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Student Volunteer Council members wrap gifts at the “Winter Wishes Wrapping Party” on Wednesday in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. The gifts will be donated to local underprivileged children.
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Last year’s proposed amendment to the Rutgers University Student Assembly constitution fell flat due to controversy surrounding the role of cultural councils and the lack of transparency. The assembly appears to be headed down another track this year — potentially toward a caucus system instead of campus councils. Members of the RUSA Internal Af fairs Committee took suggestions for amending the constitution last night at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. Before opening up the floor to suggestions, Chair for the Committee of Internal Affairs Josh Slavin assured the audience their comments would be heard and considered. “We [the Internal Affairs Committee] are going to take ever ything that’s said tonight to heart and go back to the drawing board with your suggestions,” Slavin said. One idea proposed was a caucus system that would replace campus councils, which would centralize RUSA under one governing body. Campus representatives would meet and receive input from students on their campus, said Slavin, a Livingston College senior. They would make sure the ideas and interests of their campus are being represented to RUSA effectively. “There have been times when student government has contradicted ourselves,” Slavin said. “After we restructure student government,
students will benefit from a strong, more streamlined RUSA that affects change in a whole host of news ways.” Professional student councils would continue to exist because their students pay separate fees. Cultural councils and the Douglass Governing Council will also remain because they deal with funding for their own events. The possibility for direct elections for RUSA members was also discussed. This widely-supported issue was proposed as part of last year’s effort to change the constitution, but there were not enough members present at the meeting to pass it when it was voted on. Under the current system, students elect members to a council who then internally elect a representative to RUSA. In the proposed election system, students would be able to directly vote a representative into the student government. Livingston Campus Council President Winiris De Moya worries direct elections might compromise the quality of leaders in student government. “The concern [with direct elections] is that it would be more of a popularity contest than really about how effective a leader that person would be,” said De Moya, a Rutgers College senior. Although De Moya is for an internal election system, she does not mind settling for a happy medium between the two. On the other hand, Legislative Af fairs Committee Chair John Aspray thinks direct
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Rutgers College embraces women in decade of change BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The University expanded during the ’50s and ’60s with the acceptance of veteran students after the G.I. Bill and more minority students with the civil rights movement, and in the 1970s, Rutgers College saw another historic change: the acceptance of women. The first class with 544 women entered Rutgers College in fall 1972, said Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies Mary Trigg via email correspondence. “They joined more than 1,000 first-year male students and 6,000 male upperclassmen at Rutgers College to make a ratio of 13 men for every one woman,” she said. Livingston College was the first college at the University to
become coed when it was established in 1969, but Douglass College still remained all-women and Rutgers College remained all-male, said University Archivist Thomas Frusciano. There was also cross-registration, he said. Douglass College women could register for classes at Rutgers College and vice versa. “Coeducation was on the horizon. … Most state universities were either, from the beginning, always coed or had become coed well before this time, so Rutgers was kind of an anomaly,” Frusciano said. Rutgers College Class of 1974 alumnus Bill Fernekes said Rutgers College was late in becoming coed compared to other institutions, and it was important that the University changed.
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“I think the men on the campus were looking forward to it,” Fernekes said. Rutgers College faculty proposed and approved a resolution in 1968 to initiate coeducation, but there were many debates that prolonged the change, Trigg said. “During the four years of debate that followed, the students and administration largely favored coeducation,” Trigg said. “Resistance came from two camps: the alumni organization, which did not want to break from the male-only tradition, and Douglass College.” Many members of Douglass College opposed coed education, especially Dean Margery Foster, Trigg said. She argued that women would choose Rutgers
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Former Douglass College Dean Margery Foster was opposed to coeducation at Rutgers College, arguing it would decrease the number of applicants to Douglass.
UNIVERSITY TO DISTRIBUTE H1N1 VACCINE TO HIGH-RISK GROUPS University health officials have scheduled seven clinics to distribute the injectable swine flu vaccine to the University community. The next clinic is today between noon and 4 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center International Lounge. The vaccine will be distributed to at-risk groups as mandated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, which include people under the age of 25, health care and EMS personnel, children between the ages of 4 and 17 living in University
housing, people who live with or care for infants under 6 months and pregnant women. To date, health officials have distributed 3,882 doses of the vaccine on the New Brunswick campus and have an adequate supply of vaccines to treat high-risk groups, said Executive Director for Rutgers-New Brunswick Health Ser vices Melodee Lasky. The vaccine will also be administered to people age 25 to 64 with serious medical conditions such as
neurological or developmental problems, chronic lung disease, heart disease, blood disorders, endocrine disorders, kidney or liver disorders, metabolic disorders and weakened immune system due to disease or medication. “The CDC is urging that those planning travel during the holiday season be vaccinated if they are in one of the above at-risk groups,” Lasky said. “Studies show that the H1N1 vaccine produces protective immunity in 8 to 10 days.”
Persons with a history of severe or life threatening allergic reactions to eggs should not receive the H1N1 vaccine, she said. Instead, they should contact their physician to discuss other options for preventing the flu. The vaccine is offered on a voluntary basis and is free of charge. Officials ask community members to bring their University ID card. More about H1N1 and Universityspecific information is available at http://h1n1.rutgers.edu. — John S. Clyde
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CORRECTIONS In the photo that went with yesterday’s story “Weekend losses, even record no cause for alarm,” Jack Barrett was pictured, not Bill Ashnault. In Monday’s front page article ‘Council improves Quad plaza, endorses NJPIRG,’ Livingston Campus Council Treasurer Anthony Weigand’s last name was misspelled.
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FIRST MOCK GASTROINTESTINAL MODEL IMITATES LIFE In collaboration with The Center for Gastro-Intestinal Research, a Dutch organization, a fully functional model has been developed to allow University scientists to examine the effects and interactions of compounds in the human gastrointestinal system. The model, called the TNO gastrointestinal model, or TIM, was developed after Dr. Rob Havenaar initiated the project, according to a press release. The model is unique and a breakthrough in research, because it is the only system in the country that can fully emulate the conditions of a gastrointestinal system, according to a press release. TIM is dynamic in that simulates all of the in vivo conditions and kinetic events of the gastrointestinal tract of humans and monogastric animals, according to the release. Dr. David Ribnicky, the site manager for the laboratory, developed a project for the TIM that studies the biology of natural plant products. Also collaborating on different projects with the TIM are Ilya Raskin, Judith Storch and Karl Matthews. Storch has developed a project that studies lipids and human obesity, and Matthews has developed a project that examines compounds and toxins associated with the digestive system, according to the release. TNO provided training for the lab scientists on how to work with the TIM and develop projects for the system, according to the release. – Ambika Subramanyam
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. presents the 2009 Alpha Phi Alpha Step Show featuring the best step teams from all over the nation, beginning at 6 a.m. in the Livingston Recreation Center. For more information contact Quentin Robinson at qrobinso@eden.rutgers.edu or visit www.alphastepshow.com.
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Visit Rutgers Gardens on Cook campus from 1 to 4 p.m. for holiday decorating workshops, hot cider and tours of the University’s American holly collection. You’ll also be able to purchase poinsettias, a University-grown Christmas tree and wreaths.
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The Rutgers University Campus Coalition Against Trafficking hopes to get many students out to participate in the club’s eating contest on at 2:30 p.m. in Room 411 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. All money raised will be donated to the Polaris Project, a New Jersey-based, anti-trafficking organization.
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“Our Children,” a semi-documentary film featuring child Holocaust survivors playing themselves, will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus for University students and the general public. Shot on location at a Jewish orphanage outside of Lodz in 1947, the film was banned by the Polish government as being “too Zionistic” and was then lost for more than 30 years. For more information contact Alexandra Casser at casser23@rutgers.edu or (201) 788-5570.
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Rockland’s ‘Stones’ rolls into local library BY SPRUHA MAGODIA STAFF WRITER
Writing in different genres might not be easy for some. But University professor Michael Aaron Rockland explained how he succeeded as an author of various genres Wednesday night at the East Brunswick Public Library. Rockland is the author of 12 works, including two fictional stories. His early career was in diplomatic service, but he said he always wanted to be a professor and a writer. In his latest novel, “Stones,” Rockland explores life through death. “Stones” takes place during the course of one day, where the main character Jack Berke learns about his family while touring the graves in the New York area with his mother Rachel, Rockland said. “He wants to be a writer and because of what happens to him, he realizes it’s something he not only wants to do but can do, and will do,” Rockland said. American Studies Professor Angus Gillespie said he laughs out loud when he reads the book. “It is ironic that it’s funny because it’s about death,” Gillespie said. “Rockland’s humor in the novel is comparable to Woody Allen’s — the rudeness of New York and the crowdedness of Long Island.” Rockland is working on a memoir about the four years he spent as a cultural attaché with the American embassy in Spain. “The various chapters of the memoir concern the key events
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Professor Michael Aaron Rockland reads from his partly-autobiographical new novel Wednesday night at the East Brunswick Library.
of those years — for example, the day I spent alone with Martin Luther King, the four hydrogen bombs the United States accidentally dropped on Spain which, luckily, were not armed and did not go off,” Rockland said. “However, I was in the thick of the terrific public relations disaster that was caused.” Rockland is often asked how he is able to move back and forth between scholarship, memoir and fiction. “I always say, jokingly, it helps if you’re schizophrenic,” he said. “Fiction writing is the most demanding. I think of fiction as acting on paper.” Rockland said he sees himself as more of a writer or an artist rather than an intellectual, even though he loves to teach and has been a professor at the University for 40 years. “Once you go for a Ph.D., you are removed from writing fiction,” he said.
Switching from facts to fiction is hard to do, Rockland said. In order to write fiction, he advises putting oneself in the place of the characters of the story. “I’m no actor, but I hope I am on paper,” he said. “For me to write fiction, I have to put on a mask and be somebody other than who I am.” Rockland is able to successfully switch between genres, as he has shown with his nonfiction book, “Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike,” which was deemed one of the 10 best books written about New Jersey, said Gillespie, co-author of the book. “He always makes you keep coming back, and ‘Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike’ is one of my top favorite books,” said Brian Johnson, a University alumnus and former student of Rockland’s.
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VOICE: RUSA members disagree about election format continued from front elections for most of the seats are necessar y. “Right now, the councils [who vote representatives into RUSA] have a way of keeping people at lower government who may have bigger ideas,” Aspray said. Aspray, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, thinks campus representation is flawed. He said it leaves students unaccounted for, such as offcampus students who have the option to affiliate with any of the campuses.
“I’m actually for at-large representation within the new structure because it will stop us from pigeonholing our idea into campus-bound concepts,” he said. Campuses are not real communities, Aspray said. No sense of common identity is created because most students transition from one campus to another, rather than staying on one for their entire college careers. “Geographic representation, although representing the interests of those students, makes us like a legislature,” Aspray said. “I don’t think we should be a legislature. I think we should be a body of students that do things for students.”
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FRATERNITY TO STOMP STAGE AT ANNUAL STEP SHOW Teams will step, clap and dance onto the stage of Alpha Phi Alpha’s seventh annual Step Show, which is set to take place today at the Livingston Campus Recreation Center. The event, hosted by the University’s chapter of the nation’s first black fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, is expected to attract close to 1,800 guests and stepping teams from Mar yland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, said Event Coordinator Quentin Robinson. “This year will be the first to include audience votes through [the] text messaging system ‘Upoll,’” said Robinson, a Rutgers College senior. “With all this crowd engagement, it’s going to be bananas.” The show, previously featured on MTV’s “True Life: I’m a Stepper,” will feature eight fraternity stepping teams, as well as a separate competition for sorority stepping squads.
WOMEN: Male groups accept new female members continued from front College over Douglass, and this would diminish Douglass’ quality of applicants. Many at Douglass College felt coeducation went against the allwomen college’s aims to have women come forth and be active leaders, Frusciano said. “[Foster] also believed that single-sex institutions fostered women’s leadership and academic achievement in ways that coeducational institutions could not,” Trigg said. Douglass College also offered courses in gender studies, which did not appeal to many men who felt uncomfortable taking “women’s” courses at the time, Frusciano said. There were also debates about the Universities ability to handle a potential increase in students, he said. Jacqueline Fesq, a Douglas College alumna Class of 1974, said the change was not a major issue for Douglass women. “I don’t think Douglass suffered at all,” she said. “It was kind of a non-issue.” The Board of Governors voted against coeducation at Rutgers College in 1970, but the faculty — only 11 percent of which was female — contacted the Women’s Equity Action League and the American Civil Liberties Union with the intent to sue the Unversity, Trigg said. The following year, the Board of Governors reversed the decision, she said. For some, the transition was not easy. Trigg directed an oral history project in the early ’90s containing 38 interviews of women who graduated in 1976 from Rutgers
There will also be a variety of other acts, such as a performance by Asian dance crew Flip Side Allstars and a high school step team, Robinson said. “We are tr ying to mix it up this year and add some new elements to the show. We’re going big, and a little flavor never hurt anybody,” he said. As part of Alpha’s “Go to High School, Go to College” program, 80 inner-city high school students will be given a tour of the University the morning of the event, Robinson said. Tickets are available for purchase through the Alpha brothers or at the door for $25. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the event set to “step-off” at 6 p.m. and seating is first come, first serve.
College, and some noted that they faced discrimination. Professors belittled their intelligence and had sexist behavior, she said. “Some of this was experienced in the context of tr ying to break into previously single-sex organizations like the marching band or the student newspaper, the Targum; others described facing gender discrimination in the classroom, and especially noted this in math and science classes,” Trigg said. Fesq, a member of the Rutgers marching band, said being allowed to join the previously allmale band was a big change. “At first the guys didn’t want us in there,” she said. “They kind of didn’t think that women could march as well as they could.” Fesq said her male peers did come around, especially with the help of the band director. Fernekes, who was also in the band, said he did not see any dissent among the male students toward their female peers. The attitudes existed, but they were not prevalent. He noted that student organizations did have to accommodate to be non-discriminatory. For example, the honor music fraternity Kappa Delta Psi was suspended from its national status for accepting women members. The University would not allow its sister sorority; the fraternity had to be coed. “It was clear that they weren’t going to [be] separate, it was going to be unified,” Fernekes said. Despite the harassment some women felt, others were simply excited to attend a prestigious state university. Shelia Fernekes, wife of Bill Fernekes and alumna of Rutgers College Class of 1976, was one of the first women to enter in the fall of 1972 and also one of the first of 16 women to join the University
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band, which at the time had about 80 male musicians. She said for her, any discrimination was not very pronounced. “[The band] really did make every effort to treat women the same way they treated men,” Shiela Fernekes said. While some members in Rutgers College and the band did feel that the college should remain all-male, once more women came to the University, they began to embrace it, she said. She also said she did not feel any discrimination in her classes or the residence halls, which were also coed for the first time. Ever yone was focused on work and meeting new people. “I had a wonderful experience at Rutgers University,” Shiela Fernekes said. “I’m really gladI attended.” Shiela Fernekes said she had also been accepted to Douglass College but decided to go to Rutgers College instead. She said both schools at the time were very good, but it was the Rutgers College campus that resonated with her. “I liked the coed experience,” Shiela Fernekes said. “It was a real honor to be selected to go to Rutgers at that time, as it is now.” All three alumni said attending the University at that time was exciting given the events taking place, such as the Vietnam War protests, student activism and even the undefeated seasons of the basketball and football teams in 1976. Fernekes said despite the changes on today’s campus, when she comes back to the University, she still feels at home. “It’s funny, I don’t feel like the students are different when I’m on campus,” she said. “I feel like I’m right back in my college.”
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CITY TO LIGHT UP HOLIDAY SEASON In celebration of the holiday season, Monument Square located in downtown New Brunswick will be sparkling with lights tonight at the 17th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. All members of the community are invited to participate at the lighting, which will take place tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. “The lighting ceremony brings the community together and allows all people to come out to a free event that spreads holiday cheer and provides entertainment,” said Program Coordinator for City Market Fawn Stephens, the event organizer. Various musical acts, a scavenger hunt and appearance by the University’s juggling club are scheduled. The tree lighting ceremony kicks off the first night of free horse-drawn carriage rides around New Brunswick, Stephens said. The rides will be offered every Friday and Saturday night from 6 to 9 p.m. for the first three weeks of December. The event will also feature a chili cook-off between the Harvest Moon Brewery and Café, Glass Woods Tavern, Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant and Hansel ’n Griddle, according to a press release. All attendees are invited to judge the contestants after purchasing a $1 tasting kit. Stephens said the entire event will be emceed by Debbie Mazzella from popular radio station Magic 98.3. — Deirdre S. Hopton
Students get laughs, entertainment at cheaper rate BY KELLY HOLECHEK CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Students can avoid traveling to New York City for entertainment by turning to downtown New Brunswick, home to comedy clubs and theaters that students can take advantage of at a lower cost. Owner of The Stress Factory Comedy Club Vinnie Brand said the club offers Thursday and Friday night discounts. Located on Church Street, the crowd at Stress Factory can range from 16 to 80-year-olds, but the acts and audience are something everyone can enjoy, he said. “By the time you travel into the city and pay for transportation, you can be in The Stress Factory with a drink in hand,” Brand said. Famous comedians such as Aries Spears from “MADtv” and “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Gilbert Gottfried have come to The Stress Factory stage. Depending on the show, the audience can interact with the performers and become a part of the act. Upcoming comedians include Joe Matarese, Robert Klein and Bob Nelson. Tickets range from $16 to $24, according to The Stress Factory Web site. Also downtown are the State Theatre and George Street
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Students can catch comedians from “MADtv” and “Saturday Night Live” at The Stress Factory, located at 90 Church St. Playhouse, which host plays, dances, comedians and more. The State Theatre is a two level venue and was originally home to a vaudeville and silent film theater, according to their Web site. Upcoming performances at the State Theatre include “Scrooge in Concert,” “A John Waters Christmas” and “One-Man Star Wars Trilogy,” which all range from $15 to $50 — not including a student discount. “Students receive 50 percent off most performances or students
can pay $9 for rush tickets, two hours prior to a show [at the State Theatre]” said Kelly Skinner, Director of Public Relations at the State Theatre. Skinner said students can sign up for e-mail notifications or mailers to get first priority on specials and discounts. “Students are lucky to have the arts in their backyard,” she said. The State Theatre is also offering a date night package, including two tickets to a show, $100 gift card to select New Brunswick
restaurants and a rose on your seat at the show, Skinner said. Upcoming shows at the George Street Playhouse include “A Moon to Dance By” and “A Jolly Holiday: George Street Playhouse’s Holiday Cabaret.” Tickets range from $41 to $47, according to the George Street Playhouse Web site. School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior Michael Lovich said he was pleased to see a comedian perform at a location closer to the University. “I would have gladly paid double to see Jim Gaffigan perform in New York City, but was excited that I could see him locally at the State Theatre a few weeks back,” Lovich said. “I had to keep 911 on speed dial just in case I stopped breathing from laughter.” For students 21 and over, every Thursday New Brunswick Rocks campaign hosts a happy hour at a particular venue in the city. Brand, who is also the founder of New Brunswick Rocks, said the events are perfect for students who want to experience the bars and restaurants downtown for cheap. “If I were a Rutgers student, I would take three less credits every semester and come to a show instead,” Brand said.
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TV has done it yet again. Last night, their new reality show “Jersey Shore” premiered showing the ever-so classy fist-pumpers who vacation down the Jersey Shore. The show depicts life at the shore as the people live, love and go clubbin’ with their girls and boys. As awesomely entertaining as this show is going to be, there are those who find it offensive because of the negative stereotypes it is going to bring to ItalianAmericans and New Jerseyans in general. The show focuses on a generic idea that many people have of the state. Instead of being known as the Garden State, more people will know it as the “Dirty Jerz.” There is more to the state and its people than tanning, hair spray, clubs and sparkly men’s Ed Hardy shirts. Granted, it is just a television show, and it is going to be ridiculous for the sake of ratings, but the show will reinforce negative stereotypes. For bringing a bad image to the “Dirty Jerz,” these Jersey Shore inhabitants get a big fist-pumpin’ dart.
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School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Avi Scher and Rutgers College senior Matt Brockbank and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws New Jersey started a petition this week for a referendum for a lowest priority ordinance mandating sensible marijuana enforcement. If they collect the signatures of 10 percent of the voting population from this past election cycle, the city of New Brunswick will need to post a public question on the general election ballot in November 2010 asking residents whether or not possession of marijuana without intent to sell should be a priority of the New Brunswick Police Department. This would be a major victor y for both students at the University and citizens of New Brunswick. With fewer police officers and tax dollars being spent on stopping responsible adults from making a harmless decision, law enforcement could patrol more threatening areas of New Brunswick and focus on heinous crime and major drug dealers. For their effort in prioritizing city crime, Scher, Brockbank and NORML NJ receive a laurel.
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Bullying in schools has been a problem for years. Students will tr y to pick on others to build themselves up or to get attention. The media has depicted bullies picking on kids for being different, nerdy or for liking certain things. As much as a problem as bullying can be in schools, it is hardly ever reported on in the news unless it has larger implications. Sheriff’s officials in Calabasas, Calif., say three boys have been arrested in connection with at least seven attacks on red-haired students at a local middle school after a Facebook group announced “Kick a Ginger Day.” The attacks were allegedly inspired by a 2005 episode of the animated TV show “South Park” which focused on prejudice against “gingers,” a label given to people with red hair, fair skin and freckles. It is absurd that students would take something that is supposed to be a joke to such a level of seriousness that they are physically harming innocent students at school. They need to learn that Eric Cartman is a fictional character whose example should not be followed. These students receive a big red-headed dart for their brutal beat-downs against these innocent students.
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With funding from the philanthropic Heinz Family Foundation and the Newark-based Liss Pharmacy, Newark officials will be launching a program to offer more than 300 generic medications to Newark residents for just $2 a prescription. While the program will be offered to both the insured and uninsured of New Jersey’s largest city, it is aimed at assisting the more than one third of Newark’s population that is uninsured. The Brick City Respite program, meant to run through the end of Februar y, allows customers the opportunity to purchase a 30-day supply of commonly prescribed medications from blood thinners to diabetes medications. While this is a small step in harnessing lower health-care costs for New Jersey residents, it is a pleasant donation from non-governmental agencies aimed at making the lives of the less fortunate more bearable. For their philanthropic work, the Heinz Family Foundation and Liss Pharmacy receive a laurel.
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More than meets the eye Adventures from A Abroad
m s t e r d a m , the small city’s political relBrussels and evance, many of its buildDublin: trying to fit ings are government 10 days’ worth of clothing offices, and without a popuinto a carry-on suitcase is lar nightlife, I spent two an art. The plan was to hit days and one night there KATHLEEN CROUCH three different cities in tr ying local cuisine. three different countries Brussels is known for it’s within the 10-day fall break. Basing my decision to chocolate, Belgian waffles and hundreds of differtravel these cities for recreation, I was surprised by ent varieties of beers. I had my first meal at an 80how much each city taught me when I looked a lityear-old restaurant, Aux Armes de Bruxelles, tle deeper. known for their mussels. Living up to their reputaAmsterdam’s reputation precedes the city itself. tion, the parsley, garlic and mussels was my best The capital of Netherlands is known for its laissezmeal experience since arriving in Europe. Walking faire policies in which marijuana and prostitution dinner off, I stopped at a café for a banana-rum flamare legal. The liberal environment attracts millions bé and chocolate walnut crepes, which complimentof tourists each year, but after a couple hours of ed the French feel of the city. Unlike Italy, I was able exploring I discovered Amsterdam offers more than to find a typical American breakfast of eggs, bacon I was led to believe. It is home to the Van Gogh and toast. The food and beer proved to be a major Museum, Anne Frank’s house, beautiful canals and part of my experience in Brussels, and before leavgreat architecture. Amsterdam is a city with depth ing I stocked up on Belgian chocolate. and unique culture. After a short visit to Brussels I was ready for The Van Gogh Museum, located in the heart of Dublin, Ireland. Compared to other cities, Dublin’s the city, is home to many of the aesthetic immediately reflects the artist’s masterpieces. Walking city’s character — quaint and wel“The peaceful spirit of through the museum fascinated coming. The first night in Dublin me because the artist’s life the Irish countryside is was spent in small Irish bars with unraveled as I continued traditional folk music. Many of the the perfect environment locals were still in suits and skirts through it’s four levels. My favorite part was reading the letwork, enjoying a Guinness to break up the monotony from ters that Van Gogh sent to his along with the atmosphere. Unlike brother and friends. Some other countries in Europe, it was of my city travels.” included early sketches of his not hard fitting in. After a couple most famous paintings. Van days in the city, I took a tour out to Gogh’s letters explore his struggles, achievements the Irish countryside. The tour started in the city of and insecurities, reminding me even the most sucDublin. We then traveled through two coastal towns, cessful people go through a journey and experiDalkey and Killiney, recognized for their wealth and ence failure along the way. celebrity residents. Continuing along, the tour stopped The house where Anne Frank and her family hid at a 6th-century monastic settlement, surrounded by from the Nazis is also located in Amsterdam. The old rolling hills, natural waterfalls and hidden lakes. house, now open as a museum, documents the two Experiencing the views, colors, smells and small years they spent in hiding in an apartment on top of towns could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The a factory. Anne Frank’s postcards, cutouts from magpeaceful spirit of the Irish countryside is the perfect azines and pictures of friends still hang in their origenvironment to break up the monotony of my city travinal places on the walls of her room. Learning about els. The sheer beauty is a scene man cannot replicate. the Holocaust in a book will never do the tragic Fall break for a student abroad, much like spring events justice. Walking through the old apartment, break in the United States, is an opportunity to let preserved through time, put me in the position Anne loose and have fun. But for every memory of nights Frank and her family were in during the war. spent out with friends, there is also a history and a I was especially fond of the architecture in the city. culture worth experiencing. The distinctive mix of old and new is dissimilar to any other town I have seen. The small-town feeling of the Kathleen Crouch is a University College senior city’s residential areas inspires me to return. majoring in journalism and media studies. Her colNext stop was Brussels, the capital of Belgium umn “Adventures from Abroad,” which she writes and the home of the European Union. Because of from Italy, runs on alternate Fridays. 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s student members of the University Hearing Board, we would like to introduce some of our responsibilities as part of the Office of Student Conduct. Every year the office calls upon University students and faculty members from diverse academic departments and backgrounds to serve the University community. These volunteers work to preserve the integrity of the University by hearing and deciding cases where an alleged breach of the University Code of Student Conduct has occurred. We actively listen to the testimony, examine the evidence and question the involved parties about the alleged violation. It is also our job to recommend appropriate sanctions if the student is found responsible. Our members educate the community by offering presentations on academic integrity to groups of students at the request of professors and organization leaders. More information about the board is available at www.hearingboard.rutgers.edu. As of September 2008, a new academic integrity policy is in effect. Instructors now have the authority to adjudicate minor violations. The accused student has the right to meet with his or her instructor to discuss the complaint and present any evidence in his or her defense. The instructor will make a determination if the student is responsible for the violation, and if the student is found responsible for the violation,
the instructor has the authority to recommend an academic sanction. If the student does not agree with the instructor’s decision, they may appeal to the Academic Integrity Review Committee. More information about academic integrity is available at academicintegrity.rutgers.edu. Academic integrity violations are the most common violations that occur at the University. These include acts of cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration and multiple submissions (i.e., reusing an assignment in different courses without permission). These violations occur because of poor time management or procrastination, misunderstanding the assignment or material, pressure from parents and pressure to succeed in general. Whatever the reasons, academic integrity violations hurt us all. Cheating affects the University’s reputation and devalues your college degree. The temptation to violate academic integrity can be avoided by budgeting your time wisely and beginning your assignments early. Always ask your professor if you have any questions, and make sure to correctly cite your sources. When in doubt, cite! Visit www.refworks.com for a convenient tool that helps with your bibliography. Remember — Rutgers doesn’t cheat! Janice Strickland is the coordinator of student affairs in the Office of Student Conduct. She submitted this letter on behalf of the University Hearing Board.
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N’Diaye makes fast impact swatting shots BY STEVEN MILLER
N’Diaye is third in the nation in blocked shots.
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edshirt junior fullback Andres Morales will forgo his final year of eligibility with the Rutgers football team in order to graduate with his senior class. Morales’ departure opens up a 15th scholarship option for next season and makes junior linebacker Edmond Laryea the likely leading contender for the starting spot next season.
DOMINICK RUSSO
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the headliner of the Rutgers wrestling team this week after being placed in the national rankings released this past week. The redshirt junior was placed in the top 10 in four polls. Russo was listed as high as No. 7 in InterMat and WrestlingReport.com’s most recent poll, and was No. 9 according to Amateur Wrestling News and D1CollegeWrestling.net. The Netcong, N.J., native is a per fect 9-0 this season with seven victories coming via pinfall.
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Mark Mangino will not return for the 2010 season, a source told ESPN. Kansas Athletic Director Lew Perkins launched an investigation into Mangino’s treatment of players three weeks ago after several players came for ward with allegations of verbal abuse. Mangino was 50-48 in his five years at Kansas — two wins shy of the school record for career wins.
THE HOFSTRA
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program is no more. After 82 years, the Hofstra athletics depar tment closed the program. Hofstra is the second school in the past two weeks to close its football program, following in the footsteps of Northeastern.
ADRIAN PETERSON’S “MUST go faster” came to a screeching halt. The Vikings’ star was clocked at 109 mph in a 55-mph zone on a suburban Minneapolis highway last weekend. “I got a little speeding ticket,” Peterson told The Associated Press. “I need to be more aware of the speed I was going and not let it happen again.”
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catcher Brian Schneider to the roster, the Philadelphia Phillies inked infielder Placido Polanco, marking his return to Citizen’s Bank Park.
IN
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of Alcor n State, the topranked Kansas men’s basketball team went scored 36 unanswered points in the first half as the Jayhawks won 98-31.
THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS (5-10) are in last place in the Southeast Division and secondto-last in the Eastern Conference. Gilbert Arenas averages 20.4 points per game in his 17 starts this season.
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After entering just 2:34 into last night’s victory over Princeton, senior center Hamady N’Diaye had four points and four blocks.
It took 2:34 for Hamady N’Diaye to enter the game. It took even less time for the senior center to make an impact last night in the Rutgers KNIGHT men’s basNOTEBOOK ketball team’s 5844 win over Princeton. The Dakar, Senegal, native hit a baseline jumper 31 seconds after entering the game and grabbed an emphatic rebound on the other end immediately after. He also blocked a shot within his first three minutes of court-time and finished with four points and four blocks. “That’s one of the things that I take pride, bringing energy to the game,” N’Diaye said. “We started the game a little slow, but when I come in I have to do the job that I’ve been doing for a while now. If you bring energy and play hard, it rubs off on everybody.” After starting 28 of 32 games last season, N’Diaye has yet to start a game for the Scarlet Knights this year and averages 16 minutes per game. “He’s one of the leading shot blockers in the country, but he’s not averaging 20 minutes in a game,” said head coach Fred Hill Jr. “It says something about him and the passion with which he plays the game. I’m really happy for him to provide that spark for us.”
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Rosario received attention on his right leg in the second half. Rosario came out of the game 4:58 into the half and went to the floor at the end of the bench while trainers stretched his leg. The Jersey City native returned two minutes later and showed no ill effects. He scrambled around the court in the Knights’ full-court press and hit a pull-up three-pointer just over a minute after leaving the game. Rosario finished two-offour from three-point range and scored nine points despite shooting 2-for-12 from the floor.
WHEN
JUNIOR
FORWARD
Jonathan Mitchell scored his first basket, the Knights were only ahead by one. Then, the 6-foot-7 Florida transfer keyed a run that stretched the lead to seven, and RU never looked back. In a four-minute stretch of the first half, Mitchell scored nine straight points for RU and finished with 11 on the game.
THE KNIGHTS NEXT GAME IS Sunday against Colgate at 2 p.m. in the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Raiders (0-7) come off a home loss last night against Maine. The New York team already faced two Big East opponents, losing to Connecticut and Syracuse by a combined 48 points.
ECHENIQUE: Knights overcome slowed-down pace continued from back it’s never a thing of ar tistic beauty. And you have to give our kids credit because they went back and watched the film and were prepared for [Princeton]. Holding them to 44 points, we defended them like nobody else did.” Junior for ward Jonathan Mitchell’s 11 first half points helped the Knights build what appeared to be a comfortable 11point lead at intermission against a Princeton team not known for its explosive scoring ability. Yet the Tigers (2-4) fought back early in the second half, using a 7-0 run immediately out of the locker room sparked by guard Doug Davis — who finished with a team-high 20 points — to cut the lead to 29-25. But the Knights (4-2) responded quickly. An 8-0 run of their own culminated by sophomore guard Mike Rosario’s pull-up three pointer with 11:46 to play put the advantage back to 10 at 37-27. Rosario didn’t have his best performance, finishing with nine points on 2-of-12 shooting. Mitchell finished with just those 11 first half points for RU. Echenique took care of the rest. The 6-foot-9 for ward’s 21 points and 11 rebounds accounted for his third doubledouble of the season and the eighth of his career. “Phew, wow, I’m going to have to get on him tomorrow at practice because he’s gonna have a big head,” said senior center Hamady N’Diaye with a smile when he was informed 21 points was a career-high for Echenique. “I thought he really stepped up tonight, and he’s going to be good and I’m happy for him.”
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Rutgers wrestler David Greenwald, right, is placed 20th in the 149-pound weight class in the latest InterMat rankings. The junior carries a 5-3 record into this weekend’s tri-meet with VMI and Princeton.
SHIP: Goodale says RU will not look past tri-meet continued from back No. 19 in the 133-pound weight class, and undefeated redshir t junior Dominick Russo, the ninth-ranked heavyweight in the nation. After dropping two matches last week, redshir t senior Lamar Brown saw himself slip out of the top-20. “Something that I tell our wrestlers is that the season is a sprint and not a marathon,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “Just like life, you will have your peaks and valleys. When you hit a slump, you just got to pick yourself up. This weekend is a per fect oppor tunity for Brown to get back on track.”
A win against the Tigers would level the Knights’ record in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association conference at 1-1, after falling to Bucknell 2612 on Black Friday. Both Princeton and VMI head into this weekend with no dual meet experience on the year, but it is more important for RU to focus on its own strategy first, Goodale said. “We kept going into meets invested on what Penn State is going to do or what Iowa was going to do. We got away from what really mattered — and that is focusing on ourselves,” he said. “If we only worr y about ourselves, then we will be prepared.” With the mid-December showdown with Pittsburgh looming down the road, the Knights cannot overlook both opponents on Saturday.
“We will not look past Princeton or VMI,” Goodale said. “What our team needs to learn is that no matter the opponent, we have to wrestle to the best of our ability every time out. If we get back on track individually and have a good weekend, then we will be ready for Pitt.” Last season, RU laid the smackdown on Princeton — a 386 victory last December. Since then, the Knights graduated a majority of those star ters, and then-standout freshman Scott Winston is redshirting this season. “It’s a whole new year with a whole new lineup,” Goodale said. “I’m still expecting us to be successful this weekend.” Greenwald phrased the strategy for victory against Princeton and VMI the best. “We’ve just got to go out there and win,” he said.
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Tri-meet at Echenique’s career game powers victory Barn gives RU chance to right ship BY KYLE FRANKO
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
BY ALEX JANKOWSKI CORRESPONDENT
Eight days after falling to Iowa and Bucknell, the Rutgers wrestling team has a golden opportunity to right the ship. A Saturday afternoon tri-meet w i t h WRESTLING Princeton and the PRINCETON, VMI AT Virginia RUTGERS, Militar y TOMORROW, NOON Institute at the Dillon Gymnasium in Princeton serves as the last two matches of the semester before the Scarlet Knights (3-3) head to Pittsburgh to do battle with the No. 25 Panthers on Dec. 12. “The Pitt match is big for us, but we can’t think too far in advance,” said redshirt junior David Greenwald. “We have to focus on winning this weekend and keep the mentality of taking it one match at a time.” Greenwald is one of three Knights featured in these week’s national rankings on the InterMat Web site. The Union, N.J., native has a 5-3 record and finds himself ranked 20th in the 149-pound weight class. “To me right now, that is just a number,” he said. “Right now it is about going out and wrestling, not worrying about the rankings.” The other two Knights ranked are junior Bill Ashnault,
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Sophomore forward Gregory Echenique garnered his third double-double of the season, dropping a career high 21 points — including 17 in the second half — and 11 rebounds as the Scarlet Knights trounced the Tigers.
Prior to last night’s game against Princeton, Gregor y Echenique found himself in a threeMEN’S BASKETBALL g a m e PRINCETON 44 s t r e t c h he would RUTGERS 58 r a t h e r forget. But after another lackluster first half, the sophomore forward came to life with 17 second-half points, propelling the Rutgers men’s basketball team to a 58-44 victor y last night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in front of a sparse crowd of 4,072. “[Head coach Fred Hill Jr.] is always talking to me; even if I’m doing well he’s saying ‘Stay tough,” said Echenique, who finished with a career-high 21 points. “It was a matter of just getting in the rhythm of the game. We work on this thing called ‘next play’ where if something goes wrong, we go to the next play, and that’s something I need to improve because I get frustrated when something goes wrong. If I make a mistake, I go to the next play.” The Scarlet Knights had to overcome Princeton’s patented motion offense that’s made its living keep games low scoring. In fact, the 58 points was the first time the Knights scored more than 54 against their in-state neighbors since the 2002-03 season when they put up 76 in a six-point victory at Jadwin Gym. “I thought it was beautiful, but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” Hill said jokingly. “It’s the way they play. They do that to ever ybody and
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Swimming, diving back in pool after extended layoff BY KEVIN O’ROURKE STAFF WRITER
Fresh from an 11-day layoff, the Rutgers swimming and diving team springs back into action today at the Rutgers Aquatic Center. The divers SWIMMING & DIVING host a six-team field that includes GALBRAITH INV., East foe WAGNER AT RUTGERS Big Connecticut in the TODAY G a l b r a i t h Invitational while the swimmers entertain out-of-conference foe Wagner today. After competing in back-to-back weeks against tough opponents in West Virginia and Harvard, head coach Chuck Warner said the Thanksgiving weekend provided a welcome respite. “I think that everybody was really looking forward to the break and getting home,” he said. “Mentally and emotionally that was a great thing.” Unfortunately, Warner said the team continues to fight some illnesses that have bothered the Scarlet Knights for the bulk of the fall season. Besides striving to get healthy, RU’s swimmers and divers enter their respective meets with different goals in mind. Diving coach Fred Woodruff was simplistic about his hopes for senior Erin Saunders, junior Jen Betz and freshman Katie Kearney in the two-day event. “We’re not really trying to accomplish anything,” Woodruff said. “I just want to see
them do some lifts and do it right. … I’m a little concerned because of where we are, but we’re not out of it or anything. We’ve just got to get some decent work done the next couple of months.” While Betz struggled through injuries and Kearney went through the ups and downs of being a freshman, Saunders posted at least one victor y in each of the Knights’ meets thus far. Nonetheless, improved training and technique is necessar y if the senior hopes to succeed in the Big East and Zone Diving Championships. Saunders competed in the latter event in each of her first three years, finishing as high as fifth in the one-meter dive as a freshman. “She’s doing okay against the competition she’s diving against, but we’re going to have much tougher competition when it gets to the postseason,” Woodruff said. “We just have to do a better job. Hopefully, we’ll be where we want to be when we get to February and March.” With the spring in mind, Warner is hoping that other swimmers can emerge to supplement the consistent efforts the group has received from seniors Catherine Whetstone, Shayna Longacre and Jackie Klein as well as underclassmen Jacquie Ward and Brittney Kuras. All five were instrumental in Rutgers’ second place Harvard Invitational showing. Wagner finished a distant fourth and will come to the Banks as a decided underdog. Warner described his aspirations for the final fall meet as three-fold.
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Senior swimmer Jackie Klein has been one of the Knights’ more consistent swimmers, helping Rutgers to a second-place finish at the Harvard Invitational. “We have some girls who have yet to qualify by time to swim in the Big East Championships so hopefully we can get some more of them to have that chance,” Warner said. “The second thing is to get people a chance to swim some different events and
out of that we may find some places where people can help on relays or individually. The third thing is really just a chance to get up and race a little bit and get out of the routine of practice which is going to be pretty regular here for a month or so.”