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The Rutgers women’s basketball team posted a 2-1 record at the Big East Tournament, behind huge efforts from sophomores Nikki Speed and Chelsey Lee. See PAGE 18.

System texts schedule for student commute BY DEVIN SIKORSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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A new text-messaging system created by a University student allows people to send a text message to determine what time their next bus is coming. University Director of Transportation Services Jack Molenaar endorses this system.

Council to help build group trip BY COLLEEN ROACHE CORRESPONDENT

When the University’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity goes to Miami next week, time on the beach will be the last thing on the agenda, but the College Avenue Council’s unanimous vote to provide the organization with $500 will make conditions a bit more bearable. The council voted to provide the money at last night’s meeting. All funds will go toward trip expenses, not directly to students, who are paying their way. Victoria Gilbert, council president and Habitat for Humanity treasurer, was glad to

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COLLEGE AVENUE COUNCIL see the bill — which the council amended to allot $200 more than the requested $300 — pass. “I think it’s a great co-sponsorship,” the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy junior said. “The College Avenue Council is not only helping students on this campus, but reaching out. It’s a charitable effort. I think it’s going to directly benefit the students who — even in this hard economy — are working to help others.”

On Habitat for Humanity alter native Spring Break trips, volunteers relinquish luxuries and make an ef for t to live on as little as possible, said Gilber t, who joined the organization during her first year at the University. Students sleep on church floors, eat limited diets and make use of mass transit for the duration of the trip. “We get to travel to different locations and meet lots of different people, but we do so in a ver y inexpensive way,” she said. “It’s a service organization, so as much money as we can spend on directly benefiting the charity, we will.”

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Rutgers-Newark Institute of Jazz Studies Grammy-winning director Dan Morgenstern, left, greets musician Dizzy Gillespie. See PAGE 7 for full story.

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For students who have ever waited more than 20 minutes for a bus in frigid winter temperatures, a new text-messaging system is trying to prevent the situation from happening any longer. Vaibhav Verma, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, recently debuted his new text-messaging system that gives students the information they need when preparing for their next bus ride. “The system works by texting the word ‘rubus,’ followed by the abbreviation for the stop you want, to the number 41411,” he said. “A text message will be sent

back giving the student times for every bus coming to that stop.” The abbreviations for the stops are available at his Eden Web site, http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~v verna/nextbus. Verma said his interest in creating the new system was based on his dissatisfaction with the current one. “Ever since last semester, I’ve liked the idea about ‘NextBus,’” Verma said. “However, when I looked at their Web site, I felt it was a pain to use.” Students were happy to hear about a new system that does not require going to a computer to get bus arrival times.

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University Department of Transportation Services will release a survey March 31 to receive student feedback about the University’s transportation system.

Whether they are in favor of it or not, many University students have an opinion on campus transportation. Now is their chance for their voices to be heard. The University Department of Transportation Ser vices is seeking feedback on the University’s transit system through its annual transportation forum and Web survey, available through the DOTS Web site at parktran.rutgers.edu. “It’s just helpful for us as a tool, because it gives us another layer of feedback and information, typically from faculty, staff and students that might not show up [during] something like the transportation forum,” said Jennifer Stuart, manager of transportation and planning for DOTS. The survey, which will be open for comments until March 31, the date of the forum, provides the department with comments and suggestions on the transportation system and guides future improvements, she said. More than 750 members of the University community have already

answered the sur vey, with 90 percent of the responses coming from students, DOTS Director Jack Molenaar said. The department has issued the survey for a number of years, Stuart said. They are looking to see how answers have changed and to examine the causes of such changes. The sur vey was developed before the installation of the NextBus system, so it is particularly interesting to see how responses have changed as a result of the bus tracking system, she said. “We try to keep the questions consistent with other surveys so you can track the data, but we have also tried to make it simpler and just to highlight the thing most critical to us so it is easy to fill out,” Molenaar said. Via the sur vey, students may express their choice of what should be the top transportation priority for the University. Options include increased transit service during peak hours on select bus routes, increased weekend service, bicycling sharing programs or bicycle lockers.

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Rutgers Health Services and Rutgers Occupational Health continue to offer the injectable H1N1 vaccine free of charge

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MARCH 10, 2010 COMEDY CLUB TO FEATURE FEMALE TALENTS Members of the University community will be able to view top comedians from Comedy Central for a discount at the Stress Factory in downtown New Brunswick. “Comedy Central finds … Something to Laugh About!” will benefit Women Helping Women, which provides local women, children and families with therapeutic and support services, according to a WHW press release. Full-price tickets for the Tuesday, March 16 show are $50, which includes a buffet dinner. Tickets are $30 cash only for University students, faculty and staff who bring this copy of The Daily Targum. “The group of women performing at the benefit are fantastic and extremely funny,” said Anne Safran Dalin, event organizer and WHW board member in the release. “Thanks to the generous support of Comedy Central and CareOne, people coming to the event will be doing a good deed while having a great time.” The lineup includes Leighann Lord, who received an NYC Black Comedy Award; Ophira Eisenberg, one of New York Magazine’s Top 10 Comics; and Amy Schumer, who debuted on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. “Comedy Central is pleased and proud to support this event and an organization like Women Helping Women which does so much good for women and children in our local communities,” said JoAnn Grigioni, Comedy Central vice president of talent, in a release. — Mary Diduch

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Economist injects U. with drug legalization views BY JEFF PRENTKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Harvard University economics Professor Jeffrey Miron spoke to more than 200 people Monday night about drug prohibition in the United States and the effects legalizing drugs could have on the economy and society. Located in the Busch Campus Center, the lecture, titled “The Economics of Drug Legalization,” focused on a positive and normative analysis of drug prohibition and the effects it has on the black market, while including comparisons between today’s drug prohibition and the 1920s and early 1930s alcohol prohibition. “Alcohol prohibition is the single best episode for looking at this question of how much does prohibition reduce the consumption of the prohibited commodity,” Miron said. “Evidence suggests maybe a 20 percent reduction in alcohol consumption during that time period. That’s not zero, but it’s not enormous either.” Federal, state and local governments in the United States spend about $49 billion each year to support prohibition, he said. They make almost 1.8 million arrests per year on drug charges alone.

Governments also forgo about which can lead to increased $34 billion in revenue that they HIV and other blood borne discould collect if drugs were a legal eases due to unclean condicommodity like alcohol or ciga- tions, Miron said. rettes, he said. He said there is considerable “Advocates claim that drug evidence that prohibitions are prohibition has substantial bene- somewhat ef fective, but only fits, alleged to include reducing moderately effective in reducdrug use and abuse, lowering ing consumption. crime, improving health and proFor example, for the past 25 ductivity and making the moral years in the U.S., drug prices statement that have fallen drausing drugs is matically to a fifth “The opponents wrong,” Miron or a sixth of the said. “At the same level they were at of current policy time, the oppoin the early 1980s, believe that in fact Miron said. nents of current policy believe that the same drug prohibition ... time“Over in fact drug prohiperiod, U.S. bition, not the to is what causes a lot attempts drugs themselves, enforce prohibiof these harms.” is what causes a lot tion escalated draof these harms.” matically, so all JEFFREY MIRON Prohibition those extra Harvard Professor does not eliminate arrests, imprisonthe demand or the ments and expensupply for drugs, he said. Most diture, accompanied by the lower prohibited goods, such as alcohol drug prices, was the exact oppounder alcohol prohibition, all con- site of what policy was trying to tinue to be supplied and demand- accomplish, which was to raise ed even under strongly enforced drug prices,” he said. prohibitions, thus forcing the Miron argued that differences market underground. in the way drug laws are enforced A black market economy can in different countries do not corlead to increased violence and relate well with the amount of corr uption, income-generated drug consumption. crime, racial profiling and the “About nine years ago, diminished quality control of Portugal decriminalized all dr ugs, including needles, drugs, not just marijuana but

cocaine, heroine and methamphetamine. They saw no perceptible change in measures of drug use,” he said. “That again suggests that prohibition is a relatively minor deterrent of the extent to which people use drugs.” The University’s Department of Economics organized the lecture. Funding for the talk came from the Class of 1970 as part of a series of different lectures that have been held over several years. “We were very pleased with the turnout. It’s a topic we thought a lot of students and people in the community would be interested in,” said Jeff Rubin, a University professor of economics and lecture organizer. Josh David, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, enjoyed hearing the perspective of drug prohibition from a libertarian viewpoint. “A lot of times, you’ll hear a ver y liberal or conser vative viewpoint,” David said. “I thought many of the points were very valid and I really enjoyed the question and answer session as well.” Miron said if drugs were legalized, he would go out and try everything on the first day. “I’ve been studying this stuff my whole life, of course I’m curious,” he said.

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Habitat for Humanity’s trip will give six students the opportunity to build homes for lowincome Americans, Gilber t said. The students did not receive allocations from the Rutgers University Student Assembly and therefore were required to pay $375 each out of pocket. RUSA Treasurer Yousef Saleh supported the bill and proposed the amendment to increase funding. “I’ve seen first-hand the good that [Habitat for Humanity] has done,” said Saleh, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior. “As treasurer, when they’ve come in for more revenue, they’ve told me their stories. It’s ver y touching.” He had personal experiences that influenced his decision to vote as he did. He has done work with the organization, through which he had the opportunity to build a house for a disabled individual and enjoyed the experience. “It was just a good feeling,” Saleh said. “It was very heartwarming to do [the build].” The council welcomes other organizations that need support to come to them for help. “We do have this money available to [organizations],” council Vice President Ariel Bucher said. “If people are planning events in the future, we just encourage them to contact us, and we can hopefully help them out.”

The choices are based on recommendations the department received from prior surveys, participation in the Rutgers University Student Assembly and campus council forums, and direct suggestions on its Web site, Molenaar said. A new question reflecting the tough economic climate — “Which is your top priority to implement if funding were to become available?” — was added to this year’s survey, he said. “In tough fiscal times, we are always trying to weigh what would be the biggest bang for our buck,” Stuart said. “I think these are all

COMMUTE: Students question efficiency of system continued from front Director of Transportation Services Jack Molenarr said, at yesterday’s College Avenue Council meeting, that the new system is simple, effective and approves of the use by students. Ryan Riccobene, a School of Engineering junior, said he did not like having to access a computer before going to a bus stop. “The text-messaging system would make it much easier, because I’m not always able to check the computer for bus times,” Riccobene said. “Everybody has phones, so it seems much more effective.” Verma said his system is much more effective than the NextBus system, because it is more general. “It makes finding bus times sim-

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worthy improvements, but [the survey] gives us another layer of feedback to make that decision if funding were to become available.” The department actively considers all the suggestions and in the past, the surveys and forums have helped to bring about changes in the system, she said. For example, they received feedback in an earlier survey that buses were too crowded at the beginning of the semester, Stuart said. This led to additional buses along University routes to accommodate the increased bus usage when classes begin. The department also changed exam schedule service based on past surveys and campus council feedback, Molenaar said. The result was decreased reading day service to provide for increased

service on exam days during the end of the fall semester. The transportation forum, scheduled for March 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 411A of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, will give students, faculty and staff members an opportunity to voice their opinions in an informal discussion, Stuart said. “The more ways we can get input and feedback, the more it helps us,” Molenaar said. The department will discuss proposed changes to the transportation system for the coming academic year, like a potential increase in parking ticket fees, he said. Many University students had not heard about the survey or forum but said they would be willing to fill it out once it comes their way.

Daniel Jang, a Mason Gross School of the Arts first-year student, said the survey could be a useful tool and plans to complete it, but worries the University will not take the suggestions seriously. “It seems like sur veys are done just to be done, but they could be OK if [the University] actually looks at it,” Jang said. Steve Getic, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said it is important for the University to get student recommendations on the bus system to make improvements where necessary. “I think it is important to take different feedback from different people on the bus system,” said Getic. “If the school looks at the survey and considers the possible changes, they can maybe add more buses to some of the lines.”

pler because you only have to select a bus stop and not a route,” he said. The new system also does not require a smartphone. “As long as you can receive text messages, this service will work for you no matter what phone you have,” Verma said. Since the service is still in development, some students are a bit doubtful of its effectiveness. Madelena Santore, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, expressed her concern about the system, saying she does not trust its accuracy. “I would definitely use the new text-messaging service. But if it is new, I’m kind of skeptical on how efficient it really is,” she said. Verma admitted the system is still in the development stage, and that he would need a bigger server if the system becomes popular. “The system has received [more than] 5,000 requests for

bus times since I launched it last Tuesday, which is around 1,000 requests per day,” he said. Knowing that a much bigger system is needed to keep the system running, the Rutgers University Student Assembly stepped in to help Verma develop the system. “RUSA is going to provide me with resources I currently don’t have, like using their Web host to run the service,” he said. Yousef Saleh, vice-chair of RUSA, said the organization had to help Verma because it was such a promising system. “When we first heard about Verma’s system, we had to jump at the opportunity to help him and give him the necessary tools to develop it,” said Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The first step is to run the service on the RUSA Web server, which Verma said would help out the system tremendously, Saleh said.

RUSA is always looking to help students who have a new idea or need help in any area, he said. “Once we find out there is [a] student who needs help with something, we help that student out,” Saleh said. “I feel it is the job of the student assembly to do so.” He was interested in the system because it allows students without a computer to get the bus times. “Not ever y student has a smartphone,” Saleh said. “I find that this system is much easier to use than going on a computer to find the times.” He also said that RUSA wants to make sure the system is still around even after Verma leaves the University. “We want it to be something that is sustainable, seeing as it could definitely expand to much greater levels,” Saleh said. “We are looking in the long-term sense to keep it in the system.”

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NAACP tutors, supports with New Jersey grant BY SARAH LAZARUS

The initiative will focus on tutoring and mentoring, but the organization also plans to include In an effort to bridge the gap field trips, one of which will be a between high school and col- “Rutgers NAACP tour,” which is lege, the University’s chapter of already a five-year program the the National Association for the NAACP started as a part of their Advancement of Colored People high school outreach. developed a new program to The tour, which takes place help students at Piscataway once in the spring and once in High School. the fall, allows high school stuThe organization will use a dents to come to the University, $30,000 grant from the state at where they receive housing, the start of April to launch the activities and planned tours so program, which incorporates they can get a feel for the both academic help and a support University, Robinson said. system outside of school, NAACP Other possible activities University chapter President include trips to see plays and Charney Robinson said. workshops about college majors. “In so many ways, it’s both a “We definitely want to put tutoring and a mentoring program,” them on a collegiate path, NAACP University because they’re chapter Vice not necessarily “We definitely want encouraged to go President Jessica Moise said. “It inito college even to put them tially started as a though Rutgers is tutoring program right around the [mentorees] on a to help the children corner,” Robinson collegiate path ... ” said. of Piscataway, but then we realized Other students CHARNEY ROBINSON that it would be are also supportRutgers NAACP President more helpful to ive of the project, build a relationship such as Veronica with the students.” Figueroa, a School of Arts and Unlike other tutoring pro- Sciences first-year student. grams on campus where students “I think [this program] gives come at different times and work students a chance to have a with different people, the NAACP good role model of your race,” will try to establish a sense of sta- she said. “It’s a chance to see bility, Robinson said. someone of color coming back “We’re going to be working to help younger students out.” with the same kids, and the same NAACP Metuchen-Edison kids will get the same tutors,” said chapter President Reggie Robinson, a School of Arts and Johnson, a leader of one of the Sciences senior. “Although [a most influential local chapters, tutor] may be helping a student wrote the grant proposal, with his math homework, the tutor Robinson said. will also have a relationship with “[Johnson] really helped us the student so that he/she will feel out with obtaining the grant for comfortable opening up to the this project,” she said. tutor about other problems.” Although the NAACP A commitment to learning is received the funds months a major tenet of the NAACP, ago, they were frozen during she said. the transition from former Gov. “One of the main goals of Jon S. Corzine to Gov. Chris NAACP is education, so we Christie, Robinson said. Now thought this was an opportunity that the funds are available, to achieve that goal on a local plans for the program can level,” Robinson said. move for ward. CONTRIBUTING WRITER

NOTED SCIENTIST, EXPERT DIRECTS NEW UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE Former DuPont Fellow Peter Gillies assumed his role last Monday as founding director for the Rutgers Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health — a University initiative to promote research in the scientific fields of agriculture, food science, nutrition science and human health. “Gillies’ strong ties to scientific and professional networks … moves Rutgers a major step forward to its goal of bringing the best in research and education to respond to the urgent and growing challenges to nutrition and human health the world over,” said Robert Goodman, executive dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in a statement. Gillies, a noted expert on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, spent nearly 30 years working with DuPont’s world-class research and development organization, according to a University Media Relations press release. To honor his career of scientific contribution and leadership, he was made a DuPont Fellow in 2008, a rank held by only 12 other scientists within the company. In academia, Gillies held adjunct professorships with universities such as Pennsylvania State University and the University of Delaware. He is also active in various professional societies like American Heart Association, Society of Toxicology and American Society of Nutrition. The institute was established in 2008 after the University received a four-year, $10 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As one of the University’s main initiatives, the institute aims to focus on challenges in cardio-inflammatory disease, cancer and obesity. Plans for the institute’s home include a four-story building on Cook campus containing state of the art laboratories, computing facilities and “smart” lecture halls and classrooms. “I am honored and excited to be named the founding director of this signature initiative, one that has national and global resonance,” Gillies said. “I am eager to begin the work to advance Rutgers’ long tradition of leadership in food science and nutrition.” — Kristine Rosette Enerio

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Editors from The Daily Targum will hold a writers meeting for current and prospective writers at 9:30 p.m. in the S-Lounge on the 4th floor of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. They will assign stories and answer questions about writing articles. No previous writing experience is required, and anyone interested is welcome to attend. Expand your horizons! Take a trip to the East with this celebration of Asian cultures and traditions at 7:30 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center. Spend your evening with exciting performances and cuisine from the University’s own student groups and local vendors representing Japan, China, the Philippines, India and other Asian countries. Supplies are limited. Join Rutgers’ Liberty In North Korea at 9:30 p.m. in Room 105 of Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus for a special presentation of the National Geographic documentary “Inside North Korea,” hosted by Lisa Ling. The documentary shows glimpses of real life in North Korea.

Those interested in teaching fun science projects and arts and crafts to middle school students are invited to attend a Rutgers in the Community meeting. Meetings are held every Thursday at 9 p.m. in Room 112 of Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus. For more information, contact Sean Lo at seanlo@eden.rutgers.edu. The Center for Latino Arts and Culture and the Department of American Studies is hosting a screening of the film “Brincando el Charco” from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Graduate Student Lounge behind Au Bon Pain on the College Avenue campus. A conversation with the director of the film, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, will follow.

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School is out until March 21 for Spring Break! Enjoy the vacation!

Sacred Sounds is back at 8:30 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. The evening will feature musical meditations, exotic drumming and dance as well as world-famous Kirtan bands As Kindred Spirits and Mayapuris. Those interested should RSVP and get updates at www.bhakticlub.org.

All interested photographers are welcome to attend The Daily Targum photographers’ meeting in Room 403 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The meeting will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. We will be holding a weekly photographers’ meeting to discuss important housekeeping business, assign events and facilitate several workshopping activities. Pizza will be served.

“Exploding Stars and Atom Smashers” is the topic of the annual Henry R. and Gladys V. Irons Lecture in Physics and Astronomy at 2 p.m. in the Physics Lecture Hall on Busch Campus. The speaker, Dr. Michael Smith, is a Distinguished Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The Lecture is free and open to the public.

The exhibit, “Perspectives Through the Lens: Soviet Art Photography in the 1970s-80s,” ends today in the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. This collection presents a selection of more than 60 photographs from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art by Francisco Infante, Vladimir Kupriyanov, Boris Mikhailov and Aleksandr Slyusarev, four major Soviet artists working with photography in the ’70s and ’80s.

Students considering living in off-campus housing can learn their rights as a tenant at “Tenants’ Rights in New Jersey,” scheduled to be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 410 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. A guest speaker from the Housing Coalition of Central NJ will discuss topics regarding tenants, landlords, leases, security deposits and other issues regarding living off campus. Visit ruoffcampus.rutgers.edu for more information.

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Jazz journalist rewrites history with record-setting Grammy win BY ARIEL NAGI

every decade, along with several awards including the Deems Taylor Award in December 2007 — his third and second in Dan Morgenstern remembers the a row — from the American Society of first time the sounds of jazz music filled Composers, Authors and Publishers for his ears. He was just 9 years old when he his liner notes on “If You Got to Ask, You first encountered Fats Waller, a 1920s Ain’t Got It!” jazz pianist. Once his fingers hit the He also was named the 27th recipient keys, Morgenstern knew he had found of DownBeat magazine’s Lifetime his passion. Achievement Award in 2007, as well as a “I didn’t know a smattering of English recipient of the Legacy Award from The — I didn’t understand what he was Recording Academy. singing about or talking about — but he “It’s nice because it makes you feel that was full of life, and he had tremendous you’re still with it. People still respond to beat with tremendous rhythm,” said what you do,” he said. Morgenstern, director of the Institute of Yet Morgenstern credits most of his Jazz Studies at Rutgers-Newark. “That success to the musicians. didn’t turn me into a jazz fan over night, “I’ve been lucky in the sense that I have but it started something.” some really good music to write about,” he And it did star t more than said. “The eight Grammys I won all just something. involved good music, so if you have some To date, jazz journalist Morgenstern, good music to write about, then you’re 80, has won eight Grammys for writing halfway there already.” album notes for several jazz artists — Morgenstern’s career stretches more than any person has ever won in that beyond just jazz writing. He was the editor particular category. for DownBeat magazine for seven years, His most recent Grammy honors a has written jazz and theater reviews for seven-piece CD set discussing Louis The New York Post, was record-reviewer Armstrong’s career and music between for the Chicago Sun-Times and is current1935 to 1946 called “The Complete Louis ly the editor of the Annual Review of Jazz Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946),” Studies and the monograph series Studies on Mosaic Records. in Jazz, all while contributing to numerous The album notes, which originated as books about jazz. liner notes on the back of records, aim to Josh Morgenstern, his son, said ever tell the listener more about the music and since he can remember his father has the artists, Morgenstern said. He has writbeen winning countless awards for ten more than 500. his work. “You want to involve the reader right “He won so many of them when I was away, which is something that would serve [a] kid, [and] it has always been excitto make the record interesting and appealing,” Josh Morgenstern said. “It’s ing,” he said. “The thing about writing always exciting when he wins and it’s liner notes is that you want to enhance the great that he’s able to keep getting listening experience and make music that recognition.” more accessible to the listener.” Dan Morgenstern began his jazz writMorgenstern won his first Grammy in ing career before 1962 when he wrote his 1973 and has won a couple since then for first liner note, but his passion for writing was always present and popular in his family, as his father was a journalist in Europe. But he never thought he would become a jazz journalist until he was offered a position with a British jazz journal. “I became a journalist, but it didn’t occur to me that I would get professionally involved in jazz,” he said. COURTESY OF JAMES HERSHORN While Morgenstern, right, greets Louis Armstrong at the Rhode Island he did not get paid Newport Jazz Festival in 1970, a year before Armstrong’s death. NEWS EDITOR

COURTESY OF JAMES HERSHORN

Morgenstern, left, gives Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, a tour in the early 1990s of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers-Newark.

much money, he remembers one thing the editor said that motivated him to contribute to the publication. “He said something that stuck in my mind — it’ll be good for the musicians,” Morgenstern said. He began his career in April 1947 upon arriving to New York City. Growing up in the World War II era, German-born Morgenstern spent much of his childhood traveling around Europe due to Nazi invasions. Although he was born in Munich, he was raised in both Austria and Denmark. He did not set foot on German soil until he was 24 years old in the U.S. Army. Morgenstern said when he first arrived in New York City, he had different aspirations than most European immigrants had at that time. “Most people, when they come to New York for the first time, they want to see the Empire State Building, but I wanted to see 52nd Street,” he said. “It is true — 52nd Street at that time was this long block ... where there were more jazz clubs in that stretch than anywhere else in the world. It was like the center of jazz.” Morgenstern describes the most memorable moment in his life as the day he met Armstrong in his dressing room in April 1947 at New York City’s long-gone Roxy Theater. “That led to a long friendly relationship, but meeting Louis for the first time, that was a terrific experience,” he said. “He is, was, remains the greatest single figure in music.” Morgenstern said while he understands that many people think jazz music is losing its audience, he disagrees. “I have to laugh because all of my lengthy life I’ve seen articles like that starting in the mid ’50s: ‘Is jazz dying?,’” he said. “It’s not going to die — there continues to be good, young upcoming

musicians all the time, and there are young people who are interested in listening to the music.” He said the evolution of music has led to the merging of jazz, classical and rock music. “You don’t have to be interested in one kind of music, whether you’re a player or a listener,” Morgenstern said. “Music is still played and heard all over the world. The main thing is the music, and the music continues to be something that is very much alive.” Morgenstern’s extensive knowledge of jazz has not only led him to win awards, but it also opened the door to opportunities other than writing. His talent led Ken Burns to ask Morgenstern to act as senior adviser to his 10-part PBS series, “Jazz.” He co-produces and co-hosts the institute’s “Jazz from the Archives” program on WBGO-FM and cohosts the monthly Jazz Research Roundtable at Rutgers-Newark. Morgenstern has been working with the Institute of Jazz Studies at RutgersNewark for almost 35 years. He is the first person to ever hold the title of director at the once completely graduate student-run facility. “The institute is a wonderful collection and it was, [in the beginning], sort of an orphan at Rutgers because it was a freestanding unit,” he said. “It wasn’t part of the music department.” Morgenstern said the institute is known as the place with the most jazz material under one roof in the state. Morgenstern would like to be most remembered for his writing and hopes readers can take pride in his work. “I hope they’ll want to read some of the things I’ve written about the music, but also — not alone but with the help of others — what I’ve established at the institute,” he said.

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NATION

MARCH 10, 2010

Ohio State janitor shoots three on job THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

describe the contents of Brown’s backpack. COLUMBUS, Ohio — An The other employees in the Ohio State University janitor who building at the time have been was about to lose his job walked of fered grief counseling, into a maintenance building for Denton said. his early morning shift yesterday “This is a tragic event, and and shot two supervisors, killing our hearts go out to all of the one of them and fatally shooting families,” said Vernon Baisden, himself. No students were hurt. assistant vice president for pubNathaniel Brown, 51, arrived lic safety. for work at the nation’s largest Police released two 911 calls. university dressed in dark clothIn one, a caller tells the dispatching, a hooded sweatshirt and a er that he pulled into the garage backpack. He then opened fire in and heard gunshots. He identian office suite using two handfies Brown as the shooter and guns, campus Police Chief Paul says Brown was in the process of Denton said. being fired. Brown spent five years in Brown, who was still on probaprison in the 1970s and ’80s for tion as a recent hire, had recently receiving stolen property but lied complained to a union representaabout it on his job application, tive that his supervisors were being records show. It wasn’t immediateunfair in their evaluation of him, said ly clear whether Ohio State had Richard Murray, president of done the required background Communications Workers of check on him. America Local 4501, Ohio State which represents “This is a tragic released docucustodial workers at ments from Ohio State. event, and our Brown’s person“He was frushearts go out to all trated and upset, nel file showing that super visors certainly. But he of the families.” complained he didn’t make any VERNON BAISDEN was tardy, slept on threats or anyAssistant Vice President the job and had thing,” Murray for Public Safety problems followsaid. The union ing instructions. couldn’t do more The university with the case sent him a letter March 2 informbecause Brown didn’t file a foring him that his employment was mal complaint, he said. to end Saturday. Brown was released from About a half-dozen other prison in 1984 after ser ving employees were in the building about five years on a charge of when the shooting began, receiving stolen proper ty, Denton said. He described the records show. The case file shooting as work-related but didhad been archived, and more n’t describe a motive. information on the crime wasThe shooting was reported at n’t immediately available, pris3:30 a.m. yesterday. Police tactions spokeswoman Julie cal units surrounded the building Walburn said. and found Brown with a selfOn his job application, inflicted gunshot wound in a Brown checked “no” when garage bay, Denton said. He was asked whether he had ever pronounced dead at a campus been convicted of a felony or hospital several hours later. misdemeanor. A letter from Brown had been scheduled to Ohio State offering him the job work his normal third shift, said it was contingent on a Denton said. satisfactor y criminal backOne of the victims, building ground check. ser vices manager Larr y Baisden declined to comment Wallington, 48, died at the scene. on whether the check was comThe other, operations shift leader pleted. Ohio State’s policy on Henry Butler, 60, was in stable background checks depends on condition at Ohio State the type of job position, he said. University Medical Center, offiBoth shooting victims had cials said. worked for the university for Butler wrote a letter Feb. 11 about 10 years. Family memrecommending that Brown be bers reached Tuesday declined terminated, according records to comment. released by the university. Classes went on as scheduled Even though colleagues had yesterday. More than 55,000 stumade a special effort to help dents attend the main campus in Brown, he was not improving, Columbus. The maintenance the letter said. building is next to a power plant Denton declined to say and across the street from Ohio whether other employees were Stadium, home to the university’s targeted. Police also didn’t football team.

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Sinjoyla Townsend, left, becomes emotional as Angelisa Young looks on during their wedding on the first day same-sex couples are legal to wed under a new law passed yesterday in Washington, D.C.

Same-sex couples wed in capitol THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” and kissed after the pastor pronounced them “legally married.” The Rev. Darlene Garner, 61, and the Rev. Candy Holmes, 53, were among the first same-sex couples to marr y in Washington on yesterday, when the district became the sixth place in the countr y to conduct the unions. “You have been in love, and you have recognized it all along. But today, the love that you have recognized in your heart is recognized by the District of Columbia,” the Rev. Dwayne Johnson told the couple. “Equality and justice for all now includes us,” Garner said after the ceremony. Both she and Holmes are leaders in the Metropolitan Community Churches, a group of Christian churches that primarily ser ve the gay and lesbian community. The district joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont as places that issue same-sex couples marriage licenses. Garner and Holmes were one of three couples married at the office of the Human Rights Campaign, which does advocacy work on gay, lesbian and transgender issues. In the other ceremonies, Reggie Stanley and Rocky Galloway

married and then carried their 16-month-old twin daughters down the aisle, and Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend hugged and smiled after being declared “partners in life this day and for always.” “All of us have responsibilities to ensure the success of this joint endeavor,” said the Rev. David Nor th, who married Townsend and Young. He asked guests to “respect the life path that they choose together” and “commit to loving them.”

“It’s just a legal document, so if anything happens to one of us, we have rights.” REBECCA TAYLOR

“I accept this charge,” the guests responded. About 100 guests stayed for the three ceremonies. A cellist played, arrangements of yellow chr ysanthemums, roses and carnations flanked the stage, and cream and gray programs announced the couples’ names along with: “Congratulations to the couples on this historic day.” About 150 couples were eligible to pick up marriage licenses after applying last week. Many of them stood in line March 3 at the marriage bureau of the district’s Moultrie Courthouse for four or

more hours. Like all couples, they had to wait three business days for their licenses to be processed. By the time the marriage bureau closed Tuesday, 42 couples had returned to pick up their licenses. At least a dozen couples married and returned the licenses the same day. Couples do have 10 days to return their licenses after they have been married, so more couples may have actually tied the knot. Couples plans for ceremonies varied. District residents Eva Townsend and Shana McDavisConway, planned to marry immediately at a ceremony by their plot in a community garden, where they’ve grown carrots and potatoes. Others said they would be joined over the next several weeks and months. A large number — many of whom had held previous ceremonies — planned to marry at the city’s courthouse. Normally, the courthouse hosts four to six weddings a day, but over the next several weeks, officials are expecting 10 to 12 per day because of the demand for same-sex ceremonies. Rebecca and Delia Taylor picked up their license Tuesday morning and a minister friend immediately married them outside the courthouse. The couple said they long ago exchanged rings and considered themselves married. Still, they were grinning after picking up their certificate inside the courthouse. “We’ve referred to each other as wives,” Rebecca Taylor said. “It’s just a legal document, so if anything happens to one of us, we have rights.”

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EDITORIALS

Facebook updates innately annoying

e all have our friends who update their Facebook statuses several times a week, and then there are those who tirelessly rush to a computer and log onto the Web site simply to inform the rest of us how they are doing. The worst are those who needlessly use their Blackberrys and iPhones in order to tell the world of “lunch with my BF!” or “time for bed.” According to The New York Times, the world’s most popular social network will add a new feature allowing users to more accurately update their locations via the status update option. This location-based feature raises the questions of privacy and unnecessary updates from those who have so far only annoyed their friends with constant and, for now, location-free updates. Privacy is a constantly stressed issue for which Facebook has raised users’ concerns. Now with this location-based feature, concerns certainly increase. A user who updates his status constantly will be faced with a more exposed Facebook page. This would let anyone who has privileges to the user’s profile to more accurately “stalk” him or her. Why would anyone need to inform us of his location anyway? In addition to privacy issues, the sheer levels of annoyance will considerably rise with an increase in people who choose to update status and location. In order to accurately look at these reported daily routines, we looked at several of our friends’ Facebook statuses. We will let the reader decide how pointless some of them are. A certain user, via Facebook for Blackberry of course posted, “dinner with friends, then planet earth!” and “time to go to sleep, all.” Perhaps it is a bit prejudice to pick on one person, but the rest of Facebook users do the exact same thing. If it is not annoying bedtime updates, it is plans to go to “Theta Delta Chi party [tonight].” Giving users the opportunity to easily update their locations then only brings our need to visit the Web site down. If we were concerned with the mundane nature of most college students’ activities, we could still easily stalk our favorite person, but otherwise, location-based updates only cause us to frown. Just please put your Blackberry or iPhone down and abandon the habit of telling the rest of the world what lunch has in store for you. In regard to location, simply do not endanger yourself with needless updates and spare the rest of us the quick signing off Facebook only to avoid cringing at your status.

Simple marketing sets Barbie prices

almart has always been at the forefront of slashing prices and exploiting workers, but in recent news, it was involved in a more peculiar issue. According to an ABC News article, a store in Louisiana decided to discount black Barbie dolls for the sake of selling its spring inventory. The public took it as something different. The issue, which has been circulating the Internet, is that the white Barbie dolls sell for almost double their black counterparts — $3 versus $5.93. And while it may look as if the racial aspect of this is predominant, Walmart claims it was purely a business decision. And after all, why wouldn’t it be? Despite the unfavorable image most of us have of Walmart, it was making a tactical retail decision. There are plenty of other types of dolls that have aimed to sell to different people. For example, if a little girl had the dream of becoming a ballerina, she would buy the doll that most closely resembles her dream. Basically, the way a doll is dressed and accessorized is just as important as the color of its plastic, or skin. The simple marketing decision to sell black dolls at lower prices was only a response to the fact that the toys were not selling as successfully. The red tags on the black dolls’ boxes meant that they were the same price — up until the decision to discount them, rather than make an innate statement that white is better than black. Any business-minded corporation or individual would resort to discounting the product that is least sellable. In addition to the marketing aspect, little children do not know any better than the doll they actually like. Their views are not of color or ethnicity — they simply go for the toy they most like. Blaming a child for picking the “wrong” color doll would be completely unfounded. Kids will want whatever they want and any question of political or social issues does not reach their brains as they are, after all, still untainted. It is logical to take the standpoint of racial injustice, but that is simply not the case here. Demand of the customers is the sole driver for this business decision. Any question of inequality has no place in the issue. It is important not to make a big deal out of such situations, because kids are at risk of learning habits from generations involved in racial segregation in the past. Any question of race then should not have even been asked.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “You don’t have to be interested in one kind of music ... The main thing is the music, and the music continues to be something that is very much alive.” Dan Morgenstern, director of the Insititute of Jazz Studies Rutgers-Newark, on types of music STORY IN IN FOCUS

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U. endowment dismal in context

raise our endowment to a he Daily Targum more respectful level, somepublished an article thing akin to Pennsylvania last month, “U. State’s, it would still only endowment climbs despite pay for roughly 2 percent of economic woes,” in which total expenditures. So why the author celebrated the is this relevant? fact that amid the financial The issue is actually crisis the University’s ERIC KNECHT much larger than budgetary endowment suffered little concerns. As one of the oldrelative to other colleges. est universities in the country, it is curious that we Never mind that the article’s title disingenuously have not accrued a larger endowment. It is imporsuggested that our endowment actually increased tant to highlight this because in many ways an — in reality, it only decreased less than others — endowment tells a story about a university’s gradubut more problematic was that the underlying explaates — it is an indicator of both their prosperity and nation of why the endowment suffered relatively their attitude toward their alma mater. More preless was never provided. That is, while the mancisely, since an endowment is predominantly comagers of our school’s endowment fund deserve prised of donations given by graduates of the insticredit for only losing 15 percent as compared to the tution, there are only two reasons why the 20 to 30 percent lost at other institutions, the truth University would fail to garner more money: Our is that with less money to work with, our school was alumni earn relatively less than those of other similikely forced to make conservative investments. In larly reputable schools, or our alumni do not feel other words, we did not have the luxury to risk losinclined to give back. ing anything, and more importantly, we were likely The first possibility is easily disproved. barred from entering into more lucrative but riskier According to a 2009 report, by midinvestments that require higher career the average University alumamounts of principle. “Having a small nus is earning $93,000 as compared While the article made reference the average Columbia alumnus to our endowment’s total size — endowment means to earning $100,000 by the same point $508 million — it never properly placed this number in any sort of having less money in time. This is especially impressive when you consider how much less meaningful perspective. Consider to spend on our University alumni invested in the following: Our University’s funds rank 105 in the country. This places research grants ...” their education. Moreover, the average mid-career University alumnus it in the neighborhood of Berr y earns nearly $9,000 more than his College, Oberlin College and several Pennsylvania State counterpart, who takes home other tiny liberal arts schools that enroll fewer stu$84,600. The disparity between endowments then is dents than can fit in Scott Hall on the College simply not explained by a similar disparity between Avenue campus and may (or may not) be locatable income levels among graduates. on Google maps. To be fair, we also have an endowOf course, this leaves us with the grim conclument analogous to some other large state universision that our University alumni opt to donate far less ties, such as the Louisiana State University system, frequently than other university graduates with simwhich enrolls more than 83,000 students across ilar income levels. Unfortunately, as much as I four public universities, none of which anyone would love to blame this on the abrasive nature of would voluntarily attend. the Rutgers Telefund workers, I doubt this can Moreover, it is not that we only have a dismal explain away much of the disparity. endowment in comparison to the Ivy League — Sadly, something about our dismal endowment Harvard University’s is an astonishing 50 times seems to make perfect sense when you consider greater — which obviously benefits from having the attitudes of many University students. wealthy donors pay to ensure that their son or Empirically speaking, it seems that all too often daughter get admitted on “legacy.” Unfortunately, students at this University describe their success we also fail to compete with other similarly repnot “because of Rutgers,” but rather “in spite of utable state universities, such as Pennsylvania and Rutgers.” Many times the underlying sentiment Michigan State, both of which double our fund at appears to be “yes, despite that 200-pound ball $1.2 and $1.1 billion respectively. and chain around my ankle that is Rutgers Pragmatically speaking, having a small endowUniversity, I made a name for myself in [insert ment means having less money to spend on field of study here].” The RU Screw per vades us, research grants, scholarships and other awards that make the University a more attractive place for top SEE KNECHT ON PAGE 11 students and professors. But even if we were able to

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‘Race to the top’ message lost in public education Letter STEPHEN LEE

ayor-for-life Michael Bloomberg has decided to attack the public school system by shutting down the bottom 10 percent of schools in his third term as mayor of New York City. This decision is propagated by President Barack Obama’s “Race to the Top” funding for public school systems, which would qualify New York state for more than $700 million. Let’s make it clear that I believe in a lot of what Obama advocates out of schools: Longer school days, extending the school year and diversifying extracurricular activities. However, the “race to the top” message has resulted in school closures across the country. In

KNECHT continued from page 10 makes us cynics while we are here and likely makes us reluctant to give back later on. Why is this worth pointing out? Because if there was ever a tangible indicator one could point to when making an argument as to why this University should stop accepting so many students, it is the endowment. This is not a new argument. As the number of students continues to increase, the quality of student life invariably goes down. Each time students get pushed off buses and are late for class, cannot find available tables at the library, cannot register for a class they are actually excited to take, or fail to secure a place to live within a reasonable distance from the school, there is another reason to be dissatisfied with their college experience. In other words, there is another reason to believe they somehow triumphed over — not with the help of — the University. Simply put, if we accept less students we only lose the least competitive applicants. We get stronger enrolling classes with more available resources, placing students in a position to be even more likely to succeed. In turn, ever yone at the University has a better experience, the way in which students view the school changes, and world hunger is ultimately solved (maybe the last bit is a stretch). At the least, when Telefund calls us 20 years from now we are far less inclined to say: “No thank you, I would much rather give to [inser t graduate school here].” If nothing else, the take away is this: Next time you hear “Rutgers ranks 105” in some given categor y, rather than assume this is somehow a positive sign, take a moment to ask what this actually says about our University and how it reflects what actually takes place here on campus. I assure you, it is better than simply debating about the tea party. Eric Knecht is a Rutgers College senior majoring in economics and history.

this respect, NYC has set the precedent for school closures. First of all, many of the lowest performing schools are not located in Manhattan. Nineteen of these schools to be closed are located in the Bronx, which is a high need area. The school I currently work at is one of 483 total high schools, and it represents the 17th highestneed school in the entire city. Second, such an action raises questions about the validity of progress reports, report cards, quality reviews and systems of accountability that were established to measure the quality of institutions across the city. Many of these schools received C’s on their progress reports — which does not qualify them for closure. Taxpayers spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on these systems of accountability that have been completely disregarded.

Finally, the charter school movement in NYC has strong advocates with Bloomberg, Obama, NYC Public Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Education Secretary Arne Duncan

“Aren’t ‘public’ school populations supposed to reflect the diversity of their community?” in power. There is no doubt that many of these current public schools that are phasing out will be replaced with charter schools that will impose an unfair selection process that leave special needs students to public schools. And we wonder why the public schools fail.

One of the fallacies of charter schools is the notion that they are “public” institutions. Let’s correct this by clarifying that charter schools are funded using public taxdollars, however, they are not necessarily equally accessible to everyone the way public schools are. If you compare the overall populations of charter schools to public schools, you will notice the dichotomy where public schools are burdened by higher populations of special needs, recently incarcerated and ESL students than charter schools. So what does a “successful” public school look like in NYC? One notable example is Stuyvesant High School, whose most recent freshman class contains only seven black students, representing less than 1 percent of their cohort. Aren’t “public” school populations supposed to reflect the diversity of their community? What does it

mean for a school to be “public” if this is not the case? Have we really pursued equality or have we retrogressed to segregation? Although a lot of the problems in NYC are a result of Bloomberg’s mismanagement, it is really the fault of Obama who is dangling a massive carrot in front of the mayor’s nose. The question is where is this carrot leading us — better educational outcomes for our highest need children? The money that NYC acquires through “Race to the Top” will not alter the student population in the community I teach. So better educational outcomes as a result of closing schools and increasing funding into a mismanaged system is essentially paying for miracles. Stephen Lee is a biology teacher in New York and a Rutgers College Class of 2007 alumnus.

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Today's birthday (3/10/10). This year you will weave together different elements to achieve success. You may begin with logic, but you take the next step into the realm of imagination by following a dream. Then you make your dreams concrete using all of your creative talents together. 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 — Ideas flow easily today, allowing you to express your desire, formulate a plan and consult with coworkers. Then, roll up your sleeves and get busy. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Your less-thanperfect world places you at home when you wish to be climbing mountains. A female produces the perfect plan to make work enjoyable. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — As the sand filters through the hourglass today, set aside imagination in favor of practical considerations. Money may be an important factor. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — An older person bows to the creative inspiration of a female. She understands the practical problem. You work out the cost. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — If you want things to work out as quickly as possible, step back for a moment and allow an idea to unfold. Two minutes now will save hours later. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Allow your imagination to run wild. Let your logical mind control the spending. Another person may contribute.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — The more you satisfy your practical desires, the better you work with your team. Group creativity incorporates logical decision-making. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — You learn about karmic results today. Reasonable effort has produced fiery, even argumentative results. Deal with the fallout immediately. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) 2 — Today is a 6 — Divide your attention between group responsibilities and your recreational desires. Both can happen if you manage time well. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — If at first you don't succeed, try something new ... really and truly different. It may not feel logical, but it will work. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — A dream image reveals the creative direction of someone in your circle. They weren't keeping secrets; they just weren't talking. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — The girls in your group take a practical approach. Find a unique angle to convince the guys. Logic probably isn't enough.

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in the season. Against NCAA Division I teams, the division immediately below the Auriemma division in college basketball, the Huskies have an NCAA record 72 consecutive victories, breaking their own record two nights ago against Notre Dame. The best part? Auriemma doesn’t even care. “I don’t think about it,” he said after tying the record in a rout of Syracuse in the quarterfinals. “I don’t — you know, I just don’t care, I guess, is my biggest thing. I know everybody else around the country does. I know everybody wants to ask me. I know everybody wants to write a story about it.” To junior Maya Moore, who was there since win No. 1 of the streak and played a key role in numbers 2-72, the achievement is a special one. But it was not enough to draw emotion from the calm and collected two-time Big East Player of the Year. Because unless the winning streak reaches 78, it means nothing. “You have to have great leadership first of all,” Moore said on the accomplishment. “It starts with coach Auriemma and goes down to our seniors and spreads to the rest of us, somebody to come every day with their hardhat on and really make sure that they come with that competitiveness.” How good is Connecticut? The 72-game winning streak is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes down to impressive statistics. Here are a few fun facts to dwell on while Selection Monday looms:

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streak, the Huskies won each game by at least 10 points and have not lost a regular season game since Feb. 3, 2008, against Rutgers.

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nation in eight major statistical categories including assist-toturnover ratio (1.36), field goal percentage (52.1 percent) and scoring defense (47.5 points per game for opponents).

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all-time as the No. 1 overall team in the Associated Press top-25 poll.

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223 consecutive games without allowing an opponent to shoot more than 50 percent from the field. The last team to do so was Boston College in 2004.

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from the floor in the win over Syracuse, Big East Player of the Year Tina Charles set a Big East Tournament record for most made field goals in a game.

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Moore became the fastest player in Connecticut histor y to cross the 2,000-point milestone with her 16 points against Syracuse.

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While Cincinnati (17-14, 7-11) heated up in the final seven and a half minutes, Rutgers (15-17, 213) went cold. Rosario, who scored an efficient 26 points on 8-of-18 shooting, did not score for a six-minute, six-second stretch in which the Bearcats turned a five-point deficit into an eight-point lead capped by Parker’s three-pointer after yet another offensive rebound.

Rosario drew a foul and connected on one of his two free throw attempts, but then made a pair after Cincinnati hit one of its two attempts. But the Knights just could not shake the cold shooting. After the Rosario layup at that 9:37 mark, they went 1-of-8, with only a mid-range Austin Johnson jumper breaking up the steady diet of misses. Beatty finally scored from the field with his driving layup cutting the lead to 63-59 with 54.7 seconds remaining. After trading baskets, RU was forced to send Cincinnati to the foul line for the final 38.7 seconds.

MARCH 10, 2010 Deonta Vaughn made both of his and so did Mike Coburn after he was fouled on a shot attempt. An errant Cincinnati pass on the inbound led to a wild scrum that resulted in RU’s Jonathan Mitchell going to the free throw line where the junior calmly knocked down both of his shots. Vaughn, the Bearcats’ steady senior, went back to the line with 23 seconds left but made just one leaving the door open for Rosario. The sophomore came down the court and rattled home a three to tie the score at 68 — only to have Stephenson win it late.

Mitchell finished with 15 points and junior guard Mike Coburn added nine off the bench for the Knights. The first half had a good ebb and flow to it with neither team holding an advantage of more than six. RU took a one-point lead into intermission after Coburn made one of two free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining. The Bearcats advance to play Louisville tonight in the second round of the Tournament.

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Pirates deny Friars’ Herculean comeback bid at Garden BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK — Seton Hall head c o a c h BASKETBALL Bobby Gonzalez, w h o t w i c e MID-WEEK REPORT b e a t Rutgers and coach Fred Hill during the regular season, led the Pirates (19-11, 19-9) to a safe getaway over Providence (12-19, 4-14) in the 7 p.m. game last night, winning 109-106 after blowing a 29point lead.

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The Friars stormed back in the final minutes and cut the lead three points and had an open look for three at the buzzer, but guard Duke Mondy bricked the attempt. “It was kind of like two different games,” said Gonzalez. “Sometimes when you get up like that, it’s not easy to stay ahead in a game that long.” Forward Herb Pope led Seton Hall with 27 points and 11 boards and guard Jordan Theodore provided 21 points and six assists. “Games are never safe today,” Gonzalez said. “It’s

never over until that clock runs down. We’re just happy to survive and advance.” In the highest scoring regulation game in Big East Tournament history, Providence’s Jamine Peterson exploded for 38 points and 16 boards.

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After his Syracuse Orange posted a 28-3 regular season record, the Big East named head coach Jim Boeheim Coach of the Year.

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Big East announced its post-season awards and Syracuse cleaned up. Coach Jim Boeheim took home Coach of the Year for the third time and for ward Wes Johnson took home Player of the Year. “We’ve had great players and we had the Player of the Year in our league and we just had a great group,” Boeheim said. “It’s a tough conference to win and we’ve never had a team play any better than this in 34 years in this conference.” Notre Dame’s Tim Abromitis took home Scholar Athlete of the Year and Cincinnati’s Lance Stephenson won Rookie of the Year. THE SECOND GAME AT

the Garden, St. John’s (17-14, 612) handed the Connecticut Huskies’ butts to them. At least that was UConn head coach Jim Calhoun’s take on the 73-51 debacle at the hands of the Red Storm. “They come out here with purpose, physicality and quite frankly handed us our butts,” Calhoun said. “They knocked us off all screens. They completely outplayed us. They were much hungrier than we were.” Forward Sean Evans paced the Storm with a double-double — 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting

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Seton Hall junior forward Jeff Robinson scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds in the Pirates’ 106-103 shootout victory over Providence.

and 10 rebounds — and forward Justin Brownlee chipped in another 13 points and four blocks off the bench. Connecticut (17-15, 7-11) had a chance to play its way into the NCAA Tournament with an impressive per formance but is doomed to the National Invitational

Tournament after yesterday’s embarrassing performance. “I have great respect for the NIT — always have,” Calhoun said. “We were for tunate enough in ’88 to get our program going with a great NIT win. It’s always a good time to make sure you look at your team, see what they have.”

Weather not the only thing heating up as Rutgers rolls

icture the happiest moment of your life — something good enough to produce a solid Patronus. Now take that moment and compound it with winning the lottery, getting a puppy and every other stereotypical variable for instant happiness imaginable. Imagine that, take a moment with a Snickers, and let it all hit you again. Spring Break is in two days. It’s warm out. Almost every faction of the Rutgers athletics

department is enjoying success. What’s not to love?

THE GOOD Let’s go dancing — The women’s basketball team may have lost in the semifinals of the Big East tournament, but with the run that it made in the time spent at the XL Center, the NCAA Tournament committee would be insane to refuse head coach C. Vivian Stringer’s squad’s admittance.

ISIAH STEWART

After posting five goals and two assists in two games, senior attack Brooke Cantwell was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll.

BILL DOMKE’S

T HE GOOD, T HE B AD After laying all over Cincinnati like a Tempur-pedic mattress and shocking No. 12/11 Georgetown in double overtime, the Scarlet Knights showed that they have the potential that deserves to be put on the national bracket. More than a feeling — The women’s lacrosse team is off to its best start since a good half of this campus was born. With its first 4-0 start since 1990 and a recent entrance into the national rankings at No. 18/20, the team has laid down enough beatings to make a longshoreman proud. How do you think this team garnered a ranking so quickly? Rutgers beat then-No. 20 Cornell 8-6 and shocked then-No. 9 Princeton three days later 12-11, stifling any hopes of a Tiger comeback. More pleasant surprises — Originally aiming to get in the top-15, the women’s track team finished fourth Sunday in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships with 33 points. Fourth place, when it is out of 51 scoring teams, is obviously something to be proud of, and something that adds a little pressure on the team to perform once the outdoor season rolls around. But at this point, that added pressure is something the team looks like it can handle.

AND

T HE U GLY

Progress — The softball team headed into this weekend’s USF tournament with a 1-9 record — not something to brag about. Coming from a five-loss tournament in Arizona, the Knights needed to make a statement. Four wins and one loss later, and head coach Jay Nelson has a team with a .333 winning percentage and a helluva lot more confidence as it delves deeper into the underbelly of the season schedule.

Garage sale — The final game for the women’s basketball team in the Big East tournament, while close, could have went the other way if two aspects of the game were different. Shooting from beyond the arc is one thing, but going 1-for-9 will kill you in the long run. That and 18 turnovers is enough to make any coach’s stomach do flips.

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More sweepage — The baseball team lost three more this weekend at No. 4 Georgia Tech, dropping their overall record to 1-8. Yes, the overall schedule thus far this year is really tough, but something has got to be done before the losing mentality gets engrained into the team’s head. The perfect opportunity lies in waiting this afternoon when NJIT visits Bainton Field for the Knights’ first home match of the season.

NCAA no shows — Senior hurdler Kyle Grady will not attend the NCAA Championships for men’s indoor track. According to Grady, he missed the trip by one spot. Sophomore jumper Adam Bergo will not make a second appearance as well, after tying for second in the IC4As and winning the Big East title for the second year in a row.

Fashion Police — It’s warm out. That in no way is ugly. But what is ugly are poor fashion decisions already being made by the denizens of Rutgers. Friends, there is a fine line between acceptable and hideous, and many are crossing it. Let’s use good decision-making and stamp out this atrocity before the dining halls start losing customers.

Dos is close — Yes, finishing second is never as good as finishing first, but when that first place team is the defending national champs and your second place score is the best of the season, one can definitely gleam some positives from the outcome. The gymnastics team fought for a chance in the national spotlight all season. This meet just puts it one step closer.

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Knights limp into home opener against NJIT BY ALEX JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

or the third straight week in the 2010 season, a member of the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team earned a Big East Weekly Honor selection. The selection of senior midfielder Justin Pennington marks his second straight weekly conference honor after a strong performance in his team’s 15-6 victory over St. Joseph’s. Pennington scored three goals, tallied one assist and scooped four ground balls in the contest.

THROUGH

THE

FIRST

three weeks of the season InsideLacrosse.com selected Rutgers men’s lacrosse freshman goalie Rudy Butler to its list of the top-25 freshmen in the country. Butler posts a 5.76 goals-against average through three games this season, which is good for tops in the conference and third best nationally. The freshman also earned his first Big East honor roll last Monday after strong performances against Wagner and Maryland Baltimore-County.

THE

NEW

After a grueling nine-game road trip to start the season, the Rutgers baseball team hosts NJIT this afternoon in BASEBALL its home opener NJIT AT in an RUTGERS, attempt TODAY, 3 P.M. to cure its early season woes. And if this past weekend’s series against No. 4 Georgia Tech is any indication — three losses for the Scarlet Knights — a game at Bainton Field could be just what the doctor ordered. “It feels good to finally play a game at home,” said senior pitcher Casey Gaynor. “We have done a lot of traveling the past few weeks and we have beautiful weather here. It’s nice to get back into a home routine.” Gaynor, like the Knights, struggled in the early going this season, posting a 0-3 record with a 5.94 ERA. Likewise, RU only mustered one win in nine tries.

In his third start — a 5-0 loss this past Friday — Gaynor pitched six innings, moving him into fifth place on the all-time career innings pitched list in RU history with 236 1/3 innings. Much of the struggles can be attributed to the difficult teams the Knights have faced thus far, including the Yellow Jackets and a season-opening series against No. 12 Miami. Facing top opponents right off the bat is a trademark of head coach Fred Hill Sr.’s early year scheduling. “They are good teams but we still want to go out and perform. I’m not making any excuses for the way we have played,” Gaynor said. “Our schedule is the way it is and to be the best you have to play the best.” Georgia Tech brought the best to the Knights, winning the three games by a combined score of 339, including a 5-0 shutout in the series opener. This was the first time that RU failed to score a run in a game since April 26, 2008, when the Pirates of Seton Hall defeated the Knights by a score of 4-0. “We were spotty,” Hill said. “Our pitching had a couple of hay-

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Rutgers baseball coach Fred Hill Sr.’s squad is 1-8 and coming off a three-game sweep heading into today’s home game against NJIT.

wire innings and our bats never seemed to get the big hits when we needed them. We got people on base and moved them around, but we could never get key base hits.” But now it is time to put the first nine games behind them,

YORK

Yankees announced Tuesday that the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, which will be held at Yankee Stadium, will launch Dec. 30 for the 2010-2011 college football season. The game will feature the team with the third-best Big East Conference record against the team with the sixth-best Big-12 Conference record and runs through the 2013 season.

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Chiefs signed former New York Jets running back Thomas Jones to a two-year $5 million deal Tuesday, just a week after the Jets released Jones. The 31-yearold running back recorded the best statistical performance of his career last season, as he ran for 1,402 yards and crossed the goal-line 14 times en route to his ex-team’s appearance in the AFC Championship game.

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number one overall pick in last year’s MLB Draft, made his spring training debut Tuesday for the Washington Nationals. The rookie pitcher recorded two scoreless innings for his club, ensuring them that the $15.1 million offer they signed him to is worthwhile. Strasburg led all of Division I baseball with 195 strikeouts in 109 innings while maintaining a stellar 1.35 ERA in his senior season with San Diego State.

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EAGLES

quarterback Michael Vick was one of 32 recipients of this year’s Ed Block Courage Award, awarded Tuesday evening in Baltimore. The Eagles also picked up Vick’s contract option Tuesday, giving him a $1.5 million bonus due sometime this week. But the honor did not come without controversy, as protesters rallied outside the ceremony to express their anger concerning Vick’s earning of the award a year after he was released from prison for running a dog fighting ring.

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Senior pitcher Casey Gaynor is 0-3 on the young season with a 5.94 ERA. Gaynor is fifth all time on the Knights career innings pitched list with 236 1/3 innings pitched after Friday’s loss to No. 4 Georgia Tech.

HAWKS TO TEST RUTGERS’ UNBEATEN STREAK The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team puts its perfect WOMEN’S LACROSSE 4 - 0 star t to the test tonight against Atlantic 10 foe Saint Joseph’s at the RU Turf Field. The Scarlet Knights are off to the best start since 1990, and made their first appearance in the national rankings this week at No. 20 in the IWLCA poll. The 4-0 record this season is not the only streak Rutgers hopes to keep alive against the Hawks. In 13 games against Saint Joseph’s, the Knights hold a per fect 13-0 record, including a 7-6 come-frombehind win last season in Philadelphia. After posting five goals and two assists over the Knights’ past two games

against No. 9 Princeton and Delaware, senior attack Brooke Cantwell was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. Cantwell is tied for the team lead in goals with eight, sharing the mark with junior attack Kristen Anderson, who earned honor roll accolades the week prior. The Knights endured a bit of a scare against the Blue Hens as a late four-goal lead steadily evaporated. But junior midfielder Marlena Welsh came through in the clutch, scoring her second game-winning goal in as many games. Rutgers has the chance to make program histor y tonight, as the Knights have never won five straight games to start a season. — Steven Williamson

and focus on going 1-0 at home. Hill believes that playing in the confines of their home ballpark will loosen the team up. “Being home makes things easier and they are going to be more comfortable,” he said. “Everything seems to fall in place when you are at home. The possibility of winning when you’re on your own field is much greater.” One Knight who is looking to impress in his debut at Bainton field is freshman second baseman Steve Nyisztor. In his inaugural season on the Banks, the Toms River product is batting .281, including a two-hit game in the series finale against Georgia Tech, a game in which RU collected only six hits as a team. “Right now I think it’s too early to grade my performance,” he said. “College baseball is a lot faster than high school [baseball]. The upperclassmen have told me what to expect and are helping me transition in all aspects of the game.” No matter what the team’s record is, there is always something about kicking off the home schedule that brings new hope to the ball club. “I’m very excited to finally play at home,” Nyisztor said. “My family is going to be there so it’ll be nice to be able to play in front of them again. Hopefully we can get the win and start building some momentum.”

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The Rutgers womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team made its case for a bid in the Big Dance this weekend at the Big East Tournament in Hartford, Conn. The Scarlet Knights finished with a 2-1 tournament record that included a double-overtime upset over No. 12 Georgetown. Rutgers ultimately fell 56-49 to No. 9 West Virginia in the semifinal game and awaits its NCAA postseason fate on Selection Monday.

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N’Diaye blocks out spot in Rutgers’ record books BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

NEW YORK — Hamady N’Diaye could not script it any better. J u s t more than KNIGHT five minNOTEBOOK utes into t h e Rutgers men’s basketball team’s 69-68 loss to Cincinnati, the senior center blocked the 355th shot of his career — the all-time record for the Scarlet Knights. It was a no-doubt-about-it block — not a gift from the scorer’s table — as the 7-footer

reached above the rim and sent Ibrahima Thomas’ effort deep into the corner. The Dakar, Senegal, native secured his place in RU history six years after he came to the United States. The record-tying shot came against one of his closest friends, who followed him from Senegal to the United States shortly after. It was N’Diaye’s second block of the game, but for good measure he added four more. N’Diaye finished the first half with four blocks, tying RU’s single-season record of 144. Former Knight Roy Hinson saw his name drop to second in the record books from both cate-

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Bearcats freshman Lance Stephenson beat out Rutgers forward Dane Miller yesterday for Big East Rookie of the Year honors.

Perfect home record on line against ’Nova BY TYLER DONOHUE STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team has a prime opportunity to extend its win streak to TENNIS t h r e e when it hosts Big East rival Villanova this afternoon at the RU Tennis Complex. The Scarlet Knights (5-3, 1-1) are unbeaten in three home matches this spring and are playing with confidence after two impressive wins. Head coach Ben Bucca is pleased with his team’s performance in Piscataway this season and believes the Knights are at their best when playing at home. “We’re clearly a better team on our home court. We like the environment here and play well here,” Bucca said. “A number of fans come out and I know the girls get inspired by that.” RU played inconsistent tennis during the early portion of the season, but the group appears to have found its groove over the past couple weeks. The Knights swept conference opponent Georgetown 7-0 on Feb. 25 before outlasting Army 5-2 on Sunday. The contest against Army was grueling. It lasted more than five hours and many of RU’s players endured lengthy, hard-fought matches. Sophomore Jen Holzberg does not believe there

will be a hangover effect from Sunday’s difficult match. “The match [against Army] was definitely straining but I think we are in good condition as a team,” Holzberg said. “We had Monday off and got some rest so I think we’ll be physically ready to play hard against Villanova.” The Wildcats come into town limping. They are 0-6 on the season and were outscored by a total of 471 in their matches. ’Nova is fresh off a trip to San Diego, Calif., where the team dropped three matches at the Point Loma Nazarene Tournament. Holzberg, the Knights’ No. 2 singles player, does not expect a let down when RU takes on the struggling conference foe. “Respect is the main thing for conference matches and that’s what we are looking for,” Holzberg said. “We want to prove that we are one of the better teams in the Big East. We should win this match so it’s important that we go out and do it.” A win over Villanova would improve RU to 2-1 in Big East play, the lone loss coming in the spring’s opening match at Syracuse. Assistant coach Alex Arlak knows the Knights should not take today’s match for granted. “This one is important for us. One of the main team goals for this season is to earn a high seed in the Big East tournament,” Arlak said. “Every conference win helps us work toward that goal.”

gories, the latter set in the 198283 season.

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tipoff, Cincinnati already won one of its battles with the Knights. Conference coaches elected Bearcats for ward Lance Stephenson as Big East Rookie of the Year, over RU forward Dane Miller. The pair are both unanimous selections to the league’s AllRookie team. “Miller — yeah, Dane Miller,” Stephenson said, when asked if he was aware of who his competition for the honor was. “I’m not going to make this into a competition [during the first-round matchup]. The most important thing is to win the game. That’s what I’m going to try to do.” The two got to know each other even better during the first-round matchup. RU often played zone defense, but Stephenson matched up against Miller in the Bearcats’ manto-man play. Miller finished the contest with one point and five rebounds, while Stephenson outshone him with 13 points of his own, including the game-winning free throw after Miller fouled him on a drive. As the Bearcats took and extended their lead late in the first half, Stephenson was at his best. He scored five points in a matter of seconds, making two free throws, stealing the inbounds pass, driving, scoring and converting a three-point play after a foul. During the season, Stephenson peaked at the beginning during Cincinnati’s Maui Invitational run and at the end of the campaign when he averaged 16.75 points with 8.25 rebounds in the team’s last four games. The Brooklyn native averaged 12.1 points during the entirety of conference play, compared to Miller’s 11.9. Both players won the conference’s

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Hamady N’Diaye set the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s career block record with an emphatic block in the first half for number 355.

Rookie of the Week honor three times and Stephenson took home the most recent. “I wasn’t really thinking about this award, I was just trying to play hard and win games and that’s it,” Stephenson said. “I never said before the season, ‘I have to win this award.’ I didn’t put any pressure on me.” Sophomore guard Mike Kuhn, a walk-on more common-

ly saved for late-game, out of reach situations, made his Big East Tournament debut. With 1.8 seconds remaining in the first half, Kuhn subbed in for James Beatty to avoid a third foul on the junior guard. The Bearcats attempted a half-court shot that was no good, with Kuhn as the closest defender as the teams entered halftime with Rutgers ahead 32-31.

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FOULED OUT Game-tying three-pointer in final minute not enough as Bearcats hit winning free throw with 1.8 seconds to play BY KYLE FRANKO CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK — The way this season has played out for the Rutgers men’s basketball team, a heartbreakMEN’S BASKETBALL ing loss in the first round of the Big East Tournament only seemed fitting. Cincinnati freshman Lance Stephenson knocked down a free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining to lift the 11th-seeded Bearcats to a 69-68 victory over the 14th-seeded Scarlet Knights last night at Madison Square Garden. Stephenson missed the second free throw intentionally and sophomore guard Mike Rosario’s three-quarter court heave came up well short. Stephenson finished with 13 points and nine rebounds. Jaquon Parker also added 13 points and Yancy Gates had 10 of his own. With 7:51 to play, things were exactly where they were at halftime with the Knights up by one after Cincinnati’s Ibrahima Thomas knocked down a short jumper. The Bearcats took the lead 54-52 when Stephenson converted a fast break layup and free throw giving them the lead for the first time since early in the second half. On the ensuing inbound pass, RU junior guard James Beatty threw the ball directly to Stephenson who converted another three-point play giving Cincinnati a five-point lead — its largest of the game at that point. The Bearcats used their height advantage to pound the glass. It is the same formula that has cost the Knights all season. Cincy won the rebounding battle 44-28 with 19 coming on the offensive end.

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Cincinnati freshman Lance Stephenson iced the game from the free throw line with less than two seconds to play, despite late-game heroics from guard Mike Rosario. The sophomore drained a contested three-pointer with less than a minute remaining but the Bearcats held on for the one-point win.

UConn not satisfied as records pile up

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Head coach Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut Huskies are in the midst of a record 72-game winning streak after a win yesterday over West Virginia.

hy is Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma the best coach in the histor y of women’s basketball? Well the numbers behind it — six national championships and 729 career wins in 25 years — sure make an argument. But Auriemma is so good because he is never satisfied. After winning it all last season, all he did was complain. He closes his autobiography “Geno: In Pursuit of Perfection” complaining that center Tina Charles is not good enough despite a national championship. “She was a second All-America in 2009 and I know she isn’t going to be happy until she’s a first team All-America,” he writes. “In the meantime, we’ve got work to do. The 2009 National Championship is already old news in these parts.” And what did he do? Continue success, snapping his old record

Hell’s Kitchen SAM HELLMAN and the NCAA record by winning 72 consecutive games including the Big East Championship last night over West Virginia. He still was not satisfied. “I can’t speak for ever ybody else that’s sitting out there and ever ybody that’s anywhere that has a microphone or a pen that’s going to ask me about it, but I’m sure that, I don’t know that 71 changes anything,” he said after beating perennial top-10 team Notre Dame for the third time this year to set the new winning streak record.

Could anyone pull off the upset? Nothing is impossible, but handing top-ranked Connecticut its first loss since President Barack Obama was just a junior senator from Illinois would rank even higher than Appalachian State over Michigan in football or George Mason’s Final Four run. And that’s even if it is No. 2 Stanford or No. 3 Nebraska that pulls it off. The best thing No. 7 West Virginia should do after making it and getting stomped, 60-32, in the finals is pat themselves on the back for essentially winning the Big East Tournament — Connecticut’s games should not even count. The Huskies are not in the Big East. They are in a league of their own. “UConn is on another planet,” said Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer after a 37-point loss earlier

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