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BY REENA DIAMANTECORRESPONDENT
Committees of the RutgersUniversity Student Assembly con-vened last night at the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue campusto discuss their prospective projectsand goals for the semester.
The University Affairs committee,which focuses on reforming policiesthat affect students on campus, and itssubcommittee on privacy talked aboutseveral of its initiatives. Most of thefocus was on privacy, parking and ten-ant and environmental concerns.
RUSA will pick up where it left offand fulfill unfinished tasks from lastsemester, said RUSA President YousefSaleh.
“Any other further things we needto be done that come up, we willaddress them at our meetings,” saidSaleh, a School of Arts and Sciencessenior. “Sometimes things come up onus and we get to react and help ouradministration in taking the pulse ofthe student body.”
The privacy committee is research-ing University policies on privacy andis also using policies of other entities,
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Vigil pays tribute to thousands killed on Gaza Strip
McCormick backs potentialunion between UMDNJ, U.
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Gov. Chris Christie released a report lastmonth to announce his support of a mergerbetween the Robert Wood Johnson MedicalSchool, School of Public Health and the University.
University President Richard L.McCormick praised the report, stating it was astep in the right direction for not onlyUniversity students, but also for students atthe University of Medicine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey.
“I’m fairly optimistic that this report couldbe a turning point for higher education inNew Jersey,” McCormick said. “I’m referringto the whole report, not just the portion onRutgers and UMDNJ.”
Backing both the report and the Christieadministration, which many feel has not beensupportive of higher education in N.J.,McCormick said the governor’s response tothe report was not surprising.
“Gov. Christie has said many times thatwhen the revenues are available, he will lookinto investing more in higher education,”McCormick said.
Christie interacted with several communitygroups — including administrators, students,parents and stakeholders — to help mold hisvision toward education in New Jersey, saidSean Conner, Christie’s deputy press secretary.
“As part of the task force report, there wasa recommendation to create an advisory
Students light candles and share a moment of silence on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus last night toremember the lives lost during the Gaza massacres. Several attendees wore traditional scarves to symbolize solidarity for Palestine.
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BY AMY ROWECORRESPONDENT
A vigil commemorating the second anniversaryof the Gaza massacres in which 1,400 lives werelost was held last night on the steps of BrowerCommons on the College Avenue campus.
A crowd of 54 people stopped to listen tospeakers from organizations including BAKA:Students United for Middle Eastern Justice,Journalists for Human Rights and Psi Sigma Phimen’s multi-cultural fraternity.
“We want to spread awareness aboutPalestine and the brutal, criminal siege thatkilled hundreds of nonviolent civilians inGaza,” said Hoda Mitwally, BAKA publicrelations of ficer. “The injustice continuestoday, and it must stop.”
BAKA ran and co-sponsored the event alongwith the Arab Cultural Club and the PalestineChildren’s Relief Fund.
Members of BAKA wore traditional Arab kef-fiyeh scarves to symbolize the solidarity of
The proposed merger would establish an official tie between Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
and the University, which Gov. Chris Christie feels would help benefit in-state higher education.
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RUSA committees brainstorm semester plans
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At last night’s meeting, commitees of the Rutgers University Student Assembly discuss on-campus issues, like decreased parking spaces on Livingston campus.
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such as Facebook and Twitter, forguidance, said Daniel Herbert, Buschsenator for 2011.
“We’re concerned with not just pol-icy, but practice and where the practicedeviates from policy,” said Herbert, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior.
The privacy committee conductsresearch regarding residential, onlineand student worker privacy, Herbertsaid. The committee hopes that by theassembly’s second general bodymeeting of the semester they presentan in-depth report of their findings.
“Once we have those results inhand we will be able to start phasetwo, where we actually look at whatpolicies we have, how to change themand [whether] we have the power topublicize, so everything we do thissemester is dependent on what wefind out in the next couple of weeks,”Herbert said.
One of the biggest concerns forthe University Affairs committee isthe parking on the Livingston cam-pus, said Kristen Clarke, UniversityAffairs chair.
Construction of new facilities onLivingston campus left students with notonly decreased parking spaces, but safe-ty concerns as well, which stemmedfrom the removal of some parking clos-er to the main campus.
“Students are walking on a side ofthe road in the dark with no lights,” saidClarke, a School of Arts and Sciencesjunior. “It’s just really dangerous. Ouradvisor works at Student Life, and she’sgotten a lot of e-mails concerned aboutthe situation.”
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Semester-long film festival, contest return to U.BY SONJA TYSIAKCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Students seeking refuge fromthe woes of wintry weather canlook forward to tonight’s NewJersey Film Festival for entertain-ment and an escape from theharsh outdoors.
The festival, held at theUniversity each semester, is a cel-ebration of motion picture films,independent films and the bridg-ing of cultures via documentaries,dramas, animation and interna-tional movies.
“These films are the meat andpotatoes of the film industry,”said Albert Nigrin, executivedirector and curator of theRutgers Film Co-op/New JerseyMedia Arts Center.
Of the hundreds of filmsmoviemakers submitted, a group ofpanelists selected about 50 to be dis-played at the festival, which will runtonight through April 17 in the Ruth
M. Adams Building on Douglasscampus and Voorhees Hall on theCollege Avenue campus.
“We love being the first onesto show films, sort of like trend-setters,” Nigrin said. “Many ofthese films do go onto TV andalso other film festivals like theone in New York.”
Many screenings offer stu-dents the opportunity to meetwith directors, actors, screenwrit-ers and other members of the pro-duction crew.
“Living for 32,” a film aboutVirginia Tech massacre survivorColin Goddard, premieres nextSaturday. Director Kevin Breslinand producer Maria Cuomo Colewill make an appearance to talkabout the movie.
Some films shown at the festi-val, such as “The Girl With theDragon Tattoo,” go on to amasspopularity later.
The N.J. Film Festival thissemester will feature four films
with connections to theUniversity, including “The RedMachine,” which stars alumnusDonal Thoms-Cappello, and twoshort films made by alumni —“Our Beautiful Mountain” pro-duced by Brian McElroy andAndrew Johnson’s “Things ThatCan Kill You.”
Johnson said he has neverbeen active with the festivalbefore, but he is excited his film— which he said took one monthof pre-production, 10 days toshoot and more than threemonths to edit — was chosen.
“[The film] is a satire of someof the innovations in communica-tion technology that haveoccurred in my lifetime — socialmedia, fear-based news, smartphones and the act of using themat the wrong times,” he said.
“Atlantic Crossing,” directedby Dena Seidel, director of DigitalStorytelling at the University, fol-lows a group of scientists on their
journey to collect data on climatechange in the ocean.
“This is a good dramatic storyfollowing people up against toughchallenges, who are taking bigrisks,” Seidel said.
Her film crew consisted ofUniversity alumni working manylate nights editing more than ahundred hours of film, which theyeventually narrowed down to an83-minute feature.
“Working on this film was amassive commitment, but onethat was incredibly rewarding. Iwent on shoots day and night, onetime even overnight,” saidUniversity alumnus StephenBeeston. “However, there’s noth-ing more rewarding [for the sci-entists and the filmmakers] thanthe sound of the audience’sapplause as the credits roll.”
Filmmakers whose worksappear in the festival will have achance to win prizes that total morethan $5,000. Artists can win awards
in various categories, such as bestdocumentary and best short.
Nigrin, who founded theRutgers Film Co-op/New JerseyMedia Arts Center, said its rootsat the University go back nearly30 years.
“I got money back in 1982from one of the deans to start theRutgers Film Co-op, my baby,”he said.
Nigrin expressed pride in theorganization’s growth over thepast three decades and said he isexcited about showing off the pri-mary screening room inVoorhees Hall, which features sta-dium seating as well as high-defi-nition projection and sound sys-tems.
Given the number of entertain-ing and educational films that willbe displayed at the festival, Nigrinis optimistic about how audienceswill receive it.
“It is sure to be a success,”he said.
The National Institute of Mental Health awardedJami Young, assistant professor at the GraduateSchool of Professional and Applied Psychology, a $2.5 million grant to screen and treat depression in teens.
The five-year grant will be used to research howInterpersonal Psychotherapy Adolescent SkillsTraining — a time-limited treatment that focuses on a
person’s interactions with others — can prevent depres-sion in youth, according to a Rutgers Focus article.
“The premise is that depression occurs within acontext of interpersonal relationships. Drawing onthis, our program provides basic communication andproblem-solving skills that teenagers can apply in allareas of their lives,” said Young, who joined theUniversity in 2008, in the article.
The study will observe this treatment on 200 adolescentsfrom the Perth Amboy School District and compare it to con-ventional school counseling. Young hopes the results willshow that her model enhances the work of school counselors.
“Our prior studies suggest our program is really ben-eficial, specifically six months to a year after the pro-gram,” Young said in the article.
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McCormick agreed with thetask force’s reasoning. He saidit thoroughly representedUniversity students’ needs.
“Rutgers is a far more distin-guished institution thanUMDNJ, and there are tremen-dous advantages of combining[the schools] with Rutgers,” hesaid. “Almost all of the greatestresearch schools [in the nation],all of the great public universi-ties, have medical schools.”
UMDNJ declined to comment.Rahul Gulati, a School of
Arts and Sciences junior andprospective Robert WoodJohnson School of Medicineapplicant, said the mergerwould be a good move on thepart of the University and that itwill benefit many students.
“The number of applicantsthat medical schools usuallyaccept is relatively small com-pared to the number of peoplewho actually apply, so I feellike if you’re giving Rutgersstudents an edge, it’s going tobenefit anyone at Rutgersinterested in becoming a doctor,” he said.
Gulati said the merger couldalso provide financial supportfor New Jersey students whoare concerned about medicalschool tuition.
“Financially, it helps outthose Rutgers students whowould prefer to stay in-state inorder to benefit from less expen-sive tuition,” he said.
Other issues discussed in thereport include tuition increases,student debt, financial aid,undergraduate education pro-grams and the state’s responsi-bility to provide its institutionswith yearly capital support.
Should the merger come to action, the University willhave a great opportunity toexpand its research facilities,McCormick said.
“There is no question thatgoing forward this is one of thebiggest opportunities in thewhole history of Rutgers,” hesaid. “The opportunities are real-ly infinite. Bringing the medicalschool and the School of PublicHealth into Rutgers will turnRutgers into a complete publicresearch university.”
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Molenaar, director ofTranspor tation Ser vices, tofind a possible solution. ButClarke said it might be out ofhis hands.
“I don’t think it’s his issueanymore,” she said. “He’s notthe one that shuts down theparking lots.”
The University Af fairs com-mittee is also starting a ten-ants’ rights campaign, Clarkesaid. The committee wants toproliferate a sur vey to stu-dents who live of f campus inthe New Brunswick andPiscataway area that inquiresabout their relationship withtheir property owners.
“It’s pretty much studentsanswering questions about theirlandlords and telling us whattheir landlord does and if theylike the landlord,” Clarke said.“Hopefully we’re going to com-pile this together and turn itinto actual information that wecan post to a website.”
When landlords commit illegal activities, many
BAKA member and School of Arts and Sciences junior Murtaza Husain speaks on the violence civiliansexperienced during the Gaza massacres. The vigil commemorated more than 1,000 lives lost.
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Palestinians, said Mike Dunican,BAKA treasurer and a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
In his speech, BAKA memberMurtaza Husain gave attendeesan idea of the brutality thatoccurred in Gaza.
“Israel’s campaign in Gazaincluded burning people downto the bone with white phosphorous,” said Husain, aSchool of Arts and Sciencesjunior. “It also left permanentemotional scars. Most childrenin the area have post-traumaticstress disorder, with 30 per-cent suf fering from involun-tary urination.”
Other speakers read poemsincluding “A State of Siege” byMahmoud Darwish and “TheCoffin Maker Speaks” by LisaSuhair Majaj, which attested tothe everyday lives of civiliansin Gaza.
Talissa Patrick, president ofJournalists for Human Rights,said she hopes students willtake action and promote socialjustice for all.
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committee to advise the adminis-tration on if, how and what amerger would look like,” Connersaid. “The governor, by executiveorder, created that task force andwill soon name individuals to it.”
Another aspect of the reportMcCormick noted was the state’sresponsibility to allocate federalfunding toward higher education.
“The state has way under-invested in higher education,”McCormick said. “The report isvery good on the need forimproved state investment in thecolleges and universities. That’sone of its strongest points.”
But Conner said Christie hasalways kept New Jersey’s highereducation a priority.
“The governor has consistent-ly been committed to insuringthat higher education, once thefiscal situation in the stateimproves, receives more money,”he said.
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The Rutgers University Student Assembly privacy committee hopes to utilize policies of social media sites as a guide for reform.
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students, unaware of theirrights, do not take actionagainst them, Clarke said. Bycreating an online presence,the University Af fairs commit-tee hopes students turn to thewebsite and check commentsabout the proper ty and thelandlord before making seri-ous decisions.
“Landlords right now arekind of ripping students of fbecause we’re naïve, we’reyoung,” Clarke said. “No one’sever really signed a leasebefore, so they think they canget away with everything.”
The University Affairs com-mittee is also working togetherwith on-campus organizationTake Back the Tap, Clarkesaid. Instead of selling bottledwater on campus, the initiativeinvolves installing water fillstations, where people can fillwater bottles.
“It’s just really environmen-tally friendly. It’s a lot cheaperfor students, so we’re workingon it,” Clarke said. “Hopefully,the first fill stations will beinstalled before Spring Break,but that’s not of ficial at all.We’re waiting for money trans-fers to go through and the goahead from facilities.”
“I truly and honestly believethat all humans are inherentlygood,” said Patrick, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.“Knowing what we know aboutGaza, we must take action and bea force to be reckoned with.”
While the speakers took turnsspreading awareness about themassacre, the names of 350 chil-dren killed appeared on a projec-tion screen.
“The experience of seeing thenames is very emotional,” saidRenee Coppola, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student.“It shows that these were people,each had their own life and story.They aren’t just numbers.”
Following the speecheswere a candle lighting ceremo-ny and a moment of silence.The names of children lost inthe massacres — each repre-sented by a lit candle — werealso read aloud.
“One death is a tragedy but1,000 deaths is a statistic,” saidBanan Abdelrahman, a memberof BAKA and a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “I hopepeople will realize these are vic-tims who should not be thoughtof as statistics.”
School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student Amal Ahmad
was surprised to see a vigil forthe massacres on the Gaza Stripat the University.
“I’m Palestinian and I havefamily living in Palestine, so itmeans a lot to know they’reholding this,” Ahmad said. “Iwouldn’t have expected to seethis at Rutgers, but I think it’s great.”
After a moment of silence forthe lives lost in Gaza, BAKA aired a video of RogerWaters’ cover of the protestsong “We Shall Overcome,”which he recorded specificallyfor Gaza freedom.
“Gaza is just one example in asea of injustices and trespasseson human integrity,” Husain said.“I hope those that attended cansee connections between theatrocities in Gaza and others inthe world.”
Mitwally, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said she hopesthe vigil’s awareness will turn intoactivism.
“We’re not policymakers,”Mitwally said. “We want tospread awareness and create asense of activism within the stu-dent body. The knowledge ofissues and those lost will hopefully turn into con-crete results.”
programs in the country, butsome of the facilities and class-rooms need to be kept in bettercondition and be more conduciveto students,” he said.
Budget cuts have af fectedthe number of maintenance andcustodial staff, Thompson said.Because Mason Gross studentsdepend on and actively incorpo-rate the classroom setting intotheir performances and train-ing, it can be challenging tomaintain them.
The cleanli-ness of the floorsis a resurfacingissue for somestudents whosetraining programinvolves laying onthe floor for voiceexercises, breath-ing techniquesand posture.
“We do a lot ofphysical work like being bare-foot on the floor or doing deepbreathing exercises [lying onthe floor], so it’s really impera-tive the spaces be clean andavailable for that type of use,”Foister said.
Little Theater was builtaround the 1920s and Thompsonsaid it is one of the most belovedbuildings in Mason Gross.However, it is no longer used forpublic performances due toissues with the roof, so it remainsa frequent rehearsal space.
“The original plan was tohave an audience chamber and
a stage house, but after [theeconomic crash of] 1929, thatoriginal design had to be modi-fied so it now has an audiencechamber and a stage was insert-ed in front,” Thompson said.“So the building has alwaysbeen a little quirky because thedesign is incomplete.”
Foister said when it rains,buckets are placed throughoutLittle Theater due to leaks,which is also true for rehearsal
spaces in WaltersHall on Douglasscampus.
But Thompsonsaid there havealso been manyrepairs done atthe theater.
“Facilities andmaintenance did agreat job with thenew interior paint,the new shutters
and they also replaced some ofthe old soffits,” Thompson said.
Still, some students com-plain that the indoor tempera-ture adjustments are a problemas well.
Mason Gross sophomoreAdam Austerlitz said the prac-tice rooms at the Marr yottMusic Building on Douglasscampus have no air condition-ing, which can adversely af fecthis performance as a doublebass player.
“When you’re practicing andyou start to sweat, especially ifyou’re a string player like me, it
affects your fingers, thus yourperformance,” he said. “Thereare also times during the sum-mer when the rooms get unbear-ably hot.”
A series of thefts also hadmany students and faculty con-cerned, and the Dean’s officehas worked hard to increasebuilding security by installingcameras and requiring slashcards to gain access to build-ings, Thompson said.
But Thompson believes therealso needs to be a collective effortwithin the Mason Gross commu-nity to look after the facilities.
“There have been some casesof theft and one of the reasons isthat some of the doors arepropped open or unhinged,” shesaid. “It’s up to the students andthe people who are in the room tokeep an eye on all open doors, orperhaps lock them in order toprevent any misdemeanors.”
As representatives for theirrespective classes, Foister andDolezel attend monthly meet-ings with Head of Design andProduction Michael Miller andother class representativeswhere the issues of sanitation,temperature and maintenanceare recurring topics.
“The budget cuts are under-standable, but it leaves us in abit of a bind,” Foister said.“Most of us are from out-of-stateand we’re paying high tuitionrates and it’s unfortunate wehave no choice but to work inthese spaces.”
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Facility conditions distract Mason Gross studentsBY ANDREA GOYMA
STAFF WRITER
Kristen Adele, a MasonGross graduate student, saidearlier in the week she smelledsewage in Jameson Theater onDouglass campus.
“Just Monday, I was havingdance rehearsal on the theaterside and the smell was horrible,”she said. “It’s disgusting.”
Despite the efforts of theUniversity’s Facilities Operationsand Services, Adele is one ofmany students who have com-plained over the classrooms andfacilities in the Mason GrossSchool of Arts, which have suf-fered because of budget cuts.
There are continual frustra-tions with cleanliness, repairsand temperature in the class-rooms, as well as in rehearsalspaces such as Jameson Theaterand Little Theater on Douglasscampus, said Carol Thompson,general manager of the RutgersTheater Company.
“There have certainly beenchallenges for both MasonGross and the University’s utili-ties, maintenance and custodialdepartments,” said Thompson,department administrator ofthe company. “We’ve all beenaffected by the budget cuts, butthe University as a whole hasdecided some basic servicesneed to be cut in order to pro-tect curriculum.”
Mason Gross graduate stu-dent Craig Dolezel said the base-ment in the Jameson Theater fre-quently backs up with rawsewage, and holes in the base-ment wall draft the odor into theground floor rehearsal space.
After they found out rawsewage in the basement was thesource of the odor, some actorsrefused to rehearse or train inJameson Theater for about threeweeks last semester, Adele said.
Mason Gross senior BreannaFoister said the JamesonTheater’s frequent floods havecaused shows to be cancelled inthe past, shortchanging stu-dents’ work.
“And it’s unfor tunate for the audience members as wellbecause the quality of workdeserves to be seen and recog-nized, but I wouldn’t want tomake the trek to Jamesongiven the conditions of thespace [if I was an audiencemember],” she said.
Tim Giles, a Mason Grosssenior, noticed lights that do notwork in some of the classroomswhere actors rehearse and haveclasses, and the lack of appropri-ate flooring increases the risk ofinjuries since actors do a lot ofphysical performances.
“Mason Gross has one of themost prestigious theater arts
Little Theater on Douglass Campus is one of several Mason Gross School of the Arts facilities some students are complaining about. Budget cuts have forced the school to downsize custodial staff.
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“The budget cutsare understandable,
but it leaves us in a bit of a bind.”
BREANNA FOISTERMason Gross Senior
Dirty sewage, water leakage and unclean floors are hindering students from practicing and performing in Mason Gross School of theArts buildings such as the Little Theater on Douglass campus, above. Students also noted temperature issues and faulty lighting.
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Explore the adven-turous Americanspirit in Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata
along with works by LouisMoreau Gottschalk and GeorgeGershwin at a special concert atthe Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the CollegeAvenue campus. “ConcordSonata: The Music of CharlesIves” is a lecture and recital thatwill have musical demonstra-tions to enhance the listeningexperience of the rich and com-plex sonata. The performancewill run from 3 to 4 p.m., andtickets are $15 for the generalpublic, $10 for museum mem-bers and $5 for students withvalid IDs. Tickets will only besold on the day of the concerton a first-come, first-servebasis, starting at 12:30 p.m.Contact the museum at (732)932-7237 for more information.
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“Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s DaringMission” will bescreened at 7 p.m. in
Voorhees Hall Room 105 on theCollege Avenue campus as partof the New Jersey Film Festival.Scott Glenn, the lead scientist onthe mission, and Dena Seidel,director of the film, will be at thescreening for a question andanswer session. The feature filmis a documentary about a groupof University oceanographersand undergraduates whoattempt to navigate an 8-footautonomous underwater robotacross the rough and dangerousAtlantic Ocean. This film cap-tures the day-to-day challengesand emotional highs and lows ofthe historic scientific mission.
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The Department of Geneticswill host a lecture presented byDr. Karen Schindler from theUniversity of Pennsylvania’sDepartment of Biology on pro-tein kinases and phosphatasesthat control chromosomedynamics during meiosis inoocytes from 12 to 1 p.m. in theHuman Genetics Institute-Auditorium in the LifeSciences Building on Buschcampus. This is the first of theMonday seminars presentedby the Genetics Departmentthat will occur throughoutJanuary and February. Visit genetics.rutgers.edu formore information.
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There is one option forthese people. You mustbecome the problem andthe antithesis at the sametime. Let me explainbecause it is the “if youcan’t beat them, join them”philosophy with a twist.Basically, my roommatesare messy slobs because
they act as if no one else lives with them. Theyare even audacious enough to complain aboutthe mess when it is the result of their actions andhow much they like the cleanliness when theircontribution to cleaning was logging into Worldof Warcraft. To combat this, I realized I have toact as if I am the only person who lives there andam cleaning up my own mess. All those dishes inthe sink; I eat a lot of food. Pans left on the stovewith Pasta Sides remains in them while the burn-er is on; I was getting forgetful and sloppy. Cups,ash and anything else that can get collected on acollege coffee table is again all my mess. Thismakes the miserable event of cleaning up afterpeople not less painful, but acceptable.
Someone has to do what oth-ers are not willing to. There mustbe someone who is willing to takeresponsibility even if it is ashared residence. I cannot con-done becoming a parent who isscolding their roommatesbecause they again left theirclothes on the bathroom floor orspilled soda and did not bother toclean it up. That was their par-
ents’ job, and if someone missed the importantlessons of courtesy and consideration — andbasic household rules — I won’t succeed in get-ting the message through. You can’t teach anold dog new tricks. You can, however, followthat old dog around and when he makes a messon the carpet accept that he does not know anybetter and clean it up.
It is a lesson in tenacity — perhaps one of themost valuable ones I have learned. I know thereare many out there who must suf fer in this typeof environment. Yet, it is better than the alter-native, as I have lived in that as well. Trash inevery room, on the floor, television and table.Be strong my colleagues of clean. Do not giveinto the disorder that is so easy to accept —combat entropy at every turn. Just watch out for glass.
Neil P. Kypers is a School of Arts and Sciencessenior majoring in political science. He is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum.
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I took my first officialvisit to HurtadoHealth Center on the
College Avenue campusyesterday in all my fouryears at the University. Ihave visited Universityhealth care facilities veryinfrequently; I could countthem on my hand I amsure. Yet this trip was reminiscent of one of mychildhood tales, the one where the mouse takesthe thorn from the paw of a lion. I happen to bethe lion in this story. The mouse was a very nicenurse who dug the piece of glass from my foot.The very small piece of glass lodged in my footfor the past four days caused me great discom-fort and sometimes pain. There is nothing morefrustrating than having to go to a doctor andwaste their time and tools on something thatcould have easily been prevented. I would like tosay that every person at Hurtado who helped mewas wonderful and that they do a fantastic job.
These anecdotes are to serve as a cautionarytale and maybe advice to those in a similar posi-tion. Many days before I steppedon the glass, someone had brokena glass in my apartment. I onlyknew this because I found a largepiece of it in the sink — thisshould give you a good idea ofhow well it was cleaned up. Now, Iam the only person who bothersto sweep and clean the floor onany sor t of basis, probablybecause I am the only person Itrust to do it well. Unfortunately, I believe this isthe reason for the glass in my foot. Had I left themess untouched the glass may have remainedstationary in its dark corner of the kitchen formillennia. Instead I swept and pulled it onto thefloor so I could step on it.
There is nothing more annoying than walkingaround one’s residence barefoot and picking updirt, rocks, hair and glass with their feet — it issomething that just should not happen. It isimpossible to keep a floor clean I have learnedthough. Ultimately, by trying to be tidy I hurtmyself — ironic. While my roommates, one whousually sports a room so full of clothes andgarbage there are clearly defined steppingplaces, remains untouched by such maladies.Not only are they untouched, but they are insu-lated from the frustration one feels who wants tolive in an environment with some semblance ofcleanliness. This goes out to all of the people whoare not clean freaks but live in less than cleanenvironments. You will never win.
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“There's nothing more rewarding than the sound of the audience's applause as the credits roll,
for the scientists and the filmmakers.”University alumnus Stephen Beeston on the showing of the film “Atlantic Crossing”
at the New Jersey Film Festival
STORY IN UNIVERSITY
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“My roommates are messy slobsbecause they actas if no one else
lives with them.”
T here’s hyperbole, and then there’s plain absurdity. Rep.Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. planted his feet firmly in the lattercategory when he compared GOP assaults on health care
reform to Nazi propaganda. He even went so far as to use theHolocaust as an example of what happens when people spout thesesorts of lies. Cohen is obviously passionate about health carereform, and no one can blame him for that. Regardless of his pas-sion, though, it looks like he needs to step back and gain some per-spective on things. Republican opposition to health care reform is afar cry from Nazi propaganda, even if one takes into account theheated rhetoric with which those Republicans are arguing againstthe bill. For making a baseless comparison — and lacking the com-mon sense to reevaluate that comparison — Cohen receives a dart.
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In response to the shootings in Tucson, Arizona, PresidentBarack Obama stated that “We should do everything we can tomake sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.”Who would have thought that a child would be the first one toheed Obama’s call? Isaac Saldana, a nine-year-old boy fromTucson, was so distraught by the shooting that he took it uponhimself to sell some of his toys to raise money for Rep. GabrielleGif fords, D-Ariz. Although Saldana only raised a total of $2.85, it istruly the thought that counts in this scenario. American adultsshould follow Saldana’s example — not exactly by raising moneyfor Gif fords, but by learning to feel genuinely compassionatetoward their fellow human beings and acting on that compassion.Saldana receives a laurel for ef fectively showing up a large por-tion of the American population.
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As college students and journalists, The Daily Targum staffmembers are particularly fond of caffeinated beverages — but 31ounces of coffee in a single serving seems like overkill. Starbucksdoes not seem to agree, seeing as they have unveiled their newestsize, the Trenta. The Trenta will only be available for cold drinks.Even still — do people really want that much Frappucino at once?Truth be told, Starbuck’s new size is downright gluttonous.Americans tend to have problems when it comes to portion con-trol, and this is not helping. For upping the ante in a totally unnec-essary way, Starbucks receives a dart. Instead of trying to sell cof-fee in larger quantities, they should put more energy into sellingcoffee with better quality.
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These days, it seems like the University is receiving recom-mendations from everyone. First, it was the NJ Higher EducationTask Force report. Now, it’s an audit by the State Comptroller.According to the audit, the University does not publicly advertiseits contracts. Instead, the University chooses which companies itwill do business with from a small list of preferred vendors. StateComptroller Matthew Boxer said that “When public tax dollars arebeing spent, there is an obligation to avoid unfair favoritism,” andwe wholeheartedly agree. The University should be grounding itscontract decisions in far more objective criteria than it currently is.Boxer receives a laurel for this audit. The public deserves to beaware of how the University operates and how it spends money,especially when there is room for improvement.
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As everyone has surely noticed by now, 3-D is the new trend invisual entertainment. While movie-goers have been gradually moreand more inundated with 3-D films since the release of Avatar, tel-evision and video game companies have been looking to cash in onthe craze as well. But there is a catch. The American OptometricAssociation estimates that as many as one in four Americans havesuffered from dizziness and nausea, among other inflictions, as aresult of viewing 3-D entertainment. It is bad enough that so manypeople spend their days consuming brainless television program-ming. The last thing they need is for that brainless television tostart damaging their physical health as well as their mental well-being. For being both a cheap gimmick and a health hazard, 3-Dtelevision receives a dart. At any rate, do we really want Avatar tobecome the new standard for cinema?
Week in review:laurels and darts
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 6 — Imagine thateveryone feels loved andrespected. Then make it yourbusiness to create that atmos-phere around you. This may beeasier than you thought.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 7 — Although you actindependently now, your com-passion flows. Personal needsand help for others aren't mutu-ally exclusive. You can do both.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 7 — Someone elseappears to be in charge, but youpull the strings from backstage.A family member providesunusual costumes and props.Enjoy the show!Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 5 — If someone elsefeels under the weather, try sim-ple home remedies. It may nottake a prescription. Sometimessome chicken soup and kindnessgo farther.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — The last of yester-day's requests gets fulfilled early,through independent action.You may not even know how itactually happened. That's okay.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 7 — Use your skillsto formulate a question. Sensi-tive feelings require compas-sionate consideration. Createan atmosphere of trust thatvalues independence.
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BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
It took 18 games into his careerwith the Rutgers men’s basketballteam for Mike Poole to earn his first
start. Ittook justo n egame toe q u a lthe total
n u m b e rof losses from his senior season atSt. Benedict’s Prep.
The freshman guard started lastnight against South Florida, finish-ing with five points and threerebounds in a 71-62 win at the LouisBrown Athletic Center.
Now, into the heart of the BigEast schedule with a rivalrymatchup against Seton Hall (8-11, 2-5) tomorrow, Poole is only interest-ed in a return to his winning ways.
“Winning the game is the hard-est thing to do in basketball rightnow,” the 6-foot-5, 190-pounder said.“Everything else in life seems easi-er than winning the game. In BigEast basketball, to win a game is sodifficult. You have to limit everymistake. You have to be the tough-est team.”
That holds even more trueentering tomorrow’s afternoon tip-off in Newark.
New Jersey’s two Big East pro-grams followed the same trajectoryover the past few years, and eachbrought in new coaches this yearwith Mike Rice and Kevin Willard.
Each is attempting to grab astranglehold on the hotbed for col-lege recruiting — something Poolesaw firsthand at one of the nation’stop high school programs.
While teammate GilvydasBiruta committed to Rutgers (11-7,2-4) during his junior year, Pooledid not make a decision until Mayafter Rice took over the program.
“I figured I would be some-where in these Big Six conferences,but I didn’t think 20 minutes a gameas a freshman,” Poole said. “I didn’tknow I’d be this important to a teamas a freshman. That’s just shocking,but I guess hard work pays off.”
The season has not been with-out setbacks for the Rosedale,N.Y., native.
He had a simple responsewhen asked how to avoid fresh-man mistakes.
“You can’t,” he said. “When youstep on the court, they’re going tobe like, ‘That’s the freshman, that’sthe freshman — pressure him,’ andI know that. You’re going to makemistakes because that’s life, but tolimit them, you just have to be con-fident. That’s how I feel when I stepon the court, like I’m the best play-er out there.”
With that mindset, Poole aver-ages 6.9 points and 3.7 reboundsper game.
But it means nothing to Poolewithout the results, and the nextopportunity — and one of the mostcoveted ones — comes tomorrowat the Prudential Center.
The guard who knows a littlesomething about big-time NewJersey basketball wants to get backto his winning ways.
“I remember in high school, weprepared the whole season to playSt. Patrick because that was ourrival,” Poole said. “We want to beatthem — twice. You want to be bet-ter than your rivals. That’s why youplay basketball.”
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Beatty answered with a spot-up 3-pointer from straight on.
Coburn added a conversion ofhis own from 3-point landmoments later, and the Knightsfound themselves with a 50-46lead with 7:46 to play.
Beatty opened the secondstanza on a tear from beyond thearc, with 3-pointers on threestraight possessions after mak-ing just one shot over the firsthalf’s entirety.
Combined with an authorita-tive drive and dunk from Miller,the 6-foot-2 guard led Rutgers onan 11-0 run and a 36-30 advantageto the dismay of South Floridahead coach Stan Heath.
“[Beatty] really turned it upand ignited the fire for us to buildand move forward and get thewin,” Coburn said.
The Bulls continued therecent trend of Big East oppo-nents asserting their will to beginthe second half against theKnights, scoring five straightpoints to take a 30-25 lead.
Rice called a timeout immedi-ately following a converted 3-pointer from USF’s ShaunNoriega less than a minute intothe second period of play.
“At times in the second half,we struggled to score,” saidBeatty, who scored 20 points in35 minutes of action. “In the firsthalf we played so hard, and in thesecond half we always let it getout of our hands. Tonight wemade plays.”
Rutgers took a 25-22 lead onits final possession of the half offof a Coburn 3-pointer, but USF’sHugh Robertson answered with a3-pointer of his own before thehalftime buzzer.
The Bulls shot only 31.8 per-cent from the field in the firsthalf, but nailed four baskets
from downtown during the first20 minutes.
Senior forward JonathanMitchell carried the Knights offen-sively during the middle stages ofthe first half, converting two freethrows and a contested 3-pointerthat brought the crowd to its feet.
The 6-foot-8 senior, along withCoburn, were the only Knights toregister more than one field goalin the first stanza. Mitchell fin-ished the contest with 20 points,
while Coburn added 13 points offthe bench.
The Bulls’ Augustus Gilchristcapitalized on the Knights’ scoringdrought with an alley-oop that gaveSouth Florida its first lead at 14-13with 7:51 remaining in the first half.
Rice called a timeout follow-ing the play and inserted seldom-used guard Charlie Rigoglioso,but the damage had been done— the Knights relinquished anearly 13-8 advantage.
But the fan support, largely anunknown commodity, provided akey difference from past letdownsat the RAC.
“It was unbelievable,” Ricesaid of the crowd. “What comesfirst? It’s the chicken or the eggtype thing. I know if we win thatwe’re going to get the fans. God,did they really help us win a ball-game today. They had the energy,they had the passion. They madeit fun.”
in the 157-pound weight class.“I know [Dong] is someonethat likes to go out there and beexcited, but I just have to wres-tle at my pace and slow things down.”
In a match that could easilysee both sides take five boutsapiece, bonus points woulddecide the outcome. A regulardecision earns three points forthe team score while a major deci-sion — a decision with a marginof victory greater than eightpoints — yields four points for theteam. If a wrestler wins his matchby more than 15 points, the teamgets five points and the team canwin six points if there is either apin or a forfeit.
Bonus points were the decid-ing factor on Nov. 27, when theKnights upset Missouri, 19-16.
“[Bonus points] are notsomething we tend to talkabout,” said senior Alex Caruso.“Everyone just takes it onematch at a time and if there arebonus points out there to get,then everyone is going to dowhat it takes to get them.”
However, Rutgers was notthe only team in recent historyto take advantage of bonuspoints, as they were the clincheron Jan. 8 when Virginia Techknocked of f then-No. 2Oklahoma State by an 18-16 score at the National Duals.
The Hokies also took downranked opponents in Wisconsinand Central Michigan at the Dualsbefore falling to No. 1 Cornell.
But past triumphs on bothsides matter naught when thetwo clash in front of whatshould be a raucous crowd.
“That’s just part of the story-line. They are confident,” Goodalesaid. “Part of the reason they areexcited is because they know weare going to put some people in
the stands. They probably don’tget that everyday in Blacksburg.”
The Rutgers’ crowd could helpbring the best out of someKnights who may not be favoredin their matchup.
“Every weight class has a jobto do,” Goodale said. “Where weare outmanned, we need to wres-tle hard. We have to keep our-selves in the match. People sayit’s not a team sport, but it’sgoing to take a total team effortto win.”
And if Rutgers is able to holdits own and win the toss-upmatches, the Knights would cer-tainly be on track to enter the top10 in the coaches’ poll — justanother plaque on the wall of aprogram on the rise.
“We definitely have the talentand the wrestlers [to be a top-10team],” said Caruso, who spent hisfirst four years at perennial power-house Lehigh. “[Tonight] is allabout being focused and havingthe intensity to get the job done.”
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After spending four years with Lehigh, fifth-year senior Alex Caruso returned to New Jersey towrestle with Rutgers and boasts a 23-7 record to go along with his No. 18 ranking at 174 pounds.
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KEITH FREEMAN
Senior forward Jonathan Mitchell tied for a game-high 20 points at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, wherehe carried the Scarlet Knights’ scoring load in the first half en route to a 71-62 victory over South Florida.
T H E D A I L Y T A R G U MSP O RT S1 4 J A N U A R Y 2 1 , 2 0 1 1
R utgers football seniorsJonathan Freeny andAntonio Lowery will
participate in the EasthamEnergy College All-Star Gameon Jan. 23 in Tempe, Ariz.
The inaugural All-Star gamewill be played at Sun DevilStadium.
Lowery led the ScarletKnights with 108 tackles lastseason as a starting linebackerand finished with 189 tacklesover his career.
Freeny recorded 93 tacklesfor his career and led the teamwith 9.5 sacks in his junior sea-son as part of the defensive linerotation. He finished with justhalf a sack last year in his onlyseason as a starter.
LOUISIANA STATE FILLEDits offensive coordinatingvacancy yesterday with theaddition of Steve Kragthorpe,who will replace former offen-sive coordinator Gary Crowtonafter he left the team earlier thisweek to take a job at Maryland.
Kragthorpe, a former headcoach at Louisville and Tulsa,also worked in the NFL withthe Buffalo Bills as a quarter-backs coach and looks toimprove upon the Tigers’ 86th-ranked offense.
FORMER IOWA DEFENSIVEback Cedric Everson was con-victed of a misdemeanor assaultyesterday stemming from a 2007sexual encounter with a femaleathlete who said she passed outand did not give consent.
Everson originally faced apossible 25 years in prison, butnow will face no more than 30days behind bars following hissentencing on Feb. 25.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSquarterback Tom Brady under-went surgery on his right footand will not participate in thePro Bowl on Jan. 30 in Hawaii.Brady played a majority of theseason with a stress fracture.
Kansas City Chiefs quarter-back Matt Cassel will replaceBrady in the Pro Bowl.
THE NEW YORK YANKEESagreed to a one-year, $2 mil-lion-contract with 33-year-oldoutfielder Andruw Jones on Thursday.
Entering into his 15th sea-son, Jones once won 10 straightGold Gloves and played in 75postseason games. Jones fin-ished his last season with theChicago White Sox with 19home runs and 48 RBIs.
THE ROOF OF THEMetrodome may take five tosix months to repair after asnowstorm caused it to col-lapse last month. A six-monthconstruction will interfere withthe Minnesota Vikings presea-son play.
Possible replacements forthe Vikings exhibition gamesinclude TCF Bank Stadium atthe University of Minnesota,where the Vikings playedtheir final home game of the2010 season.
Qualifications on table as RU travels to NavyBY LIZ SWERN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Competition heats up thisweekend for the Rutgers men’strack and field team as it headsdown to Annapolis, Md., for aquad-meet at Navy’s Wesley A.
B r o w nF i e l dHouse.
T h eS c a r l e tKnightswill com-
pete against three regional pro-grams in Rhode Island, Templeand the host Midshipmen.
“This week is for real,” saidsenior Aaron Younger. “This isthe first week a lot of the guys aregoing to run their main events.”
Going into the meet manymembers of the team set goalsfor each of their races in hopesof ultimately qualifying for the
Big East Championships andIC4A championship meets laterin the season.
“I’d like to run a very goodtime in the 500 [meter],”Younger said. “I don’t really wantto set a number on it, but I knowafter last week I canrun a fast time if I getout strong and pushthe pace.”
Big East qualifyingstandards allow forcompetitors to qualifyin the 500-meter runwith times in the 400-meter dash but theIC4A qualifying stan-dards do not.
Younger qualifiedfor the Big East with his time of48.37 seconds in the 400-meterdash two weeks ago at theMetropolitan CoachesInvitational in New York City,but has yet to run the 500-meter
to attain a qualifying time forthe IC4A.
Freshmen on the team contin-ue to look to these early meets toget comfortable competing at thecollege level.
“My goal is to run a 62-second500 [meter],” saidfreshman CoreyCaidenhead. “I alsowant to do well in the4x400 [relay] to gainmore experience andget used to competingwith tough opponents.”
Caidenhead alsosecured a Big Eastqualifying time of1:05.04 in the 500-meterrun at the Metropolitan
Coaches Invitational.Off the track, the Knights are
seeking goals in the field eventsas well. Freshman jumper DevinJones has set lofty goals for him-self in the upcoming
meet, as well as those in the com-ing weeks.
“I know this meet isn’t thatbig, but I’m a competitor,” Jonessaid. “Every meet I come out try-ing to break a goal or a record.”
Jones is quickly approachingthe school’s indoor record in thetriple jump of 50 feet 7 inches. Atthe New York Army Invitational,he won the triple jump with aleap of 15.21 meters, just shy of50 feet.
“For this meet I want to go 50-plus feet in the triple jump,”Jones said.
Big East Championships areat the end of February, withIC4As following two weeks laterin March.
“I’m looking forward to thisweekend,” Younger said. “I’mhoping that after this meet wecan start to look like the cham-pionship caliber team we knowwe can be.”
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
The way head coach C. VivianStringer sees it, she’s stealing time.
With the roster stretched thinas it is and with the loss of juniorguard Nikki Speed to an ankle
i n j u r yfor anundeter-m i n e dperiod oftime, theRutgers
women’s basketball team needsto overcome its fatigue to main-tain one of the top spots in the BigEast standings, Stringer said.
“We have to somehow be ableto steal time until we can getNikki [back],” Stringer said. “Andeven when we get Nikki, we stillneed to be very diplomatic. Weneed to steal some time. We needto steal minutes and opportuni-ties in a game. I’ve got to do a
better job of making sure the kidsare rested.”
The Scarlet Knights (11-6, 4-0)remain tied for first place in BigEast play with Connecticut andDePaul after road wins over bothSyracuse and Cincinnati and tookevery second of their seven-daylag between games to heal up andprepare for what’s on the horizon.
“We’re making it by a thread,and I do think that I am perfectlypleased [because] we’ve been try-ing,” Stringer said. “We’ve beendoing better. I think that every-body has stepped up.”
With Speed out, Stringermoved sophomore Erica Wheelerinto the starting lineup, but thebiggest adjustment was for fresh-man Daisha Simmons, who goesfrom a 10-minute per game guardto the first player off the bench.
“I think she’s happy, and Ithink that the more she plays, themore confident she is going tobecome and the more confident
we are going to be,” Stringer saidof Simmons, who upped her aver-age to three points and 17 min-utes per game. “I just have to real-ly spend time and tell her frommy eyes what’s going on.”
The first task on tap forRutgers, which returns to theLouis Brown Athletic Centertomorrow at 2 p.m. after twoweeks away, is Providence.
The Friars (9-8, 2-3) come off aroad win against Villanova andhave four wins in their last sixappearances. Guards SymoneRoberts and Mi-Khida Hankins,the only players averaging dou-ble-digits in scoring forProvidence, present a threat onthe perimeter.
“Their guard-play is definitelytough,” said junior guardKhadijah Rushdan. “They don’tplay a big [starting] five, so weneed our post players to be ableto play against their perimeterplayers to be successful.”
Providence is not the primarychallenge in Rutgers’ crosshairs,however, as the ever-dominantConnecticut Huskies are next forthe Knights.
Rutgers is the last Big Eastteam to take down the Huskies,but that win came more thanthree years ago.
Rushdan, who is the team’sco-leader in scoring with 14points per game, said that thebest way to stay prepared beforeConnecticut is to focus onProvidence first.
“It is definitely important tofocus on Providence,” she said.“We can’t get lackadaisical justbecause big, bad Connecticut iscoming. We have been winningthe last few games because wekeep coming out stronger. It isimportant that we play even bet-ter than we’ve been playing, andwe can’t look past Providence because that’s howyou lose.”
PROVIDENCE ATRUTGERS SATURDAY, 2:00 P.M.
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Junior guard Khadijah Rushdan is the leading scorer for the Knights this season, averaging 14.0 points per contest. The Wilmington, Del., nativeis left to shoulder much of the load in the backcourt in the absence of junior guard Nikki Speed, who is out indefinitely with an ankle injury.
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THROWDOWNTotal of 12 ranked wrestlers hit mat as No. 3 Virginia Tech clashes with No. 14 Rutgers in biggest matchup in RU wrestling history at RAC
125No. 13 Jarrod Garnett, (20-5)Matt Fusco, (16-9)
133No. 8 Devin Carter, (22-5)Mike DeMarco, (16-9)
141No. 13 Chris Diaz, (22-5)Trevor Melde, (21-8)
149No. 8 Brian Stephens, (21-6)No. 4 Mario Mason, (20-3)
157No. 8 Jesse Dong, (21-3)No. 17 Daryl Cocozzo, (20-5)
174Matt Epperly, (10-8)No. 18 Alex Caruso, (23-7)
184No. 19 Tommy Spellman, (12-7)Dan Rinaldi, (15-5)
197Chris Penny, (9-16)Mike Wagner, (10-11)
HVYDavid Marone, (12-6)No. 4 DJ Russo, (18-3)
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Sophomore Scott Winston only dropped two bouts thus far coupled with 14 victories in his first seasonback from redshirting. The former Jackson Memorial standout never lost a match in his high school career.
Key Bout165
No. 15 Peter Yates, (20-5)No. 7 Scott Winston, (14-2)
All of the matches are key for both teams, but none bigger than the 165-pound bout. The biggest recruit in team history, Winston faces off against
fellow sophomore Peter Yates in a battle of two top-15 grapplers.
BY A.J. JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Five times the Rutgers wrestlingteam competed at the Louis BrownAthletic Center and five times itcame away victorious.
But the No. 14 Scarlet Knightswill put that perfect record on theline at the RAC tonight when No. 3Virginia Tech marches into Piscataway.
“There’s been a lot of hypeabout our team this year. It’s goingto be a big match,” said seniorDaryl Cocozzo. “Everybody’s got to
wrestle their match. Everybody hasto take that next step.”
The Hokies (13-3) mark thetoughest challenge for head coachScott Goodale’s squad since Nov.21, when the Knights (16-1) facedPenn State — the No. 2 team in thecountry. Rutgers fell to the NittanyLions, 22-10, but have not lost since,winning 12 in a row.
Virginia Tech will certainly testthat streak.
“What we need to do tomor-row is to wrestle hard for sevenminutes,” Goodale said. “The onething that stands out from watch-
ing them is they are very athleticin every situation. They are matrats. So if we get them in a hold,we have to be able to keep it.”
The clash of the two up-and-coming programs features 12grapplers ranked in the top 20 oftheir respective weight classesand three bouts will pit oneranked wrestler against another.
“It’s a big match, but I like toapproach every match the same,”said No. 17 Cocozzo, who willface of f against No. 8 Jesse Dong
Tonight — 7:00 p.m. — Louis Brown Athletic CenterNo. 14 Rutgers vs No. 3 Virginia Tech
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Senior point guard James Beatty tied for a team-high 20 points in last night’s 71-62 win over SouthFlorida, going 4-for-8 from 3-point range to help Rutgers establish its lead in the second half.
BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers men’s basketballteam came into the season knowing
it wouldbe a strug-gle tomainta inof fensiveconsisten-cy in the
rugged Big East conference.But luckily for the Scarlet Knights,
their offense worked in their favoragainst South Florida in the secondhalf last night, when Rutgers shot 55.6percent from the field in a 71-62 victo-ry at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
“I thought we made some adjust-ments [after the first half],” said headcoach Mike Rice, whose team shotjust 34.8 percent from the field in thefirst 20 minutes. “We went to dribblehandoffs, we went to more slips. Ithought our purpose in our offensewas so much better in the second half.”
Senior point guard James Beattyfound fellow senior Mike Coburnunderneath the net with four min-utes to go, and the senior shootingguard made good on the pass, giv-ing the Knights a nine-point lead —their largest since the initial stagesof the first half.
Sophomore wing Dane Millerconverted on a field goal attempton the next Rutgers (11-7, 2-4) pos-session to stretch its advantage to61-50 — the Knights’ first double-digit cushion.
“We’ve been here, we’ve beenthrough the ropes, and we knowwhat it takes for us to be aggres-sive and get good scoring,” saidCoburn, who started the game onthe bench for the first time this season.
Rutgers and South Florida (7-13,1-6) traded baskets on a handful ofpossessions midway through thesecond half. The Bulls continued tomaintain a one-score cushion until
Second-half scoringcarries RU to win
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