The Daily Targum 2010-02-02

THE DAILY TARGUM

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The Rutgers women’s basketball team suffered its third straight loss last night 75-63 to Notre Dame. Khadijah Rushdan led the team in scoring with 16 points.

Corzine chalks up plans to teach new classes at U.

BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

While former Gov. Jon S. Corzine reluctantly left office last month, he is stepping back into the public sphere with a new vision in mind: teaching.

Corzine is considering teaching at the University and several other colleges on a par t-time basis, said his Spokesman Josh Zeitz, to The StarLedger, but the University said this decision is not set in stone.

Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics Ruth Mandel said members of the Institute invited Corzine during a University visit last December to participate in the Rutgers Program on the Governor, which promotes discussion on former state governors to educate students about the role and histor y of the position.

While Corzine said he would be interested in participating, it does not ensure that he will be teaching at the University or participating in the program, Mandel said.

“Gov. Corzine just got out of the office,” she said. “I don’t think he has firm plans.

We’re not hiring anyone. We’re not appointing any professors.”

Mandel said the program reaches out to all former governors, not just Corzine.

“Gov. Corzine — certainly we’re pleased to have him involved, just like the other governors,” Mandel said.

Corzine also said he was interested in writing for the program, Mandel said.

Corzine is still weighing out his options, but will undoubtedly lecture at a number of universities, Zeitz said in the article.

Zeitz could not be reached for a live comment at press time.

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Student-run Web site aids Haiti relief with every click

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT TRAIN STRIKES UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM A New Jersey Transit train killed an unidentified man yesterday at 4:15 p.m. at the New Brunswick station, according to transit officials.

New Jersey Transit was using two locomotive engines to move the train in order to meet rush hour demands, a transit spokeswoman said. It is unclear at this moment how the man came of f the platform.

The incident happened during rush hour and suspended service on the Northeast Corridor line for up to two hours, the official said. Full service was restored as of 6:50 p.m. yesterday, and the trains were back on schedule.

The New Jersey Transit police are investigating the cause of the incident and expect to have more information on the incident today.

The Daily Targum will post updates as they become available.

— Neil Kypers

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Former Gov. Jon S. Corzine, pictured above at a Labor Day Picnic in September sponsored

by The Union of Rutgers Administrators-American Federation of Teachers, is discussing plans to possibly teach at several universities and work with The Eagleton Institute of Politics.

BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

With thousands of organizations around the world supporting Haiti, two college students are using their self-created Web site to join the relief effort.

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Usman Ahmed and New York University junior Bilal Memon have started donating 50 cents per published post and 10 cents per submitted post on their Web site, mylifeisdesi.com.

The site allows the more than 5,000 and growing registered users to post anonymous anecdotes reflecting South Asian stereotypes in the same vein of the popular Web site fmylife.com and mylifeisaverage.com.

“Besides entertainment, if it could help other people out too, might as well,” Ahmed said. “Every other organization is helping them out, so we wanted to do our own effort.”

SEE HAITI ON PAGE 7

Campus groups collaborate to cease hazing

BY NEIL KYPERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

RAMON DOMPOR/ ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For some New Jerseyans, simply legalizing marijuana for medical use was not enough.

Volunteers of the New Jersey chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

Phi Sigma Sigma is back on campus after they were forced to disband due to lack of members.

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City residents fight to lighten up marijuana law are circulating a petition that may put the decriminalization of marijuana up for a vote this November in New Brunswick.

NORML-NJ volunteers Matt Brockbank, a Rutgers College alumnus; Nick Delmar, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student; Avi

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In response to the recent Sigma Gamma Rho hazing incident at Rockof f Hall, the Of fice of Fraternity and Sorority Af fairs is working alongside student groups like the Inter fraternity Council to ensure the rest of Rush Week goes smoothly. “[Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Dean Joann Arnholt] has seen it all. She knows exactly what goes on and nothing gets by her,” said Michael Locke, president of IFC. “Without [OFSA] there would be far … more of these

In response to the hazing incident at Rockoff Hall last week, several campus organizations are working together to ensure other greek organizations follow the University’s anti-hazing policy.

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Scher, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore; and Evan Nison, Ballot Initiatives Coordinator for NORMLNJ, began circulating the petition in December.

If they collect at least 600 valid signatures, an initiative will appear on the ballot asking New Brunswick voters to ratify an ordinance that would make

offenses involving personal marijuana use the lowest priority of New Brunswick police.

“Every arrest for simple marijuana possession in New Brunswick squanders valuable police resources that could otherwise be used to combat

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PENDULUM Students voice their opinions on “The Situation” of hit MTV show “Jersey Shore.”

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Old sisterhood to revive membership after Rush Week

BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO CORRESPONDENT

Although Rush Week came to a close for sororities this weekend, a new organization is just getting its foot in the door.

After an eight-year hiatus, Phi Sigma Sigma will re-establish its chapter at the University on Feb. 20, said Sandy Grossman, the former international president of the organization, via e-mail correspondence.

The greek organization, which values lifelong learning, inclusiveness and leadership through ser vice, suffered a decline in membership back in 2002, forcing it to temporarily close its chapter, Grossman said.

“We’ve been in communication with [Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs] on a regular basis, and last spring we all agreed the time was right,” she said. “There’s been a renewed interested in greek life on the campus, and many other greek organizations have found a place at Rutgers in recent years.”

Grossman, a University alumna, said formal recruitment for greek organizations hit record numbers this semester, which reaffirms the decision to revive the chapter.

While other fraternities and sororities throughout the University have finished their formal recruitment, Phi Sigma Sigma has just begun reaching out to the community for members, Grossman said.

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After closing for lack of membership, Phi Sigma Sigma will be moving this summer into a house on Union Street. Fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon currently resides in the house. ters, so that we can answer questions and provide more information,” she said.

Their first recr uitment events are set for Feb. 17 and 18 at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick.

“Following the parties at the Heldrich, interested women will sign up to attend ‘infoviews’ sessions, which are small group meeting[s] that allow us to exchange information and get to know potential members better,” Grossman said.

Only a handful of girls are already part of Phi Sigma Sigma.

The sisters are working toward recruiting more members in these next two weeks, she said.

“Creating a new sorority from the ground up is a unique opportunity,” Grossman said. “Our founders will truly have an impact on the future of the chapter. The women in our group will build a sorority that is exactly what they want it to be.”

Immediate leadership positions would be available along with resources and suppor t from the international organization and area chapters, Grossman said.

“We have a full calendar planned with things like a sisterhood retreat, participation in Dance Marathon, service projects in New Brunswick, a formal and chapter installation scheduled for April,” she said.

Julia Crimi, one of the founding sisters, was attracted to Phi Sigma Sigma because it offered something new and different.

“I wasn’t one to join a sorority, but the opportunity stood out to me because it had a lot of leadership opportunities,” said Crimi, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore.

Crimi said there are potentially 30 to 40 leadership positions available.

Fellow founding sister Jenna Przybylski also found Phi Sigma Sigma’s novelty appealing.

“I found out that they were founding a new sorority, and I was interested in the opportunity of joining something new while still being able to join a sorority … to help the Rutgers community as a whole,” said Przybylski, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore.

With the recent incident of hazing discovered at the University’s Sigma Gamma Rho, the media has given the greek community a lot of attention.

“Any allegations of hazing need to investigated and taken seriously,” Grossman said. “Phi Sigma Sigma is ver y interested in promoting the personal development of our sisters, and we take a hard stance regarding hazing.”

The sorority does not haze and was initially worried that the incident would affect their recruitment, Przybylski said.

“At Rush, ever yone realized we hold ourselves to a higher standard,” she said. “We’re serious about living up to ever yone’s expectations and being the best we can be at Rutgers.”

Phi Sigma Sigma is set to move into its house at 21 Union St. by July, Grossman said.

“It will be an exciting semester for the new women of Phi Sigma Sigma,” she said.

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Donate a meal swipe at any University dining hall today through March 1 and help sick and injured children receive medical care. The Rutgers University Student Assembly-sponsored meal swipe donation program will help raise money for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a non profit, non-political organization dedicated to providing free medical care for children from all over the Middle East who cannot receive care locally.

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Join the second event of the “Taste and Educate” series at 7:30 p.m. in The Cove at the Busch Campus Center. Sample mini pies and cheesecakes of all varieties courtesy of New Brunswick’s own Mr. Tod’s Pie Factory and learn all about his pie-making process during this event, sponsored by University Student Life. Supplies are limited — first come, first served.

Majoring in pre-med? Want to meet other pre-med students on campus? Need advice for the road to med school? Then stop by Phi Delta Epsilon’s mixer on Feb. 3 from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. in Room 120 of the Busch Campus Center. Come get to know the members of PhiDE and learn more about our international medical fraternity with a mini-presentation. Dress is casual and food will be served!

News editors from The Daily Targum will hold a writer’s meeting for current and prospective writers at 9 p.m. in the S-Lounge on the fourth floor of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. They will assign stories and answer questions about writing articles. No previous writing experience is required, and anyone interested is welcome to attend.

The Zimmerli Student Advisory Board would like to invite all to attend the return of “Art After Hours” with a poetry reading from 6-9 p.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. If you are interested in signing up to read poetry, please contact Mary Greene at marygreene88@gmail.com. Admission is free for University students and faculty, and refreshments will be served. $3 general admission.

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Asian-American newspaper Native Tongue is having a general interest meeting from 8:30-11 p.m. in Room 201 A and B of the Livingston Student Center. Activities will include food, drinks, Taboo and Lost and Found.

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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 opportunity for Cook student leaders and staff to discuss issues such as student welfare, safety matters, transportation, housing and construction projects pertinent to Cook campus. Come with your suggestions ready and help maintain Cook campus.

Love Stinks! Get a taste of True Blood, the drink of choice on HBO’s hit series, “True Blood,” at 7:30 p.m. in The Cove at the Busch Campus Center. Enjoy a relaxing evening of Valentine’s crafts, chocolates and True Blood while supplies last. Single or taken, spend some time with your favorite vampires.

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The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus is presenting its fourth annual “Celebration of Stor ytelling” for preschool audiences.

Starting at 10 a.m., the Maia String Quartet will tell stories and perform classical music. The celebration will continue the next morning at 10 a.m. with a storytelling performance by nationally acclaimed storyteller Beth Horner, who will then hold a teacher workshop from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Early registration for this free event is recommended.

Anyone interested should call 732-932-7237 ext. 615 to reserve a space in any of the programs.

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“Crossroads: Migration, Language and Literature in Africa” is a conference designed to foster transdisciplinary understanding of the complex interplay between language, literature and migration, and of the varied patterns of language and literary movement, formation and practice arising from contemporary and historical migration within and to Africa. The conference begins at 6:30 p.m. and will end Saturday, Feb. 27 at 12 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Contact Renee DeLancey at rdelance@rci.rutgers.edu or 732-445-6638 for more information.

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FRATERNITY WINS HOLIDAY DECORATION COMPETITION The Delta Chi fraternity became the first winner last semester of the Rutgers University Student Assembly’s new Winter Light Competition.

To win the $1,000 prize, student and greek organizations — particularly on the College Avenue campus — had to adorn their houses in festive lights and winter or holiday decorations, said RUSA member Josh Slavin.

The University gave the prize money to RUSA to hold the competition, Slavin said. It did not come from student fees.

About nine houses participated, and Slavin hopes the competition grows next year to make College Avenue more festive and optimistic during the winter months.

“I’d like to see it expanded to all student houses in New Brunswick,” he said.

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LAW: Ordinance will not give low priority to minors continued from front and prevent violent and serious crime,” according to the petition.

Beyond the discretion of the police officer, the potential ordinance attempts to discourage arrests involving the personal use of marijuana by having officers carefully record the details of the arrest, including writing a statement explaining why the arrest occurred.

“It would make possession like jaywalking. Now jaywalking

HAZING: Rush Week now two weeks instead of one week continued from front incidents. It’s very unfortunate that we had just this one.”

University Spokesman E.J. Miranda said the Sigma Gamma Rho incident is an ongoing investigation, and the school does not condone hazing.

OFSA generally defines hazing as anything that is forced, said Locke, a Rutgers College senior.

This definition could lead to issues over what is hazing and what is not, he said. For example, anything a group considers mandator y is hazing, whether the group has positive or negative intentions. “[Mandator y study groups are] hazing even though that’s

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is still a crime, but police do not spend their time making arrests for jaywalking,” Brockbank said.

In addition to incident reports, police would be tasked with writing a semi-annual report assessing the implementation of the policy.

“I feel like people are going to [smoke marijuana] anyway,” said Angelyne Schofield, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student, when asked about the petition.

One University student proves Schofield is right.

“I’ve been smoking weed since I was 14. I try to be respectful about the rules, but I do what I

want to. Legal or not legal, I’m still going to smoke,” said Matthew Oliveri, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

Brockbank said the current combination of illegal marijuana coupled with the strict regulation of tobacco and alcohol makes marijuana possession more accessible to minors.

“It is easier for a middle school student to buy pot than is to buy a six-pack,” he said.

Andrew Maeng, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said legal drugs are more harmful than marijuana.

“I am really neutral, because I think it is definitely not as bad as

cigarettes. It’s not addictive.

With cigarettes you’re getting tar, nicotine and secondhand smoke,” he said.

The ordinance promoted by the petition would not grant low-priority status to minors or drug dealers.

“This initiative isn’t legalizing [marijuana] completely — but that is the end goal,” Brockbank said.

NORML, which supports removing penalties for private marijuana possession and responsible use by adults, has chapters operating in 40 states and 10 countries, according to the organization’s national Web site.

NORML’s California chapter is focused on campaigning for comprehensive legalization of marijuana in that state where Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, a New Jersey native and Seton Hall graduate, sponsored Assembly Bill 390 last February.

If ratified, the law would legalize the regulated sale of marijuana and would allow California to become the first state to collect taxes from revenues generated by the sale of the drug.

New Jersey was one of 13 states to pass legislation this January allowing the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes.

a positive thing,” he said.

“That’s really tough because most groups do have forced study hours, and we do not want to discourage that, but technically that is hazing.”

Greek councils like the IFC, Panhellenic Council and the National Panhellenic Council hit a roadblock with the recent hazing incident. “[The councils] were upset because [they] had been working the past couple of years to work past those types of stereotypes,” Locke said.

The idea of hazing began as a result of the GI Bill and influx of veterans into college after World War II, Locke said.

“Before World War II, there was vir tually no hazing and no concept of it,” he said.

In recent years, greek organizations have made an effort to stomp out hazing at the University, Locke said.

“Most chapters have been good at getting rid of hazing in the past five to 10 years. They have realized the repercussions are not worth it,” Locke said.

the best [of our] ability to make sure that actually happens,” Locke said. “There are a couple of exceptions that slip through the cracks, but the vast majority of the chapters, well over 80 or 90 percent, have been amenable to those rules.”

Sigma Phi Delta President Rabieh Saad was worried about the cancellation of Rush when Ar nholt told the IFC what happened.

“You don’t know what to do next. It’s something you have never been through,” Saad said. “It’s the first big hazing thing that has happened while I was here.”

Saad, a School of Engineering junior, said through it all, the OFSA has been fair — they are not going to start cutting events and hurting greek life. “[Arnholt] is like a parent.

She punishes, yet she has to

make sure [the organizations are] mature,” he said.

Rush Week is an important part of greek life because the lifespan of a pledge group is four years, Saad said.

“A good Rush Week can make you a big chapter … so as long as you get people coming, you sur vive,” he said.

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior Jeffrey Esquillo said his fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, abides by the OFSA and national fraternity r ules to ensure the pledge process goes smoothly.

“We have our rushes … sign up on the OFSA Web site to make sure that their [grade point average] is high enough and meets the [2.25 cumulative] standard,” Esquillo said.

“We are ver y strong against hazing so we tr y not to do anything [bad].”

“A good Rush Week can make you a big chapter … so as long as you get people coming, you survive.”

RABIEH SAAD Sigma Phi Delta President

Rush Week is two weeks of alcohol-free events to recruit more greek members.

“The completely dry aspect has been enforced for the past three years so we have tried to

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CORZINE: Students look forward to Corzine at U. continued from front School of Engineering sophomore Juan Antialon said that if Corzine decides to make more appearances at the University through lectures and symposiums,

HAITI: Web site gets posts from more than 150 countries continued from front The founders started the cause Jan. 18 after the earthquake hit and have averaged $35 in donations a day — more than $230 total.

They expect to raise more until their February deadline.

“If we go for another two weeks, we’ll easily reach $1,000,” Ahmed said.

He said the two would wait until the end of the donations to send one check to a large organization like the American Red Cross.

While they receive about 300 to 400 posts a day, they only accept about 30 to publish, as many of the posts are repetitive or uncreative, Memom said.

Ahmed said they receive a lot of positive feedback on their Web site and the relief effort.

They have also seen a rise in hits from visitors all over the world — not just from South Asian countries.

“This was totally unexpected,” Ahmed said. “This is a sur-

it would be interesting to learn about public policy and government from someone who actually lived it.

“I think it will be a nice opportunity, because it will give students a better perspective. It will be a plus for the University,” Antialon said.

School of Arts and Sciences junior Sandeep Chhabra said while it could provide students

the opportunity to talk to someone with hands-on government experiences, it could also spur partisan controversy.

“It would be cool to have him because he’s so experienced and has a public policy background … but at the same time I can see people getting riled up against it because of his political position [as a Democrat],” Chhabra said.

prise for us, to get this big. We thought it would just reach New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania — the tri-state.”

Site user and University student Javeria Hussaini said a lot of people from around the nation and world use the site and talk about it often.

“It draws a big crowd. A lot of

Ahmed said. “The reason that we star ted it was … to share experiences. It was a fun project to star t with, but we didn’t know it was going to be that big.”

The site has more than 47,000 posts and receives about 8,000 hits on average daily, he said. Visitors spend about five minutes on average on the site.

Memom said they were thinking about their own backgrounds as Pakistani-Americans.

“We were thinking about … how our parents have ver y funny mentalities to us because we were born and raised here, so why not have a Web site that portrays these different cultural aspects?” he said.

Both Ahmed and Memom said they started the site because they also had an interest in starting their own business.

“Right now, the real business is the online business,” Memom said. “We were constantly thinking about these Web sites — FMyLife, MyLifeIsAverage — and we were wondering why they were so famous, and it’s because people can relate to them.”

“This was totally unexpected. This is a surprise for us, to get this big.”

USMAN AHMED School of Arts and Sciences sophomore

people that don’t even live around here … they always mention it,” she said.

Since its creation last June, the founders have seen unexpected success from their site, as posters and viewers come from 160 different countries. “[The site] is specified toward a specific demographic — South Asian people mostly,”

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Haitian kidnapping stirs child trafficking concerns THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s prime minister said yesterday that 10 Americans who tried to take a busload of undocumented Haitian children out of the country knew that “what they were doing was wrong,” and could be prosecuted in the United States.

Prime Minister Max Bellerive said that his country is open to having the Americans face U.S. justice, since most government buildings — including Haiti’s courts — were crippled by the monster earthquake.

“It is clear now that they were trying to cross the border without papers. It is clear now that some of the children have live parents,” Bellerive said. “And it is clear now that they knew what they were doing was wrong.”

If they were acting in good faith — as the Americans claim — “perhaps the courts will try to be more lenient with them,” he said.

U.S. Embassy officials would not say whether Washington would accept hosting judicial proceedings for the Americans, who are mostly from Idaho. For now, the case remains firmly in Haitian hands, State Depar tment spokesman P.J. Crowley said in Washington.

“Once we know all the facts, we will determine what the appropriate course is, but the judgment is really up to the Haitian government,” he said.

Haitian officials insist some prosecution is needed to help deter child trafficking, which many fear will flourish in the

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The Foyer de la Patience des Infantes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti as of Sunday holds 150 orphans. Since the earthquake, concerns of child trafficking have especially grown because orphanages already have limited supplies and space.

chaos caused by the devastating Jan. 12 quake. The government and aid groups are still struggling to get food, water, shelter and basic health care to hundreds of thousands of survivors, and many parents are desperate to get help for their children.

U.S. diplomats have had “unlimited” access to the 10 detainees, and will monitor any court proceedings, said Crowley.

They have not yet been charged.

Members of the church group insisted they were only trying to save abandoned and traumatized children — but appeared to lack any significant experience with Haiti, international charity work or international adoption regulations.

After their arrest Friday near the border, the church group members were placed in two small concrete rooms in the same

judicial police headquarters building where ministers have makeshift offices and give disaster response briefings.

“There is no air conditioning, no electricity. It is very disturbing,” Attorney Jorge Puello told the Associated Press by phone from the Dominican Republic, where the Baptists hoped to shelter the children in a rented beach hotel.

One of the Americans, Charisa Coulter of Boise, Idaho, was treated yesterday at a field hospital for either dehydration or the flu.

Looking pale as she lay on a green Army cot, the 24-year-old Coulter, was being guarded by two Haitian police officers.

“They’re treating me pretty good,” she said. “I’m not concerned. I’m pretty confident that it will all work out.”

Investigators have been trying to determine how the Americans got the children, and whether any of the traffickers that have plagued the impoverished country were involved.

Puello said they came from a collapsed orphanage. Their detained spokeswoman, Laura Silsby, said they were “just tr ying to do the right thing,” but she conceded she had not obtained the required passpor ts, bir th cer tificates and adoption certificates for them — a near impossible challenge in the post-quake mayhem.

Bellerive said that without the documents, the children were unlikely to reach the United States, as some of their families might have hoped.

The 33 kids, ranging in age from 2 months to 12 years,

arrived with their names written in tape on their shirts at a children’s home where some told aid workers they have surviving parents. Haitian officials said they were tr ying to reunite them.

“One (9-year-old) girl was cr ying, and saying, ‘I am not an orphan. I still have my parents.’ And she thought she was going on a summer camp or a boarding school or something like that,” said George Willeit, a spokesman for SOS Children’s Village, which runs the orphanage where they were taken.

The prime minister said some of those parents may have knowingly given their kids to the Americans in hopes they would reach the United States — a not uncommon wish for poor families in a country that already had an estimated 380,000 orphans before the quake.

Haiti’s over whelmed government has halted all adoptions unless they were in motion before the earthquake amid fears that parentless or lost children are more vulnerable than ever to being seized and sold. Sex trafficking has been rampant in Haiti.

Bellerive’s personal authorization is now required for the departure of any child.

The arrested Americans’ churches are par t of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, which has extensive humanitarian programs worldwide, but they decided to mount their own “rescue mission” following the earthquake.

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Iraq suicide attacks kill more than 100 people THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives inside a way station for Shiite pilgrims Monday, killing 54 people and rattling security officials who are struggling against a possible rise in violence before key elections next month.

The attack was the third major strike by suspected Sunni insurgents in a week and left Baghdad’s top security official acknowledging that extremists are adopting new methods to outwit bombdetection squads such as stashing explosives deep inside the engines and frames of vehicles.

A similar warning about new tactics came last week from the chief U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. Raymond Odierno, after a two-day wave of suicide car bombers struck three hotels in Baghdad and the city’s main crime lab, killing at least 63 people.

U.S. and Iraqi officials are deeply concerned that insurgents such as al-Qaida in Iraq could step up violence before March 7 parliamentary elections, which are seen as a critical step in reconciliation between the majority Shiites and the Sunnis who lost control with the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

The latest attack was another blow — but not entirely unexpected.

Shiite pilgrims are easy targets for bombers who can mingle with the crowds streaming on roads to shrines and other sites.

The current pilgrimage is one of the largest.

Hundreds of thousands of people are walking this week toward Karbala in southern Iraq before the culmination of religious events Friday — marking the end of 40 days of mourning following the anniversary of the death Imam Hussein, a revered Shiite figure.

Iraqi security forces have promised to protect the pilgrims with expanded patrols and checkpoints. But Monday’s bombing shows the huge challenges of trying to find a single attacker among the throng.

The bomber hid the explosives beneath an abaya — a woman’s black cloak worn from head to toe — as she joined a group of pilgrims on the outskirts of Baghdad’s Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Shaab, said Maj. Gen. Qassim alMoussawi, Baghdad’s top militar y spokesman.

The bomber set off the blast — described as a huge fireball — as she lined up with other women to be searched by female security guards at a checkpoint just inside a rest tent serving sherbet and tea.

People were “on the ground, covered in blood and crying for help. Banners were all over the ground and covered in blood,” said witness Raheem Kadhom, 35.

The blast was so powerful it blew some people out of their slippers and shoes, which were scattered across the ground, he said. Many of the wounded were loaded into cars instead of waiting for ambulances.

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I don't think it is [accurate].

I’ve met a lot of diverse people who aren’t ‘Jersey Shore’ Guido/Guidettes.”

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It’s like ‘The Real World,’ but the characters are funny and that’s why you watch the show.”

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It’s kind of normal.”

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New budget aims for long-term reform

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resident Barack Obama announced a proposed $3.8 trillion budget for the 2011 fiscal year, one that would supposedly result in a decade-long, $1.6 trillion reduction in the deficit.

According to The New York Times, this shortfall would be accompanied by $100 billion in additional tax cuts and spending in the public works circuit. “We won’t be able to bring down this deficit overnight,” Obama said in an interview as he continued to express his dedication to a long-term job-creation process. All in all, he called for bipartisan decision-making on this matter, as this problem would remain in question for administrations to come.

While senior Republicans on the House and Senate budget committees Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. and Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., criticized the continuous spending, there may be more to the matter.

Obama’s long-term plans of cutting the deficit call for rolling back tax cuts for those who make more than $200,000. Despite these controversial measures, especially on partisan levels, this increase in taxes could benefit the long-term deficit reduction in the upcoming decade.

A planned additional $25 billion for recession-stricken states would allow for increased services that aid everyday lives, and that is something we cannot leave unanswered. Police departments, fire departments and other public services would be funded, therefore making local neighborhoods safer and also benefiting the president in charge with votes in upcoming elections. These funds would also be beneficial to state education departments. Pell Grant aid would see a $17 billion increase to just under $35 billion, a number that would help an additional one million students.

In addition to these predicted benefits, Obama’s administration would revise the “No Child Left Behind” law in order to increase school accountability, rather than following the former President George W. Bush’s doctrine of letting anyone pass without a proper education.

While these reforms may seem needed and entirely beneficial, Obama’s new budget faces much opposition as short-term spending has once again risen. Recently, NASA spent $9.1 billion on a program meant to return astronauts back to the moon — the budget, however, killed this projected $100 billion mission. And despite talks of a partial spending freeze, there are some areas in which this does not take place. A 3.4 percent increase in the Pentagon’s budget, for example, would be exempt from the spending freeze that was announced.

Overall, the budget must take care of long-term issues as well as shortterm ones, and while Obama has many critics, he has taken a possible step in the right direction.

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imes are difficult for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics commission and the city itself, with rising security fears and the organization of more than 15,000 highly-trained security personnel.

These measures have so far cost $936 million and have drawn heavy criticism, according to Agence France-Presse. The opponents to this massive amount of money are protesters concerned with Vancouver’s notorious homeless problem. They proposed the city spend a part of the money on them rather than somewhat pointless security issues.

The question of money has become the central argument, touching upon legal matters, as some are speaking against the fears of civil right violations. Police have allegedly been questioning and harassing protesters at their work or while shopping.

If these cases are true, then authorities must remain professional and simply stick to their security assignments; however, security still remains a major question during the Winter Olympic Games. The arrival of nations from all over the world is a major security risk, and for two weeks, authorities must retain their composure when making sure that both Canadian and international leaders, spectators and athletes remain safe. “We are continually monitoring and examining all potential threats and risks. We don’t elaborate on what information we receive,” said Mandy Edwards, a spokeswoman for the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit, according to the AFP. The residents and protesters of the city must recognize the need for their security and the safety of others during an event that millions or perhaps billions will watch.

The risks are high, therefore some measures are within reason.

On the other hand, the initial budget for the games was $175 million Canadian dollars, but it quickly increased to $1 billion Canadian dollars.

This puts the number into perspective, as the sum seems ridiculous.

Nevertheless, measures must be taken against any possible threats due to the high profile case of the Olympics. Authorities also said that all areas will be exposed, therefore security is necessary in every part of the city. Venues would not be the only subjects for security, meaning that the city must police itself everywhere. Olympic venues have taken over about 15,000 square kilometers, and they stretch from the city to Whistler Mountain to the north of it. Despite this invasion of privacy fear and threat to civil rights, the authorities must protect first and fear law suits later. Vancouver will be the city to watch in the upcoming weeks, and we hope it is for the downhill ski events rather than an attack on the city.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’ve been smoking weed since I was 14. I try to be respectful about the rules, but I do what I want to.

Legal or not legal, I’m still going to smoke.”

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ple like Palin who claim that omething very unlikely Obama and his malevolent libis happening. Months eral cohorts want to kill your ago, I put it in a league grandma. The GOP is so tightwith the chances of Carlos OMAR MANSOUR ly controlled and disciplined Mencia or Dane Cook making that it feels like FOX News’ a comedy comeback. Let us Roger Ailes is sending out a daily fax to all the put it this way, I am your 21st century version of Paul Republicans headed, “This is your opinion.”

Revere and the Republicans are coming! It is time to This rising tide of conservative outrage is very take up arms. frightening, and I hope that there is a better explaDay after day, I have logged onto the Internet to nation for it than bigotry. Angry suburban and rural get my fix of news and The New York Times’ new pay voters have swept Republicans into statewide office model. After greedily consuming all the free news I in Virginia, here in New Jersey and most surpriscan before I have to go to class, I think “Oh no! ingly in Massachusetts. Former Gov. Jon S. Corzine Already?” I know that politics are cyclical. Americans met many of his vote goals last November and had have always been politically volatile. Even our first totals from conservative counties — Morris, Ocean partisan president, John Adams, only served one and Monmouth — held to precedent. He would term, and the last time a political party held power for have stood a chance, instead Corzine was swept out more than three consecutive terms was when former of office by record showings from these counties.

Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman There was a lot of talk that the health care bill looked were in office more than 50 years ago. likely two weeks ago was fit for Ted Kennedy, but I am In the lead up to President Barack Obama’s inauwilling to bet he’s rolling in his grave after Sen.-elect guration, I was sure that Americans would have a Scott Brown, R-Mass., claimed his trustworthy and intelligent presiSenate seat. This all happened in dent in office for two terms. I felt Massachusetts, supposedly the this way because of the efficiency “If you care about bluest state and the first state to allow and focus of Obama’s presidential Obama’s legislative gay marriage. If this is not a problem, campaign and the fact that our last two presidents earned second agenda, consider our I don’t know what is.

If you care about Obama’s legislaterms despite hitting deep valleys, options at this point.” tive agenda, consider our options at not to mention that the last this point. It hurts to say this, but Republican administration was a Liberals must automatically disqualimassive failure leading to deep fy Republicans at the polls. Republicans often have an Democratic majorities in Congress. Nevertheless, I attractive aura of confidence brought on by their moral am starting to think I was wrong. and faith-based security. If you find overtures about My “Barack-tomism” is near gone because of what waste and middle-aged fiscal Conservatives with full I have recently learned about the American public. heads of hair charming just remember that once it is America’s ugliest of the ugly came out during the 2008 time to vote, they do not defer to their own judgment — presidential election — the aptly named teabaggers — they vote with their caucus every time. Liberals will that do not seem to be going anywhere. America’s always be less decisive, but they will always be more future seems to be contingent on the fact that fear is far thoughtful, and most of the time they will end up on the more powerful and potent than inspiration. Those correct side of the aisle. We are failing because same frantic, frightened individuals who showed up at although it’s nice to have a multitude of ideas, it is useSen. John McCain and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin less if we do not unite. Our big tent nature is exactly events telling McCain that Obama was an Arab and why former President George W. Bush’s government demanding more than one birth certificate are the lasted for six years and ours is falling apart after a year. same folks who are driving the Republican resurgence.

We must change this trajectory and you must do The Republicans have taken advantage of the ignoeverything you can! Local elections matter — grassrance in America and concocted a dangerous cocktail roots teabaggers are controlling the outcomes of elecwith fear mongering and misinformation. People seem tions and we have to end it immediately. Vote, make your to be overrun with fears; Obama’s name, religion, ethfriends and family vote, volunteer during campaigns and nicity and ideology all came into question for no reawe can all make sure that we do not suffer through son. Most of us accept people’s origins and try to figanother period of ineptitude on the world stage, an inarure out who they are in other ways, but some ticulate president and ruinous foreign policy.

Americans do not get that far, and those folks seem to be the Republican’s key demographic. I am not disOmar Mansour is a School of Ar ts and missing all Conservatives, but the party’s rank and file Sciences sophomore. has had their deep, irrational fears reaffirmed by peo-

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Stand up against hazing Letter ZAID A. ABUHOURAN

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here has been some controversy and uproar the past couple days about recent accounts of hazing that involved sisters of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority. Although no one knows the circumstances that these girls were under or why they would choose to dehumanize other women who they were planning on calling their sisters in a couple months time, it is important to note that there are organizations in the greek system that do not condone nor engage in any hazing activities.

The image portrayed in most peoples’ minds is usually of drunken “frat” boys hazing their pledges by paddling, making them drink excessive amounts of alcohol or sending them on a scavenger hunt across state lines. Movies like “Animal House,” “Old School” and “American Pie” stereotype the greek system and only add to the negative stigma associated with fraternities and sororities. Thursday’s editorial in The Daily Targum — “Hazing pushes the decency line” — also did not do all greek organizations justice as it generalized fraternity and sorority practices.

It is unfortunate that the sisters of Sigma Gamma Rho are probably not the only members of the greek system here at the University who engage in some sort of hazing ritual. No one can know what truly goes on in the chapters that do haze unless pledges come forth and report the activities.

Despite the fraternities and sororities that do haze, there are greek organizations that do pledge and initiate their members with dignity. The false image of greek life is only reinforced when foolish and inhumane members of one organization engage in dangerous — and sometimes fatal — hazing practices.

Many fraternities and sororities make it a priority to remove any hazing practices from their pledging program, and some even have antihazing laws included in their constitution and founding principles.

I pledged a fraternity here in the fall, reminding myself that if I were ever subjected to anything remotely close to hazing throughout the pledging process, I would be out the door in an instant. I am now a brother and am proud to know that there are fraternities here that do not treat their future “brothers” or “sisters” in a degrading manner.

The only way that greek organizations will ever see pledging periods without hazing is when rushes and pledges speak out against any asinine hazing practices they are subjected to.

I call upon any student — whether you are pledging or are watching a friend pledge — to come forth and report any abuse experienced, be it physical or mental hazing. Any organization that claims to be founded on the basis of lifelong friendship commitment yet treats its members with such disrespect and filth should not be welcomed in our community.

Zaid A. Abuhouran is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore.

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Regardless of the number of attendees, the RAC has not supplied the same intimidation factor the building offered in years past.

MYSTIQUE: RAC aura

event and an experience than just a game,” said Athletic Director Tim Pernetti. “It’s critical that we not what it used to be have a vision to share with prospective student-athletes, continued from back donors and our fans and alumni Big East season against in order to achieve this project in Cincinnati. “I asked him what reality and to generate the excitewas the hardest place to play in ment that we will.” when he was in college, and by Pernetti is doing what he can far he said it was the RAC. When to increase revenue and bring in that place is going, when it’s fans to pack the RAC. Nearly packed, you can’t hear anything every home game for the remainand the fans are right on you. der of the season has some sort of That’s what we’re looking for. We ticket promotion ranging from need that.”

“Valentine’s Couple Special” to At that point, the question of “Throwback Weekend” to “Youth ‘Is sheer improvement enough?’

Hoopsters Day.” was a valid inquiry as players But to generate support on wondered what it would take for campus amongst the students, gate numbers to grow. The promany feel the team is not doing gram needs wins. Fans clamor enough. There were numerous for them and the athletic departempty seats at the College ment requires them.

Avenue Gym for a “Scarlet TipBut since the start of conferoff” event intended as a get-toence play, the program has taken know-your-team exhibition on a a nose-dive. Nine straight losses Sunday evening. made for a 19.1 average point per “Maybe Facebook, maybe we game deficit in conference play can hand out pizza until RU defeated at the student cenNotre Dame. ters or something,” “We need that Despite earnMitchell said. “It’s ing a lengthy something that section for this extension from hasn’t even been place to be going. brought up, but it’s former athletic director Robert E. The students are the definitely a possiMulcahy, head bility that it could best fans, [they] are happen. We need coach Fred Hill Jr. is the proud section for this the best hecklers.” that owner of just nine place to be conference wins going. The stuJONATHAN MITCHELL in three-plus seadents are the best Junior Forward sons at the helm. fans, the students “When you are the hecklers.” don’t win, people kind of turn In the end, it all comes back to their backs on you a little bit,” winning games. Even though a Mitchell said. “When you win, larger number of fans came out it opens up so many doors, and to the RAC for marquee conferso many people find support ence games, most were there and star t talking about largely in body, not in spirit. The Rutgers basketball.” game against Notre Dame — Hill talks of his vision and close until the very end — was plan, but that has not resonated the lone exception. with the fans yet, who showered The common rebuttal to playhim with boos during pregame ers’ pleas for support is only two introductions at ever y home words long: Win games. N’Diaye game since Syracuse came to may not be around when that town. An inordinate number of happens, and neither may Hill, transfers — sophomore center but for the mystique to return Gregory Echenique is just the and make the RAC a difficult latest on a long list — all add up place to play again, the victories to one overbearing question — have to come. not related to Hill’s really inseNotre Dame was a start. cure job security: “People never really believed Can the proposed expansion of in us,” N’Diaye said. “They never the RAC be justified without a winreally believed a year would ning men’s basketball program as come where we start out 9-2. A the flagship of the building? lot of people gave up on us a long “We live in an event-driven time ago. I understand, but it market, and it’s important that doesn’t matter. I think a true fan one of our goals in this project should stay around and support remains to create more of an no matter what.”

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Knights commandeer Pirates in New York

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

— seniors Natalie Clickett and Michelle Gomes, and junior Nwamaka Okobi. Gomes once One goal loomed large in the again put herself in the record minds’ of every athlete on the books by running a 7.56 60Rutgers women’s track and field meter dash to win the event, t e a m the second-fastest time in WOMEN’S TRACK g o i n g Rutgers histor y.

Okobi won the long jump for RUTGERS 138 PTS into the w e e k - the second week in a row with FIRST PLACE end — an effort of 5.68 meters, while win the Clickett continued her domiMetropolitan Championships. nance in the shot put. She won The Scarlet Knights did just the event with a throw of 14.02 that, scoring 138 points to fin- meters, maintaining her consisish ahead of Big East rival tency by winning the event for Seton Hall, who posted 131. It the third time in four meets. was clear that RU and SHU Nearly the entire team has would be the two big schools qualified for either the Big East coming into this or Eastern College weekend, but unlike Athletic Conference the past two years, a Championship — healthy Knight team both of which take finished just ahead of place in just a the Pirates. few weeks.

“The Rutgers Aside from health, coaching staff is very the main factor leading happy and proud of the to the Knights’ success effort that our studentat the Metropolitans is DANAI athletes displayed in cohesiveness.

LENDOR this competition,” head “As a team, we’re coach James Robinson starting to become the said. “We challenged them to team we want to be and becoming raise up their level of aggressive- really cohesive and wanting to ness and performance.” work together,” Clickett said.

The challenge was heard as If the team wants to advance, sophomore Danai Lendor fin- Robinson agrees that it is ished second in the 400-meter essential for them to practice event with a time of 57.29 sec- and compete like a onds and junior Latoshia Bost well-oiled machine. came in second in the 500-meter “With cohesiveness, it event with a time of 1:13.20. increases [the team’s] ability to Both athletes waited to come together and perform at a break free this season, and higher level, to have great conalthough they came in second ference and national results,” in their respective events, each said Robinson. gained key points for RU while The team competes next also qualifying for the Big week at the Yale Invitational on East Championships.

Friday for one final tune-up A large por tion of RU’s before the Feb. 21 Big score came from its “big three” East Championships.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

SCORE: Zito paces RU

After setting a new seasonhigh on beam against Temple with a 9.500, junior Leigh in three of four events Heinbaugh once again raised the bar for herself. In the only continued from back event not led by Zito, down,” Chollet-Norton said. “We Heinbaugh achieved a career high on the beam to lead the rose to the occasion.”

In vault, freshman Jenna Zito Knights. Her score of 9.725 was led the Knights, achieving a good for sixth overall at career-best with a 9.750, tying the meet.

“Leigh was for sixth overall great because she in the event. had to go after a Seniors Laura “I am so proud fall, and she got S e v a r i n o and Alyssa because we had three our momentum Lewandowski meets in seven days, back for us.”

Chollet-Nor ton were not far and we didn’t drop said. “She made behind, each finthe corrections ishing with a down. We rose we asked of her, 9.675, good for a and it paid off.” tie for 13th overto the occasion.”

Zito’s impresall. Those three per formp e r f o r m a n c e s CHRYSTAL CHOLLET-NORTON sive Head Coach ance, in which paved the way for she led the team the Knights to in three of four finish with a events, allowed her to lead the 48.300 in vault, a season-high.

“Ever yone really stepped up team in all-around with a 38.250, on vault,” Chollet-Nor ton finishing fifth. Rounding out the said. “It was a great all all-around performances were Romano and Sevarino with a around performance.”

The Knights’ score of 47.825 37.950 and a 37.650 respectively.

“I knew she [Zito] was going on the bars was also a season high. Once again, Zito led the way to be a breakout athlete,” for the Knights. Her score of Chollet-Norton said. “She has 9.550 edged out sophomore healed from her past injuries, Nicole Schwartz, who finished and now she’s come back and been strong.” with a 9.525.

The Knights return to comTo continue the trend, Zito once again led the Knights in floor petition Friday when they travexercises with a 9.625. Fellow el to Pittsburgh for another freshman Nicole Romano also per- quad meet to face Pittsburgh, Brockport State and Iowa State. formed well, registering a 9.500.

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Schiano gets flurry of commits as Signing Day looms

BY STEVEN MILLER CORRESPONDENT

With the New Jersey senior class widely considered to be in a down year, the Rutgers football team FOOTBALL has to look outside of the state to fill out the recruiting class.

In the two days since the final weekend of official visits wrapped up, the Scarlet Knights received four commitments — three from outside of the Garden State.

The 2010 recruiting class is at 19 players and boasts five players from Florida, and three of them just committed, according to Rivals.com.

Three-star defensive end Djwany Mera and linebacker Fred Overstreet offered their verbal commitments before they become official tomorrow on National Signing Day. The commitments seemingly came out of nowhere, much like Mera’s recr uitment took of f after his 22-sack senior season.

Overstreet also received attention from Syracuse, where

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ollowing a 24-point, seven-rebound performance against Notre Dame, Mike Rosario was named to the Big East Conference Honor Roll. The Rutgers men’s basketball team defeated Notre Dame 74-73 Saturday night for their first Big East win.

RENOWNED

AUTHOR AND

Rutgers football beat writer for Rivals.com Bobby Deren holds a book signing today from 5-7 p.m. at Scarlet Fever.

Deren’s new book, “Draft Season: Four Months on the Clock,” hit the shelves two weeks ago and reached as high as No. 9 on Amazon.com’s new releases for sports books.

FORMER RUTGERS RUNNING back Ray Rice represented the AFC’s Baltimore Ravens in last night’s Pro Bowl in Miami, Fla. The all-time leading rusher in Scarlet Knight history led all backs with 42 yards on seven carries. He also hauled in three receptions for 15 yards.

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coach Rex Ryan issued a statement apologizing for making an obscene gesture to Miami Dolphins fans at an MMA event in South Florida on Saturday night.

Ryan said that his “flipping of the bird” was “stupid and inappropriate.”

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hired former Rams head coach Mike Martz as their offensive coordinator.

The innovative coach is known for implementing the high-flying “Greatest Show on Turf” while molding Kurt Warner into a MVP-caliber quarterback.

the Knights plucked three-star Most notable is Brandon Miami cornerback Gareef Coleman, a 6-foot-6, four-star Glashen — a previous Orange wideout and the Knights commit. biggest target.

The Knights also remain in The Under Armour Allplay for linebacker Malcolm Cater, American is set to decide a one-time Syracuse commit. between RU and his home-state The No. 5 prospect in New school, Maryland.

York committed to Syracuse, Another four-star prospect decommitted and offered a ver- could commit, with Jacksonville bal to RU, but again cornerback Rashad decommitted and Knight considering RU hangs in limbo with and Michigan. an announcement to Florida safety come tomorrow.

Jeremy Deering is also The four th comconsidering the mitment Rutgers Knights and will recently received announce his decision comes with a familiar between RU and name — Rob Forst.

Florida State tonight on BRANDON The younger brotha Tampa news station.

COLEMAN er of rising junior lineDeering received man Art Forst, Rob upward of 20 of fers Forst committed to Delaware and would provide depth to a before receiving a RU offer over position that already received a the weekend. commitment from another Forst is the fifth offensive line- three-star, Lorenzo Waters. man to commit.

The Scarlet Knights finished While completing the class — this season with their comprised of all two and three- fourth consecutive Bowl victostar prospects — the Knights r y after knocking of f remain in the final two for a num- Central Florida in the St. ber of bigger named prospects.

Petersburg Bowl.

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Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano is looking to help replace the last of a senior class that went to five Bowl games in five seasons.

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Senior guard Brittany Ray scored only eight points on 2-of-10 shooting from the field last night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Ray’s shooting prooves detrimental for RU

BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It just isn’t getting any easier for Brittany Ray. For the third game in a row, the senior guard for the Rutgers women’s basketball KNIGHT team failed NOTEBOOK to sink more than a pair of field goals.

In the 75-63 loss to No. 3 Notre Dame last night, Ray shot 2-of-10 from the floor for eight points, continuing her recent offensive struggles, but showing signs of improvement.

“Just take your time,” said senior forward Myia McCurdy on her advice for Ray. “Don’t try to rush anything. Her shots will fall. Stay confident. We’re going to need her every game regardless.”

Ray entered the Jan. 20 win over No. 22 Pittsburgh averaging 17.3 points per game. Since then, her average dropped by more than two points per game, making just 3-of-31 attempts during RU’s three-game slide — the longest losing streak in 13 months.

The poor numbers are even more troubling since they came against Notre Dame, a team that fell behind a then-career-high 26 points from Ray last season.

“We thought about a box-andone [to stop her],” said Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw. “[We said] we’re going to find her all the time, and we just lost her twice I think. I thought we did a pretty good job on her. I was really happy with the job we did on her.”

FOR A WOMEN’S basketball program churning out an average of 26 wins per season since 2004, a 12-10 record is nothing to be proud of. In fact, a record teetering on the edge of .500 this far into the Big East season is uncharted territory for C. Vivian Stringer’s squad.

But just looking at the record does not display the pure brutality of the schedule the Scarlet Knights endured this season.

When it comes down to on the bubble teams for the NCAA Tournament — which it likely will for the Knights — Rutgers has far and away the toughest strength of schedule to factor in.

With the loss to No. 3 Notre Dame yesterday, four of the team’s 10 losses this season are against top four teams, losing to No. 1 Connecticut, No. 2 Stanford, Notre Dame and No. 4 Tennessee.

It was the 10th game against a ranked opponent for the Knights through just 24 games.

It took RU 18 regular-season wins last year and one in the Big East Tournament to qualify for the big dance.

WITH STRINGER FACING off against McGraw last night, it marked the third time for Rutgers this season and the first time at the Louis Brown Athletic Center that the two coaches totaled more than 1,400 wins.

The two coaches total 1,440 wins after last night’s game, but games against Tennessee’s Pat Summitt and UConn’s Geno Auriemma marked win totals of more than 1,500.

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free throw in the first half for the second time this season, with the first time coming against George Washington.

The Knights also committed 15 turnovers in the first half, matching the highest first half total of the season with the Nov. 22 game against Georgia.

“We can’t turn the ball over that’s a big issue,” said sophomore guard Khadijah Rushdan.

“These turnovers — they’ve got to stop and I take responsibility for myself because they’ve got to stop.”

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Historic streak marks golden age for wrestling BILL DOMKE’S

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fter an upset against ranked Virginia and a drubbing of Navy, the Rutgers wrestling team is in control of its longest unbeaten streak in school histor y. More than 1,500 fans were in attendance at the Louis Brown Athletic Center Friday night to watch the school’s first upset of a ranked opponent this year — and the team delivered by taking the lead and never giving it back.

This marks the golden age of sorts for the wrestling program — which is starting to emerge as Rutgers’ dominant sport in terms of attaining national success — but it is still to be seen if it can maintain its productivity.

Get where this is going?

Not since the football team’s desecration of a nationally-ranked South Florida team has the school had a sports team to get excited about. But the hype means absolutely nothing if the team that attains it tosses the respect away by losing to some team that has no business winning.

If the wrestling team wants to secure a legitimate position in the Scarlet Knights sports hierarchy, it should work on keeping this success alive by going for it all by the time it faces No. 8 Lehigh. A win there and it is a strong possibility that being undefeated in 2010’s regular season is not such an outlandish request after all.

THE GOOD Yay, it’s not 2008-09 DePaul — A men’s basketball team has only gone winless twice in Big East Play — Once in the ’50s and last year’s

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Blue Demons team. After DePaul gained its first Big East win against Marquette and the Knights proceeded to lose to Marquette by double digits, the question of who RU would beat in the Big East became increasingly difficult to answer.

Look no more though, because as strange as it is to say it, sophomore guard Mike Rosario looked more like his freshman-self and senior center Hamady N’Diaye manhandled the Big East’s leading scorer Luke Harangody like a killer whale would to a baby sea lion.

Men, women, it doesn’t matter — It’s fair to say that if you’re enjoying championships from both the male and female end of an Olympic sport, the school has to be doing something right. Not only did the men’s track and field team capture its second Metropolitan Championship, but the women took the ’ship this year too.

When the men’s team won the championship last year, it had athletes win the Big East title in respective events and even sent someone to the NCAA in Texas. If the past is any indication, this could be a good year for track and field.

Tummy’s turning — The Knights were feeling kind of homesick at Marquette last Tuesday on its way to an 82-59 loss, but what was probably a contributor was the home crowd’s aspect of surprise.

Imagine lining up for a foul shot, focusing on nothing but the basket.

You’ve been trained by now to block out the crowd noise. Random arm swinging from a boisterous home crowd is not a problem. Then

Knights swept away to open spring slate

BY TYLER DONOHUE STAFF WRITER

Coming off a strong 2009 season, the Rutgers women’s tennis t e a m TENNIS stum0 bled out RUTGERS of the 7 gate in SYRACUSE its 2010 opener. Syracuse shut out the Scarlet Knights (0-1,0-1) on the road Sunday as RU fell 7-0 to the Orange (3-0, 2-0).

A prepared Syracuse squad dismantled the Knights. The Orange, which notched its second Big East win before February, quickly took control of the morning match at Drumlins Tennis Center and never let up.

In the No. 1 singles matchup, SU’s Emily Harman took down RU junior Amy Zhang convincingly in straight sets 6-2,6-2. Syracuse won four of the six singles contests without heading to a third set.

RU sophomore Jennifer Holzberg played tough, rallying to take the second set against Alessondra Parra, before losing 6-2 in the decisive third set.

The Knights did not fare better in doubles play, dropping each of their three pairs matches to the Orange.

Without question, it was a frustrating day for the Knights.

While the match was the first of RU’s spring schedule, it was

the third for Syracuse. Senior captain Caitlin Baker said there was a noticeable difference between the two teams.

“We definitely had a lack of preparation going into the match,” Baker said. “We didn’t have any warm ups before Syracuse, whereas they came in ready to play. You could see the difference and it really hurt us.”

Sunday’s match was the third contest in three days for the Orange and they played like the superior team. It will be key for the Knights to pick themselves up after the opening defeat.

“We really need to push ourselves in practice and get it together,” Baker said. “It’s so early in the season so there is no reason we shouldn’t be able to turn things around.”

“It was a devastating loss and we’re all pretty upset but we can’t let that affect us going forward.”

RU has a lengthy season ahead, so there is plenty of time for the Knights to find their stride. Should they face Syracuse again in the Big East tournament, Baker is confident the Knights will be a much greater challenge to the Orange.

“With the work we put in throughout the season, we will be a completely different team by the tournament,” she said.

“This group is a lot better than the way we played Sunday.”

— just as you straighten out to shoot — it hits you like a Billy Mays commercial on June 29, 2009.

A giant Miley Cyrus cardboard cutout is staring you in the face.

But wait. It’s not only the teen sensation, but a smorgasbord of famous heads staring you down as you try to give your team one more point.

THE BAD Three points for creativity, Marquette.

Down the rabbit hole — The women’s basketball team is on a three-game losing streak. Not unbearable, but there may be cause for concern. This team had better do something quick to pick itself out of this slump or it might find itself watching the NCAA Tournament from afar.

Taking the “fun” out of funding — She called it. Gymnastics coach Crystal Chollet-Norton knew going into the quad-meet in Maryland that competing against three other teams that were fully-funded was no task to scoff at. And despite breaking 190 points for the first time this season, RU still fell out of third place by more than two points.

The Knights owe much of their success to freshman Jenna Zito, who led them in three out of four events in the vault and floor exercise and bars.

Bringing on the brooms —

THE UGLY Losing your first game/conference game of the season is one thing.

And while going down 0-1 in the

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior Lamar Brows’ quadruple overtime victory over Virginia’s Brent Jones highlights his 19-5 campaign. overall record and conference play may be a small setback, nobody wants to start the season on a shutout. Such is the problem the tennis team faces. Starting a season with players possibly doubting themselves is about as desirable as Marty Feldman and a candlelit dinner.

Dunk tank — Yes, the men’s basketball team was able to get its first conference win on Saturday against Notre Dame. And yes, the team did not resemble the Nets like it did earlier in the season. But missed dunks — two of them — are inexcusable for a struggling team.

Not only do these momentary

embarrassments start crumbling any momentum a team is building up, but it deflates a New Jersey crowd that is notorious for leaving 20 (game time) minutes early. If you’re looking to keep a Knights crowd enthusiastic, don’t do that.

No Comment — Last Saturday’s loss against No. 17 Georgetown dismayed women’s basketball head coach C. Vivian Stringer so much that — for the first time this season —players were not allowed to comment to the press after the game.

Stringer simply did all the talking.

At this rate, it would not be surprising if the team found itself without a locker room again.

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Youth-laden squad to rely on hurlers for victories

BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Guts is a four-letter word and, for a team that graduated eight seniors last season and has at SOFTBALL least five new starters, the Rutgers softball team plans to use ever y letter to scrabble together a winning season.

“We’re really spunky and peppy. We’re ready to go,” said senior ace hurler Nicole Lindley. “Ever yone’s here to play and you really can feel that. We’re about the team as a whole; there are no individuals.

People aren’t worried about themselves as much and that’s a great thing.”

Lindley represents the leader of both the team and a pitching staff returning three key pitchers — Lindley and sophomores Holly Johnson and Noelle Sisco.

With two new starting middle infielders, an undecided outfield and a rotation at catcher, head coach Jay Nelson has high hopes for his pitching staff to shoulder the weight.

“We’re really going to rely on our pitchers to keep us in games,” said the coach, heading into his fourth year with the Scarlet Knights. “I think that our athleticism is ver y good.

We’re going to look to press the issue a lot on of fense. On defense, we have a lot of range, and we’re solid at ever y position so we should do well. The first tournament of the year out at Arizona State will be a pretty good test.”

Lindley led pitchers in nearly ever y statistical categor y, starting 21 games and winning 12 to go along with a 2.81 ERA and 103 strikeouts. Johnson went 89 with a team-best 2.55 ERA in 19 starts and Sisco, who came in mostly from the bullpen, finished 1-4 with a 4.17 ERA. Offensively, the challenge is to replace leading hitters Amanda Heller and Sarah Kalka,

SKID: 55-press successful for Scarlet Knights continued from back McCurdy said after the game. “If I have to shoot the open shots I will shoot the open shots. All I want to do is win.”

While the Knights received eight points from senior center Rashidat Junaid and 11 from sophomore forward Chelsey Lee, the rest of offense fell flat.

Though senior guard Brittany Ray scored eight points, she shot only 2-of-10 from the floor.

Sophomore forward April Sykes, meanwhile, did not convert a single shot in 10 attempts.

“I think that we have got to do a better job of getting [Ray] some better shots…but not just Brittany, let’s try April as well,” Stringer said. “If we got April and [freshman] Erica [Wheeler] shooting, Brittany would be okay.”

For the second straight game, the Knights whipped out the 55press, and for the second straight game, it worked.

Digging in its heels, Rutgers climbed steadily back from a nine-point deficit. The Irish withered under the Knights’ pressure, turning the ball over.

Though the momentum moved in fits and starts, interrupted by a pair of foul calls on Rushdan and

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Junior Mandy Craig will be asked to shoulder the offensive load this season on a Rutgers softball team that graduated eight seniors. Craig hit .314 last year with a team-best four dingers and 26 RBI.

that and that’s why we recruit them, for their attitudes as well as their skill level.”

With opening day in the Arizona State Tournament coming Feb. 19, Nelson has five positions figured out as of the team’s media day in late Januar y. Craig leads the charge at first base with sophomore Brittney Lindley — Nicole Lindley’s younger sister — starting at third base for the second straight season.

Incoming freshmen Ashley Bragg and Jennifer Harabedian are the starters at shortstop and second base respectively and last year’s valuable utility player Mickenzie Alden is the starter in left field.

The starters get murkier at catcher and in the rest of the outfield, however. Add an “or” on the depth chart at catcher for sophomore Kylee Bishop and freshman Kaci Madden as Nelson expects to platoon the two and has yet to name an opening day starter.

“It’s a long season, and you need to rest catchers,” Nelson said. “If one of them should step up, then they’ll get more games than the other one.”

Center field is a battle between junior Jen Meinheit, who is battling injuries early on, and sophomore Lindsey Curran. Right field comes down to junior Danielle Procopio or whoever loses the center field battle, Nelson said.

“It’s good to know that you always have that person behind you — someone to have your back,” Curran said. “You don’t have to worry about the pressure, I guess, because you always have that person behind you that can step up.”

Though the season opens in Tempe, Ariz., in 17 days, RU does not open at home until April 7 against Hofstra.

“Being in the Northeast, it’s not weird,” Nelson said.

“Everybody up here is in the same boat and they all have to travel.”

who combined for five home runs, 44 RBI and both hit above .320 on the season.

A lot of that weight falls on first baseman Mandy Craig. The junior was right behind Heller and Kalka

last season, hitting .314 with a teamleading 26 RBI and four home runs.

Despite significant offensive losses and depth questions within the infield, the head man remains upbeat.

Sykes, RU was eventually able to cut the lead down to 38-34 with under 14 minutes to play.

“I said in the locker room that Lindsay Schrader was the MVP because she was able to get the ball in,” said Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw. “That was the toughest job we had was trying to get it in. [Rutgers has] an unbelievable press, you can’t replicate that in practice … I was just happy when we got the ball in.”

For the next several minutes, it appeared as if ever ything would unravel for the Knights.

McCurdy missed the front end of a one-and-one, leading to a bucket for Notre Dame. On the ensuing play, sophomore guard Nikki Speed aired a pass ahead of Lee that bounced harmlessly out of bounds. The Irish capitalized, bolstering their lead back to eight points in 30 seconds time.

Rushdan was able to sink a free throw and steal the ball from the Irish, but Lee missed the open put-back under the basket.

The Knights missed three consecutive layups, but McCurdy kept them alive with two jumpers, keeping RU within five points.

The Knights later pulled within two points but did not come any closer. The Irish drained a three to push their lead to seven with less than two minutes remaining, and RU’s firepower was spent.

Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer was handed her third consecutive loss last night by the hands of the Irish. Notre Dame beat Rutgers last night for the first time since 2005.

“I’ve always said we have to play as a team with that winning mindset,” Nelson said.

“It’s progression, and we’re going in the right direction. All of the freshmen have inherited

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It’s no secret that this season has not gone the way the Rutgers men’s basketball team planned.

But Saturday’s victory over Notre MEN’S BASKETBALL D a m e may be ST. JOHN’S AT a beaRUTGERS, con of TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M., MSG hope — specifically for Mike Rosario.

The sophomore guard broke out of his conference-long funk, hitting his first four shots en route to an 18-point first half.

“It’s a plus for us and a plus for myself when I get off to a great start,” said Rosario, who finished the game with 24 points. “It helps feed positive energy off to my teammates and that’s one thing I love doing. We want to star t of f good — period — but I thought me getting off to a good start the other night helped us win the game, and helped us stay focused and bring energy the whole game.”

When Rosario goes, so do the Scarlet Knights.

“He got off to a ver y good start and that’s part of bringing the energy,” said senior center Hamady N’Diaye. “We have to find a way to keep that energy up when things aren’t going good. That’s the thing right now — yeah, we won one game against Notre Dame, but we still have 10 to go.”

Through the first six Big East games Rosario connected on 20-of-87 shots. In the three games since, he’s made 20 shots (20-of-44).

Coincidentally, his best game out of those three — 8-of15 against Notre Dame — led to RU’s first win.

As a result, Rosario was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll for the first time this season, while his confidence continues to be resolute.

“Our confidence has always been up since the start of the season,” Rosario said. “That’s something that has always been with us. We’ve always felt like we could go out and winning the other night just gives us positive energy.”

Head coach Fred Hill Jr. is happy to have his most prolific scorer starting to find his rhythm.

“I think the last three games he’s started to get back into his rhythm,” Hill said. “When [Notre Dame] came out in the zone we were able to get him some great looks and he was able to knock them down. That gets everybody going.”

Getting off to a good start doesn’t just apply to the offensive end, Hill said.

“If you look at any team, unless you’re really special, as you’re making plays on offense it picks up your intensity level on defense,” the fourth-year coach said. “When you’re struggling on offense sometimes your defense struggles, so it certainly helped us on the defensive end. One is very interrelated to the other.”

The 73 points scored by the Irish were the fewest allowed since the opening game of conference play against Cincinnati.

The Knights also outrebounded Notre Dame 46-37, an area that Hill acknowledged is his team’s weakest.

Next up is St. John’s (12-8, 2-6), another team that Hill said could give RU fits on the glass. The Red Storm is plus-54 on the boards this season.

D.J. Kennedy leads the Johnnies with 15 points per game. Junior transfer Dwight Hardy averages 11.9.

The Scarlet Knights (10-11, 1-8) are led by Rosario’s 15.7 points per game.

N’Diaye is coming off one of his best performances of the season, scoring 10 points and recording six blocks. All six blocks came in the second half as N’Daye stifled Luke Harangody, the Big East’s leading scorer.

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After pumping out 24 points on eight made field goal attempts against Notre Dame, Mike Rosario is trying to bounce out of a dry spell that saw just 20 made field goals through the first six Big East games.

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Losing skid hits three at hands of Irish Players hopeful intimidating mystique will return to RAC

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

If the Rutgers women’s basketball team had one thing on its side going into last night’s game against No. 3 Notre Dame — perhaps the only thing WOMEN’S BASKETBALL — it was NOTRE DAME 75 history.

Sitting RUTGERS 63 on a twogame losing skid, Rutgers faced off against a team it had not lost to since Jan. 23, 2005.

While they came within a single possession at times in the second half, the Scarlet Knights could not keep pace with the Fighting Irish, falling 75-63 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

“I think that we had the possession and there was no pressure, we just turned it over,” said Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

“We’ve had games like that, and this team played extremely hard … this is the first time I thought ever ybody played hard to contribute and that’s good. I wish we had done the same thing before and we might have won some of those games that we lost [earlier in the season]. Maybe this year that’s just the way it’s going to be.”

Rutgers received another strong performance from sophomore guard Khadijah Rushdan, who finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

But the bulk of Rutgers’ offense came from an unexpected source — forward Myia McCurdy.

The senior had the hot hand, scoring 14 points — all in the second half. McCurdy, noted for her defensive play, could be seen calling for the ball in the corner throughout the half, a rare scene for the RU offense.

“I just want to do anything to help the team win,” a deflated

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It is a rare occasion when a team finishes last and can still be proud of its performance.

The Rutgers gymnastics team traveled to Maryland Saturday GYMNASTICS to participate in its RUTGERS 190.550 first quad meet of the season. While FOURTH PLACE the Scarlet Knights finished fourth, they managed to have one of their stronger meets of the season, finishing with a 190.550, four points behind first place West Virginia.

With a schedule aimed at preparing for the future, head coach Chr ystal CholletNorton made it clear that winning is secondar y to achieving high scores.

Going into Maryland, Chollet-Norton had a sense of perspective, recognizing that her team was most likely outmatched by three fully funded squads. Despite the odds, CholletNorton’s team performed admirably, she said, achieving season highs in bars and vault.

“We were ecstatic about how the weekend went,” Chollet-Norton said. “We were legitimately in there with all of them.”

Her team’s ability to compete three times in seven days without any ill effects especially impressed Chollet-Norton.

“I am so proud because we had three meets in seven days, and we didn’t drop

The Louis Brown Athletic Center’s mystique lives on through lore, not of actual intimidation factor.

Whether 4,000 fans showed up for an outof-conference game MEN’S BASKETBALL or the Rutgers men’s basketball team played in front of a sell-out against Syracuse or Villanova in January, the crowd was not disinterested but largely subdued — regardless of the score.

It was a little different against Notre Dame, with RU holding the lead most of the game and the attendees making sure the 74-73 victory stayed in the Scarlet Knights’ hands.

“As the game got tight, they were jumping up and down on their feet,” said a jubilant James Beatty. “It gives us that extra energy to get a big stop or make a big play on offense. The crowd played a big factor in us winning this game.”

But the atmosphere is still a shell of its former self. Loud, yes — when RU is winning. Electric? That’s up for debate.

“A lot of times there was more opposite team fans than our fans,” said senior center Hamady N’Diaye before the start of Big East play. “A fan is a fan. If they believe in you, they will come out and support you. We don’t have that yet, maybe because of the history of this place, but we are working so hard for that.”

The lowest of the lows came over winter break last season during a shellacking at the hands of a Syracuse team that brought a host of Orange fans into New Jersey.

A near-sellout crowd was composed of nearly as many Syracuse fans as RU fans, and minutes into the game the scarlet and white faithful was drowned out for good.

“This place was half orange,” N’Diaye said of a turnout then-redshirting junior Jonathan Mitchell called embarrassing. “It was packed, but it was half orange. It happens, but hopefully it won’t happen again. This is the Rutgers RAC. We’re not here for anyone else but Rutgers.”

The same thing happened again this January, but to a lesser extent. Even though the ratio of fans was much more in the Knights’ favor, the Syracuse faithful made its presence felt as an anything-but-boisterous RU crowd sat in near-silence. Villanova repeated the process a week later.

Yet this was not always the case. Truth is, the RAC actually was one of the toughest places to play in the nation as little as four years ago. The athletic department’s official Web site, ScarletKnights.com, has a whole page devoted to quotes from opposing players and coaches about the nightmares of playing in Piscataway. Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun even referred to the gray trapezoid as a torture device.

Even though RU’s success has been miniscule over the last few years, the RAC’s aura still lives on. Orange head coach Jim Boeheim said he was “happy to get a win here” after his team thrashed the Knights three weeks ago.

Despite winning each game at RU since 2003, Georgetown head coach John Thompson III never found playing there easy.

“Rutgers has a huge home court advantage,” he said at the Big East Media Day in November. “The RAC is a very difficult place to play. But that goes with success. A lot of these teams are improving and going to get better, and that environment will be better.”

That’s what RU is hoping for.

“Over the summer, I spoke to [former Connecticut star] Ben Gordon,” Mitchell said before the Scarlet Knights opened their

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Khadijah Rushdan finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists last night. The sophomore guard’s 16 points led the Scarlet Knights in scoring.

Best score of year still springs last place

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Freshman Jenna Zito led the Knights in the vault with a career-best score of 9.750. She also led Rutgers in the floor exercises with a 9.625.