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The Rutgers men’s basketball team hosts Division II foe Caldwell tonight at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Admission is free for Fan Appreciation Night.

U. endowment climbs despite economic woes

‘SPORK’ CAPPELLA

BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT

RAMON DOMPOR/ ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

University a cappella group OrphanSporks performs its encore in Hickman Hall on Douglass campus Saturday after the group won first place in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic Quaterfinals. See PAGE 3 for full story.

A new study reports the University’s endowment is doing well in comparison to the endowments of other colleges and universities. Clocking in at $508.8 million, the University’s endowment and other similar funds shot up 13 spots in the National Association of College and University Business Officers Commonfund Study of Endowments for fiscal year 2009 to become 105th in size, said Vice President for Finance and Associate Treasurer Delanie S. Moler. Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Bruce Fehn said the University’s endowment — money the University receives in the form of grants — fared better than others during troubling times. “Keep in mind that [2008] was a very turbulent year and, in effect, we

did less poorly than some other endowments,” he said. The NACUBO-Commonwealth Study of Endowments 2009 rankings cover 842 endowments and affiliated foundations of U.S. colleges, according to the NACUBO Web site. University departments receive endowment expenditures in accordance with the University’s spending policy, Fehn said. The policy allows the University to pay an amount not to exceed 4.5 percent of a trailing 13quarter average of the endowment’s market value, he said. “On a $500 million balance, approximately $25 million is distributed as income,” Fehn said. “Now $25 million is a nice piece of change, and it’s a resource we’re glad we have, but in terms of the overall University budget, it’s not that significant. The University budget is about $1.9 billion.”

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SORORITY MEMBERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO HAZING ALLEGATIONS Six members of the University chapter of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority plead not guilty to charges of aggravated hazing yesterday at a primar y hearing in New Brunswick Municipal Court. Newark Attorney Nathaniel Davis, who represents five of the members: Joana Bernard, a Douglass College senior; Shawna Ebanks, of East Orange; Marie Charles, a Douglass College senior; Kesha Cheron of Newark, and Ilana Warner, a Livingston College senior, said all women deny allegations of paddling pledges, according to an ar ticle in The Star-Ledger. “I think everyone’s jumped to conclusions in this case,” Davis said, according to the article.

Gerald Gordon, a New Brunswick attorney representing the sixth member, Vanessa Adegbite of Jersey City, told The Star-Ledger his client is innocent, and she will be exonerated. Rutgers University Police Depar tment charged each member with aggravated assault for allegedly hitting several victims on the buttocks with wooden paddles over a period of seven days between Jan. 18 and 25. One pledge went to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for non-threatening injuries on Jan. 26, according to authorities. The victim reported the incident to University officials, telling them she was struck more than 200 times within the eight-day period.

Alumna walks minority women through education BY REENA DIAMANTE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Drawing from her experience of attaining a higher education, University alumna Shireen Lewis founded an organization that offers advice to other women going through the same process. Lewis established Sister Mentors in 1997 as part of the nonprofit organization EduSeed, which promotes education within disadvantaged communities. Its mission is to help women of color from different ethnic backgrounds complete their dissertations to acquire doctoral degrees, she said. To date, the program has benefited 34 women. Participants mentor young girls in elementary, middle and high schools in the Washington, D.C., area, Lewis said. From her education, career and the Sister Mentors program, Lewis

realized that mentorship is a valuable experience for women. “Young girls must understand that education is the key to everything. Without an education you cannot be independent,” Lewis said. “To be dependent and rely on someone else, whether it is your parents or your boyfriend, is the worst situation. Young girls should be able to hold their own and take care of themselves.” Those in the Sister Mentors program gain experience that allows them to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals, she said. Through mentorship, women can learn these ideals, Lewis said. She encourages people to devote time to guiding young people down the right path. Lewis, who was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, graduated

In an interview with The Star-Ledger, the pledge who was treated at the hospital said she was told the beatings would “humble” her and each strike would build love and trust between sorority sisters. She said she was told the beatings were not hazing because the sorority did not condone hazing. The University and sorority’s national chapter suspended the chapter on campus. Judge Marie Koch said the case is being reviewed by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, according to the article. Aggravated hazing is an indictable offense that carries a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison. — Ariel Nagi

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INDEX UNIVERSITY A coed University a cappella group takes the top spot in its first year of competing in a regional contest.

OPINIONS The Daily Targum gives its thoughts on the best and the worst of Super Bowl commercials. UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . 3 SKYLA POJEDNIC

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The Rutgers University Programming Association sets up a life-size chess board yesterday in the Livingston Student Center. Members also set up other larger-than-life games such as Jenga and Connect Four.

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Stomach flu afflicts 55 Tinsley Hall residents HILLARY GOLDSMITH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Denur Novick, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, has never been sick a day in his life. So when he spent an entire

night vomiting, he knew something was wrong. Novick, along with what residents tally as more than 55 other residents of Tinsley Hall on the College Avenue campus, became infected with the stomach flu or gastrointestinal virus.

“I didn’t know what was going on. I came back from lifeguarding and just felt so sick,” Novick said. Novartis Pharmacuticals Dr. Nadia Dalati-Khani said this is a common problem, especially among universities, and students should be cautious.

“It’s an infection in the intestine. It’s not known how it star ts, but it can be passed through shaking hands, not taking the necessar y hygienic procedures, and

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OrphanSporks dominates Mid-Atlantic a cappella scene BY ARMANDO ALVAREZ

The OrphanSporks beat the second-place contestants from Lehigh University — the Midway through the Melismatics — with a score of 362 OrphanSporks’s set during a comto 346. The College of New Jersey’s petition Saturday, the tempo came Trentones took third place. down, the background voices Shockwave, an all-girls team faded out and two lead vocalists from the University, also competsang a soul-driven ’50s-style dooed on Friday in its third appearwop medley amid whoops and ance after winning first place two hollers, winning the group a spot years ago, Feibush said. as one of the best a cappella groups The OrphanSporks and in the region. Melismatics are In its first year the only groups “All the groups competing, the that will go on to University’s own compete in the tonight are coed a cappella semifinals, but competing against they were not the group, the OrphanSporks, only ones to leave each other, but won first place in with an award. the International “A lot is not we still share Championship of about competing the same music.” Collegiate A but just being here Cappella Midwith everyone. We KELSEY FLANIGAN A t l a n t i c just love music,” School of Arts and Sciences Quar ter finals said Asami Kondo, first-year student held in Hickman a Shockwave Hall on member and Douglass campus. Rugters College senior. “We’re just a group that started Shockwave member not too long ago, so to even comDanielle Belsky won pete was a great thing,” said Outstanding Vocal Percussion Kristen Poemer, an OrphanSporks for her per formance of member and School of Arts and Paramore’s “Miser y Business.” Sciences junior. Though it did not compete, OrphanSporks members Deep Treble, another University a Noah Herckey and Daniel Braff cappella group, hosted and perwon awards for outstanding formed during the event. Members soloist and outstanding arrangehelped organize and operate sound ments, respectively. equipment, said Kenny Feibush, Regional ICCA finalists will who oversaw the daily operations. perform against the other finalists Kelsey Flanigan, a Deep and two other groups from Africa Treble member who sang during and Europe on April 24 at Lincoln the judges’ deliberation period, Center for the Performing Arts in agreed with Kondo. New York City, said David “All of the groups tonight are Rabizadeh, the show’s producer. competing against each other, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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University a cappella group Deep Treble, who hosted the evening’s competition, sings a rendition of Rufus Wainwright’s “Beautiful Child” as judges tally up the scores of the other groups. but we still share the same music,” said Flanigan, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. Musical Director Meredith Silver, suppor ts the group unconditionally. “When you get to the point where we’re at, whether we win or lose, we still feel like we did a great job,” she said. Danielle Pagano, the OrphanSporks’ business manager, is in charge of scheduling their performances with any

University groups or departments that make a request. “Part of our duty is also to be role models,” said Pagano, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “I’ll admit there was some backstage weeping, but with the progress we’ve made since becoming seniors, we’re just really, really happy with the group.” Performances are short, but the group tries to make the most of its time on stage, Shockwave member Courtney Shaw said. “We only have 12 minutes to perform as much as we can. A lot of

it becomes a group effort because we expect each other to know the parts,” said Shaw, School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Though the members work together, they also spend time practicing individually, Shockwave member Victoria Grenci said. “A lot of the work is independent,” said Grenci, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “We’ll all go home and learn the parts then come back to sing with the other girls.”

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people that knew where I was coming from and knew what I was going through.” Floyd needed to reignite her enthusiasm to earn her psycontinued from front chology doctorate. After searching for contacts in the from Douglass College and Washington, D.C., area, she got earned a law degree at the in touch with Lewis. University of Virginia. Later, she “I wish Sister Mentors was worked as a litigator in a New not just in Washington, D.C. It York City law firm. would definitely be needed in Lewis said her work as a New Jersey and other parts of lawyer allowed her to become the countr y,” Floyd said. “More a better advocate for women and more women are in college and encouraged her to further and in graduate school. It was her education. such a fulfilling experience.” She went on to receive Through her past experiher doctorate in 1998 from ences, Lewis learned how Duke University. important mentoring is. During While Lewis was working on her youth in Trinidad and her dissertation on Francophone Tobago, Lewis attended the West African and Caribbean literfirst elementar y school in her ature, she said the alienation and village, and a teacher there isolation she experienced was became her mentor. unbearable. Her optimism was “She really spent time with me slowly deteriorating, and she and pushed me to excel academibegan losing faith in herself. cally and in sports,” Lewis said. As she struggled to reach aca“She helped me to gain so much demic goals, Lewis realized there confidence. I was ready for high must be other female students in school and college.” Washington, D.C., with the Lewis later found other female same feelings. role models at Douglass College, While in the nation’s caitpal, including Mary Hartman, a proshe met women working fessor in the Women’s and on dissertations with similar Gender Studies Department and topics , and later formed the Sister Micaela Misiego, a professor in Mentors program. the Spanish Department. In order to encourage each “Having mentors was so other and make progress on important because they saw me their dissertations, the women to be much more met ever y three than I saw myself. weeks to focus on It really means their assign“I knew I needed something as a ments, she said. that extra push young person,” Together, they Lewis said. researched, read from people that Despite Lewis’ each other’s knew where I was physical distance work and from the offered critiques. coming from.” University, she The women remains active felt like they were JESSICA FLOYD with the Associate sisters — they Sister Mentors participant Alumnae of were a part of a Douglass College, family, Lewis said Rachel Ingber, executive said. It is one of the main readirector of the associate alumnae. sons why Sister Mentors has In 2005, the Associate been successful. Alumnae of Douglass College University alumna and Sister and Douglass College inducted Mentors participant Jessica Lewis into The Douglass Floyd said her experience with Society, the highest award to the program was beneficial. recognize alumnae who Floyd, a psychology associdistinguished themselves in ate at the Reginald S. Lourie their career or through Center for Infants and Young community ser vice. Children, graduated from the “Without a doubt, Shireen’s University in 2003 and then numerous contributions in propursued her Psy.D. at the moting, mentoring, coaching Graduate School of Applied and inspiring women and girls Professional Psychology. of color make her a deser ving Later, Floyd started on her inductee,” Ingber said. 175-page dissertation on how Lewis also launched the race and culture is integrated in Professor Micaela Misiego the development of former foster Prize for Spanish scholarship, care children. Ingber said. It’s a prize awardDuring that time, Floyd had ed to a Douglass student the support of her friends who majoring in Spanish with outwere going through the same standing achievement in the procedures and the guidance subject to honor her Douglass of others who had written College Spanish professor their dissertations. and mentor. When she moved to Virginia to Lewis invited a group of work at an internship for a women from Washington, D.C., Falls Church, Va., clinic, she began to Douglass College in 2006 to to struggle. inspire them to finish their “When I moved back down to degrees, Ingber said. the Washington, D.C., area, I was “Shireen continues to create close to my family, but I didn’t events and programs in the have as many connections down D.C. area with sister alumnae here as I did in New Jersey,” and to connect Douglass alumFloyd said. nae in this area to each other “I felt so isolated and didn’t and their college,” Ingber said. want to work on my dissertaLewis continues to come tion,” said Floyd who was back to Douglass for working 50 hours a week on a lectures, Founders Day and psychology degree. “I knew I her reunions. needed that extra push from

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JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Students gather in the Livingston Student Center on Sunday to watch this year’s Super Bowl while enjoying refreshments courtesy of the Rutgers University Programming Association.

REPORT SUGGESTS IMPROVEMENTS TO PRISONER RE-INTEGRATION SYSTEM The Center for Behavioral Health Services and Criminal Justice Research released a study that sheds light on holes found in New Jersey’s inmate release programs, according to a University press release. Although most prisoners have a positive opinion of the system of reintegration, many have concerns about their financial situations and health conditions upon leaving prison, according to the release. “Approximately 10,000 men and women leave New Jersey prisons each year,” said Nancy Wolff, director of the center. “Many of them return to jail and prison for parole violations or new convictions within days, months or years post-release.” Wolff recommends the New Jersey Department of Corrections revise the allocation of its funds for re-entry services in a more efficient way. She also suggests changes to the current system, such as the creation of a re-entry preparedness checklist to measure whether an inmate has the skills and resources necessary for release. The checklist would also be used to track an inmate’s progress during the reintegration period, according to the release. — Kristine Rosette Enerio

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WOES: U. debt reaches approximately $800 million continued from front Student aid, student instruction and departmental research account for about 85 percent of endowment expenditures, Moler said. These expenditures bolster the University’s scholarships, encourage research opportunities, help maintain infrastructure and aid in hiring and retaining faculty, according to the University’s Web site. Departments use the funds based on the purpose donors designate, Fehn said. “The endowments come with restrictions. An endowment that’s for an endowed scholarship will always provide suppor t for a scholarship,” he said. The average spending rate for educational endowments par ticipating in the NCSE study was 4.4 percent, according to its Web site. The NCSE calculated spending rates by dividing endowment dollars spent by the beginning endowment value. The University has around $800 million in outstanding bonds and other debt, Fehn said. The debt ratio falls within University policy. The University sustains a strong credit rating with the two main ratings agencies, Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s, he said. The State Commission of Investigation said in a 2007 repor t that vir tually unrestrained borrowing has burdened New Jersey’s public colleges with some of the heaviest long-term debt loads in the nation. Gov. Chris Christie’s subcommittee on education’s Januar y 2010 transition report attributed the debt load to the state’s near elimination of capital support over the last 20 years. The amount of debt does not impact the University’s NCSE ranking as the study concentrates on the size and returns of the endowment, Moler said. School of Arts and Sciences junior Jonathan Eng said it was good to hear the endowment’s size ranking had risen. But Eng said he wasn’t completely sure exactly what the endowment is. “It doesn’t really affect me,” he said. School of Arts and Sciences junior Sam Joshi said the overall size of the endowment is more impor tant than the ranking, as it helps determine how much student aid can be dispersed. “I get student aid directly from Rutgers, so [the endowment] matters,” Joshi said. School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior Michael Buccarelli said he plans on contributing to the endowment after he graduates through donations. “[The University] provided me with a great education,” Buccarelli said. “My dad went here, my brother went here, my little sister goes here now. It’s a good place, and it provides a reasonable price for in-state kids.” He said the poorer performance of other endowments offered proof that the University is managing its endowment soundly. “I think people need to take a step back and look at what they invested in,” Buccarelli said.

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CHRISTIE ASSEMBLES GROUP TO IMPROVE LEISURE FINANCES Gov. Chris Christie established a temporary commission last Wednesday to mend the financial and structural problems in the state’s gaming, professional sports and entertainment industry, according to a press release from the governor’s office. “We can no longer let Atlantic City wither in the face of competition, have our arenas and stadiums go underutilized, or have a sports authority that is unable to maximize our entertainment investment and resources,” Christie said. Some of its main concerns are to ensure the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority’s stability in the long run, to increase the appeal of Atlantic City’s gaming industry and to promote it as a destination resort, according to the release. They also aim to schedule more entertainment events at the IZOD and Prudential Centers as a way of securing their success, according to the release. Christie appointed Jon F. Hanson, former chairman of the NJSEA, to head the seven-member advisory commission. The commission members will not be paid for their efforts, and the group will disband by June 30 when it must submit its final report and policy recommendations to the governor, according to the release. —Kristine Rosette Enerio

FLU: Doctor says closed spaces increase risk of virus continued from front sometimes it’s airborne,” Dalati-Khani said. Alexa Stepien, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student and Tinsley Hall resident, managed to stay well through the past week and a half. “I’m so surprised my roommate and I didn’t get sick. We were two of the only [residents] on our floor to not get it,” she said. Stepien lives on the fourth floor of Tinsley Hall, where residents count at least 35 infected students. “It’s not that hard for people to get sick around here,” she said. “We live so close to each other in not a lot of room — it’s enough to get anyone sick.” Dalati-Khani said close spaces led to the increased possibility of contracting the disease. “Because students are in such a confined space, the virus tends to spread faster from sharing food, not washing your hands or other hygienic proce-

dures that are not handled correctly,” she said. The virus can last anywhere from 24 hours to five days, and a recovery period is necessary, she said. Symptoms include dehydration, vomiting and diarrhea, and in some cases, a fever with stomach pains. “It feels like the worst food poisoning ever. It just felt like someone was stabbing me repeatedly,” Novick said of his stomach pain. “I stayed home for four days with this sharp shooting pain in my stomach. It was honestly the worst feeling I have ever felt.” Dalati-Khani said this feeling does not last a very long time. “Just take the necessary steps to [get] better and it should go away rather quickly,” DalatiKhani said. After a week and a half, the number of students sick in Tinsley Hall declined. “If you feel like you’re getting it, stay away from spicy food and caffeine and stay hydrated. Students with a high fever and continuous vomiting should seek medical attention as soon as possible,” Dalati-Khani said.

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CALENDAR FEBRUARY

Donate a meal swipe at any Rutgers Dining Hall from now until March 1 and help sick and injured children receive medical care. The RUSA-sponsored meal swipe donation program will help raise money for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a nonprofit non-political organization dedicated to providing free medical care for children from all over the Middle East who cannot receive care locally. 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 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. at The Cove in 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. Auditions for the world famous Vagina Monologues will be held in Scott Hall Room 104 on the College Avenue campus from 9 to 11 p.m. Whether you are a seasoned actor or looking to get involved in an international movement, we would love to have you! No memorization or rehearsal necessary for auditions. Join the Facebook group “VDAY Rutgers University-New Brunswick The Vagina Monologues 2010” for more information.

Student teams of three to five people are invited to compete in the Residence Hall Association’s 3 vs. 3 soccer tournament from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. For more information about registration, contact reshalls@rci.rutgers.edu.

Lona Valmoro, a Rutgers College alumna and special assistant to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will be discussing her experiences as a top aide in the Senate and Department of State, as well as her professional journey from the University to the capital. The lecture will take place at 5 p.m. in the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus. To hear her speak, RSVP to (732)-9329384 x331 or online at http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/ rsvp-valmoro.php

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 transdisciplinar y understanding of the complex interplay between language, literature and migration, and of the varied patterns of language and literar y movement, formation and practice arising from contemporar y 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. Need a tune up? Want to de-stress, relax and explore culture? “Sacred Sounds” is back! Come join the Rutgers Bhakti Club for an electrifying evening of musical meditations, exotic drumming and dance all with world-famous kirtan bands As Kindred Spirits and Mayapuris. “Sacred Sounds” will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. If there is one Bhakti gathering to attend all semester, this is the one! RSVP at www.bhakticlub.org.

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Iran promises to enrich uranium THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIENNA — Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels. Alarmed world powers questioned the rationale behind the move and warned the country it could face more U.N. sanctions if it made good on its intentions. Iran maintains its nuclear activities are peaceful, and an envoy insisted the move was meant only to provide fuel for Tehran’s research reactor. But world powers fearing that Iran’s enrichment program might be a cover for a weapons program were critical. Britain said the Islamic Republic’s reason for further enrichment made no sense because it is not technically advanced enough to turn the resulting material into the fuel rods needed for the reactor. France and the U.S. said the latest Iranian move left no choice but to push harder for a fourth set of U.N. Security Council sanctions to punish Iran’s nuclear defiance. Even a senior parliamentarian from Russia, which traditionally opposes Western ambitions for new U.N. sanctions, suggested the time had now come for such additional punishment Konstantin Kosachev, head of the international affairs committee of the State Duma — the lower house of parliament — told the Interfax news agency that the international community should “react to this step with serious measures, including making the regime of economic sanctions more severe.” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had already announced Sunday that his country would significantly enrich at least some of the country’s stockpile of uranium to 20 percent. Still, Monday’s formal notification was significant, particularly because of Iran’s waffling in recent months on the issue. Western powers blame Iran for rejecting an internationally endorsed plan to take Iranian low enriched uranium, further enriching it and return it in the form of fuel rods for the reactor — and in broader terms for turning down other overtures meant

to diminish concerns about its nuclear agenda. Telling The Associated Press that his country now had formally told the International Atomic Energy Agency of its intentions, Iranian envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh said that IAEA inspectors now overseeing enrichment to low levels would be able to stay on site to monitor the process. He suggested world powers had pushed Iran into the decision, asserting that it was their fault that the plan that foresaw Russian and French involvement in supplying fuel from enriched uranium for the Tehran research reactor had failed. “Until now, we have not received any response to our positive logical and technical proposal,” he said. “We cannot leave hospitals and patients desperately waiting for radio isotopes” being produced at the Tehran reactor and used in cancer treatment, he added. The IAEA confirmed receiving formal notification in a restricted note to the agency’s 35nation board made available to The Associated Press. Iran’s atomic energy organization informed the agency that “production of less than 20 percent enriched uranium is being foreseen,” said the note. “Less than 20 percent” means enrichment to a tiny fraction below that level — in effect 20 percent but formally just below threshold for high enriched uranium. At the same time, the note indicated that Iran was keeping the agency in the dark about specifics, saying the IAEA “is in the process of seeking clarifications from Iran regarding the starting date of the process for the production of such material and other technical details.” On Sunday, Iranian officials said higher enrichment would start on Tuesday. At a news conference with French Defense Minister Herve Morin, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised President Barack Obama’s attempts to engage the Islamic Republic diplomatically and chided Tehran for not reciprocating. “No U.S. president has reached out more sincerely, and frankly taken more political risk, in an effort to try to create an opening for engagement for Iran,” he said. “All these initiatives have been rejected.”

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Customers remain interested in Toyota vehicles despite the massive recall of 2.3 million cars. Toyota says the software glitch in its 2010 Prius models have been fixed since the recall.

Toyota interest remains despite recall THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — Responding to two recalls and facing the prospect of another one, Toyota dealers across the country were repairing thousands of cars Saturday, the first weekend day that many drivers had a chance to take action. Although many dealers expected a long line of customers, most drivers seemed far from panicked. Delwyn Wright, a 51-year-old truck driver, had heard about Toyota’s troubles on the news but got the accelerator on his wife’s Camry fixed Saturday after it was suggested by a dealer in Columbia, S.C., where Wright had taken the car for an oil change. “We ain’t never had no problem with it,” Wright said. Toyota recalled 2.3 million cars in eight models, including the top-selling Camry, on Jan. 21 and stopped selling the vehicles five days later because the gas pedals can get stuck in a depressed position. But it took until the past week for Toyota to mail parts to dealers and train technicians, making this the first weekend many Toyota owners could seek repairs. At the same time, dealers are repairing 5 million Toyotas from an earlier recall because their floor mats could jam the pedals, causing unintended acceleration. And the possibility of another recall looms — this time, for the company’s celebrated Prius hybrid. Even so, at Manhattan Toyota, a dealership on the borough’s West Side, there were

more potential Toyota buyers in the showroom on Saturday than car owners waiting for their gas pedal to be modified. A giant sign in the window read: “We have in stock 200 vehicles not affected by the recall.” Sales manager Chris Mignano said the dealership started doing the pedal modifications on Friday, completing work on about 30 cars by Saturday morning. Six extra technicians were hired to handle the repairs. Mignano said every customer who called has been given an appointment and a quick primer on how to stop their vehicle — apply the brakes and put the car in neutral — if a problem should occur. One customer, Margot Hammond, called the repair “very easy — no problems.” Rob Gregor y of Rochester Toyota in Rochester, Minn., had a steady stream of customers needing gas pedal repairs Saturday, but lines were never more than three or four cars long. He said it took technicians about 15 minutes to install a steel shim in the gas pedal assembly to stop the pedal from staying down. Even though the fix is quick and simple, dealers say they’re confident that the repair will stop the gas pedal problems. “I’ve been with Toyota 20 years, I feel confident with Toyota,” said Bruce Winokur, general sales manager at Toyota Center in Columbia, S.C. “As long as I’ve been with them, everything they’ve done in the past with issues, they have done the right way.” Regulators aren’t so sure. The U.S. Department of Transportation

is reviewing whether Toyotas and other vehicles may have a wider problem of electronic interference causing acceleration and other unintended actions. The government is also investigating more than 100 reports that the brakes on the 2010 Prius hybrid appeared to fail momentarily when the car is driving on bumpy roads. Toyota blames a software glitch and says it has already fixed vehicles in production. But it’s still deciding how to handle repairs on 270,000 Priuses that were sold in the U.S. and Japan starting last year. The company could announce a fullfledged safety recall or simply ask owners to bring their vehicles in for repairs, since the brakes aren’t failing completely. In a letter to U.S. dealers Friday, Toyota said it will announce its plan for the Prius in the coming days. It also told dealers that a new, 60-second television ad will begin airing Sunday that admits Toyota hasn’t been living up to its reputation for quality and safety. The ad says the company is working hard to repair the recalled vehicles and restore trust. Toyota needs to win over people such as Laura Benin, 34, from the New York borough of Queens. She owns a 2009 silver Toyota Corolla. It was her first car, and she chose it because she wanted something reliable. After hearing of the recall she was frustrated that her dealer didn’t seem to know how to handle it. And almost two weeks went by “before I got any kind of communication from Toyota,” she said.

Mexican authorities arrest suspected drug lords THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said. The capture of Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental apparently wipes out the existing leadership of the cartel headed by Teodoro Garcia Simental, who was captured last month. Teodoro and Manuel Garcia are brothers.

Lopez, known as “El Muletas,” and Garcia, known as “El Chiquilin,” were arrested Monday in La Paz, a city in the southern end of the Baja California peninsula, said Amy Roderick, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. She had no further details on the operation that led to their capture. Mexican federal prosecutors and police declined to comment. The two men were allegedly the top lieutenants of Teodoro Garcia before his capture, also in

La Paz. The gang was known for its brutality, having executed, beheaded and mutilated hundreds of rivals in Tijuana. Gang members pinned notes to corpses and dissolved bodies in caustic soda. Tedoro Garcia’s arrest Jan. 12 was considered a victor y for enhanced sur veillance techniques that are being cultivated with the assistance of the United States. That raid also netted 19 mobile phones and two laptop computers. Twelve more cartel suspects were arrested in two raids in late

January, including two men and a women who were allegedly about to dissolve a body in a bathtub with chemicals. Teodoro Garcia was once considered a top hit man for Tijuana’s dominant drug gang, the family-run Arellano-Felix cartel. He launched a new group affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel after law enforcement arrested or killed most of the Tijuana cartel leaders in 2008. The splintered organizations have been involved in a violent turf battle in Tijuana, a valuable trafficking corridor to the U.S.

More than 15,000 people have been killed since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on cartels three years ago, including more than 2,500 people in Ciudad Juarez last year. The militar y announced Monday that soldiers had seized more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer. The drugs were found during a routine search at a checkpoint near San Felipe, a town in the central par t of the Baja California peninsula.

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Best and worst of Super Sunday TV spots

he Super Bowl is over, with the New Orleans Saints clutching the win and living rooms left in shambles, and now there is only one thing to review. The Daily Targum nominates several notable commercials as the best and the worst of this year’s Super Bowl. And despite the mediocrity of this year’s 30-second or one-minute pieces, this year’s Super Sunday managed to produce a good number of excellent commercials. The nominees for best Super Bowl commercials are: Google’s take on lifelong decisions, Audi’s “Green Police,” Doritos’ “Samurai” and “House Rules” and Snickers’ tackle on Betty White. Google’s heartfelt take on life embodied a deep, yet fun commercial that stretched from a boy’s quest for “Parisian love” to his seeking the definition of “truffles” and finally getting married to a Parisian girl and having a family. The simple music and plain images of the well-known search engine gave viewers a break from much hyped-up film trailers and equally-entertaining but showy Doritos commercials. The plain white background was a muchneeded change from those colorful images of Dove’s men products. Another nominee for the first annual Targum Super Bowl Commercial Awards is Audi’s “Green Police.” Their one-minute spot was an interesting take on worldly issues that we face ever y day. The “Green Police” of course is still a creation of the many who care about the environment. Incandescent light bulbs and plastic bags are taken away as the “Green Police” arrests the “criminals.” The surprise comes at the end as a Clean Diesel Audi comes around the corner. This TV spot was one of ver y few that entertained and made sense in a larger world angle, in addition of course, to buying an Audi. Doritos’ “Samurai” commercial was something else. A wellknown weight room setting is the background for a nonsensical turn of events. We liked it because of the chaotic nature and the truly hilarious Doritos-clad samurai. The villain, or the guy in the commercial who steals the samurai’s Doritos gets kicked to the ground as, for a moment, chips prove to be the most important snack in the world. Hilarity ensues. The other entr y from Doritos is the “House Rules” TV spot. A man arrives at a house to take a woman on a date. The woman’s young son becomes the man of the house. In all seriousness — or some at least — the kid slaps the gentleman caller and warns him against touching his mother or his Doritos. What more is there to say? “Keep yo’ hands of f my momma, keep yo’ hands of f my Doritos!” And the final candidate for our most prestigious awards is Snickers commercial. Betty White takes an impor tant role in this year’s Super Bowl as she appears in an amateur football game in which the famed chocolate bar transforms an old “Golden Girls” star to a muddy guy playing football. The sole image of Betty White getting tackled into the mud warrants a spot in our famed awards ceremony. Of course there is the question of worst Super Bowl commercial of the year. There are always those. Tim Tebow’s anti-abor tion speech comes to a forefront as it is simply the University of Florida’s quar terback speaking out against the controversial issue. But there was nothing more to it. The commercial itself turned out to be less than controversial. At the end, Tebow even tackled his mother. It seems as if this TV spot would much rather like to promote domestic violence. Bear with us, however, as there are much worse examples of marketing methods. Dove for Men is the second candidate as it follows the life of a man from his conception to his marriage and kids. We believe that any commercial that begins with someone’s conception is just another candidate off our “best” list. GoDaddy’s sexual, nudity-charged videos must be the worst recurring TV spot of all time. Their cries to visit a Web site have overstayed their welcome. Danica Patrick and the various models that star in the commercials have simply no place in the elite lineup of marketing pieces that line the breaks of Super Bowls. The winners of The Daily Targum Super Bowl Commercial Awards have been chosen. The winner of Best Super Bowl XLIV commercial is Doritos’ “House Rules.” There might be no logical explanation other than the sheer hilarity of a little kid slapping a grown man and saying “keep yo’ hands of my momma…” The runners-up are of no importance, therefore we must move on to the absolute worst. And we simply cannot differentiate between the lack of quality of our “worst” nominees, so the Targum gives the award to all three of them. Super Bowl weekend has been good to those who, be they the New Orleans Saints or Doritos’ House Rules. We, for one, have no way of tell our readers which award is more important — it is up to them.

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probably taken big governn Monday, The ment to a whole new level. Daily Targum pubObama raised taxes, lished a column employed the largest adminisabout the arguments for big JAMES WINTERS tration in our country’s histogovernment. I’d like the ry, spent more in his first year readers to hear both sides of than any past president and insists on passing a health the issue. care overhaul bill when less than half of the country’s The author of Monday’s “Big Government population supports it. I could go on and on about the Serves its Purpose” seemed to be under the impresshortcomings of our severely inexperienced presision that big government is synonymous with any dent — such as failing to meet conservatives halfway government. He asked many rhetorical questions and being completely indecisive about troop increasaddressing who will secure the people’s rights if not es in Afghanistan — but that goes beyond the scope big government. He contended that the marketof this column. What I want to focus on is a logical, places are essentially unsafe without Big Brother fact-based case against big government. looking over them. He also played the race card, Anyone who has ever taken an economics course perhaps in hopes of pulling at your heartstrings, in knows about the benefits and downfalls of government arguing that individuals cannot fight for their own in the marketplace — which is where an oversized govpersonal rights. ernment will inevitably end up. In its most limited form, Unfortunately for the author, he wasn’t really government can play a helpful role in the economy by reasoning for a big, coddling government — he pooling investment and risk to provide public goods was merely arguing against anarchy. Yes, of course that everyone can use. There are certain goods and we need the government to protect our liberties, services that the government can supply most effiproperty and safety, and to regulate the marketciently for the country as a whole — namely national place. But what we don’t need is a government that defense, infrastructure, education and works for itself under the guise of enforcement of property ownership. caring about its poor, sick and help“... government is Ideally, that is all government should less citizens. itself in; anything else One of the most arrogant actions inefficient, so most involve Washington chooses to control is inherPresident Barack Obama has made is raising the federal income tax for citiof those tax dollars ently doomed to be inefficient and wasteful. Some of these programs are zens who gross over $250,000 annualwill be lost in the Medicaid, Social Security and Welfare ly. That tiny fraction of Americans (and, strangely enough, they are all was already responsible for the red tape and attempts at majority of government tax revenue, politicians’ wallets.” redistributing income). but Congress decided that the rich Most people are caring and want to should shoulder more of the tax burhelp others in need, and I encourage priden. Even under former President vate philanthropy. However, I must object to any govGeorge W. Bush’s administration, the top 10 percent ernment measure that takes taxpayers’ hard-earned of earners paid for 68 percent of the total taxes, income and awards it to low-income citizens purely while the bottom half of earners only contributed a because they don’t make the same amount of money. As measly 3 percent of taxes. It can be argued that the I mentioned, government is inefficient, so most of those rich population can afford to pay a greater proportax dollars will be lost in the red tape and politicians’ waltion of their income to the government — but is it lets. Oh, and did I mention the fact that donations are fair? Let me remind readers that our founding supposed to come through voluntary, heartfelt private fathers explicitly chose to deny government the gifts and not a Robin Hood system? The government has option of taxing citizens’ income. It all changed, no place using tax money for nonessential programs. though, in 1913, when Congress passed the To be fair, our current government is not nearly as Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, making it domineering and omniscient as George Orwell predictlegal for the federal government to levy a graduated ed, but a self-serving, big government tends to feed income tax on its constituents. Under the ultra-liberal Obama in 2010, our govSEE WINTERS ON PAGE 13 ernment is still redistributing income; in fact, it has

THE DAILY TARGUM WILL BE HOLDING ITS ANNUAL EDITORIAL BOARD CAUCUS AT NOON ON FRIDAY, FEB. 12 IN ROOM 402 OF THE RUTGERS STUDENT CENTER ON THE COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS. THE CAUCUS WILL DECIDE TARGUM STAFF FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE DAILY TARGUM WELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND COMMENTARIES FROM ALL READERS Due to space limitations, submissions cannot exceed 750 words. If a commentary exceeds 750 words, it will not be considered for publication. All authors must include name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication. Anonymous letters will not be considered. All submissions are subject to editing for length and clarity. A submission does not guarantee publication. Please submit via e-mail to oped@dailytargum.com by 4 p.m. to be considered for the following day’s publication. The editorials written above represent the majority opinion of The Daily Targum Editorial Board. All other opinions expressed on the Opinions page, and those held by advertisers, columnists and cartoonists, are not necessarily those of The Daily Targum.

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h e F e b . 7 column, “Big government serves its purpose,” is completely out of touch with reality. To set the record straight, Tea Party Patriots do not believe that every form of government is bad — in fact, if they had to pick the primary role for government, it would be the protection of individual life, liberty and property. The role of government is justified when it comes to national security and enforcing property rights. What tea partiers argue against are excessive spending, entitlement programs and an invasion of personal properties. When government gets too big and autocratic, it usually conflicts with the interests of the public, since people like their money and the governments needs their money in order to operate. The encroachment on life and property that the author mentioned in Bosnia and Rwanda were not the result of a government that “stood idly by” — these were genocides conducted by the government. The atrocities in Rwanda and Bosnia are extreme examples of big government out of control — deciding whose life was worth living based on religion and ethnicity. The author fails to comprehend that historically, governments that redistribute wealth also infringe on the liberties and free speech of their people. The vast majority of tea partiers do not believe that American govern-

WINTERS continued from page 12 itself. Key characteristics of an overgrown government are a budget deficit and debt accumulation. With this in mind, it might be alarming to note that this country has run a deficit every year — with the exception of four — since 1970. Congress, which is responsible for approving annual budgets, has seen our country amass a $12 trillion debt, a number so staggering we have no hope of paying it off even within the next half century (especially considering Obama has clearly made no attempt to choke the debt). It is infuriating that our representatives have so selflessly decided that it is in our best interest to dig an enormous grave of debt. It has never been appropriate or reasonable to spend money that one doesn’t have. When individuals accumulate debt, they are held accountable. The government should be held to the same standard. The fiscal irresponsibility that has become commonplace in politics is unacceptable and frankly embarrassing. A balance sheet is one of the simplest financial tools to read and use, yet Congress cannot figure it out. We do, however, have a chance to fix Congress’s mistakes, and that is by voting every single congressman out of office. We need new blood. The old regime is stubborn in its ways and has no designs to slow its spending. Similarly, though he might have the best intentions, Obama has done almost nothing to help his country. Under his administration, the government has grown along with the national debt. Fortunately for the people of this country, every Carter is succeeded by a Reagan. James Winters is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering.

ment will ever reach the despotic nature of Rwanda or Bosnia; they simply do not want a suit in Washington dictating their lives. The author goes on to claim that discriminatory policy is the result of government, yet his solution to the problem is more government. Is he implying that the United States needs more discrimination or less? When the framers formulated the Constitution, their number one fear was a government that had too much power. Our nation depends on each and every individual’s desire to achieve, as opposed to many European-style nations, where progress is dependent on government. To put this into simpler terms for those who agree with naive ideology, let’s pretend that everything you use is really the property of one person you have never met before, that they have the power to decide when you get lunch, when you get clothed and when you can get a job. One day they say that you are no longer going to be clothed or fed, and you can’t go out and get a job because they need your help fixing their problems — what would happen to you? How long would you survive without this mysterious provider? Liberals must remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. Tea partiers are not looking to revolt; they simply want government to tighten their belts, much like most people during a time of economic downturn. How dare President Barack Obama’s administration tell Americans not

to live extravagant lifestyles with their hard-earned money when the federal government spends and spends without any self-control? Now I understand why Obama told a crowd of people in New Hampshire last week not to gamble away their money in Vegas — he wants to do it for them. Frederic Bastiat, a French philosopher from the 19th century, wrote enthusiastically about the young republic of the United States, stating in his book “The Law” that, “There is no country in the world where the law is kept more within its proper domain: the protection of every person’s liberty and property. As a consequence of this, there appears to be no country in the world where the social order rests on a firmer foundation.” Bastiat did not claim that every policy in the United States is commendable; he pronounced that slavery and tariffs both endanger the public peace, since slavery infringes on the lives of people and tariffs coerce people into relinquishing their property. Ten years after he wrote “The Law,” the Civil War broke out, devastating the nation. Excessive taxation still infringes on the property of the American people 160 years later; let’s hope that the latter part of Bastiat’s observation does not lead to another Civil War, and that the federal government realizes that they have a certain — limited — role in our lives. Aaron Marcus is a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore majoring in political science and history.

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Letter JOHN RYAN

he opinions letter in The Daily Targum Friday — “Fox News remains balanced” — is misleading, not only in the actual premises of its arguments, but also in its specific examples. The author’s claims would be viable points — if Fox News Channel actually treated these “commentators” as simply commentators. Newspapers clearly label editorials as such (either by simply calling them editorials or putting them on an opinions page). There is certainly an argument to be made that MSNBC is just as biased as FNC, and I personally agree that MSNBC shares a smaller, but still significant, amount of the blame for the decline in quality that American news has suffered. The need for objective, fact-based journalism has never been higher, and both stations are hurting the American public by flooding the airwaves with constant, meaningless chatter that is mostly idle speculation from “experts.” However, the argument that MSNBC does it also is not sufficient to excuse FNC from their obvious bias. The case of James O’Keefe and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which the author mentions as a case of FNC’s “fair and balanced” perspective, is certainly an instance worth mentioning, though I would

have to disagree completely with the author’s analysis of the situation. The author also makes the point that O’Keefe’s recent arrest on the charge of “entering federal property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony” was broadcast as soon as it happened. The delay that came between the breaking of the ACORN scandal and the picking-up of the story by “liberal” news sources, such as The New York Times, proves a liberal bias in the media. But the circumstances of the two stories were very different. O’Keefe was arrested for illegally entering into Sen. Mary Landrieu’s, D-La., office, which is federal property, and that is a newsworthy story — regardless of the identity of the trespasser. The fact that it was O’Keefe, a more widely known figure since the ACORN videos, only made the story more likely to be disseminated. Thus, it shows up immediately on the Times homepage, while his videos showing unethical behavior on the part of a few people working for ACORN do not. In short, FNC is hardly “fair” or “balanced” and its dishonest use of the “news vs. opinion” dichotomy and publication of the O’Keefe affair only serve to show that it is hardly the ideal that the editorial’s author presented the network to be. John Ryan is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in political science and journalism and media studies.

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Today's birthday (2/9/10). This is the year for you to develop internal mechanisms for accomplishing your goals. You already know something about adapting to the world. Now, utilize your creative mind so that the world bends more to your wishes. Use your excitement to motivate friends and family. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Today gives new meaning to "nose to the grindstone." Plan on productivity, with a female making the final adjustments. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Step off the carousel today and plant your feet firmly on the ground. Practical matters demand close attention. Create new boundaries. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 5 — Take your work seriously, even if your mind is on other things. Consult a new source for materials you need. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Words don't come easily now, especially at work. Stay on task, even if you have to close your door to make it happen. A female supports your cause. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Quiet contemplation in the morning leads to social grace later. Take a chance on an idea your partner thought up. It could be just what you've needed. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Personal effort reaches a balance point today, as you get over the hump with a major task. Push toward the goal line. You score creative points now.

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utgers women’s soccer All-American Erin Guthrie was named Woman of the Year by the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women yesterday at the organization’s annual banquet. The multi-talented goalkeeper posted a 0.47 goals against average last season and earned a 3.30 GPA. The Sparta native led the Scarlet Knights to a 16-5 record her senior season and was a third round draft pick of FC Gold Pride in the WPS Draft.

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THE NEW YORK YANKEES officially announced yesterday the signing of outfielder Randy Winn. The Bronx Bombers also inked free agent outfielder Marcus Thames to a minor league contract. Thames, who spent the previous six years with the Detroit Tigers, hit .252 last season along with 13 home runs. The Yankees originally drafted Thames in the 30th round of the 1996 amateur draft.

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Both of those series wins came within the confines of Bainton Field on Livingston campus. Three opponents — Louisville, St. John’s and South Florida — swept the Scarlet Knights during the regular season — RU faces Louisville and St. John’s again in 2010.

“I think this year we can compete with the best of them,” said junior first baseman Jaren Matthews. “We all had great summers this year all around and we will stay with them this year.” For the Knights to maintain success not only in the Big East but the entire season in general, the pitching staff has to close out games. The entire staff last season had a combined 6.24 ERA and a 22-31 record. “I think we need to improve in all aspects from last year,

F E B RUA RY 9 , 2 0 1 0 pitching especially,” said senior reliever Kevin Lillis. “We had some injuries but that is no excuse. The past few years we have gotten of f to a slow star t in the Big East but we are looking to get a much better star t this year. I speak for ever ybody when I say that we want to get back to the Big East Tour nament and finish first.” In 25 appearances last season, Lillis had a 2-2 record with a 5.35 ERA and 27 strikeouts compared to 12 walks.

“I think that our pitching staf f has more experience this year,” Hill said. “We just have to find a closer. We want to have Kevin Lillis be our setup man and we need someone who can come in after him and close out the game. There were about six or nine games last season that we should have won but we didn’t close them out.” The Knights open the season Feb. 19 in Coral Gables, Fla., against No. 12 Miami at Alex Rodriguez Park.

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C. Vivian Stringer relies on sophomore forward Chelsey Lee (34) to help navigate the patented 55-defense.

DEFENSE: 55-press improves for Stringer’s Knights continued from back to an even dozen in the second half. The Knights scored nine points off turnovers in the second half alone against South Florida, crucial in a game decided by only eight points. “We found a way to win and before we found ways to lose,” Stringer said after the victory over the Bulls. “I thought the team stayed composed, and we played hard in our 55-press. We knew what we needed to do and not foul. I appreciate the fight that was there.”

Though an effective press does not always guarantee a victor y — Georgetown being a prime example — the evolution of the defense over the course of the season is crucial to the Knights’ success. With seven regular season games left on the slate, expect to see a lot more of the 55. “Every year we get to a point where we struggle, trying to get the 55’s positions together because it’s a tough press,” McCurdy said in January. “But right now I think we’ve got it, I think we’re doing pretty good. We’ve spent a lot of time working on it and [Stringer] spent a lot of time breaking every position down and we’re comfortable with it.”

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Forward Dane Miller leads all Big East freshmen in scoring during league play. Miller averages 12.5 points per game in the conference.

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head coach Fred Hill Jr. “Instead of a nine-point game at half, it turns into 11 — maybe if on Division II Caldwell at RAC we execute and get Mike a shot and he buries a three, it’s a six continued from back point game.” the Week honors for the first Still, Hill said he is impressed time this season. with Miller’s progression — parMiller averaged 11 points and ticularly since he’s averaging 25.6 seven rebounds per game during minutes per game. a 1-1 week for the Scarlet “I’ve watched Dane from day Knights. He scored five points one continue to get better and and added seven rebounds in a better,” Hill said. “In some victory over St. John’s. respects he’s starting at a much Miller leads all Big East freshdifferent level than [Hamady men in scoring during league N’Diaye] when he was a freshplay with 12.5 points per game. man. Look at [N’Diaye] now, “Dane’s one of he’s got the the most improved chance to be a [players],” said “I think the sky is [NBA] draft pick. junior forward [Miller] has that the limit for the Jonathan Mitchell. same enthusiasm “He’s still a freshtype of player Dane and passion for man and he’s still the game. I think can be here and he the sky is the limit going to have his bumps in the road, for the type of continues to get but he’s growing player Dane can and that’s what be here and he better each day.” you want to see continues to get FRED HILL JR. from a freshman.” better each day.” Head Coach M i l l e r ’ s Miller and the biggest downfall Knights (11-12, 2in his rookie cam9) step out of conpaign is turnovers. His 62 giveference tonight at the Louis aways are second only to Mike Brown Athletic Center to face Rosario’s 63. Division II Caldwell College. A lazy pass at the end of the The Cougars (3-18, 2-11) are first half Saturday with RU coming off a 71-44 loss to attempting to hold for the final Philadelphia University and are shot resulted in a Louisville dunk losers of five straight. and a double-digit halftime lead. Malcolm Austin leads “These are the little things — Caldwell in scoring with 13.8 experience — we’re setting up a points per game. The sophomore three-point shot for Mike guard had a 30-point effort in a Rosario. There’s no way you loss to Dominican College earlier should turn the ball over in the this month. zone — it’s just a little ball reverThe game is also Rutgers’ fan sal, we get a little casual, we appreciation night and admitturn the ball over,” said Rutgers tance to the game is free.

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The Rutgers men’s basketball team went 1-1 last week, while the gymnastics team finished third out of four at its most recent quad-meet. The women’s basketball team bested Big East foe South Florida and the swimming and diving team took second in its most recent home meet.

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Senior defender guarantees Big East tournament berth BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

After narrowly missing out on a postseason berth last year, Rutgers women’s lacrosse senior defender WOMEN’S LACROSSE E m i l y Penn turned serious when asked about the Scarlet Knights’ aspirations for the upcoming season. “We will make the Big East tournament,” she said. It wasn’t a question and it wasn’t a goal — it was a statement of fact. Confidence is high this season for the Knights, who sport a roster that returns four of its five top goal scorers from last season. RU was tabbed to finish sixth in the Big East Preseason Poll, ahead of Connecticut, Cincinnati and Villanova. But with the prospect of playing in the tournament — which will be hosted at Rutgers this season — on the line, the team is determined to let nothing stand in its way after last year’s disappointing 7-9 finish. “Home field advantage is definitely a big thing for us,” said senior attack and co-captain Brooke Cantwell. Cantwell, the team’s leading scorer last season with 32 goals and six assists, was named to the preseason All-Big East squad. The senior headlines a Knights squad that faces perennial top-20 teams in Cornell, Princeton, Syracuse, Georgetown and Notre Dame. “[Our schedule] is something that we look for ward to because we know we can’t let our guard down or think we

have it in the bag,” Cantwell said. “It definitely gives us more incentive in practice.” The Knights played pieces of strong games last season but fell short of putting the final product together. Rutgers dropped a four-overtime thriller against No. 16 Cornell in Ithaca and fell by a single goal two games later to No. 6 Princeton. Couple those with a pair of narrow losses against Denver and Louisville and last year’s Knights could have finished with an 11 win campaign. But the team is determined not to let history repeat itself. “As a coaching staff we’ve made some changes over the summer and decided there were things we needed to be more accountable for as a staff,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “We’ve tried to raise the bar and push the team to a higher level.” RU added seven freshmen to the mix this season, highlighted by midfielder Stephanie Anderson. Named to the Under Armor All-American Lacrosse Team last season, Anderson garnered MVP honors at the All-American fall classic and led her team to three straight championships. The midfielder — whose sister Kristen is a junior attack for the Knights — was recognized by Inside Lacrosse Magazine as the eighth best rising senior in the nation heading into last year. While the Knights will miss the midfield presence and leadership of Michelle Poole and scoring of attack Nina Frankoski, the biggest void will

be the one left by departed goalkeeper Sandra Abel. Abel started all 16 games for RU last season and posted 144 saves and a .469 save percentage. In her stead, RU brought in freshman goalkeepers Lily Kalata and Aimee Chotikul. Sophomore transfer Michelle Zaffuto, from Saint Joseph’s, is also listed as a goalkeeper in the preseason. “I think in terms of the goalie situation you can’t replace experience,” Brand-Sias said. “There will be some bumps along the way and that will be expected.” But experience abounds on the rest of the field, with three senior captains in Penn, Cantwell and midfielder Faith Richards. Richards — entering her second straight year as captain — paces the midfielders along with classmate Mar y Cr yan while Penn and senior Karie McGuire anchor the Knights’ defensive unit. And it is that type of experience that Brand-Sias hopes will help the Knights as they prepare for their games in one of the most competitive conferences in the nation. “Obviously, the Big East is going to offer us competition every year,” she said. “We’re here to win championships and we’re here to get to a spot where we can represent Rutgers on a national level in the NCAA tournament. That’s not going to happen with a cake schedule. It’s a challenge every year but that’s what you’re an athlete for, you’re here to step up to the challenge.”

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Senior co-captain Brooke Cantwell earned All-Big East preseason honors. Cantwell led the team with 32 goals and 38 points last year.

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In her last singles match, Amy Zhang won 6-0, 6-0. The junior arrived at Rutgers as a highly-touted recruit from Texas.

Risks pay off for well-traveled Zhang BY TYLER DONOHUE

“Amy has the potential to be better,” said assistant coach Alex Arlak. “Her record is good Amy Zhang traveled a long now but she can definitely and winding road on her way to improve on it. She hits all those becoming Rutgers’ tennis ace. pounding shots and I’d like to T h o u g h see her develop more of a volley TENNIS she was game at the net.” born in China, Zhang called Though she dropped her first Nebraska, Califor nia and match of this spring season at Texas home at dif ferent points Syracuse, she rebounded quickly in her life. by shutting out her opponent in While attending Plano last Thursday’s match against Senior High School in Texas, Fairleigh Dickinson. Zhang became a star athlete on Zhang’s style of play is just as the tennis cour t, and it wasn’t unique as her background. long before colleges across the She possesses a free flow style countr y began recruiting her. that requires instinct and rare talPondering her choices, she ent. Her game relies on the abilidecided that it ty to hammer was time for yet down-the-line another change “I definitely make shots that most of scener y. collegiate players some unorthodox wouldn’t dare “I really wanted to go to a big Some choices when I play. attempt. school on the East may call it living Hitting down the Coast,” Zhang said. dangerously, but “I knew I would is consisline is considered Zhang have to adjust to tently able to pull the different it off. a risky thing.” weather, but that Occasionally AMY ZHANG wasn’t a big deal.” she attempts a Junior tennis player It turned out RU seemingly illwas the perfect fit, advised shot and, so upon her high to her teamschool graduation in 2007, she mates’ surprise, she nails it — packed her bags and, once again, just another reminder of why moved far away. The decision Zhang is one of the conference’s worked out quite well for Zhang, most feared players. who is now a junior and the Scarlet “I definitely make some Knights’ top performer. unorthodox choices when I play,” Zhang was the team’s number Zhang said. “Hitting down the two singles player throughout line is considered a risky thing. her freshman season, before step- But ever since I was young it hasping up to the top spot last year. n’t felt that way, and I’ve been She flourished as a sophomore in able to make the shot. That’s just 2009 posting a record of 16-5 and the way I play.” earned All-Big East honors. Though her approach someNow more than halfway times drives coaches crazy, it’s through her career at RU, it’s fair hard to argue with the results. to say Zhang lived up to the high “They don’t really like the expectations that accompanied way I play sometimes,” Zhang her when she arrived as a herald- said with a grin. “But, I mean, ed recruit three years ago. it works.” STAFF WRITER

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redicted to drop a winter y onslaught of miser y, 2010’s “snowpocalypse” dropped about five inches of snow on Piscataway, and a lot of that is already melting. Still, it was enough to scare some spor ts into closing their scheduled meets over the weekend — among those meets was the highly-anticipated wrestling match between No. 23 Rutgers and

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No. 7 Lehigh, as well as the diving team’s Drexel Diving Invitational. But the snow wasn’t enough to hold back long overdue payback from the Rutgers women’s basketball team. C. Vivian Stringer’s group took it to South Florida, avenging a home loss last year to a Bulls and snapping a three-game losing skid in the process. The Knights find themselves on the

NCAA Tour nament bubble. Now let’s see what they do with the rest of the season.

THE GOOD More records — This season is a good time to break records if you’re on the track team. This weekend, senior Kyle Grady stole the spotlight for the men’s track and field team at the New Balance Invitational.

The East Brunswick native broke the school record in the 60meter hurdles with a consolation championship winning time of 7.86 seconds, good enough to qualify him for the NCAAs later this season. The 7.86-second time laid waste to the previous record of 7.91 seconds set by former Big East Most Outstanding Track performer David Klics in 2004. Blessing in disguise? — No, the wrestling team did not travel to Bethlehem, PA., to take on No. 7 Lehigh. As a result, the school’s longest unbeaten streak is still intact and has room to grow with opponents Liberty, American, Drexel and Bloomsburg to close out the season. It looks like head coach Scott Goodale may just get a second consecutive 20-win season after all. Redemption — After a sweeping at the hands of Syracuse, the tennis team came home to return the favor to Fairleigh Dickinson. Junior Amy Zhang started the team off in the right direction by picking apart FDU’s Elmine Botes. Botes failed to score a single point against Zhang. Dangerously Cheesy — Tell me you saw the Doritos ninja in the Super Bowl commercials yesterday. Doritos shuriken? A Samurai suit made from cheese? While most commercials were duds this year, at least there was one commercial for a good laugh.

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Snow prevented the No. 23 Rutgers wrestling team from traveling to Bethlehem, Pa., for a Saturday matchup with No. 7 Lehigh. The Knights hope to reschedule the match, but no date was announced.

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Out of luck — The Felix Felices ran out. In a game where the Scarlet Knights had legitimate upset potential over a Louisville team that was hurting, sophomore guard Mike Rosario scored 20 points less than his previous game, and Hamady N’Diaye went down clutching his head

with four minutes left to play. There may be a Big East break in Caldwell tonight, but conference games are all that await the Knights for the rest of the stretch. The pressure’s on to see if those two games were the real deal or just a pair of flukes. David and Goliath — It’s bad seeing No. 13 Iowa State on the schedule. But when coupled with Big East powerhouse Pittsburgh, the gymnastics team knew this weekend was going to be about as desirable as Lindsay Lohan in any film other than “Mean Girls.” Pittsburgh even got to pick the rotation — a rotation that was not in RU’s best interests, according to head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton.

THE UGLY All the time in the world — Mike Rosario tied his careerhigh in playing time on the court once more, playing the full 40 minutes of Saturday’s game against Louisville. Yet, this was still not enough time to put together anything comparable to the last two games that earned the sophomore Big East weekly honors. The 13 points scored were significantly less than last game’s total, and the two rebounds and an assist doesn’t help matters that much. Snow — Along with the Knights wrestling team’s highlytouted matchup this weekend, the snow that was supposed to desecrate the Northeastern seaboard caused the cancellation of the tennis team’s Sunday afternoon matchup and had the women’s track team sending only seven athletes to last weekend’s meet at Yale. The speed limit on the turnpike was reduced to 35 mph and overall it was pretty chilly. Bring on the spring.

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Rutgers picks up speed with patented 55-defense BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

C. Vivian Stringer says it often this year — the Rutgers women’s basketball team is not a fast team. Stringer likes fast. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Her 55-defense — a scheme that involves a stifling full court press in which players must repeatedly race from one end of the court to the other — is predicated on fast. So when the Scarlet Knights tried to implement the scheme early in the year, it was met with mixed results. While the press worked at times, more often than not, opponents broke it, leading to easy buckets. But the press came alive during the Knights’ most recent stretch, and it’s keeping the team’s postseason hopes alive — if only barely. “The 55 can go when you have the right people in there, and we had the right people,” Stringer said after RU’s 59-50 loss to Georgetown. “I never worried about that. I always worried about what kind of mindset we’re playing with. We’re not a great shooting team, and that’s a fact. That’s why the best chance we have is to steal the ball and get points on layups.” The search for those “right people” usually begins with senior for ward Myia McCurdy. The speedy McCurdy is traditionally at the head of the press, using her speed and defensive prowess to fluster opposing players and force mistakes. “The job description of being at the top, you’ve got to be relentless and you’ve got to be aggressive and you have to be excited,” McCurdy said. “So every time I get up there I get an adrenaline rush and I’m just trying to force as many steals as possible — I’m happy to play it.” McCurdy and sophomore for ward Chelsey Lee have both been featured as the focal point of the press this year, while Stringer continues to rotate the guards — typically senior Brittany Ray and sophomores Nikki Speed and Khadijah Rushdan — to try and find the perfect combination. With RU down for more than 20 minutes against South Florida Saturday, the Knights tried their hand at the press in the second half. Though the Bulls had only six turnovers in the opening period, that number doubled

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Senior forward Myia McCurdy (24) is traditionally the focal point of the 55-press and a defensive specialist for the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers struggled implementing the press early in the season but saw more success in its past three games.

Three years later, Hill eyes return to summit Rookie plays BY ALEX JANKOWSKI CORRESPONDENT

It was just three years ago when the Rutgers baseball team was crowned king of the Big East in both regular BASEBALL season play and the conference tournament. Since then, things have not exactly gone according to plan for the Scarlet Knights, culminating in an 8-19 finish in conference play last year. “Obviously there aren’t a lot of positives to take away from last season,” said senior outfielder Jarred Jimenez. “My first year was the year that we won the Big East. I was able to see the talent that it took to get there. I think this year we have the experience and the talent to be on top of the [Big East.]” In his third season, Jimenez saw action in all but three games and star ted all but four. The outfielder batted .311 with 39 RBI and also scored 29 r uns of his own. “I swung the bat alright but not as well as I thought I would,”

the Monroe native said. “Anytime you are over .300 that’s a good thing, but I’ll be looking to improve on that.” In the preseason poll conducted by the league’s coaches, RU was tabbed eighth out of 12 teams, with Louisville leading the pack. The Cardinals are the only Big East team ranked in the national preseason polls — No. 19 — after a 47-18 season. “Just like every other year, our conference schedule will be a tough one,” said head coach Fred Hill Sr. “Louisville is the only ranked team but I think South Florida is another good team, as are a handful of other clubs. There is going to be some competition, no doubt about that.” During last year’s campaign, the Knights did not sweep any conference opponent and only twice did they take two out of three games away from their opponents. One of those teams, Georgetown, is slated last in the conference, and the other, Cincinnati, is ranked one above RU, at seventh.

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starring role in Big East BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Senior outfielder Jarred Jimenez is one of nine seniors who were part of the Knights’ Big East title three years ago.

Dane Miller raced down the court at Freedom Hall, put one hand behind his head a delivered a tomahawk jam. Then he flashed a smile. MEN’S BASKETBALL That’s just the way Miller plays. CALDWELL AT “I definitely feel RUTGERS, like my confidence TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M. is growing with each game,” Miller said after the Rutgers men’s basketball team had its two-game winning streak snapped in a 76-60 defeat to Louisville. “I’m just coming out trying to play and have fun.” Miller threw down four highlight-reel slam dunks as part of his game-high 17 points against the Cardinals. The 6-foot-7 freshman earned his reward yesterday with Big East Rookie of

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