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RUPD arrests six sorority sisters for abuse BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Six members of the University’s Sigma Gamma Rho sorority were arrested and charged with aggravated hazing, causing a victim to be hospitalized, Rutgers University Police Department Lt. Richard Dinan said.

Four members — Vanessa Adegbite; Kesha Cheron, a School of Arts and Sciences junior; Ilana Warner, a Livingston College senior; and Joana Bernard — were arrested on campus Tuesday by RUPD and taken to the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility, Dinan said. The four women were later released on a $1,500 bail, he said.

The two other members — Marie Charles, a Douglass College senior, and Shawna Ebanks, a Rutgers College senior — were arrested yesterday, also facing a $1,500 bail, Dinan said. The location on campus where the incident occurred could not be confirmed and whether the victim filed the police report could

not be released at press time, Dinan said. All six women are facing aggravated hazing charges, he said. The sorority members allegedly hazed pledges by paddling them, he said. Members also allegedly restricted the amount of food the pledges could eat within an eight-day period.

While only one victim has been confirmed, the police suspect there are more, but could not release the exact number at press time, Dinan said. The hospitalized victim has non-threatening injuries. “The investigation is on-going,” he said.

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Students support ban reversal drop by drop BY TAYLERE PETERSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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President Barack Obama addresses millions of Americans during his first State of the Union Address. Obama highlights health care reform, the recession and education reform as some of his top priorities.

Obama to nation: ‘I don’t quit’ BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

In an era of economic uncertainty, President Barack Obama took the stage in front of millions of Americans to deliver his first State of the Union Address yesterday in Washington, D.C.

Obama focused on issues ranging from the economy, health care and higher education. Although he took office during a difficult time, he said the nation is slowly recovering, but much more needs to be done. “One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy

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rocked by severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse and a government deeply in debt,” Obama said. “Experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act, we might face a second

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When every drop was counted at yesterday’s blood drive at the Busch Campus Center, organizers said they collected more than double what a normal blood drive on Busch campus receives. Organized by the Rutgers University Student Assembly and the University Queer Caucus, the “Every Drop Counts” blood drive was held in protest of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ban that disallows men who have had sexual contact with other men from donating. Along with every pint, the New York Blood Center will be donating $1 toward a UNICEF-sponsored Haiti relief fund. Donors and non-donors were also able to sign one of three kinds of affirmations that stated they donated in the name of a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender friend, donated in protest of the discriminatory policy or did not donate but still oppose the ban. “The idea is to give blood in the name of someone who isn’t able

to,” RUSA member Thomas Bruestle said. The affirmations will be sent to Congress representatives with the intent of working toward changing the policy to ask more specific questions instead of lumping together a whole category, RUSA member Ben West said. “If you don’t have a disease, why should you be penalized because of your orientation?” said donor Molly Rynn, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Students raised 56 units of whole blood and 10 units on automated red cell machines between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. for a total of 66 pints. “It was really great because that’s twice as much as normal blood drives on Busch,” said West, a Rutgers College senior. The drive also collected more than 100 signed affirmations. “We got a lot more than expected,” West said. “I knew people would come, but I didn’t know it would be that crazy throughout the day.” A petition supported by donors and non-donors may be the best approach

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TV show to raise hazing awareness

UNIVERSITY Advocates encourage students to change lives by becoming a mentor.

BY NEIL KYPERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With Rush Week underway, sororities and fraternities will be scrutinized by the University to ensure hazing and mistreatment of pledges is kept under control. “The Steve Wilkos Show” invited the Gamma Sigma co-ed fraternity to attend a special filming Tuesday that dealt with issues such as hazing, rape and death during Rush Week. “If you’re causing physical violence to someone, I would call that hazing,” host Steve Wilkos said.

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SPORTS The Rutgers gymnastics team earned a narrow victory over rival Temple. ISIAH STEWART/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

School of Arts and Sciences junior Ben Brosh entertains the crowd with a line of jokes at RUPA’s “Comic Open Mic Knight” yesterday at The Cove in the Busch Campus Center.

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Underage drinking tops University crime statistics BY COLLEEN ROACHE CORRESPONDENT

Incidents of crime, whether frequent or few, are causes for concern in many communities — and the University is not exempt.

The University issued its annual “Safety Matters” repor t, a threeyear summar y of campus crime statistics last fall, as required by the Cler y Act. Issued by the Division of Administration and Public Safety, the

report documents information from 2006 to 2008 about offenses such as aggravated assault, robber y, sex offenses and illegal possession, and abuse of drugs and alcohol. Combined dr ug and alcohol abuses repor ted to the University

police as well as other area police depar tments amounted to nearly 1,500. Underage possession of alcohol comprised about 75 percent of the of fenses.

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Speakers promote mentoring program BY ANDREW HOWARD PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

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School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Gabby Blady hands out fliers to one of the many students perusing the displays yesterday at the Spring Involvement Fair in the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus.

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The Minority Engineering Educational Task and Rutgers National Association for the Advancement of Colored People teamed up Monday night at Busch Campus Center to bring two notable speakers to discuss how becoming a mentor can change a young person’s life. Roy Sutherland Jr. from the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority and University Vice President of Public Affairs Jeannine LaRue touched on why students should return to the community they came from, become a mentor and positively influence someone’s life. “Black folk make up 13 percent of the United States population. Of that 13 percent, 54 percent are incarcerated and 35 percent of us are in poverty,” Sutherland said. “Why do we serve? It’s necessary.” While college students have busy schedules, donating time to a selfless cause is not a massive commitment, he said. A small amount each month can make a positive difference in someone else’s life. “On average, a program that is doing good work is only going to cost you 10 hours a month. I know for a fact that some of you waste more of that texting,” Sutherland said.

Those who are interested in mentoring should be ready to put their heart into it, he said. “If you’re going to delve into something, don’t do it half-hearted — learn about it,” Sutherland said. “If you’re going to work with young people, they can sense when you are not in it for the right reasons.” LaRue, who had her first son after being raped at 17, discussed

“Being a mentor for these children provides sometimes, just someone for them to talk to ...” ARTHUR TIPPIN Amachi Mentoring Program coordinator

how she coped with pain during a period in her life. “I did it by turning myself out to other people, because my pain was just too deep to deal with, so I began to listen to other people’s pain,” LaRue said. “[If] they have a problem, [they] call up Miss LaRue.” She described how mentoring a girl changed both her and the girl’s life. LaRue believes she fulfilled her purpose as a mentor when she reunited the girl and her mother, at her brother’s funeral.

“All of the things that I thought I was to accomplish with that young girl weren’t the things that were meant to be [accomplished],” she said. “It was about that one day — that’s why I was put in that girl’s life, because you can only bury your son or your brother one time, and if they had missed that moment together, they would never be able to get it back.” LaRue reminded the audience of the potential for having a large impact on someone else’s life the same way she did for that girl. “The difference could be you — it could be some other kid who has to say goodbye to a parent or a sibling. Mentoring does not have to be a full time job, but we do not have the right to not assist people to get to where we are,” LaRue said. She sees the service as rent paid for living on earth. The program concluded with Amachi Mentoring Program coordinator Arthur Tippin expressing how effective becoming a mentor can be and how one can get involved with a mentoring program. “Being a mentor for these children provides sometimes, just someone for them to talk to, as well as other opportunities for them,” Tippin said. “[Interested students] can begin the application process, go through some background checks, go through the training and then we match them up with a child.”

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SORORITY: University suspends national organization continued from front Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling said the University learned of the allegations Tuesday, which were received with great concern.

OBAMA: President talks about education improvements continued from front depression. So we acted — immediately and aggressively. And one year later, the worst of the storm has passed.” There are still more issues to resolve, Obama said. One in 10 Americans still has trouble finding jobs, home values continue to decline and many businesses have shut down. “For these Americans and so many others, change has not come fast enough,” Obama said. “They don’t understand why it seems like bad behavior on Wall Street is rewarded but hard work on Main Street isn’t, or why Washington has been unable or unwilling to solve any of our problems.” Obama spoke of what his administration has accomplished, such as extending unemployment benefits for more than 18 million Americans, making health insurance 65 percent cheaper for families who get their coverage through COBRA and passing 25 different tax cuts for 95 percent of working families. “As a result, millions of Americans had more to spend on gas, and food, and other necessities, all of which helped businesses keep more workers,”

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The University immediately suspended the sorority on campus and contacted the national organization, which has sent a cease-anddesist letter to Sigma Gamma Rho. “The University takes allegations of hazing very seriously and is acting aggressively to stop [the hazing],” Blimling said. The University requires every chapter to go through hazing

training programs and every student is required to sign anti-hazing statements. Despite the efforts to educate students and prevent physical and psychological hazing, he said that the University has learned that the hazing may have occurred on more than one occasion at the sorority. Depending on the type of hazing, the most severe punishment

could include expulsion of a student and not allowing a chapter to return, Blimling said. The University has one of the largest fraternity and sorority systems in the country with more than 50 chapters and about 2,000 students in Greek organizations, according to the University Web site. Blimling said he hopes this incident will not overshadow the

volunteer service work, which fraternities and sororities provide to the community. “I would hate to think that this decision by a small group of women, [exercising poor judgment], would overshadow what hundreds have done over a number of years,” he said. — John S. Clyde contributed to this article

Obama said. “And we haven’t raised income taxes by a single dime on a single person. Not a single dime.” Obama said because of the steps his administration took, more jobs have been created for about two million people. “The plan that has made all of this possible, from the tax cuts to the jobs, is the Recovery Act,” Obama said. “Economists on the left and the right say that this bill has helped save jobs and avert disaster.” But one of the job sectors that is not prospering the same way is the private business sector, he said. Obama said he plans to take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use it to help community banks give small businesses credit, and a new small business tax credit that will aid more than one million small businesses who hire new workers or raise wages. “While we’re at it, let’s also eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business investment and provide a tax incentive for all businesses, large and small, to invest in new plants and equipment,” Obama said. He also proposed plans to create more construction projects and clean energy projects nationwide to create more jobs. “The House has passed a jobs bill that includes some of these steps. As the first order of busi-

ness this year, I urge the Senate to do the same,” Obama said. “People are out of work. They are hurting. They need our help. And I want a jobs bill on my desk without delay.” But Obama said regardless of his plans to create more jobs, nothing can make up for the seven million jobs lost in the past two years. Obama also spoke about improving the nation’s education system by renewing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, improving community college education and making higher education more affordable. “The price of college tuition is just one of the burdens facing the middle class,” he said. Eagleton Institute of Politics Associate Director John Weingart said Obama delivered his speech during a problematic period where prominent issues such as the economy and health care reform are affecting the mood and spirit of the country. “I think there is a national mood of something like worry and disappointment,” Weingart said. One of the biggest challenges Obama was facing as he gave his address was trying to make people aware of what he has accomplished, Weingart said. “The public focus has come to be on what his administration has failed to accomplish and not at all on what it has accomplished,” he said.

Another issue is since Obama took his seat in office in 2009, Congress has not worked in a bipartisan manner, causing a lot of problems for his administration, Weingart said. “The ability of the Congress and the president to work together seems limited at the moment,” he said. Weingar t said the speech was vital for Obama to set an agenda on what needs to be resolved and to make plans for the future. “I think it’s a very important moment for him — it’s [the] start of his second year as president,” Weingart said. “It’s an opportunity for him to layout what … needs to be accomplished.” Rutgers Democrats President Alex Holodak said Obama is facing the nation in an era of economic uncertainty, where he has a lot of issues to resolve, and a lot of issues that are not being handled effectively, such as health care reform. “I’ve been disappointed with the way Democrats are running things. It seems like there has been a loss of leadership,” said Holodak, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. He said one of the larger issues the Obama administration should focus on is the high unemployment rate, because matters are not getting any better as people are still losing their jobs and homes every day.

“We need to get people back to work and create more jobs,” Holodak said. Rutgers University College Republicans member Benjamin DeMarzo said the Obama administration and the public have been so concerned about health care reform that they failed to recognize other issues that were put to the side, like the recession. “The biggest issue facing the countr y is the recession. There’s nothing more pressing than losing your job or home,” said DeMarzo, a Rutgers College senior. DeMarzo said Obama’s first year in office was disappointing for him. “The first year has been a … failure. [Obama needs to start] planning for the future for the American people to have faith in him,” DeMarzo said. Obama said regardless of the many issues and disappointments facing the American people today, his administration still plans to work harder to resolve issues including the economy and health care reform. “We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us,” Obama said. “We don’t quit. I don’t quit. Let’s seize this moment to start anew, to carr y the dream forward and to strengthen our union once more.”

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Council values NJPIRG’s educational significance BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT

The Douglass Governing Council gave the Rutgers chapter of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Student Chapters a boost Tuesday night, as the independent, statewide student organization sets its sights on upcoming funding hurdles. The council unanimously passed a resolution that recommends the University Senate and President Richard L. McCormick pass NJPIRG’s 2010 concept plan. The concept plan must prove the organization spreads education, said NJPIRG Chapter Chair Katie Hubschmitt. “A concept plan shows that we are an educational body and we give students the opportunity to learn activist skills and use the skills to change something that they are personally passionate about in the world,” said Hubschmitt, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. The vote on the concept plan is part of a recurring process, she said. After the Senate and McCormick vote on the plan, the student body is asked during a referendum period whether they approve of the waivable fee appearing on their term bills. “Every three years students vote to support NJPIRG through a waivable fee,” Hubschmitt said. “NJPIRG uses that money to support and hire advocates, lawyers and research scientists [who] work in Washington, D.C., on behalf of students and solely the students.” Council representatives, like Irina Ushakov, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, asked if the concept plan had specific action points yet. The concept plan highlights the educational value NJPIRG provides, Hubschmitt said. Students can access the plan by contacting NJPIRG. Council Senator Valerie Weiss, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said she authored the resolution because of her past experience interning with the program. She said NJPIRG also presents leadership opportunities and believes their mission is congruent with that of the

Douglass Governing Council University and Douglass Residential College. “To have people [who] are hired to work to help organize students and work one-on-one with campus organizers, it allows students to improve their leadership skills and organizational skills,” Weiss said. According to its mission statement, NJPIRG give students the skills and opportunity to practice effective citizenship by mobilizing students to scrutinize big social problems, invent practical solutions, generate media and public interest and get decision makers moving. In its 39 years at the University, NJPIRG has provided students with an opportunity to be active in their community, through projects like an annual voter registration and education effort, a hunger cleanup and the various Water Watch programs, according to the resolution. NJPIRG offers internships and independent studies to students so they may learn skills related to their major and develop leadership skills, Weiss said. “Volunteers can just volunteer whenever, and that’s the point, to get more people involved,” Weiss said. “People [who] do it for credit do it specifically based on hours and they take a class, so it is a more structured volunteer group.” Weiss said students are entitled to their own opinions about NJPIRG, but she encourages students to survey the entirety of its track record before passing quick judgments. One fact students might find interesting is that PIRG groups across the country have banded together to rally for more affordability in higher education, she said. Hubschmitt said students who choose not to support NJPIRG can easily indicate their preference when paying their semester bill electronically. “When you go to submit your term bill, it gives you a check box that says, “‘I waive NJPIRG fee,’” Hubschmitt said.

PHARMACY STUDENTS TO MINGLE IN FIRST NETWORKING EVENT Alpha Zeta Omega and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy are partnering with Career Services to put together the first Pharmacy Speed Networking event tonight at 7 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. So far, about 45 pharmacists and 80 students have signed up to attend the event, said Neha Mangini, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy vice president. Mangini said the event would help sharpen networking skills. “We have our career fair coming up, and everybody’s looking for jobs. [A speed networking event] is a great way for you to learn how to market yourself and how to connect with professionals,” Mangini said. She said the plethora of pharmacists attending the networking event showcases the variety of career paths in the field. “I think it’s a great way for you to see what potential opportunities are available for you beyond the school,” Mangini said. Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Dean Christopher Molloy will be giving opening remarks at the event. Dress is business casual. — Heather Brookhart and Greg Flynn

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CRIME: U. receives 118 burglary cases in 2006-2008 continued from front Reports of underage possession of alcohol more than doubled between 2007 and 2008. A total of 118 cases of burglar y, the next most common

SHOW: Council sets rules to monitor fraternity hazing continued from front Gamma Sigma member Jacob-Jerard Del Torre said he was affected by some of the stories he heard at the show. “When I was on the show and I heard stories about kids dying. … How could people be so loyal to their [fraternity] house and let it affect their actions?” said Del Torre, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. One of the stories described the death of a student due to hazing. “I think we all learned a lot about the danger of hazing and teen violence. The stories I have heard about hazing at Rutgers, I have never seen come to fruition

DROP: Study shows about 2 percent donate blood in NJ continued from front to changing the policy, said Jared Tomasco, account manager of New Jersey Blood Services. “The idea is to not stop donors — still encourage them — but have the FDA take another look at the rule,” he said. According to the New York Blood Center Web site, less than

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offense, were reported to the RUPD and there were no repor ted cases of murder, manslaughter or rape during the three-year period, according to the report. Some students said they generally feel safe at the University. School of Arts and Sciences junior Nicole Incorvia, a commuter at the University, said she

takes precautions to keep herself safe, especially at night. “I feel like it depends on where you’re going on campus,” Incovia said. “I try to take the route that is the most lit. Sometimes it’s kind of hard when you’re going in the [parking] deck.” But School of Arts and Sciences junior Sherese Reed, a resident at the Newell Apartments

on Cook campus, said she is not too comfortable with the level of security on the campus. “I think there should be more security at night,” Reed said. “I live on Cook, and there’s nobody [patrolling] around Cook … especially at night, because we live in a college town and people go out at night. We need more people patrolling.”

Dzuylinh Do, a School of Engineering junior, lives off campus and said although he has not personally experienced any problems, campus alerts issued by the RUPD are sometimes a cause for concern. Still, he said local police officers help offset anxiety prompted by alerts. “For the most part, I see enough police officers around,” he said. “I feel safe.”

like I did on the show today,” said Gamma Sigma member Chelsea Germer, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Gamma Sigma member Golda Speyer said hazing can occur in organizations that are not greek — such as athletic teams — yet there is a still a stigma attached to fraternities and sororities. “[Hazing creates] a negative stereotype and does taint the name of greek organizations,” Speyer said. But the Inter fraternity Council is responsible for setting guidelines to monitor behavior and liabilities among Greek organizations. “The reason we had to join the IFC is because we thought that the Engineering Governing Council was not fit enough to cover fraternities liability-wise;

it’s a student-run organization just like IFC,” Sigma Phi Delta President Rabieh Saad said. These rules exist for the benefit of the organizations involve, said Saad, a School of Engineering senior. “Sometimes [the IFC] can be more of a nagging ear with the fines and the paper work. If you’re trying to do something, sometimes you have to prove it [to them], like community service,” he said. “Before we were in IFC, I had more than 100 hours of community ser vice. Even though [IFC’s] requirements are five hours a semester, it pushes the limit on people who are not interested.” Saad thinks there should be strict hazing rules even though there are real world realities that go along with college.

“There are extreme levels fraternities go to for their own enjoyment [when hazing]. There are things done for … tradition and others for unity,” Saad said. “Sometimes, the little issues overshadow the bigger issues.” Gamma Sigma members expressed that one of the ways greek organizations try to avoid major hazing issues is through the big sisters or brothers that pledges are assigned. Maria Taranov, a Gamma Sigma member, thinks she could rely on her big sister while she pledged. “I had a wonderful big sister at Gamma, and she would have been behind me 100 percent if anyone tried to hurt me. We support each and ever y pledge, so hazing is unlikely,” said Taranov, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

Drinking, drugs and physical abuse should be the main foci of hazing prevention, Saad said. The present system puts too much pressure on the executive boards of fraternities or sororities to be responsible for the groups’ actions. “If something happens, I can personally get kicked out of school, go to jail and my parents could lose everything they have,” Saad said. The IFC sets up rush rules for the involved groups to ensure the potential pledges are safe and that no one gets drunk, as drinking is against IFC rules, he said. “Hazing is an awful thing. … You shouldn’t have someone do anything that you personally wouldn’t do,” Saad said “The Steve Wilkos Show” will air on Feb. 11 and 12 at noon on the CW.

2 percent of eligible people in New Jersey donate blood. “Even some blood centers are against the ban and don’t agree with the policy either,” said West. “Ultimately, they want more blood.” The drive promoted an alliance between people who support the cause and protest the ban, said Shawnna James, copresident of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning People of Color Union at Rutgers.

“This is something that is very marketable,” said James, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “It’s important for people to see it’s a problem and build awareness.” The blood drive attracted many students for different reasons, although more than expected came in support of the FDA ban protest, West said. “Most of the time the lines were so long that people had to come back to give blood,” he said. Students like School of Arts and Sciences senior Clebis

Grullon donated in the name of a friend or family member who is unable to. “I think it’s unfair,” said Grullon, who donated in the name of her cousin. “Donating blood isn’t that big of a deal. It doesn’t have anything to do with sexual orientation.” Many students considered the FDA policy offensive and were in favor of revision. “It’s a pointless policy since they test the blood,” said donor Bilal Ahmed, a Rutgers-Newark

College of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “Not only is it discriminator y and obsolete, it’s really isolating and alienating a minority for no apparent reason.” Some students thought the drive’s multi-cause quality made it more appealing to take the time and contribute. “If people are able to donate they should take advantage,” said School of Arts and Sciences junior Janina Pescinski. “Since it’s an additional cause, it’s an additional impact.”

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Sponsored by University Student Life, the “Broadway Piano Karaoke Coffeehouse” will be 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. No professional experience necessary! Food and drink provided while supplies last.

Welcome to the first “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour!” This event will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center Cafe and Merle V. Adams Room. “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 free food, music, fun and company. Meet old friends and make new ones. As usual, don’t forget to bring your friends and IDs.

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Hazing pushes decency line I

t is no secret that fraternities and sororities at the University or almost any other college have some sort of a hazing process through which new members are put. The claims are that these activities create a bond between the brothers or sisters and the new pledges. Fraternities use their “proven” methods to introduce the candidates to their brotherhood, and to weed out the ones who do not fit in. And while stories of abusive fraternities go around, it may not necessarily be a bad thing, until something goes terrible wrong. There have been fatal cases of pledges being forced to drink too much and eventually dying, and cases such as those give fraternities a bad name, perhaps deservingly so. University-based organizations are not the only ones to use brutal methods in order to “teach” the new guys how their group works or to show them what older members have experienced. This happens in the military all the time. Recruits are whipped into shape until their spirit is broken, and they are ready to enter a war. Maybe that is the way to send thousands of young men to the front, but who are we to judge? Fraternities, however, are different from the military and should not hold themselves to stupid traditions that have proven to work over the years, most of the time. This right of passage, as it is called by a number of fraternities, has proven to be dangerous, and while many of the pledges do not mind going through a big part of hell week, they may not know their limits. Drinking into oblivion serves no purpose but to introduce the pledges to their future at the organization. Not all fraternities have that purpose of course, but a great majority focus on drinking and generally making fools of themselves while in class or during their daily surveillance of the fraternity house’s porch, with a beer in hand. Being exposed to conditions of the caliber of third-world countries begs us to ask the question, “Why do you want to be part of these people?” Why do people put copious amounts of alcohol through their bodies or leave themselves to be tormented by people who know exactly what it feels like. Maybe it is to continue a tradition that fraternity members’ grandparents had upheld during their college days, but who is to say that today’s methods are as justifiable? Very rarely is a fraternity compared to the old secret societies that brought up presidents and congressmen, and rightly so. Hazing has brought a lot of trouble onto fraternity organizations, and while traditions have their purposes, pledges and members should remain wary of what they can and cannot handle.

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pple introduced its tablet, iPad, yesterday as Steve Jobs once again hoped to awe the world with another iPhone. The device has all of the amenities of Apple’s phone with the exception of the price. The cheapest model starts at $499 and the top of the line reaches a price tag of $829. After all, people who currently own iPhone would probably be the first ones to buy this toy, maybe due the “i” in the name. Aside from steep prices and speculative theories, the iPad is nothing but a glorified iPhone with a larger display and the ability to compete with Kindles and Nooks. It is simply another step toward eliminating books altogether and creating a device that could revolutionize newspaper reading. Despite our fears of eclipsing books, the iPad has the potential to open a whole new market for machines that have the look and feel of newspapers — perhaps even better then. Nostalgia may be a problem with our generation, but our children will undoubtedly have to pick up an iPad in order to read the daily news. The New York Times will be carried on a hard drive and will probably have to be bought on a monthly subscription, again of course, to make our lives simpler. Perhaps though we have already simplified too many things. Nevertheless, the iPad could be a method to get more people to read, to follow the news and to spend hundreds of dollars on a large iPhone. Hopefully the prices will go down as competitors emerge and give Apple a run for its money. Steve Jobs called it “a truly magical and revolutionary product.” But is it an adequate replacement for the trusted printed word? It cannot withstand many of the things that books have conquered over its 500year long reign, one of them being the much-romanticized reading on the beach. Pixels could go missing from this revolutionary newspaper if it is left in the sun or in the cold outside for too long. Nevertheless, the iPad has the revolutionary feel of the iPhone, or to look even further back, the Windows OS. It has that ability to create its own niche. And while many may compare it to a laptop functionwise, it has the capability of taking over that market. Overall this product could be received differently by different generation, but one thing is certain: this is Apple’s attempt at taking over another area of communications — papers.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’ve been disappointed with the way Democrats are running things. It seems like there has been a loss of leadership.” Rutgers Democrats President Alex Holodack on Obama’s leadership issues STORY ON FRONT

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College killed televised sports

ver y fall, once the because of an irrational Rutgers football hatred of their fans — I season begins, was going back and forth there is always so much between the game and my buzz in the air surroundcomputer in the other ing campus. Free football room. Did I have anything T-shir t lines number into worth doing on that comthe hundreds, red is seen puter? Absolutely not: MATTHEW TORINO ever ywhere on campus maybe the slow pace of and anyone who is anythe game did me in, but one is in Rutgers Stadium on Saturday afterfor whatever reason I could not get into it, even noons. Things do not always turn out well at though none of my roommates were here yet and these games, and some members of the crowd I had nothing better to do. just come for the festive atmosphere and the Maybe it’s not the sports, though, that Jets tailgates prior to the game, but the fact is game notwithstanding. Freshman year, ever y enough people have taken time out of their room had some kind of TV and ever yone was so schedules to make the weekly pilgrimage to the excited and looking over the RUTV list to see stadium on Saturday. what channels we had. But slowly and surely, use But what about the rest of the week? One of the TVs waned. Our neighbor’s TV broke early doesn’t really hear much about sports in college in the year and it did not faze them. We only used unless you go and look for it. our HDTV to play Xbox 360. We Besides watching SportsCenter literally did not watch anything “It just doesn’t feel or regional shows like Inside on it until we got a TiVo in Rutgers Football on SNY and right to me that I have Januar y, but that short infatuaHockey Night Live on MSG, tion lasted about a week. lost my proverbial local teams really don’t see that And the most interesting part much coverage here. Who at colfastball when it comes is that next year, when my lege reads any kind of newspaper friends and I are living in an offto the obscurities of like The Star-Ledger? I have not campus apar tment, we have met anyone who does. The local elected to not even get cable. If professional sports. ” beats go almost unknown to colyou had told me in high school lege students as newspapers conthat I would voluntarily turn tinue their descent in the American psyche. Sites down cable at any cost, I would have wondered if like ESPN Boston are providing local coverage I had a lobotomy. But it has happened. The only on the Internet, but most of the coverage on channels we watch are Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC, there is from a national standpoint, provided by so we do not even need cable. I can just go to people who don’t watch ever y game. But even ESPN.com to watch whatever they’re putting on, watching the games can become a chore. so it is not even a big deal. When I first came to college, I watched six Maybe college just isn’t made for sports fans straight hours of football ever y Sunday, ever y or just television fans in general, with the ability Devils game I could and roughly 95 percent of to download anything at the drop of a hat. But at Yankee games. I was never bored by any of these the same time, it just doesn’t feel right to me that games and it was always fun for me. But for whatI have lost my proverbial fastball when it comes ever reason, be it classes, work or just better to the obscurities of professional spor ts. ways to pass the time, my television sports specIronically, the only one I have left is Rutgers foottatorship has probably been cut in half. During ball, the one I care least about. Maybe I have just the summer, however, when I am bored out of my fallen prey to why college kills TV. Sports cermind, I will still watch all the Yankee games and tainly have not gotten boring to me, but I just during winter break I return to my previous can’t figure out why college does this to TV — habits of watching hockey and bemoaning the but it does. fact that I have to watch the Jets, contractually obligated to be on CBS ever y week. Even though Matthew Torino is a School of Arts and Sciences I have a rooted interest against the Jets — junior majoring in politcal science.

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Governments must provide for their own people first Letter LANA VOSKOBOYNIK

see a lack of irony in Wednesday’s letter in The Daily Targum entitled “Israeli aid does not add up.” Not only do I find it inappropriate to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the scope of the Haiti crisis,

Unpleasant reception at stadium Letter TOM SPEEDLING

t is Saturday afternoon and my grandchildren, 7-year-old Jack and 5-year-old Riley, and I, all adorned in Rutgers-red, are on our way to watch the Scarlet Knights play the Golden Eagles of Marquette. Later, we will have burgers and ice cream in New Brunswick. A perfect family day! Well, everything was going well until we were about to find seats on the north side in section 205. I asked a yellow-shirted staff member if we could sit in one of the hundreds of empty seats available. “Oh, no!” he barked. “These are all reserved.” He seemed positively offended by my query. “You have to sit up there,” he said with a smug sneer. He pointed to several rows of aluminum benches that were partly obscured by clouds. Several minutes of hard climbing and we reached our objective: K306. After catching my breath and stemming Riley’s nose bleed, I watched with morbid fascination as this staff member chased anyone who ventured into his territory with mere general admission tickets. Quick as a flash, he would swoop down from his perch and send women, children and grandparents packing to the hinterlands. The same scene was being played out in sections 204, 203 and 202. There might have been 50 fans in total in all four of these areas. At halftime, we proceeded downstairs to purchase a shirt for Jack and pom-poms for Riley. The cheerleaders were on the court and so I asked another staffer guarding the entrance to the floor seats if we could just stand on the lower platform for a few minutes so Riley could watch the cheerleaders perform. “No,” he grumbled, “not without a ticket!” I mean, how nasty and inhospitable can you be? During the second half, we moved behind the basket, next to the band. Thankfully, it was a much more friendly atmosphere. I suppose one could say he was only doing his job, albeit with gusto, but let me just tell you a quick story. Recently Jack, Riley and I were at a Devil’s home game and were seated in the nosebleed section. During the second period one of the ushers came over to me and asked if we wanted to move down into some empty seats. The man wouldn’t even take a tip; he just wanted to do a nice thing for the kids. Next month we have tickets for the men’s game against UConn. This time we are in a specific section — 314 — so maybe it won’t be so unfriendly. Tom Speedling is a parent of a University graduate.

but the accusations regarding Israel’s actions are simply not true. The government has a right and the duty to provide for its people. When Haiti’s government could not do this, the world collectively sent aid in the form of resources (i.e. supplies, medical staff) and money. Similarly, the ruling body of Palestine must provide for its people. Israel uses its money and

resources to provide a higher quality of life to its citizens. On the other hand, Palestine uses its resources to create missiles to attack the people of Israel, turning a blind eye to the needs of its own people. I have recently been to an Israeli town on the border of Gaza and saw not only the missile fragments but also the destroyed homes and the bomb shelters. It would be ignorant to say

that both groups have not suffered a large amount of damage to their homes and the very infrastructure of their daily lives. Both Israelis and Palestinians can sympathize with the people of Haiti, and as a result neither group’s aid should be valued on a greater level — more importantly neither aid should be diminished in value or looked down upon.

The timing of the previous letter was a tasteless and unjust criticism of Israel, when the current crisis at hand and the discussion is meant to be focused on the unfortunate people of Haiti and their needs. Lana Voskoboynik is an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy sophomore majoring in public health.

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The $25,000 fine comes on the heels of a prior $5,000 charge incurred after a 2005 upset victory over then No. 3 Kentucky.

utgers guard Khadijah Rushdan was selected to the Big East woman’s basketball weekly honor roll after posting her first career double-double Saturday against Marquette. Rushdan leads the team with 3.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Against Marquette, Rushdan scored a season-high 17 points, tied a career-high with 10 rebounds and had six steals and six assists.

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THE NEW YORK YANKEES signed former San Francisco Giants outfielder Randy Winn to a one-year, $2 million deal. This latest move provides even more evidence that fellow outfielder Johnny Damon will not return to the team next season. The Bronx Bombers traded for all-star center fielder Curtis Granderson earlier in the offseason.

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Donovan scored his first goal for Everton of the English Premier League on Wednesday night. The tally in the 19th minute gave Everton a 2-0 lead against Sunderland. Donovan is on loan for 10 weeks from the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS.

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teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were suspended for the remainder of the NBA season following an altercation involving guns and gambling earlier in the season. Arenas met with NBA commissioner David Stern Wednesday regarding his role and responsibility in the December showdown for the first time since the story came to light.

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semifinal will not come to fruition in the Australian Open, as Venus Williams suffered an upset loss to China’s Li Na in three sets. Instead of facing a familiar foe in the semifinals, Serena Williams will take on Na, the world’s No. 16-ranked player today. Serena defeated Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the quarterfinals.

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quarterback Kurt Warner is set to announce his plans for the upcoming season on Friday. The ex-Iowa Barnstormer signal caller is contemplating retirement after an illustrious career. Warner has been voted to five Pro Bowls and won two NFL MVP honors. The Cardinals’ season ended by way of a 45-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round of the playoffs.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS defensive tackle Vince Wilfork said it would be a “slap in the face” if the Patriots placed the franchise tag on him. Wilfork is coming off of his six-year rookie contract and will earn the franchise tag if the Patriots do not think they can sign him to a long-term deal. “[The franchise tag] is decent money for most people out there. What I do, it’s OK,” Wilfork said. “But I don’t look at myself as an OK player. Like I said, it’s just basically a slap in my face and an insult to me to basically tell me I’m an OK player.”

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SUSAN NAMED COACH AT BUCKNELL After working the with the Rutgers football team since Greg Schiano took over as head coach in 2000, FOOTBALL J o e Susan accepted a job to take over at Bucknell. Schiano, who recently named a new wide receivers coach, now needs to find a replacement for

Susan as recruiting coordinator and tight ends coach of the Scarlet Knights. Susan now joins a group of former Schiano assistants to move on to higher coaching positions. Beginning when Mario Cristobal took over at Florida International, Susan joins

Cristobal and Brian Jenkins as former Schiano assistants to take over programs. Jenkins, who coached wide receivers last season, accepted a head coaching position at ButhuneCookman shortly before the St. Petersburg Bowl. — Sam Hellman

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Freshman Emma-Rose Trentacosti led RU on beam with a 9.575 score and finished third overall in the meet.

RETURN: RU handles Temple, wins 188.5-187.7 continued from back “It was a little nerve raking but it is just something we do in practice ever y day,” Banfield said. “I just knew I needed to go out there and do my job and hit my routine.” This meet featured the continued consistency of CholletNorton’s strong freshman class. In beam, freshman Emma-Rose

Trentacosti led the way with a score of 9.575 to go along with her 9.300 in bars. Fellow freshman Jenna Zito also performed well in bars with a score of 9.500. Through the first four meets of the year, Trentacosti, Zito and Romano have all performed up to the high expectations they brought in as freshman. “They are doing a really good job working on their own,” Sevarino said. “Coming to college is a completely different experience and they are doing really well.”

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Marquette hands Scarlet Knights ninth straight loss something that should never happen. The whole team needs to get on the same page and start on the same level.” Turnovers — 19 resulting in 20 Marquette points — also plagued the Knights once again. Rosario, who simply lost the handle on several occasions, committed six of them. “It was me tr ying to be aggressive,” said Rosario who tallied a team-high 16 points. “I thought that … was unacceptable because I’m the focal point of this team and I’m supposed to be the leader, one of the leaders. I can’t be coming in the game having six turnovers.” RU’s next chance to stop the bleeding comes Saturday against Notre Dame. Cohesiveness will be crucial, according to N’Diaye. “We just have to play hard as a team and as one,” he said. “We can’t have four against five. It’s one team and that’s who wins — the whole team — so that’s going to be the key.”

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Fred Hill and the Rutgers men’s basketball team were well aware Marquette MEN’S BASKETBALL was the nation’s most proficient threepoint shooting team. Defending the three was the focal point of the Scarlet Knights’ preparation for the Golden Eagles. So when Marquette buried 6of-7 from deep to build an 18point advantage Tuesday night in the game’s opening seven minutes, Hill was as disappointed as anyone. “It’s got nothing to do with effort,” said Hill in tr ying to dissect his team’s ninth straight loss — the third consecutive of the blowout variety. “It’s got ever ything to do with your mental focus and understanding the game plan and going out and executing.” Jimmy Butler and Darius Johnson-Odom paced five Golden Eagles in double-figures with 16 points apiece as Marquette (12-8, 3-5) easily dispatched RU 82-59 in front of 16,793 at the Bradley Center. The Knights (9-11, 0-8) trailed by as many as 26 in the opening stanza and by 23 at intermission. They limited Marquette to one-of-three from three in the second half to close within 14, but it was too little, too late. “Coach Hill’s been tr ying to find ways to just get us going

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For the first time in Big East play, sophomore Mike Rosario, middle, eclipsed the 50 percent mark on field goals, sinking 6-of-11 shots for a team-high 16 points in Rutgers’ ninth consecutive loss. early because that’s what’s been setting us back as a whole program and as a team,” said sophomore guard Mike Rosario, who spoke to the media for the first time since the loss to Syracuse. “We don’t star t games of f crisp so we’re tr ying to figure out something — anything — to help us to

star t of f good so we can get a flow going.” As has been the case all year, the Knights’ problems were hardly limited to one area. Despite playing no one above 6-foot-7, the Golden Eagles out-rebounded RU in the first half to the tune of 2112. At one point in the early

going, Marquette held a 9-1 advantage on the boards to blank the Knights 12-0 in second-chance points. “We didn’t come out ready,” said senior captain Hamady N’Diaye after pulling down a team-high 12 rebounds, 10 of those coming after halftime. “As a team, we came out soft and it’s

guard Muhamed Hasani saw five minutes of action in his first appearance since undergoing ar throscopic surger y on his right knee. Hasani had not played since Dec. 22 against St. Peter’s, the date of RU’s last win. “He’s physically ready but … he’s not ready in terms of executing everything we need executed,” Hill said. “In practice this week he’ll get more reps and try to get him in so … we can give Mike [a rest].”

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NOT: RU fan base does not travel to XL Center for UConn continued from back a game this season — the place was so silent you could hear a pin drop. There was no applause. There were no cheers. Nothing. The bulk of the Knights’ traveling fan base, which followed the team this season to destinations as far away as the Virgin Islands, simply wasn’t there — a scan of the crowd showed maybe 20 fans who made the trek north. Possibly it was because it was a weeknight, and the three-hour drive was a long one for a Tuesday. Maybe tickets for the packed XL Center were too hard to come by. But, in the past, those things never seemed to be a problem. Something changed.

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Sophomore guard Khadijah Rushdan posted six assists for the second straight game, but Rutgers’ offense never woke up, finishing the game with a 28.6 shooting percentage, a season low.

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Tina Charles and senior guard Kalana Greene sat smiling and joking in the postgame press conference. Fueled by Moore’s 19 points, victory No. 20 this year came against one of their top rivals. “They are definitely a physical team,” Moore said. “I think that is something that they are known for so you definitely expect that when you come in playing Rutgers.” But Charles, who spent the last three years in the trenches against departed center Kia Vaughn, had a slightly different outlook on the game. “It’s extremely different, I have more energy not having to battle [her] in the post all the time,” Charles said. “But Kia, she’s a great player offensively and defensively. And I think all teams go through that stage. Last year, Tennessee had to rebuild and every team has to go through that so I think Rutgers will be a good team.” But UConn had the upper hand Tuesday night and ran away with the game. Its 37-point margin of victory was the second largest in team history over the Knights. Something changed.

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the Huskies were the favorites to win the national title since the preseason. Connecticut beat No. 2 Stanford by 12, No. 3 Notre Dame by 24 and obliterated No. 6 Duke by 33. Still, rankings and statistics did not provide much consolation. “I think a lot of us put our heads down when they went on that run [in the first half], I remember it was 17-8 and they kept scoring and we didn’t make any defensive stops,” said senior guard Brittany Ray, who was a member of the team the last time the Knights bested the Huskies. “It’s definitely disappointing losing by that many points on national television, but you have to go on to the next game.” Stringer described UConn as being on a whole other planet in terms of level of play. “Unfor tunately for them — and to some extent for women’s basketball — its almost a shame because people want to see some competition. And that’s not competition out there,” Stringer said. “It doesn’t mean [Auriemma] has to bring his game down, it means that some of us just have to be far better than what we are. And I think that its obvious if you look at the scores — Stanford, Nor th Carolina, us, anybody. We just didn’t have the answer, simple as that.” Make no doubt that Stringer and her team will be working tirelessly to find that answer. The next time the two teams square of f — be it in the postseason or next year — Stringer said RU’s best bet is to become “far better.” For 10 minutes the Knights looked like that better team Tuesday, like it could go toeto-toe with the top team in the nation. It was Ali-Frazier incarnate, it was Yankees-Red Sox and — in the world of women’s basketball — it was considered one of the top rivalries in the spor t. It was Rutgers-UConn. But something changed.

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Alex Jankowski: When did you get started in wrestling? Lamar Brown: I’m a rare breed I guess you can say. Most start really young, but I didn’t start until ninth grade. My cousin convinced me to try it. So I gave up basketball and football to try it out, and I fell in love with it right away. AJ: If you were still playing football where would you fall in line on [football head coach] Greg Schiano’s roster? LB: My last year I played strong safety and because of my size, I was saved mostly for the blitz packages. On this team, I would probably go for the middle linebacker spot. I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the secondary guys at this level. ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

The Connecticut Huskies blew out the Scarlet Knights 73-36 Tuesday night at the XL Center. Rutgers next faces No. 17 Georgetown, who is undefeated in conference play this season.

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he loss to Connecticut was inevitable. A blowout like that? Almost equally inevitable when you’re going up against possibly the best team and definitely the best coach — sorr y Pat Summitt — in the history of women’s college basketball. But it could not have come at a worse time in the season for the Rutgers women’s basketball team. A team that won four out of its last five games, the Scarlet Knights finally showed a confidence in themselves and an ability to get points on the board without senior guard Brittany Ray touching the ball. But coach Geno Auriemma and sensational forward Maya Moore huffed and they puffed and they blew down everything that the Knights worked so hard to build in the New Year. “Just give credit to Connecticut,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “I’ve watched a lot of their teams and there’s no questions about it that this is the best in my opinion, the very best. There is no question that they are a well-oiled machine.” The challenge now is to pick up the pieces and rebuild brick by brick — and do it now because an NCAA Tournament berth is far from a given at this juncture. “We can’t dwell on [this loss] because we have another game coming up,” Stringer said. “It’s a little difficult in this situation because when we lost as we did to Duke [in the 2006-07 season] it was at the beginning of the year. When we lost to Connecticut, that’s in the middle of the year and that’s the strain.” The reconstruction process starts with Ray, but she is not on quite the same level as

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SAM HELLMAN Moore — or even that of Epiphanny Prince with RU last season — as a dynamic scorer. Now don’t take that the wrong way. Ray is a great scorer with a great jump shot, an ability to drive and a leadership presence on the court, but with fatigue building up as Stringer predicted it would after nearly 35 minutes per game, Ray is only human. And she can be stopped. Against Connecticut, Ray could not hit the open jumper on more than one occasion and finished with just three points on an ugly 1-for-11 clip. “Kalana [Greene] did a great job of not letting her catch it and go where she wanted to go,” Auriemma said on defending Ray. “When a kid gets frustrated because they’re not making shots that they normally make, it just kind of snowballs on them. We take pride in not allowing the other team’s best players to kind of dominate the game.” Where Ray struggled, the rest of the team followed suit, missing numerous early opportunities to stay close to Connecticut on open shots and finishing with just 16 total field goals on 56 attempts, going 1-for-14 from long range. “It was 10-8 and then they missed nine straight shots,” Auriemma said on RU’s missed shots. “I would love to see the film and see how much we had to do with that. Sometimes peo-

ple miss shots because you’re there and you’re helping, and sometimes they just miss because they miss.” So what can the Knights fall back on when Ray is having an off night? That’s easy. In the regrouping progress between today and Saturday’s game against a tough, 17th-ranked Georgetown, it all comes down to defense. And the cornerstone of the Knights women’s basketball program was the one thing that you can point to as well-done against the Huskies. With the defensive scheme drawn up by Stringer, RU had the Huskies flustered in a way they weren’t used to. With 12:15 on the clock and a media timeout sounding, UConn led just 10-8 and Auriemma was furious. He screamed his players into taking a lead, but those first eight minutes were telling. In fact, the Huskies were so unaccustomed to str uggling like that offensively that nearly half of the post-game questions by the Connecticut writers involved that early stretch. And neither Auriemma nor the team seemed to have an answer for what happened. “We spent 45 minutes [Monday] working on this one concept … and the first time we had the chance to execute it, it completely fell apart on us,” Auriemma said. So if the RU defense is good enough to fluster an offense that is more machine than man, then it’s good enough to keep winning games while Ray and the offense search for answers. — Sam Hellman accepts comments and criticism at sthellman@gmail.com.

AJ: What’s your team in the NFL? LB: Growing up I loved the San Francisco 49ers. I’m not one for jumping on bandwagons, so even though they aren’t doing too well now, I’m staying a true Niners fan. If I had to choose from a team on the East Coast, I guess I would go with the [New York] Giants. AJ: Super Bowl pick? LB: I think it’s going to be a great game. Both teams have solid offenses and defenses. I’m rooting for the Saints. I’m a Reggie Bush fan. AJ: How about the NBA? LB: Well I am definitely a LeBron [James] fan. As far as teams go, my team doesn’t even exist anymore. I used to be a [Seattle] SuperSonics fan. I used to just love watching Ray Allen and “The Glove” Gary Payton. AJ: Favorite place to eat in New Brunswick? LB: From a wrestler’s standpoint, we don’t get to eat much, so when we get the chance, we cherish every second of it. I like to keep it simple. My top two are the Barbecue Buffalo wrap from Sanctuary and the Ragin’ Cajun from Hansel [and Griddle]. I’m a huge spice fan. AJ: What’s the craziest story you have heard about someone having to cut weight? LB: I haven’t had to go through anything too ridiculous to make weight, personally. I’ve seen guys in the sauna covered in plastics. I know guys in the Olympics have gone overboard and after weigh-ins had to replenish their fluids through an IV. AJ: You are approached by Vince McMahon with a WWE contract. Who on this team is your partner? LB: It’s got to be [sophomore] Scottie Winston jumping off the top ropes. It’s like every week there’s a new thing with him. He likes to tell us that “I got hard like the boy from ‘300.’” He thinks he is Leonidas or something like that. That’s his thing for this month, but I’m sure it will change soon. AJ: Any nicknames for you? LB: [laughs] No, not yet.

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NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE Rutgers vs. UConn rivalry different because of Huskies’ dominance eclipsing rest of women’s college basketball BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma wouldn’t come right out and say it, but something changed. H i s WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Connecticut Huskies just finished demolishing the Rutgers women’s basketball team to the tune of a 37-point victory. In the past 59 games, UConn is a stellar 59-0 and has put on a basketball clinic every time it steps out on the court. “I think that any time you play Rutgers you have to prepare for the same thing you’re always going to see,” Auriemma said. “[They’re] physical, it’s tough to get a lot of possessions, and I thought tonight was much the same of what we’ve come to expect.” But aside from the opening minutes of the game, it wasn’t the same. The Huskies dominated the game down to the final buzzer. UConn controlled the pace and the tempo at both ends of the court, outscoring and outrebounding the Scarlet Knights handily. A reporter asked Auriemma if Connecticut’s thumping of one of its marquee rivals felt the same as in past years with such a large margin of victory. Auriemma paused. “I know the question you’re asking,” he said. “Then answer it,” the repor ter responded. Auriemma paused again before finally answering. “Anytime you beat [Rutgers] it’s a good win, because you know how you’re going to have to play to win,” he said. “Obviously, when it was Cappie [Pondexter] and Matee Ajavon and Kia Vaughn and that crew, they had a lot

more firepower then … right now I think they’re trying to find their identity and who they are and struggling with that.” Historically, RU has been the perennial thorn in UConn’s side. The Knights gave the Huskies a scare last year at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, when they narrowly lost by 10 points. And of course it was RU who registered the last regular season victory over Connecticut before the Huskies began their meteoric 59-0 — and counting — run. Outside of the opening sequence of the first half though nothing clicked for the Knights this year. “They have a lot of All-Americans that they recruited that have not quite played up to their potential yet,” Auriemma said. “Whether they will or not I don’t know, but they certainly have the talent to be able to [win] — they just haven’t been able to put it all together yet.” Something changed.

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the first half, it looked like the Huskies had trouble on their hands. Connecticut’s high-octane offense sputtered and misfired across the court. The Knights closed off lanes, making key blocks and displaying strong defensive rebounding. Auriemma stormed up and down the sidelines screaming while his counterpart, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer, coolly surveyed the battle unfolding before her. Plain and simple, if RU could keep this a low-scoring game, it had a shot. This was the game plan. This was Scarlet Knights basketball. But when RU scored two quick baskets to take the lead — becoming one of only seven teams to lead UConn at any point in

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The last time Rutgers beat Connecticut on Feb. 5, 2008, departed guard Epiphanny Prince scored 27 second-half points. The 73-71 victory over the Huskies marked Connecticut’s last regular-season loss.

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The Rutgers gymnastics team took home its first home win of the season and second overall last night, beating Temple by .8 points.

In front of an eclectic crowd that encompassed a mixture of students and families, the Rutgers gymnastics team defeated the Temple Owls GYMNASTICS 188.550-187.775 last at the TEMPLE 187.8 night Livingston Gym. RUTGERS 188.5 “It wasn’t pretty, but it was a good win,” said head coach Chr ystal Chollet-Nor ton. “This was a big step towards nationals.” After scoring the first win of the season against Pennsylvania Saturday, CholletNorton knew that her team needed to keep their momentum going against Temple and advanced to 2-2 on the young season. “After Penn, we knew that this was a big meet that we had to win,” Chollet Norton said. “If we go to nationals, the girls are going to need to get used to this kind of pressure.” The Knights got off to a strong start in the vault featuring several strong performances. Senior Laura Sevarino paced the team with a 9.700. Junior Alyssa Lewandowski was not far behind her with a 9.625. Also performing well was freshman Nicole Romano with a score of 9.500 and junior Kiah Banfield with a 9.525. On bars, the Knights continued to give a well-rounded effort, featuring strong performances from several athletes. Leading the way for RU on beam was sophomore Nicole

Schwartz with a score of 9.55. Senior Prishani Seebadri made her much awaited return to competition after a series of injuries kept her out for more than a year. While her score did not count, it was a good step to returning to the active lineup. “The fact that she was injured for almost two years and is coming back is really exciting,” Chollet Norton said. “She is a phenomenal bar performer.” On beam, both Schwar tz and junior Leigh Heinbaugh scored well above their season averages with marks of 9.550 and 9.500 respectively. Heingbaugh’s score of 9.500 was also a season-high for her on the beam. Heading into their final event, floor exercises, the Knights held a razor thin 140.650 to 140.025 lead. With the meet on the line, RU made very few missteps. Chollet-Norton was aware of how vital the moment was but had confidence in her team. “We have a really strong team on floor,” Chollet-Norton said. “ I just told the girls that you have a lead now go keep it.” In par ticular, Banfield and sophomore Danae Johnson each delivered electrifying routines that drew loud cheers from both the crowd and her teammates. Johnson score of 9.500 was on par with those of her teammates who all stepped up their game to clinch the meet. Banfield led the team to victor y with a team-high score of 9.700.

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