The Daily Targum 2010-03-26

THE DAILY TARGUM

Volume 141, Number 110

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The Rutgers mens’ lacrosse team treks to South Bend Saturday to battle Notre Dame in each team’s season-opening Big East conference matchup.

Adviser steers RUSA to efficient direction

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI STAFF WRITER

As a university loaded with multiple student organizations, the Rutgers University Student Assembly took steps last night to make their chapter more efficient in a competitive environment.

RUSA met in the Livingston Student Center with Butch Oxendine, the executive director of the American Student Government Association, who offered different methods to improve the organizations’ presence at the University.

“There are some big issues here at the University,” Oxendine said.

“Students can’t tell the difference between RUSA from [biblical] Adam.

So, I am going to give them ways to strategically get their name out there.”

ASGA is a nationwide organization that travels to any type of school, large or small, to give advice on how to improve its student government chapter.

“Each school is different and a big state school like [the University] has different challenges,” Oxendine said. “I come from the University of Florida which is one campus, so it shows how the University differs from others.”

RUSA President Werner Born said the opportunity to meet with Oxendine could not be passed up.

“We’re definitely excited to be part of this and to have Butch come by,” said Born, a School of Engineering senior. “We actually had [ASGA] review our new constitution that we are currently finalizing, so it was a huge help for the small issues we haven’t thought of.”

Oxendine said his organization provides a tool called the Student Government Effective Test, allowing ASGA to see how the student government is working. But he said there were two points RUSA must improve upon.

“Voter turn-out is a big problem at Rutgers,” he said. “I am going to give them ideas on improving voter turnout that are not gimmicks but tangible ways to improve it.”

Representative for the College Avenue Council Matt Cordiero said ASGA is vital to improving how things run in RUSA. “There are certain things that we can be taught to have a more successful student government association,” said Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “So, if he

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MARIELLE BALISALISA

Gov. Chris Christie recommends the state’s teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, reconcile their salaries to help save the state $800 million last night at the Heldrich Hotel.

Christie urges fewer raises for teachers

BY COLLEEN ROACHE CORRESPONDENT

Gov. Chris Christie made the trip from Trenton to New Brunswick yesterday evening to discuss how his proposed budget will affect New Jerseyans across the state.

At the start of his term, the Christie administration went through the 2,000 line item state

budget and cut spending in every government department.

“Not one department was left unscathed,” he said at a meeting of the New Jersey chapter of NAIOP, the Commerical Real Estate Development Association, at the Heldrich Hotel.

While total state spending was cut 9 percent — an unprecedented move in the state — and the governor kept a campaign promise

not to raise taxes, he acknowledged the fact that some do not support the decision to cut funding to the state’s public schools.

“Did we want to cut $820 million from school aid?” Christie said. “Of course, we didn’t.”

The governor explained it would be possible to reconcile schools’ needs with those of the state if the

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State budget cuts into NJ Transit funds Exhibition reflects 28 U. fields

BY GREG FLYNN AND KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO STAFF WRITERS

NJ Transit is meeting today to consider hitting commuters on May 1 with fare hikes and on June 30 with service reduction and discontinuation.

The changes come as the agency confronts a projected operating budget deficit approaching $300 million for

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fiscal year 2011, which the agency attributes to declining ridership, higher expenses and lower state support.

NJ Transit rail fare would increase 25 percent, the off-peak round-trip discount would be eliminated and bus and contract carrier fares would increase an average of 25 percent, subject to rounding.

Gov. Chris Christie said back in February his administration would

withhold $32.7 million from NJ Transit’s total subsidy of $296 million for the current fiscal year to help seal the $2.2 billion state budget gap, according to NJ.com.

The NJ Transit alterations deeply affect students like School of Ar ts and Sciences junior Andrew Cuthill who lives in New York and depends on the trains to get to school.

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Nicholas Goncalves of Love Automatic performs at last night’s “Battle of the Bands.” The winner was Reality Addiction.

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The “Battle of the Bands” at the Cook Campus Center was alive last night with the sound of music and one long awaited surprise: this year’s Rutgersfest performers.

The artists to perform at Rutgersfest include last night’s victors Reality Addiction, joining the ranks of P.O.S., J. Cole, Talib Kweli and Brand New on April 30 on Livingston campus.

In the past, artists were announced at RUPA’s Hot Dog Day held outside of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association, the annual “Battle of the Bands” program gives the opportunity for bands to compete for the opening spot at Rutgersfest 2010. Other bands that performed last night included 6FO and Love Automatic.

Throughout the night, bands made large efforts to impress the audience by throwing money. One band tried to facilitate a game of “The Floor is Lava,” where participants are forced to constantly keep moving lest they be burned by hot imaginary lava.

This year’s contest also offered a few treats like a special guest performance by Incubus bassist and former Roots member Ben Kennedy.

One campus council resolves to push students to replace plastic water bottles with reusable ones to save funds.

BY HENNA KATHIYA

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“I think it’s going to affect a lot of people,” Cuthill said. “I think its pretty expensive already … I feel like people wouldn’t be able to take it as often or just have to find alternate ways to get to work or play.”

Earlier this month Executive Director James Weinstein said NJ Transit will implement an emergency

University professors from multiple disciplines showcased their publications Wednesday evening during the seventh annual Celebration of Recently Published Faculty Authors exhibition.

Taking place at the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus, this year’s exhibition featured 81 publications — more than ever before, said Harry Glazer, communications director for Rutgers University Libraries. “[We have] seven more than last year, which represents 28 different academic departments, eight different schools within the University and five different centers or institutes,” Glazer said.

Professors from across the University’s disciplines gathered to celebrate the publications of their books and to see the works of professors from the other departments.

Marianne Gaunt, the vice president for Information Services and University librarian, said the event was a great opportunity for different academic departments to see each other’s work.

“I think that this is a great event because being able to display all the authors in one snapshot allows the faculty to know what is going on around the University,” she said.

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MARCH 26, 2010

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Council taps into replacing plastic with fountains

BY CASSANDRA SPERBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With a nationwide trend toward improving the environment, the SEBS/Cook Council splashed in the movement by promoting a greener method of obtaining water.

Food and Water Watch, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Student Chapters and the council passed a resolution urging University students to use less bottled water.

“We all came together because it needed to be done,” said Eric Struble, campaign coordinator of Take Back the Tap. “It was a coalition between the organizations to make the University take action.”

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Nick Perna thinks the council’s move is a good idea.

“This will help save companies money along with getting rid of plastic bottles that don’t decay in landfills helping the environment,” he said.

Take Back the Tap is a nationwide campaign whose goal is to inform the community that tap water is not as harmful as people believe. Students in New Brunswick have access to the best quality tap water in New Jersey, Struble said.

Tap water is often of better quality or the same as the water in the plastic bottles, he said.

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The SEBS/Cook Council passed a resolution asking the University to consider reducing disposable bottles on campus and increasing tap water consumption by using fountains and reusable bottles.

“Consuming less bottled water can benefit the University in many ways,” Struble said. “It is a money saver. Not only will students save money on purchasing water bottles, but the University will save on the cost of removing waste on bottles that are not recycled.”

Since only 20 percent of water bottles get recycled, this can save a large amount of money, he said.

Council member Sonia Szczesna said using a reusable bottle instead of a plastic disposable bottle is a better alternative because students would save money.

“Whereas the other choice is to spend about $1.25 a day … which is unnecessary considering we have

both water fountains and can get water from soda machines in the dining halls and student centers,” said Szczesna, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

Students would also be able to refill their reusable bottles from public water fountains that they pay utilities for through their tuition, she said.

Reusable bottles also benefit the environment, said Alexandra Feeley, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

“The law is to recycle, so everyone should,” Feeley said. “Also, the environment is only getting worse and worse as time goes on, so every little bit helps. Using less water

bottles seems like a small gesture, but it will make a big impact.”

If a water filtration system were installed, money could be saved on the waste removal of plastic bottles, Struble said. When plastic water bottles are not recycled, they end up in landfills.

“Since landfill space is rapidly becoming an issue, we need to deter this constant stream of plastic trash entering our waste stream,” he said.

Plastic is not biodegradable and therefore remains in these landfills forever, Struble said.

Another way plastic bottles endanger the environment is through the use of oil, he said.

Each year 17 million barrels of oil

are used to manufacture plastic water bottles and another 50 million barrels of oil are used to transport it to its final location.

“This adds to our dependence on foreign oil and adds about 3.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide into our air,” Struble said.

Reducing the use of plastic bottles also conserves energy, Szczesna said.

“Plastic water bottles create a lot of waste in our community, and not all of that gets recycled because some people choose to throw them out in any garbage can,” she said. “Plus, it takes a lot of energy to recycle plastic.”

Take Back the Tap tries to teach the idea that unhealthy tap water is a misconception, Struble said.

“Misleading advertising has many people afraid of their tap water, which in many cases is what bottled water is to begin with,” he said. “So we are being sold an item that is already provided to us for free, and it’s of no better quality than tap water.”

Struble said the Food and Drug Administration requires bottled water to undergo only one test between manufacture and delivery, but tap water can undergo as many as 300 per week.

“SEBS/Cook Council is looking to promote this by having events such as water bottle versus tap water taste testing and information at our office hours,” he said.

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RUSA: Only 50 nonprofit student governments exist in US continued from front knows how to run things, we should find out how to make a better student government.”

Associate Director of Student Centers and Programs Karen Ardizzone agreed with Cordiero and said the ability to speak with a representative like Oxendine is something that cannot be missed.

“I knew about the ASGA and reached out to them to see what they could offer,” Ardizzone said.

“We heard really good comments from other schools from working with ASGA, so that’s how we decided to move forward and bring them here.”

RAISES: NJ faces more than $10 billion deficit in 2011 continued from front teachers’ union, the New Jersey Education Association, agreed to a one-year salary freeze and a contribution of 1.5 percent of their salaries toward health benefits, he said. Such an agreement could save $800 million, he said.

“Think about what 1.5 percent means,” Christie said. “The average teacher in New Jersey is paid $50,000. That means it’s $750 a year to get full family medical, dental and vision coverage with a $10 co-pay. Nobody in this room could get that deal.”

Yet the teachers’ union objects to the agreement, which the governor found unreasonable, as its members pay $730 in mandatory dues each year. He suggested that union members forgo dues next year and use the money to purchase health care coverage. In total, the union generates $130 million from its 185,000 full-time members, Christie said.

Besides issues of voter turnout and lack of student awareness, Born said he really wanted to touch upon incorporation.

“Butch has experienced all kinds of different universities across the countr y, and some are incorporated and some aren’t,” Born said. “I definitely asked him to talk about it a little bit, and we’ll see what happens from there.”

Oxendine said non-profit student government chapters are actually quite rare. Out of the 5,000 non-profit chapters, about 50 are located outside the California area.

“They act as auxiliaries of the institution and, by doing so, they have more purview over their funds which they get from student fees,” he said. “But even

there, it ultimately comes back to the administration to make the call.”

Oxendine said there is always a chance for a non-profit student organization, but they just have to try.

“Would it work here? Would it be better than it is right now? I don’t know, but they need to explore it here,” he said.

Despite efforts to split ties between RUSA and the University, Oxendine said RUSA is in a position that can only result in success — they just have to try.

“There is no reason why RUSA shouldn’t be extremely effective,” he said. “RUSA has so many resources at their disposable that they could become the best student government school in the nation.”

“If you are for the kids — which is what the teachers’ union says in all those ads that are running on TV … then sacrifice the raise for a year,” he said. “When a family’s house is foreclosed on and those kids are on the street, then it’s not for the kids. This is about greed and power.”

The state faces a $10.7 billion deficit for fiscal year 2011, but cooperation between the public and private sectors can yield solutions, Christie said.

Watchung resident L ydia Stefanowicz agreed with the governor’s message.

“I think the governor’s message was very positive,” she said. “It’s a message that I think we’ve all waited too long in New Jersey to hear from a governor of ours. I was delighted by it. I had not seen him speak in person before, and I was very impressed.”

West Orange resident Jack Fersko was also pleased with what Christie had to say, noting that regulatory reform is necessary for economic growth here in New Jersey.

“I felt it was a positive message,” the NAIOP member said.

“I think it will go a long way to providing a good, positive outlook on the part of the business community in the state.”

Still, Fersko said only time would tell whether or not Christie’s words have any credence.

“I’m just anxious to see if it all materializes,” he said.

“Every day that I let go by was a day that more money was going out the door.”

CHRIS CHRISTIE NJ Governor

When he came to the office to find a $2.3 billion budget gap for fiscal year 2010, Christie said he had to make some tough choices, but the people of New Jersey sent him to Trenton to make them.

“Every day that I let go by was a day that more money was going out the door,” he said. “You had to put a tourniquet on this wound. … The state was — from a fiscal perspective — bleeding to death.”

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FUNDS: NJ Transit will cut 32 trains to save money continued from front spending freeze, shed 200 jobs, reduce executive salaries by 5 percent and cut contributions to employee 401(k) retirement accounts by one-third, saving the agency more than $30 million, according to NJ Transit’s Web site.

NJ Transit payroll increased 24 percent from 2006 to 2009, about three times the rate of inflation, according to a report in The Asbury Park Press.

The proposed rail ser vice reductions would discontinue 32 trains by June 30.

The five weekday trains on the Northeast Corridor Lines that would be discontinued include the 6:18 a.m. departure from Trenton, 5:41 p.m. departure from New York, 10:01 a.m. departure from New York, 5:28 p.m. departure from Trenton and the 12:43 a.m. departure from New York.

Three bus routes would be discontinued in June, and other bus service reductions will be effective in April on more than 60 routes.

Alison Beckett, a School of Environmental and Biological

Sciences sophomore, believes these changes will only make NJ Transit’s situation worse.

“They might lose some business because I know a lot of people try to travel on off-peak hours because it’s just too expensive the other way,” Beckett said. “I don’t think this will solve their problem.”

Like Beckett, School of Arts and Sciences junior Ryan Schaars thinks the changes are also not the right solution.

“A lot of the people who use NJ Transit are people who can’t afford to drive,” Schaars said. “I wouldn’t take the train if they increased it by 25 percent, and I don’t think a lot of people would.”

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore Michael Gordon is also concerned with the cuts on rail lines.

“Its hard enough to get from one place to another,” he said. “You have to transfer and everything, so if they take away the trains and increase prices it’s just going to make it even more difficult and more expensive.”

An information session will be held on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center Theatre.

Detailed information about the proposed fare increases and service changes can be found at NJ Transit’s Web site.

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Professors showcase different works last night at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. There were 81 works on display.

EXHIBITION: Authors donate publications to library continued from front The University’s size makes it difficult for faculty and staff to get a feel for the different kinds of research going on, Gaunt said.

“By having this exhibition, all the departments can get a glimpse of the breadth of research that is taking place in each department,” she said.

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip J. Furmanski, who was a keynote speaker for the evening, felt the exhibition was a great reflection of the University as a research facility.

“It is a great thing to be able to learn from the people who have written the books,” Furmanski said. “This is the true value of the breadth, sheer magnitude and brilliance of the research done by the University.”

Fellow speaker Regina Marchi, an assistant professor of journalism and media studies, discussed the process of publishing a book.

“We as authors spend a lot of time promoting the book even after the lengthy process of researching and finding a publisher,” she said. “It is all an incredible learning experience.”

Professor James Simon and Research Associate Hector Juliani of the Plant Biology and Pathology

Department were two of 50 authors contributing to the book “African Natural Plant Products: New Discoveries and Challenges in Chemistry and Quality.”

“We forwent the royalties on this book to further advance African Studies and to try to get African authors to come to the U.S. to meet the American scientists to help advance their careers,” Simon said. “It’s all a collaborative effort.”

All the professors donated their publications to the University library — about a $4,000 contribution.

Lesley Morrow, professor for the Graduate School of Education, held the record this year for having a grand total of eight publications in one year.

“I think it’s lovely to honor the authors in the University, and it’s a proud feeling about seeing my colleagues [do] all this wonderful work,” Morrow said. “Also the fact that the vice president of the University shows up is a great feeling.”

Glazer felt this year’s exhibition was overall scholarly and impressive. He said it was a great opportunity of what the University produces.

“I don’t think there is any other occasion or event in the University where you can get a picture at one time of all the different scholarship that comes out from all the different professors and departments,” he said.

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Class casts light onto green issues

DEVELOPING AN AUDIENCE

BY KENDALL LAPARO

Both Barny and Galietti see the technological aspect of the class as a big draw.

While taking notes is the “The equipment you get norm for most classes, students access to in the class is pretty in one University course became awesome, [such as] voice technologically friendly to pro- recorders, microphones and mote a worthy cause.

HD video cameras,” Barny Students last spring produced said. “This class has given me a and uploaded original YouTube lot of technical skills. I definitevideos for environmental aware- ly did not expect to enjoy all ness and class credit in the the editing programs as much “Blogging and Podcasting for as I do.” the Environment” class at the Chess said a generous grant School of Environmental and from the School of Environmental Biological Sciences. and Biological Sciences is the reaStudents in the class are now son students can access such working on their own video pod- high-level equipment. casts, using the latest audio and The type of equipment chosen video equipment to promote and the expertise needed to use it environmental awareness came from the Office of around campus.

Instructional Research Technology.

“I love encouraging the stuChess feels the quality of techdents to be as creative as they nology greatly augments stuwant to be while accomplishing dents’ final projects. a particular goal, which is to Every student posts a blog encourage more environmen- once a week about their experitally responsible behavior,” said ences in the class, he said. The Caron Chess, the professor in blogs can be about their work, the Depar tment their classmates’ of Human work or environ“It’s really crucial mental issues Ecology who designed the in general. for people class and is “Their blogs teaching it for the to understand how describe how second semester. learning to utilize resources they’re “Blogging and and, as a profesPodcasting for the sor, it’s really in a sustainable, Environment” wonderful to read responsible way.” consists of nine how the students students who split feel free to be as ERIC GALLIETI into groups to creative as they School of Environmental complete three want to be,” and Biological Sciences junior main projects: an Chess said. audio podcast, a “They’re not slideshow and a video podcast, looking to me to tell them what said Jen Barny, a School of to do.”

Environmental and Biological Chess watched the class transSciences senior. form into a résumé builder for At the beginning of each her former students. semester, the Green Purchasing One student secured a job department presents the class filming the Allman Brothers with the University’s biggest Band by showing them his environmental concerns, Chess video podcast. said. The students are free to Another student used what she focus on any environmental con- learned to teach middle school cern and approach it in any way children how to create their own they choose. podcasts for the environment.

One group last year pitted a Galietti said after his experibicycle against a car in a race to ence in “Blogging and the Grease Trucks, while anoth- Podcasting for the Environment,” er group tackled stop-motion a job that unites multimedia techphotography in a comic sketch nology with environmental con“Tap Out Bottled Water,” Chess sciousness would definitely said. These and all videos can be appeal to him. found on the RUEcocasts “It’s the kind of class that Channel on YouTube. appeals to all the areas in my “It has a lot to do with mar- brain,” he said. “I can be creative, keting,” said Eric Galietti, a feel like I’m doing good for the School of Environmental and world at large and also communiBiological Sciences junior cate with people — three things whose group chose to endorse that I care about.” reuse and donation in their For Barny, the class is an audio podcast. “We’re tr ying to opportunity to spread a message promote environmentally she strongly supports. friendly behavior to college stu“Environmental awareness is dents. Things should be edgy really important to me,” she said. and appeal to them.”

“We’ve got one planet and one In addition to marketing, Chess shot to make humanity work in a emphasized the importance of way that won’t burn itself out, so accurate research. She wants the it’s really crucial for people to students’ podcasts to be informed understand how to utilize and target their specific audiences resources in a sustainable, intelligently and effectively. responsible way.”

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI

The University’s Photography Club hosted its first exhibition, “Exposure,” last night at the Douglass Campus Center. Alumnae Tina Gordon, foreground, and Marilyn Steiner admire photos from more than 30 University and local photographers, who also sold several of their pieces.

MARCH 26, 2010

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Local groups stream toward a cleaner Bank

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The Banks of the Raritan River may have become dirtier over the years, but one University organization is working hard to buck the trend.

New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Student Chapters’ Water Watch Campaign is continu-

ing its work to save the Raritan River and cleanse the waterway of its enormous amount of toxins.

“The river really needs to have a lot of remediation done in order for it to be considered clean and safe,” said Eric Struble, campus coordinator for the New Jersey Water Watch Campaign.

There are more than 20 hazardous waste sites located within

the Raritan River, said Struble, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

He said the Raritan River, perennially rated as one of the dirtiest in the country, has proved challenging to clean for Water Watch.

“These sites require a large amount of cleanup and this cannot be done in the normal way because it costs a lot of money,” Struble said.

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The New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Student Chapters’ Water Watch Campaign works to clean up the Raritan River, above, which typically ranks as one of the dirtiest in the nation.

He said in the 1970s, the Clean in the area, taking students to Water Act aimed to make swim- streams to do physical assessmable and fishable rivers cleaner, ments of the water to show them but the Raritan did not qualify. the severity of the situation.

To combat this pollution probNJPIRG Water Watch conducts lem, NJPIRG campus organizer an annual Raritan River cleanup on Katie Roper said the Water Watch Earth Day, allowing University stucampaign tries to engage the dents and the New Brunswick University community and stu- community to help make the river dents in local environmental issues. cleaner and safer, Roper said.

But NJPIRG’s focus is not on how “This is our big event that we do much is cleaned up, Roper said. It is during the year that physically about getting people helps the Raritan out to participate in itself and we’ve “The river really community service been doing for at events and raise the past five needs to have a lot least awareness for enviyears,” Struble ronmental issues in of remediation done said. “Last year we New Brunswick. had around 1,300 in order for it “We are trying volunteers at to get as many stu[more than] 23 difto be considered dents and commuferent locations clean and safe.” nity members out to helping us.” raise awareness and This year’s ERIC STRUBLE before the trash can cleanup will be held New Jersey Water Watch float into the river,” on Saturday, April Campaign coordinator said David Byrnes, 17 from 11 a.m. to a Water Watch 1:30 p.m., Struble intern and School of Environmental said. Though it is not on Earth Day and Biological Sciences junior. this year, the cleanup will continue Water Watch is not the only for a week and aims to clean up all organization working on cleaning of New Brunswick, not just the the Raritan. Many different groups Raritan, he said. are working on the pollution prob“We are tr ying to engage lem because it is such a huge task, Rutgers students and the commuand a complete cleanup is going to nity with the waterway and pollutake many years, Struble said. tion problems so they will care He said Water Watch recently about the water and see that it is worked on a project with not taken care of the way it AmeriCorps that visited schools should be,” Roper said.

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resident Barack Obama’s had a hectic week, passing a muchshouted-about health care bill and facing strong Republican opposition, but it seems as if it has just gotten tougher. He has been deemed the “anti-Christ” by almost one-fourth of Republican supporters. Until we see factual proof or any sort of Second Coming, we shall give the lunatics a dart. In other news: Even more people compare Obama to Adolf Hitler, and according to Harris Poll, 57 percent of Republicans think the president is secretly Muslim. *

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The federal government is planning to provide $36 billion in support of Pell Grants for those students who need them over the next 10 years. According to The New York Times, the legislation was announced last Thursday by Congressional Democrats. The maximum grant would increase from $5,350 to $5,975 by 2017 and is designed to counter the effect of the sharp increase of Americans who enroll in universities during the recession. We, especially as students ourselves, give a laurel to those responsible for this necessary measure.

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Experts say that “supersizing” our meals may actually be bad for us.

What a surprise. Researchers have also concluded a study saying that the painting “Last Supper” depicts meal portions that are much smaller than today’s. In fact, today’s dish size has grown by 69 percent between the years 1000 and 2000. Supersizing then fittingly gets a dart and so does the entire population of planet Earth for creating this modern phenomenon. *

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A Florida court gave a 15-year sentence to a man who tried to break into a prison. The 25-year-old Sylvester Jiles, was caught trying to jump a 12-foot fence at Brevard County Jail. Authorities captured the ex-convict, but he was rushed to the hospital for severe cuts from his unsuccessful attempt to climb the barbed-wire fence. He said that he feared retaliation from a past victim’s family. He, undoubtedly, gets a dart. *

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Teachers seem to have slumped to a new low. A Southern California school teacher was arrested for allegedly drunk teaching. Tonya Neff of Toro Canyon Middle School was on campus intoxicated. Although school administrators said that she was never a threat to her seventh graders, we give her a dart. *

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The “don’t ask, don’t tell” law regarding gay men and women in the military was finally addressed. Under the old law, soldiers could not disclose their sexuality or they would have faced expulsion. Now, new guidelines raise the bar on who can start an inquiry into allegations of misconduct on part of a gay service member. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced this move yesterday after 17 years of a faulty law. For the Defense department’s action, they get a laurel. *

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France will ban the face veil. President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that the move would protect the dignity of women. “The full veil is contrary to the dignity of women. … The response is to ban it. The government will table a draft law prohibiting it.” France, the home to six million Muslims, could then be one of the first European nations to do so. We believe Sarkozy is right to consider such a move, following the ban on Christian crosses in schools and other public institutions. If you are going to ban one display of religion, then ban all. For that and the fact that this new law would bring forth equal religious treatment, we give him a laurel. *

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The four-year-old case of disappearing honeybees is worsening.

Scientists are concerned due to the bees’ vital role in our food supply.

According to an Associated Press article, about one-third of our diet is from plants that require bees in order to be pollinated. Bee populations have been declining over the decades due to various causes, but the last four years have been the worst, said Jess Pettis, research leader of the Department of Agriculture’s Bee Research Laborator y in Beltsville, Md. To those who still care to research this phenomenon and perhaps do something about it, we give a laurel.

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Being green and ecoo you have that friendly became a fashionfriend? The one able trend. We have all friend who folseen the uncountable lows you and others number of celebrities around the house, apartdaintily carr ying their “I ment or residence hall am not a grocer y bag,” or, waiting for you to turn the the ever so clever, “Don’t room light of f? And of EMILY BORSETTI be mean, be green” cancourse, when you forget to vas totes. Buying a Prius switch off the light they receives equal rag-mag pointedly glare at you and coverage as the new Lady Gaga outfit. And so, then deliberately correct your mistake. It’s the green living tends to fall by the wayside, pushed same person who shuns plastic water bottles, aside and dismissed, seen only as a popular culshopping bags and preaches the dangers of globture trend, much like adopting way too many al warming at any chance possible. foreign children or carr ying around small dogs.

That friend — yeah, that would be me.

Honestly, how can implementing a greener I am the person in The Daily Targum of fice lifestyle not be seen as a joke after the “Brooke that has made it my mission to promptly shut of f Knows Best” episode where Brooke Hogan’s the bathroom lights after someone conveniently crazy roommate shuts of f the shower because forgets. I strictly divide up my garbage, placing Brooke wasted too it in the proper paper, plastic or trash container. much water?

I feel guilty when I do not recycle, forget my And yet, I do believe that there cotton shopping bags, choose the is hope. Becoming green does not grocer y store over the local farm“Becoming green need to consume one’s life. ers’ market and have not seen “An also does not Becoming green also does not Inconvenient Truth.” I will walk mean that you need to believe in throughout my apar tment ranmean that you global warming. You can still condomly during the day unplugging any appliances not in use. And need to believe in tinue to asser t that global warming is a Democratic conspiracy when my housemate goes home global warming ...” meant to scare the unassuming for the weekend I even shamelessand naïve masses. Heck, you can ly sneak into her room to turn of f still eat as much red meat as you her surge protector. What can I can cram into your gullet. say — I have Because, the cow far ts are not killing us. It’s green fever. sheer laziness that is.

This is not to say that I am a raw food only, let We all know that plastic water bottles are bad it mellow if it’s yellow, one-minute for Mother Ear th, and yet, we continue to buy shower greenie. I have to admit — sometimes it Poland Spring like no one’s business. Switching is much easier to pretend that I am saving the over to aluminum water bottles takes little ef for t planet than actually following and makes a big dif ference. Buying a Brita through with it. water filter and Gaiam reusable bottle has not It is hard to live up to the highest green only made me feel like I am doing my par t, but expectations. Hot water showers in the morning, it has saved me so much money. And if I ever y morning, are my saving grace most days, do say so myself, my snazzy and I am pretty sure that I would not be able to green water filter and bottle look sur vive without them. There is also the slight pretty awesome. problem that I am an extreme clean freak — I Another tried and true step for the greenie consider it absolutely unacceptable for me to beginner is to replace incandescent light bulbs wear a pair of jeans more than once. They must with compact florescent light bulbs, or CFL always be washed due to the amount of bulbs. And I get it, some feel that CFLs cast an inscrutable dirt I believe covers them after situnflattering light. But even just placing CFL ting down in University desks all day. It does not bulbs in your basement or kitchen helps. matter if the socks I am washing were worn for To be green is to be selfish. It means that you only three hours, and that it is unnecessar y to enjoy the space that you live in. It means that waste precious water on them. To me, clean when you walk down the street and smell the comes first. Also, I like hairspray, no matter how many chlorofluorocarbons it releases into the SEE BORSETTI ON PAGE 9 ozone layer.

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Political debates need to bring local views to surface Letter BHAVIN PATEL

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would like to thank the Rutgers Democrats for hosting Tuesday’s insightful political debate and the participants for taking time out of their schedules to represent the views of their respective parties and participate in this important and educational academic experience in college.

The discussion began with health care: “It is a very, very important issue to this country and it was deser ving of the amount of time that was spent on it,” said Daniel Pereira of the Rutgers Democrats. Maybe he just did not have that fire in the belly for the issue or his party — I was expecting him to say instead that too much time was spent on it, that the bill had been obstructed too many times, that even after inclusion of their ideas the Republicans still dragged it through the mud. It just may be that he himself did not like the bill, joining Alex Weiss of the College Republicans in that sentiment. Weiss said the bill would do little to control the cost of health care, even though it does much to prevent abuses akin to

California’s Anthem Blue Cross’ sudden increasing in rates by more than 30 percent. The Rutgers Libertarians’ Mihir Patel called for an open market for people to “shop around” for doctors, seemingly unaware of the fact that insurance companies had purposely closed the market to millions of people and have a tendency to deny services that were already paid for — with no refund, of course. His cohort Andrew Daken called it “ health care at gunpoint.” Hyperbole is not constructive to the debate.

The debate further degenerated during a discussion of the fullbody scanners at airports.

Andrew complained it was an invasion of privacy and the government is being a “nanny” — he suggested the government should not be involved in airport security and is not responsible for safeguarding America from terrorist activity. The thought that the United States need not be involved in wars around the world, or that exorbitant Department of Defense spending should be reduced or that government invasion of privacy has become obscene — these positions are all acceptable and respectable, but to suggest that the United States government

should not protect its own citizens from foreign enemies and terrorism at our borders and entry points?

In between repeatedly interrupting the Democrats, Connor Montferrat began speaking about Gov. Chris Christie’s budget plans.

Montferrat suggested increasing taxes is not an option for fixing the budget “because it would only increase the debt.” This would be

“I beseech our peer party leaders on campus ... not to bring the national party line to campus.” true if the governor kept important social services that benefit the citizens of New Jersey, but the governor uses a hatchet, rather than a scalpel to cut down on the state’s budget and bureaucracy.

Unfortunately, I cannot call anyone out on their positions on the cuts made to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Since they skipped right over the topic, one must suppose they did not

think it was important or just did not know much about this important development.

Later, Patel continued the “nanny government” Libertarian Party line, suggesting that young adults should not be allowed to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26 and that grants should not be given to students seeking to attend college.

His reasoning was that the health care extension makes students into parasites and that they should instead find jobs and his argument against Pell Grants is that they force an increase in tuition because making college affordable to the eligible lower social strata that would not be able to pay the tuition would increase tuition.

It is perfectly fine to be critical of every piece of legislation brought to the floor of the House of Representatives and Senate’s chambers. It is perfectly fine to criticize legislation, if not even on the basis of whether it succeeds in accomplishing its intent but simply because the point of departure is the grounding principle that inspired the legislation. Some maintain a strong federal government is best positioned at providing a service, some believe that government would be inefficient and cumbersome in that same service. An

intellectual divide must be acknowledged in American debate, and principled positions respected.

But I was entirely frustrated by the debate and its participants: stunned at the audacity, dismissive of the rubbish, and disappointed at their reasoning. I could not respect the views of the participants, because they could neither respect each other nor could they even respect themselves. I am not a cynic — rather, I am someone who cares.

Vice President Joe Biden said, “History is made when a leader’s passion is matched with principle.”

It is time to start caring about the state, the country and the world, and most of all it is time to start caring about your fellow man. This is my prescription: A dose of the very sensation I experience every week.

As students and as citizens, we need to be pragmatic in politics and respectful about policies. I beseech our peer party leaders on campus to lead initiatives and ideas and not to bring the national party line to campus. We get enough of that in various forms of media.

Bhavin Patel is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and English and minoring in comparative literature. He is the president of the Roosevelt Institute, Rutgers Chapter.

Lawyers’ duties go beyond advocating political issues Letter MATTHEW FELDMAN

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n a letter entitled “American people must know who ser ves them,” published Wednesday in The Daily Targum, the author wrote in on the liberal hypocrisy that continues to “amaze” and “surprise” him. The injection of some facts and sound argument should make the given situation less dumbfounding.

A couple of weeks ago, an organization led by Liz Cheney named “Keep America Safe” released a 48-second advertisement targeting attorneys in the U.S. Justice Department who previously defended alleged terrorists in court. The author of Wednesday’s piece asks if this ad, which has

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stirred up such a negative reaction, “said anything wrong?”

To answer that, we ought to review the ad itself. The first twenty seconds address U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and his policy on hiring lawyers who share the administration’s values; the narrator asserts that some of these lawyers advocated in the past for terrorist detainees. But then the voice asks: “Whose values do they share?” while footage of Osama bin Laden is aired.

The ad finishes by labeling these lawyers “The Al Qaeda Seven,” while superimposing figures of the attorneys over footage of bin Laden.

While (wisely) stopping short of explicitly defending this advertisement, the author of the letter lambastes the “progressives” and “their hypocrisy” for criticizing it. Therein lies the first mistake. This is not a

steps. No matter how cliché it sounds it simply comes down to caring enough about our planet to make tiny lifestyle changes. Changes that in the long run will really define us as the “Green Generation.”

An eco-friendly lifestyle is also not grounded in politics. Recycling paper does not mean that you are supporting the Democrats and betraying your Republican counterparts. It also does not mean that you support Al Gore. It just makes sense.

Emily Borsetti is a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior majoring in English and ar t history.

She is the associate copy editor at The Daily Targum.

liberal or a progressive issue. This is an American issue. Case in point, a large number of those offended by this ad are prominent conservatives. Legal scholars from the Federalist Society, the Brookings Institution and other long-standing conservative networks have issued statements vehemently criticizing the ad. Why? Because it violates the fundamental American principle that everyone is entitled to a lawyer, regardless of the crimes that they are alleged to have committed.

When British soldiers were charged in the Boston Massacre, they had a very capable and wellknown lawyer. He went by the name of John Adams. The United States has a long history in which we do not accuse lawyers of being responsible for or associated with the actions of their clients. Period.

Rather than respond to the hypothetical scenarios created by the author which all must be disregarded as highly speculative, let us address quickly the actual example that is cited which seeks to show hypocrisy.

In the past, many legal scholars have argued that action should be taken against the President George W. Bush administration lawyers who crafted what are known as the “Torture Memos,” which sought to legally justify “enhanced interrogation techniques” on detainees.

These two situations are wholly distinct. On the one hand, you have lawyers defending individual people charged with crimes; on the other, you have lawyers who are preemptively seeking to justify the questionable actions of

Matthew A. Feldman is a Rutgers College senior majoring in political science and Spanish.

Council supports student views Letter DANIEL FIUMECALDO

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ach year students all pay extra money on their tuition for the student fee.

Student fees are used for numerous different causes benefiting student life, but many may not know that this money is directly available for their student organizations through the campus governing councils.

Each semester, the SEBS/Cook Council is allocated $5,000 for the purpose of co-sponsoring other student organizations’ events on campus. The money is given to the

council and others in order to benefit the student body and the University community. The council meets at a general body meeting and allots time for student groups to request the additional funding for their events. Most recently, we provided a co-sponsorship of $750 to the Korean Student Organization for their event “Project Korea.”

Fewer organizations have applied for co-sponsorships during the 2009 and 2010 semesters than have applied in the past. This is likely attributable to a lack of awareness about this opportunity. In any case, it remains that the governing councils still have much funding

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To the author of Wednesdays’s piece: While you have your Constitution out, read it over, and then let’s have a debate on the phrase you used: “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

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Today's birthday (3/26/10). You have more than one way to overcome obstacles this year. The application of fanatical pressure may move you forward in some cases. You consider ruthless possibilities, but careful planning makes harsh measures unnecessary. 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 a 7 — Recent efforts pay off when a partner or supervisor signs off on your work. Then it's off to dinner and dancing!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Keep your head down in order to avoid flying objects. Disagreements at work leave the realm of logic and enter the truly outrageous.

Don't participate.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Instead of focusing on your own issues, talk to friends about theirs.

Develop a well-structured plan to help them.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — In spite of stresses and strains, you and your partner accomplish everything you set out to do. Imagine that! It's win-win.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Maintain focus early in the day. Not only can you finish, you can do it beautifully. Party later with your favorite people.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Whatever you do today, don't drag your feet.

It may not be a problem, as you're floating on air. Your heart has grown wings.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Refine your review of other people and their aggressive tactics. Don't sink to their level. Instead, do your own thing.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Continue moving forward with bright ideas that inspire. Add something to the mix that ensures personal recognition. Make your mark.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Spend some cash on a token of your love.

The more creative you get, the better. You don't have to break the bank this time.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Finally, everything comes together. Submit your paper or release results now.

No need for further changes.

Today's a great launch day.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Rats! You break the point on every pencil you touch. Less pressure equals more creativity. Take a philosophical view and breathe deep.

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to take a lot of concentration and making sure people take care of injuries they might have,” chance for home play outside any Arlak said. “It’s all about practicing hard and playing hard.” continued from back Weather permitting: tomorThe Knights entered the searow features the Knights’ first son with lofty expectations and a home match beyond the confines singular focus on finishing of the Rutgers Tennis Bubble this amongst the elite in the Big East. spring. Last weeks matches in Charged with the task of playing Fort Lauderdale, Fla., should seven straight conference contests prove helpful as players deal with in the season’s final 21 days, head outside conditions. coach Ben Bucca believes his Rutgers has played consistent squad is prepared tennis since late for crunch time.

Februar y, but it “In my mind has been over two “This team this group is weeks since the has proven itself primed and ready Knights obliteratto play well,” Bucca to have a very good ed Villanova 7-0 in said. “I think all the the team’s most work ethic. girls are looking recent conference forward to the Big showdown.

They have stuck East component of The Panthers our schedule.” together all season.” (5-3) are 4-1 on T h o u g h the road and will BEN BUCCA Rutgers is forced surely challenge Head Coach to make adjustfor a coveted Big ments due to East win. injuries — senior F r e s h m a n captain Caitlin Baker is dealing Michelle Green believes mainwith an ankle sprain — Bucca taining a positive mindset is key said the team should not feel any for the Rutgers squad. pressure to change its approach.

“It’s important that we stay “I’ve told them that they don’t focused and go out there knowing need to do anything more than we can win,” Green said. “Having what they’ve been doing all along,” confidence and playing relaxed he said. “This team has proven will help us bring spirit into the itself to have a very good work match and play as best we can.” ethic. They have stuck together all Green’s coach echoes those senseason and inspired each other.” timents as his Knights (8-5) take the Senior captain Katherine Arlak first steps of a grueling final sprint knows it is imperative that her to close the 2010 campaign. teammates maintain the effort “As long as they continue to they have shown though the first have the same attitude they’ve two months of the season. shown thus far, we should be “We’ve got a bunch of Big East playing our best tennis when it matches coming up and it’s going matters the most,” Bucca said.

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TRACK: Majority of team heads to first meet of spring continued from back biggest obstacle has been overcome this week during training.”

Last week’s performance displayed no indication that the team was unbalanced by any means, as Robinson’s squad posted seven topthree finishes, 15-plus conference qualifiers and a school record.

However, many Knights were absent for last week’s trip, making this weekend’s competition the first outdoor action for a majority of the 17 athletes trekking to Raleigh.

“Most of our team hasn’t actually competed outdoor yet,

so this will be their first meet,” said the head coach. “This is a huge invitational in terms of teams and level of competition so we’re looking for really good per formances.”

Staying behind for the Relays is the squad’s distance group, as the coaching staff made the decision to keep the runners in training until next week’s meet.

To have the best chance at progressing in training for the latter part of the outdoor season, Robinson acknowledged that travel does present difficulties, especially for distance runners.

“Last year [the distance runners] flew to Florida, then came back in the short week and then we went down to Raleigh,” said Robinson of last year’s outdoor

schedule. “The travel really takes a lot of wear and tear on your body.”

A few notables venturing to North Carolina for the Relays are seniors Natalie Clickett, Michelle Gomes and junior Latoshia Bost –– all of whom are looking to improve their marks as they each achieved Big East qualifiers last week in Tampa.

Bost clocked in a 56.56-second time last week, earning her fourth place in the 400-meter event. The junior looks to snag an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference qualifying time during this week’s action to solidify her postseason status.

As for Gomes, duplicating her performance last week presents difficulties.

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M Coming off of a first place victory in the 200-meter event in which the senior sprinter rewrote school history, she remains confident “the sky is the limit” for her this season, as she said after breaking the 23-year-old record.

Clickett, a Big East champion in the discus event her freshman year, looks to win her first throwing event of the outdoor season after being an exemplar of consistency during the team’s indoor campaign. As she noted prior to the season, she envisages much more fruition for her team as well as herself this spring.

“Expectations are going to be higher in outdoor because we’ve sustained at a higher level now,” the senior said. “I think it’s going to be the best season for me yet.”

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fter the league saw a number of vicious headshots this season, the NHL modified a rule yesterday intended to eliminate blindside blows to the head.

Violation of this rule results in fur ther discipline rained down by the league office as all 30 team owners voted for the change.

Head injuries have been a focus within the league of late, mainly due to the recent, season-ending head injur y suffered by Boston Bruins player Marc Savard.

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pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, Ryan Leaf, came to a plea agreement yesterday, which gives him 10 years of probation. Leaf, who was once a star quarterback from Washington State but a complete bust in the NFL, allegedly presented an incomplete medical record to obtain the painkiller Hydrocodone, before resorting to stealing a supply from a nearby apartment. In the midst of his criminal activity, the former NFL failure served as the quarterbacks coach for West Texas A&M.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES announced Thursday the fifth starting pitcher of their rotation for the upcoming season, putting an end to the battle for the last pitching spot. Phil Hughes is set to be the fifth-man for the Bronx Bombers as he and Joba Chamberlain were the frontrunners for the job.

Chamberlain remains in his late-game setup role for closer Mariano Rivera while the team released pitchers Sergio Mitre, Alfredo Aceves and Chad Gaudin, who were also hopefuls for the spot.

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bug forced the NCAA to delay the star t of the Division I men’s swimming and diving championships. A gastrointestinal illness, which plagued 18 athletes and one coach from three competing schools, led to the NCAA’s decision to push the meet to this afternoon after initially being scheduled for Thursday.

The championships are held at Ohio State and the sick were treated at the school’s University Medical Center.

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NFL teams pursuing Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, was the St. Louis Rams; however, on Thursday head coach Steve Spangnuolo discredited those reports.

The Buffalo Bills have not denied that they are attempting to put together a package deal to acquire the former Syracuse signal caller.

The news comes just a day after Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid announced the team would be open to offers for any of the team’s three quarterbacks.

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teams like Notre Dame, Syracuse and Georgetown, it’s really important to come out and get this win and start looking forward.”

Rutgers is led by Kor y Kelly’s 15 goals. The junior scored a career-high six in a 109 victor y over Marist two games ago. Senior Gerhard Buehning is second on the team with 10 goals.

had a couple chances and didn’t score, and let a couple easy ones in defensively. Games are like that sometimes and we have to bounce back.”

The chance to bounce back comes Saturday when Rutgers KNIGHT NOTE: (4-2) travels to South Bend, Ind., Pennington was one of 70 to meet No. 11 Notre Dame (5players named Wednesday to 2) in the Big East opener for the Tewaaraton both teams.

Award Watch List.

The Fighting The list is made Irish are coming “With teams like up of the top playoff a 7-6 overtime Notre Dame ... ers from Division victor y against Ohio State and it’s really important I, II and III. The winner have an 11-7 seato come out and get receives the son-opening road Tewaaraton win over then-No. this win and start Trophy, which is 2 Duke.

“They’re ver y looking forward.” awarded to the nation’s top player. a t h l e t i c , ” JUSTIN PENNINGTON Pennington Stagnitta said.

Senior Midfielder leads the team in “They’re not realassists (eight), is ly a team that will second in points dazzle you X and (17) and is third in goals (nine).

O wise and they stay pretty The Flemington, N.J., native basic, but they have the athletes recorded multiple points in all to do that. Ever ything is really six games this season and has a solid and they’re a good team 15-game point streak dating back all around.” to last season.

Three Notre Dame players “[The Watch List] is somereached double digit goals thing that comes out early in the already this season led by Zach season, but it’s nice to be recogBrenneman’s 13. Neal Hicks has nized,” said Pennington, who is 12 and David Earl has 11. on the list for the second con“It’s huge,” said Pennington secutive season. “I try not to acknowledging the importance look at it too much, and I just try of getting off to a good start in to play the season out to the best league play. “The Big East is a of my ability.” really tough conference. With

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Junior attack Kory Kelly leads the Scarlet Knights with 15 goals this season, highlighted by a six-score performance against Marist. Rutgers faces Notre Dame, who boasts three double-digit scorers.

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Junior Leigh Heinbaugh competes on the balance beam for the Scarlet Knights and averages 9.25 this season. Her last result was a 9.50 against North Carolina heading into the EAGL Championships.

Knights focus on conference champs

BY JOSH GLATT STAFF WRITER

After a trip to North Carolina last weekend that seemed cursed from the GYMNASTICS start, RUTGERS AT t h e Rutgers EAGL CHAMPIONSHIPS, gymnasSATURDAY, 2 P.M. t i c s team looks to rebound in New Hampshire. The Scarlet Knights compete this weekend in the Eastern Atlantic Gymnastic League Championships.

While the field at the EAGL Championships features several schools that possess superior funding, the Knights attempts to compete and produce a good result.

In the field are several schools that Rutgers already faced this season as the Scarlet Knights are especially looking to improving upon their result against North Carolina.

After a disappointing performance

in Chapel Hill, N.C., head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton believes her team will come out stronger.

“It was just a terrible time,” Chollet-Norton said of the trip to North Carolina. “The girls knew they needed to get back in the gym and work.”

Other added motivation is getting the opportunity to compete against two teams that are rivals of the Knights — Pittsburgh and George Washington. CholletNorton believes those are two teams that her squad will be able to keep up with and potentially beat.

“I think we can hang in there with Pittsburgh and GW,” Chollet-Norton said. “We lost to Pittsburgh earlier this year, but that was when they were at home.

Now we are in the same boat.”

All season long, CholletNorton talked about the gap in funding between Rutgers gymnastics and many of their competitors as an inspiration for her girls.

At the EAGL Championships, Chollet-Norton hopes that her team can beat one of those fully funded schools.

“It would be a really nice boost for us if we could beat a team that is fully funded,” Chollet-Norton said.

While the Knights already accomplished their goal of qualifying for USA Nationals, Chollet-Norton is making sure her team does not look past the field this weekend.

“We want to do well at EAGL,” Chollet-Norton said. “If we perform well, we can use this score toward nationals.”

Not only can the score be used toward Nationals, the experience of competing in a pressure meet provides the team with practice to compensate for the demands of Nationals.

“It’s going to be training for Nationals too,” Chollet-Norton said. “We are going to be in a big time meet situation. “

Matthew Stein: Have you ever used Deadspin as a pickup line?

Will Leitch: Uh, no actually. I have not. I have used it as a “make people go away” line, and it’s very effective.

MS: How about Ron Mexico, have you ever used that yourself?

WL: I’ve thought about it. I’ve certainly thought about different things like Justin Luxembourg, and other ways to fix it, but I’ve never actually tried it.

MS: What’s the craziest one you have tried?

WL: AJ Daulerio. It didn’t work.

MS: Why the name Deadspin in the first place?

WL: It’s a funny thing actually. We spent so much time trying to figure out what the name was going to be, and at one point we were going to call it B—-h Rider and all these other terrible names, and we spent three weeks working on it. We were very upset, thinking about what we were going to call it, and finally someone said, “Let’s just call it Deadspin.” I was like, “What? Why? what does it mean,” and he was like, “it’s two very easy-to-remember words right next to each other.” And that’s why it was called Deadspin.

MS: What was the least favorite story you’ve ever put up?

WL: Well, anytime you get something wrong that’s going to be your least favorite. I would say the time that a source told me Albert Pujols was in the Mitchell Report. That was probably the worst.

MS: How often is there a problem with a journalist, where one takes issue with the bridging of the gap between bloggers and reporters?

WL: Well there’s been more since AJ took over, but [Kansas City Star writer] Jason Whitlock will feud with anyone. That’s what Whitlock does. Whitlock was born to start feuds, and he’s so good at it that I would never try to beat him at it because he would destroy me. So I just kind of let him go. I never like to have feuds because it’s not in my personality, but they are inevitably good for both parties. Certainly more people were talking about AJ and Whitlock during their feud than were talking about them beforehand. Whitlock has taken that to an art form, so more power to him.

MS: You’re OK with me printing that, right?

WL: Oh, of course.

MS: Can you talk about the love/hate relationship the website seems to have with Bill Simmons?

WL: The commenters are their own thing; they have a love/hate relationship with AJ and me also. But Simmons was so influential. My favorite thing about Simmons is that he actually denies it — he hates to be known as being influential to blogs. But he totally loves it. A guy like Simmons, with that kind of platform and his kind of writing style, inevitably is going to have a lot of people both love him and hate him. If you are going to have people both love you and hate you, I would rather do it like Simmons and write big, huge 2,500 word pieces, researching and going crazy, than sending out angry Tweets.

MS: Does SiWL: Like Jason Whitlock!

MS: Does Simmons get back to you on some of the thing you post about him?

WL: His relationship with Deadspin goes back and forth a little bit. Like anyone, he’s wary — you know, I mean Deadspin covers Simmons like he’s a figure to be reported on.

Sometimes he likes that and sometimes he doesn’t.

MS: [As promised] Plug your new book.

WL: The book is “Are We Winning?” It’s about fatherhood in baseball; I think that’s the best way to put it. It comes out May 4, and you can pre-order it on Amazon.com. Oh! We got a nice review the other day, my first review, and they did not hate it. I was very pleasantly surprised. Publisher’s Weekly – I don’t think they knew it was written by a blogger.

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SPRING PRACTICE NOTEBOOK

S CHIANO ENTERS

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

Spring practices are nothing new to sophomore quarterback Tom Savage. But actually practicing at them is a first-time experience for the team’s signal caller.

Savage attended the majority of last year’s spring practices, but only observed from the sidelines as four others competed for

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the job he eventually won during the regular season.

“It’s different,” said Savage, who was still a senior at Cardinal O’Hara High School in Pennsylvania last spring. “Last spring I just tried to come out here and just learn as much as I can because I couldn’t get in there. It’s fun so far.”

For the first time since Mike Teel called the shots, head coach Greg Schiano knows

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who his quarterback is during spring practice.

“It’s certainly a better position than we were in last year,” Schiano said. “We know who is going to be the quarterback.

Tom’s done a good job. He’s embraced the offseason program and I think he’s doing a good job here.”

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name senior Howard Barbieri as his early frontrunner for the starting center position, but he also said he saw him as an emerging leader for the upcoming season at his spring press conference.

Barbieri, a fifth-year walk-on, said he saw himself becoming a leader behind former center Ryan Blaszczyk and embraces the opportunity.

“I always thought of myself as a leader, but now that Coach [Schiano] is saying it too. That’s even better,” he said.”

After practicing at center much of last season, snapping the ball with the first team is not a huge adjustment, he said.

“We snapped all winter so I feel pretty comfortable with [Savage],” Barbieri said.

“Making all the calls is [a little different]. It’s all on me now.”

Barbieri star ted much of last year at guard, but has experience on both sides of the ball and at both tackle and guard as well.

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Head coach Greg Schiano gave a whistle to last year’s team MVP Devin McCourty, letting him control the Knights’ up-downs.

Andres Morales and Stephante Kent all graduating, the fullback position is wide open for the taking this season. Schiano named

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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage participated in spring practice for the first time this week after watching all last season.

senior Edmond Laryea and redshirt freshman Robert Joseph as early contenders, adding that tight ends may get time at the position as well.

“When we get the pads on, we need someone that can block, hopefully that can catch the football,” Schiano said.

Schiano said that the pads go on Saturday for the team’s third of 15 practices this spring.

“There won’t be a scrimmage or anything,” Schiano said.

“We’ll probably do some hitting.

It will be good to have the pads back on.”

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McCourty returned to Piscataway for yesterday’s practice and took a quick shot at coaching. Schiano gave the former star cornerback and special teamer a whistle to blow, with each blow forcing the team to do an up-down.

Resembling his on-field speed, McCourty was ver y quick with the whistle.

Top-10 opponent looms for Rutgers

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team faces its next Big East test t h i s WOMEN’S LACROSSE weeke n d RUTGERS AT w h e n SYRACUSE, t h e SUNDAY, 1 P.M. Scarlet Knights caravan trucks north to take on No. 7 Syracuse.

The Knights (6-2) raced out to the best star t in program histor y with five straight wins, but lost back-to-back games against Hofstra and Loyola before knocking of f Denver on the road.

The loss to the Greyhounds puts the Knights at 0-1 in conference play, but Rutgers has the chance to pull even with an upset of the Orange.

The task at hand is a tall one, as Rutgers has not bested Syracuse since 2002. But the Knights have already seen success against ranked teams this year, tipping Ivy League powerhouses Cornell and Princeton earlier in the season.

While the Orange boast a 4-3 record, all three of those losses came against top-20 teams, including unanimous No. 1 Northwestern. For the Knights to

hang on, finding a way to shut down Syracuse’s lethal offense is a must.

The Orange are led by senior Christina Dove who has already tallied 28 goals on the season.

Dove holds the Syracuse school record for goals scored in a single season with 75, and scored five times against the Knights last season in Piscataway.

Senior attack and co-captain Brooke Cantwell paces the squad with 18 goals through eight games along with seven assists for a team-high 25 points.

Just behind Cantwell in scoring are juniors Marlena Welsh and Kristen Anderson with 13 and 12 goals, respectively.

Senior attack Meghan Flanagan leads the Knights with 11 assists on the year.

A 15-6 loss to the Orange last season put the final dagger to the Knights’ postseason hopes, eliminating them from the final spot in the Big East Tournament. Rutgers played Syracuse close through the first half, and cut the Orange’s lead to as close as two in the second period before suffering through a scoring drought.

The Knights are averaging a hair under 11 goals per game this season, while the Orange are averaging an even 15 per contest.

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Senior attack Brooke Cantwell, right, leads the team in goals and points with 18 and 25, respectively.

The Knights took down two ranked opponents already but since 2002 have not beat No. 7 Syracuse.

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Knights look to capitalize on chances at ND

BY KYLE FRANKO CORRESPONDENT

After Army snapped the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s three-game winning streak, something seemed familiar.

The Scarlet Knights lost a game w h e r e MEN’S LACROSSE they dominated in RUTGERS AT more than NOTRE DAME, one area.

SATURDAY, NOON They doub l e d Army up in shots on goal and forced more turnovers, but in what has been the story for the past two seasons, they came up losers on the scoreboard.

“I don’t know that their 18 shots were better than our 36 shots, but [efficiency’s] been a challenge for us,” said head coach Jim Stagnitta in reference to his team’s 11-8 loss to Army. “We haven’t shot the ball consistently in two years. It’s not for the lack of ability to create good opportunities because a lot of people would love to get the number of quality shots we get. We just have to put the ball in the cage.”

Rutgers averages 11.5 goals per game and is shooting at a 30 percent clip but those numbers are a bit deceiving since the Knights scored 24 and 15 goals, respectively against Wagner and St. Joseph’s, two teams yet to record a win.

Against two of their better opponents, Maryland Baltimore-County and Army, the goal-scoring issue came back to haunt them.

The Knights went 5-for-26 against UMBC and 8-for-36 against Army.

“I think it’s all about capitalizing [on opportunities],” said senior Justin Pennington. “Against Army they capitalized on their shots and really stuck their opportunities. We

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MARIELLE BALISALISA

Midfielder Justin Pennington rides a 15-game point streak into Saturday’s Big East opener against No. 11 Notre Dame. The senior is third on the team with nine goals and is one of 70 players named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, given annually to the nation’s top player.

Big East stretch begins with Pitt at home

RU on track heading down to N. Carolina

BY TYLER DONOHUE

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

STAFF WRITER

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The Rutgers women’s track and field team could do nothing but make quick use of the short three-day practice week in preparation for this weekend’s WOMEN’S TRACK Raleigh Relays.

After returning RUTGERS AT to the Banks RALEIGH RELAYS, Sunday afternoon TODAY from Tampa, Fla. –– following the team’s eye opening showing at the USF Bulls Invitational –– the Scarlet Knights departed yesterday for North Carolina hoping for repeat success.

Battling to regain the team’s flow is one obstacle facing head coach James Robinson, but even with a meager three days of practice, he is sure his team is back to familiar form.

“When you come off a break you’re always wondering if the people did the workouts [and] sometimes you don’t have the facilities at home,” said Robinson. “So the

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SKYLA POJEDNIC

Senior captain Katherine Arlak is 8-5 this season and riding a two-match winning streak entering Big East play and the Knights’ Saturday clash with Pittsburgh.

The Rutgers tennis team begins an arduous final few weeks of the season tomorrow afternoon, when it plays host to Big East foe Pittsburgh in the first of the Scarlet Knights’ seven conTENNIS secutive conference matches.

PITTSBURGH AT The 1 p.m.

RUTGERS, matchup at the RU SATURDAY, 1 P.M. Tennis Complex showcases two squads looking to gain ground in the Big East standings. Pittsburgh comes in at 1-2 in conference play, though the team takes on Villanova today prior to arriving in Piscataway. Meanwhile, the Knights hold a slight edge with a 2-1 record against Big East opponents.

Rutgers’ lone conference loss came at the hands of Syracuse, who shut out both the Knights and the Panthers earlier in the season. Since that defeat, Rutgers tallied backto-back conference wins over Georgetown and Villanova.

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