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The Rutgers baseball team rides a six-game winning streak, including a weekend sweep of Georgetown, entering today’s game against Wagner at home.

Buyout plan to swap old faculty with new

COOKING UP SCIENCE

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The Food Network’s very own Iron Chef winner Alex Stupak conducts “Molecular Gastronomy,” a science-themed demonstration of his cooking skills yesterday in the Busch Dining Hall. A food sampling immediately followed, and many guests got a first taste of the chef’s work.

A new buyout plan proposed by the University this week looks to replace 300 senior faculty members in order to inject new blood into the classroom. In a letter to the University community, University President Richard L. McCormick said although the program brings up costs, the program saves the school money. The buyout will replace senior faculty with junior appointees or leave the positions vacant. McCormick said the program also enables the University to reinvest its resources in new faculty members who work on the emerging boundaries of their disciplines and bring new expertise. Vice President for Undergraduate Education Barry V. Qualls said new blood creates new ideas and leadership to address issues large and small. “New people are fresh. They have very different points of view, they have a different education than those of us who have been here a good number of years, a different education means you see the world differently,” he said. “People who were

born during the world of the Beatles and people who were born during the world of Ronald Reagan are very different people.” As of June 30, 2010, eligible faculty must be full-time tenured faculty members, at least 65 years of age, must have at least 25 years of service to the University and be a member of the Alternate Benefit Program, according to a University Media Relations press release. The University will provide each of the participating faculty members with either one lump-sum payment or two installments based on his or her years of service to the University and their salary as of July 1, 2010. The program is only offered for a specified period of time and eligible faculty must decide to participate by May 15, 2010. Participating faculty will voluntarily relinquish their tenure and vacate their positions effective July 1, 2010, according to the release. Participating faculty will receive about one week’s pay for every year of service up to 25 years, as well as a twoand-a-half week’s pay for every additional year of service.

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First-year students greet college life with dynamic seminars BY DEVIN SIKORSKI CORRESPONDENT

With the immense pressure first-year students feel when star ting out at a large college, the University of fers a program that tries to ease those over whelming emotions. The Byrne Family First-Year Seminars allow first-year students entering the University to take off-the-topic classes formatted on a pass/fail basis. The courses offered through the seminar program are different from normal

INDEX PENDULUM Students share their opinions on how Gov. Chris Christie’s budget affects the University.

classes due to the laid-back atmosphere and small environment, said Director of First-Year Seminars Kathleen Hull, via email correspondence. “Since the size of the classes only allow a maximum of 20 students, the members of the class and the professor get to know each other,” she said. “Because there are no grades, both students and the faculty have the freedom to explore ideas without the pressure of a regular, graded course.” School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Keith Flyer said the seminar he took as a first-year student offered him an opportunity

he might not have received without the size and format of the class. “I [wound] up getting an internship through the seminar,” he said. “A visitor to the class was offering an internship at the end of class, so I went up and he said ‘Welcome aboard.’” The program, which started in the fall of 2007, differs each semester and provides unique and interesting topics for students to choose from, Hull said. “We offer almost 150 of these small seminars per year, and many of them are ver y unusual,” she said. “Each seminar is

created fresh, just for this program, by professors who are interested in working with first-year students and sharing their research passion with the class.” Hull said this year offered an array of different topics, including “Is it Possible to Build an Artificial Person?” and “Kitchen Chemistry and Food Physics: The Science Behind The Food You Eat.” “Students can take a course that piques their interest, whether it fits into their major or not,” she said.

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Event links green issues, economy BY COLLEEN ROACHE CORRESPONDENT

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but global warming is one environmental issue that just may bring some green to several businesses’ pockets. OPINIONS Julia Friedman, a student at Florida leaves the Edward J. Bloustein School strawberry crops of Planning and Public Policy, to rot after wasting lectured about the economics of millions of gallons climate change last night in the of water and Philip Alampi Seminar Room in causing sinkholes. the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building on Cook campus. UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . 3 “The problem with all this is that there is a lack of informaPENDULUM . . . . . . . 7 tion,” Friedman said. “When you WORLD . . . . . . . . . . 8 eat something, there’s a label on it … but when you turn on the OPINIONS . . . . . . . 10 lights, you don’t know what exactly the carbon content is. You DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 14 don’t know what you’re putting into the environment.” CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 16 As greenhouse gases contribute to a number of environSPORTS . . . . . . BACK mental ills, such as rising sea levels and changes in agricultural ONLINE @ patterns, it is important to lower DAILYTARGUM.COM the level of these emissions, Friedman said.

“The idea with carbon emission reductions is that we want to do this in the most costeffective way,” she said. Still, it is neither cost-effective nor practical to send everyone who pollutes to prison, Friedman said. Instead, principles from economics can be employed to influence humans’ impact on the world around them. Friedman discussed high taxes on carbon emissions as a possible solution to the problem but said determining an adequate tax rate and measuring each firm’s emissions presents challenges to this option. Ultimately, a cap and trade system, in which the government places a limit on carbon dioxide emissions and requires companies to purchase permits that limit them to that amount, is the best route, she said. While similar plans have been used overseas and in some regions of the United States, there is no nationwide cap and trade policy. Other issues, like health care, are

dealt with at the environment’s expense, Friedman said. “[President Barack] Obama talked about it a lot, but it kind of gets put on the back burner,” she said. Friedman’s presentation was just one of several co-curricular lectures for students in Assistant Professor Lisa Rodenburg’s “Readings in Environmental Science” class, a weekly supplement to their residence in the Bunting-Cobb Residence Hall on the Douglass campus. The women learned much from Friedman’s presentation. Jia Guo, the teaching assistant for the course, said Friedman’s lessons tied into what the class has been studying well, as their last two lectures had been about global warming. “I think it’s quite new, even to me,” she said. “I think it’s interesting. I learned from it, too.” For students in the class, some concepts were confusing at times, but generally, the lecture was enlightening.

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Julia Friedman, a University student, discusses the various economic effects of global warming issues yesterday in the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building on Cook campus.

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CORRECTIONS In yesterday’s University story “Researchers spawn new therapy for cerebral palsy patients,” it was an Xbox, not an Xbox 360, that was used. In yesterday’s front page story “Festival to serve up music, food for 35th anniversary,” it is actually the NJ Folk Festival’s 36th anniversary.

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New system looks to steer drivers to empty parking spots BY REENA DIAMANTE

information can then be processed and made available for a number of applications, perhaps most imporWhen Michael Defelice tantly, to users on the road looking drives his car around New for parking.” Brunswick, he likes to come The project, which started early back with full grocery bags, but last year, evolved out of a larger there is one thing he would like research effort to design systems to see empty — a parking space. for vehicular communication net“I drive around just hoping that works at the Wireless Information one pops up,” the School of Arts Network Laboratory, Mathur said. and Sciences junior said. “The most The team conducted research terrible part is that I find myself not about the problems of traffic conbeing the only one. … I am gestion and discovered that a large unwillingly a part of fraction of traffic on a competition.” the roads is due to Through a drivers who circle “We would like system called blocks searching P a r k N e t , for parking. They to test it on a University profesfound that the numlarger scale before ber and pricing of sors Marco Gruteser and parking spaces also thinking about Wade Trappe of has to do with the commercialization.” congestion in parkthe Department of Electrical and ing spaces. SUHAS MATHUR C o m p u t e r “We realized Graduate Project Leader Engineering and a that vehicles that team of graduate regularly comb and undergraduate students are urban environments provide an working to put an end to the parkexisting mobile platform that can ing woes in metropolitan areas like be leveraged for mobile sensing New Brunswick. applications and one such appli“ParkNet is a system of mobile cation that has the potential to sensors that collects information improve congestion on city roads in near real-time about vacant is the sensing of parking spot road-side parking spaces in urban availability,” Mathur said. areas and aggregates this informaParkNet addresses the need for tion at a central server,” said Suhas knowing where parking spaces are Mathur, the lead graduate student available, but it does so in a costof the project, via e-mail. “The effective manner, he said. STAFF WRITER

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A team of University professors and graduate students are working to implement a new system called “ParkNet,” a GPS system that aims to help drivers find parking spaces in a more timely manner.

“We would, however, like to test it on a larger scale before thinking about commercialization,” Mathur said. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Melissa Rivera is one University student who suppor ts the development of ParkNet. “As a commuter coming to New Brunswick ever y day, I know how dif ficult finding a parking space can be,” she said. “It’s irritating and it wastes so much time. ParkNet is an amazing idea, and I hope it hope works out. It will definitely save us the trouble and help fix a huge problem.”

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sends this to a central server over a wireless network. ParkNet is still not perfect. The team is working on the precision of the ultrasonic sensors. The main challenges is how to improve system accuracy without increasing the costs much and how to deploy ParkNet for large-scale tests, Mathur said. Despite the challenges, tests show promising results. After testing three vehicles and collecting data over the course of about two months, the system is now about 96 percent accurate, he said. The team has received a number of queries from industrial groups about commercializing ParkNet.

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Instead of a straightforward, but expensive, approach to equip all parking spaces with sensors, the team decided to exploit the mobility patterns of vehicles, such as taxicabs or municipal vehicles, Mathur said. A low-cost sensor on a compatible vehicle detects the distance to the nearest obstacle on its right. The data is constantly measured and location-stamped using coordinates obtained from an on-board global positioning satellite receiver, he said. The data is then processed to distinguish parked cars from other objects, Mathur said. Each sensing vehicle determines a list of vacant spaces and their locations and

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ISSUES: U. students learn new facts at presentation continued from front “I thought it was informative,” said Nicole Oseagulu, School of Arts and Sciences junior. “I didn’t know much about cap and trade.” School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Ruby Tumasz agreed. “I knew what they were, but seeing [ideas on] cap and trade and carbon tax put in slides right after one another and seeing their weaknesses and their strengths was really interesting,” she said. “It was definitely very eye-opening. I got to learn a lot and form my opinion. I’m glad I came.” Classmate Jillian Drabik liked that Friedman compared and con-

BUYOUT: U. official says plan could possibly save money continued from front Qualls said senior faculty provide students with contacts, experience and wisdom, which often complement the qualities students take into the classroom. Though, as departments age, they often risk stagnation. “If you let a department get too old in terms of age demographics, I think it does have a sense of being less involved and doesn’t speak to the current world as it might otherwise,” he said. But Qualls said faculty members are not forced to take the buyout, seeing as it is completely voluntary. “I’m eligible. Nobody has said, ‘Take that and get out of here,’” said Qualls, a faculty member at the University for 39 years. Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip J. Furmanski said in a Star-Ledger article if 75 faculty members left and were all replaced, the University would save several millions of dollars each year. The American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers Executive Director Patrick Nowlan said the local negotiated

trasted the pros and cons of each policy. “It was cool to see how it would be more economically efficient to go with the cap and trade way than go about it with the tax,” said Drabik, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore. Courtney Lee, also a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said she enjoyed the interdisciplinary aspect of Friedman’s presentation. “I’m taking an economics course now, so it was really on target with what I’m learning,” she said. “She definitely answered a lot of questions I had about the whole policy and whether it would be beneficial.” Lee, who is living in BuntingCobb for the second year, said she appreciates the environment the

residence hall has to offer young women in the sciences. “I feel like it’s an atmosphere that empowers women with those majors that are like yours, and they give you support,” she said. Though she has since moved out of the residence hall, Tumasz acknowledged the benefits to living there. “You can tell the women [at Bunting-Cobb] are people who are going to do something amazing with their lives,” she said. “It’s just a really good experience.” Guo encouraged women on campus interested in the sciences to consider residing at BuntingCobb next year. The Douglass Project and the Bunting-Cobb Residence Hall sponsored the talk.

with the University during the development of the program. He said the program should be judged on an individual basis. “It’s only fair if the individual faculty member thinks it’s going to be fair,” he said. “Anybody considering retirement is probably going to look at the program and say, ‘Does it make sense for me, based on where the market is, how the retirement accounts are and what not.’” Rutgers Business School senior Uri Kapilovich said professors

gram and opened it to nontenured track faculty who meet all the other requirements. School of Arts and Sciences junior James Pak said, in his experience, he prefers professors who have years of experience teaching since they have established techniques. “I have had first-year professors, and the fact is they rarely have a strict curriculum that they are used to teaching,” Pak said. “Because of that, it can be more difficult for both of us.” Ultimately, the University’s ability to attract new faculty will test its ability to retain faculty. “It depends on how long they intend to stay,” Kapilovich said, adding that department turnover can dismay students because of the lack of continuity.” The adopted state budget in 2006 left the University with a $66 million shortfall in state funding, which compounded with mandatory cost increases rose to $80 million. The shortfall resulted in the cancellation of about 450 course sections and 185 layoffs or eliminated positions, according to a September 2006 University Media Relations press release. Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 puts the University’s appropriations $46.6 million lower than the original amount for the current fiscal year.

“It’s only fair if the individual faculty member thinks it’s going to be fair.” PATRICK NOWLAN URA-AFT Executive Director

should be judged individually, as some senior professors adapt as their field evolves. “Older professors can definitely bring in something new too, in the sense that they’ve been around and they’ve seen the changes [in their field],” Kapilovich said. Nowlan said the AAUP-AFT successfully pushed for the faculty of Newark and Camden campuses to be included in the pro-

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PROPOSED BUDGET TO LINK U. WITH THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget would merge Thomas Edison State College in Trenton with the University, according to a recent article posted on NJ.com. The governor said merging the two schools reduces overhead costs and jumpstarts Trenton’s downtown area by adding more classroom-based courses to the mainly online school, according to the article. While the plan would end the state’s $5.6 million annual support to Thomas Edison State College, it would not provide the University with any additional funding to help run the school, according to the article. University President Richard L. McCormick said the University has not looked into the logistics of the merger — such as how it will be financed — and said it would have to be approved by the school’s governing boards. “Rutgers appreciates the confidence expressed in us by the governor’s proposal, and we will explore how these excellent institutions could be aligned with Rutgers to strengthen and enhance the missions of all,” McCormick wrote in an e-mail to the University community. Thomas Edison College President George A. Pruitt questioned the proposal though, saying the merger would result in no-cost savings and little increased efficiency for the school, according to the article. “At so many levels, I don’t understand it,” Pruitt said in the article. “We will tr y to persuade the governor to change his mind. We will tr y to persuade the legislature not to implement it.” Under Christie’s budget proposals, the University would also take over operations of the State Library and State Museum, McCormick said in his e-mail. — Chris Zawistowski

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“Student’s reception to the course has been phenomenal,” Schuster said via e-mail correoffers smaller sized classes spondence. “Everyone is interested in different sports and continued from front experiences, and they all experiHull’s seminar, “Ain’t ence American culture through a Misbehavin: Civility, Manners different lens.” and Society,” allow students to He said the size of the classexamine everyday experiences room is a positive for first-year they have at the University. students, as it allows for a more “We spend a lot of time talkpersonal experience. ing about how we treat one “Most first-year students have another in everyday life,” she 200 to 400 students in their classes said. “We talk about courtesy and won’t get to class of 20 or so and how it contributes to the until they are sophomores or junwell-being of a iors,” he said. “It community, largeexposes both facul“I think we’ll learn ty and a research ly because it’s a form of awaretopic to them a lot from ness that leads us in a more to do and say intimate way.” one another, t h i n g s Schuster said and it should that make others the seminar also feel happier.” provided a jumpbe fascinating.” School of Arts ing-off point MARK SCHUSTER and Sciences firstfor a 300-level Senior Dean of Students year student course he is teachRaquel Marucci ing, “Sport in said the seminar American Culture.” allowed her to be in an atmos“I used the Byrne Seminars phere undaunted by the anxiety as a laborator y to ‘pilot’ to a of attempting to improve her three-credit, 300-level course grade point average. that I am teaching this semes“The reason I took the semiter,” he said. “Teaching the nar was purely for pleasure, just seminars helped me develop to sort of get away from my the three-credit class based on other course load,” she said. the Byrne Seminar feedback.” “There’s not of a lot of work The seminar also inspired the since the seminar is based on Office of Undergraduate more about how you feel and Education and the Office of focused on you.” Student Affairs to launch a yearMark Schuster, senior dean long dialogue on civility at the of students, teaches the seminar University, Hull said. “Culture Games: What Do “I think we’ll learn a lot from Major Sporting Events Tell Us one another, and it should be About Culture and Society?,” a fascinating,” she said. “Can we course that asks students to critbe kinder to one another? Can ically think about sports we, at Rutgers, be leaders in through the terms of gender, making the world a better race, sexuality and others. place? I think we can.”

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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 fourth floor of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. They will assign stories and answer questions about writing articles. No previous writing experience is required, and anyone interested is welcome to attend. Rutgers University Student Life asks, “To karaoke or not to karaoke? That is the question.” A karaoke night will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center Coffeehouse. Appetizers from Gerlanda’s, King Pita, Szechwan Express and Fresh Frites will be available and free to all attendees. Check out www.getinvolved.rutgers.edu for more information and other events. Email: ruprograms@gmail.com

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RUTGERS DAY SLAMS INTO U. WITH NEW PROGRAMS With more than 500 programs being offered at the upcoming 2nd annual Rutgers Day, a few programs might seem a little surprising to students. The program, “Grow Your Own Bacteria,” will show students exactly what comes from their mouth and make them think twice before sharing drinks. The Biology Club will take swabs of saliva, put it into a Petri dish and let them see exactly what grows, according to a Rutgers Day blog. Another program, “Creepies, Crawlies, and Other Creatures,” will let students view different forms of insects, such as tarantulas, scorpions and others. The University’s Department of Entomology will also let students eat a waxworm cookie or participate in a cockroach race.

For students who reminisce about their days of potato sack racing, the Undergraduate Geography Society will allow these students to “Race through New Jersey” with many obstacles added in. The potato sack track will include many of the Garden State’s famous highways and historical locations. In wake of the recent earthquakes in Haiti and Peru, students will also be able to gain knowledge on how these natural disasters occur. The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences will bring students in with a hands-on activity to show how and why these earthquakes happen. — Devin Sikorski

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Teams of six are invited to join RU CARE for their indoor soccer tournament, CARE CUP. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Cook Recreation Center. Winner of the tournament will receive a trophy and a cash prize. All proceeds will benefit Deborah Heart and Lung Center, which helps people living in poverty all over the nation get life-saving surgeries.

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COUNCIL The University College Council approved a series of cosponsorships at its meeting last night with a few student groups around the University. The first approved co-sponsorship allocated $2,500 to the fifth annual Veterans Reception sponsored by the University College community. Council Secretary Jose Ramirez said the event will be held on April 9 in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus and is intended to give thanks to University student veterans. “[The University College community sends] out an invitation to veterans, and it’s a dinner with a lot of the administrators of Rutgers University,” Ramirez said. Ramirez said last year University President Richard L. McCormick attended the dinner. “They also invite a lot of the local resources for veterans,” Ramirez said. “So this is a way for University veterans to find out about resources [and] where to go to get help.” The funding is an addition to the yearly donation of the same amount that the council gives toward the reception. This year’s budget for the reception totals to $8,522.50. The reception is just one of many ways the council is working to serve student veterans. Tana Loy of the Rutgers University Services Education and Resources for Veteran Students attended the meeting for the first time to discuss more involvement with the council. “We’re trying to get a core group of us … to be part of the UCC veteran subcommittee,” said Loy, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student and army veteran. Aside from the reception, the council also granted $1,500 to the Rutgers University-Muslim Student Association to aid with their annual event, the Islamic Awareness Week. MSA President Adnan Riaz presented the budget for the event and explained to the council the importance of receiving the sponsorship prior to the vote. Like the University as a whole, the MSA is juggling with the effects of the budget cuts that threatened significant alterations to the event. “If we didn’t get the money, we would have to scale back the program,” said Riaz, a Rutgers College senior. “We can only apply to one college council [for funding], and we chose this one.” Riaz said less student organizations ask the UCC for funding so their adviser suggested to apply through them. The total budget for the event amounts to $24,000, he said. The MSA already applied to the Rutgers University Student Association for $6,000 and they continue to receive donations. “This event for the entire Rutgers community … University College Council students are still benefitting from this event,” he said.

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JENNIFER LEE SAS SOPHOMORE “I feel like it’s unnecessary, especially for such a big thing. He can cut from a lot of other stuff. You shouldn’t be cutting from colleges and universities.”

“There are a lot of students that will get affected. I’m sure there are other public programs that he can cut down on. Like I’d rather not have a park, than not have a school.”

KEVIN O’ROURKE RUTGERS COLLEGE SENIOR “It’s not very good, but I think it’s not unexpected.”

DEVEN TRIVEDI — SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SOPHOMORE MONICA MCKINNON SAS JUNIOR “I really don’t like tax cuts in higher income brackets, and I really think hurting New Jersey higher education right now is just going to hurt the future of the state. But that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have to do it.”

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MATT REECE COOK COLLEGE SENIOR “I think that it is very sad. Higher education is one of the most important things in our country.”

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Pope commemorates legacy of predecessor THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI hailed the legacy of John Paul II yesterday five years after his death, while questions swirl over the late pontiff’s record in combatting pedophile priests and whether a miracle needed for his sainthood really happened. During an evening Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to pay tribute to the late pope, Benedict told pilgrims from John Paul’s Polish homeland that his predecessor had “without interruption taught us to be faithful witnesses to faith, hope and love.” Krakow Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who for decades was John Paul’s personal secretary, was among the prelates at the commemoration. Also attending was Cardinal Bernard Law, who after resigning as Boston archbishop in the sex abuse scandal, which rocked his diocese, was put in charge of a prestigious Rome basilica by the late pope. The 84-year-old John Paul died April 2, 2005, after battling Parkinson’s disease. The commemoration was early because April 2 this year falls on Good Friday, when Benedict will preside over Lenten ser vices at the Vatican and at the Colosseum in Rome. Immediately after John Paul’s death, faithful began clamoring for his sainthood, and Benedict in December signed a decree proclaiming his predecessor “venerable” for his holy virtues. At first, the inexplicable healing of a young French nun from Parkinson’s disease had initially seemed like the miracle required for remarkably swift approval for beatification, the last formal step before canonization. The nun, who had prayed to John Paul for years, woke up one morning two months after his death, seemingly inexplicably cured of the progressively degenerative neurological disorder. But a Polish newspaper recently reported that doubts had been cast about whether the nun might not have had Parkinson’s at all. Without citing sources, Rzeczpospolita, one of Poland’s most respected and dailies, said the Vatican had summoned new experts to scrutinize the case. The Vatican’s former head of its saint-making office, Cardinal

Jose Saraiva Martins, indicated two medical consultants might have had doubts. According to the National Parkinson Foundation, an estimated 20 percent of patients thought to have the disease were found at autopsy not to have had it. “Most movement disorders experts would agree that miracle cures of Parkinson or other movement disorders usually have a psychogenic component to the illness,” the foundation’s Dr. Michael S. Okun said when asked by e-mail by The AP about Parkinson patients. While another possible miracle might be found from the many allegedly inexplicable healing experienced by those devoted to the late pope, a potentially more serious shadow has been cast on the beatification process. Intense scrutiny is being thrown on how the Vatican handled sex abuse cases from dioceses around the world, particularly an explosion of complaints from U.S. faithful, during John Paul’s 26-year papacy. The harsher look at the Vatican’s policy on sex abuse has come as Benedict’s own record on dealing with the problem is being scrutinized in his native Germany, when he was Munich archbishop, as well as his long tenure at the Vatican as John Paul’s watchdog for purity in the Catholic church. John Paul’s transfer of Cardinal Law to St. Mar y Major’s, one of Rome’s most storied basilicas, was seen by many abuse victims as rewarding, not punishing, the Boston cleric for a policy by which many molester priests were shuttled from parish to parish, instead of removed from contact with children. And John Paul held up as a model, the rigorously conservative founder of the Legionaries of Christ, who was later revealed to have fathered a child and had molested seminarians. The Vatican began investigating allegations against the Rev. Marcial Maciel of Mexico in the 1950s, but it wasn’t until 2006, a year into Benedict’s pontificate, that the Vatican instructed Maciel to lead a “reser ved life of prayer and penance” in response to the abuse allegations — effectively removing him from power.

CHINA AGREES TO NUCLEAR SANCTIONS ON IRAN U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says China has agreed that Iran cannot become a nuclear weapons power. Clinton says China will play a role in forging new international sanctions against the Islamic republic at the United Nations. In Canada’s capital for a meeting of diplomats from the Group of Eight leading industrialized democracies, Clinton said Monday that despite its general opposition to sanctions, China would make suggestions as the process moves forward. The United States wants tougher U.N. penalties against Iran over what the U.S. claims is a covert program to build a nuclear bomb. Clinton told Canadian television that she believes the U.N. Security Council will agree on penalties against Iran for refusing to prove its nuclear program is peaceful. — The Associated Press

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Russian EMERCOM employees station in front of Lubyanka Metro station entrance after two separate explosions. Thirty-eight people are confirmed dead from the Lubyanka suicide bombing.

Russia bombing kills more than 30 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Terror returned to the heart of Russia, with two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour, including an attack at the station beneath the headquarters of the secret police. At least 38 people were killed and more than 60 wounded in yesterday morning’s blasts, the first such attacks in Moscow in six years. Russian police have killed several Islamic militant leaders in the North Caucasus recently, including one last week in the Kabardino-Balkariya region, which raised fears of retaliatory strikes and escalating bloodshed by the militants. As smoke billowed through the subway tunnels not far from the Kremlin and dazed survivors streamed out of the vast transportation system, al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites were abuzz with celebration of the attacks by the two female suicide bombers. The bombings showed that the beleaguered rebels are still strong enough to inflict harm on an increasingly assertive Russia, and they followed a warning last month from Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov that “the war is coming to their cities.” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who built much of his political capital by directing a fierce war against Chechen separatists a decade ago, promised to track down and kill the organizers of what he called a “disgusting” crime. “The terrorists will be destroyed,” he said on national television. In a televised meeting with President Dmitr y Medvedev, Federal Security Service head Alexander Bortnikov said the remains of the two bombers pointed to a Caucasus connection. “We will continue the fight against terrorism unswervingly and to the end,” Medvedev said. Umarov, the Chechen rebel leader, has relied on al-Qaida’s financial support and has several al-Qaida emissaries in his entourage, said Alexander Ignatenko, the head of the independent Moscow-based Institute

for Religion and Politics, who has closely followed the Islamic insurgency in the Caucasus. “Al-Qaida has established a presence in the Nor th Caucasus, like they did in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia and Europe,” Ignatenko told The Associated Press. The militants’ links with al-Qaida also are recognized by other experts on terrorism.

“Disaster risk reduction has to be at the heart of the recovery effort.” HELEN CLARK UN Development Program head

Militants in the Caucasus have declared the creation of an Islamic state as their top goal. Radical Islamic sects have spread throughout the Caucasus region and parts of Russia as well, with religious schools set up. In Chechnya, Kremlin-backed strongman Ramzan Kadyrov has conducted a campaign to impose Islamic values in an effort to blunt the appeal of hard-line Islamic separatists. Yesterday’s first explosion took place just before 8 a.m. at the Lubyanka station in central Moscow, beneath the notorious headquar ters of the Federal Security Ser vice or FSB, the KGB’s main successor agency. The FSB is a symbol of power under Putin, a former KGB officer who headed the agency before his election as president in 2000. About 45 minutes later, a second blast hit the Park Kultury station on the same subway line, which is near renowned Gorky Park. In both cases, the bombs were detonated as the trains pulled into the stations and the doors were opening. “I was getting off the train when I heard the sound of an explosion and saw clouds of smoke,” said Yegor Barbatunov, 29. “The (Park Kultur y) station was jammed with people tr ying to get out, but there was no panic. I saw a young man walk-

ing past, blood pouring off his head and neck and trickling to the floor.” Added Alevtina Rogatova, a 23-year-old student who was on the same train: “I smelled burning plastic and heard cries of ‘let the wounded through.’” Amateur video on Russian TV showed wounded and possibly dead commuters on the floor of the smoke-filled Lubyanka station. One video showed gruesome images of dead passengers sprawled inside a mangled subway car and a bloody leg lying on a station platform. Passengers streamed out of the stations, many cr ying and making frantic calls on cell phones. The wounded were put on ambulances and helicopters, some with their heads wrapped in bloody bandages, as sirens wailed. Traffic was paralyzed as large sections of downtown were closed off. Some gypsy cab drivers jacked up their rates for panicky passengers trying to get to work, drawing a harsh rebuke from Orthodox Patriarch Kirill later in the day. “Any desire to profit on the grief of others brings nothing but grief in return,” Patriarch Kirill said after a liturgy. At 4 p.m., the two subway stations reopened and dozens boarded waiting trains. “It’s really terrifying,” said Vasily Vlastinin, 16. “It’s become dangerous to ride the metro, but I’ll keep taking the metro. You have to get to school, to college, to work somehow.” Both stations had been scrubbed clean. Holes left by shrapnel in the granite were the only reminder of the day’s tragic bombings. The ornate Moscow subway system is the world’s secondbusiest after Tokyo’s, carrying around 7 million passengers on an average workday, and is a key element in running the sprawling and traffic-choked city. The last confirmed terrorist attack in Moscow was in August 2004, when a suicide bomber blew herself up outside a subway station, killing 10 people. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility.

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Haiti fishes for $3.8 billion to rebuild nation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — The Haitian government will be seeking about $3.8 billion at a donors conference this week to start rebuilding the country after January’s devastating earthquake. Edmond Mulet, the top U.N. official in Haiti, yesterday urged donor nations to respond generously so that the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation can reconstruct hospitals, schools, government buildings, roads and ports. In addition, he said, Haiti needs to “rebuild and redesign the countr y in a way that puts ... (it) on the road to growth and modernization.” Secretar y-General Ban Kimoon and U.S. Secretar y of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are chairing Wednesday’s fundraising conference. Cochairs include Brazil, Canada, the European Union, France, and Spain — all leading donors to Haiti. Haitian President Rene Preval will present the country’s plan for recovery and development to more than 100 countries expected to attend, the U.N. said. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the U.N. special envoy for Haiti and husband of Hillary Rodham Clinton, will also speak. An assessment prepared by the Haitian government with the support of the international community put the total amount needed for Haiti’s recover y from the Jan. 12 earthquake at $11.5 billion. Helen Clark, head of the U.N. Development Program, said the $3.8 billion sought this week would cover reconstruction costs for the next 18 months and enable the coun-

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton will attend the donors conference this week, where Haitian officials will present plans for the nation’s recovery and seek about $3.8 billion in reconstruction efforts. tr y to begin replacing more than 1,300 educational institutions, more than 50 hospitals and health care centers, cour thouses and other buildings that were either destroyed or are unstable. “Over the longer term, the objective is to see that Haitians are protected from the hurricanes which threaten them ever y year and from other natural disasters like the quake,” she said. “Disaster risk reduc-

tion has to be at the heart of the recover y effort.” In addition to the damage, the quake killed an estimated 230,000 people. In Februar y, Ban and Bill Clinton launched a separate humanitarian appeal for $1.44 billion to help 3 million Haitians affected by the quake this year with food, medicine, shelter and other basic needs. Clark said just under half of that amount has been raised.

Mulet noted that Wednesday’s donors conference will not be the first time the international community has met to raise funds for Haiti. “We hope that this time we will get it right,” he said. “I think the international community is coresponsible for that weaknesses of Haitian institutions and the Haitian state.” He warned that failure to aid Haiti development could result in “a peacekeeping mission and

international inter ventions in Haiti for the next 200 years.” The reconstruction effort will be run for the first 18 months by an interim agency chaired by Haiti’s prime minister and a representative from the international community, with a board comprising the country’s largest donors, Mulet said. It will identify projects and distribute funds and, after 18 months, a Haitian agency will assume full control, he said.

Obama urges Afghans to take bigger steps against corruption THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL — President Barack Obama’s tone in Kabul was all business as he hammered home his theme that the Afghans need to do more to fight corruption and reform government to defeat the Taliban. The arm’s-length approach was the administration’s latest attempt to strike the right balance in dealing with President Hamid Karzai. Although the U.S. believes Karzai is a flawed leader, it cannot afford to alienate him because he is key to a successful American exit from the war. Former President George W. Bush established a more personal relationship with Karzai. In contrast, Obama was critical of Karzai from the start, stating last December when he announced his troop surge that “the days of providing a blank check are over.” Neither strategy worked well. Bush’s approach failed to push Karzai toward more effective governance. Obama’s criticism angered Karzai, feeding fears that the Americans were tr ying to undermine him. The Afghan president’s visits in recent weeks to neighboring China and Iran show that he has options for support from other countries. Such blunt criticism from the U.S. now appears more measured. A day after the visit, Karzai’s spokesman, Waheed Omar, described the two leaders’ private meeting as cordial and dis-

missed reports that Obama flew to Kabul on Sunday to order a recalcitrant Karzai to get his government in line. “Our relationship with the United States has gone through ups and downs,” Omar said yesterday. “At this point in time, there are more ups than downs. We have certain views about certain issues and they have certain views about certain issues. Sometimes we agree and sometimes we don’t.” The new tone is only part of the administration’s evolving approach toward Kabul. The U.S. is now seeking to deal with the broader Afghan leadership — not just Karzai. It was the White House’s insistence that Karzai’s Cabinet later join the talks over a dinner of kebabs and rice that pointed to Obama’s strategy of raising the clout of ministers favored by the West as a way to promote reform. Ashraf Ghani, a respected former finance minister and World Bank official, described the meeting with the Cabinet and Afghan dignitaries as “very courteous and businesslike.” “A foundation for strategic cooperation between the two countries has been clearly laid through this visit,” Ghani said. Western diplomats briefed on the meetings said Obama worked to convince the Afghan of ficials that Afghanistan can count on a long-term commitment from the U.S. despite the president’s desire to start withdrawing American troops in July

2011 — just 16 months from now. They said Obama also stressed that while there’s been some progress, more work is needed to set up better local, provincial and central governments run by people picked for competence, not cronyism. That’s a message Afghanistan’s small, urban, political class expected the American president to deliver. Many of

“A foundation for ... cooperation between the two countries has been clearly laid.” ASHRAF GHANI World Bank official

them are also frustrated by the failures of their own government. “I’m sure he gave a ver y, ver y tough message, strong message to President Karzai that the U.S. could not tolerate another dysfunctional government for the next five years and it’s time for President Karzai to act,” said Haroon Mir, director of Afghanistan’s Center for Research and Policy Studies. “I think it was a message for Afghans that the U.S will remain committed to Afghanistan.” Obama might not be happy with the pace of progress in Afghanistan, but he also cannot

be seen as sending U.S. troops to fight for a corrupt government. Public approval for his war strategy is on the rise, and Obama needs to maintain domestic support for the war at a time when the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last year. The latest Associated PressGfK poll at the beginning of March found that 57 percent of Americans surveyed approved of Obama’s handling of the war compared with 49 percent two months earlier. While Obama pressed the Afghans to battle graft, those briefed on the meeting said Karzai’s Cabinet ministers told the president that they wanted to control more of the billions in international aid pouring into the country and direct the money to priority projects set by Afghanistan, not foreign capitals. The Karzai government has long maintained that the U.S. and other donors must share the blame for the lack of improvement in the daily lives of Afghans since foreigners control the purse strings. The government points to a Ministr y of Finance report that says nearly 80 percent of the $36 billion in international aid spent in Afghanistan since the Taliban were toppled in late 2001 was disbursed by the donor countries themselves. The rest has moved through the Afghan treasur y, but only $770 million

of it has been placed fully at the discretion of the Afghan officials, the report said. Donor nations have agreed to channel half the development aid through the ministries in the next two years, but only if Karzai curbs corruption and strengthens its public finance system. Karzai, who is expected to see Obama next on May 12 in Washington, has taken some steps since his fraud-stained reelection last year to combat corruption. But international obser vers and human rights activists have said such measures do not go far enough. The White House considers the fight against corruption key to winning the war. Success will come only if the Afghan people increasingly decide to back their own government rather than the Taliban. In June, the joint NATOAfghan force plans to move large numbers of troops into neighboring Kandahar province, the spiritual bir thplace of the Taliban, in hopes of fur ther weakening the insurgency. “We will be unable to succeed in Kandahar if we cannot eliminate a vast majority of corruption there and set up a legitimate governance structure,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday. “We can succeed militarily, but it’s not going to work if local government cannot ser ve the people fairly.”

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US and Russia act in favor of safety

ith the Cold War a good distance behind the United States and Russia, an agreement on the reduction of nuclear weapons was the appropriate next step. According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev agreed on a strategic move that replaces the somewhat archaic Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Perhaps the feat could be attributed to Obama for his intent on doing what his predecessor called a Cold War relic, but that is hardly the question. The new agreement deals with only modest cuts in both countries’ arsenals — nonetheless, both presidents have taken not only their nations’ safety into consideration, but also the nuclear control around the world. We believe that with this move, the two biggest nuclear players in international politics are setting a precedent for nations around the world to follow. Although the new agreement only moderately addresses nuclear weapons, it may exert pressure on nations such as Iran and North Korea at a Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in May. This strategic move should not end here. Along with this almost preliminary move should come deeper negotiations between Russia and the United States on how nuclear proliferation can be limited — with regard to deployed weapons or the thousands of smaller bombs that can more easily be smuggled. We hope this happens sooner rather than later. It only makes sense for the two biggest nuclear powers to make this move with their combined number of nuclear weapons at around 20,000. The treaty itself will be signed on April 8 in Prague and according to The New York Times, calls for both nations to reduce the number of deployed strategic weapons to 1,550 from 2,200 within seven years. Bombers, missiles and submarines would have to be lowered to 800 from 1,600 each. The problem with this or following nuclear proliferation conferences is the sluggish set of actions. Despite everyone’s hopeful support for a more major cut in nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles, international distrust and order of events will slow the process down. Winning the support of both parties within the U.S. Congress would serve a great deal of support, yet the agreement on the part of Russia will remain slow. We must simply encourage this weakening of nuclear strength, along with the rest of the world, in order to create international relations less dependent of mutual assured destruction. Ratification in Senate requires a two-third vote of approval, and despite today’s partisan malice, we must think of the bigger picture.

Don’t let strawberry fields go to waste

trawberries are a precious commodity in some places, yet farmers in Florida have recently begun to let their crops rot to bring prices up by decreasing the supply. According to the St. Petersburg Times, farmers used millions of gallons of water to save their crops over the past several months, causing sinkholes under neighbors’ homes and draining the water supply. But now many farmers have let their strawberries rot because of their massive numbers and lack of resources to pick the product and still make a profit. Surrounding families were understandingly furious. Despite the fact that farmers are just another form of businessmen nowadays, the thought of letting fruit rot only makes them look worse. It may be obvious, but this could only be classified as wrong, as millions are starving in this day and age. Farmers said that they were only getting about $6 to $7 a flat, and when labor was taken into account, some would be operating at a loss. Furthermore, a decision to leave the strawberries on the ground would cause for a lesser supply and therefore higher prices. Nonetheless, instead of letting the crops rot, a decision to let people pick the product themselves would come as a pleasant surprise in these times of recession. Wasting the food should simply not be an option. Not only have farmers already caused several sinkholes surrounding their lands, but also the waste of water has been massive. The millions of gallons of water dumped on the crops would, quite literally, go down the drain if the strawberries themselves were not picked at all. Another option therefore could be a discounted flat of strawberries. Instead of letting prices drop due to higher supply, if farmers decided to fill the flat with more product and keep the same price as before, their profits would keep at their regular levels. We are a wasteful society — that is no secret, but instead letting water and strawberries go to waste, farmers can let the product be picked for free. There are people who will take up that opportunity, especially nowadays. Farmers may be businessmen and in order to survive, they have to make the tough decisions, yet when it comes to food, there will always be someone who needs it. If the people are hungry, let them eat cake, but if an overabundance of fruit is the case, let them eat strawberries.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I drive around just hoping that one pops up.” Michael Defelice, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, on the lack of parking spaces STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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Health care reform poses dilemma

their excess health costs. n the closing days of Soon after wards, even the the health care reform Blues had to abandon comdebates, the White munity rating in order to House raised its rhetoric sur vive the competition. against the insurance comThe overall impact of this panies and repeated shift in principle was that demands that these corpothose at highest health risk rations end their practices BO WANG in this countr y were least of rate hikes and coverage able to afford the care that denial for those with prethey needed, or were denied coverage altogether. existing conditions. As this took place, the unfoldThe only feasible way to tackle the problem of ing crisis at adultBasic — one of Pennsylvania’s coverage denial for those with pre-existing constate insurance plans for the poor — serves as a ditions is to have the rest of the non-denied, good illustration of the paradoxical and infeasible healthier enrollees chip in for the higher costs nature of this dual mandate in our free-market incurred by this high-risk group. Whether this is health care system. fair is a matter of personal opinion, but the reaEarlier this month, adultBasic announced that it son that many insurance companies currently will have to almost double the monthly premium for deny coverage for individuals with pre-existing 2,400 state residents on its waiting list — from $313 conditions is that the opposite course of action to $600. The plan was created in 2002 to cover would result in fee increases to the rest of the Medicaid-ineligible adults between the ages of 19 enrollees, which would cause an exodus of relaand 65 years with incomes less than double the fedtively healthy individuals to other plans that eral poverty line. It currently has 39,000 enrollees choose to continue the status quo. who pay a monthly premium of $36 The adultBasic situation illusand over 390,000 people on its wait“This will in turn trates the financial burden brought ing list to whom it offers the same lead to even more on by following this opposite insurance coverage at the much of action. Since members on higher premium. fee increases in the course the plan’s waiting list can sign up To give a brief background of for no-contract, high-premium covhealth insurance: Private health near future.” erage at the time of their choosing, insurance plans were first develmost opt to do so only around the oped in the late 1920s to meet the time that they are sick, leading to a rise in fees for rising cost of hospital bills. These plans, known as ever yone else enrolled in the waiting list plan. As Blue Cross, were soon followed by Blue Shield the rate increases kick in, the “healthiest” portion plans in the late 1930s to help cover the cost of of this sickly group will subsequently drop out, physician services. At its inception, private health leaving the waiting list plan with sicker people plans abided by the principle of community rating, incurring higher average medical bills. This will meaning that people with different levels of health in turn lead to even more fee increases in the risk — a healthy schoolteacher in his late-20s and near future. As Joel Ario, Pennsylvania’s state a chain-smoking coal miner in his mid-50s for insurance commissioner, put it bluntly, “This is example — would be paying the same monthly ver y likely going to send us into a death spiral.” insurance fee. The core purpose of this type of So will the recently passed health care reform health plan was to allow health care to be distriblegislation — which makes it illegal for insurance uted in a manner that was based more on need companies to deny coverage due to pre-existing than ability to pay. conditions — be the magic pill that accomplishes As commercial insurance companies were the president’s dual mandate concerning health launched to compete with the Blue Cross/Blue insurance? It would indeed take care of the covShield plans, these commercial companies starterage denial problem by 2014, but the increased ed following the principle of the less redistribufinancial burden posed by these new high-risk tive experience rating, whereby different health enrollees will likely be paid for through cost-shiftrisk groups would pay different fees. So the coal ing to the healthier patient base. miner in our last example would be paying signifAt the same time though, the extension of icantly more than the schoolteacher would health coverage to 32 million more Americans because of his higher health risk. As can be along with the provision of specific measures such expected, the healthier individuals were drawn in as annual check-ups for Medicare patients will by these lower fees and left in droves for these commercial plans, leaving the Blues with the bulk SEE WANG ON PAGE 11 of the high risk patients and little means to pay for

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Congress deals stunning blow to constitution

he recent passing of the health care overhaul bill and the events that led up to it represent the worst period in American politics’ history. Not only was the content of the bill unconstitutional, the methods in which the votes were accumulated were dirty and reeked of corruption. Even when many Americans opposed the bill, Congress shoved “reform” down their throats. The coming months and years will tell if this was actually a “historic moment” comparable to the abolition of slavery or, perhaps more likely, a temporary dissolution of ethics and democracy in the American government. There was never any major argument against the necessity of health care reform. For better or worse, President Barack Obama chose this issue as his domestic priority, and the country finally had to address it. Unfortunately, the president and his progressive cronies had already made up their minds on how to reform the system: Socialize it. Most Republicans and moderate Democrats were willing to compromise between their diverging ideologies to reach a reasonable, responsible and practical solution. But progressives would not have it — it was their way or the highway. Essentially, those in power decided there was an incredible urgency for legislation — any legislation — to be passed. So they argued that the time for debate had elapsed, and that America deserved a final up-or-down vote. So they approved one of the greatest intrusions on American lives since the Patriot Act. To be fair, there is a handful — albeit, a small handful — of sensible refinements in the bill. Mainly, and most obviously, is that it extends health insurance to 30 million people who now will not have to worry about bankruptcy as a side effect of caring

for their children. were bribed with Also, these people billions of federal will now contribute dollars toward to the risk pool by Medicaid assispaying premiums tance and benefits instead of going to — because all of the emergency this arm-twisting room for free care. and deal-making JAMES WINTERS However, the bulk was done behind of the bill is an closed doors. The egregious tax hike on the middle and hypocrisy of Pelosi’s claims of transparenupper classes, an infringement on the lib- cy and bipartisanship is astounding. The erties of every citizen, and will result in an meetings between leadership and memeven more mountainous burden of debt — bers of the House of Representatives were if you can believe it can get any bigger — as transparent as a brick wall, and the only on the nation’s youth. According to the sense of bipartisanship in this monumental Congressional Budget Office, this over- power grab was in the opposition to it. haul will cost $940 billion Headlines last Monday and will reduce the federal and Tuesday read “Victory “The job of a deficit by $143 billion over for Obama,” which is a congressman is 10 years. The reliability of telling truth. It was a victory these estimates is more for Obama and progressives to represent the than questionable, though. nationwide. However, it was The CBO is required to a defeat for all Americans. It will of the people analyze the bill at face-value was a defeat for the spirit of and to protect and cannot factor in other freedom and opportunity possible costs or consethis country breathes. their freedoms ...” that quences, says Douglas Our representatives took an Holtz-Eakin, director of the oath when elected to “supCBO from 2003 to 2005. He contends that port and defend the Constitution of the the federal deficit will actually increase by United States,” and in this regard they $562 billion as a direct result of this bill, have failed. They have failed their conwhile the Heritage Foundation predicts it stituents. They have failed their country. will cost this country closer to $2.5 trillion. More importantly, they have failed our Numbers and accounting aside, the country. Take it from House Minority majority of Americans did not support the Leader John Boehner: “Shame on this bill. In fact, the majority of congressmen body. Shame on each and every one of you did not support it until recently, and it is who substitutes your will and your desires not very clear why a handful of congress- above those of your fellow country men ... men suddenly had a change of heart. We [You] have failed to listen to America.” In will never know how House Speaker Nancy its quest to expand the reach and power of Pelosi, et al., managed to round up 219 the federal government, in its delusional votes — except for the obvious ones who need to nanny us “helpless” citizens,

Questionable tactics raise concerns Letter ASHLEY SAWYER

any of us remember when our parents or teachers would tell us: It is not what you say, it is how you say it. We learned at a young age that it was better to say, “please” than to just say “give me.” Many of us have carried those values with us into adulthood, and we know that good manners, respect and a kind tone can get you much more than a brash and sharp tongue. We recognize that compromise and collaboration create a positive environment, while unilateral efforts only create disdain. For more than 11 years, the Douglass Black Students’ Congress has hosted our “Jazz n Java” spoken word poetry event. DBSC started this event in the Brew Ha Ha’s café on the first floor of the Douglass College Center to give new poets a supportive environment to read their poetry. Over the years, the event grew and with that we moved to the NJC Lounge on the second floor of the student center. “Jazz n Java” is one of the most popular regular events in the black community at the University. As a result, the crowd has recently become very large. Although we were extremely disappointed and frankly annoyed when more than six officers from the Rutgers University Police Department and fire departments interrupted what had been an intimate and positive affair, we recognize that the room was filled to capacity. “Jazz n Java” is not a party; it is a spoken-word poetry event where attendees are seated for the duration of the event, and primarily quiet as we enjoy the tradition of the spoken word. The responding

officers behaved as if the event was a party, and the number of officers present created a threatening and uncomfortable environment, as well as sent an insulting message to our community. As the president, I recognize that the officers have a responsibility to the safety of the attendees and we appreciate their work. However, it is not what you say; it is how you say it. By sending so many officers, the message was clear from the officers that a large gathering of diverse students is a potentially dangerous situation. The officer who did interrupt the event came in and in a load harsh tone told everyone to “Get out!” In a respectful and civil society, one would have compromised with the staff member present and agreed to wait 10 minutes until intermission. During intermission, more than half of the attendees usually leave which would have reduced the number of students standing and kept the event within fire code. The officers should not have been surprised that they were met with such frustration considering the way that they approached the situation. If you want to create a trusting and positive relationship between students, staff and law enforcement, students and our events have to be treated with respect. “Jazz n Java” is by far one of the most positive, peaceful and uplifting events within our community. It welcomes students, and alumni and even some students from a high school outreach event were in attendance. Such an interruption, while perhaps warranted, should have been done in a far more cordial and respectful manner. Just because one holds a position of authority does not make one exempt from common courtesy. Ashley C. Sawyer is a Douglass College senior and president of the

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WANG continued from page 10 make preventive services more accessible. This in turn will save money in the long run by cutting down on the astronomical costs associated with emergency room visits and hospital stays. The problem remains that the largely private, profit-driven health insurance environment in our country will ensure that most of these savings never get passed on to the plan holders. Is there a way to halt this health insurance Catch-22? As a matter of fact, there is. A single payer system of universal national health insurance would by nature cover ever yone and adhere to community rating. The increased financial burden of the high-risk patients would still be distributed among the

Congress has ignored and betrayed the single most important premise this country was founded upon: Liberty. Three hundred million Americans, willing or not, are now required by law to buy health insurance — as well as fork over billions to the Internal Revenue Service to enforce the statute. I do not call that freedom. I call that tyranny. Though many would not opt out of buying health insurance, having a law that requires it is a dangerous precedent. It was Harry Browne who said, “A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot — because the first inevitably leads to the second.” The path to an Orwellian future is a slippery slope. We cannot give Washington an inch. In a Democratic republic, the job of a congressman is to represent the will of the people and to protect their freedoms, not to arrogantly claim to know what is best for them. Progressives in the Capitol have betrayed America’s trust, and they will pay for it. The socialist, neo-European policies that have been hiding under the guise of progress have been revealed though, and Americans are rightfully outraged at Congress’ blatant destruction of their freedoms. If there was any hesitation to oust incumbents this fall, the passing of this bill should eradicate any doubts. When addressing the nation last Monday, Obama said, “When faced with crisis — we did not shrink from our challenge, we overcame it. We did not avoid our responsibility — we embraced it.” And now that is what we must do. We have a responsibility to protect our own freedoms and our democracy — especially if our government will not. James Winters is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering.

rest of the American population, but, similar to the bill that recently passed, the increased access to preventive ser vices will decrease costs down the road. However, in contrast to the previous system, these savings will actually get passed on to the American people as the non-profit nature of this “Medicare-forall” system will keep insurance rates steady in the long run through the elimination of profits and pandering to shareholders. Indeed, this will truly allow us to ensure that future generations are not left picking up the tab for the costly treatments of preventable diseases. Some will surely cry foul and denounce this as “socialized medicine” that will wreak havoc on the health care in our country. They will also point to the long queues for elective surgeries in Canada and the United Kingdom, countries where this type of

insurance system is currently in place. Call it what you may, but it is this very system that has consistently shown better results at much lower costs. According to the 2009 CIA World Factbook, the life expectancies in Canada and the United Kingdom are 81.2 years and 79.0 years, respectively. Despite spending twice as much per capita on health care as either of these two countries, the United States can still only boast of a life expectancy of 78.1 years. A single payer system is the solution to the president’s health insurance dual mandate. Unfortunately, this option was a non-starter in Washington. At least the recently passed health care bill takes us a big step in the right direction. Bo Wang is an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy fifth-year student and president of the Pharmacy Governing Council.

Carry knowledge to polling place Letter ERIC ORTEGA

he sentiment, “I hope you bleed … get cancer and die,” was delivered to a Democratic congressman for voting in favor of the most recent health care legislation — legislation that provides college students billions in grants, legislation that will ensure our medical coverage, legislation that is just as historic as the election of the man we call our commander-in-chief. Surely, one of the greatest highlights of our college experience must be the participation in the historic 2008 presidential election. Our generation fought to register voters, and they barnstormed campaign events, twisted arms and eventually they took the streets in celebration. They were last seen along fire escapes on Easton Avenue, perched on cars by Rockoff Hall in downtown New

Brunswick, and huddled together in the street on College Avenue, championing their democratic right to elect their president. That time has come and gone, the celebration has been done with for some time now, but we have to make our voices heard loud and clear once more. Our lawmakers are being faxed photographs of nooses, their offices are being vandalized around the countr y, and the volatile voice within the tea party is piercing through the media with an overwrought crescendo. But where is our voice now? We have to take to the phones and Internet, call and e-mail our congressmen and congresswomen and the media, and let the extremists out there understand that there is a difference between respectful debate and terrorism; intimidation does not go unpunished. We are the intellectual leaders of the future and we have to do away with the apathetic

attitude we have assumed. We have to protect our right to elect our steadfast leaders and protect their unequivocal right to govern. The collected, inherent nature of the right is growing exponentially each day, and we have to combat it by creating a coalescent voice of moderation to those who have become deafened by their own ceaseless chanting. For even in the guise of fear-mongering, should we stand tall and allow our vote to count. The presidential election of 2008 was a precursor to the tumultuous, acidic and politically polarized summer we have before us. We must let the diligence we have exercised throughout our tenure at this university carry us to our polling place come November so that game-changing legislation can continue to sweep the halls of Congress. Eric Ortega is a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior majoring in political science and dance.

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SWEEP: Winning streak on line today against Wagner continued from back “He will be our closer for the rest of the year unless something happens and we need to change,” Hill said of the Toms River native. “What is outstanding is that he is doing it for us in the eighth and ninth innings. As a freshman, we couldn’t have asked for more.” The Knights (12-10, 3-0) kicked off the weekend series with an 8-7 victory behind three doubles from Jarred Jimenez.

The senior outfielder also drove in three runs in the Friday victory over the Hoyas (12-11, 0-3). “I’m finally starting to feel comfortable inside the box,” Jimenez said. “This sweep gives us a lot of momentum going into the conference. We are over .500 for the first time in a while and hopefully we can keep winning series and stay on top of the Big East standings.” Rutgers is back at home for their next game this afternoon against Wagner. The Seahawks are 7-9 on the year and riding a five-game winning streak into Piscataway.

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Senior linebacker Antonio Lowery is practicing with the first-team linebackers, which lost Damaso Munoz and Ryan D’Imperio.

POSITION: Brothers to head home for games in fall continued from back believe how fast he learned everything. Antwan Lowery has come a long way. He’s a physical kid so I think he’ll be very good.” Still, others like head coach Greg Schiano have some reservations about his progress. “Every day is new learning for him,” said Schiano, entering his 10th year with the Scarlet Knights. “He doesn’t have any recall at all, but he’s physically very gifted.” The younger Lowery made enough of an impression on the coaching staff to warrant splitting first-team reps with senior Caleb Ruch in a competition that may not work itself out until the home opener Sept. 2 against Norfolk State. Antwan Lowery finds himself in a highly publicized position, competing for playing time as a redshirt freshman while taking No. 75, a jersey formerly worn by Anthony Davis — arguably the most high-profile recruit during Schiano’s tenure. It is a distinction the younger Lowery admits freely. “Anthony Davis was a special player here,” the 325-pounder said. “He left his legacy. When coach [Schiano] asked what number I wanted I chose 75 because I know what kind of player he was and I wanted to be better than him.” The 6-foot-4 Lowery worked closely with senior center Howard Barbieri, who has experience at each spot on the offensive line, during the winter to understand techniques and fundamentals on the offensive side of the ball. His transition to the offensive line came during the winter when he met with Schiano about a possible move to offense. The agreement was mutual. Because of the strength of depth of the defensive line, which can go at least eight players deep, and the transition year for the offensive line, Antwan Lowery’s move makes the most sense. It was made out of both luxury and necessity.

The last time the younger Lowery played the position was during his freshman year at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, an opportunity he admittedly passed up. “In high school, I pretty much hated it,” he said of being an offensive lineman. “In my freshman year I played one game there then hated it.” Now, Antwan Lower y sees a chance to contribute immediately to a unit that lost two star ters to graduation and another — the former No. 75 — to early entr y into April’s NFL Draft. He can count on older brother Antonio to help make the transition seamless. “I just tell him to stay focused,” the senior weakside linebacker said. “I really don’t know much about the offensive line. [I tell him,] ‘Don’t ever be satisfied with what you do, because you never know what might happen.’” The elder statesman of the Lower y family, Antonio’s linebacking corps is also no stranger to a transition year, with Damaso Munoz and Ryan D’Imperio gone after graduation. Regardless of his maturation, the 6-foot-2, 225pound linebacker maintained his commitment to film study and practice application. “Just doing all the little things because even though I’m a veteran I still have to prepare like I’m a freshman,” the older Lowery said of what it takes to be a leader in linebacker meetings. “Do all the film study, answer [the underclassmen’s] questions. They can’t come to me and be like, ‘What’s this?’ and I say ‘I don’t know.’” With the oppor tunity to travel back to the Sunshine State for road games against Florida International and South Florida this season, the Lower y brothers relish a chance to play in their own home of brotherly love in front of friends and family. “That was a blessing for both of us to come to a Division I program,” said the older Lowery. “Going down to Florida twice, that’s going to be real good to see the family and have them come see us.”

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Senior’s presence provides boost BY TYLER BARTO STAFF WRITER

With the exception of competing in the 4x100-meter relay, Bruce Owens watched t h e MEN’S TRACK majority of the 2010 Asics Winthrop Invitational from afar. But other than the Rutgers track and field team’s second-place relay finish, the senior from Wenonah, N.J., played the role of spectator — a feeling he knew all too well from the 2010 indoor track season. Owens was the beneficiary of a day of f, a product of his impressive performance a week earlier during the outdoor season’s first meet at South Florida. He finished second overall, placing just behind a sprinter training for the Olympics in the 200meter dash, and took fourth in the 100-meter. Owens’ absence during his regular heats was noticeable. “The mood was definitely different,” said fellow fifth-year senior Steve Swern. The frame of mind for the Scarlet Knights was eerily similar to that of their end to the indoor campaign, in which the squad finished an underwhelming sixth at the Big East Championships despite elevated expectations. After all, there was no Owens to guarantee points in the 100-meter dash, as the veteran sat out the season after exhausting his four years of indoor eligibility. “It’s going to be great with them,” Swern said of both Owens and sophomore James Plummer, whose discus event is not included in the indoor season. “We can expect eight to 10

points from the both of them at the Big East Championships.” Rutgers was unfazed this time without Owens, capturing six first-place finishes as well as six NCAA qualifiers. Owens was back for the whole season, even if his presence at Winthrop was short-lived. “Anybody can score. Anybody can work hard,” said senior hurdler Kyle Grady, no stranger to his own success this year. “It’s good to have a big gun like Bruce. You know

“It’s good to have a big gun like Bruce [Owens]. You know what to expect out of him in big meets.” KYLE GRADY Senior Hurdler

what to expect out of him in big meets. He’s going to be better than the competition on his bad days.” Owens’ list of accomplishments on the track circuit is lengthy and wide-ranging, highlighted by winning the 200-meter dash at last year’s Big East Championships and setting a school record in 2007 in the 4x200-meter relay. And yet, despite his accolades, Owens was never truly destined for the track. “I didn’t star t running track until my freshman year of high school,” Owens said. “My middle school football coach was also a track coach later

when I went to high school. He kind of convinced me to star t running.” After an impressive career in both football and track at Deptford High School, Owens went to Bowie State, a small college in Maryland, before transferring to Rutgers. “I chose Rutgers because it was a big, competitive school,” Owens said. “At the time, the track team was pretty good and I had an opportunity to come in, work hard and run.” To characterize him as solely a track star, however, would be a tremendous discredit to Owens. After feeling indifferent to academics during high school, Owens now owns a 3.0 grade point average and has a 3.6 GPA in his political science major. He plans on going to graduate school after his track days are over. For the time being, though, Owens is content on focusing on his last outdoor season. “I’m really excited to be back,” he said. “I’ve just been working hard during the winter to get ready for now. I mean, it’s my last chance to compete so I’ve got to give it my best.” That excitement and electricity certainly rubbed off on some of his teammates, evidenced by last weekend’s eye-opening showing in Rock Hill, S.C. “He boosts the team a lot,” Grady said of Owens. “Other teams know about him. Other athletes know about him. Instantly it’s just an edge you have.” The jury is still out on whether Owens can recreate some of the magic of his past years after the winter’s long layoff. One thing is certain, though: He will be there this time.

Johnson yesterday to the Big East Honor Roll. The sophomore went 2-0 last week, including a no-hitter last Wednesday against Stony Brook. Johnson was also named Pitcher of the Week by the Big East conference earlier in the season.

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fter hitting his first collegiate home run, a grand slam, the Big East named freshman member of the Rutgers baseball team Steve Nyisztor to its Honor Roll. The league made the announcement yesterday after the second baseman collected six hits including two doubles and the home run in the Scarlet Knights’ four victories last week. The Knights defeated Rider on Wednesday and then swept Georgetown in their Big East opener over the weekend to extend their winning streak to six games. Nyisztor joins fellow freshman Jerry Elsing and junior outfielder Pat Biserta as the three Knights named to the Honor Roll.

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named Rutgers men’s lacrosse midfielder Justin Pennington yesterday as Big East Offensive Player of the Week. Pennington recorded a hat trick in the Scarlet Knights’ upset victory over then-No. 11 Notre Dame. The Flemington, N.J., native is fourth in the Big East in points, fifth in assists and seventh in goals per game. Senior goalie Billy Olin is a member of the conference’s weekly Honor Roll after recording 11 saves in the win over the Fighting Irish.

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crew team had its first dual meet of the season yesterday against Navy, winning the first varsity eight in 7:04, 2.8 seconds earlier than the Midshipmen. The Knights also won the third varsity eight with a unit comprised of six freshmen with no prior rowing experience. Rutgers returns to Lake Carnegie Saturday for a tri-meet with host Princeton and Columbia.

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represented on the AP men’s basketball All-America teams, with Villanova guard Scottie Reynolds and Syracuse forward Wesley Johnson occupying spots on the first team. Johnson earned Big East Player of the Year honors during the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. Forward Da’Sean Butler of West Virginia earned a selection the second team, while centers Greg Monroe of Georgetown and Luke Harangody of Notre Dame made the third team.

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mulling selecting former Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. Team executives were in Norman, Ok., yesterday for Bradford’s pro day, in which he completed all but one of his near five dozen passes. Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo was also scheduled to have lunch with Bradford prior to his noon workout.

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Top-10 Orange too much for stumbling Knights BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

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Senior attack Brooke Cantwell scored four goals in the second-consecutive game, but it was not enough as the Knights failed to upset No. 7 Syracuse this weekend in upstate New York.

Prior to its trek north to face No. 7 Syracuse, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team knew it had to start strong out of the gate against WOMEN’S LACROSSE t h e RUTGERS 10 Orange. B u t SYRACUSE 17 w h e n t h e y entered intermission, the Scarlet Knights stared at an eight-goal deficit. And though they were able to get the game back on track in the second half, it was too little, too late, with the Orange coming out victorious 17-10 at the Carrier Dome. “I think that we didn’t come out firing on all cylinders right from the start,” said Rutgers head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “We let Syracuse go on a run and you can’t do that. We did a better job in the second half but by that point it was just too late.” Senior attack Brooke Cantwell scored four goals for the second straight game and junior midfielder Marlena Welsh added a hat trick of her own, but Rutgers ultimately could not keep up with the Orange’s highoctane offense. Syracuse scored 13 goals in the first half while the Knights managed only five. The second half was a different story, with Rutgers locking down on defense and limiting the Orange to only four scores. Syracuse’s Christina Dove lived up to her billing, scoring four times and adding four assists. Attack Tee Ladouceur posted a game-high five goals as the Orange rode their hot start all the way to the final horn. Syracuse outshot the Knights 3226 in the game.

Freshman goalkeeper Lily Kalata posted 12 saves for Rutgers, seven of which came in the second half. “It was a little disappointing that we could only get it done for 30 minutes,” Brand-Sias said. “Our expectation is always that when we take the field we’re going to get it done for a full 60 minutes.” Junior attack Kristen Anderson and midfielders Ali Steinberg and Jennifer Schmitt each added a goal apiece to round out the Knights’ scoring. The scoring tandem of Cantwell and Welsh are a potent one-two punch this season for Rutgers. Cantwell leads the team this season with 22 goals, while Welsh is second on the squad with 16, already passing her career-high of 13 with seven regular season games remaining. With the loss to the Orange (53, 1-0), the Knights fall to 0-2 in Big East play with six crucial conference games remaining. After a 5-0 start to the season, Rutgers has cooled, dropping three of their last four to move to a 6-3 record. But with four of the upcoming Big East games at home — excluding Villanova and Georgetown — the Knights sit in prime position to earn their first conference victory. Rutgers has a full week of practice before facing off Saturday against Connecticut. For the Knights, it all comes down to establishing their presence on the field from the very beginning, Brand-Sias said. “[Syracuse] wasn’t even about making adjustments, it was about executing our game plan,” BrandSias said. “I think that we weren’t going into this weekend doubting that we could do it, it was a matter of whether we could bring it to the field.”

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Sophomore designated hitter Mikelyn Messina leads the Knights with 26 RBI, 11 more than the closest teammate, and seven home runs to help the team to a 12-15 record heading into today’s game.

Power surge provides identity crisis BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers softball team has a bit of an identity crisis on its hands. The Scarlet Knights do not want to be known as a power-hitt i n g SOFTBALL team. F o r LONG ISLAND AT h e a d RUTGERS, coach SATURDAY, 4:30 P.M. J a y Nelson, the emphasis is on line-drives, hitand-runs, sacrifices and squeezes. But with the power surge by sophomores Mikelyn Messina and Brittney Lindley during the first half of the team’s season, Rutgers brings a bipolar personality to the plate. “It’s not like I’m trying to hit home runs,” said Messina, a designated hitter who leads the club with seven home runs and 26 RBI. “That’s not my main goal when I go up. It’s just to make contact and do what I have to do for the team.” Lindley, the third baseman who has not missed a start in her year-and-a-half in scarlet and white, leads Rutgers with a .333 batting average to go along with three long balls and 15 RBI. She, like Messina, emphasizes the little things. But when the little things all add up, the sophomore duo is just eight home runs short of the entire team’s total from last year. And there are still 29 games to go in the regular season. “We’re starting to hit the ball really well,” Lindley said. “When you hit them hard, if you get under them just a little bit, you get them over the fence and that’s what happens. “That isn’t our focus, though. Small ball is a big part of our

game. When we don’t do that, it’s usually why we lose.” Along with their power numbers, both players add to the team mentality of small ball. Lindley leads the Knights with six stolen bases and Messina is right behind her with five. The two also combine for six sacrifices this season. “They are tearing it up right now,” said junior first baseman Mandy Craig, who led Rutgers with four home runs last season. “I’m so proud of them. It’s a lot of fun to watch.” With great power, however, comes great competition — especially with five wins in the Knights’ (12-15) last six games.

“She’s beating me by a lot,” Lindley said. “When she hits behind me she always says she’s going to catch me on the bases, so I’m making sure she doesn’t do that and she’s making sure I don’t catch her on the home runs.” Lindley and Messina lead the rest of the Rutgers offense — averaging 5.5 runs per game in the last six — against Long Island today, a team that held the Scarlet Knights to two runs last season. In last year’s 4-2 loss, Messina played only as a pinch-runner and Lindley went 0-for-4. “These games are big for us,” Messina said. “The Big East is right around the corner.”

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Sophomore third baseman Brittney Lindley is second on the team in home runs and RBI, starting all 27 games on the season.

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The Rutgers baseball, softball, tennis and men’s lacrosse teams all had big weekends with upsets, sweeps or a shutout win and look forward to home matchups as their Big East seasons continue or get underway in the coming days.

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Sister act reunites, works to Rutgers’ advantage BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

Several years ago, Rutgers head coach Laura Brand-Sias turned her recruiting focus on a WOMEN’S LACROSSE y o u n g attack out of Wading River, N.Y. The coach wanted to lock up one Anderson for the Scarlet Knights. She ended up with two. And three seasons later, both junior attack Kristen Anderson and her sister, freshman midfielder Stephanie Anderson, are making an impact on the stat sheet.

“They’re definitely two different personalities, they bring two different games to the table, one being a midfielder and one being an attack,” Brand-Sias said. “We always hoped things would work out that way. I didn’t see Stephanie until I was fully recruiting Kristen so it’s good that they worked out that way and I’ve been glad to have Kristen on the program for the last three years.” Wearing the same name on the front of their jersey — in this case Rutgers — is nothing new for the siblings. The two began playing the sport together when

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Freshman midfielder Stephanie Anderson joined older sister Kristen at Rutgers after the pair played together since early childhood.

HALL’S DECISIONS PROVIDE NEW-LOOK POST BATTLES WITH RU Former Seton Hall forward Herb Pope plans to enter the 2010 NBA Draft, according to an ESPN report. Pope played only one seas o n MEN’S BASKETBALL w i t h the Pirates after transferring from New Mexico State, averaging 11.5 points and a team-high 10.7 rebounds per game. Marred after striking a Texas Tech player below the belt during the opening round of the National Invitational Tournament, Pope played a role in the firing of former head coach Bobby Gonzalez. Former SHU forward Jeff Robinson HERB also announced last Thursday his plans to enter the NBA Draft. Robinson was second on the team in both points and rebounds with 12.2 and 5.8, respectively. The Hall also loses the school’s all-time assists leader Eugene Har vey to graduation and guard Robert Mitchell, who was dismissed from the team and later charged by the Essex County Sheriff’s Office with numerous counts of kidnapping.

First-year head coach Kevin Willard will undoubtedly lean heavily on his backcourt, led by potent scorer Jeremy Hazel and fellow guard Jordan Theodore. The duo combined for 29.7 points, four assists and 5.9 rebounds per game last season. After the loss of the majority of the Pirates’ frontcourt — including fifth-year senior John Garcia to graduation — SHU does not have one player above 6-foot-5 that earned significant playing time last season. When the Pirates meet Rutgers next season, the traditional POPE battle in the paint will include some new faces. Both Willard and Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Fred Hill Jr. will likely hit the recruiting trail in search of post players, considering the Scarlet Knights’ loss of center Hamady N’Diaye to graduation. The Hall has talented — albeit unproven and overweight — sophomore center Melvyn Oliver waiting in the wings. — Tyler Barto

they were young and worked alongside one another on the field ever since. “Steph was in kindergarten and I was in second grade, and we were with girls in sixth and seventh grade,” Kristen Anderson said. “It was a group of 25 of us. We started the same exact time.” Kristen made the jump to the college level in 2008 and scored a career-high 19 goals in her freshman season, tied for third on the Knights. Meanwhile, Stephanie continued to excel in high school, picking up All-American honors and Tournament Most Valuable Player at the Under Armour Classic her senior year. When she graduated, she followed in her older sister’s footsteps. “Everything she told me about what was going on [at Rutgers] I just loved so that’s what really brought me here,” Stephanie Anderson said. “It was a major factor in where I was looking and it was important for me. “We always played in high school together and we played ever since we started lacrosse. To be able to be on the field again with her is a great experience.” On the field, the pair has fallen into their old habits. Through her first nine games, Stephanie scored nine goals, good for fifth on the team. Kristen, on the other hand, is on pace to break her career-high in single season goals, assists and points. The attack’s 13 goals are good for third on the Knights and her three assists are one off her career mark. While the pair said they don’t compete against one another in terms of stats, their cohesion on the field works to Rutgers’ advantage. “I think that having Stephanie here has definitely pushed

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Junior attack Kristen Anderson is third on the Knights with 13 goals this season, four more than her younger sister Stephanie. Kristen,” Brand-Sias said. “She’s come out and she’s done a lot of things better this year. Stephanie, we’re asking a lot of her as a freshman to step up in certain situations and she’s been playing in every game so she’s definitely been developing pretty rapidly.” Between practice, games and traveling the pair spends countless hours together. But like any siblings, the two try not to get on each other’s nerves too much. “When we get home it’s funny because we’re just together so much,” Kristen Anderson joked.

“It’ll come out more when we’re at home than here.” Still, the support system that stems from their bond is second to none — both on and off the field. “Being able to play together on the field, we obviously have a good connection and we can see each other,” Stephanie Anderson said. “No matter what, through the good and bad, we’re always there supporting one another so that’s always helpful, to have someone who has your back no matter what.”

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Freshman’s slam secures conference-opening sweep BY ALEX JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After a disappointing 10th place finish in last year’s Big East standings, the Rutgers baseball team wantBASEBALL ed to prove that it is a RUTGERS 5 force to be reckoned with this season in GEORGETOWN 3 the conference. And did they ever get off on the right foot. The Scarlet Knights traveled to Georgetown this past weekend and came back with three big conference wins to start off Big East play and extend their winning streak to six games. “To win three games in one weekend is a difficult thing to do,” said head coach Fred Hill Sr. about his team’s second sweep of the season. “To be able to sweep a team is a major plus and I think it was very important. I am really happy with how we played.” The most dramatic of the wins came on Sunday when a grand slam courtesy of second baseman Steve Nyisztor broke a scoreless tie in the third inning and proved to be the deciding runs in the 5-3 victory. “I never go into an at-bat trying to hit home runs, because if you think about it too much then you never are going to do it,” Nyisztor said. “It felt pretty good to hit it and break the tie. We weren’t hitting really well at the time. I just got a good pitch and was able to hit it out.” The two-out home run is the first long ball of the freshman’s collegiate career. The Toms River, N.J., native is tied for second on the team with a .349 batting average and started all 22 games thus far. “He has done a great job and has played extremely well for us,” Hill said. “He has hit in clutch situations and can also play solid defense.”

Junior Jaren Matthews followed up Nyisztor with a solo home run of his own on the very next pitch. The first baseman is impressed with how the freshman infielder handled himself in the clutch situation. “A tie game with two outs and the bases loaded, that hit was a huge lift for us,” Matthews said. “In that situation we wanted to get at least one run over the plate, but to hit a grand slam in that situation is just huge.” Sophomore reliever Nathaniel Roe earned his second win of the year, replacing starter Dan O’Neil and pitching three innings of shutout baseball while surrendering only three hits. Freshman Jerry Elsing shut the door on the Hoyas in the final two innings to earn his first collegiate save. The Knights did all their damage in the third inning, riding that frame all the way to the end of the game. Big innings provided the lift all weekend long, including the 8-7 and 7-5 victories on Friday and Saturday, respectively. “We had a number of big innings this weekend that really carried us,” said Hill, who is now only eight wins shy from 1,000 on his career. “They shut us down the rest of the way, but those innings were enough for us to win.” In the second game of the series, the Knights rode another five-run third inning en route to the 7-5 victory, putting the team over .500 for the first time this season. Freshman closer Tyler Gebler earned his sixth save of the season in the win, putting him only four saves away from setting the school record for saves in a single year. The record stands at nine saves set by Ryan Molchan and Brian Stegen in 2002 and 1995, respectively. With Gebler penciled in as the closer the rest of the way, the record is well within striking distance.

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Freshman second baseman Steve Nyisztor hit his first collegiate home run, a grand slam, to help the Knights sweep the Hoyas in their first Big East action of the year.

JACKSON LEAVES MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM

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Redshirt freshman Antwan Lowery finds himself competing for a spot with the Knights’ first-team offensive line this spring after following his older brother, senior linebacker Antonio Lowery, to Rutgers as a defensive lineman.

Lowery adjusts to new position on o-line BY TYLER BARTO STAFF WRITER

Antwan Lowery pulled across the left side of the line of scrimmage at the Rutgers football team’s practice Saturday and FOOTBALL delivered a punishing block on No. 53 Jim Dumont. But the linebacker he was really

looking for wore a white No. 50 jersey — his older brother Antonio. “Today I was looking for [Antonio] but I couldn’t find him on one of those kickouts I had,” the redshirt freshman said. “I found Jimmy Dumont, but I’ll get to him.” Such is the dilemma for the younger Lowery as he makes the transition from defensive tackle to the

offensive side of the ball this spring. All signs point toward either rapid development or a slow, calculated assimilation, depending who you ask. “[Antwan] has an incredibly high football IQ,” said junior guard Art Forst, one of the few holdovers from last year’s offensive line. “I couldn’t

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The Rutgers men’s basAs a freshman, Jackson ketball team announced played in 17 games, averyes- aging less than one point MEN’S BASKETBALL t e r - per game. day that sophomore forJackson came as part of ward Patrick Jackson will a recruiting class that transfer at the end of the included Mike Rosario, academic year. Greg Echenique and “Patrick is a very hard- Christian Morris. Now, working young man who only Rosario remains. was an asset to our proEchenique left in gram,” said head January of this coach Fred Hill year and Morris Jr. “We wish him transferred in the best in his December of future endeavhis freshman ors, both on and season. off the court.” The group Jackson came makes up just to Rutgers from three of seven Boys and Girls players to leave PAT High School in the program in Brooklyn, N.Y., four years JACKSON and played in 32 under Hill. The games this seap r e v i o u s son, starting the first 15 recruiting class also lost contests. Midway through three of its players in the season, freshman Dane Corey Chandler, Earl Miller supplanted Jackson Pettis and Justin Sofman, as Hill’s primary option on while only junior guard the wing. Mike Coburn remains. He scored 15 points in a Courtney Nelson, a season-opening victor y member of former coach over Marist, but finished Gary Waters’ last recruitthe year with just 76 total ing class, also transferred points. Jackson averaged during the Hill era. 2.4 points and 10.9 minutes per game. — Kyle Franko