The Daily Targum 2010-01-27

THE DAILY TARGUM

Volume 141, Number 75

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No. 1 Connecticut received and promptly dispatched the Rutgers women’s basketball team by more than doubling the Knights’ score last night at the XL Center.

U. builds up final steps to create greener campus

BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER

Students will likely see a green transformation in the look and feel of the College Avenue campus by the fall semester.

With the University starting to vet through contractor bids, construction on the College Avenue Greening project will begin this semester after the University awards a construction contract during the Feb. 11 Board of Governors’ meeting in Newark, said Antonio Calcado, vice president of University Facilities and Capital Planning.

Once the contract is awarded, spring semester construction goals include converting the small parking lot outside Stonier Hall on the College Avenue campus into a green space and beautifying other interior spaces along College Avenue, Calcado said.

“That’s the kind of the stuff I think we can accomplish in a fairly short order,” he said. “They are not too difficult to do, but they are very transformative.”

Infrastructure work for the project was completed last year as power and utility lines were buried under the street, Calcado said.

The University is considering city concerns and different contractor suggestions regarding issues like emergency response and the location of utility lines, he said. This may cause modifications from the original project proposal.

The University is still in the process of combing through the proposals and seeing what is the best course of action to take, Calcado said.

“As we see what the contractors have come back and told us and some of the other concerns from the public, we will marry all that up and see the

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The College Avenue Greening project is in its final planning stages to begin construction this summer.

The new project will include designated bike lanes, pedestrian plazas and landscaped walkways.

CDC urges at-risk youth to receive H1N1 vaccine

BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO CORRESPONDENT

GRAPHIC BY MATT STEELE

The Centers for Disease Control concludes youth are more susceptible to H1N1 due to their close proximity to others in work and school environments.

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The swine flu has affected an estimated quarter of the children in the United States — including college students.

To spread more awareness about the H1N1 vaccination, MTV — in conjunction with the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — held a phone conference yesterday with college and university newspapers across the nation.

Secretar y for HHS Kathleen Sebelius called H1N1 the young person’s flu, consid-

ering people age 24 and younger have been hit harder than any other age group.

The virus has infected more people than a normal year of flu, said Dr. Stephen Redd, the director of Influenza Coordination Unit for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Just being young puts folks at the greater risk,” Sebelius said. “The 18 to 24year-olds have been six times more likely to be hospitalized than what happens in a normal flu season.”

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AUTHORITIES ARREST ANTI-ACORN ALUMNUS University alumnus James O’Keefe was arrested with three others on felony charges Monday for attempting to gain access to Sen. Mary Landrieu’s New Orleans office.

O’Keefe, Joseph Basel, Robert Flanagan and Stan Dai were charged with entering federal property under false pretenses by posing as telephone repairmen, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

A former columnist for The Daily Targum and founder of The Centurion magazine, O’Keefe gained notoriety after creating undercover videos about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which led to a slash in its federal funding in September 2009.

Landrieu called the incident unusual and unsettling, in a statement released last night.

“I am as interested as everyone else about their motives and purpose, which I hope will become clear as the investigation moves forward,” she said.

Flanagan and Basel were each dressed in denim pants, blue work shirts, fluorescent vests, tool belts and hard harts when they entered the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans, according to the FBI. The men allegedly attempted to manipulate telephones and access the phone closet. They stated they had left their credentials in their vehicle and were apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service.

If convicted, the men could each face a maximum term of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment, according to the FBI. Kyle Barry, editor-in-chief of The Centurion, said he does not think O’Keefe will receive that sentence.

“I think that would be wildly excessive,” said Barry, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

He said O’Keefe was not trying to do anything malicious. “[O’Keefe] was trying to expose corruption … [even though] that was the bad way to go about it,” Barry said.

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The new Livingston Student Center reopens with ample space to host events and a larger food court, with more renovations still underway. Students commend the new facility.

Refurbished student center revitalizes Livingston campus

BY COLLEEN ROACHE AND SUNNDUSS MAHMOUD STAFF WRITERS

“Change” is a buzzword around the nation as well as around the state, and now change has come to the Livingston Student Center.

The Livingston Student Center is now home to several conference rooms, a large food court and the Rutgers Zone, a

University version of the game arcade Dave and Buster’s.

The Livingston Campus Council worked hard to bring the entertainment center to the campus, said Josh Slavin, Livingston Student Representative to the Board of Trustees.

“It’ll bring a lot of life to the campus,” he said.

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Fair places student organizations on display

BY LAURA WATSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

At a university with more than 30,000 students and a wide variety of organizations, some students may find it difficult deciding what to get involved in and finding others with similar interests.

The University Student Life Spring Involvement Fair will be held today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room and Main Lounge on the College Avenue campus to provide students with the resources needed to get involved on campus.

“The Spring Involvement Fair is a great way for students to learn about a variety of student organizations and meet members for each organization,” said Heather Mullendore, Student Life program coordinator. “Students will be able to get a better sense of what the student organization stands for and how they contribute to the Rutgers community.”

More than 300 organizations, including academic, community ser vice, leisure, performing arts, religious, social action, political and spor ts clubs, will be at the involvement fair, according to the Student Life Web site.

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More than 300 student groups will have tables set up to distribute and promote information about a variety of student organizations.

The Spring Involvement Fair will be held in the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus.

It is important for students to come to the involvement fair, Mullendore said. Students will have the opportunity to find organizations of interest, learn more about the different organizations and ask questions.

Rachel Gurney, a past attendee, said the fair is important for new students.

“The involvement fair is a wonder ful oppor tunity to see

what campus life is all about,” said Gurney, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore. “It is especially great for freshmen and transfer students. As a freshman last year, it was an eye-opener to me and showed me all of the possibilities to get more involved.”

School of Ar ts and Sciences junior Amreeta Choudhur y said the fair is useful for both

students and organizations.

She plans on being at the fair today to represent the Bengali Student Association and UNICEF. “[The organizations have] taught me to be a better leader ... and a better public speaker, which is a ver y important quality,” Choudhur y said.

Mullendore said the fair could provide useful information

for students to learn the many ways to get involved and the benefits of getting involved. “[Attendees] receive great information, [and it is a] great resource for students,” Mullendore said. “Joining a student organization is a great way for students to meet new people and gain new friends.”

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ALUMNA ATTAINS SEAT ON SUPERIOR COURT A University alumna will officially be able to bang her gavel today as she swears into office as a superior court judge in New Brunswick.

Lisa Vignuolo, a retiring partner at Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman & Stahl, P.C. in North Brunswick, is a 1990 Rutgers College graduate, according to a press release.

Before she was nominated to the bench, she practiced matrimonial and family law, litigation, mediation and real estate law, according to the release.

“I am particularly proud of Lisa’s commitment to public service and confident that she will fulfill her duties as a judge with distinction,” said Anthony Vignuolo, Lisa Vignuolo’s father, in the release.

Lisa Vignuolo also worked as the prosecutor for the Borough of Milltown last year, where she currently resides with her husband and two young children, according to the release.

The firm’s managing partner Jim Stahl said the firm wishes Lisa Vignuolo great success in her future endeavors.

“The firm will greatly miss Ms. Vignuolo, and we wish her continued success,” he said.

The ceremony will take place at 3:30 p.m. at the Middlesex County Superior Court, Courtroom 201. Judge Glenn Berman will administer the oath of office.

— Ariel Nagi

VACCINE: Teens, young adults more prone to H1N1 continued from front The CDC concluded teens and young adults are more vulnerable to the virus due to their close proximity with others while they live, work and study.

Although the disease has died down slightly these past few months, the virus is still in circulation, Redd said. In the past week, 100 isolates of the virus have been detected.

“Typically [seasonal] flu doesn’t peak until Februar y and March,” Sebelius said. “So we know we can see more H1N1 in the coming weeks, and we also can see seasonal flu begin to mix with H1N1.”

The best way to protect against H1N1 is by getting a flu vaccine through either a shot or nasal mist, Sebelius said.

“We know the vaccine is safe because it’s made the same way seasonal flu vaccines are made every year,” she said. “We’ve got a pretty robust surveillance system, and we know that the vaccine continues to be safe and is a very good match for the virus.”

So far, more than 61 million Americans have already been vaccinated, and now is the best time for those who are not to get vaccinated as well, Sebelius said.

“Even if students only get a mild case of the flu, they can pass it on to others who are at serious risk of getting ill, [such as] kids with asthma or diabetes or pregnant women,” she said.

Also present at the conference was Luke Duvall, a 15-yearold from Arkansas who was hospitalized in October after contracting a serious case of H1N1.

Although he is now recovering, Duvall also dedicates his time sharing his stor y and becoming an advocate for the flu vaccine.

Duvall spent 17 days in a medically induced coma at the hospital after the H1N1 developed into pneumonia in both of his lungs.

He then spent 17 more days in rehab relearning how to eat, drink, walk and talk.

“It was ver y frustrating because in such a short time [ever ything] had been taken

from me,” Duvall said. “It was so hard to wrap my mind around how fast I’d lost it. I literally went to sleep and woke up and lost 25 percent of my body weight.”

Duvall believes it would be silly to not get vaccinated since he almost lost his life from not doing so.

“I don’t want anybody else to go through the same things I went through,” he said. “It wasn’t just horrible for me but it was also horrible for my family and everybody around me.”

The government has been working hard to spread more awareness by setting up information on their Web site www.flu.gov, Sebelius said.

On the site, people have access to resources like the flu vaccine locator, which searches for vaccination locations.

“The vaccine is now plentiful,” Redd said. “There are literally millions of doses out there available to receive.”

Despite the government’s efforts directed toward young adults, some University students do not feel there is a sense of urgency when it comes to the disease.

“I think it’s the same thing as SARS. Everyone is blowing it out of proportion, where it’s just a huge health care fad,” said Zacker y Brown, a Livingston College junior.

Brown has not yet gotten the vaccine, and said he probably would not get it if it were made immediately available to him.

On the other hand, School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Jennifer Giramma admits the availability of the vaccine at the University did encourage her to get it.

“I was told that [the vaccine] would prevent me from getting H1N1,” she said.

“Rutgers gave me it for free so I figured I’d get it.”

Yet like Brown, Giramma believes H1N1 is not an absolute emergency.

“I think people are over exaggerating a little bit. You can die from the regular flu, but [the media] doesn’t say that,” she said. “I don’t think it should be as spotlighted that much. If they want us to get the shot, let’s get the shot, but don’t make such a big deal about it.”

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Housing registration moves to online format

BY MARY DIDUCH AND KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO STAFF WRITERS

With several key changes made

by University Residence Life to make the housing lottery registration and room selection more fair, more than 7,000 students as of yesterday have already signed up for only 8,000 on-campus spaces.

“The bottom line is, it’s about fairness. [Residence Life] had set up a system where some students were privileged, and some students were not,” said Executive Director of Residence Life.

Before, students who lived in the apartments on Busch or Cook campus were able to sign back their housing agreement, Carbone said.

With the new changes, this is no longer possible, but students who live in the suites on Busch campus or in a double room in an upperclassmen residence hall will be allowed to sign back with roommates if they have a lottery number in the top 5 percent, according to the Residence Life Web site.

Students who live in a single room will also be allowed to sign back if they have a lottery number in the top 5 percent.

School of Arts and Sciences junior Emily Bader said the new regulations only help a few lucky students.

“It has its goods and its bads, but I think the way they made the percentage so small, it’s kind of really bad for students,” Bader said.

Last year, School of Environment and Biological Sciences students also had special consideration to be housed on Cook campus where most of their classes are, but this also does not exist anymore, Carbone said. All students in all schools are equal.

According to the Residence Life Web site, housing will reserve at least 20 percent of the Cook campus to School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Mason Gross School of the Arts students and at least 20 percent of the Busch campus will be assigned to Engineering and Pharmacy students.

Commuting and off-campus students also can no longer signup for lottery numbers, accord-

ing to the site. They can apply in April to be on a waiting list.

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Rosemarie Dizon said she thinks the new system makes it difficult for commuters if their financial situation changes.

“I think it’s not fair for people that commute because sometimes they’re forced to commute because of financial situations,” she said.

If a commuter was to gain financial stability later, he or she is still unable to join the lottery until April, Dizon said.

“Most likely they don’t have a chance to live on campus again,” she said.

About 10,500 students signed up last year to live in the 8,000 spots for continuing students available on campus, Carbone said. Those who applied for numbers but did not receive one were placed in off-campus hotels.

“Everyone who signs into the lottery isn’t necessarily interested in any space on campus, although there will be some students who won’t get [a number],” Carbone said.

The deadline to sign up for a lottery number is Feb. 1.

Students who wish to live on campus will also see a change in the way they select their housing assignments once the lottery process is over.

Instead of lining up in person to register for a residence hall or apartment, students will simply click for their selection online, Carbone said.

“We expect that students will be very happy with this. … This is a special program specifically designed for housing assignments,” she said.

Carbone said Residence Life hopes this online feature will make the process simpler.

“When [students] go on, they will see what’s available … there will be floor charts in the corner, so they will be able to see what room they are signing up for, and that’s exactly what they were seeing [when signing up in person],” she said.

Carbone said the transition to an online-only process is analogous to the switch from in-person course registration, where students signed up for classes by waiting for hours in line, to WebReg. “Ever ything’s done online, and students can’t imagine it any other way,” Carbone said.

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CAMPUS: U. estimates price of project at $17 million continued from front best project we can put out there in accomplishing the intent of what we want to do in beautifying College Avenue,” he said.

The preliminary project proposal includes plans for the creation of new outdoor gathering spaces, pedestrian plazas, landscaped walkways, dedicated bike lanes and the construction of an elongated steel and glass intercampus transportation hub, according to the project’s Web site.

Current estimates price the project at $17 million, which the University will pay for through a bond sale, Calcado said.

Heavy construction will likely take place over the summer, he said.

“It won’t be completely finished, but you will see a transformation on College Avenue,” Calcado said.

Many University students are excited to see a refurbished College Avenue campus and support the current project proposal.

“Anything that beautifies the campus would be great,” said Bonnie Chan, a Rutgers College senior.

School of Arts and Sciences junior Erik Anderson hopes the project will help give the highly traveled street a more traditional campus feel, but worries the project’s cost may be passed along to students.

“I think it would be nice to have a small-college feel at such a big university — so long as it doesn’t have a dramatic effect on tuition,” Anderson said.

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The University plans to pay for the project through a bond sale. Other renovations include a new elongated steel and glass inter-campus transportation hub and more outdoor gathering spaces.

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CENTER: New amenities

Study areas similar to The Alcove in Records Hall on the to unveil on Rutgers Day 2010 College Avenue campus will be featured in the new student center, Slavin said. continued from front Students can hold events in the new building, which will The council put a lot of make Livingston campus more effort into getting the renovainvolved in student af fairs, tions on campus, Slavin said.

Potts said.

The council also used $45,000 Washington said she feels that in discretionary spending that Livingston campus needs more was allocated three years ago attention and is excited about the for the project. new renovations.

The new amenities will be on There isn’t always a place display in April during Rutgers to study during exam time, Day, and the University is lookand this new center will proing forward to flaunting it during vide just that, the celebration, she said.

Slavin said.

“I am anticiPrior to the “It’ll enable much pating the whole renovations, the better programs on building,” said campus did not ashington, receive much campus, especially W adding that she attention from stufor the Livingston is looking fordents, and it was to the new not ver y busy, Theatre Company.” ward game room. said Monica Though he Washington, a JOSH SLAVIN appreciates the Livingston Board of Trustees work that was College senior.

Student Representative done on the cenNow, there are ter, Slavin did more study have one complaint. rooms, places to hang out and “It took a little longer than we more food. would of liked,” he said.

The Livingston campus has Still, the renovations will been home to the Rutgers have a positive impact on the Business School and part of the Livingston community, Slavin School of Social Work. With the said. The renovations at the renovation of the student center, student center will create new many students feel that new light oppor tunities for groups at the will be shed onto the onceUniversity, he said. ignored campus.

“It’ll enable much better pro“I am excited about the new grams on campus, especially for additions,” said Rebecca Potts, a the Livingston Theater School of Arts and Sciences junior.

Company,” Slavin said.

Previously, the campus was The student center’s new overlooked, Potts said. It was auditorium space, once comimportant to add something to pleted, will provide an area on get the students together in a campus where the theater fun atmosphere away from group can perform, Slavin said. their studies.

The group used to perform at Students can hold events in the the Crossroads Theatre on new center or meet to study in one Livingston Avenue, as there of the large conference rooms, was not an adequate space for which feature projectors that can them to do so on campus. be used at each individual table.

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CALENDAR JANUARY The Rutgers University Program Association presents “Comic Open Mic Knight” in The Cove at the Busch Campus Center. The event begins at 8 p.m. for all those looking to laugh or make others laugh.

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Sponsored by Rutgers University Student Life, a Broadway Piano Karaoke Coffeehouse will be held next Friday at 7:30 p.m. in The Cove at the Busch Campus Center. Sing your favorite show tune with piano accompaniment by signing up for this free event. Send your show stopping number to ruprograms@gmail.com. Include your name, the song, and if you’re bringing the sheet music by Jan. 25. No professional experience necessary! Food and drink provided while supplies last.

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FEBRUARY Join the second event of the Taste and Educate series at 7:30 p.m. in The Cove at the Busch Campus Center. Sample New Brunswick’s own baker extraordinaire, Mr. Tod’s famous mini pies of all varieties and flavors, including cheesecakes, and learn all about his pie-process during this event sponsored by Rutgers University Student Life.

Supplies limited. First come, first ser ved.

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Welcome to the first “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour!” This event will take place at the Cook Campus Center Cafe and Merle V. Adams room from 4 p.m. to 7 pm.

“Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” seeks to build and strengthen the faculty, staff and student relationship outside the classroom as well as build a foundation for the learning community. Come and enjoy an evening of good, free food, music, fun and company. Come meet old friends and make new ones. As usual, don’t forget to bring friends along and IDs.

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The first Leadership Breakfast meeting will take place at 7:30 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Cook Campus Center.

The Leadership Breakfast meeting provides an oppor tunity for Cook student leaders and staf f to discuss issues such as student welfare, safety matters, transpor tation, housing, campus center and construction projects pertinent to Cook campus. Come with your suggestions and help maintain Cook campus.

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Love Stinks, Have a Drink of “True Blood,” the drink of choice on HBO’s hit series, “True Blood,” at 7:30 p.m. in The Cove of the Busch Campus Center.

Enjoy a relaxing evening of Valentine’s crafts, chocolates and True Blood while supplies last.

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thletic Director Tim Pernetti’s vision to upgrade and expand the Louis Brown Athletic Center comes at a time when 19 University sport teams either play or posses office space in one of the worst sport facilities in the Big East Conference. The depressed and unsightly grey monstrosity that so many University athletic teams call home is in need of desperate modernization, or perhaps demolition and the resurrection of a plan to move teams affiliated with the arena to a new complex at Ferren Mall. But on the list of priorities during a semester where students are forced sit on floors due to increased enrollment budget cuts and the world tries to break through the worst recession in decades, sports expansion seems unimportant and even inappropriate. While Pernetti claims all renovations will be privately funded, it is hard to believe that any type of expansion on campus will see fruition without some sort of school funds. Maybe the men’s basketball team should win a Big East Conference game before any sort of new accommodations are even discussed? Shouldn’t the team and coach prove that a “RAC renaissance” would pay off? When the University decided to expand Rutgers Stadium at the end of 2006, the football program had just experienced its most accomplished season ever, and productivity from the team has ensued. Clearly, a renovation to the RAC would boost recruits and enhance the men’s program, but the University needs to occasionally practice fiscal restraint as well. Some may argue that the women’s basketball team deserves an upgrade to the facilities they currently play in, and, for the most part, they do. However, when push comes to shove, no matter how many games, Big East Conference Tournaments or National Championships the team wins, it is the men’s program that will bring in revenue. Luxury seating, new boxes, floor and scoreboard all sound nice, but if you put rims on a 31-yearold Chevy, it is still a 31-year-old Chevy. Pernetti should focus on fiscally responsible ways of renovating the RAC — specifically the horrific lighting situation — before a super facelift takes effect. No one will deny that the mere sight of the RAC and the quality of a game inside is sub-par at best. Yet students come to the University for an education at one of the best public universities in the nation for a reasonable price. The more students lose seats in classes, the larger the classes get and the less accessible professors become, the greater the drop in education. The University needs to set its priorities straight, and if that means letting the best basketball players go to Kentucky or Kansas in order to secure intellectual talent, they should jump on the opportunity with all means necessary.

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chools nowadays have been increasingly careful with what they teach to children, as more and more precautions are being taken against inappropriate materials in the classroom.

Some though go too far with limitations, as is the case of an elementary school in California’s Menifee Union School District that stumbled upon a problem regarding a Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

After a parent complained that his child found the definition of “oral sex” in the dictionary, the school district decided to pull the book from classrooms. The decision is still pending, as parents and teachers are arguing for and against the use of something that is found in every classroom of the nation.

The difficulties of the matter fall within basic educational and moral debates. Parents are outraged at the fact that a word as graphic as “oral sex” could be found in the Webster dictionary, while the sheer purpose of the tome is to define all words in the English language. Taking this vital part of a learning experience — be it in elementary, grammar or high school — would be a crime against the children who are sent to school every day with the purpose of learning. Should we take away all definitions? Such deprivation would only serve to perpetuate this decline in education quality that is sweeping new generations.

It is fair to say that there are greater dangers out there than a child finding a “naughty” word while looking up a word assigned by the teacher. TV provides an even faster stream of profanity, in addition to its plethora of violence and sex. And while TV has various restrictions and ratings, dictionaries have the sole purpose of providing everyone with knowledge of all. Shielding children from a word written in a dictionary would simply force them to go home, log onto a computer and ask the omniscient Google for the definition of “oral sex” — and instructions would probably accompany it.

While a dictionary is not meant to be used recreationally by thirdgraders who go on to repeat the same profane word until it becomes old, it should remain in classrooms as it will be nothing more than a reference tool during a lesson in English. Without it, students would be left behind in their own ignorance to words commonly used later in life on the SATs or college entrance exams. This may only be an elementary school, but the issue of censorship and inadequate education remains within the American school system.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “We will marry all that up and see the best project we can put out there in accomplishing the intent of what we want to do in beautifying College Avenue.”

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would expect that the vast he NFC Champion majority of viewers, regardNew Orleans Saints less of their political convicand the AFC tions, simply want to spend Champion Indianapolis Colts their Super Sunday enjoying will meet on Feb. 7 in Miami’s an exciting football game with Sun Life Stadium in Super their friends and family, rather Bowl XLIV. But the battle on than being faced with mesthe gridiron will not be the JOSH BAKER sages asserting the moral only one America’s football superiority of one policy posifans witness during this year’s tion or another. While speaking to reporters Sunday championship event. An ideological clash is brewing, in Mobile, Ala., Tebow said, “I know some people as well. As has become the norm, millions of viewers won’t agree with it, but I think they can at least will tune in not just to watch the football game, but respect that I stand up for what I believe. I’ve always also the commercials. This year, however, among the been very convicted of [my views on abortion] cleverly-written Budweiser ads, celebrity-filled because that’s the reason I’m here — because my Doritos spots and buzz-generating movie promos, the mom was a very courageous woman. So any way that television audience will also see a political message I could help [communicate that message], I would do produced by Focus on the Family, an evangelical nonit.” I have no problem with Tebow freely expressing profit organization based in Colorado Springs. his beliefs regarding abortion — public figures have According to a Focus on the Family spokesman, as much right to articulate their political convictions the 30 second ad revolves around the theme as the rest of us. However, I must “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life.” reiterate that a Super Bowl comThe spot is expected to make a case “... the vast majority mercial break is simply not the time against abortion rights and features or place for him to do so. CBS’s star University of Florida quarterof viewers ... simply viewers do not want to hear about back Tim Tebow and his mother Tebow’s position on abortion any Pam, both of whom are devout want to spend more than they would want to hear Christians. According to reports, the their Super Sunday about Chad Ochocinco’s feelings on spot, which will cost up to $2.8 milhealth care reform, Kurt Warner’s lion to air, depicts Pam Tebow recallenjoying an exciting stance on gay marriage or John ing her 1987 pregnancy with Tim, football game.”

Madden’s opinions on gun control. during which she was working as a There are numerous precedents missionary in the Philippines with for overtly political ads being rejecther husband Bob. Complications ed by national networks as unfit for air. Last year, a arose when she contracted amoebic dysentery and similar controversy arose when the Chicago-based was told by doctors to have an abortion because of the Catholic organization Fidelis sought to air an antinegative effects the medications she was given were abortion ad during the Super Bowl, which depicted likely to have on her developing fetus. Pam ignored President Barack Obama as an unborn child facing the doctors’ recommendations and later gave birth to an array of bleak circumstances which some contend a healthy baby, Tim, who would go on to win the 2007 would have justified his abortion. The ad was ultiHeisman Trophy and lead his Florida Gators to two mately rejected by NBC as too controversial. CBS BCS National Championships. Since he entered the refused to air a spot during the 2004 Super Bowl from national spotlight, Tebow has made no secret of his the United Church of Christ, which communicated family’s strong Christian background and the influthe organization’s acceptance of gays and others who ence it has had on all aspects of his life. Indeed, the may be shunned by more conservative denominapresumed high-round NFL draft choice has become tions of Christianity. The Women’s Media Center, nearly as well-known for sporting bible passages on with the support of the National Organization for his eye black and thanking God during his post game Women and the Feminist Majority Foundation, has interviews, as he is for his athletic prowess. submitted a letter to the NFL and CBS requesting While Focus on the Family’s advertisement — that the ad not be aired. It reads, in part, “CBS has a which was approved to be aired during the Super well-documented history of prohibiting advocacy ads Bowl by CBS last week — may certainly be an inspirit deems controversial, rejecting ads from organizaing story of a woman sticking to her ethical convictions such as PETA, MoveOn.org, United Church of tions and overcoming the odds aligned against the Christ, and even ones that carry only an ‘implicit’ well-being of her child, I contend that a Super Bowl commercial break is simply not an appropriate venue SEE BAKER ON PAGE 11 for the discussion of such a controversial topic. I

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here is high irony in the Monday letter featured in The Daily Targum — “Small aid adds up” — that congratulates Israel for helping the Haitians. In Haiti, Israel provided Haitians with a water infrastructure. In Gaza, Israel destroyed the Palestine water supply. Palestinian children suffer from kidney failure at a high rate because what small amount of water to which they have access is tainted. While within sight of some Palestinians, the settlers water their lawns green in the desert and fill their swimming pools with water.

In Haiti, Israel provided doctors and nurses. In Palestine, international aid organizations want to provide desperately needed medical supplies and personnel to Palestinians — Israel won’t allow them in.

Israel provides shelter to the homeless Haitians. In Palestine, Israel makes thousands of Palestinians homeless by destroying their homes.

Israel helped the Haitians unblock roads blocked by the earthquake. In Palestine, Israel blocks roads to Palestinians, allowing only Israelis to travel on them.

And contrary to news reports, Israel was not the first team on the ground. Cuba and Venezuela were there immediately after the earthquake. The small beleaguered country of Cuba has been in Haiti for years before the earthquake, offering doctors. The make-shift hospital that Cuba set up immediately after the earthquake has been hailed by many foreigners and journalists as a model of efficiency.

Also, the Palestinians of Gaza — who have nothing — sent an aid package to Haiti. The Gazans said, “From the besieged to the besieged.”

Head of the Committee to Break the Siege [of Palestine] Jamal Al-Khudari said, “We feel for the Haitians the most because we were exposed to our own earthquake during Israel’s war on Gaza.”

Ellen Rosner is a RutgersNewark Class of 1970 alumna.

BAKER continued from page 10 endorsement for a side in a public debate. … CBS executives have indicated in the past that they would not air Super Bowl ads where ‘substantial elements of the community [are] in opposition to one another.” As it unambiguously promotes a conservative view of abortion, Focus on the Family’s spot fits the network’s description of unfit ads exactly. In light of this, CBS should heed the complaints of those who oppose the ad and refuse to air it on Super Sunday.

The debate over abortion has continued for decades, surely it can be temporarily suspended until after the Vince Lombardi Trophy is presented.

Josh Baker is a Rutgers College senior majoring in sociology and minoring in psychology and philosophy.

he U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently bans sexually active homosexual males from donating blood due to a discriminatory 1983 law. Yesterday’s letter in The Daily Targum, “RUSA efforts should concentrate on research”

states that there is “no reason to allow blood from high-risk persons when incurable, terminal diseases are involved,” and is completely right. This is why opponents of the FDA ban are urging the administration to use actual science to screen out all the highrisk donors in a nondiscriminatory way. As most intelligent people attending the University know, HIV is not simply an heirloom

handed down from one gay generation to the next. HIV is largely transmitted via high-risk sexual behavior. Simply put, instead of asking a donor whether they are gay, they will be asked a series of questions to assess how risky their sexual history is. This will screen out all high-risk donors in every demographic, as the FDA desires, and will not exclude the innumerable population of gay

men who are at low risk for HIV infection — just like current heterosexual donors. Considering the serious blood deficit, allowing more healthy individuals to donate blood is exactly what the FDA needs to do.

Jon Brzezinski is a first-year graduate student in molecular biosciences and a supporter of the “Every Drop Counts” initiative.

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Today's Birthday (1/27/2010) Look forward to a year of passion and enthusiasm. You may experience differences of opinion in relationships, but you can still move forward if you see personal ambition as only part of the larger picture. Accept leadership roles and run with them. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — You hear what others say but don't believe it.

That's good, as long as you allow them to explain their positions.

Strike out in a new direction.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5 — Argument inspires opposition. Enthusiasm inspires cooperation.

Which would you rather have today? It's your choice.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 5 — You find yourself attracted to creative people. In fact, by day's end, you discover a new emotional path.

Share the joy.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5 — If at all possible, spend time with friends and share a unique adventure. You need a vacation day! Take one.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Spend time working on personal relationships. The more aware you are of the needs of others, the easier it is to satisfy your own.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — By the end of the day you've shared your plan with co-workers. Be prepared to meet emotional objections with practical ways and means.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — "Mad hatter"

doesn't begin to describe today's energy. It's crazy. One minute you're confident, the next minute you're flat. To maintain optimism, start off with your favorite breakfast. Tea? Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Family activities capture your attention early in the day. It seems like guys-versus-girls is the only way to play the game. Avoid contact sports.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — As long as you maintain an open mind, imaginative ideas fit right into your thinking. You see two ways to accomplish goals.

Choose one and stick to it.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — If you feel down in the dumps today, know that physical exercise helps. A walk around the block or a spin on the dance floor works wonders.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Too much to do today and not enough time! Or so it seems. By midday, you're into the flow and moving along nicely. Break bread together.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Turn a new page in your book. Now is the time to plan a unique social activity. Create fun, and expect everyone to act like a kid.

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Junior Sunny Gerlach was a Second Team All-EAGL selection on the bars last season for the Rutgers gymnastics team.

TEST: Knights, Owls renew old rivalry at Livingston Gym continued from back Chollet-Norton is excited for the second home meet of the season because not only will the team be able to compete in front of its home fans, but the entire team will be able to attend. On longer road trips, the entire team is not able to travel.

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— and feeling good about himself,” he said. “He’s the type of kid that doesn’t like to lose.” chance in win over Warriors The Warriors fell to 7-6 with the loss and are 0-3 against continued from back Rutgers since Goodale took over Isenberg — they didn’t take as head coach. advantage of it,” said head coach Rutgers also owns the all-time Scott Goodale. “But, these guys series lead over East Stroudsburg train hard all year and they are all with a record of 18-11-1. part of the team, so they Senior Lamar Brown deserved a chance to wrestle.” improved his individual mark to Isenberg won the 133-pound 17-5 after earning a 6-3 decision. bout and put RU at a quick 10-0 “It wasn’t our best match by advantage. The true freshman far, but we fought hard to get has only wrestled in the win,” the two dual meets thus senior captain “I had to get far this year, but said.

“East has made the most Stroudsburg is [Rinaldi] back out of his chances, always a solid winning both. there winning ... team but we RU (14-4-1) able to He’s the type of kid were never trailed in the rest some guys match and the nail so they could that doesn’t like in the coffin came better prepare to lose.” when Rinaldi for Virginia.” stepped into the cirAmong those SCOTT GOODALE cle and stretched resting was Wrestling head coach the lead to 17-9 heavyweight courtesy of a 12-4 D.J. Russo. The major decision. junior leads the team in victoThis win came just two days ries with 23 and outscored after Rinaldi saw his 14-match opponents in dual meets by a win streak come to an end after total of 81-6. He currently sits falling to Rider’s Jim Resnick. at No. 9 in the most recent “The coaches and I went back coaches poll released this and addressed the issues from past week.

[Saturday’s] match right away,” “I always want to wrestle,” said Rinaldi said. “I didn’t really question Russo when asked about sitting whether or not I would be in the out against East Stroudsburg. lineup against East Stroudsburg.”

“It’s good to give the guys who Goodale said he didn’t want don’t always get to wrestle an to sit Rinaldi so that he could get opportunity. You never know back to his winning ways before when we are going to need them going head-to-head with No. 4 to come through because of Chris Henrich of Virginia. injuries or something else. If that “I had to get [Rinaldi] back out happens, you are going to need there winning — back on a streak them to perform.”

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RUTGERS FALLS TO MARQUETTE The Rutgers men’s basketball team dropped its ninth MEN’S BASKETBALL s t r a i g h t game last night 82-59 to Marquette at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

This is the fourth time the Scarlet Knights have lost by more than 20 points in Big East play. Rutgers loses by an average of 19.1 points per game.

The Golden Eagles (12-8, 3-5) had five players score in

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Brittney Kuras won 10 races in five different events this season.

Kuras is one of five freshmen swimmers contributing for the Knights.

Versatility keys early production for Kuras

BY KEVIN O’ROURKE STAFF WRITER

If there was any question as to Brittney Kuras’ biggest strength as a swimSWIMMING mer, the Rutgers freshman provided the answer in her first ever meet as a Scarlet Knight — versatility.

The New York native captured individual titles in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle, the 100yard breaststroke and the 200yard individual medley, which combines the freestyle and breaststrokes with the butterfly and backstroke.

“She is so versatile — it’s unbelievable,” said senior cocaptain Cat Whetstone. “I think it’s going to be so great for our program. She does a lot for this team.”

While Kuras’ victories in the season-opening SWRC Invite came against lesser competition, she also showed the ability to compete against the best, most recently by swimming to a first place finish in the 200-yard individual medley at the College Conference Carnival.

In all, Kuras registered 10 individual wins in five different events.

“Brittney’s a pretty special swimmer,” head coach Chuck Warner said after Kuras helped lead the Knights past West Virginia with victories in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle. “She won a couple of races in events that we really needed her. She’s extremely versatile and that really helps our team. We’re able to have her swim in a lot of different places depending on what we need.”

To boot, Kuras has been a critical component of RU’s freestyle and medley relay teams that fac-

tor heavily into the final outcome of overall team competition.

Kuras attributed her knack for serving as a sort of utilitywoman to her days in high school as a member of the Canandaigua Aquatics Team, but also credited her improved consistency and success to increased training and the influence of teammates and the coaching staff.

“The upperclassmen are a great push,” Kuras said.

“They’re really nice to train with and my coaches, Coach Warner and Jessica Barnes, they have been helping me a lot with my technique and just strength training in general. It’s been really good. There’s a lot of instruction I’ve been getting here.”

However, Kuras is not alone in making an immediate impact.

Classmates Melanie Gaffey, Taylor Curado and Jessica Simunek also impressed, along with redshirt freshman Taylor Zafir. That bodes well for the years ahead, Whetstone said.

“Hopefully with the five coming in, we can get some girls in to help replace some of the seniors who are graduating,” the fifth-year senior said.

“The program has a lot of potential in the future.”

For now, though, Kuras and RU remain focused on the task ahead — improving on last year’s fourth place showing at the Big East Championships.

The Knights enjoy a three-week respite before heading to Pittsburgh to compete for a shot at the conference title.

“We just need to have a good taper,” Kuras said. “I think it will be a really good meet. We seem to be really strong and we’re doing well.”

double figures led by Darius Johnson-Odom and Jimmy Butler’s 16 points apiece.

Maurice Acker scored 14, hitting 4-of-5 three pointers and Lazar Hayward chipped in 12.

Mike Rosario led Rutgers (911, 0-8) with 16 points. It was one of the sophomore guard’s better shooting nights as he connected on 6-of-11 shots. Freshman forward Dane Miller had 14 points in the losing effort.

Junior for ward Jonathan Mitchell added 10 points.

RU returns to action Saturday against Notre Dame.

In other Big East action No. 9 West Virginia beat DePaul 62-46. Rutges is still the only winless team in conference.

For full coverage of last night’s game see tomorrow's issue.

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Reynolds, ’Nova stand atop Big East

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

Already in the middle of its best start in school history, No. 3 Villanova BASKETBALL h o s t s Notre D a m e MID-WEEK REPORT tonight w i t h hopes of going 8-0 in the conference for the first time. Tied with 1950-51 ’Nova team for the best start, the Wildcats look to separate themselves from their past in the next couple of games.

The ’Cats (18-1, 7-0) come off of a decisive 81-71 victor y over St. Johns at Madison Square Garden where Scottie Reynolds led the team with 19 points.

Meanwhile Notre Dame (155, 4-3) comes into the Wachovia Center off an 87-77 win over Big East basement dweller DePaul, where a win meant bringing a potentially dangerous two-game losing streak to a halt.

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looked like it was going to run away with an upset over No. 4 Syracuse, when not even three minutes into the game the Hoyas found themselves up 14-0.

But after an Orange rally towards the end of the first half and an 18-8 Syracuse run, the lead switched to its favor for good.

Kris Joseph scored 15 points and Wes Johnson added 14 of his own to help Syracuse (20-1, 7-1) take its eighth straight win since a home loss to Pittsburgh.

The win also breaks a tie between head coach Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun of Connecticut for sixth most wins in Division I — Boeheim just earned his 819th.

It was also the sixth straight time the Orange defeated the Hoyas in the Carrier Dome.

THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER’S crowd was definitely pleased Sunday as Seton Hall rallied to hand No. 9 Pittsburgh its second Big East loss of the season.

The Hall’s 64-61 win was its first win over a top-25 opponent since 2006 over then-No. 8 Pitt.

Herb Pope and Jeff Robinson combined for 34 of the team’s 64 points and contained a hot Ashton Gibbs, whose 14-of-14 shooting from the free throw line and nine points from the field were a considerable force when combined with the rest of the Panthers.

The Pirates moved to 12-6 overall and 3-4 in Big East play while Pitt fell to 15-4 overall and 5-2 in conference.

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have lost Jim Calhoun, but it must have picked up something else as it cruised along Saturday to upset No. 1 Texas 88-74.

Jerome Dyson contributed 32 points to the cause and was backed up by teammate Stanley Robinson and Kemba Walker, who combined for 36 points.

It was the Huskies’ second win over a top ranked opponent in six tries. UConn improved to 13-6 overall while remaining at 33 in the Big East.

within reach, Louisville found whatever it needed to hold off Cincinnati for a 68-60 win Sunday at Freedom Hall, thanks in most part to Reginald Delk’s first career double-double.

The guard scored 13 points along with 11 rebounds and teammates Samardo Samuels and Edgar Sosa each scored a teamhigh 14 points.

Both teams find themselves at 13-7 overall with Louisville at 4-3 in the Big East and Cincinnati falling to 4-4.

Dominique Jones earned Big East Player of the Week honors after his 46-point performance led the Bulls (12-7, 2-5) past Providence (11-8, 3-4) 109-105 in overtime Saturday.

USF trailed the Friars by double digits with two minutes remaining, but rallied back to send the game into overtime.

The Bulls next matchup is with Seton Hall tomorrow at the Sun Dome in Tampa.

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Brewers ace Ben Sheets signed a one year, $10 million dollar deal with the Oakland Athletics yesterday.

Sheets, who had workouts with both the Mets and Phillies this offseason, has a career 8683 record with a 3.72, but has been hampered by a lingering elbow injury.

E VEN MORE controversy surrounds the Michigan State football program as two more players were indefinitely suspended from the team after being tied to a Nov. 22, 2009, assault at a campus residence hall.

Eleven players have now been charged with assault and conspiracy, which does not bode well for the futures of a number of key players heading into next season.

THE OAKLAND RAIDERS hired Hue Jackson on Tuesday as their new offensive coordinator.

Jackson, who previously helped groom quarterback Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens, also ser ved as an offensive coordinator at USC during the Carson Palmer era.

Though this move does leave many Raider fans hopeful, it means nothing unless Jamarcus Russell, the former No. 1 overall draft pick, improves his career 65.2 passer rating and restores the franchise to its former prominence.

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fine “down under” yesterday as Andy Roddick, the seventh ranked tennis player worldwide, and Rafael Nadal, the world’s No. 2, both fell in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

Roddick lost in five sets to Croatian Marin Cilic while a knee injur y forced Nadal from his match with No. 5 Andy Murray.

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PGA golfer Ken Green was found dead in his dorm room at Southern Methodist University last week.

No foul play was involved in the 21-year-old sophomore’s death, but it is the second family tragedy in the past year for Green. The five-time PGA Tour event winner had his lower right leg amputated after a car accident in which his brother and girlfriend were killed.

WOMEN’S GROUPS called CBS Monday, urging the channel not to broadcast a 30 second ad approved for the Super Bowl that features Tim Tebow and his mother and is expected to carry an anti-abortion message.

The ad was paid for by a conservative Christian group called Focus on Family and CBS said the recent protests would not impact their decision to run the ad.

The rate for 30 second Super Bowl ad is at least $2.5 million.

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LEAGUE: Knights fall to UConn in conference battle continued from back over 18 times, leading to 18 Uconn points.

UConn (20-0, 7-0) held senior guard Brittany Ray — the Knights’ leading scorer this season — to only three points on 1of-11 shooting. Ray was scoreless in the second half, missing all four of her field goal attempts.

The 36 points marked a new season-low for the Knights, who scored 44 against Cincinnati two games ago.

RU missed eight straight shots in the first half while Connecticut stormed ahead to a 25-point lead by the intermission.

“The way the game started, they were much more aggressive than we were — the shots they were getting, the shots we were missing,” said Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma. “I just reminded them what the game plan was … I’d love to see the film and see how much we had to do with [their missed shots]. Sometimes they miss shots because you’re there and sometimes they miss because they miss.”

UConn saw three players score in double figures, led by junior for ward Maya Moore with a game-high 19 points.

Moore was a force all over the court, hitting two threes and dominating the paint. The junior finished with 10 rebounds for a double-double.

Guard Kalana Greene and center Tina Charles added 17 and 11 points for the Huskies, respectively.

The Knights played their most solid stretch of basketball coming out of the gate in the second half.

Six quick points put a small dent in the Huskies’ 25-point advantage, but it did not take long for Connecticut to find its rhythm.

UConn’s defense made as big a splash as its offense, holding RU to its lowest points total since 1996.

“They scored 36 and we’re thinking ‘Wow we could have held them to less than that,’” Greene said. “We hate when people score. We’re going to go back to practice and hopefully hold the next team to less than 36.”

Just over four minutes into the game, Ray slashed into the paint and delivered an inside dish to Lee, who laid it in to give the Knights a 4-2 lead — their first and only advantage in the game.

Two quick baskets from Moore and Hayes ignited the Huskies’ offense, which managed only 10 points in the first 10 minutes.

“It was definitely us,” Charles said. “We always want to be the team that sets the tone of the game … we were just rushing but then we were able to get the tempo back.”

UConn never looked back.

With the Knights in foul trouble, the Huskies’ lead grew steadily. By the time RU reached the 7:30 mark, the Knights’ foul total and point total were dead even at eight.

The Knights opened the game by making only four of their first 20 attempts. But the defense held its own limiting UConn to 40 points in the first half — the Huskies’ second-lowest total of the season.

RU shot themselves in the foot, missing points in the paint and bricking wide-open jumpers. The team finished 730 from the field for an abysmal 23 percent. The team’s 15 points in the first half marked its season low and only three players scored.

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Season worsts abound in Connecticut

BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

HARTFORD, Conn. — Not only did the XL Center continue to be a little shop of horrors for the Rutgers women’s basketball team, but after a brutal loss at the hands of a relentless UConn team it also served as the place where statistics go to die.

The Scarlet Knights team had a slew of season worsts in the 7336 drubbing at the hands of No. 1 Connecticut.

The first-half offense for RU was statistically abysmal and it did not get much cleaner in the second half.

“We just didn’t have the answer,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “It was as simple as that.”

The Knights scored a seasonworst 15 points in the first half, making just 23.3 percent of its shots and missing all seven jumpers from long range. RU also committed 10 fouls in the first half and eight turnovers.

“We were ver y confident on defense,” said UConn’s Kalana Green. “People talk about us being an of fensive team, but I think our defense is even better.”

But the most telling note of a first half where UConn outscored RU 40-15 came at the four-minute mark on a layup by center Tina Charles. Trying to get back into the game, Stringer went to the 55-defense, and the Huskies picked it apart to get Charles open for a fast-break layup.

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sophomore forward Chelsey Lee to play before the game and it was a good thing for the Knights that they did.

Lee, who missed Saturday’s win over Marquette with an undisclosed illness, gave RU its only lead of the game with her early layup off of an offensive rebound.

Though they held the lead for only 19 seconds, it marked just

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Rutgers scored a season-low 15 points in the first half against the No. 1 Huskies and missed all seven shots from beyond the arc. Rutgers committed 10 fouls in the first half. the seventh time all season that IN HER FIVE-GAME CAREER with 19 points and 10 boards on 7another team took a lead over the against the Knights women’s bas- of-12 shooting.

Huskies (20-0, 7-0).

“She’s a great player and she ketball team, National Player of Lee finished up with a team- the Year Maya Moore averaged 17 does everything — rebound, high 10 points and six rebounds, points and 8.2 boards per game. scores, blocks shots,” said senior facing off against her best friend And it was business as usual guard Brittany Ray. “She’s one of the Tiffany Hayes, who scored three last night for the most heralded best I’ve played against in college, for the Huskies. player in the Big East since Diana and I don’t know if there’s anything Taurasi. Moore led the Huskies else you can say about her.”

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Not in their league No. 1 Connecticut extends regular season winning streak to 59 games, holds Scarlet Knights to lowest scoring output in over 15 years

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

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Connecticut’s Kalana Greene, center, drives to the basket for two of her 17 points in the Huskies’ overwhelming victory over Rutgers. UConn is now 11 games shy of matching its NCAA women’s basketball regular season winning streak record.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Huskies showed the crowd of 12,347 at the XL Center last night exactly why they are the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL No. 1 team in the country.

When a team RUTGERS 36 UCONN 73 wins a game by 37 points, not much is left to doubt.

The Huskies won their 59th straight regular season game in blowout fashion, burying the Rutgers women’s basketball team 7336 — their second largest win against the Scarlet Knights.

“At the end of the day UConn separates themselves,” said Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “Our best bet is to get far better and hope that we do not see them again until we have gotten far better.

“But in the meantime we have to try and provide an opportunity for ourselves to get better … we have to play against the earthlings and the other people that are here. …

UConn is on another planet.”

Sophomore forward Chelsey Lee paced the Knights with 10 points and six rebounds.

The forward was the only player on the team to score in double figures.

Sophomore guard Khadijah Rushdan added five points, seven boards and six assists for the Knights, who could not seem to get their shots to fall.

Even though they fell to the top team in the nation for two years running, the loss still stings for RU. “We’re not going to say ‘Oh, well it’s Connecticut,’ like we were supposed to lose the game,” Rushdan said. “Any loss hurts, regardless of if its Connecticut or whoever. A loss hurts. … We will focus on what we can fix and what we can learn from it and we have to keep moving.”

The Knights (12-8, 4-2) shot just under 29 percent for the game and were 1-0f-14 from three-point range. RU also turned the ball

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Knights hit High-flying gymnasts ready for Temple test perfect 10 in prep for No. 16 UVA

BY JOSH GLATT STAFF WRITER

BY ALEX JANKOWSKI CORRESPONDENT

With a Friday night showdown against the No. 16 Virginia Cavaliers at the Louis Brown Athletic Center looming, the Rutgers wrestling team rested six of its WRESTLING starting 10 wrestlers 20 Monday night when RUTGERS E. STROUDSBURG 15 it headed to East Stroudsburg.

Even with some of their big guns sitting out, the Scarlet Knights defeated the Warriors 20-15 at the Koehler Fieldhouse to extend their unbeaten streak to ten matches.

Five of the six grapplers who don’t normally see action were unable to claim victories, but major decisions from redshirt freshmen Joe Langel and Dan Rinaldi were enough to preser ve a victor y.

“We gave some guys the opportunity to wrestle and — other than [freshman] Cullen

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Freshman Emma-Rose Trentacosti flips on the balance beam during the Knights’ only other home competition. RU hosts longtime rival Temple tonight at the Livingston Gym.

The Rutgers gymnastics team hosts Temple tonight in just its second home meet of the season. Things at GYMNASTICS home are different for the Scarlet TEMPLE AT Knights this time, RUTGERS, coming off of a domiTONIGHT, 7 P.M. nant performance against Pennsylvania for their first win of the season.

The 190.725-185.100 victory over Penn bears special significance because it serves as a momentum builder heading into a meet against longtime rival Temple.

“It was big for us to win,” said head coach Chr ystal Chollet-Norton. “Temple has been a rivalry since before I was coaching here, so our win [at Penn] was huge.”

While an extended rivalry, Chollet-Norton enjoys it because unlike many rivalries, it is respectful rather than contentious.

“Obviously it is a little more competitive, but it is always friendly,” Chollet-Norton said.

New to the rivalry are Jenna Zito, Nicole Romano and Emma-Rose Trentacosti. The three freshmen all started strongly and Chollet-Norton expects them to continue their consistent performances.

“Jennifer Zito slipped under the radar in recruiting because of an injury, and she is showing her talent now,” Chollet-Norton said. “All three have given really solid performances.”

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