudents in dif ferent areas ofpublic planning such as health,research and activism, saidUsman Khan, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.

It was good to see the com-munity getting involved withsecurity issues, Khan said.People overlook the impor-tance of these issues.

Volunteer Saba Khan, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior, said she was concerned withthe events organization.

My main concern was theorganization of the actualprocess, Saba Khan said inthe survey. I ran into somestudents from dif ferent groupsand zones, and I felt that theproject could have maximizedthe results if students weredistributed evenly.

five senses is an interesting expe-rience, Fishkin said.

Once midterms arrive,Gibbons said students recognizeholiday eating is not the soleagent placing pressure on stu-dents during this time of the year.

People are realizing that thesemesters getting by them andthey thought they were okay,she said. They are realizing thatthey are falling behind and theyneed to get some help.

Yu Han, a graduate studentand assistant at Nelson BiologyLaboratories, said he is a self-taught meditator and regularlyattends the sessions. He said helearns more about the practicethrough Gibbons teachings.

The practice here is just to beaware. They talk about accept-

ance with compas-sion, he said. Ithink thats thepart I like most.

Han said themeditation ses-sions are conven-ient for studentsto participate in,but that they arealso available tofaculty and staffwho might facesimilar stress.

Because Ihave been participating in othermeditation formats, one thing Ireally liked about this session isits very open, he said. Youfeel free to come, you feel freeto stay. You dont have to makeany appointment.

Nataniele Montfort, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences sophomore,said she initially found the medi-tating bizarre, but realized theexperience to be beneficial.

As finals are approaching, itsdefinitely a factor in me cominghere, but its also convenient withmy class schedule, Fishkin said.Its definitely a valuableresource that really not a lot ofpeople are taking advantage of.

Montfort said students whowant to take time out of theirbusy schedules to relax shouldconsider going to the meditation.

It looked interesting. I neverreally meditated before, shesaid. I always heard about it,[but] never did it. So I wanted totry something new.

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Aaron Jackson, a Mason Gross School of the Arts alum-nus, plans to build seven houses this season for familieswhose homes were destroyed last May during a tornado thathit Joplin, Mo.

As the design producer of ABCs Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition, Jackson is set to work with host Ty Pennington todesign the interior for the families homes, according to a newsfeature on the Mason Gross School of the Arts website.

It is emotional, to a point, he said in the feature. You getinvolved in their stories. Some of them are definitely more heart-breaking than others.

Jackson often spends 14 to 17 hours a day working on aparticular construction project from beginning to end withdifferent design concepts, like a zoo-themed room, accordingto the feature.

Theyre always pushing us to be more and moreextreme, he said. Were doing things you wouldnt normallysee inside a house.

Jackson is dedicated to his work not only as a hobby, but alsoas a means of helping families rebuild their lives, according tothe feature.

Were giving them a whole new life sometimes, he said.College scholarships, a new car. There are all kinds of amazingthings that happen here.

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Students release stressthrough meditation

BY LISA-ANNA MIGLIORECONTRIBUTING WRITER

Students looking for waysto relieve stress before finalscan take advantage of medita-tion and relaxation duringMindfulness Meditation.

Participants can unwind dur-ing an hour-long class that meetsthroughout the semester in thestudent centers on Busch,Douglass and the CollegeAvenue campuses. The class isrun by Siobhan Gibbons, a psy-chologist for Counseling, ADAPand Psychiatric Services.

Mindfulness Meditationhelps those who are over-whelmed with the holiday sea-son, college or life itself, Gibbonssaid. Meditation sessions encour-age people to begrateful for thethings they trulyenjoy in a guilt-free manner.

I try to do theeating piecea r o u n dT h a n k s g i v i n gand Christmas,just because itcan be very diffi-cult for people tobe able to beaware of whattheyre eating, she said.

Students can benefit frombecoming more self-aware oftheir sentiments by eating inan unhurried, nonjudgmentalmanner, Gibbons said.Mindfulness Meditation par-ticipants relish a piece ofdried mango, cranberry, blue-berry or cherry with all fivesenses before swallowing.

One student said that sheeats deep fried stuff a lot andshe did this exercise with deepfried chicken. She realized thatshe didnt really like the tasteof the deep fried chicken,Gibbons said.

Max Fishkin, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, said heenjoyed the slow eating experi-ment portion of the session,where he learned somethingabout the fast-paced lifestylesome students experience.

Trying to eat fruit slowly isnot something most people dooften. Trying to absorb it with all

Seventy Poinsettia cultivars are displayed during the annual Poinsettia open house on the FloricultureGreenhouses on Cook campus. Guests have a chance to buy flowers, as well as learn about thegrowing, handling and marketing of the crop. Today is the last day of the open house.

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2 There will be Responsible Drinking Happy Hour from 4 to 7p.m. in the Cook Caf. Please bring University identification.Limit one drink per hour.

The International Student Association presents their cultur-al event of the year, Colors of Nations. Guests can learn dif-ferent cultures and celebrate the cultural diversity at theUniversity. It features cultural performances and videosfrom all around the world and free food. The event will takeplace from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Busch Campus CenterMultipurpose Room.

3 Rutgers Recreation will host foxtrot and rumba basics les-sons for new or beginning dancers and a quickstep instruc-tional for experienced dancers from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in theupper gym of the College Avenue Gym. Workshops willrange from $8 to $15 with valid University identification.Admission is payable at the door or register online by visit-ing recreation.rutgers.edu/classes. There will be a ballroomdance social from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Attend with or without apartner. There will be a rotation system in workshops. Dressup no jeans, T-shirts or sneakers. The social is $10 or $5with valid University identification. For more informationcall (732) 932-8204 or email recclass@rci.rutgers.edu.

RUPA will host a trip to the Museum of Natural History andprovide free tickets to the IMAX show Journey to theStars. The bus leaves at noon outside the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue campus. For more informa-tion about the trip and ticket process visitwww.rupa.rutgers.edu.

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4 Attend the museum for free on the first Sunday of the monthfrom noon to 5 p.m. at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museumon the College Avenue campus. Scavenger hunts are sched-uled throughout the day.

Rutgers Theater Company presents Nathan's SecretGirlfriend is Coming to Town! at 2:00 p.m. in the Philip J.Levin Theater on Douglass campus. The cost for students is$15. For more information, call (732) 932-7511 or e-mail jco-gan@masongross.rutgers.edu.

There will be a screening of Its a Wonderful Life. Snackswill be served, and a discussion on the themes of the filmwill follow. The holiday film, starring James Stewart, willplay from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Canterbury House. For moreinformation, call (732) 932-1278 or e-mail bezil-la@rci.rutgers.edu.

5 Learn about upcoming RUPA events in the spring semesterfrom 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Busch Campus CenterMultipurpose Room.

6 Find out about RUPA events every Tuesday from 1:00 to3:00 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center. Free popcornand toppings will be provided.

7 There will be Alumni-Student Career Speed NetworkingEvent at 7 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center. Meet alumniand employer contacts from a wide variety of fields in aspeed networking setting.

A session will focus on contemporary ethical practices andtheir impacts on professional opportunities as part of theStudent Professional Development Workshop Series. Themeeting will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the RutgersStudent Center, Room 411. To register, visithttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SPDS_Ethics

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Syria civil war promptsstrike against president

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BEIRUT Syria hasentered a state of civil war withmore than 4,000 people deadand an increasing number ofsoldiers defecting from thearmy to take up arms againstPresident Bashar Assadsregime, the U.N.s top humanrights of ficial said Thursday.

Syrian President BasharAssad has been trying to crushan 8-month-old revolt againsthis autocratic rule, but the vio-lence has only intensified.

The U.N. HighCommissioner for HumanRights, Navi Pillay, said theU.N. is putting the death toll forthe revolt at 4,000 but reallythe information coming to us isthat its much more than that.

As soon as there were moreand more defectors threateningto take up arms, I said this inAugust before the SecurityCouncil, that theres going tobe a civil war, Pillay toldreporters in Geneva. And atthe moment thats how I amcharacterizing this.

The scathing criticism fromPillay comes as the pressure pileson Assad fromhome andabroad. OnThursday, theEuropean Unionimposed freshsanctions onDamascus, andthe Syrian opposi-tion called a gen-eral strike insidethe country.

The recentspate of eco-nomic sanctionsfrom the EU,the ArabLeague and Turkey are punish-ing Syrias ailing economy, adangerous development for thegovernment in Damascus.Syrian business leaders havelong traded political freedomsfor economic privileges in thecountry, where the prosperousmerchant classes are key topropping up the regime.

But the sanctions, coupledwith increasing calls forstrikes, could sap their resolve.

The new EU sanctions target12 people and 11 companies, andadd to a long list of those previ-ously sanctioned by the EU. Thefull list of names of those target-ed will not be known until theyare published in the official jour-nal of the EU on Friday.

The 27-member bloc alsoimposed some sanctions onSyrias ally Iran in the wake ofan attack this week by a mobon the British Embassy inTehran, the Iranian capital.

British Foreign Secretar yWilliam Hague accused Iran ofsupporting Assads crackdown,saying there is a link betweenwhat is happening in Iran andwhat is happening in Syria.

The sanctions came asSyrian troops stormed a villagein the central province ofHama, killing at least six peo-ple the latest in what hasbecome daily violence andbloodshed in the country.

It was difficult to gauge howwidely Syrians were abiding byThursdays strike, which activistsannounced on an oppositionFacebook page. The regime hassealed the country off from for-eign journalists and preventedindependent reporting.

Residents in Syrias two eco-nomic powerhouses the cap-ital, Damascus, and the north-ern city of Aleppo reportedbusiness as usual Thursday.

But in the flashpoint city ofHoms, a resident told TheAssociated Press that most ofthe shops were closed, exceptfor those selling food. Homshas been one of Syrias mostvolatile cities, with increasingclashes between troops andarmy defectors.

Few people are in thestreets and only about 20 per-cent of students went to schoolsand universities, said one resi-dent, who asked that his namenot be made public for fear ofgovernment reprisals.

A video posted online byactivists showed mostly closedshops in the Damascus suburbof Zabadani, which also hasseen large anti-regime protests.

Despite the recent diplomat-ic squeeze andT h u r s d a y sstrike, the gov-ernment hasshown littlesign of easingits crackdown.

The LocalCoor dinat ionC o m m i t t e e sactivist groupsaid securityforces sweptthrough the vil-lage ofTraimseh in the

central province of Hama. Thegroup said six people were killed,without giving further details.

The British-based SyrianObservatory for Human Rightsalso said six people were killedand nine wounded in Traimseh.It added that the operation wascontinuing in the village.

Also Thursday, the govern-ment took local journalists on atrip to the village of Kfarbo inHama province, where theyspoke to the family of a 9-year-old boy who was shot dead inHoms three days ago while hewas buying cookies from a shop.

He was holding a biscuit inhis hand not a pistol, thechilds mother, GeorginaMtanious al-Jammal, toldreporters. They have burnedmy heart.

She blamed armed terror-ists for killing her son.

The shooting is particularlyresonant in Syria because theboy, Sari Saoud, was from aChristian family. Christians andother religious minorities in Syriagenerally support the regimebecause they feel it offers themimportant protections.

Syria is over whelminglySunni Muslim, and manyminorities fear they will bemarginalized if a Sunni regimetakes over. Assad and the rul-ing elite are from the tinyAlawite sect.

As soon as there were more ...

defectors threatening to take up arms,

I said ... that theresgoing to be a civil war.

NAVI PILLAYU.N. High Commissioner

for Human Rights

Hillary Clinton vists former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, Thursday, to suggest changes for Myanmar, including ending campaigns against ethnic minorities and terminating ties with North Korea.

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Clinton calls for reform in MyanmarTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

YANGON, Myanmar Hillary Rodham Clinton dinedThursday with former politicalprisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, force-fully underscoring a U.S. chal-lenge to Myanmars leaders onher historic visit: The new civiliangovernment must expand recentreforms, including the release ofpolitical prisoners, to improverelations as it emerges from morethan a half-century of repressivemilitary rule.

We believe that any politicalprisoner anywhere should bereleased, the U.S. secretary of statetold reporters. One political prison-er is one too many in our view.

Clinton called Suu Kyi a per-sonal inspiration, and her firstmeeting with the Nobel peacelaureate was a highlight of hervisit to the long-isolated countryalso known as Burma. Suu Kyi, aprisoner for most of the past twodecades, was released fromhouse arrest last year and isreturning to politics.

The two women were to seeeach other again on Friday.

Greeting one another at SuuKyis home, they noted that SuuKyi has a poster signed byClinton and former Secretary ofState Madeline Albright. Suu Kyisaid she has read books writtenby both Clinton and her husband,former President Bill Clinton.Reporters were present for a fewmoments of banter before dinner.

U.S. officials warned that eventhe modest incentives Clintonoffered to Myanmars new, mili-tary-backed leaders this weekwould come off the table if thecountry fails the political-prison-ers and other tests of reform.

In meetings with topMyanmar officials in the capitalof Naypyidaw and then with SuuKyi in the commercial hub ofYangon, Clinton said the coun-trys leaders must end violentcampaigns against ethnic minori-ties and break military ties withNorth Korea.

Clinton offered a small pack-age of rewards for stepsPresident Thein Sein and otherleaders have already taken butsaid the U.S. was not ready to lifttough sanctions on the country.Removing some of those sanc-tions would require approval byCongress, where many lawmak-ers have criticized the Obamaadministration for rewardingMyanmar too quickly withoutenough evidence of change.

The modest first steps Clintonannounced include Washingtonno longer blocking enhancedcooperation between Myanmarand the International MonetaryFund that could lead to theapproval of much-needed loansand support for the poorestnation in the region. Also, theU.S. would support intensifiedU.N. health and microfinanceprograms and resume bilateralcounternarcotics efforts.

Those steps could be followedby an upgrade in diplomatic rela-tions between the U.S. andMyanmar, Clinton said, althoughU.S. officials stressed that con-crete action on American con-cerns must be completed first.The U.S. has not had an ambassa-dor in Myanmar since the early1990s and is represented now bya charge daffaires.

Clinton delivered letters fromPresident Barack Obama toThein Sein and Suu Kyi, in whichObama expressed hopes for bet-ter ties. The secretary of statemade the point directly in herpublic remarks.

I came to assess whether thetime is right for a new chapter in ourshared history, Clinton said,adding that the U.S. was ready tofurther improve relations with thecivilian government in theSoutheast Asian nation but only ifit stays on a path of democratization.

A senior U.S. official saidThein Sein had outlined his gov-ernments plans for reform in a45-minute presentation in whichhe acknowledged that Myanmarlacked a recent tradition of

democracy and openness. Heasked for U.S. help in making thetransition from military to fullcivilian rule, according to the offi-cial, who spoke on condition ofanonymity to describe the privatediplomatic exchange.

Clintons trip is both a markof approval, and a prod to fur-ther reform.

The U.S. is encouraged by thesteps that you and your govern-ment have taken to provide for yourpeople, she said, but those stepsmust be consolidated and enlarged.

While measures alreadytaken may be unprecedented andcertainly welcome, they are just abeginning, she told reporters.Were not at the point yet wherewe can consider lifting sanctionsthat we have in place because ofour ongoing concerns about poli-cies that have to be reversed. Butany steps that the governmenttakes will be carefully consideredand will be matched.

In addition to calling for therelease of political prisoners andan end to ethnic violence, Clintonsaid the U.S. wants to see a trulyopen political system andimprovements in human rights.She also warned the countrysleaders to break suspected illicitmilitary, nuclear and ballistic mis-sile cooperation with North Koreathat may violate U.N. sanctions.

Better relations with theUnited States will only be possi-ble if the entire governmentrespects the international consen-sus against the spread of nuclearweapons ... and we support thegovernments stated intention tosever military ties with NorthKorea, she said.

In his presentation, Thein Seinvowed that Myanmar would upholdits U.N. obligations with respect toNorth Korea, according to the sen-ior U.S. official. Thein Sein also toldClinton that Myanmar was activelyconsidering signing a new agree-ment with the U.N. nuclear watch-dog that would allow unfetteredinspections of atomic sites in hiscountry, the official said.

stock-photo agencies, butthey do not tell the wholestory. I have becomeattached to photojournalismsites such as The New YorkTimes Lens or the NationalGeographic photography sec-tion, because those photo-journalists tell the storybehind the image. Do your-

self a favor: visit one of these photo rolls, and do notread the rest of this column. Make up your own mind.

I have already made up mine. Studying thedecline of journalistic professionalism, especially incable news, I can say this continues the trend. FoxNews will continue to be based entirely on profits I refuse to believe the majority of their anchorsbelieve what they say, but viewers certainly do. AndCNN apparently has joined the club, if not as obvi-ously and not just right leaning, but simply less pro-fessional and more profit-oriented.

Here is an interesting quip relat-ing to this story. And I got the story,once again, behind the photo, fromThe British Journal of Photography.Photojournalist Daniel Morel foundhimself in the middle of a legal bat-tle after AFP and CNN, among oth-ers, distributed his award-winningphoto of a woman under the Haitiearthquake rubble. He posted thephotos to Twitter, at which point

social media did its worst. Getty Images was alsoinvolved in the scandal. I say this to prove thevalue of photographers to the first-hand reportsfrom the scene. Maybe it is a bit nave to think thatmore professional photojournalists are good, but Ihold there is some practical truth behind this too.I will not start a fight over copyright and such,only the fact that these people are necessary, andCNN could do with keeping them rather thanreplacing them with technology, part of which isCNNs user-generated content.

They say social media will play a big role in this.But that doesnt mean they cannot report alongsidethe trained journalists. A man on the street can tella story, but it matters who he is and how he tellsthe story. The readership he gets is much more dif-ferent than a Washington Post reporters, for exam-ple. And this does not take into account skill, justcredibility. Anyone can take a photo and write twolines below it. But a photo does not tell the fullstory, the journalist does.

Aleksi Tzatzev is School of Arts and Sciences sen-ior majoring in English and political science. He isan associate news editor at The Daily Targum.

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Trying to eat fruit slowly is not something most people do often.

Max Fishkin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, on Mindful Meditation classes

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T here is somethingstrange aboutReuters reportingon a story involving CNN,but thats what I read lastweek. CNN cut about 50employees at the beginningof November deemedreplaceable by technologi-cal advances. The BritishJournal of Photography picked up the story yester-day, citing that a dozen photojournalists were partof the firings. Cuts were quietly made in Miami,Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angeles andAtlanta, according to Reuters.

Jack Womack, CNNs senior vice president ofdomestic news operations, wrote to his staff, asreported by Reuters: For the past three years, wehave been analyzing our work process across Image+ Sound, both in the field and in our editing and pro-duction areas. Consumer and pro-sumer tech-nologies are simpler and more acces-sible. Small cameras are now highbroadcast quality. More of this tech-nology is in the hands of more people.After completing this analysis, CNNdetermined that some photojournal-ists will be departing the company.

Apart from the obvious mistreat-ment of employees, this is damagingto journalism.

I guess we shouldnt be surprisedthat a corporation as big as CNN would do some-thing like this if only for financial reasons savingmoney out of insatiability rather than necessity. Butit is the readers, viewers or Web surfers who willlose. First-hand news reporting will decline, and atrend of reporters re-reporting what colleagues ofother publications write will continue. Raw news, orthe raw product, will be abstracted a little morewith every journalist replaced by so-called moreefficient technological advances.

Reuters, The Associated Press and AgenceFrance-Presse remain three of the biggestnewswires with thousands of journalists all over theworld. They will remain leaders in primary report-ing, but CNN donates to a trend of reliance on justthose wires rather than doing the job itself.

It seems like philosopher Noam Chomsky andeconomist Edward Hermans propaganda model ofpolitical economy holds true. As one of the five fil-ters, ownership matters hugely in this case as CNNaims to sacrifice in order to save money. Higher-ups have taken this step without regard for unbi-ased, first-hand reporting.

All the same goes for photojournalism. GettyImages remains one of the worlds biggest

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Week in review:laurels and darts

T he N.J. Assembly Higher Education Committee passed a billearlier this week that, if it makes a successful journey throughthe rest of the states legislature, will require N.J. public univer-sities to post their budgets online for easy access. This would obviouslyfoster better transparency. Taxpayers would be able to see exactly howthe schools they are funding are using the money. Not only is this goodfor the taxpayers, but it may also have considerable positive benefits forthe universities themselves. Such transparency would make officialsmore accountable for their actions, with respect to issues of funding.Maybe such accountability would encourage those in charge to makesmarter decisions with their schools purses. We give the N.J. AssemblyHigher Education Committee a laurel for pushing this bill forward.

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The relatively quiet community of Highland Park sustained damageearly Tuesday morning from a vandal who broke the windows of five busi-nesses, all which have Jewish owners. As of now, the Highland Park policehave apprehended a suspect, Richard Green. They are charging him withfive counts of criminal mischief. Some feel that Greens crimes were ground-ed in anti-Semitism, making them bias crimes. What Green did if he is infact responsible for the crimes was just plain malicious, regardless of themotive for his actions. We give him a dart for going on a destruction spree.Thankfully, no one was hurt but they could have been, and so it is betterfor us all that the Highland Park police was so quick to find a culprit.

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Whenever our countrys leaders and politicians had the opportunity toaddress the nations problems over the past few years, failure and short-coming appropriately summarized most efforts on both sides of the aisle.Whether its been passing legislation to correct the declining state ofhealth care in the United States or coming to a decision on budget mat-ters, Washington has neither lived up to expectations nor performed itsduties by the average Americans standards. It comes as no surprise,then, that Washingtons so-called Super Committee failed in its attempt tobring about any significant reductions to the nations deficit. The impactof this failure will no doubt be felt throughout many aspects of the econ-omy, including funding for higher education. What is surprising, though,is the unfailing ability of American citizens to continue to seek outanswers in the hollow promises of politicians. As a testament to all of this,just take a look at the dismal approval ratings of Congress over the pastfew months. According to the Huffington Post, a greater percentage ofAmericans approve of polygamy than they do of our nations leaders. Wegive the Super Committee a dart for their failed efforts.

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The Middlesex County Department of Human Services conductedits annual 2011 Point-in-Time survey last year in an effort to documentthe number of homeless individuals throughout the county. A total of946 persons were reported as being without permanent housing. Yetyear after year, food, temporary shelter and clothing for these individ-uals can be found at Elijahs Promise, the citys local soup kitchen.Headed by the non-profits Executive Director Lisanne Finston, pro-grams like Code Blue, a yearly community Turkey Trot and a culi-nary school help to address food scarcity and homelessness through-out city. We are a connection and entry point for people who are low-income and homeless, she said. Finston was awarded recently the2011 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health LeadersAwards for her efforts. From us, she can add a laurel to her wall ofaccomplishments. We praise Finston for her continued efforts to fighthomelessness and feed the hungry throughout New Brunswick.

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Americans have a thing for keeping their private lives private. ThePatriot Act, for example, is one piece of legislation thought by many toencourage infringement on a citizens right to privacy. Wire-tapping regu-lations are strongly enforced and regarded by many as essential to the pro-tection of such fundamental rights. Which is why a recent video, releasedby researcher Trevor Eckhart, that details hidden software installed onsmartphones used to log users activities, has so many people up in arms.On his HTC smartphone, Eckhart found that the application, namedCarrier IQ, logged HTTP traffic on his browser, accessed phone numbersand recorded ingoing and outgoing text messages all unknown to him.According to Paul Ohm, a former Justice Department prosecutor, the pro-gram, which runs in the background of a wide range of smartphones, maybe in direct violation of wiretap regulations: This is a clear, massive, felonywiretap. Were hesitant to form an opinion of Carrier IQ use on smart-phones so early in the investigation, but if the story holds true, the compa-nies that use this software deserve a dart. No one Americans especial-ly need someone listening in on their private messages and phone calls.

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entertainment at aschool likeRutgers, wheregeneric bands arebooked to appeasethe general studentbody. Since I start-ed attendingRutgers in 2009,the only bands thatRUPA considered indie rock that have per-formed are Reel Big Fish and Circa Survive.But Reel Big Fish is a ska band and CircaSurvive, while alternative, is a band I wouldhave liked to see when I was a freshman inhigh school. Indie rock is such a blanketterm for a multitude of different styles ofmusic, and its unfortunate that RUPA doesnot realize this and book bet-ter bands to come here.

With the return ofRutgersfest nowhere insight and RUPA restrictedfrom hosting a major con-cert in April for fear of allhell breaking loose like itdid this year, RUPA prom-ised to make up for it by providing smallerconcerts throughout the year. But whathave they done so far? While there are plen-ty of students here who would have gone tosee LMFAO perform at the State Theatre, itwas cancelled. No other concerts, unlessyou count YouTube sensation Karmin, have

taken place or evenbeen announced.RUPA needs tosurvey the studentbody more effec-tively while plan-ning for a concert,and bring a bandhere that I wouldactually like to see.

These bands that Im talking about would-nt cost RUPA an arm and a leg either Best Coast, a surf-rock band, had a $5,000asking fee this spring when they were tour-ing. No Age, a noise-pop band, also asks for$5,000 according to concertideas.com,where RUPA quotes prices for perform-ance acts. For these two bands to perform

a full show, it would cost thesame that RUPA paidYelawolf for his 20-minuteopening act at Rutgersfest.

To be fair, RUPA hasgone through a lot whiledealing with the flack overRutgersfest. Were lucky toeven have free concerts pro-

vided to us at this school. But it would bebetter for RUPA to appeal to certain groupsin the Universitys population that feel neg-lected by their artist choices. They reallyshould consider developing a new way togauge the musical taste of such a diversestudent body. I know they cant make

everyone happy, but they could at least try.If students who adore mainstream musicare treated to free concerts they enjoy, soshould those who listen to other genres.

It also wasnt always like this. As an edi-tor at The Daily Targum, I have seen aRutgers College yearbook from 1997 sit-ting in the Targums business office. Ivethumbed through it while waiting to checkpages in the wee hours of the night, and Ihave seen how lucky students were to seesome of the artists who performed thatyear. With Run D.M.C., Lisa Loeb and YoLa Tengo performing at Rutgersfest, theprogrammers were obviously trying tocater to every students taste then. I wouldbe happy if Yo La Tengo would come per-form at the University this year. Anotherawesome band that performed at Rutgersin 1997? Radiohead. These bands are stillacts I would like to see come here, evenmore than a decade later. So RUPA please be a little more open minded whenbooking alternative acts and strive for con-certs that are more representative of stu-dents music tastes here. You might wantto look back at the Universitys history asan example to provide more diverse acts.

Amy Rowe is a School of Arts andSciences junior majoring in journalism andmedia studies with minors in Americanstudies and art history. She is an associatenews editor at The Daily Targum.

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I n the midst of last years scandalwhere Nicole Snooki Polizzi was paid$32,000 for her comedy shows in theLivingston Student Center, the Universitycommunity became very interested in howthe Rutgers University ProgrammingAssociation funded entertainment acts.People wanted to know how much rapperPitbull charged RUPA to headlineRutgersfest, and it wasnt cheap Pitbullwas paid $50,000 to perform a set. Theother performers, electronic act 3OH!3 andanother rapper Yelawolf, did not make for avery well-rounded line up. When droppingbig bucks like this on performers, RUPAshould try to have all bases covered. Tobest cater to all of the varying music tastesamong students here, an independent artistthat is not a rapper should have been includ-ed in the lineup. There wasnt even a tokenirrelevant alternative rock band included inthe lineup, which was Brand New the previ-ous year and Motion City Soundtrack theyear before that.

As someone who is generally disappoint-ed in todays popular music, I feel RUPA hasrepeatedly missed the mark when bookingconcert acts the Universitys student bodywould want to see. Yes, a lot of people wentto the now-defunct Rutgersfest, because itwas an opportunity for a free concert and anexcuse to get wasted. But what about all ofthe smaller concerts booked throughout theyear? Indie rock fans are deprived of quality

RUPA concerts fail to account for diverse tastes

I know [RUPA]cant make everyone

happy, but theycould at least try.

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very good. We expect him to befighting for a spot on the podium.Thats why we recruited him. Itsto excel, and expectations arehigh. I think of him like I think ofGreg Zannetti, Dan Rinaldi andguys like that.

Zannetti draws OldDominions only other ranked

wrestler in ninth-ranked 174-pounder Te Edwards. Along with149-pound Mario Mason,Zannetti is one of two unbeatenwrestlers on Rutgers roster afterfour bouts.

He won his bracket at theBrockpor t-Oklahoma GoldClassic with a decision againstJimmy Sheptock of Maryland,and then took Sheptocks placeas the 16th-ranked 174-pounderin the nation. But Edwardspresents his biggest test to date.

The Arizona State transfer andNCAA qualifier already beat apair of ranked opponents, includ-ing then-No. 7 Chris Spangler inan upset of Iowa State.

While Zannetti prefers toignore the rankings, his coachdoes not.

Its a great opportunity forhim, Goodale said. Greg has agreat opportunity, and I look for-ward to that match for sure.

It marks Zannettis firstmatch at the RAC since he wres-tled at 165 pounds two years

ago in a dual-meet victor yagainst Virginia.

Ashnault and sophomoreDaniel Seidenberg also wrestledin that match, but Seidenbergs184-pound class is now with someuncertainty for Goodale.

We have some young guys inthe lineup, Goodale said. VinnyDellefave has been with us threeyears, but [the Northeast Dualswere] his first dual meet in a bigspot. Dan Hopkins is a fifth-yearguy, but DJ [Russo had] beenthere. Anthony Volpe, as good as

he is coming out of high school, itshis first time in a big spot. DannySeidenbergs never been in ourlineup. We have to start believingwe can win those close matches.

Goodale expects those closematches to occur against anOld Dominion team that lastwrestled Nov. 20 against IowaState and arrives in Piscatawayoff what Goodale likened to abye week.

It will be highly contestedwith a lot of tossups, he said. Ilike those matches.

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Redshirt junior Gregory Zannetti, left, and redshirt freshman Anthony Volpe draw Old Dominions ranked wrestlers tonight in ninth-ranked 174-pounder Te Edwards and No. 15 John Nicholson at 157 pounds, respectively. Zannetti is 6-0 to start the season, while Volpe has a 4-3 record.

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U MS PORTS1 4 D E C E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 1

13.3 points per game is finallyrubbing off on Stringers herald-ed freshman class.

Now the Knights, who owntheir highest ranking since beingranked No. 3 in 2008, are eager tobattle tougher opponents, Sykessaid, beginning tonight with a tripto Florida.

Were looking forward tothe experience and the chal-lenge, said Sykes, who scoreda season-best 19p o i n t sW e d n e s d a yagainst Temple.[No. 9] Miamiand Florida aretwo great teamsand theyre goingto be in their ter-ritor y, so itsgoing to be agreat road testfor us.

In the Knightsfirst road game ofthe season, the squad did notreact as well as Stringer hoped.

It took 4:34 for the Knightsto score their first pointsagainst La Salle in Philadelphia,a game that was competitiveuntil the final three minutes ofplay. In their first nine of fensivepossessions, the Knights suf-fered six of their season-high25 turnovers.

Sykes quietly scored 12 pointsand snagged eight rebounds inthe contest. Rushdan led thecharge offensively with 20 pointson 8-for-14 shooting the onlyKnight to score at least 20 pointsin a game this year.

But the two seniors were theonly bright spots on an eveningmarred by sloppy play, which theKnights succumbed to at somepoint in each victory.

The Knights average 18turnovers per game, and break-ing that trend could be crucial totheir success in Gainesville, Fla.,and Monday at Miami.

Florida (6-1) handily upsetthen-No. 21 Florida State at homeNov. 17, and the Gators only losscame in their season openeragainst Michigan.

Miami (5-1), which only lostto No. 8 Tennessee this season,boasts a dynamic backcourt inseniors Shenise Johnson and

Riquna Williams,who both holdd o u b l e - f i g u r escoring averages.

Stringer said itrepeatedly inrecent years itis a part ofRutgers identityto go out and playa demandingschedule early inthe season.

But all rulesare meant to be broken, and ifthat means deferring the Knightsidentity until the third week ofthe season, it is OK by Stringer.

Nothing does more for theconfidence than to win excellentgames, Stringer said. I wasafraid to jump on games like thatinitially because we had so manyfreshmen, but I think it was a wisedecision on our part to pull back alittle bit and gradually get to it.

After the Knights next fourgames a stretch that alsoincludes a home matchup withTennessee Stringer will knowif breaking her rule was theright decision.

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NOAH WHITTENBURG / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior forward April Sykes enjoyed her most productive night of the season in the Scarlet Knights70-51 victory against Temple, scoring 19 points on an 8-of-15 shooting clip.

I was afraid to jump on [tough

games] initiallybecause we had somany freshmen.

C. VIVIAN STRINGERHead Coach

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Freshmen guards Myles Mack, left, and Jerome Seagears joined Mike Poole on Monday against UMBC as starters in the Knights deep, inexperienced backcourt.Mack scored 20 points with four assists, while Seagears scored 7 points with five assists in his first career start.

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

The Knights earned a victoryagainst Auburn last season inthe inter-conference meeting,but with a team-oriented offense.They did so out of necessity.

This years team is different.There is a deep talent pool.There are explosive playmakers.

And there is a confidence Ricesaid is infectious.

But there is also overwhelm-ing inexperience.

Freshman point guard MylesMack said the Knights two-lossouting in Cancun was an oppor-tunity to get his head onstraight. Freshman guardJerome Seagears referred to itas a reality check.

But the whole team is callingit the past.

Losing is a part of basketball,so therefore there are going to

be some tough times, Seagearssaid. I think Cancun was arough time.

The rough times are notlikely to go away anytimesoon. The Knights have togrind it out as a team thisyear, Rice said.

But the Rutgers of fenselearned something from Ricesthree practices since Cancun,accounting for an unprecedent-ed 27 assists against UMBC.

The mark was the most theKnights had in a game since

1992. Not surprisingly, theeffort extended to the defen-sive end, Rice said.

These guys had energybecause theyre finally makingshots, he said. And Mike Poolestepped up. I know were talkingabout the freshmen. Mikestepped up and played an unbe-lievable second half.

Through seven games, Pooleboasts a 44.7 shooting percent-age, second in the Rutgers back-court behind Seagears 48.8-per-cent mark. He likely knows it, too.

But it will not stop him fromimproving more, he said.

You just want to always pre-pare and be ready, Poole said.It always feels good to makeshots, take shots you knowyou work on. Its always a great feeling.

KNIGHT NOTE:Freshman for ward Malick

Kone did not practice yester-day with a knee injur y and isdoubtful for the game, accord-ing to ScarletReport.com.

CHALLENGE: Youngsquad puts losses behind it

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T he Rutgers footballteam returns to prac-tice tomorrow afterenjoying a week off followingits 40-22 loss at Connecticutto close the regular season.

Rutgers would haveearned a share of first placein the Big East with a winagainst the Huskies and hadan outside chance at obtain-ing a BCS bid.

But now the ScarletKnights await their bowldestination, which could bea bid to the New EraPinstripe Bowl at YankeeStadium or the Belk Bowl inCharlotte, N.C.

Head coach Greg Schianowill announce Rutgers bowldestination Sunday in apress conference.

THE RUTGERS MENSlacrosse team announced its 15-game 2011 spring schedule yes-terday, as the Scarlet Knightsenter their first season underhead coach Brian Brecht.

The spring slate includesfour opponents that qualifiedfor the NCAA Tournamentlast season, beginning withperennial powerhouse Duke,which won the national titletwo years ago, in the seasonopener. A visit to NotreDame on March 25 marksthe first conference road test of the season for the Knights.

Brecht and Co. also playhost to NCAA Tournamentqualifiers Villanova anddefending Big East ChampionSyracuse in Piscataway.

NEW YORK YANKEEScloser Mariano Rivera willundergo surgery today onhis vocal cords, but it is notexpected to af fect his abilityto pitch next season, accord-ing to ESPN.

The 42-year-old is sched-uled to have polyps on hisvocal cords removed at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital ina procedure that will notallow him to speak for a week.

He is expected to recoverby the end of the month.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETSpoint guard Chris Paulrequested a trade to the NewYork Knicks through hisagent, according to a Yahoo!Sports report.

The Times Picayune(New Orleans, La.) cited twoleague sources that deniedthe report.

Hornets general managerDell Demps said he wants to meet with Paul and hearthe trade request in persononce lockout-related restric-tions are lifted before mov-ing forward.

Paul was also connectedto a trade with the BostonCeltics in recent days, butCeltics president of basket-ball operations Danny Aingesaid the Celtics love pointguard Rajon Rondo and willnot trade the all-star.

WORD ON THE STREET

BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

For the Rutgers swimmingand diving team, today marksthe half-way point for an unde-

f e a t e dp r o -g r a m .H e a dc o a c hP h i l

Spiniellois excited not only for thisweekends meet at Princeton,but for the rest of the seasongoing forward.

The team is looking goodand theyre excited, Spiniellosaid. The energy level is highand we are ready for our mid-season invites.

The invites begin today, whenthe Knights compete in the BigAl Open on Princetons campus.

For the swimmers, it is thefirst time in three weeks theywill compete. Their last actioncame Nov. 12, when they tookdown Texas Christian andSeton Hall in a tri-meet to earntheir fifth and sixth victories ofthe season.

The divers travel toPrinceton after participating inthe Galbraith Invitational, heldat the Sonny WerblinRecreation Center. The successof both groups has Spiniellolooking forward to seeing themhit the water.

The former assistant atPrinceton sees the weekend asan opportunity for his programto get experience before it entersthe Big East Championshipslater in the season.

This is a great practice towhat the Big East is going to belike, Spiniello said. Ourexpectations are to swim anddive to our full potential therest of the way.

The meet, which concludesSunday, features fellow Big Eastmember Villanova along with

host Princeton, Brown, Fordham,James Madison and Rider.

The long layoff has seniorswimmer Trisha Averill excitedto get back into the pool andcompete.

It was nice to step asidefrom school to mentally pre-pare and seeing their families,Averill said. But coming backwe feel rejuvenated. You cantell that everyone stayed in realgood shape and we are gettingstronger in the water. We lookgood.

Spiniello also believes thebreak was essential for histeam to continue performingwell this season.

It was good for them to gohome and regroup, Spiniellosaid. It was good for them toget focused and get ready forthis upcoming meetin Princeton.

Averill, along with seniorswimmer Jacquelyn Ward,looks to pace the Knights dur-ing the three-day event. Wardtook first place in both the 200-and 400-yard individual med-leys the last time the Knightscompeted and looks to build onher strong first half.

Sophomore diver NicoleScott enters the weekend witha first-place finish in the 3-meter dive at the GalbraithInvitational. Junior teammateCarissa Santora followed her insecond place.

After this weekendsInvitational, the Knights con-clude the first half of the sea-son and open up againstBucknell in January, when theyreturn to action.

In all, there are four meetsremaining before the Big EastChampionships, somethingthat has Averill motivatedabout the opportunity the teamhas going forward.

We are unstoppable rightnow, Averill said. Werereally excited.

RUTGERS AT BIG AL INVITE, TODAY TO SUNDAY

SWIMMING & DIVING

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Sophomore diver Nicole Scott won the 3-meter dive and finishedsecond in the 1-meter dive at the Galbraith Diving Invite.

JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior swimmer Trisha Averill was part of the Knights 200-yard medley relay team that took first place in a tri-meet sweep againstTexas Christian and Seton Hall the last time she was in the pool. She won Big East Swimmer of the Week honors earlier this season.

Knights finish first half at Princetons Invite

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Confident Knights host LSUin Big East/SEC Challenge

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Mike Poole was never one to not tell itlike it is. The Rutgers mens basketballteams sophomore guard displays his con-

fidence on thefloor, stemmingfrom his street ballupbringing inQueens.

So he did notflinch when faced

with his biggestweakness during the summer.

It was more or less I just wasnt a greatshooter. Thats what it was, Poole said.There were the same shots Im gettingnow. Im always high on confidence. Itsjust I wasnt a great shooter, so theywerent dropping.

Poole had to take shots last season,when the Scarlet Knights had only eightscholarship players. He was a late signeeout of St. Benedicts in Newark, an after-thought when head coach Mike Ricescrounged together a 2010 recruitingclass.

The first guard of f the bench a seasonago, the Knights needed Pooles aggres-siveness, since their starting backcourtfeatured a pair of undersized point guards.

The case was different a season later,when Rice welcomed three freshmen con-tributors at guard, each impactful on offense.

But that did not mean Poole had tobecome a niche defensive exper t although he is more than capable.

I get up a lot more shots. When youget more shots, the more confidencecomes, Poole said. So I guess Im evenmore confident than I was last year.

The attitude spread to the rest of theteam, which insisted its confidence neverwavered after two losses last week at theCancun Challenge.

Its of fense often looked out of syncwhile its defensive intensity kept it withinsingle digits of both Illinois State andRichmond. The Knights again struggledon the of fensive end against Miami,regressing to one-on-one matchups theywon in the past, Rice said.

We just all tried to make a play our-selves. Nobody screened for one another.Nobody moved, he said. These guysknow. Thats what most of them did inhigh school. All of them did it in AAU.They just went and tried to make a play.

Rutgers (4-3) faces another power confer-ence opponent tomorrow in Louisiana State(4-3) as part of the Big East/SEC Challenge.

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LOUSIANA STATEAT RUTGERS, SATURDAY, 7 P.M.

MENS BASKETBALL

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Sophomore guard Mike Poole made his first start of the season Monday against UMBCand scored 13 points, bumping his season average to 7.9, and recorded five steals.

RUs redshirtsget first tasteof RAC againstOld Dominion

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

At least five members of the Rutgerswrestling teams lineup spent last yearsmatches at the Louis Brown Athletic Center

on the sideline.I was there last

year on the side-lines itching, itch-ing to get out on themat, said redshirtfreshman Anthony

Volpe. Now I just want to get out there,wrestle in front of the home crowd and showRutgers University what I can do.

Volpe and four other wrestlers fresh offredshirt years return to the RAC tonight toface Old Dominion, and most of them occupya weight class where head coach ScottGoodale is quick to say the Scarlet Knightsneed improvement.

Goodale knows what to expect out ofseniors Billy Ashnault and Dan Rinaldi, andjuniors Mario Mason, Scott Winston andGregory Zannetti. And while he acknowl-edges his wrestlers at the 125, 133, 157,184 and heavyweight weight classes aremostly in the lineup for the first time, hestill wants more.

That includes Volpe, the youngest of thebunch who had a pin fall in last weekends 2-1 showing at the Northeast Duals with a lossto 20th-ranked Donnie Corby of CentralMichigan. He will be tested again tonightagainst No. 15 John Nicholson.

I think we probably put more [expecta-tions on Volpe] than whats necessary, butthats where our programs at, Goodale saidof his 157-pounder. We expect him to be

OLD DOMINIONAT RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 6:30 P.M.

WRESTLING

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Freshman wing Betnijah Laney scored 18 points in her Rutgers debut on Nov. 13, the most points scored in a freshman debutsince the 1996 season. Laney and the rest of Knights freshman class face their first true road test tonight against Florida.

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

As the Rutgers womens basketball teamenters every season, head coach C. VivianStringer has one rule she makes sure to

abide by. We play

California, Stanford teams that are inthe top five thefirst two to three

games, or well have them here, Stringersaid. My purpose for doing that is to estab-lish very quickly what is the level of expec-tation, just in case we dont have every-bodys attention.

But Stringer admittedly broke her ownrule for this years Scarlet Knights (7-0), andthe programs best start since the 2005 sea-son justified her decision.

Five of the Knights seven victories thisseason were by a margin of at least 13 points,with the teams most emphatic victory com-

ing in a 68-40 rout of Lehigh at the LouisBrown Athletic Center.

The teams unblemished start bumped itup five spots to No. 11 in The AssociatedPress rankings after the Knights began theyear ranked No.16 their first spot in thepolls in two years.

And the Knights senior leadership fromforward April Sykes and guard KhadijahRushdan who are tied with a team-high

SEE TEST ON PAGE 14

Florida trip offers Stringer first test

RUTGERS AT FLORIDA, TONIGHT, 8 P.M.

WOMENS BASKETBALL

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