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Obama budgets job creation as highest priority BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

With the overall proposed 2011 spending budget projected at $3.834 trillion and cuts this year already at $20 billion, President Barack Obama places job creation at the top of his agenda. The proposed budget calls for $100 billion toward immediate job creation, a projected deficit at $1.267 trillion, more than $300 billion in tax cuts for the next 10 years for individuals, families and businesses and discretionary spending projected at $1.415 trillion, according to “The Federal Budget: Fiscal Year 2011” report. “It’s a budget that reflects the serious challenges facing the country,” Obama said in a statement released by the White House. “We’re at war. Our economy has lost seven million jobs over the last two years, and our government is deeply in debt after what can only be described as a decade of profligacy.” The budget also highlights a small business and wages tax cut to spur hiring and wage increases, extending the Making Work Pay tax credit to 110 mil-

lion American families for another year and increasing the child care tax break for middle-class families, according to the report. It also proposes eliminating the tax on capital gains from new investments in small business and extending the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provision that allows small businesses to expense up to $250,000 of qualified investment through 2010, according to the report. Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget Rob Nabors at a conference call on Monday said with the unemployment rate still soaring, the president is taking action to create a package that will help create more jobs. “Unemployment is still too high — it’s 10 percent,” Nabors said. “The president has already requested of Congress that they pass a jobs package. We expect to see funding for state fiscal relief for the jobs package, which will hopefully pass soon.” Plans include building the largest investment in clean energy in history,

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President Barack Obama pledges $100 billion toward immediate job creation as part of his proposed fiscal year 2011 budget. The budget also highlights plans to make higher education more affordable.

U. PROFESSOR DIES AT 75 AFTER LONG-TIME CANCER BATTLE University professor, author and journalist Tomas Eloy Martinez died Sunday. He was 75 years old. The Argentine columnist for The New York Times, Spain’s El Pais and Argentina’s La Nacion died in Buenos Aires after a long battle with cancer, according to the Associated Press. Martinez was head of the Latin American studies program at the University during the late 1990s. The author incorporated elements of life during and after the rule of former Argentine President Juan

Domingo Peron and his wife Eva Peron in several of his works. Some of Martinez’s more popular works include “The Flight of the Queen,” “The Peron Novel” and “Santa Evita,” which were translated into more than 30 languages. A right-wing paramilitary group in Argentina forced Martinez into exile in 1975, according to the AP. He left Argentina and went to Venezuela, where he was the editor of El Nacional and founded El Diario de Caracas. Mar tinez received The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars fellowship, the

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The Model UN traveled to Canada earlier this year to take part in a worldwide meet.

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Guggenheim Fellowship and was awarded the Alfaguara literar y prize for his novel, “El Vuelo de la Reina,” according to the Depar tment of Spanish and Por tuguese Web site. He also received an honorar y doctorate from the Universitat d’Estiu-Andorra. Martinez graduated from the University of Tucuman in Argentina, where he received a degree in Spanish and Latin American literature.

The 2011 University Commencement will be held in Rutgers Stadium on Busch campus. It will serve as a trial basis for the University to determine the location of future graduations.

For many students, commencement marks a move to a new phase of life and a change in ever yday routine. The University Senate made a few changes to the milestone event on Friday at its first meeting of the year. The Senate voted to hold the University-wide commencement ceremony followed by the School of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony in Rutgers Stadium on Busch campus beginning with the Class of 2011. The commencement day, which in the past was held on a

Wednesday, is now scheduled for a Sunday. “The change in date is better for families, students and visitors because it allows everyone to enjoy the event and also gives the [alumni] a chance to revisit their school during graduation,” said Melissa Murano, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. University President Richard L. McCormick and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip J. Furmanski charged an ad hoc committee chaired by Vice President for Undergraduate Education Barry Qualls in fall 2008 with revising

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Council rakes in cash to fund student organizations BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT

The Busch Campus Council piled up its spring semester ideas last night, highlighting its goal to help other organizations on campus. At the council’s committee meeting President Shaival Shah said the council will continue to support student organi-

zations and confronting issues on campus. S t u d e n t Organizations Committee member Saba Hussain said the council plans to dole out more funds by reaching out to student organizations. “We have an allotment of $5,000, and we’re hoping to give that out to other

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organizations,” said Hussain, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy graduate student. “We’re trying to spread the word that we are here for organizations to come to if they need any guidance or financial help.” The council passed resolutions last semester regarding extending library

hours, mending potholes, constructing a new computer center for printing on campus and establishing bake sale guidelines, Shah said. The council plans to continue bringing campus issues to light. “We just want to continue the great work. There’s a lot of issues coming

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Student delegates grapple with world issues in Canada BY CASSANDRA SPERBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Model United Nation’s trip to an annual international conference last week in Montreal exemplified the University’s mantra of “Jersey Roots, Global Reach.” The University’s Model UN President Harinath Amarnath was honored for being a top delegate in his committee at the event. “When Harinath won his award, hearing them announce Rutgers over Ivy League schools was a great feeling,” Director of Communications Shariq Ahmad said. The conference recognized all of the committee’s top three delegates, Amarnath said. At the conference, held at McGill University from Jan. 28

to 31, teams of students received assignments of a countr y and an issue. Their goal was to resolve a problem, keeping in mind the specific countr y’s perspective. “I have been participating in Model UN since I was in middle school,” said Amarnath, a Rutgers College senior. “It’s a great way to improve public speaking and presentation skills and learn about complex international issues.” Attending the event allowed the students to meet 1,400 delegates from schools around the U.S., Canada, England and Pakistan, and learn more about different countries, Ahmad said. “I gained a lot of knowledge about real world events,” said School of Arts and Sciences junior Irina Ushakov. “We debate

about current legislation and try to resolve complex issues.” Attending this conference can help students ar ticulate ideas and better understand how

“We made new friends from all over the world, and our own delegation also got very close.” SHARIQ AHMAD Model UN Director of Communications

the world works, said Sarika Chopra, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. The students started the day with a debate on a topic, following

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UN procedure. Alliances with other nations often led to resolutions, Ushakov said. In some cases, unique ideas were mailed to the actual UN. “It was interesting to me to see how students from schools like Harvard and Columbia were so focused on issues such as the economy, while Rutgers and other liberal arts schools were not afraid to step outside the box to look for new solutions,” Chopra said. During free time, the students met students from universities around the world, Ushakov said. “We made new friends from all over the world, and our own delegation also got ver y close,” Ahmad said. Ushakov said she was able to gain knowledge through the program.

“I gained the confidence of doing my own research and then presenting that knowledge and negotiating with others,” Ushakov said. Sixteen students attended the conference this year, and Model UN members hope to increase funding and the number grows in the future, Amarnath said. “Participating in Model UN provides one with the skills to negotiate and think outside the box, which is essential for professions like business and law,” Amarnath said. Model UN encourages interested students to attend its meetings, Tuesdays at 9 p.m. in Room 402 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. E-mail RUInternationalRelations@gmail.c om for more information.

U. MOURNS LOSS OF VETERAN UNDERGRAD

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Elite children’s drum corps Drums of Thunder performs Monday night at the women’s basketball game against Notre Dame. The 35-member group has played in venues like the U.S. Capitol, Lincoln Memorial and the Verizon MCI sports arena, all located in Washington, D.C.

A Rutgers-Camden College of Arts and Sciences student was killed Saturday, Jan. 23, while on patrol in Afghanistan. He was 22 years old. Jeremy Kane, a criminal justice major, died from injuries sustained while on patrol in the Helmand Province, according to a University Media Relations press release. “This is an extraordinarily difficult time for Jeremy’s family and friends. We share their sadness and extend our sincerest condolences. I encourage you to keep them in your thoughts,” Rutgers-Camden Dean Margaret Marsh said in the release. Marsh said although she did not know Kane very well, she is told he was a bright, dedicated student who was passionate about his studies, friends, family and commitment to serving the nation. “The entire Rutgers-Camden community mourns the loss of a friend, a classmate, a student and an individual with such great potential,” she said. “Our nation is the poorer for the loss of such a courageous and dedicated citizen and member of our armed forces.” Jeremy was a stellar student and an active member of Veterans for Education, according to the release.

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OBAMA: Budget calls to extend middle-class tax cuts continued from front increasing investment in scientific research and a 6 percent increase in funding for the Department of Education, Obama said. “This funding is tied to reforms that raise student achievement, inspire students to excel in math and science and turn around failing schools which consign too many young people to a lesser future — because in the 21st century there is no better anti-poverty program than a world-class education,” he said. Other plans include eliminating a subsidy to banks that lend to college students, Obama said. The money would be used to revitalize community colleges and make college more affordable, with hopes that by 2020 the United States will have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. “These are the investments we must make to create jobs and opportunity now and in the future, and in a departure from the way business had been done in Washington, we actually show how we pay for these investments while putting our country on a more fiscally sustainable path,” he said. But the budget also brings some tough choices, Obama said. For example, also proposed is a freeze in government spending for three years, which will not apply to benefits received through Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare and national security, including bene-

fits for veterans, but will apply to all other discretionary government programs, he said. “We’re not simply photocopying last year’s budget — freezing spending does not mean we won’t cut what doesn’t work to pay for what does,” Obama said. It also calls to eliminate tax preferences for oil, gas and coal companies, raising $40 billion over 10 years, according to the report. “While we extend middleclass tax cuts in this budget, we will not continue costly tax cuts for oil companies, investment fund managers and those making [more than] $250,000 a year,” Obama said. “We just can’t afford it.” The budget also considers consolidating 38 separate education programs into 11, Obama said. “Like any business, we’re also looking for ways to get more bang for our buck, by promoting innovation and cutting red tape,” he said. Other steps are aimed toward reining in deficits, Obama said. He proposed a fee on big banks to pay back taxpayers for the bailout and to reform the way contracts are awarded to save taxpayers billions of dollars. Obama said the budget comes at a difficult time. The budget 10 years ago was a surplus of $200 billion, but over the course of the past 10 years, previous administrations and Congresses passed massive tax cuts for the wealthy and funded two wars through borrowing, without actually paying for any of it, he said. Coupled with a recession and health care costs, the budget only worsened, Obama said.

U NIVERSITY “As a result, when I first walked through the door, the deficit stood at $1.3 trillion, with projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade,” he said. “If we had taken office during ordinary times, we would have started bringing down these deficits immediately.” Obama said despite efforts to create rescue programs, last year the country was losing nearly 700,000 jobs each month, the economy was in a free fall and the

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M financial system was near collapse, leading others to fear another Great Depression. “That rescue was not without significant cost — it added to the deficit as well,” he said. “We have to address the irresponsibility that led to it, and that includes the failure to rein in spending, as well as a reliance on borrowing — from Wall Street to Washington to Main Street — to fuel our growth.” Rutgers University Democrats President Alex Holodak said

Obama had to make some tough choices in terms of the 2011 budget, and a lot of money will be spent, but he is optimistic it would help the economy. “In order to pull us out of this … recession and in order to create jobs, they’re going need to spend a lot of money this year,” said Holodak, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “I’m cautious on what we’re spending our money on, but I think that a lot of is justified.”

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President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2007 calls to consolidate 38 separate education programs to 11 and eliminate tax preferences for oil, gas and coal companies.

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SPECIALIZED CLASSES CATER TO MIDDLE-AGED STUDENTS The University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is now offering 80 non-credit spring courses and seminars from March 2 to May 7 for New Jersey residents over age 50, according to a University Media Relations press release. Students who wish to enroll for the 10-week courses do not need a college degree, according to the release. The courses will not have tests or grades. Active and retired high school and college professors will teach the courses, ranging from art and languages to health and sciences, according to the release. The classes — open for registration until Feb. 22 for a $60 fee — are scheduled to be at several University facilities: the Reformed Church of Highland Park, located at 19 South Second Ave. and The Western Monmouth Higher Education Center, located at 3680 Route 9 South in Freehold, N.J. Many of the facilities are handicap-accessible with on-site or street parking. — Mary Diduch

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The Naturals, a local indie rock band, was one of numerous acts at last night’s coffeehouse Creative Blend, a cooperative effort between four student groups to raise funds for Haiti.

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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 to 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.

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

Come support ShockWave and the OrphanSporks as they compete in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella against groups across the Mid-Atlantic. The competition will start at 8 p.m. in Hickman Hall Room 138 on Cook/Douglass campus. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 general admission. Buy tickets at the door or at http://www.varsityvocals.com/acappella-events.html.

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.

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.

“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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the process of undergraduate graduation, said Martha Cotter, co-chair of the Academic Standards, regulations and Admissions Committee. The vote passed, but there was some concern about the short period of time — two days after the end of the final exam period — professors would have to submit grades. “We think it would be good for [students] to at least know whether they graduate or not when they walk across the stage,” said Cotter, a University professor for chemistr y and chemical biology. “That period simply means that many faculty members would not be able to get their grades in on time.” The change to the stadium and date are not the only ones made this past year to the ceremony. Some students said because the School of Arts and Sciences Class of 2011 is the first to graduate together and not from the former individual undergraduate schools, the new graduation ceremony in the stadium keeps the University united. “I think that the merging of the ceremonies is a great idea. It really symbolizes the unity among the University,” said Anand Patel, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. But the consolidation raises concerns for other students, such as whether every individual’s name in the about 5,000-student School of Arts and Sciences should be called during the ceremony. Patel said all students should be acknowledged at the end of their undergraduate careers. “I think ever yone’s name should be called because everyone has worked hard for their degree, and they deserve some recognition,” Patel said. Murano agreed with Patel, although she admitted the ceremony would be longer. “I think that even with the time that it might take, it is better to call everyone’s name, because this is a very memorable event, not just for the students but also for the family members,” Murano said. “It is important to give everyone their recognition.” The University will still hold its traditional School of Arts and Sciences and Rutgers College graduation ceremonies on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus for the Class of 2010. Douglass College will hold its ceremony on Antilles Field on the Douglass campus, and Livingston College and University College will hold theirs in the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus. The University-wide commencement will also take place in the stadium for the Class of 2010. No decision regarding commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2012 and beyond will be made until after the Class of 2010 graduates, Cotter said. Planning for the 2011 commencement has progressed to the point that questions about future commencements can be addressed satisfactorily. — Colleen Roache contributed to this article.

up, and we want to address them,” said Shah, a Rutgers College senior. He cited extended library hours and take-out on Sunday nights as two clear results of the recent work of student government. After implementing the “What’s On Your Mind Month” survey, the council became more

aware of what issues to address, he said. “With ‘What’s On Your Mind Month,’ I think that last semester student government delivered much more work and results to the student body than they ever had before,” Shah said. After the councils amassed results they presented them to administrators and were able to hone in on campus-wide issues, he said. The council aims to continue working with administrators and plans to have a guest speaker for

F E B RUA RY 3 , 2 0 1 0 ever y meeting this semester, Shah said. “We also want to hold a lot of events this semester,” he said. “We want to focus on Rutgers Day. We also want to hold more events on campus and give out more co-sponsorship money.” Council Treasurer Sai Rapole said the Student Organization Committee would sponsor events both on and off Busch campus, as long as the event is inclusive. “The main requirement is that ever ybody should be able to come to these events,” said

Raipole, a School of Engineering senior. “We would like for [the event] to be on Busch, but we’re not going to hold it against them.” Students who are not serving on the council can help address issues on Busch campus by coming to general body meetings, talking to council members and joining council committees, Shah said. “There’s a lot of different issues on campus that we may not know about, because we’re a body of about 32 people,” he said.

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ith today’s attempts of legalizing gay marriage and allowing for universal civil rights, the question of gays in the military was bound to take the stage. The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law has been a controversial agent in the debate ever since its Congressapproved creation in 1993. According to The New York Times, the nation’s top Department of Defense official has called for an end to this policy that allows for the military to dismiss any member for being openly gay. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that letting gays and lesbians openly serve in the military would be “the right thing to do.” Soldiers are supposed to keep certain personal feelings from conflicting with their actions during times of war or violence; therefore, someone’s coming out as gay should not be a factor in judging one’s brothers in arms. In fact, why should we kick out those who are willing to fight and die for our country? Overall the 1993 law has so far discharged an estimated 13,000 troops over the past 16 years, according to the Boston Globe. In these times of world conflict, numbers such as these are not beneficial factors when we need everyone who is able and willing to help. The case of colored people in the army used to hold the same priority back in the day, but with time even that has been resolved. If the soldier is a dedicated member of the military then race, sexuality or any other quality that differs in people, must not come into conflict in such political ways. And despite these differences and attempts to disregard personal differences, Congressional powers must make the lawful decision to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. It is understandable that those in the military who have grown up as religious, tradition-imbibed individuals may still distrust their comrades due to sexuality, but eventually even the military will have to adapt to the ever-changing social and political standards. After all, homosexuality does not or should not prevent one from getting a job position, so why should sexuality be involved in the military? We need all the help that we can get and the dismissal of gays will only serve to prevent other dedicated individuals from joining the force. As times go on, future generations will phase out the stereotypes and conflict with gay individuals in the military as they get over the general social disregard for homosexuals.

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ox News had a largely successful January this year, as it was the only cable news network to grow year-to-year. It was also the network that aired the top 13 programs on cable news for the age 2554 demographic, something that has not been the case in more than five years. These figures are possibly due to the fact that Fox is the only cable news network that remains conservative and people simply become disassociated from left-biased coverage by other networks. Viewers do not have a choice when it comes to cable networks; it is either leftist or rightist news, and Fox remains the only politically conservative channel. Sen.-elect Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts’s special election meant a major boost in ratings for Fox News Channel. According to the Huffington Post, the network had its most successful night since the 2008 presidential elections, averaging a staggering 6.161 million total viewers in primetime. In comparison, a number that almost doubles CNN — 1.503 million total viewers, MSNBC — 1.138 million total viewers, and HLN — 668,000 total viewers, combined. In addition to this spectacularly packed coverage, Sean Hannity also set a record. He averaged 6.8 million total viewers during his 9 p.m. spot. Perhaps people turned to Fox News for different coverage of events including the State of the Union during which FNC topped the charts once again, surpassing giants such as CNN and MSNBC. This fact remains an underside to the question, because people were simply tired of boring C-SPAN or MSNBC coverage, and Fox was the one network that provided entertainment, something that all of America wants at the click of a remote. Despite these ratings and triumphs over other cable networks and news providers, FNC has the stigma of putting spins on facts and stories. It is no secret that the conservative news network has been involved in a certain lack of coverage during unfavorable reviews of Republicans or in using false footage for event coverage. In addition to these twists of fact, Fox is simply a part of the general idea of cable news. Cable news has turned into simple entertaining segments that are only a step-up from SpongeBob. Plain and simple, Hannity and company are extremely politically unbalanced, and their televised debacles serve as entertainment for all, entertainment that fails to serve as news. Although Fox has taken center stage in this battle for numbers, all other cable networks have slowly become invalid, entertaining sources for news. Perhaps viewers or news followers should put down the remote and read a newspaper or seek another valid source, only to overstep the celebrity phenomenon to which so many of us are attracted.

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On that note, every time I hear from name-calling as to protect her identity even someone singing and simultaneously fist-pumping the though such a comment deserves public recognition. cartilage out of their elbow joint to the Kesha — or And unless you have been living a life that Ted Ke$ha — song like they are living vicariously through Kaczynski would approve of — that’s the lyrics, a little part of me dies. Well, the Unabomber for all you scholars — first I point and laugh uncontrollably, “Some of us in you know “Jersey Shore” was signed which is then followed closely by the on for a second season. The ratings for dying part. I also had the pleasure of the Garden State the show are unreal; more than four stammering over said “TiK ToK” video, actually attend million viewers tuned into the finale, which really is a gem. I just do not according to NYMag.com. Such ratunderstand why she brushes her teeth institutions of ings are evidence of our obsession with backhanded. 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Do they really experience an uncontrollable urge to As this entry comes to a close, I realize I have a “beat up the beat?” I welcome your insight. And why plethora of complaints, such as poor grammar or does New Jersey get the bad reputaton for it? Didn’t general lack of otherwise common knowledge, to the mating-call-of-the-tanned originate somewhere in tend to. Some people —namely Ke$ha and those on downtown Brooklyn? I’m sure of it. New Jersey of “Jersey Shore” — should not be entitled to plague course had quite a hand in perfecting the move, as our livingrooms with their idiotic mediocrity. Lucky seen on — you knew it was coming — “Jersey Shore,” for you, I’ll be here again in two weeks, same time, or our state’s way of showcasing our best and brightsame place. est (orange is bright, right?). So on that that note, if you are the kind of girl I’ve heard many claim that the show is an inacthat must inform the world about your brushing curate representation of 20-somethings in New habits, please I beg you, find yourself a nice little Jersey. Um, have you looked around? I am shocked hole and crawl into it. we have not destroyed North Jersey yet with the extensive fist pumping. Lauren Caruso is a Cook College senior majoring Of course, all of us Jerseyans aren’t on a gym-tanin journalism and media studies. laundry regimen — some of us in the Garden State

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Political ignorance results in inaccuracy Letter JIM KERN

fter reading Tuesday’s column “Conservative Agenda Fails” in The Daily Targum, I could not help but respond to the radical, ignorant claims about the Republican Party and Conservatives in general. The author insinuates that the rise against President Barack Obama is because of bigotry, and the base of the Republican Party is racist. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the statement is frankly insulting. The infamous tea party movement and former Gov. Sarah Palin do not speak for the Republican Party. These people are hardly the “rank and file” members of the Republican Party, especially considering they claim to be another party. Want to know what the Republican Party thinks? Go to GOP.com and click “what we believe.” As for the more serious issue, the author claimes that the Republicans have elected Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey, Sen.-elect Scott Brown in Massachusetts and Gov. Robert F. McDonnell in Virginia because of the same rural and suburban voters that brought opposition to Obama. Sorry, but this is simply not true. I live in rural New Jersey, I voted for Christie and I know many others who voted for Christie. None of us are racist.

I would say that I represent part of the key demographic of the Republican Party living in Warren County. The core principal of the Republican Party is that government should leave people alone and, as Gov. McDonnell said in the recent Republican response: “Government closest to the people governs best.” I want to know where laws and regulations are made and not have them delivered to me from some distant bureaucrat. While some Republicans disagree on certain social and fiscal areas, they are still conservative. The author’s notion that the Republican Party is not a big tent party is false. Democrats still control the swing states and districts so they have the more moderate members. Republicans are therefore left to control only their safe states and districts. After the 2010 elections, more moderate Republicans will be elected into office. In my time at the University, [“Conservative agenda fails”] is by far the worst column I have read in the Targum. The author seems ignorant when it comes to the Republican Party or rural, suburban voters. To disagree with someone’s political beliefs is a right of democracy, but his decision to debase a party and its voters based on false pretenses is a crime of ignorance. Jim Kern is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science.

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HISTORY: USA Today ranks RU as 23rd in country continued from back Anchoring the Knights lineup is heavyweight D.J. Russo. The redshirt junior leads the team in wins with 25 — more than half of which came via pins. “[The ranking] is long overdue,” Russo said. “It’s a step in the right direction and it’s further than we have ever come before. We knew we have been this good for a while, in fact, we are better than that.” According to Russo, the key to continued success is confidence. “We just got to keep reminding ourselves that we are capable of a higher level,” he said. “We have got to keep pushing pace after destroying two topranked teams. We can get up into the teens.” For the Knights, the national accolade is a long time coming from the fall semester

when the team was on the road for the semester’s entirety, while facing teams such as national juggernaut Iowa. Friday night’s victor y was the team’s first over a ranked opponent this season. RU came close twice earlier in the year in losses to Penn State and Pitt by a combined four points. “We definitely had the oppor tunities earlier in the year,” Russo said. “It could have happened a lot earlier, but I knew it was eventually going to happen. I would have liked to have seen it come sooner.” With five meets remaining in the season, the Knights (164-1) are four games away from tying the school-record 20 wins they attained last year — a feat Goodale knew would be a challenge this season. “Our guys have shown tremendous character and have risen to every challenge,” Goodale said. “Being on the road all of last semester really brought us closer together as a team. There is a bigger picture out there and now we understand that.”

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Pittsburgh aims to rebound from loss to Pirates BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

Freshly fallen out of the nation’s top-20, No. 21 Pittsburgh has a bone to pick with No. 6 West Virginia. The Panthers come off of an unexpected loss to a South Florida team building its way to the bubblewatch and need to find a way to rebound quickly against an intimidating Mountaineer lineup, which includes the likes of Da’Sean Butler. The forward remains a force to be reckoned with, single-handedly constructing a comeback Saturday for the team to rally past a surging Louisville with 27 points, including the go-ahead bucket with 16 seconds left to seal the deal and snap a four-game losing streak against the Cardinals. Butler led the team in scoring for the past four games, but in addition to the results, the veteran exudes confidence. “I’m not going to lie,” Butler said in a statement to The Associated Press. “I’ve seen pretty much every comeback possible in college and been a part of a couple so unless there’s five seconds left and we’re down 10, I know there’s a good chance that we can come back.”

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37 points and South Florida beat then-No. 17 Pittsburgh 70-61 to take its third straight Big East victory Sunday for the first time in school history. Jones’ 14-of-17 shooting from the charity stripe contributed to his team-leading score. The 37point total is also what the guard is averaging in the Bulls’ three-game winning streak. South Florida (14-7, 4-5) held a sizeable 51-37 lead in the second half, which proved crucial in maintaining a lead after the Panthers (16-5, 6-3) went on a 12-2 run late in the final minutes.

The win snaps a three-game losing streak to Pitt and also gave the team its first win over a ranked opponent in nearly a year. Meanwhile, the Panthers have some questions that need to be addressed — the team has given away three of its last four after starting the season 15-2.

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with this world. After their iconic upending of then-No. 1 Texas, the Huskies lost three-straight — most recently to a Louisville team that took the lead early and never looked back. Edgar Sosa led the Cardinals in points and assists with 15 and eight, respectively, and Jerry Smith and Samardo Samuels combined for 27 points. The Connecticut transition offense gave the team something to hope for in the second half, cutting a 19-point lead down to seven, but then lost its momentum after the Cards iced any more opportunities in the final minutes. In fact, the Husky transition offense only had three possessions in the last nine minutes.

DEPAUL SHOWED THE rest of the Big East conference that it may be at the bottom of the barrel in the conference, but it is still no pushover as it played tough against No. 4 Syracuse in a disappointing 59-57 loss. “Tonight, we played two great minutes,” Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said to The Associated Press. “Not usually enough to win.” Syracuse was down by as much as 18 points in the first half, but rallied with 16-straight points in the first half and then a 16-2 run in the second half to close out the game. Even then, the win was not secured as DePaul’s Will Walker missed a three-pointer in the final seconds of the game.

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West Virginia forward Da’Sean Butler (1) led the Mountaineers in a comeback against Louisville by scoring a game-high 27 points, including a go-ahead field goal with 16 seconds on the clock.

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in the year, but even her Herculean efforts fell off of late. Mired in the mother of all tough schedule for struggles shooting slumps, Ray is 3-of-31 from the floor in her last three continued from back games, and while she is getting Prince’s disappearing act in the some support from her supportoffseason, it may as well be. The ing cast — sophomore guard would-be senior guard opted for Khadijah Rushdan is turning Europe, leaving the Knights into a force on the court — too with less experience and 19.5 often the senior has no one to less points per game. fall back on. Statistically speaking, Prince “This has been a really rough was responsible for 30 percent of year, and given what I now know the Knights’ total scoring last about these season. Couple young people [the that with the schedule] “This team played tough expected deparprobably wasn’t tures of seniors its heart out. And I the best thing to Kia Vaughn and do,” Stringer said. can be very critical, “It pretty much Heather Zurich, and Rutgers found but this team played kills them. A noritself low on mal team … has offense and playits heart out.” people that are ers with starting more experiC. VIVIAN STRINGER experience. enced — this is Head Coach Even worse, still a rather Prince robbed young team. them of one of the Brittany was just only commodities that could have put in a position where she had to helped soften the blow of her play a star role.” departure — time, Stringer said. Ray bounced back slightly “By the time we found out against the Fighting Irish, hitwhat Epiphanny was doing, it’s ting two shots from the floor May,” Stringer continued, her and finishing with eight points, voice steadily rising. “No but the success of her shot dicrecruiting. Nothing. We come tates a huge part of the game for in here with [a young group], RU this year. so think about how many There’s no “E word” to fall games [we could have won], back on. think how close the Texas “This team played its heart game was.” out,” Stringer said. “And I can be With no other proven scorers ver y critical, but this team on the team, Ray shouldered the played its heart out. We just heavy burden early in the season. stumbled, and it would help if we The senior guard was averaging had some little things that made around 17 points per game early a big difference.”

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Knights clean glass in win over Johnnies BY STEVEN MILLER CORRESPONDENT

In the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s last two games, two things were present for the first time since beginning a nine game losing streak — a hot-shooting Mike Rosario and an advantage on the glass. For the second consecutive game, the Scarlet Knights outrebounded their opponent, after holding a 370-289 disadvantage during their nine game super-slump. And for the second consecutive game, they won. “I think you see we’re a much better team in transition, and that’s been part of our problem because we weren’t able to rebound the basketball,” said head coach Fred Hill Jr. “This is the second game in a row we’ve been able to outrebound our opponent and that’s a big component of us getting out, running and getting easy baskets.” Rutgers outrebounded St. John’s 37-27 en route to an 84-72 victor y at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Senior center Hamady N’Diaye led the Knights with nine boards, but it was an allaround effort as each of the five starters grabbed at least five rebounds, Hill said. Although the Knights won the battle on the glass 10 more times than the Red Storm, it led to the nearly same number of second chance points. The Johnnies put the ball back for 14 points — one more than RU — although Rutgers outscored St. Johns 3832 in the paint. “We’re finally buying into defense wins games and rebounds win games,” said junior forward Jonathan Mitchell, who finished second on the team with seven boards. “Now it’s fun for us. St. John’s is a tough team; they like to play physical and push you around, but we were able to hold them off today and come out with the win.”

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of Rosario, two things are much more apparent in his game: made shots and pump fakes.

he Big East Conference selected 15 student-athletes on the Rutgers football team to the AllAcademic Football team. The 15 athletes marked the second highest total of all eight conference schools. Senior cornerback Devin McCourty made the list for the fourth consecutive year, while senior quarterback Jabu Lovelace and junior linebacker Jim Dumont cracked the list honored for their third straight years.

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Invitational Tournament announced yesterday that senior center Hamady N’Diaye is invited to play in April. Known as the “P.I.T.”, the tournament invites 64 of the nations’ top senior players to showcase their skills over a three-day, 12-game invitational. Representatives from all 30 NBA teams will be in attendance.

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After calling for improved rebounding game after game, head coach Fred Hill Jr. saw his team outrebound a Big East opponent for the second consecutive game, holding a 38-28 advantage over St. John’s.

The sophomore guard used the shot fake to create open looks for himself more often. Four of Rosario’s career-high 33 points against St. John’s last night were made possible because the defender flew by after a Rosario pump-fake. “We’ve been asking him for a long time to use the shot fake,”

Hill said. “Most guys are just going to run at Mike. It almost looks like everything is coming in slow motion. He’s not catching the ball and just trying to make a play.” The shot fake potential also made defenders a second too slow to stop Rosario, allowing him to hit a number of uncontest-

Senior center Hamady N’Diaye nearly put together a triple-double, scoring 19 points to go along with nine boards and nine blocks.

THE VICTORY OVER St. John’s put the Knights on their first winning streak since a 19-day stretch in December. During that time, RU beat six schools that combine for a 60-65 record — and all of the games were at the RAC.

adding 19 points, nine rebounds and nine blocks. I always said when we guard sets scoring career-high “Like were losing games, we are going to keep fighting and continued from back we’re not giving up any time Jonathan Mitchell knocked soon. We have kids who have down jumper after jumper in the the mentality that we are going second half. When St. John’s got to win a basketball game.” within six, at the seven-minute St. John’s (12-9, 2-7) got a monmark, the junior forward hit a ster game from D.J. Kennedy. pair of shots to stop the run. The junior guard single-handedly “That showed kept the Red the maturity of our Storm from getteam that we are ting blown out. “We are going to able to handle runs His 27 points — keep fighting and 16 in the second and then go on a run ourselves,” said — came on we’re not giving up half Mitchell, who fin9-of-17 shooting, ished with 17 points. including five any time soon.” “At halftime we three-pointers. HAMADY N’DIAYE heard [St. John’s The Knights Senior Center head coach Norman (11-11, 2-8) Roberts] from our helped themlocker room so we selves by getting knew they were going to bring it. off to a fast start. Rosario’s 21 first We were able to withstand it, and half points helped them run out to Mike Rosario and [N’Diaye] a 40-29 lead at intermission. played great today.” “If you don’t get off to a good When it wasn’t Mitchell, it was start your defense suffers,” said the ever-present N’Diaye. The head coach Fred Hill Jr. “It’s very senior center’s nine blocks were difficult to go the other way the most by a Rutgers player in around. Unless you’re an elite Big East play. team, it’s very difficult to do that. “To me it’s just the mentality It’s not the norm and getting off to of the team,” said N’Diaye, who a good start offensively gives you just missed a triple-double, energy and confidence.”

ROSARIO: Sophomore

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ed shots with St. John’s players just a step away.

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been a very draining season for the Cincinnati Bengals, even more negativity surrounds the team. Rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of drunken and careless driving and now faces a court hearing on Feb. 25. Maualuga had a promising rookie season and finished fourth on the team in tackles.

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Vince Carter was visited yesterday by former New Jersey Nets coach Lawrence Frank. Frank will advise Carter and the Magic staff over the next week in an effort to revitalize the guard’s spiraling season. The past month was awful for Carter, who posted a .284 field goal percentage, the second worst percentage during a month’s span in the last 10 NBA seasons.

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of a photo of New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, in which he was “flipping the bird” and smiling at the camera, the Jets organization took action and fined the coach a whopping $50,000. Ryan was in attendance at a MMA event in south Florida and received waves of boos upon exclaiming to the crowd that the Jets would beat the Miami Dolphins twice next season.

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guard Javaris Crittenton said he will not appeal the seasonlong suspension handed to him by NBA commissioner David Stern. Crittenton and teammate Gilbert Arenas were forced to sit for the remainder of the year after Arenas brandished firearm in the Wizards’ locker room following a dispute. Crittenton pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for possessing an unregistered firearm last week and has been ordered to perform community service work with children.

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Prince’s exodus still stings as Knights falter in conference

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Rosario makes it back-to-back BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

In the aftermath of Rutgers women’s basketball team’s 75-63 loss to No. 3 Notre WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Dame — a game so close at points it appeared the Scarlet Knights could take the upper hand — a visibly upset head coach C. Vivian Stringer sat at the podium defending her team. She hurt for her players, who left everything they had out on the court, she said, but still did not have a victory to show for it — a hallmark of Rutgers’ season. Then, without warning, she said it. The “E word.” “When I make the schedule out, I am who I am. I just don’t look for easy games to fill in the blank,” a frustrated Stringer said. “But I doggone sure didn’t think we would be losing [former All-Big East guard] Epiphanny Prince, how about that? I doggone sure didn’t think we’d be sitting up here with no one who had ever started other than Brittany [Ray].” Since her surprise departure from the team in the spring to pursue a contract playing overseas, the team tried to move on from Prince. Coaches and players glossed over her as best they could, focusing instead on what they have as opposed to what they do not. But some losses are just too big to ignore forever. The “E word” may not be listed in the traditional list of curse words, but after

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Setting a new career high of 33 points, sophomore guard Mike Rosario finished the 84-72 win over St. John’s shooting 13-of-22.

A week ago the wound was so deep it looked like there was no way the Rutgers men’s basketball team MEN’S BASKETBALL would survive. Two wins later and the ST. JOHN’S 72 prognosis — even if only — is better. RUTGERS 84 slightly It helps that Mike Rosario, the team’s lead doctor, returned from his vacation that lasted half the Big East season. The sophomore guard had his finest night in a Scarlet Knights uniform, resulting in an 84-72 victor y over St. John’s at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. “I’ve just been going out there and playing like the Jersey kid that was here as a freshman,” said Rosario, who finished with a career-high 33 points. “I told my teammates I was going to go out there and do what I could to help us win. A lot of people are going to look how we finish the season and I told these guys it doesn’t matter about winning or losing, but just going out there and playing so hard.” The 33 points were the most for a Knights player since Quincy Douby scored 36 nearly four years ago against the Red Storm. What was most impressive about Rosario was the way he responded to his early season struggles. This was not the Rosario that shot 23 percent through the first six Big East games, and it certainly was not the one that was criticized for his effort after a blowout loss to Villanova. It was the Rosario everybody expected to see. “Mentality,” said center Hamady N’Diaye when asked about the difference between Rosario this week. “He’s come a long way and before the game I said to him ‘I’m not bringing the energy today. If you don’t start it, I’m not,’ and he really started good. He’s the type of kid you have to tell him how important he is and he showed up and played a great game today.” Rosario was efficient and smart with the basketball — evidenced by his 13-of-22 shooting. He turned the ball over just once and when St. John’s shifted its focus on him, he let his teammates make big shots.

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RU makes history in top-25 poll

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Head wrestling coach Scott Goodale led the Scarlet Knights to their highest ranking in the history of the program.

Three days after breaking the school record for the longest unbeaten streak, the Rutgers wrestling WRESTLING team got some national recognition. The Scarlet Knights are listed No. 23 in the USA Today coaches’ poll released yesterday. RU was only ranked once before in its histor y — a one-week stint at No. 25 during the 1992-93 season. “It’s exciting for us. We want to be ranked,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “There are some coaches out there that say, ‘Who cares about the rankings, it’s all about the end of the year.’ I like being ranked. It means we have been doing things right. We are training right and we are preparing right.” The Knights are on a 12-match unbeaten steak after this weekend saw them knock off No. 23 Virginia and a Navy squad that upset No. 7 Mar yland just one week prior. If there was ever a time the team deser ved to be ranked, it is now, Goodale said. “I thought if we picked off Virginia [we’d get in the polls],” he said. “Navy has been in and out of the rankings all year but they hold a lot of credibility because they have such a rich histor y. It’s exciting because this has been going on since Aug. 2007 when we first stepped on campus. You never forget the first day you appear in the national rankings.”

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With football talent in New significant improvement from Jersey visibly down this sea- just one — defensive tackle son, according to recruiting Antwan Lowery — last season. experts The two commitments bolFOOTBALL a c r o s s ster a class previous deemed as the country, head coach Greg one of the top five disappointSchiano put a heavy emphasis ments in the countr y by on grabbing out-of-state Rivals.com. recruits, straining the limits of Three-star safety Jeremy the state of Rutgers. Deering (Tampa, Fla.) also For the longest time, the commited yesterday via live Scarlet Knights were without local telecast. a four-star recruit, but they With 22 total commits — 23 nabbed two yesterday, lead- including Hofstra transfer Matt ing up to today’s National McBride — there is not room Signing Day. for many surprisBoth wide receiver es as today rolls Brandon Coleman on. But three-star (Forestville, Md.) and running back safety Rashad Knight Casey Turner (Jacksonville, Fla.) (Jacksonville, offered their verbal Fla.), three-star commitments to linebacker Schiano yesterday Malcolm Cater according to (River Head, N.Y.) RASHAD Rivals.com, and are set and three-star KNIGHT to sign on as Knights defensive tackle today at various times. Kenneth Kirksey Knight, a Trinity Christian (Daytona Beach, Fla.) all have product and the No. 19 defen- chances today to throw on a sive back in the country on scarlet cap and sign National Rivals.com, decided early yes- Letters of Intent to Piscataway. terday morning, and Coleman, All recruiting rankings are a 6-foot-6 wideout, quickly fol- based on the Rivals.com lowed suit. rating system. Knight marks the seventh — Sam Hellman Florida recruit this season, a