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Advocates urge Congress to back health care bill BY JOSHUA M. ROSENAU CONTRIBUTING WRITER
sound, I love the challenge, and I love giving people joy.” Yu, born in Wuhan, China, came to the United States in 1982 under a government exchange program. She attended the University of Cincinnati before receiving her bachelor’s degree and artist diploma from the Juilliard School. Yu performed with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in Virginia for 10 years before moving to New Jersey with her husband, violist Honggang Li of the Shanghai Quartet and two children. In addition to performing both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, Yu teaches violin
In the wake of Scott Brown’s election to the Massachusetts State Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, New Jersey health care advocates spent Friday visiting the New Brunswick of fice of the state’s Congress members, urging the lawmakers to support reform. Representatives from New Jersey Citizen Action, a grassroots organization in support of health care reform, stopped at the district office of Reps. Robert Andrews, D-1, John Adler, D-3, and Frank Pallone Jr., D-6, Friday at 67 Church St. in Kilmer Square. “We’re here today to deliver a letter to the [representatives], and to give them a checkered flag as a symbol of this important moment,” said Central Jersey Organizer Adam Sherman. “We’ve made it so far — it’s time to cross the finish line.” Sherman praised the work of Andrews and Pallone, who both voted in support of health care reform and pressured Adler to change his current no-vote. Now, without the 60 Democratic votes needed to ensure the passage of a bill in the Senate, some champions of health care reform are urging members to push the bill into reconciliation, a rarely used legislative process that would allow the passage of a bill with just 51 votes instead of the 60 normally required, according to an article in the Washington Post. “We want to go with the reconciliation procedure,” said David Hopkins, a representative of Grassroots4Change, a nonpartisan citizen action group. “We want a public option, and we won’t need all those votes if they use reconciliation.” Catherine Stanford, staff representative for the Rutgers Council of the American Association of
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Violinist Yen Yu performs five different works at the “Art of Music” concert series at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Sunday on the College Avenue campus. Back by popular demand, this is Yu’s third performance at the Zimmerli.
U. strings in violinist for classical evening BY DAN ROGERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The crescendos of Antonin Dvorak’s “Sonatina in G Major” emanated through the halls of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus Sunday as violinist Yen Yu performed a recital entitled “The Violin Virtuosity of Yen Yu” as part of the museum’s “Art of Music” concert series. Accompanied by pianist Iris Chen, Yu performed to a full house in the Soviet NonConformist Art exhibit room that included audience member Gert Dobrin of Edison. “It was done beautifully,” she said. “If they’re here tomorrow, I’ll come again.”
Surrounded by por traits from the Nor ton and Nancy Dodge Collection, Yu and Chen per formed five works of Yu’s choosing by the composers Tommaso A. Vitali, W. A. Mozar t, Niccolo Paganini, Antonin Dvorak and Felix Mendelssohn. The recital was Yu’s third year performing at the Zimmerli, a venue with great acoustics, Yu said. “Once I start to play, the sound just rings and makes me want to make beautiful music,” she said. Yu’s father, also a violinist, introduced her to the violin, she said. “I didn’t like it at the beginning, but then I grew to love it,” Yu said. “I love the
FDA ban drives students to donate for awareness BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Rutgers University Student Assembly and the University Queer Caucus are joining together to turn an average blood drive into a political statement. The groups are making sure every drop counts on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center, as the blood drive’s purpose is not only to collect blood, but to also voice opposition for a Federal Drug Administration ban on permitting men who have sex with men from donating blood. “It’s really positive, it doesn’t hurt anyone, [and] it helps people who really need blood and find the ban discriminatory,” said RUSA member Ben West. West, a Rutgers College senior, took on the cause last semester and arranged “Ever y Drop Counts” after working to have the ban revoked at the University, claiming it defies the University’s nondiscrimination policy, West said. While some research shows that men who sleep with men may be more
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likely to be HIV positive or have AIDS, there are other lifestyle factors that the sur vey excludes, and men who sleep with men are not always more likely to carr y the illness, said Shawnna James, co-president of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning People of Color Union at Rutgers. “They shouldn’t just ban a group of people because of a statistic,” James said. RUSA ultimately decided the ban was discriminatory, and since blood donation is in high demand in New Jersey, West launched the initiative. “We’re going to try to send this idea to other schools, and we’re going to try to make sure it happens at Rutgers every year,” West said. After donating, donors can sign an affirmation to donate in the name of a person that cannot donate due to the ban, he said. These letters will then be sent to the appropriate representatives in Congress as a means to express their opposition to the ban
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Moe’s Southwest Grill employee Joseph Szymczak prepares a burrito at the restaurant’s new location in the Busch Campus Center. Managed by University alumni, the restaurant offers a variety of selections.
Busch grills up new flavor BY JUSTINE D’SOUZA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
“Homewrecker” burritos and long lines of customers characterize the new Moe’s Southwest Grill, which officially opened Jan. 14 in the Busch Campus Center to serve up Mexican and southwestern-style food. “It’s a whole different kind of food that people can try,” said Co-manager Jamil Panezai. “It gives [customers] a chance to break out of the monotony of the old options that have always been here.” Panezai, a University graduate, said the location is good because as alumni, the staff is very familiar with the student center. “We know the area, what it’s like to be a student, what students look for,” Panezai said. “When this opportunity presented itself, we just felt it would be a natural fit for us.” Moe’s Co-manager Noraiz Khan said this branch of Moe’s received positive feedback the week and a half it has been open. “I was impressed,” said Andrea Kwok, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “I got a lot of food for what I
paid, and the ingredients seemed fresh.” This quality makes the restaurant popular among some students. “I loved that adding grilled vegetables is free,” Kwok said. “You can order your food exactly the way you want it, [and] ever ything is made in front of you — quickly might I add.” Alycia So, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, appreciates a new option on Busch campus. “I think it definitely offers something dif ferent to the [Busch Campus Center], which has Asian, American and Italian food already,” she said. So also enjoyed that customers can create their own meals. “I think it is more ‘interactive’ than the other restaurants there in a sense that the customers get to construct at least some aspect of their own meals,” she said. Moe’s also of fers dietar y options for the health-conscious customer. “We’ve recently introduced whole grain tortilla for people who are health-conscious and an
assortment of vegetables can be added,” Panezai said. The menu also has an array of vegetarian options. “Anything we have can be vegetarian,” Khan said. The most popular item at Moe’s is the “Homewrecker” burrito, which contains grilled meat or marinated tofu, beans, rice, guacamole, pico de gallo sauce and sour cream, Khan said. “You can go anywhere for a burrito, but you can only get a ‘Homewrecker’ from Moe’s,” Khan said. But Moe’s signature trademark is to name its products after movies and TV shows. Some Moe’s customers said they would encourage other students tr y the new student center vendor. “I think pretty much everyone would like it,” said Jeril Jose, a School of Engineering senior. Panezai and Khan said they hope to make Moe’s accessible to everyone. “I think we have a little something for ever ybody,” Panezai said. “We try to keep it as fresh and fast and courteous as possible. Hopefully it will keep people coming back.”
Organized to help expand students’ art horizons, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum will be holding the Zimmerli Drawing Society program for its second year in a row. Located on the College Avenue campus, the class will consist of a series of six classes where participants can learn about art forms from around the world and different time periods. Two of the six classes also involve drawing live models. Education Assistant Bonnie Schubert is excited about running the program again. “We decided to start the program up again because of the enthusiasm of the instructors and its participants,” she said. “The program started off strong, but we’re ecstatic to see that it’s only growing in size.” School of Arts and Sciences first-year students Vanessa Balzano and James Marion said the classes are a great way for anyone to get started in the arts. “Being an enthusiast of all types of arts, I’m always looking for ways to expand my knowledge ... and this sounds like a perfect way to do so,” Marion said.
“It seems like the Zimmerli always does a good job finding ways to make art more interesting, even for students who may not be as interested.” Balzano said she is creative but not particularly good at drawing. She thinks the class is just what students need to wind down as a fun activity. “The first meeting last year was in the fall, and we did one class on … a Monet-based kind of drawing,” Schuber t said. “The students got to sit outside in the beautiful courtyard and just draw. It was so peaceful. It was great.” The museum is also trying to encourage students to sign up by lowering the price. “The class is normally $90 for museum members and $100 for non-museum members,” Schubert said. “But we are tr ying to get a lot more students on board, so we give them a discount so they can take the class for $75.” The class takes place from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays starting on Feb. 27 and continuing on various Saturdays until May 15. Students can call the education department at (732) 932-7237 ext. 615 for a registration form.
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BILL: Advocates hope to bring awareness for disabled continued from front University Professors, voiced her protest to Pallone’s secretary over one possible provision of the law
BAN: Blood donors to sign statements to show support continued from front and urge legislatures to change it, he said. “It’s kind of a political statement in a way, but, then again, it’s just a way to support the LGBT community on campus,” RUSA Public Relations Chair Michelle Coleman said. This will also show how many more donors would have been allowed if not for the ban, she said. “This blood drive is going to be where the friends of [the] gay community can go in their place and donate blood,” said Coleman, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. James said this drive is impor tant because people do need more blood, and the ban does not allow for the maximum amount to be available for those in need. “It’s a great way to show that if we have a good number of people showing up and signing the affirmation statement, then you can show legislators that …
— the excise tax on so-called “Cadillac” health insurance plans. The provision, which is part of the Senate’s bill that is now before the House, would incur a 40 percent tax on plans costing more than $24,000 a year for families and $8,900 a year for individuals, according to The Washington Post.
you can double the number [of donors],” said James, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. James said people also do not have to donate blood if they do not want to — they can just sign the af firmation statement to show their support. “Ever yone should know about this … just to have people who are allies, who are heterosexual, to give blood [for this cause] is a great thing to happen … this is something that people should do on a regular basis,” James said. All three said they expect a big turnout, as the organizers have been publicizing the event for a while. Coleman said many students think the drive is a good idea and support the cause, as long as the donated blood is screened. “It’s a bigger issue that affects a lot of people,” she said. James said it is great that RUSA is working with the Queer Caucus to advocate this issue. “I think that it sort of just shows how we are trying to build bridges … We are not separate,” James said.
“Don’t punish people for having the benefits they deserve,” Stanford said. “And stop acting like the cost of benefits is the problem when the real problem is the structure that sets the price.” Ethan Ellis, president of Next Step, a grassroots organization
J A N UA RY 2 5 , 2 0 1 0 advocating on behalf of the disabled, was also present at Pallone’s office Friday. “Even though we [the disabled] are not the focus of this legislation, we hope that support for health care now will lead to support for our issues as more comprehensive reform is introduced,” he said.
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Ellis, who has suffered with cerebral palsy since birth, arrived to Pallone’s office with the help of a walker. “If a 76-year-old guy like me can come out on a cold day and tell you to tell Mr. Pallone to stick with it, then you know how important it is,” he said.
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MUSIC: Museum series also includes visual art, dance continued from front privately and is also a part-time professor of music at Montclair State University. Yu said the Dvorak is her favorite piece on the program, as did audience member David Perel of New Brunswick. “I liked the Dvorak and the Mendelssohn, but I would’ve liked for the concert to have been a little longer,” Perel said. “It was pleasant music, and the acoustics in this space are very, very good.” The Zimmerli’s “Art of Music” series is meant to display the full range of art in addition to visual art, including dance and music, said Linda Strandberg, coordinator of educational and community programs. Alfredo Franco, curator of education at the Zimmerli, is in
charge of organizing the series and contacted Yu to perform. “Yen Yu is a consummate musician,” Franco said. “It was the quality of her musicianship that got her onto our program.” When choosing performers for the series, sometimes Franco looks for music that relates to a specific art exhibition, he said. “If there is a French [exhibition], for example, there might be musical themes in the artwork, so we try to find music that connects,” Franco said. In other cases, such as with Yu, performers send demo tapes to the Zimmerli, and then it is determined if the musician is right for the series, he said. “We’ve established years and years of admiration with these musicians, and they always prove popular with our audiences,” he said. “Back by popular demand: that was the case of Yen Yu.”
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Accompanied by pianist Iris Chen, Yen Yu performs various acts such as Antonin Dvorak’s “Sonatina in G major” and W.A. Mozart.
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midst this financial recession, some have suffered more than others due to social standards and fiscal increases. For example, university presidents have had significant salar y raises while others — their students — have had their courses cut and tuitions increased. Many of the nation’s public institutions of higher education have taken part in this statistically typical salar y increase, and as earnings for such top college officials have been increasing steadily in years past, many are dissatisfied with this change in payroll. According to The New York Times, an examination of 185 public colleges leaders by The Chronicle of Higher Education stated that the median salar y rose to $436,111 in the past 2008-9 year, which was an increase of 2.3 percent with regard to the year before. While this may seem unreasonable and out of sorts, by contrast on average, the raise was a much more significant 7.5 percent last year and an even more troubling 19 percent in 2005. These statistics may not sit well with a great majority of students, parents or politicians, but there is a redeemable quality to the matter. Some university presidents have been known to donate part of their salaries to various funds or scholarships. An example of that act of nobility is President Richard L. McCormick and his wife’s donation to our undergraduate student aid. “With gratitude for the bonus you have given me, Joan and I have decided to use that amount to fund a second $100,000 donation to the Rutgers University Foundation to suppor t financial aid programs for undergraduate students based on need and academic performance,” the president wrote. In addition, McCormick had previously refused to take an increase in base salar y from the Board of Governors. Therefore, despite a figure that perhaps in other cases signifies greed and bureaucratic methods there are certain displays — though not often — of student support through means other than huge indebting bank loans. In addition to McCormick’s generous donations, there have been other cases of money given back to universities such as Ohio State University. Their president donated a reported $320,850 from a university bonus to a scholarship fund. The Chronicle of Higher Education stated “this year, he paid the costs for a student majoring in music.” Despite these donations, some have expressed dissatisfaction with the increase of salaries. For example, the annual compensation package for E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State, topped the list of salaries with a value of nearly $1.6 million. These numbers are likely to cause unrest for those who have had to deal with tuition increases or financial aid decreases ever y year. One extremely detrimental example occurred in California as students protested a 32 percent undergraduate tuition hike. These unfortunate conditions have also affected professors whose departments are underfunded or even eliminated. According to CNN, professor salaries have been cut in addition to the decreases in financial aid. A professor was quoted as saying that he was angr y over his 10 percent earnings cut, but that it was nothing compared to the woes in which the university system is, as it would now affect the “future leaders” of the countr y. “I’m also worried about the mission of a public institution,” Professor Mark Sawyer of UCLA said. “It’s a gateway to the middle class and to building the California economy and the nation’s economy, and these institutions are where that all happens.” Perhaps stricter restrictions should be placed on overpaid university presidents or — in some cases — sports coaches. While in this financial condition, states should not flood money to those who despite doing their jobs well are already part of the higher echelons of society. Increases in salaries make these public institutions look like Wall Street giants in the need of bailouts, while still paying their chief executive officers inordinate amounts of money. The money that goes to administration and its various functions could easily be managed by apportioning it to financial aid funds or fiscal assistance for those who are not eligible for need-based aid. Those middle-class families who are neither grouped with the “rich enough” nor with “the need-based aid” recipients suffer the most in this time of unfortunate rise of tuition and cost of living on campus. A number of university presidents have been generous and thoughtful enough to return some of their bonuses to the students but a constant hike in tuition and an ongoing increase in pay for college leaders can not be justified by these acts of aid. For years, presidents’ salaries have been increasing at a constant rate and a small change in the increase does not constitute a sense of decorum for the already well-paid figures. McCormick et al may posses certain skills of leadership and authority, but they are not guaranteed their images as seen by students. Thousand dollar increases in tuition are hardly applauded by those who continue to pursue their degrees at institutions of higher education, and pay caps for those who lead these institutions may be necessar y at this point.
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blood drive is America’s Blood being held in your Centers, the American residence hall. Red Cross and the Seeking to serve his comAmerican Association of munity and hoping to Blood Banks asked the receive a free T-shirt by FDA in 2006 to review the doing so, your friend, a felpolicy. Seven members of low University student, Congress asked the BEN WEST decides to get in line in agency in April 2009 to order to donate his blood. reconsider. Opponents After several minutes, his time in line is over, and criticize this ban as discriminator y. Such voices he is asked by an attendant to sit down and compoint out that the current ban “relies on generalplete a questionnaire that seeks to screen out izations to justify a double standard for MSM those who are ineligible to give blood. He is asked compared to heterosexual donors who engage in if he has lived in Europe for a certain period of high-risk sexual activities.” Others believe that time, and if he weighs less than 120 pounds. the ban is arbitrar y. According to the Centers for Having never left the state of New Jersey and Disease Control and Prevention, MSM are being quite big-boned, he answers no to both of indeed the highest “risk group;” however, if one these questions. He is then asked whether or not looks beneath the surface, some have argued, he has had sex with another male. Your friend — one can see how illogical this ban is. Black heta gay student — answers, “yes” to erosexual women are nearly as this question. After he completes high-risk as black MSM. Black “According to the the questionnaire, the attendant MSM make up 10,130 of new HIV reviews his answers. She informs infections in the United States, Centers for Disease him that unfortunately, he is not but black heterosexual women permitted to give blood because Control and Prevention, are not that far behind, makinghe has had sex with another male. up 7,340 of those HIV infections, MSM are indeed the He cannot give his blood because and they actually outnumber the of his sexual orientation. 5,360 new HIV infections that highest ‘risk group.’” Back in 1983, when the risk of Hispanic MSM contribute to the AIDS from blood transfusions US total. There is, however, no was first recognized, the U.S. Food and Drug ban instituted against black heterosexual Administration instituted a ban on blood donawomen; such a ban would be unlikely to sur vive tions from men who have had a history of sex with scrutiny by the public. males — MSM. The current form of the ban was The groups who oppose the ban claim that instated in 1992 and is based on statistics that instead of screening out all male donors who show that MSM are drastically more likely to have admit to being MSM during pre-donation HIV and other infections, such as Hepatitis C. screenings, it would be more logical, less disBut many have voiced opposition to this ban, criminator y, less arbitrar y and safer to ask citing that blood donations are needed more than blood donors more specific questions about speever today. According to New Jersey Blood cific behaviors that increase their risk of HIV Services, one out of three of us will require a transinfection during pre-donation screening. They fusion at some point in our lives, but only two peralso point out that the FDA’s multilayered cent of the eligible New Jersey residents donate approach to blood safety includes not only preblood each year. New Jersey Blood Services condonation screening-out of potential donors ducts an estimated 250 drives a month and must based on risk behaviors, but also screening of recruit approximately 100,000 blood donors annudonated blood with sensitive and improving ally in order to serve the hospitals and patients in tests for infectious agents such as HIV-1, HIV-2, our local communities. However, this still does not HCV, HBV and HTLV-I/II. provide an adequate blood supply and forces New Several universities have banned blood drives Jersey to import thousands of units of blood every outright on their campuses, citing that the ban is a year from other states in order to meet the demand violation of their principles or policies of nondisfor blood from N.J. hospitals. In order to cover its crimination. In October 2009, Rutgers, like many blood deficit, New Jersey must import a whopping SEE WEST ON PAGE 9 14 percent of its blood.
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WEST continued from page 8 other universities, was faced with the question of whether or not the FDA’s ban was a violation of its nondiscrimination policy. The Rutgers University Student Assembly took action with a resolution that recognized that this ban was indeed a violation of the University’s nondiscrimination policy, which includes the category of “sexual orientation.” In the same resolution, RUSA also called for blood drives to not be banned on campus, because it correctly understood the great need for blood donations in New Jersey, and the positive contribution made by University students who give blood. Now, RUSA would like to again address this issue in a way that benefits both members of the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual community at the University and those who are in desperate need of blood transfusions. We are looking for friends of the University’s LGBT community to make blood donations in the name of an LGBT friend. You can donate your blood in the name of a male friend who has engaged in sexual activity with another male, or a female friend who has engaged in sexual activity with an MSM — they too are banned under the same policy
banning MSM. If the donor would like to donate his or her blood but does not have an LGBT friend or has an LGBT friend who prefers not to be named, he or she can make the donation in support of the general cause. After giving blood, the donor will be asked to sign an affirmation that states his or her disagreement with the FDA’s ban, and that affirmation will be sent to his or her representatives in the Congress. By holding this event, we hope not only to raise awareness to this discriminatory ban but also to increase the amount of blood given to those who need it. The event is being held on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center’s Multipurpose Room B. Arrive early and become a part of this momentous advocacy event. Give blood in the name of your friend. Give blood to voice your opinion. Ask your friends to give blood for you. Spread the word! And above all, make a difference for members of your University community. Every drop counts, both for those who need blood, and for those whose blood is deemed worthless as the result of discriminatory policies that should be immediately revised. Ben West is a Rutgers College senior majoring in political science and organizer of the “Every Drop Counts” initiative.
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s a former naval intelligence officer on a high level staff, I agree with President Barack Obama that the breach of security associated with the Detroit-bound airliner is “totally unacceptable.” The warning signs were there, but the intelligence community failed to recognize, analyze and disseminate the information. This is the same type of failure that led to the Sept. 11 attacks and the Fort Hood massacre. Although only a small percentage of Middle East inhabitants are terrorists, it seems to me almost all of the terrorists emanate from Middle Eastern countries. We have to pay much more attention to travelers to this country from the Middle East and a few other countries, and our Department of Homeland Security has to work with foreign airports to beef up their security operations. We need many more intelligence officials who are proficient in Arabic and who can penetrate al-Qaida networks in various countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. Unfortunately, the [former President George W.] Bush
administration transferred a number of Yemen terrorists from Guantanamo Bay back to Yemen. Obama wants to close down Guantanamo and transfer the terrorists to the U.S. mainland for prosecution. Will these terrorists be convicted of their crimes? Will they be executed? If not, how long will they stay in prison? Will they be eligible for parole? Will they spread their hate for the United States to other inmates? Why take a chance with these hard-core terrorists? Keep them in Guantanamo. We need Obama to stop appeasing the leaders of countries that sponsor terrorism including Iran, Syria and Somalia; and he has to cease bowing to leaders of the world and appearing subservient to them. These actions are construed by terrorists as signs of weakness, which give the terrorists inspiration to attack us. President Obama weakened the CIA operations — and intelligence agencies in general — when he criticized the CIA for their interrogation techniques. Although some of these techniques might be unacceptable to the world community, we have to be able to somehow access information from cap-
tured terrorists. I believe the recent failures of our intelligence agencies to provide warnings of potential terrorist activities can be partially attributable to some apathy and lack of initiative within the intelligence community, and Obama bears some responsibility for the climate of distrust among intelligence officials. Janet Napolitano is not qualified to fill the position of secretary of homeland security. We need a professional intelligence/security person in this critical position. Unfortunately most high-level federal positions, including cabinet positions, go to unqualified politicians for payback for supporting the president during the campaign. Note: The president was deeply involved and approved the people for these positions. The United States is less safe on Obama’s watch, and we could be susceptible to on-going terrorist attacks due to an appeasing and apologetic president, incompetent secretar y of homeland security and weakened intelligence agencies. P.S. Bring on the body scanners. At my age it could be exciting. Donald A. Moskowitz is a resident of Londonderry, N.H.
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on one thing. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Ideas you've been throwing around take shape. Relax as you begin to understand exactly what sort of effort is required to achieve your goal. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Prepare yourself for some good news. It's about time! Optimism increases exponentially as new ideas take shape. Get practical later. There's plenty of time. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — It's hard to remain logical when you're being pulled in so many directions at once. Focus on what's right in front of you. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Plagiarism is the highest form of compliment. So use other people's words to your advantage, and thank others when they use yours. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — As long as you understand your desires, you'll get along fine with others today. Boost everyone's spirits by involving them all the way to the end. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Brace yourself! New ideas are flying fast and furious now. Make sure the idea's author gives you a clear enough picture so you can take action.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — With the Rutgers wrestling team tied 3-3 against Rider on KNIGHT Friday NOTEBOOK n i g h t , h e a d coach Scott Goodale had a decision to make. It was the 184-pound bout and Goodale had to choose between either redshirt freshman Jesse Boyden or true freshman Dan Seidenberg. He went with Seidenberg, and the Red Bank native responded with a hard-earned 3-2 decision that turned the momentum back in the Scarlet Knights’ favor and was the first in four consecutive victories for RU en route to a 23-9 victory. “I’ve known [head coach Scott Goodale] for a long time now and he has seen me wrestle all through high school, so he knows how I wrestle and that I can help our team,” Seidenberg said. “We were able to prepare all week for this match so I was ready once the time came to wrestle.” Seidenberg owns a 13-11 record so far in his first year with the Knights and is one of only a handful of wrestlers on the roster to record a pin in less than two minutes. At Raritan High School, Seidenberg only lost nine times in his entire career and his brother Dave, also a member of the Knights’ squad, aided his transition to NCAA wrestling.
“Having my brother on the team is something that I really enjoy,” he said. “When I was being recruited by other schools I also knew in the back of my head that I wanted to wrestle with my brother. We always push each other and talk through strategies and just help each other get better.”
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career, heavyweight D.J. Russo defeated Rider’s Ed Bordas. The redshirt junior earned a 40 decision and extended RU’s lead to 12-3. “I know that mentally that was a huge win for D.J.,” Goodale said. The victory was Russo’s 23rd — which leads the team. In dual meets this season, he has been virtually untouchable, compiling a 16-1 record. This victory did not come without controversy, however. With the score at 2-0, Bordas went down with an apparent ankle injury. While the Broncs’ senior lay in agony, the Rider coaching staff got into a heated discussion with the officials, apparently over the scoring granted to Russo in the earlier period. “They thought that he shouldn’t have gotten two points for a reversal. They only wanted him to have been given one,” Goodale said. “You just can’t cry about stuff like that in this sport.”
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Daniel Rinaldi’s 14-game match win streak came to an end Friday night. His last loss came on Nov. 27 against Bucknell. Lodi High School product now holds a 20-6 individual mark.
BEFORE THE MATCH , spectators were treated to a battle between two of New Jersey’s premiere high school wrestling pro-
grams. South Plainfield defeated Camden Catholic by a final score of 35-21. Freshman Anthony Ashnault — brother of Rutgers’ Billy Ashnault — followed in his brother’s footsteps by recording a pin for South Plainfield.
Brown’s 5-2 decision at 197pounds seemed like a tall order at the time. When the senior stepped into the circle against Rider’s Tyler Smith, he found himself face to face with an opponent that stood five inches taller. “I decided that I didn’t want to wrestle a defensive match because taller guys give me problems with their offense,” he said. “I knew that if I stayed offensive, that would be my best defense. I never let him get in a rhythm and I felt great out there.” The Alumni Gym on the Rider campus was filled to capacity, but the Knights silenced the Broncsfaithful by building a commanding lead that stretched to as big as 16-3. “It’s fun wrestling in front of a crowd like this, especially in this gym with everyone right on top of you,” Langel said. “Having ever yone so close reminds me a little bit of high school. Everyone here was really into it and as a wrestler, you just want to go out and put on a show for them.” The Knights have a quick turnaround as they travel to Pennsylvania Monday to square off with East Stroudsburg. “I want to see how our guys control their weight,” Goodale said. “Let’s see how we do with a weigh-in in 48 hours. Some other guys will also have a chance to step in and compete because of match limits. We just got to keep getting better.”
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Forward Monique Oliver scored eight points on perfect 4-for-4 shooting in a Big East career-high 13 minutes of play.
The Rutgers women’s basketball team was back down to eight players Saturday for the KNIGHT first time NOTEBOOK since its Elite Eight run two seasons ago. Freshman forward Christine Huber’s transfer nearly one month ago left the Scarlet Knights with nine, but an undisclosed illness kept sophomore forward Chelsey Lee out of the lineup in the 75-64 win over Marquette. “Everything that happens is really a test,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “We could be playing tomorrow and all of a sudden Brittany [Ray] or Nikki [Speed] goes down, God forbid. But that’s what a team is all about — you reshuffle things and see that everybody picks it up.” Forwards Myia McCurdy and Monique Oliver played increased minutes to help replace Lee’s six points and seven boards per game.
McCurdy more than covered for Lee on defense with nine total boards, and Oliver took care of business in terms of points in the paint. Oliver, in a Big East careerhigh 13 minutes, scored eight points on 4-of-4 shooting. “I think we did a good job [in the post],” said senior guard Brittany Ray. “Coach Stringer told us we’re going to have to be our sister’s keeper today. ... I’m glad we outrebounded by six. I was pleased with how we rebounded the ball.” After the game, Lee said she felt OK during the game, plans to practice today and will meet with doctors after practice to decide if she can play against Connecticut.
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little bit of everything last season. With Epiphanny Prince, Brittany Ray and Kia Vaughn in the spotlight, Rushdan silently averaged 8.4 points, three assists and two steals per game as a redshirt freshman in Big East play. In her 17 games this season, Rushdan regressed statistically after being forced into a larger role without Prince. Entering the win
over Marquette, she offered just 5.8 points per game with more than three turnovers per game. But against Marquette, Rushdan showed signs of filling the stat sheet like she did in the old days. She finished the game with 17 points behind nine made free throws, 10 rebounds, six assists and six steals. “For maybe seven days in a row, she’s put a full focus in what she needs to do as a point guard,” Stringer said. “She did play it well last year but she was not playing it well prior to … about a week and a half ago.”
IN A PLAY THAT MERELY GOES down on the stat sheet as a steal, sophomore guard Nikki Speed had the heads-up play of the second half. A sloppy in-bounds pass by the Golden Eagles knocked off the back of the backboard and took a strange bounce between two inattentive Marquette players. Before either player could move, Speed pounced on the loose ball in front of her own bench, called a timeout and won RU a crucial possession with 12:31 on the clock in the second half.
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Sophomore guard Khadijah Rushdan’s first career double-double puts the Knights at 4-1 in conference play this season.
RUSHDAN: 75-point game helps RU pass Marquette continued from back adding 10 rebounds, six steals and six assists for good measure. “I had just come back into the game and I turned the ball over,” Rushdan said. “But I wanted to keep the mindset that I had to keep attacking and try to get it back whether it was scoring myself or getting a teammate involved.” Rushdan’s first career doubledouble could not have come at a better time — the win puts the Knights at 4-1 in the Big East and keeps them in the hunt for an NCAA Tournament bid. Rutgers’ 75-point performance — 31 more points than the previous game against Cincinnati — saw production from players across the board. But it was the play of Rushdan that had everyone talking. “[Rushdan’s play] was game changing,” said Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell. “When you take the lead in an opponent’s court on the road you have to draw a line in the sand and do whatever it takes, and we just let her go right down the middle and
score —that’s an emotional play for them.” Though RU led by as many as 10 points in the second half, a series of foul calls allowed the Golden Eagles (12-7, 3-3) to climb back into the game. By the 10-minute mark in the game, the Knights’ lead had evaporated. The Knights (12-7, 4-1) battled back and forth until the fourminute mark when Rushdan made her presence felt, scoring 10 points in the closing minutes of the game. “I think for the this whole week, for the first time I think seven days in a row, she’s put together a real focused concentration on what she needs to do,” said Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “She did bounce back, she did deliver and I’m really proud of her.” Though she saw a team-high 17 minutes in the first half, Ray was relatively quiet. The guard had only two points in the first half on one-of-two shooting. “I don’t ever get down on myself for scoring two points in a half. I always have faith in my teammates and I know that they’re going to step up,” Ray said. “We’ve come to a point in the season where everybody’s going to have to step up — we have no choice but to.”
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decided to keep head coach Tom Cable for the 2010 season, the last remaining year on his contract. Cable led the Raiders to a 511 record but was surrounded with controversy after allegedly punching an assistant coach in the jaw.
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This weekend’s second annual Swimming World Magazine College Conference Carnvial had just about everySWIMMING thing. From former Olympians to clown diving to a battle between the Scarlet Knight and a pirate — won by the Knight — the crowd at the Rutgers Aquatic Center had its fill of entertainment. Not to mention some elite college swimming. Senior co-captain Cat Whetstone and freshman Brittney Kuras posted individual victories to lead the Rutgers swimming and diving team to a second-place finish, behind only No. 10 Minnesota. “We really did a good job overall,” said head coach Chuck Warner. “I think the event was a great success. Surely since I’ve been at Rutgers, it’s probably the biggest crowd we’ve ever had. It’s great for bringing all different kinds of aquatics together.” Olympian Jillian Tyler paved the way for the Golden Gophers who cruised to victory with 308 points. Rutgers collected 209 points to lay claim to the runnerup spot while Mar ylandBaltimore County, Rider, Richmond and Central Connecticut State trailed behind. Whetstone and the Knights’ eight seniors made sure to make their final home meet count. Whetstone sparked the squad with a victor y Friday night in the 200-yard backstroke, coming from behind to edge Minnesota’s Hannah Whitehead. Whitehead and Whetstone squared off again on Saturday with RU sophomore Brianne Lindblad joining the fracas. Whitehead touched the wall in 56.56 seconds to take first, with Lindblad and Whetstone narrowly losing out in second and third. Diver Erin Saunders, Whetstone’s fellow senior cocaptain, continues to work toward the Big East Championships and Zone Diving Championships but still placed second in both the one and three meter dives. Kelci Br yant of
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he Rutgers football team announced sophomore tailback Jourdan Brooks and sophomore offensive lineman Wayne Thomas will transfer from the program. Brooks competed for the starting tailback spot with Joe Martinek during training camp, but played a limited role throughout the season. The Germantown, Md. native scored three touchdowns against Howard, but will be most remembered for his 62-yard run against Louisville in 2008, when he was pulled down by his dreadlocks.
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Senior captain Erin Saunders finishes second in both the one-meter and three-meter diving events for Rutgers. Minnesota took home top honors in each event. Classmates Shayna Longacre and Kim Case also performed well. Longacre placed third in the 100-yard freestyle while Case continued the improvement of the Knights’ endurance group by swimming the 1,650-yard freestyle in 17:02.53 to take second place. Senior co-captain Denise Letendre said the group, which was honored prior to Saturday’s events, was pleased with the send-off. “It’s a great time,” Letendre said. “It was a great meet for the senior meet. … Just watching the clown diving, having fun with the team before the last relay; it’s just a great way to go out.” One swimmer with plenty of time left on the Banks is Kuras, whose showing stole some of the spotlight once again. The freshman swam her way to the top
spot in the 200-yard individual medley, posted a solid fourth place mark in the 200-yard freestyle and swam the final leg of the second-place 200-yard medley relay team. “She is so versatile — it’s unbelievable,” Whetstone said of Kuras. “I think [she’s] going to be so great for our program. She does a lot for this team.” Next up for the Rutgers divers is the Drexel Diving Invitational in two weeks. Next up for the Rutgers swimmers? Rest — and plenty of it — as they ready themselves for midFebruar y’s Big East Championships. “Now this is the fun part,” Letendre said. “We get to rest and sit back and just work on the little details and have fun and not think about it too much, because if you over think that can get you messed up.”
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team named Devin McCourty team MVP at its annual team banquet. McCourty also earned defensive and special teams MVP honors. The team named freshman quarterback Tom Savage offensive MVP.
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departed from the California coast yesterday, aiming to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone. Abby Sunderland expects to be at sea for five or six months completely alone but able to communicate via satellite telephone and a blog. Sunderland’s father is a boat builder and her 17-year-old brother held the record for circumnavigation for a short period of time.
OUTFIELDER MATT STAIRS agreed to terms on a one-year minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. In recent years, Stairs was used more as a pinch hitter and inspired t-shirts that read “Use Stairs in Case of Emergency” after his mammoth pinch-hit home run off a swing and a long drive during the 2008 National League Championship Series game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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team earned their first victory of the season over Pennsylvania, 190.725-185.100. Senior Laura Sevarino took first place in the floor exercise and the vault, while the team took the top five spots in the vault.
embarrassed the New York Knicks, handing them their worst loss ever yesterday at Madison Square Garden. The 128-78 score line gave the Mavericks a 50-point victory in the famed arena.
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COACH: Donigan inherits continued from back The cupboard isn’t bare for Donigan. The Knights graduated just two seniors and return their top-two leading scorers. Junior Yannick Salmon was a secondteam All Big East selection and sophomore Ibrahim Kamara was chosen to the third team.
Senior captain Cat Whetstone narrowly edged out No. 10 Minnesota’s Hannah Whitehead to take first place in the 200-yard backstroke at the RU Aquatics Center at the Sonny Werblin Recreational Center.
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BOTH THE RUTGERS MEN’S and women’s track teams were in action over the weekend and gained momentum moving forward in the season. The men’s team came in second place at the Navy Quad Meet and earned 151.50 points, falling just 3.5 points short of Navy. The women’s team had many personal bests accomplished while seniors Natalie Clickett and Michelle Gomes earned Big East and ECAC qualifying marks. For full coverage see tomorrow’s edition.
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Urban Meyer will return to coach the Gators in the spring after announcing in December before the Sugar Bowl that he would take a leave of absence. Meyer cited health concerns and is working out, eating better and gained 20 pounds since the 51-24 BCS victor y over Cincinnati, but maintained the same recruiting workload he took during previous seasons.
Kamara led the team in scoring with seven goals while Salmon added six. Rutgers also interviewed Virginia head coach George Gelnovatch — a Wall Township native who had just led the Cavaliers to a national championship, St. John’s head coach Dave Masur and current assistant Jeff Zaun. Long-time assistant Dave Boutilier served as interim head coach during the search for Reasso’s replacement.
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Homecoming Rutgers tabs St. Louis boss, former New Jersey high school star Donigan as new men’s soccer head coach BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
After nearly two months, the search for the next Rutgers men’s soccer coach came to an end. St. Louis head coach Dan Donigan MEN’S SOCCER will take over the program, replacing Bob Reasso who resigned in November, said Athletic Director Tim Pernetti Friday in a statement. Pernetti narrowed the search down to two last week and offered Donigan the job after Monmouth head coach Robert McCourt withdrew his name Thursday night. “We are thrilled to have Dan and his family joining us at Rutgers,” Pernetti said in a statement. “This was an important hire for our program, our university and soccer in the state of New Jersey and we have great confidence in Dan’s enthusiasm, vision and plan.” McCourt, longthought to be the front-runner, guided Monmouth to an 18-2-2 record this season and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hawks were ranked as high as No. 5 in the country at one point this season. But Donigan is no slouch. He compiled a 118-42-23 record in his nine seasons at St. Louis and reached the NCAA Tournament seven times. The Billikens went 15-7-0 this season and reached the NCAA Tournament’s second round, falling to Tulsa 4-3. St. Louis twice reached the NCAA quarterfinals in 2001 and 2003 under Donigan and 12 of his players got drafted by the MLS. “This is one of the most exciting days of my life next to my wedding day and the birth of my son,” Donigan said. “I have to first thank [Athletic Director] Tim Pernetti and the Rutgers staf f for doing such a great job throughout the process in making me
feel so comfor table in joining the Rutgers family.” Born in Trenton, Donigan, 43, was an All-State player for Hamilton East scoring 34 goals his senior season leading them to a NJSIAA Group III championship. The Newark Star-Ledger named Donigan one the top-10 high school soccer players of the 1980s. “Rutgers and New Jersey have always been a soccer power and I’m just excited to come back home and be the head coach at a program that is so nationally prominent and in a state that has been so well known for soccer through the years,” Donigan said. “My first goal is to make sure that we keep the local kids in-state and then build the program off that.” Donigan went on to continue his career at Connecticut where he was a three-time All-American selection. During his time with the Huskies, he scored 35 goals and collected 40 assists. Now he returns home with big shoes to fill. Reasso spent 29 seasons coaching the Scarlet Knights men’s soccer program compiling a 351-18371 record while leading them to 13 NCAA Tournaments, three Final Fours and a national championship game appearance. Rutgers lost the 1990 national championship game to UCLA on penalty kicks after playing out a 0-0 draw. Reasso was the 1990 NCAA Coach of the Year. But the boom of the early-mid 1990s has long since passed. RU hasn’t reached the NCAA Tournament since 2006 and is coming off a 9-10-0 season — its third consecutive losing season. “Rutgers is a tremendous place,” Reasso said back in November after announcing his resignation. “I’m sure whoever gets the job will have a great team returning and will be very successful, and I’ll be rooting for them.”
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COURTESY OF RUTGERS ATHLETICS
Athletic Director Tim Pernetti named Dan Donigan, former St. Louis Billikens head coach, to the same position with the men’s soccer team, replacing former coach Bob Reasso.
Knights dominate, stay unbeaten in 2010 Double-double by Rushdan pushes Rutgers past Marquette BY ALEX JANKOWSKI CORRESPONDENT
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. —The enormous grin etched on the face of senior Lamar Brown after the final whistle blew made it easy enough for anyWRESTLING one to guess that the Rutgers wrestling team extended its unbeaten streak to nine games. “Rutgers is back on the map. We are the state university of New Jersey, and we hold the crown now,” Brown said. The Scarlet Knights dominated in-state rival Rider to the tune of a 23-9 victory, a much more comfortable margin than last season’s 18-16 win over the Broncs at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Rider still holds the series lead by a 124 advantage, but RU showed that the tide is turning. “I think we dominated the match,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “There were a couple we lost that are going to get to me, but other than that we just outwrestled them.” The Knights took seven of 10 matches from the Broncs, including a stretch of four in a row, highlighted by an 8-0 major decision courtesy of redshirt freshman Joe Langel. The 125-pound, Howell, N.J., native extended his personal win streak to 11 with the victory. “I’m not really thinking about [the streak] going into the match,” he said. “Once the match is over, then I’ll think about it. Maybe sometimes during warm-ups I’ll say to myself ‘I’ve been doing good the past couple of
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The Knights hold a 13-4-1 mark and their current unbeaten streak is their longest since they reeled off 11 matches without a defeat in the 1992-93 season.
Late in the second half against Marquette, it appeared the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Rutgers women’s team was MARQUETTE 64 basketball writing another RUTGERS 75 chapter in the same novel. With a second-half lead gone, a sloppy turnover led to an opportunity for the Golden Eagles to go up by two possessions. Another game was slipping away. But when Khadijah Rushdan came alive down the stretch, the story changed. The sophomore guard scored a pair of game-changing shots on two slashes to the basket with just under four minutes to play to power the Scarlet Knights to a 75-64 victory at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Rushdan finished with an intimidating stat line, scoring a season-high 17 points and
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Redshirt freshman Joe Langel extended his individual winning streak to 11 matches after defeating Ilyass Elmsaouri by an 8-0 major decision Friday night at Rider’s Alumni Gym.
matches’ but once the current match starts, then I am focused.” Langel’s record stands at 20-5 as he continues to shine as a starter while freshman Vincent Dellefave recovers from a knee injur y.