The Daily Targum 2010-02-22

THE DAILY TARGUM

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The Rutgers men’s basketball team lost 76-58 to Connecticut Saturday after trailing by only three at halftime. The Huskies dominated nearly every statistical category in the second half.

Credit card act aims to shield young adults

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BY REENA DIAMANTE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

said is among the most comprehensive in the nation.

“We have one of the largest summer programs in the country,” Hough said. “We have the fifth or sixth largest and most established one, to be exact.”

Spanning for either six or nine weeks, most classes start on either June 1 or

President Barack Obama’s Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act takes effect today, impacting college students more than any other age group.

“It’s a new day in credit cards — both for consumers as well as banks and credit card issuers,” said Ben Woolsey, director of marketing and consumer research at CreditCards.com, an online credit card marketplace.

The goal of the CARD Act is to protect consumers from common practices utilized by credit card issuers that are considered unfair and deceptive by the Federal Reserve, he said.

Woolsey believes the act positively affects college students considering card issuers see young adults as a perfect target to create more profit.

“Card issuers have learned that young people often keep the first card they get for a relatively long period of time,” he said. “Students are also much more likely to carry balances and pay interest and fees, which make them profitable customers.”

One way the act protects young adults is by controlling the marketing of unsolicited credit card offers, Woolsey said.

“For one thing, card issuers won’t be able to pounce on young adults any longer with offers of freebies for a credit card application,” he said. “In fact, card issuers can’t market credit cards within 1,000 feet of a college campus.”

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Clinton Kelly of TLC’s “What Not to Wear” gives students tips about what to wear and what not to wear in the corporate world for conservative and creative jobs. He critiques photos of students in business attire.

U. gears up for summer with new programs

BY HILLARY GOLDSMITH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Registration for the Rutgers-New Brunswick 2010 Summer Session starts today, with two new certification programs highlighting the term.

Certification in translating and interpreting Arabic and Chinese and gifted and talented education for K-12 educators,

counselors and administrators are available this summer at the University.

The University’s Summer Advanced Placement Institute — a weeklong, intensive workshop for high school AP teachers in 13 areas — will also expand, according to a University Media Relations press release.

These changes add to a summer program that Elizabeth Hough, director of the Rutgers-New Brunswick Summer Session,

Marathon sparks competitive spirit

BY ABIRA SENGUPTA STAFF WRITER

Dance Marathon may be next month, but the energy and spirit driving this event has already been tapped into.

Dance Marathon kicked off its second annual Spirit Week to fundraise for March’s big 32-hour event with a “Friends and Family Letter Par ty” last night at Busch Campus Center in the International Lounge.

“The main reason for Spirit Week is to remind people that Dance Marathon is only 32 days away and to remind people why we make a commitment to raise money for the Embrace Kids Foundation,” Assistant Director of

INDEX UNIVERSITY The Table Tennis Club kicks into high gear with their regional tournament looming in the near future.

Community Outreach Angelica Grimaldi said.

Spirit Week is also a great opportunity to get more people involved in Dance Marathon, said Grimaldi, a Rutgers College senior.

“The main point of Spirit Week is to spread awareness on all campuses, so at least ever yone hears about Dance Marathon,” said Alyssa Gentile, 2009 Dance Marathon director of community outreach. “Spirit Week really gets ever yone hyped up for Dance Marathon.”

Gentile said last year’s Spirit Week was very successful, and she hopes for a great outcome this year too.

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PENDULUM Students share their thoughts on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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Local band Calico performs at the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room during the Second Annual Dance Marathon Spirit Week kickoff. This year’s theme is The Olympics.

Patch Adams prescribes advice to medical students

BY VANDAN UPADHYAYA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

University students received a healthy dose of laughter and medical education Saturday morning as worldfamous Dr. Patch Adams delivered the keynote address at the 2010 Rutgers Pre-medical Conference.

Hosted by the Rutgers Chapter of the American Medical Student

Association, the conference saw more than 200 students packed in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus to hear Adams discuss the importance of humanism and good patient care in medicine.

“For 40 years, I’ve paid to be a doctor, and I say that without any sense of sacrifice and long and hard journey or difficult task, but rather say that the practice of care is an ecstatic experi-

ence we are paying to do,” Adams said. “The truth is, I’m there because I love people.”

Nitesh Patel, co-director of the association, said the members chose Adams to speak at the event because he captures everything the organization represents.

“He represents humanism. He is the pinnacle of humanism,” said Patel, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

During his keynote address, Adams described the problems with modern medicine and spoke about the need for better doctor bedside manner and patient care in the medical field.

“What we need is a … system based on compassion and generosity,” he said.

Amit Shah, co-director of the association, said humanism, a focus on

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Team to rally for top spot in New York competition

BY JOE GESSNER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers Table Tennis Club swings away Saturday as it competes in the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association’s spring regional tournament at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

The team has its sights set on placing first in the tournament and advancing in April’s national tournament as it squares off against No. 1-ranked Columbia University.

Club Vice President Kenneth So said Columbia is one of the team’s biggest rivals.

Still, members are confident in their ability to be victorious next week in New York.

“I think we definitely have the chance to win it all,” said Stephen Le, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

Club President Judy Hugh said she initially felt uneasy about the year.

“I had low expectations,” said Hugh, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

But the team’s performance proved Hugh wrong.

The club is coming off a successful 2009 season, where Hugh won the Women’s Singles Championship. For her, table tennis is not just a hobby — it is her life. She travels to China

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Table tennis club members Steven Zhao, left, and Samuel Monnier practice their techniques in the College Avenue Gym in preparation for their weekend regional tournament. every summer to train with the women’s national team. “[The Chinese national team] trains 6 hours a day, six days a week and play a little bit on Sunday,” Hugh said. “But that’s why they’re the best.”

Hugh, whose mother is a twotime Olympian, tried out for the 2004 and 2008 Olympics but was cut in the final round of tryouts.

“I want to go to the Olympics at least once,” she said. “2012 is my best shot. After that, I’ll be too old.”

School of Arts and Sciences junior Khaled Elfarra said he was

not expecting much from the club at first either but now comes to practice with the determination to compete nationally.

“I joined just to get a break from classes, just to come here and have fun,” he said. “Everyone here is just so good that they make you better.”

Elfarra, who was among the Junior League top-16 in his home country of Egypt, gave up table tennis when he moved to the United States in 2002 but picked it up again once he enrolled in college.

But he is not the only member who started playing at a young age. Le chalks up his success to being introduced to the sport early. “[Starting young] was definitely a big advantage,” Le said.

“I’ve been playing since I was eight years old.”

Stephen Zhao, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, heard about the group and joined after not playing since middle school.

“For a lot of us, it’s just fun competition,” he said, while

helping new club members with their swing at practice.

“Making regionals is pretty big, but the goal is definitely making nationals.”

At practice Zhao, like most members, spends most of his time playing a teammate and the rest helping others.

Hugh, on the other hand, does all of that and puts in time volleying against the table tennis robot Newgy Robo-Pong 2040 on one of its highest settings.

With a look of determination on her face, Hugh returned ever y ball the robot shot at her with ease. She did not miss one.

The club went through a major rebuilding period at the beginning of the season, So said.

Of the team’s top four players last year, three graduated.

So, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, understands the importance of the tournament in achieving the team’s goal.

“It all comes down to spring regionals,” he said. “We have to place first or get a wild card spot.”

Whatever the outcome this weekend, Elfarra said the future is bright for this young club only in its 10th year of existence.

“Next year we [will be] looking even better,” he said. “We’re just going to keep on getting better and better from now on.”

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U. group raises awareness about patient care

as attendees broke out into different sections featuring talks from a sickle-cell anemia patient and an AIDS patient’s descrip-

tion of the prejudices and hardships of daily life.

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Pathik Parikh said he enjoyed the conference,

but was particularly inspired by Adams’ speech.

“Dr. Patch Adams’ speech was great,” Parikh said. “He spoke of principles I grew up with … about being a human being and seeing others as people.”

Joshua Weinstock, pre-medical regional director to the American Medical Student Association and a junior at Cornell University, said the Rutgers AMSA deserves a lot of credit for organizing the event.

“The Rutgers University chapter is really a model chapter,” Weinstock said. “By hosting this conference, [the] Rutgers AMSA chapter is really providing an unique opportunity for pre-medical students in the area.”

tion with the most spirit and highest attendance at different Spirit Week events, which is an incentive for them to show their suppor t, Grimaldi said.

Organizations receive points for each event they attend or any events they win, she said.

Sorority Alpha Chi Omega currently holds the title.

Jennifer Feeley, who was involved with last year’s Dance Marathon, said Spirit Week is a great event for both students familiar with Dance Marathon, as well as those who have never been a par t of the event.

“Spirit Week introduces Dance Marathon to you and what it’s all about,” said Feeley, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. “It helps you learn what to expect, and lets you decide whether or not you want to be involved in Dance Marathon.”

The event is also a great way to meet people, she said.

Events information tables will be around all five campuses this week to tell people about

Dance Marathon and how they can get involved.

Events include a comedy show Monday at 9 p.m. in room 211 of Van Dyck Hall on the College Avenue campus, a Dance Marathon gear sale Tuesday at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., a bar and karaoke night Wednesday at Sliders Bar and Grill on George Street from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. and a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center.

“I am most excited about this year’s comedy night,” Feeley said. “I can’t wait.”

A pep rally in the College Avenue Gym this Thursday at 9 p.m. includes a disc jockey and announcements of the emcees and guest disc jockeys for Dance Marathon and the Spirit Week Award winner. There will also be a lighting and running of the University Dance Marathon torch, which will reach all five campuses in the 32 days before the marathon.

continued from front patient care rather than disease care, is a major principle of the organization.

“We hold fundraisers, events and [enable] pre-medical students to become more involved with the community. This conference was created to spread awareness about humanism. We wanted to say that [doctors] treat patients not numbers,” Shah, a Rutgers College senior, said.

After the speech, the ideas of humanism and improved patient care remained the focus,

SPIRIT: Marathon contest heats up this week on campus continued from front Dance Marathon is scheduled to begin the evening of March 27, and there will be free food, live enter tainment and dancing, Grimaldi said. This year’s theme is the Olympics, and the event consists of opening and closing ceremonies and other related activities. The rock band The Nerds will provide entertainment.

All proceeds from the events goes to the Embrace Kids Foundation, an organization that raises money for children with blood disorders and cancer, Grimaldi said. Last year, more than 700 students participated in Dance Marathon and raised more than $320,000.

Dance Marathon is a charity event, but Spirit Week brings a little competition.

The Spirit Week Award goes to the campus organiza-

“We wanted to say that [doctors] treat patients not numbers.”

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HUNGER AWARENESS

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Students sit in on Oxfam Rutgers’ Hunger Banquet Friday in the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. The event raises awareness about poor distribution of food across the world.

CARD: New law prohibits credit offers to youth under 21 continued from front Colleges, universities and alumni associations also have to reveal the existence and details of contracts they sign with credit card marketers allowing access to student and alumni contact information, Woolsey said.

Under the new legislation, individuals under the age of 21 are not able to apply for a credit card under their own name without a co-signer who is equally liable for the account, she said.

Prescreened credit card offers also can no longer be sent to consumers under 21, Woolsey said. The minor must be able to show proof of independence in order to be solely responsible for the credit card.

Waiting until they are 21 or having a parental co-signer can help prevent the downsides of having a credit card without entirely sacrificing the benefits of having one’s own credit account, he said.

“It might seem like a simple loss of privilege, but I think it is just a delay of access until students are better positioned to handle the responsibility and should shield the majority of younger students from the potential pitfalls,” Woolsey said.

Parents will have more shared responsibility and oversight for students, he said. They will also have to approve any credit line increases before the student is of age.

The CARD Act also curtails some fees that account for a large part of revenue gained by banks and credit card issuers, Woolsey said.

For example, consumers can opt-out of overlimit fees, he said.

Instead of being charged a fee if they go over their limit, the transaction is rejected.

Previously, the exact date of the deadline could change month to month, Woolsey said. With the CARD Act, this date remains static by having payments due on the same day each month.

Some University students, like Rutgers College senior Julian Pormentilla, are respond-

ing optimistically to the newly implemented CARD Act. “The newfound freedom that students experience at college is sometimes over whelming,” Pormentilla said. “I feel like students tend to forget about their responsibilities and have the urge to just consume whatever they want. The CARD Act will take that heavy burden students have after they graduate of paying off any debt.”

Teodor Kostodinov, a School of Engineering sophomore, understands the tactics credit card issuers use on students from first hand experience.

“The offers that credit card companies advertise are ver y alluring at first, yet they end up being ver y misleading,” Kostodinov said. “I saw my bill and I ended up having to pay for fees that I didn’t know I could get. I’m sure Obama’s CARD will help us college students out.”

On the other hand, others feel it underestimates the abilities of college students.

School of Arts and Sciences junior Mofei Lu sees a flaw in the legislation.

“In every other facet of the law, college students are seen as adults,” Lu said. “This new CARD Act treats us like children. It makes us seem like we need babysitters to look after our own finances.”

Lu believes college students need to learn from experience and must be held accountable for their own choices.

“It’s an understandable concern since people over 18 can vote and be sent to war,” Woolsey said. “But statistics have shown the magnitude of problems that those under 21 have faced with getting over their heads in debt and harming their credit histories even before they get out into work world.”

Consumers should pay attention to the mail they receive at home, because this is where the credit card issuers are communicating with their consumers, he said.

“Although many young people can handle it, having access to credit without financial literacy training or income from employment has been a problem for this age group on balance,” Woolsey said.

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Alumni aid Latino students in networking

BY ARMANDO ALVAREZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Dressed in their finest work clothes, student mentees arrived at the Latino Alumni Association of Rutgers University’s mentorship program Saturday morning to meet with professionals for career guidance and general advice.

Senior Counselor for the Educational Opportunity Fund Program and mentor Jennifer Agosto said studies find that networking does not come easily for undergraduates.

“While other students are at home sleeping, you’re making that connection,” she said to the mentees, who convened in the Livingston Student Center. “It’s all about networking and what you can do while you’re here at Rutgers.”

There are more than 12,000 selfidentified Latino alumni registered at the University, Organizer Sandra Castro said. The organization was officially chartered last January, had its first meeting in July and has met every month since then.

“This organization was started for one reason — to bring voice to the Latino community across all the Rutgers campuses,” coFounder Adela Diaz said. “We are composed of students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.”

Castro identified three priorities of the organization — membership and advocacy at events, professional and career development through the mentorship program and fundraising efforts.

Right now, its long-term goal is to establish a Latino scholarship, she said.

LAARU is the first charter organization here at the University to cater to every campus, holding events in New Brunswick as well as Camden and Newark, LAARU President Saskia Agustin said.

Rene Rodriguez, one of the mentors at Saturday’s event, had high aspirations for his involvement with the group.

“What I’m trying to do here is share the experiences I’ve gained through my own life, such as through my work,” he said. “I’m ready to give advice for anything.

Part of it is just giving back to the Rutgers community that has given me so many opportunities to be where I am today.”

The group is trying to avoid the stereotypical image of Latinos just coming together to socialize, Diaz said. LAARU focuses on education, community awareness and empowerment.

The organization plans to hold many events to contribute to the University.

“We’ve … held a half-day marathon, we have a booth set up at Rutgers Day, and we want to do something special for graduation,” Castro said. “There were between 85 and 90 people in attendance at our inaugural event last year, including [University] President [Richard L.] McCormick.”

Members hope these events ser ve as a continuation of past successes.

While LAARU is less than a year old, it is one of the fastest growing groups on campus, Castro said.

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Rutgers Cell and DNA Repository members cook, taste and judge three different categories of homemade chili made by eight competitors all part of the laboratory, located on Busch campus. RUCDR hosts other food events yearly to promote relations.

Chili cook-off spices up RUCDR community

BY JESSICA URIE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

About 50 students and faculty involved with the Rutgers Cell and DNA Repositor y held their spoons out Friday to sample nine dif ferent types of chili cooked up by eight contestants in a chili cook-of f.

“Workplace diversions such as this contest give us something fun to talk about and look forward to,” said Jason Ruggieri, the primary organizer of the competition held in Nelson Biology Laboratories on Busch campus. “Plus, a little interemployee competition is a healthy and constructive way to vent workplace tension.”

Contestants were allowed to enter their dishes into one of three categories — spicy, mild or vegetarian — and only one dish was named winner within each categor y.

A 12-member panel of judges, comprised of both stu-

dents and faculty, separated Life Sciences, won the among the categories and mild categor y. determined each winner.

“This is what I think of as Managing Director of the chili. If you want to mess laborator y Doug Fugman, win- around with it and make it vegner of the spicy categor y, said etarian or you want to mess the competiaround with it and tion builds make it hot, you cohesiveness have a categor y for “I think the within RUCDR. that,” he said. best part’s getting “I think the Senior laboratory best part’s getTechnician Poonam to eat all the ting to eat all Verma, who took the chili ... it first among the vegchili ... it brings brings people etarian dishes, spent people together.” together,” said almost a month Fugman, a organizing for DOUG FUGMAN University assothe cook-off.

RUCDR Managing Director ciate research Verma chose to pr ofessor. compete in the “People get to vegetarian categoeat good food.” ry because it needed Judge for the spicy category more competitors.

Craig Pritch, a senior lab techniLaboratory Supervisor Rosa cian, said the vote was unanimous Dent said she preferred Ruggieri’s for Fugman’s chili. chocolate chili to the winner’s.

Jack Schr um, facilities “[It had a] very distinct flavor, director for the Division of a little bit sweet,” she said.

The idea for the cook-off sparked when Fugman brought in some of his homemade chili into the breakroom, said Ruggieri, a laboratory technician.

In previous years, RUCDR held other taste events aimed to promote relations in the lab, he said. This spring marks their third annual liquid nitrogen ice cream competition.

“I thought it’d be fun to do another ... food-related event, because we do the ice cream thing,” Ruggieri said. “It’s a lot of fun, but you’re not going to do that in winter.”

Whether there to support a contestant or to simply watch, spectators were able to feast on the leftovers once judging was complete.

“I really liked the veggie winner. It was ver y good,” said Stephanie Frick, a senior laboratory technician. “I’m new. I just started a month ago, but this is a good perk. I like this.”

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SUMMER: U. to offer more online, hybrid courses continued from front July 12 and go to about Aug. 18, she said.

Hough said each department decides the classes, which vary in academic level, they will offer.

“They range anywhere from undergraduate to graduate programs to general education requirements and major requirements,” she said. “The department really makes it easy for kids to get ahead.”

Jennifer Levine, a first-year School of Arts and Sciences student, said she plans to take a summer class to help fulfill a major requirement.

“I’m definitely taking a summer course,” Levine said. “I need it for my pre-med or psychology major, and it’s just much easier to do it in the summer.”

By taking a summer class and working towards her major, Levine hopes to graduate early.

“I came to college with a lot of extra credits, but taking the summer classes is helping me get ahead,” Levine said. “If given the chance, I would definitely graduate early and get my career started and even go to graduate school early.”

Though many students are tempted to take summer classes at community college, Hough suggests students take their courses at the University because of the accessibility and ease.

“I think the community colleges are a great thing — and I encourage kids to go there for summer programs as well — but if you go to Rutgers, your best bet is to take them here,” Hough said. “Plus, taking summer courses at your community college makes for a lot of paper work back at Rutgers.”

For students who may live out of state or too far to commute, the University offers several online and hybrid classes that combine the convenience of Web-based learning with the benefits of classroom interaction, she said.

“We try to make the classes as accessible as possible to people who can’t actually get to our campus,” Hough said.

Chelsea Connello, a firstyear School of Ar ts and Science student, said she likes the idea of having classes available online for students who cannot commute to campus over the summer.

“I have so many friends from out of state,” Connello said. “Even living in Nor thern New Jersey is a trip. The online summer courses are a great way to get students involved in something that can really benefit them.”

The University’s Division of Continuing Studies will of fer $500 summer session scholarships to Rutgers-New Br unswick undergraduates with GPAs of 3.5 or higher and unmet financial need, Hough said.

E-mails were sent to eligible students, she said.

Open houses for the 2010 Summer Session will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 16 and 24 and April 1 and 6 at the Continuing Studies Conference Center on Cook campus.

An additional open house will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus March 10.

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Go USA.”

HEIDI MESTANZA SAS JUNIOR “I feel like I should be watching [the Olympics], but I really don’t have time. … I really like sports, but the Winter Olympics aren’t really intriguing me right now.”

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MAX ROSENBERG SAS FIRST-YEAR STUDENT “I watched some curling.

I don’t have a favorite event, but curling was on the TV. I’m definitely not following it. I was more like, ‘How is curling a sport?’”

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MICHELE MCCAFFREY SAS SOPHOMORE “I just watch [the Olympics] every night. … Downhill skiing is really cool, because it’s really dangerous. …

I was also watching curling the other night, which I don’t really get, but it’s quite interesting.”

SHRIDHAR KAMAT ERNEST MARIO SCHOOL OF PHARMACY FIRST-YEAR STUDENT “I don’t follow them as much as the Summer Olympics.

I don’t [have] time to.

I’m not too interested in those sports.”

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f a student were to write on a desk at school or deface any other surface that belongs to the school, he or she would surely be punished accordingly. And in the case of Alexa Gonzalez, a 12-year old New Yorker, she simply wrote the words, “I love my friends Abby and Faith. Lex was here 2/1/10 :).” The response was unexpected. According to CNN, the principal of the Junior High School in Forest Hills, N.Y., called the police and had Alexa taken away in handcuffs and escorted from the school in front of friends and schoolmates. The “no tolerance” policy that caused this debacle — or perhaps the lack of common sense on part of the administration — could easily be blamed for this display of idiocy.

Instead of an expected detention or perhaps even a suspension, Alexa was handcuffed and taken out of school. Why have a 12-yearold arrested for a crime that threatened no one and caused almost no damage to school property? There is no lesson to be learned as the student will surely be traumatized by the incident rather than taught anything. “We are arresting them at younger and younger ages [in cases] that used to be covered with a trip to the principal’s office, not sending children to jail,” said Emma Jordan-Simpson, executive director of the Children’s Defense Fund. That is exactly the problem. Administration expects some sort of a beneficial outcome of this situation, while in reality, the child — even before entering high school — will have had an encounter with the police.

This early encounter with the police will do much more than just deter the girl from doodling on a desk; it will prevent the child from feeling safe at school and around her teachers and people who, as she will be told, are supposed to help her out. Of course, she would not need counselors to help her get over this traumatic experience if the case had not occurred in the first place, but that is only a tangent to the problem. “They put the handcuffs on me, and I couldn’t believe it,” Alexa said. “I didn’t want them to see me being handcuffed, thinking I’m a bad person.”

According to a January 2010 study from the Advancement Project, a legal action group, spending time away from school increases the possibility of a child dropping out and winding up on the path to juvenile and adult criminal courts. In fact, Alexa missed three days of school following her arrest. She said that she spent a large part of that time throwing up. She also told reporters that it was a challenge catching up on her homework upon her return to school. Doodling sounds much more serious now. But that is not because the “criminal activity” was committed in the first place; it is due to the irresponsible and disproportionate response that resulted.

What would happen if this zero-tolerance policy was installed at more schools, or rather, what if it were taken as far as this New York school did? This zero-tolerance rule would simply turn into a zero-common sense policy. In Alexa’s case, it seems that an assault or any other violent attack is equated to what she did. Surely that cannot be the case and if it in fact is, then we must take a long, hard look at ourselves, because at one point, ever yone has gone through a phase of harmless doodling on a desk or a book.

“Our mission is to make sure that public schools are a safe and supportive environment for all students,” said Margie Feinberg, an education department spokeswoman. How have we come to equating doodling on a desk to a crime that threatens the safe education of students?

In addition to any psychological damage, Alexa’s arrest and public humiliation will tarnish her record, something that will follow her forever. Once she has committed, or believes that she has committed a crime, what would stop her from continuing her juvenile ways?

All in all, we must rethink our zero-tolerance policies, because unless they are accompanied by logic and common sense, our laws are pointless. And when it comes to a case of children, an arrest or accusing her of a crime would only deter the child from continuing her education. Alexa’s arrest and public humiliation is a case-inpoint, as the principal did not display a gram of common sense and simply followed a written rule.

Those who stand atop the rest of us, those who have just a grain of power choose to disregard logic and human reactions. The principal who called the police, with her minutely bigger salary than the rest of the school’s employees, chose to use the little power that she had to make Alexa’s day a living hell, and along with that, put on display the entirety of the educational system. It gave way for those who are still interested in repairing an already flawed educational and social system, to in fact focus on the way that we treat each other. And without getting too sentimental, perhaps already too late, this case should not be repeated, if only not to further question the morals and logic that have barely remained in our everyday lives.

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he author of “Liberal ideals fail to explain,” featured in The Daily Targum on Feb. 8 responded to my criticisms of the Tea Party movement. In my article, I pointed out that the rights to life, liberty and property that members of the Tea Party cherish require a competent, well-funded and strong government for their enforcement.

Therefore, the Tea Party’s generalized demonization of a strong government was misguided.

So in the author’s tirade, three counterarguments made against my point merit a rebuttal: “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.”

To begin with, I never said that members of the Tea Party movement were anarchists; rather, I criticized their generalizations as misguided and uninformed against “big government.” As I said, the ver y rights they cherish depend on a competent, well-funded and strong government.

Upon further examination though, the claim that many members of the Tea Party movement are anarchists is legitimate. It is true that many Tea Partiers seek only to remove both Democrats and Republicans from office rather than to revolt.

But the Tea Party is no cohesive movement and has no central leadership or message, and many Tea Partiers are calling for a rebellion against a popularly elected federal government.

They disagree with the outcome of the democratic process, which they label as socialist tyranny. They do this because they are being fed false information from the likes of Glenn Beck and WorldNetDaily.com, who claim that President Barack Obama is determined to instate himself as the dictator of the United States and currently working on plans to have the U.S. Army send all those who oppose his devious plans to internment camps. Web sites such as ResistNet.com call on “fellow Patriots” to “grab their guns” in preparation for this impending doomsday. Other affiliated groups such as Arm in Arm aim to “organize neighborhoods for possible civil strife by stockpiling food and sur vival gear and forming armed neighborhood groups,” according to The New York Times. The Oath Keepers recruit militar y and law enforcing officers and ask them to disobey orders that the group deems unconstitutional.

Many local Tea Par ty organizations have been circulating lies that rationalize violence and

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have established partnerships with militia groups that will engage in violence when they feel that their values are under threat. Contrar y to the author’s assertions, it is quite clear that many withBEN WEST in the Tea Party see revolt against a popularly elected government as a legitimate means to attaining their goals.

“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.”

The author is partly right here — members of the Tea Party who are not ignorantly consuming lies and calling for secession and armed rebellion merely would like the government to focus on certain policy objectives such as, national security and property rights, rather than others such as transfer programs. But make no mistake by assuming that spending on national security and property rights is less excessive than spending on transfer programs, such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, universal health care, funding for higher education opportunities and welfare programs like food stamps.

National security and the protection of property through a well-funded criminal justice system require billions of dollars ever y year.

One must also ask the author why spending on this type of program is justified while others are not. Why is it justified to protect property through spending on the militar y, the criminal justice system and through tax breaks in order to ensure that citizens with proper ty have the opportunity to prosper? Why is it not justified to allow citizens who lack property and live in poverty the same kind of opportunities through federally funded programs that allow the poor to gain job skills, purchase food and send their children to decent educational and health facilities?

Or what about programs that allow the elderly to live comfortably in old age, that allow those from lesser means to attain a higher education and that afford all citizens more access to the health care they need?

When Tea Partiers ignorantly deem one type of government program as unjustifiable, we must point out the government programs that they support are equally expensive. Once we do this, we realize that those Tea Partiers who are not calling

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Great burgers only stone’s throw away Letter JEFFREY DODD

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ike most humans, I like to eat. Not only do I like to eat, but I like to eat well — not exactly in a healthy sense.

Sorry RU Healthy. I like to eat well in a sense that I look for good quality. I pretty much live by a quote from Kevin James, when he said “For you guys, food is just fuel but for me … it’s like an unexplored country.” As a native of the Philadelphia metropolitan area, I sometimes will disagree with my fellow North and Central Jersey friends on what exactly good quality is. Where I come from, we know our stuff. A sandwich is a hoagie not a sub, nor a hero, although my friend from Long Island would disagree with me, we know where to get the best cheesesteaks — I could debate for hours about this — and we love our water ice, not to be confused with snow cones or Italian ices.

But, putting these discrepancies aside, I believe we can all reach an agreement. I am here to write about food from all over the great state of New Jersey and our surrounding neighbors — New York and Philadelphia.

This letter is not meant to be restrictive, meaning one may read about anything from fine dining to Buffalo wings at a shack on the side of the road. Yep, I’m that guy who tries those places. But, this letter is not intended for the chain restaurant or fast food connoisseur, even though I rationalized with myself during my senior year of high school that I was getting a sufficient source of protein, dairy and carbohydrates from the dozens of White Castle burgers I was consuming like there was no tomorrow. All right, enough about me, let’s talk about something that we are all familiar with: Cheeseburgers. Come on, how much more American can you get? The first stop on my list of places to try was recommended by my roommate and a friend. The latter described it as “heavenly.” I did not hesitate to travel a little outside of the University border to see what all the hype was about.

White Rose System was the place that I was hearing so much about. The tiny, diner-esque structure lies on 154 Woodbridge Ave. in Highland Park, a stone’s throw away from my location on

WEST continued from page 10 for a violent rebellion are calling for a government that will secure the special interests of some and ignore the desperate cries of many.

“The encroachment on life and property … mentioned in Bosnia and Rwanda were not the result of a government that ‘stood idly by’ — these were genocides conducted by the government.”

Government is by the people and for the people. It takes action to fulfill the desires of a majority, which has formed because it has reached a consensus about an issue.

The requirements of consensus building ensure that the needs of most members of a society are met. A democratic government can become unresponsive and abusive when the

College Avenue. Well my friends, let me tell you that White Rose is nothing short of fantastic and oh so heavenly! Once you step inside this gem, you will feel a blast from the past. Nothing seems to have changed in years! Only in the great state of New Jersey, could one be so lucky to find a marvel such as this!

The restaurant was relatively empty for a Friday night. I studied the simple, yet delicious looking menu displayed in front of me. You know that feeling you get when you’re climbing up a steep hill on a roller coaster? Well I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t overwhelmed by that very same feeling! I finally ordered combo four, the infamous “Cali Cheese” along with fries and a soda. The service is quick! When I tell you that the food will be out before you finish saying “California,” I’m not joking.

After taking my first bite, I immediately thought of Samuel L. Jackson after he takes a bite of a Big Kahuna burger in “Pulp Fiction” and exclaims “Mmmmmmm. This is a tasty burger!”

My taste buds never knew what hit them! I know they wanted more, so rightfully I gave them what they deserved.

The next several minutes were simply a blur but by the time it was over, I was satisfied. All right I know what you’re thinking — the economy is bad and money is tight and we’re just a bunch of college students. What exactly is the cost of one of these succulent sandwiches? Well my friends, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you.

A hamburger is just a little over $2, an order of fries is just under $2 and the infamous “Cali Cheeseburger” combo comes out to just under $6. Well worth the price if you ask me. In addition to these items, White Rose offers chicken fingers, onion rings, milkshakes and even breakfast.

White Rose is also open late so if you’re craving one of these bad boys at 3 a.m., you are in luck.

Make sure you grab some cash before stopping in. This place is so old-fashioned that they are still cash only. After reading this review, I hope that you can see that White Rose is one that will not only satisfy but will want you coming back for more!

Jef frey Dodd is a prebusiness School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore. majority wants it to be unresponsive and abusive. This is what happened when the Serbians authorized their democratic government to persecute the people of Bosnia and Kosovo, and in the United States, when whites authorized their democratically elected government to deny blacks civil rights. A majority can use the instrumentalities of government to ignore needs and abuse its opponents in a democracy.

This is exactly what members of the Tea Party are tr ying to do. Speaking in general terms, the Tea Party is currently on a mission to subvert our government to protect the special interests of some while ignoring the urgent needs of many.

Ben West is a Rutgers College senior majoring in political science. He can be reached at benwest@eden.rutgers.edu.

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You're saying exactly the right words, with the correct logic and colorful flair. But don't hog all the glory.

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Creative energy takes you a long way, but you also need to get the feel for the material you're using.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Plan on taking baby steps today as the only way to make forward progress.

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After a first place finish at home, the Rutgers gymnastics team traveled to GYMNASTICS Ohio to RUTGERS 187.925 face off against THIRD PLACE K e n t State and Northern Illinois in a tri-meet and finished third with a disappointing score of 187.925 — nearly seven points behind first place Kent State.

While not one of the Scarlet Knights’ best meets of the year, head coach Chrystal CholletNorton took some positives from the long bus trip to Ohio.

“We had three good events,” she said. “The team did pretty well considering [that].”

The one event that the Knights performed poorly in was bars, suffering several falls. Chollet-Norton was especially surprised at all the mistakes on bars.

“They had [a] great week training on bars and no one could hit when they had to,” CholletNorton said. “We did absolutely terribly on bars.”

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“My girls aren’t intimidated.

They know they have the same skill

level to compete,” Chollet-Norton said. “Maybe the other teams have more depth, but we have the talent.”

One of the bright spots for the Knights was the performance of the freshman class of Jenna Zito, Nicole Romano and Emma-Rose Trentacosti. Zito led the Knights in vault with a 9.750, good for third overall. Romano paced the team in floor and finished with a 38.250 in the all-around.

Trentacosti tied with Romano to lead the Knights on beam.

“They are freshmen who come from top-notch programs so they are used to competing in pressure meets,” CholletNorton said. “They have competed at a high level so they are used to it.”

Despite not performing up to her standards, Chollet-Norton believes this meet might cause her team to raise their intensity level for the rest of the season.

“After this meet, it’s realitycheck time,” Chollet-Norton said.

“It’s a kick in the butt and now we need to get going.”

Even with Friday’s showing, the Knights are still in a good position to make Nationals, but the next few meets are key to their success.

“I think we are still in the topeight and that’s where we need to remain [for nationals],” CholletNorton said. “Its crunch time now. We need to make these next few meets count.”

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Senior duo paces squad in improved conference

BY KEVIN O’ROURKE STAFF WRITER

Shayna Longacre was in the running for the 200-yard breaststroke Saturday when her gogg l e s SWIMMING c a m e RUTGERS 303 PTS off midswim.

FIFTH PLACE T h e senior persevered through the malfunction to finish 21st, but it could have been better.

And so it went for the Rutgers swimming team at this weekend’s Big East Swimming Championships. The Scarlet Knights racked up 303 points to finish fifth, but they headed to Pittsburgh expecting more.

“Our girls gave a good effort, but they were just a little bit off their best,” said head coach Chuck Warner. “We felt we could have done a little bit better.”

Notre Dame edged Louisville 773.5 to 718 to claim an unprecedented 14th consecutive conference crown, while West Virginia and Pitt rounded out the top four.

Longacre and fifth-year senior co-captain Cat Whetstone paced RU. Along with freshmen Brittney Kuras and Jessica Simunek, the former conference champions combined to post an NCAA “B” cut time in the 400yard medley relay.

Individually, Longacre nailed down another “B” cut time with a third place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:03.05.

Whetstone achieved the runner-up spot in the 100-yard backstroke and added another “B” cuttime in the 200-yard backstroke.

“Cat should make NCAAs,” said Warner of her chances to compete on the national level for the third time. “She’s dealt with a lot of challenges physically and done a great job with it. She swam the 100 [backstroke] in the leadoff leg of the medley relay [and] was a little out of gas when it came to the individual race.

She’s got a chance to go a little bit faster and probably score in the meet.”

RU’s chance to improve on last year’s fourth-place showing took a considerable hit on Wednesday. The Knights ended the day in a tie for sixth — not where they thought they would stand coming off a strong regular season and a good taper in the month-long layoff leading up to Big East.

“Our main events are the stroke events and the first day is always been our hardest day,” said Whetstone of the early struggles. “It would have been great to get more points on that day but we definitely turned around fast on the second day and had some really, really great swims. It’s good that the first day didn’t bring us down mentally.

We were still able to keep going the second day and improve our position.”

But the hole was too deep for RU to contend with a talent-laden West Virginia team that put it all together at the right time. Three months after soundly defeating

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Freshman Jessica Simunek swam the butterfly leg of the swimming team’s 400-yard medley relay that finished fourth in the Big East Championships and earned an NCAA “B” cut time. the Mountaineers to open the conference dual-meet season, the Knights lagged more than 200 points behind WVU. “They improved dramatically,” Whetstone said. “Either they were really worn down [in November] or they just had a phenomenal taper leading up to

Big East. They swam really, really fast — out of their minds.”

The steady improvement of the conference as a whole stood out to Longacre and the Knights’ seven other seniors, even though the realization of the end of their college swimming careers has yet to fully register.

“[The] Big East has improved so much over the last four years,” Longacre said. “Times that would have gotten you top-eight a couple of years ago might not even get you top-16 now. It hasn’t sunk in yet. I was a little disappointed but we fought and we competed and that’s all you can ask for.”

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Rosario comes off bench after arriving late to shootaround

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Entering Saturday’s game against Connecticut, the Rutgers men’s basketball team had won five of its last six KNIGHT games, NOTEBOOK and sopho m o r e guard Mike Rosario averaged 19.3 points per game.

But Rosario started the UConn game on the bench.

“He overslept and was about four minutes late for shootaround,” said head coach Fred Hill Jr. “That’s our rule: you come off the bench at the first TV timeout.”

Rosario checked in 4:28 into the game and checked out for good with 1:43 remaining after recording his fifth foul in the 7658 loss.

The Jersey City native still found time to score a teamhigh 14 points, including six on an impressive pair of three-pointers.

As the shot clock wound down on a possession midway through the first half, Rosario knocked down a three from the top of the key while falling to the ground.

The second long-range jumper cut a six-point UConn lead in half and was so deep on the elbow that Rosario was nearly out of bounds.

The sophomore accepted his coach’s decision.

“I really thought that was a great decision on the coach’s behalf,” Rosario said. “In this world, a lot of things are not given to you and that’s one thing that I noticed and respected as a player and

leader on this team. I apologized to my team and I just felt that I deser ved to come of f the bench.”

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Jonathan Mitchell averaged 14.8 points per game since the Scarlet Knights upset Notre Dame seven games ago. The Florida transfer led the team with 24 points in the win over then-No. 7 Georgetown, but slowed down in his last two outings.

Mitchell scored just four points last Tuesday against DePaul and tallied six on 2-of-12 shooting against the Huskies.

“You just keep shooting, that’s all you can do,” Mitchell said. “For the most par t, I thought I had pretty good looks. I think I had too many things going through my mind and just needed to concentrate on catching and shooting.”

Mitchell’s only points came on three-pointers, which he attempted nine of.

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50 percent from the charity stripe on 20 attempts.

In the first five minutes of the second half, when UConn outscored RU 13-3, the Knights had six chances from the foul line.

They only made one.

“We’re a good free throw shooting club, and we shoot 50 percent,” Hill said. “We just couldn’t get them, and they’re critical. We went to the line four straight times and missed free throws. When you’re battling and miss four straight oppor tunities … it’s ver y dif ficult to overcome those things.”

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Junior forward Jonathan Mitchell scored six points on 2-of-12 shooting Saturday against Connecticut.

Mitchell scored 10 points in the last two games after leading the team with 24 against Georgetown.

STRUGGLES: Knights look to Seton Hall after loss continued from back

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Sophomore guard Mike Rosario led the Knights with 14 points against UConn despite starting the game on the bench and fouling out.

The Husky lead was only three at halftime but ballooned to 20 when Dyson’s jumper with 8:58 to play gave them a 58-38 advantage.

The Knights got the deficit down to 13 twice — the first time on a layup and free throw

by N’Diaye with 5:36 remaining, and then again with just under three minutes to play on an N’Diaye dunk.

The seven-footer finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and five blocks for the Knights (14-13, 4-10).

Sophomore guard Mike Rosario led RU with 14 points, despite starting the game on the bench after arriving late to shootaround. Freshman forward Dane Miller chipped in 11 points, only one of which came in the dull second-half display.

The Knights shot 37.9 percent in the second half — higher than the 32.3 percent in the first — but most of the baskets came after UConn had the game well in hand.

“I know how we’re going to deal with [the loss]. We’re going to come out, practice hard, and get ready for Seton Hall and win that game,” Miller said. “This game is over, so we have to forget about it. Even the games that we’ve won, we get dressed and get ready for the next game. This game is over, so now we get ready for Seton Hall.”

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FINALE: Cocozzo’s win puts RU on board at Lehigh continued from back Goodale said. “When you are coming into this environment and against this team, you can’t have lapses and it took a little bit out of us.”

Junior Daryl Cocozzo got RU on the board right before intermission by edging out Lehigh’s Sean Bilodeau in a 5-1 decision.

The Edinboro transfer is 121 in dual matches since coming aboard for the Knights, with his only loss coming to No. 1 J.P. O’Connor of Har vard.

Cocozzo now holds the team’s longest winning streak at 11 matches.

“It was a big win for me, because he is an [Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association] opponent,” Cocozzo said. “He was ranked right behind me but I knew I could beat him. I just stuck to what I do, and I won.”

Whatever momentum the win at 157-pounds conjured up did not stick with the Knights after intermission, as they could not secure another victor y in the match.

It appeared that senior Lamar Brown was on his way to a win in the 197-pound bout when his opponent was called for a penalty with 15 seconds remaining, giving Brown a 2-1 advantage. But Lehigh’s Joe Kennedy quickly went back to work and took Brown down as time expired giving him the 3-2 win.

“They scouted us well and outsmarted us in a couple of areas,” said assistant coach Cory Cooperman, a three-time EIWA Champion while wrestling at Lehigh. “They took us out of our element a bit. Our guys need to be a little bit tougher in adverse situations. You aren’t going to get a better feel for the national tournament than competing at Lehigh.”

The evening ended with a much-anticipated bout between senior D.J. Russo, the No. 10 heavyweight in the countr y and No. 6 Zach Rey. Russo was unable to avenge this past winter’s 7-2 loss at the Midlands Tournament, with Rey winning this bout by a 4-2 final score.

With the loss, the Knights’ overall record fell to 19-5-1 to finish out the dual-match season. This mark is just one win shy of last year’s 20 victories, which set a new team record.

The team closed out this season with a 6-2 record in conference play.

In two weeks the Knights travel back to Bethlehem, Pa., to compete in the EIWA Tournament.

“We are going to go back and watch some film, and we need to find ways to force the action a little more,” Goodale said. “Right now, we just have to do a better job of scoring points and getting to their legs.

I can’t stress it enough, it is where we are tr ying to get, and we will get there soon enough.”

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Crisp Orange offense too much for Knights

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

Brittany Ray simply shook her head in disgust. Lagging behind after diving for a loose ball, the senior guard had KNIGHT the best NOTEBOOK view in the house for a perfectly executed give-andgo layup by Syracuse backup center Kayla Alexander.

The layup put her team up by 21 points in the second half en route to an embarrassing 76-45 final score.

Ray and the rest of the Rutgers women’s basketball team were helpless against the crisp, offensive progressions by the Orange, giving up 11 threepointers and allowing for a 44 percent overall shooting clip.

“We didn’t play as hard as Syracuse, they out-hustled us,” Ray said. “When coach [C. Vivian Stringer] tells us one thing, we always do another so it’s very frustrating for her and very frustrating as a captain on the court.”

Four Syracuse players — guards Erica Morrow, Carmen Tyson-Thomas and Elashier Hall and forward Nicole Michael — finished in double figures with Morrow’s 17 leading all scorers.

Michael, Syracuse’s all-time leading scorer, finished with a doubledouble on 14 points and 11 boards.

“We knew we had to come in and compete at a high level and we were fully prepared to compete at a high level,” said Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman.

“It’s an honor every year to coach against Coach Stringer every game … and these wins are huge for our program.”

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for the Scarlet Knights is significantly bleaker than it was after a strong win against Villanova last week.

Failing to upset West Virginia did not help RU in its quest for an NCAA Tournament berth and a second loss to the Orange, who fell to both Cincinnati and Villanova earlier before beating RU, hurts a lot.

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Junior guard Erica Morrow, left, scored a game-high 17 points against the Scarlet Knights yesterday, one of four Syracuse players to score in double digits. The Orange shot 44 percent from the field.

“I have a sense of urgency, but I don’t know how much I can relate to the team,” Ray said. “I don’t know how much more I can say or what I can do to relay that to my teammates. It’s just something that you have to have within you.”

The Knights (15-12, 7-6) have just three games left to pad a résumé without a signature Big East win and No. 25 St. John’s, fresh of f the biggest win in school history over No. 3 Notre Dame, doesn’t make a rebound

easy for RU Tuesday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

The Knights are still in sole possession of sixth place in the Big East, but another loss drops them into a jumble of six teams vying for the final two first-round byes in the conference tournament.

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disheartening factor in the 31point loss to Syracuse is that a season-high 4,640 fans came to Piscataway to see it, as a part of

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Senior guard Brittany Ray cited a lack of effort as one of the reasons the Scarlet Knights lost by 31 points yesterday against Syracuse.

The Knights made only 15 field goals in the entire game.

Syracuse, on the other hand, made 11 field goals from beyond the three-point line. The Orange shot 44 percent from the floor in the game, while RU managed only 29 percent.

Senior guard Brittany Ray led the Knights in scoring with 11 points, but made only three shots from the floor out of 12 attempts. The team as a whole never fell into an of fensive rhythm and repeated the same mistakes that have plagued them all season — miscues and turnovers.

“We have so many losses already, you’re supposed to learn from your mistakes and learn from prior games and I still think that a lot of things aren’t clicking and we aren’t retaining a lot of information,” Ray said.

“Coach tells us one thing and sometimes we do the other so it’s very frustrating.”

Then, of course, came Ash’s half-court dagger at the end of the first half — the guard’s only shot of the game.

“Rutgers Thinks Pink” to raise awareness for breast cancer.

It marked the worst loss at home since the infamous 40-point fiasco against Duke in 2006.

“I’d like to sincerely apologize to [the fans] and I think that we should all give them their money back,” Stringer said. “I’m surprised that they didn’t walk out. They really have to get a medal pinned on their chest because they are the best fans in America because it stunk. It was just totally disrespectful.”

“It was a great shot by Tyler [Ash],” said Orange guard Erica Morrow, who led Syracuse (19-7, 6-7) with 17 points. “It was a trick shot, a shot we practice and play around with and she knocked it down.”

Prior to Tuesday’s loss to West Virginia, it seemed the Knights (15-12, 7-6) turned a corner. The team rode a three-game winning streak to Morgantown, but lost both contests since then.

Both Ray and Rushdan said that the latest loss was due to a lack of effort on the team as a whole.

“It’s tough,” Rushdan said.

“Personally, I feel absolutely terrible for the seniors because they give it their all and for them to be dealing with this is ridiculous. It’s tough, it’s extremely tough … we have to find something in ourselves. Coach Stringer can’t do it for us.”

With three games left in the regular season and an NCAA Tournament bid at risk, Ray and Rushdan each know that the time to win is now, and are trying to make their teammates know it too.

“You’ve got to know. You’ve got to know,” Rushdan said. “And if Coach Stringer hasn’t said it enough, we’ve said it. If no one knows now, they don’t need to be playing.”

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BY ALEX JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Before the Rutgers wrestling team even entered Saturday’s m a t c h KNIGHT against NOTEBOOK No. 7 Lehigh, it was already at a disadvantage.

The Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa., holds some of the most loyal wrestling fans in the country, many of which are entrenched in the program’s rich history and don’t settle for anything less than perfection.

The attendance of 1,806 fans stayed glued to their seats from the beginning until the final buzzer sounded, cheering on their Mountain Hawks to a 28-3 victory.

“These are very loyal and passionate fans,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “This is why they have got great tradition and history, they want to see great wrestling.”

If there is anyone on the Scarlet Knights’ bench who knew coming into the match first-hand about the atmosphere, it is assistant coach Cory Cooperman.

A three-time All-American, Cooperman also was a threetime Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association champion during his career at Lehigh.

“It’s always sweet to come back,” he said. “It was a little bittersweet for me today, because it was a lopsided victory for them.

We are only a year away, and they proved it.”

Only at intermission did the crowd stand up, and that was only to jump up and down and wave their hands in the air to try and catch one of the T-shirts that were being shot out of a shirt gun into the stands. Many of the spectators were already sporting the shirts being distributed, making it perfectly clear that these fans come often.

“Before coming out to this match I watched over my senior highlight tape to try and figure out what makes these guys so good,” Cooperman said. “It’s the crowd. It’s the fans. They feed off of it and that’s like a 10point advantage in a dual-meet coming in.”

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with the outcome, but they were not happy with the officiating.

Both head coaches argued certain calls, while the Mountain Hawk faithful berated the referee with verbal assaults, with one spectator advising the referee to “go back to middle school if [he is] going to make calls like that.”

It reached a fever pitch and the heavyweight bout between The Knights then lost 6-1 to Texas State and followed that up with a 4-0 shutout loss to Illinois State, capping off the lopsided weekend.

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ew York Giants Pro Bowl center and former Scarlet Knight Shaun O’Hara presented Athletic Director Tim Pernetti with a $100,000 check Saturday during the Rutgers men’s basketall team’s game.

O’Hara agreed to fund a scholarship, which will be awarded to a walk-on on the Rutgers football team through his foundation. O’Hara is a former walk-on.

Former Knight Tiquan Underwood also sat courtside at the game.

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lacrosse team stormed out of the gates to kick off the 2010 season by defeating Wagner 24-3.

The Seahawks led 2-1 early on in the game but the Scarlet Knights marched back, eventually outshooting the opposition 55-17.

Sophomore attackman Kevin Hover, who finished his day at Wagner College Stadium with four goals, led the scoring charge.

For full coverage see tomorrow’s edition.

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in its first four games is not what the Rutgers softball team prepared for before heading into the ASU Littlewood Classic.

Iowa started the weekend by shutting RU out 7-0, and the team finished its tough Friday with a 19-0 blowout at the hands of No. 5 Arizona State.

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team did not begin the season on a very high note. The Scarlet Knights dropped their first three games in Coral Gables, Fla., to No. 12 Miami.

RU fell 12-1 in its season opener to the Hurricanes, but lost each of their next two games to Miami by just two runs.

For full coverage see tomorrow’s edition.

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track and field team finished 11th out of the 16-team field at the 2010 Big East Track and Field Championships over the weekend.

The Scarlet Knights only brought 21 athletes to The Armory III but scored 27 points and saw two athletes finish as Big East runner-ups.

Villanova won the championship with 115 points, while Louisville finished just behind the Wildcats with 107 points.

Rounding out the top three was Connecticut, who scored 84 points.

For full coverage see tomorrow’s edition.

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the 2010 Big East Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championship this past weekend, finishing five spots ahead of RU, who finished sixth.

The Irish earned 146.50 points, separating themselves from second-place Georgetown by 42.50 points. Louisville scored 93 points, finishing third.

Scarlet Knights sophomore standout Adam Bergo won his second consecutive title in the high jump with a leap of 2.14 meters.

For full coverage see tomorrow’s edition.

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Junior heavyweight D.J. Russo, top, lost to No. 6 Zach Rey for the second time this season in Bethlehem.

The Netcong, N.J., native could not overcome a second-period takedown this past weekend and lost 4-2.

junior D.J. Russo and No. 6 Zach Rey had to be postponed so that an announcement could be made telling fans to refrain from making derogatory comments to either the official or the teams.

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have RU’s number. The match gave the Mountain Hawks their 36th victor y in a row against the Knights and they hold the lead in the all-time record in

the series by a commanding 39-1 mark.

The only victory for RU came on Jan. 22, 1950, when the Knights defeated Lehigh 16-11 in New Brunswick.

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BY KYLE FRANKO CORRESPONDENT

A frisky stretch of four wins out of five in Big East play led to a sellout crowd at the Louis Brown Athletic MEN’S BASKETBALL Center CONNECTICUT 76 Satur day afternoon RUTGERS 58 for the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s game against Connecticut.

Most left early — a dismal second half display by the Scarlet Knights the culprit.

UConn outscored the Knights by 15 after intermission, turning a close game into an easy 76-58 victory.

“Mentally we weren’t there [in the second half],” said senior center Hamady N’Diaye. “We let the fact that we weren’t scoring affect our entire game. It affected our defense. When we took a shot and missed, we were more focused on the shot we missed, so we were less effective. The mental part of the game is what let us down.”

The Huskies pounded the glass too. They out-rebounded the Knights 25-12 in the second half — 43-35 for the game — grabbing eight offensive rebounds that led to 14 second-chance points.

It was a point of emphasis for UConn head coach Jim Calhoun.

“The whole halftime talk was ‘How did we beat Villanova?’” said Calhoun who coached his third game since returning from health issues. “We didn’t talk any Xs and Os; we talked about the

kind of things that we’re going to win the game. We had to keep them off the glass because we are bigger and stronger up front numbers wise.”

So too was the play of Jerome Dyson. The senior guard led the Huskies with 20 points — 13 in the second half — as the Huskies shot 51.7 percent after the break.

Kemba Walker added 16 while Stanley Robinson and Gavin Edwards each scored 11 for UConn (16-11, 6-8), which improved to 161 against RU since both teams joined the Big East.

This was the first time this season the Huskies won back-to-back road games.

“This was a very good win for us for a whole bunch of reasons,” Calhoun said. “For a team that’s not winning on the road, we now have back-to-back wins. … I kept telling our kids to finish this off and we did that today.”

RU head coach Fred Hill Jr. credited UConn for pulling away in the second half, but found more to blame on his team’s failure to score.

“It’s our inability to make shots,” said Hill, whose team was outscored 27-10 over the first 12:02 of the second half. “We came out in the second half and we couldn’t buy one. It’s difficult to maintain your defensive level of intensity when you don’t come out and shoot the ball well.

Our inability to make shots allowed them to maintain their aggressiveness.”

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Freshman forward Dane Miller (11) led the Rutgers men’s basketball team with 10 first-half points, but scored just once in the second period. Connecticut outscored the Knights by 15 points in the second half.

Knights falter in ‘must-win’ game at RAC

Top-10 Lehigh snaps streak in season finale

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON

BY ALEX JANKOWSKI

SENIOR WRITER

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For a quick summary of the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s 76-45 loss to Syracuse yesterday, look no further WOMEN’S BASKETBALL than three missed opportunities.

First, a dribSYRACUSE 76 bling Khadijah RUTGERS 45 Rushdan attempted a no-look pass to senior Myia McCurdy in transition — only McCurdy wasn’t looking either. The ball sailed out of bounds and smacked a referee in the back.

Later, the Orange lost control of a possession, causing both Rushdan and center Rashidat Junaid to dive for the loose ball — only the two collided on the ground, causing the ball to roll back to Syracuse who scored seconds later.

At the end of the first half, Rushdan airmailed an inbounds pass down the court — only it was caught by Syracuse guard Tyler Ash. Ash sprinted and fired the ball at the basket from the half-court line, sinking a three as the buzzer sounded.

Add in the Scarlet Knights’ 25 turnovers, and a crucial contest was turned into an emotional 31-point loss.

“This was totally uncharacteristic and unexplainable, I don’t know what to say,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “Nothing was more important at this specific point [in the season]. Nothing was more important. This game was a must win.”

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — All good things must come to an end.

The Rutgers wrestling team saw its 15match unbeaten WRESTLING streak come to an RUTGERS 3 end Saturday afternoon at the Stabler LEHIGH 28 Arena, falling to No. 7 Lehigh, 28-3 in the season’s final dual-match.

The No. 22 Scarlet Knights could not attain any momentum. However, when the match was over, not one wrestler had his head down. They simply accepted the defeat and saw how much further they have to go to be on top.

“At no point do I feel embarrassed about this match,” said head coach Scott Goodale.

“I think we wrestled hard and we knew that this could happen. Of course we would like to win a couple more there, but we knew that they are at that level. We are trying to get to that level and we will soon.”

RU (19-5-1) fell into trouble early when redshirt freshman Joe Langel dropped a 54 decision in the opening bout. For the 125-pounder, it was his first loss since Dec. 12, 2009, snapping his team-high win streak at 17 matches.

Lehigh (15-3-1) continued to push the pace against the Knights, winning the next three matches to build a 12-0 lead.

“We got out-hustled in the first four bouts, ones we have been winning all year,”

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SKYLA POJEDNIC

Turnovers and poor shooting plagued the Rutgers women’s basketball team yesterday in its 76-45 defeat at the hands of Syracuse. The Knights’ postseason hopes remain in limbo.

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