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U. strives to assist student veterans

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

As people across the country celebrate Veterans Day, the University is taking strides to enhance its resources for the men and women who served our country.

Vice President for Student Affairs Gregor y S. Blimling said the University is more equipped than ever to assist veterans, adding today’s events celebrating Veterans Day are the most in recent years.

“I think this shows the University’s new emphasis on

trying to respond to the needs of our student veterans,” he said. “In the past three years, we have actually increased the number of student veterans at Rutgers by 42 percent.”

By enhancing the resources for student veterans provided by the University, Blimling said the number of these students could only be expected to increase over the next few years.

Among the many resources provided by the University is the Of fice of Veterans Ser vices, directed

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Some business owners are frustrated about the delays the George Street Beautification Project has caused.

The city announced that the project, which will be completed next year, will be put on hold during the winter.

Downtown construction slows businesses

BY RYAN FLOOD STAFF WRITER

Some local businesses along George Street are feeling the ef fects of a constr uction project that has shut down traf fic for several months in some areas of downtown New Brunswick.

Overall, the downtown needed a makeover, said Glenn Patterson, director of planning for the City of New Brunswick. The infrastructure was in bad condition, and the deteriorated sidewalks and roads posed safety hazards, making the George Street Beautification Project necessar y.

While officials say the project, which is paving George Street and improving the sidewalks, will help the city in the long term, local proprietors say it is causing them some trouble right now.

“The constr uction is slowing things down a lot,” said Oleida Larios, a saleswoman at Safa’s Jewelr y. “You add the economy with the construction, it gets worse and worse. Christmas is right around the corner, so we are hoping they finish soon.”

The Project, which will be completed next year, will be put on hiatus during the winter, but construction will resume again in the spring, Patterson said.

The lack of through traf fic and a reduction in the number of pedestrians walking down George Street are points of concer n for some storeowners, like Extreme manager Paul Lee. “The construction has slowed things down,” Lee said. “There’s less people driving and less students passing by.”

Some businesses with multiple branches obser ved that patrons have been looking to alternate locations to conduct their business since the beginning of construction.

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Professor’s research receives national recognition PERSON OF THE WEEK

BY AMBIKA SUBRAMANYAM STAFF WRITER

Rutgers-Newark Department of Psychology Assistant Professor Mauricio Delgado began doing research as an undergraduate and has always wondered what it would be like to make a career out of his work in the future.

“My connection with the mere idea of research was immediate,” said Delgado, who did his undergraduate work at Wesleyan University. “I remember thinking how great it would be to actually pursue [research] as a career.”

Now director of the Delgado Lab for Social and Affective Neuroscience at Rutgers-Newark, Delgado has been named one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, selected by President Barack Obama.

Announced last week, the award is the highest honor bestowed

upon scientists and engiin the years ahead,” Obama neers in the early stages said in the release. of their research careers, Delgado said it is an and recipients receive up honor to receive this award to a five-year research and have his work at the grant as well as the opporUniversity recognized on a tunity to meet the national level. president, according to “It gives me great a White House pleasure and pride to press release. know that the work we MAURICIO Awarded by the presihave star ted here at DELGADO dents’ Executive Of fice of Rutgers is being recogScience and Technology, recipients nized,” he said. are selected based on their early Delgado focuses his research on innovative research at the fore- the interaction of emotion and cognifront of science and the promise tion in the human brain during learnthey show for assuring America’s ing and decision-making. excellence in science, according to Fueled by the passion he felt for the release. research and the fellowships won “I am confident that these individ- during his undergraduate career, uals, who have shown such tremen- Delgado headed to University of dous promise so early in their Pittsburgh for graduate school to careers, will go on to make break- pursue research on this topic. throughs and discoveries that will There he completed his doctoral continue to move our nation forward dissertation on the question that

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intrigued him the most — how do humans learn about positive and negative values, and how do we use this information to inform our decision-making?

This is a question that still interests Delgado today and one he continues to research.

He came to Rutgers-Newark in 2006 and created the Delgado Lab for Social and Af fective Neuroscience after completing his Ph.D. in Pittsburgh and a postdoctoral fellowship at New York University.

“The lab’s mission follows my original research questions that have evolved over the years,” Delgado said.

Since joining the University, Delgado has mentored many graduate students in the psychology department.

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CAMDEN RUNS CELEBRATION FOR U.‘S 244TH ANNIVERSARY The Rutgers-Camden community celebrated the University’s 244th birthday at noon yesterday at The Corner C-Store located in the Camden Campus Center.

Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends gathered around birthday cake cut by the Rutgers-Camden mascot the Scarlet Raptor, according to a University Media Relations press release.

University students and alumni across the campus, state and countr y were encouraged to wear scarlet throughout the day, according to the release.

Festivities coincided with the day Queen’s College, the New Brunswick predecessor of the University, received its charter in 1766.

In addition to the birthday, Rutgers-Camden also celebrated its own 60th anniversar y, according to the release. In 1950 the campus joined the University.

The University is the eightholdest institution of higher education in the United States, and is even older than the country itself, according to the release.

All three University campuses enroll more than 50,000 students in their undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral programs.

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Researchers link pornography, politics

BY SHERYLENE DIAZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Although sexuality is often associated with scandal in the political realm, a new study shows that the factors linking pornography and politics are more common than many may think.

After building on past studies of testosterone levels, University Department of Psychology Associate Professor Charlotte Markey and her husband Patrick discovered that online pornography search requests are higher in states where voters supported the winners of recent presidential elections.

“A male’s testosterone level goes up after any competition whether it is sports-related or not,” said Patrick Markey, a psychology professor at Villanova University. “If the person wins the challenge, their testosterone levels are even higher.”

After Republican George W. Bush won the 2004 presidential election and Democratic President Barack Obama won in 2008, porn searches increased in the states where the winning candidate received electoral votes.

“There was a slight baby bump nine months after Barack Obama won the presidential election,” Patrick Markey said.

The Markeys began the experiment, called the “challenge hypothesis,” with the intention of finding a connection between testosterone levels and aggression in birds.

The challenge hypothesis was later extended to humans, and

these porn sites are male, they found that testosterone levaccording to LiveScience.com. els in males tend to rise most States considered “red during competition. states” had the most searches Because of the change in testosfor pornography after a terone that occurs after challenges Republican candidate won the like elections, reproductive behavelection, while those in “blue” ior such as seeking pornography is states searched for sex sites more common. after the Democratic candidate “There are many ways that men won, according to the study. search for sexual pleasure after a Data focused on the weeks competition,” Patrick Markey said. before and after the 2004 and “We examined specifically the 2008 presidential elections and trend in Internet pornography the 2006 midterm elections. because of its popularity.”

While the research indicates The Markeys worked with that there is a close relationship Google Trends to keep track of between pornoghow many times a raphy and politics, person searched “There are many Charlotte Markey for words that related to porn as ways that men search said the two might be linked they worked on for sexual pleasure by coincidence. their study, enti“[The] study tled “Changes in after a competition.” is based on evopornographyPATRICK MARKEY lutionar y theoseeking behaviors Villanova University ry and the following political Psychology Professor mechanisms are elections: an not necessarily examination of conscious,” she said. “It is posthe challenge hypothesis.” sible that people turn to sexual “[We] looked for the frepartners for comfort when they quency in words such as ‘boobs’ feel sad, but, we also turn to and ‘xvideo,’ which predomisexual par tners for reasons nately relate to males,” Patrick that we are not always Markey said. aware of.”

Google Trends could not proMood — not testosterone vide specifics on what gender levels — may have affected the searched for the words, but it did connection between elections provide the number of people who and interest in pornography, as searched for these words in all 50 those who voted for the winstates and the District of Columbia, ning candidate may have simhe said. ply been happier and thus more The Markeys focused on the likely to desire sex, according Internet, where 25 percent of to the Markeys’ study puball search-engine requests lished in the Evolution and daily are for pornography and Human Behavior Journal.

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School of Arts and Sciences junior Michael Wilson agrees that when he is involved in a spor ting competition, he invests a lot of emotional and physical energy.

“It is very draining,” he said.

“It is the most draining after you are rooting for a sports team because every mistake the team makes is hard to cope with.”

But Wilson said that after a winning sports competition, he enjoys relaxing and does not feel the same rush of emotion when it comes to presidential elections.

“Only people who are really, really into politics may go crazy, and their testosterone levels will rise, but it does not happen to me,” he said.

Keoni Harrison, a School of Arts and Sciences senior who plays basketball for various leagues outside of the University, agreed that winning is exciting.

But Harrison did not necessarily agree with the results of the study. “[I don’t] feel the need to go out and seek porn after winning a game, let alone after a politician wins an election,” he said.

Historically, young adults have low voter turnout, so Harrison’s opinion may not be unusual.

The challenge hypothesis indicated that most men who search for pornography online are between the ages of 18 and 45, but since Google Trends could not evaluate the exact ages of the participants, increase and decrease among age groups are hard to conclude, Patrick Markey said.

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by Col. Stephen Abel who Blimling said is a valuable source at the University for any veteran.

“He has done just a remarkable job of pulling everything together,” he said. “Prior to joining Rutgers, he was the deputy commissioner of Veterans Af fairs for the state of New Jersey and spent 27 years as an officer in the U.S. Army and he is a full colonel.”

To explain how the University improved ser vices for veterans, Abel said Military Times EGDE ranked the University No. 21 out of 101 universities that place success of veterans as a main priority. “[The University] has a lot of ser vices that help veterans and the creation of my office is one of those things,” he said.

“It is a place where a veteran can go regardless of what his or her problem is and get assistance in solving that problem.”

Earlier this year, Abel said Veteran Af fairs attempted to retrieve $7,000 from a veteran student at the University because of a financial aid complication, and Abel’s of fice stepped into help. “[Veterans Ser vices] was able to very quickly resolve that issue with the VA and the veteran didn’t have to do it,” he said.

“The veteran was able to focus on his studies. So it is a clearinghouse for any problem a veteran has whether it is academic and social.”

Abel said his office also helped older veterans secure more comfortable housing, saying putting such veterans in a residence hall with first-year students is unrealistic.

“The oldest veteran student we have on campus right now is 57 years old and his roommate is 46 years old. They are in graduate housing and are sharing a suite,” he said. “So I think Rutgers is doing the kind of things that will allow veterans to actually succeed.”

Another feature Veterans Services offers for these students is a mentoring program set up by the University College Community that Abel said is effective in helping the transition into an academic setting for student veterans.

Susan Schurman, University College Community dean, said the faculty and staff mentors, who are veterans as well, provide the necessary support for a student veteran to succeed at the University.

“Basically, it helps them think about how one navigates this rather large institution that’s very different from the other ver y large institution they just left,” said Schurman, University Veterans Ser vice coordinator.

“There is a really big difference between the military services and major universities.”

Although many student veterans will acclimate to the University without problems, many others will have a difficult transition and Schurman said this is why the mentoring program is there.

“If people are having difficulty and if it is related to their service, they tell us that it is much easier for them to have a conversation with someone who is a veteran,” she said. “[And] especially for those who have also been combat veterans.”

But Schurman added many veterans desire a more peer-topeer mentoring group, an element Veterans Services is in the process of developing to allow student veterans to better connect and adapt.

U NIVERSITY “In other words, they want students who are a couple years ahead for veterans, in addition to and not instead of faculty and staff who were probably veterans,” she said. “So one of the things that we expect to see over the next year or so is a student mentor program as well.”

Abel said although the mentoring program is valuable for student veterans preparing for graduation, the need for peer mentoring is still there and is an issue discussed frequently among his colleagues.

“I think the advice from someone who is a senior falls on fertile

“In the present and future, we recognize what [our veteran students] have contributed and we are grateful.”

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ground as opposed to that from a veteran who is almost 60 years old,” he said. “Although they can give the same advice, the rapport is instant.”

Academic assistance for student veterans is a high priority for Veterans Services but Abel said many veterans also need help for mental disabilities from time in combat or the Armed Forces.

Abel said his office helps many student veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, with such student veterans supported by the Office of Disability Services for Students.

ODS Director Gregor y Moorehead said his of fice is dedicated to helping student veterans deal with the mental

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M effects of war and the struggles created when adapting to an academic environment.

“If they suffer from traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder, to just name a couple, our of fice is here in order to provide them the support that they may need to transition back into the academic setting,” he said.

This support could include acquiring an isolated setting for student veterans to take exams or adding the necessary time to finish them. But the true meaning of the office is to provide the muchneeded advocacy for student veterans, Moorehead said.

“Our office would help those students in advocating and communicating on their behalf,” he said. “We’re in conjunction with those students and their instructors to see what kinds of modifications would be appropriate for those students under those kinds of circumstances.”

Although his office is ready at any time to serve the needs of student veterans at the University, Moorehead referred to the number of students using this help as “very, very few.”

“And when I say very few, I am talking about the single digits and I’m talking about the low single digits,” he said. “We’re hoping to see an increase. We are certainly here to serve veterans and we want to make sure they understand that Rutgers is a supportive environment.”

Moorehead said both his office and Veterans Ser vices understand the difficulty for such student veterans, adding that this is why the University made the effort to improve services over the past few years.

“We realize we’re going to see more men and women coming back from the Armed Forces,” he said. “We want to make sure that we are providing them the opportunities that they deserve to continue their education.”

Abel said the Veterans Services Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new office, which takes place at 2 p.m., is a reminder of how important veterans are not just to those who served but the University community as a whole.

“It is another great step that shows the diversity of Rutgers.

Those who will attend [today’s] events and who will thank veterans in the Rutgers community aren’t necessarily supporters of the current war,” he said. “But they’ve been able … to separate politics from the soldiers.”

Moorehead said a way to look at Veterans Day is to ask how one should support veterans across the country.

“The way we can do that here at Rutgers University is by creating a very supportive environment that is academically rigorous but at the same time, pays attention to the needs and interests that are unique to the veteran community,” he said.

Schurman echoed the words of Moorehead by saying the main goal of Veterans Ser vices is to ensure student veterans find the University as a comfortable place.

“We celebrate Veterans Day because by honoring those who have served, we communicate to our veteran students that in the present and future, we recognize what they have contributed and we are grateful,” she said.

Schurman said although she is not a veteran herself, Veterans Day is close to her heart because of her father’s ser vice in the Marine Corps during World War II and the many other relatives who served for their country.

“I think I and many of us have that same family history,” she said. “So for many Americans, Nov. 11 is a day in which we honor those who served our country and particularly those who have given their lives for our country.”

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Website reviews books to teach children economics

BY ELIZABETH ZWIRZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The economic downturn led some people to question the value of money and believe children should be taught the basics of financial literacy at an early age.

One tool parents and teachers are utilizing to achieve this goal is EconKids, the Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children.

EconKids is a website that ser ves as a compilation of children’s literature that includes economical topics and lessons with reviews on the books themselves, creator Yana Rodgers said.

“The overall goal was to be able to help teachers and parents educate their children on economics,” she said.

The idea for EconKids came about 10 years ago when Rodgers, a Department of Women’s and Gender Studies associate professor, took her children to a local library in Virginia.

Rodgers, who at the time was a professor of economics at the College of William and Mar y in Williamsburg, Va., was given a list of childrens’ books with some economic basis. She soon became acquainted with Shelby Hawthorne, the compiler of that list.

Hawthorne, who was an elementary school reading specialist

in Williamsburg, Va., read these books and wrote research articles about teaching economics to children, Rodgers said.

Hawthorne provided teachers in her district with books they could use to simultaneously teach students the principles of economics and how to read, she said.

Rodgers and Hawthorne merged their ideas in the summer of 2006 and created a website in which they could write reviews for such books.

As time and the website progressed, EconKids received the attention of many large publishing companies who wanted their books to be read and reviewed.

Rodgers has now read for 25 to 30 large publishing companies.

She believes her website’s reviews are unique, as they include the University’s name and highlight different aspects others might overlook.

“When I started the website, I was just using book summaries that the publishers had, and, at some point, I realized that I could write my own review and just add the economics part,” Rodgers said.

EconKids, which is available to parents, teachers and kids alike, has accumulated about 1,000 unique visitors per month, Rodgers said. Although this number may not seem like a lot, the viewers are from many different places around the globe.

“It’s not huge, but it’s people from all over the world,” she said. “It’s exciting because it’s people from Africa, Asia, South America and Europe, and they are clicking around the site which means they are exploring and finding it useful.”

The site was originally created for children in kindergarten to fourth grade but is now available on a much broader spectrum including books for children to young adults and hitting on various topics, Rodgers said.

“Some of the books for young children focus on simple concepts like wants and needs, resources and jobs, and saving money,” she said. “Young adult books, however, have more complicated concepts like discrimination, civil rights and equality. They also look at the Great Depression and job loss.”

The effort to better educate children and teenagers on such economic problems is not a new endeavor, Rodgers said. It is an enormous ef for t that many groups and organizations have dived into.

New Jersey is now one of the few states with financial education requirements in high schools, she said.

The state passed a three-part program for the new graduation requirement, said Barbara O’Neill, a Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics professor.

Every first-year student starting this fall now has to take a personal finance course by the time they graduate, she said. New curriculum standards were also created to establish what content needs to be taught in respect to economic literature.

The program includes the ability to conduct pilot tests of a personal finance classes in eight different schools and make an assessment to see if the students actually learned anything, O’Neill said.

O’Neill believes these new changes have come as a result of the economic situation.

“People have been advocating that this should be taught, and unfortunately it took a financial crisis to get their messages heard,” she said.

This new program is projected to produce more financially literate students in New Jersey, which would promote savvier buying and investing, O’Neill said.

She also believes this program can only lead to good things.

“We know from research that education leads to better decision-making and when people become more knowledgeable about a concept, they tend make better choices,” she said. “People should be educated enough to be capable of making good decisions on their own, we shouldn’t have to buy them out of their troubles.”

Since the site is currently nonprofit, Rodgers hopes to eventually bring in money

through a donor and hire someone to jump-start programs.

One of her ideas involves bringing authors and illustrators into schools to discuss the messages behind their works with students and possibly train teachers to be more efficient in teaching financial literature.

Rodgers enjoys what she is doing and knows that she, along with ever ybody else, is just working toward something a little better.

“There are organizations across the countr y that promote financial literacy for young people,” she said. “I’m just a part of this bigger effort.”

Harrison Kanarick, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, thinks EconKids is a very good idea.

“It’s smart to get kids accustomed to economics when they are young with books that they would enjoy,” Kanarick said. “The only thing is that parents need to step up and support this.”

Meanwhile, School of Arts and Sciences sophomore William Spear thinks the website is straightforward and will help promote a more interconnected method of education.

“The website is ver y well made and is built around a great idea,” he said. “I also think it’s great that there’s a Facebook page for kids to follow up with what they’re learning in a social environment.”

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Students participate in “La Marcha” yesterday on the College Avenue campus, an event that aims to shed light upon the political needs and presence of the Latino population at the University and promote unity among all groups at the University. The march began at the Center for Latino Arts and Culture.

BUSINESSES: Some students dislike new EE route continued from front “To be honest, yes, the construction has been slowing down business,” said Sprint store manager Luis Peralta.

“People think that the street is closed, then they go to a different store. It has been like that since it started.”

Other business owners are less concerned about the construction but feel it has simply gone on for too long.

“The path through George Street and the lack of traffic is a problem,” said Young Park, manager of My Way restaurant. “It took too long — one or two weeks or a month is OK — but five or six months is too long.”

Businesses such as Tumulty’s, a restaurant, have had to put up signs warning potential customers about traffic issues.

In general, restaurant and retail store owners expressed that they have been hit harder than other businesses, like Brunswick Bank and Trust.

“The only time the construction af fected us was when it was right in front of the bank, but it did not really impact us,” said Br unswick Bank and Tr ust branch manager Lisa M. Herbach.

In addition to affecting the local businesses lining George Street, construction has disrupted the EE bus line at the University. The bus route now bypasses downtown George Street when traveling to and from the Douglass and College Avenue campuses.

Although the route is different, the trip time is about the same, said Jack Molenaar, director of Transportation Services.

“After reviewing the running times for the downtown area, it seems that both George Street and Neilson Street have their problems,” he said. “In the end,

it is about the same, and it just depends where the traf fic is during rush hour and how the traf fic flows that regulates which route is faster.”

Some students using the EE experience minor problems with the new route.

“I work down Paterson Street, so because of the change in routes I have a longer walk to work,” said Lilian Chung, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore. “Neilson Street has little to offer the students. I think that many people get on the EE with the intention of going to George Street.”

Other students feel the new route is faster, provided George Street is not their final destination.

“I think the new route may actually be faster because there are fewer lights. It’s more convenient for students just going to College Avenue,” said Justin Saranovic, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

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RESEARCH: Delgado CHRISTIE SAYS 2011 JOB CUTS MAY BE UNNECESSARY New Jersey may not have to see nearly 1,200 jobs cut next year, Gov. Chris Christie said yesterday in a town hall meeting in Clifton, according to an nj.com article.

Christie said last week that the state would need to cut that amount of jobs in January through attrition and layoffs, according to the article. But he said New Jersey may be able to meet that goal just through attrition — a gradual reduction rather than immediate layoffs.

“It may turn out we don’t have to lay off anybody if we reach that 1,200 ... number, or somewhere in that neighborhood,” he said in the article. “Stay tuned, I’m hopeful we won’t have to.”

A deal former Gov. Jon Corzine struck with the largest state workers union would trigger an automatic raise if there are layoffs before January — a deal Christie once called “an exquisite pair of handcuffs,” according to the article.

Christie’s budget, which passed in June, originally planned for the elimination of 1,300 jobs, according to the article. The cuts would save $8.8 million.

According to a previous nj.com article, government departments have begun submitting plans to the Civil Service Commission on where they plan to lay off workers, spokesman Peter Lyden said.

Christie said most of the state workers who have received notice of potential layoffs are in the motor vehicles department, according to the article.

In the previous article, Christie said if the layoffs were to happen, he is not sure whether the number of layoffs would continue to increase or not.

“Whether it will grow beyond that, I don’t know,” Christie said, according to the article.

“That’s very much going to be dependent on what the revenue outlook looks like for the state.”

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mentors psychology students continued from front “Dr. Delgado is also an excellent mentor and educator.

He truly enjoys and believes in the impor tance and value of educating others,” said Kathr yn Dickerson, a RutgersNewark graduate student.

Delgado said he was fortunate to have excellent mentors along the way, all of whom were prominent figures in shaping his career, which helped him develop skills as a mentor.

Many faculty and students at Rutgers-Newark speak highly of Delgado, saying he is widely recognized as a skilled and competent researcher in his field.

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Lauren Mar tin, a Rutgers- Delgado’s work has always Newark graduate student, been at the forefront of cognibelieves a major factor that led tive neuroscience research. to Delgado’s winning the “Winning this award will award is the way he has devel- make the implications of Dr. oped a producDelgado’s protive and comgram of research “This ... helps us pelling research more visible to program at to continue to raise both the scientific the University. community and the standard “ [ H i s to the public,” research] will Fareri said. of excellence in make a signifiVicki Lee, a cant contribution research assistant the department to our underDelgado’s lab and the University.” in standing of both and University daily experiences alumna, said ELIZABETH TRICOMI as well as atypiDelgado is Rutgers-Newark cal, maladaptive extremely skilled Assistant Professor behaviors such as when it comes to dr ug-seeking,” asking the right she said. questions and forming studies Dominic Fareri, a Rutgers- that will provide answers for Newark graduate fellow, said those questions.

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“This award is one of many Delgado will win in the future,” she said.

As for his advice to University students, Delgado said the key to pursuing a successful career in research is gaining undergraduate experience.

Not only will this give a student some laborator y experience, but it will give students first hand experience to determine whether this is the right career choice, he said.

Elizabeth Tricomi, a RutgersNewark Department of Psychology assistant professor, said Delgado’s award would likely bring more attention to his research and the University.

“This in turn helps us to continue to raise the standard of excellence in the department and the University,” she said.

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Bhatki-The Higher Taste will host an event called Sacred Sounds at 8:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. The event features yogi and spiritual leader Radhanath Swami and kirtan bands Gaura and the Mayapuris. For more information visit bhakticlub.org/sacredsounds.

Men for an End is hosting “Thursday Night Double Header,” an event open to all men of the University who would like to be a part of the solution leading toward eliminating sexual and domestic violence against women. The event will be at the Rutgers Zone in the Livingston Student Center and they will be highlighting the Miami Heat versus Boston Celtic basketball game on every television in the room to attract students and obtain a big audience. Free food will be served, and the Rutgers Zone will provide Men for an End with free games for all participants. A small program during half time will explain what the club is and what people can do to be active around campus. For more information, e-mail Adebambo Ogunfowora at adetim03@yahoo.com.

Enjoy an energetic live show with a performance by a New York group, whose debut album, “The Rhumb Line,” was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2009. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 8 p.m. on Cook campus.

Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for faculty, staff, alumni and guests. Tickets can be purchased at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

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mokers will smoke, especially if they already have been for 20 or 30 years. But there must be preventive opposition to tobacco companies freely marketing their product to customers. There must be some limits or changes to the packaging of cigarettes, and federal drug regulators are doing just that. The Food and Drug Administration unveiled yesterday 36 proposed warning labels to be placed on cigarette packaging. Some of the labels are graphic images of smoking’s effects. We agree with this decision, albeit its slow implementation, and hope it is another hurdle for smokers or future smokers to light the next one.

The cigarette boxes will be covered with striking reminders of the possibility of lung cancer, hear t stroke or the hundreds of other detriments smoking causes. The warnings on the box are required, as a law passed last year gives the FDA the power to regulate tobacco products, according to The New York Times.

This move has the ability to deter not only current smokers, but also those who are at that teen age when smoking seems to be “cool.” It can be argued that the increase of taxes on tobacco products has a small part in preventing smokers — at least financially — from buying the harmful products. But these new warnings could deter young adults from smoking by actually showing the most common of effects.

Modest messages such as “Surgeon General’s Warning: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema and May Complicate Pregnancy,” may not be as effective in prevention, but a more graphic warning has much better chances. “This is the most important change in cigarette health warnings in the history of the United States,” said the President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Matthew Myers.

But while there are some odds against preventing a dangerous habit, the FDA has the right idea. Statistics show that about 19.5 percent of high school students, or 3.4 million teenagers, are smokers, and ever y day roughly 1,000 children start smoking regularly.

The gor y images on cigarette packaging do not seem unbefitting. If we manage to prevent even a small part of these new smokers from ever starting this dangerous habit, this law will be useful.

Striking labels such as these may be the only step we can take.

Price increase and inconspicuous warnings have done as much as possible, but now the FDA must take the next step.

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ivil rights activists urged Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett on Wednesday to reorder the nature of the state’s surveillance practices. Groups want the new governor to deny state police and state Homeland Security officials the ability to survey protest groups deemed to be threatening to the government or businesses.

According to Reuters, outgoing Gov. Ed Rendell’s Homeland Security chief has already resigned after a report that the state hired a U.S.Israeli company to monitor hundreds of organizations. We support the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania’s push for privacy and protection from the government, as it is an essential part of liberty.

The ACLU and other groups called for Corbett to sign an order in January barring officials from spying on individuals and organizations.

These groups include peace activists, Muslims and opponents of natural gas drilling. The governor-elect, however, has not committed to any decision.

“I don’t see [issuing] a whole lot of executive orders unless they are absolutely necessar y,” Corbett said. “I don’t think you need to issue executive orders on common-sense issues.”

The problem is that the state’s homeland depar tment has the ability of sur veilling organizations, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Blair County Tea Par ty and the Green Par ty of Pennsylvania. This hinders the ef fectiveness of any sor t of fair political activism without government activism — an integral par t of our right to “peaceably assemble.”

As the law stands now, the state has the ability to gather information on any group or individual deemed dangerous to the government or businesses. This information encompasses political or religious views and other associations not related to any criminal investigation based on reasonable suspicion of actual criminalities, according to the ACLU. A report of such activity included an anarchists’ meeting in Philadelphia in December 2009, a February 2010 seminar on resisting home foreclosure and peace activists outside an Army center in November 2009. None presented any real threat to the government or businesses, yet state officials found it within their right to gather information and survey them.

There must be a limit to government’s actions with regard to our rights, and this is one major point. The governor-elect of Pennsylvania, come Januar y, must sign an executive order barring this sur veillance on parties randomly deemed dangerous. Legality must be embraced if we are to keep our most basic liberties.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “There was a slight baby bump nine months after Barack Obama won the presidential election.”

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historically swept the elect’s been a little more tion? It is because the votthan a week since the ers were given an incentive midterm elections, to vote, a motivation that and the speculation for the compares to the excite2012 presidential election BRYAN NACHWALTER ment that sparked the revhas already begun. Some olutionizing Democratic GOP political figures have primar y in 2008. There would be no better way to received attention including former Gov. Sarah re-energize the voters than to initiate a debate Palin, former Gov. Mitt Romney, former Gov. between Obama and Clinton.

Mike Huckabee, former Speaker of the House The best thing Obama can do to earn the Newt Gingrich and even Donald Trump. respect back from the Clinton suppor ters is to However, a recent Gallup Poll indicates that follow the path her husband, former President Democrats are essentially split on whether Bill Clinton, used. Bill Clinton attempted to pass President Barack Obama should face a primar y a health care bill similar to the one Obama challenge, where 47 percent favor a challenge and passed, and in both cases, voters had become 51 percent do not. Look out president, you may be furious in the following midterm elections. The in for a flashback to the 2008 primaries, as a lot of Republicans gained 54 seats in the House of evidence is pointing toward Secretar y of State Representatives in 1994, which is even lower Hillar y Clinton preparing to initiate round two of than the 64 seats gained in last week’s election. the Obama-Clinton race for the White House.

Bill Clinton approached his the final two years Clinton and Obama split the popular vote in 2008, of his presidency dif ferently by moving more leaving many Clinton supporters enraged going into toward the center, taking bipar tisan actions on the Democratic Convention in Denver. Yet, Clinton the issues. This helped regain his popularity, encouraged her supporters to back Obama in order reflecting his victor y in re-electo defeat Sen. John McCain. Clearly tion in 1996 against Bob Dole.

Obama would stand as a weak candidate in the 2012 election if the “Why do you think The one thing dif ferent about that era and now is the economy economy does not rebound from its the GOP and is in a much more dire condition currently bleak condition. Gallup reported that the president’s tea party candidates than it was, making it that much tougher for Obama to appeal to approval rating is 44 percent, a historically swept the people and rer un on the sharp decline from when he sworn “hope and change” he once prominto office in 2009 with his 65 perthe election?” ised. With the unemployment cent approval rating. Furthermore, rate at 9.6 percent, the economy the enormous gains for the is showing ver y little sign Republicans in Ohio, Pennsylvania, of improvement, especially before the Florida and all around the nation will pose as an 2012 election. obstacle for Obama to get re-elected.

It is essential for the American people, the There’s always the chance that Obama will future of this countr y and Obama’s re-election take the route of L yndon B. Johnson by not to shift toward the center, giving a voice and seeking a re-election. The voters who suppor ted equal oppor tunity to Democrats and Clinton in 2008 are fired up over the job that Republicans alike. The countr y cannot af ford Obama has done in his first two years in another unprogressive two years, and elected Washington. Clinton raised the question in 2008 of ficials must put politics aside, not only in their that Obama’s lack of experience in Washington rhetoric, but also in their actions. If Obama can would be an issue, and it seems this may be follow Bill Clinton’s strategy, his chances of rewhat the voters are realizing now, two years into election are much higher. If he sticks to the his presidency. Also, Clinton has remained out principles he’s followed previously, you can bet of the media’s spotlight for quite some time we’ll be seeing Hillar y Clinton coming into the doing her job as secretar y of state — this may spotlight to steal the title he stole from her in be an indicative sign that she plans to resign their once-bitter battle. from her position and embark on her second, potential presidential run.

Bryan Nachwalter is a Rutgers Business School The Democratic Party needs excitement. Why first-year student. do you think the GOP and tea party candidates

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Israel acts in accordance with international law Letter NOAH GLYN

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srael has faced much criticism for the past 62 years from many different groups, including the United Nations, the Arab League and from the worldwide intelligentsia. Israel is not perfect, and it makes mistakes, but one recent event triggered a great deal of unfair criticism: the Gaza flotilla incident.

When the terrorist organization Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 in a coup d’état, Israel enforced a blockade against Gaza, lest Hamas be supplied with weapons from the Mediterranean Sea. Hamas’ charter calls for the destruction of Israel, and Hamas has repeatedly attacked Israel with missiles and purposefully targeted civilians with homicide bombers.

Israel has not only the legal right to blockade Gaza but also the moral obligation to protect its citizens.

To ensure there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Israel ships 15 tons of food, medical supplies and other necessities to Gaza

each week. Before doing so, however, Israel reserves the right to inspect the goods, to check that they do not contain weapons.

Six ships attempted to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza on May 31.

Israel offered to have the ships docked in the nearby port city of Ashdod, where Israeli officials inspect aid packages and then send them to Gaza. However, the flotilla ships had no intention of docking in Ashdod, so Israeli naval commandos — armed with paintball guns and handguns — approached the flotilla and warned them to dock. The boats did not heed the calls by the Israelis, so the Israelis boarded the ships, and on five of the six ships, there were no serious injuries or violence.

On the sixth ship — a Turkish ship, called the Mavi Marmara — the “peace activists” met the Israelis with brute force, attacking the Israelis with poles, chairs, knives and other weapons. The Israelis filmed this episode, and the video can be viewed on YouTube. After watching the video, it is clear that the commandos went onto the boat with no intention of killing anyone. Only after facing violence did the com-

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uring the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters, I served as the commentary editor for Rutgers-Camden’s weekly newspaper, The Gleaner.

As the commentary editor I actively sought to include writers from a diversity of opinions. Among the contributors was Rutgers-Camden Republican Club President Erik Opczynski. Opczynski frequently wrote from an ultra-conservative perspective, and when he did not write for an issue he would recruit someone else with a similar viewpoint to write that week. I admired Opczynski for his commitment to contributing and for his chutzpah, but his recent campaign to remove Paul Robeson’s name from Rutgers-Camden’s library, reported Tuesday in The Daily Targum’s “Student challenges values of alumnus,” harkens back to a Cold War mentality and the violence and censorship that came along with it.

It seems that Opczynski ascribes to the evil Communist/heroic America-binary concept of Cold War America. In this world any critic of capitalism is assumed to be a supporter of authoritarian forms of communism and any critic of U.S. imperialism or traditional values was considered un-American. This binary concept was used to instill fear in people as a method of social control.

According to Opczynski, Paul Robeson is “an unabashed Communist, who despised the capitalism and liberty we are so fortunate to enjoy.”

It is true that Robeson admired the socialist experiment that was underway in the Soviet Union and was a critic of capitalism. This is something that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover paid special attention to and that his white-supremacist opponents used to attempt to discredit his involvement in the

American Civil Rights Movement and the African struggles against colonialism. Regardless of his standpoint on socialism, communism and the Soviet Union, I think it is fair to say that most people in the post-Cold War era would believe that Robeson had the right to sympathize and, if he desired, to affiliate with communism. And I think that most people would also agree that using this information to smear his character for whitesupremacist political goals is pretty pathetic and unfair.

While Opczynski’s privileged experience as a white man in an American university may have given little reason to critique capitalism from personal experience, Robeson saw the dark side of capitalism and the “liberty we are so fortunate to enjoy” is certainly not so easily taken for granted among most members of minority groups in America. In addition to this, we can assume that even if a person’s experience reasonably leads them to a critique of capitalism or America that they may as well buck up, because the only other choice would be communism, and therefore to join the dark side.

Opczynski said “Communists are responsible for massive death,” as if wars and neocolonial campaigns launched on the behalf of nations and groups that identify as “capitalists” have not brought about “massive death.” This critique of communism and the Soviet Union without consistently offering the same critique to other forms of government and nations must end.

Opczynski is continuing an old right-wing tactic of launching a smear campaign to attempt to sway the American public into seeing an individual as dangerous. I will not stand for the defamation of this talented and compassionate University alumnus.

Michael Carr is a School of Arts and Sciences junior. He is also the former commentary editor for Rutgers-Camden’s The Gleaner.

mandos begin firing their handguns, which led to the unfortunate deaths of nine “peace activists.” A BBC documentary, “Death in the Med,” that used first-hand accounts and video evidence to substantiate its analysis, concluded that Israeli commandos acted in self-defense.

“Hamas is, we must remember, a terrorist organization that seeks to destroy the Jewish state.”

Evidence has since been uncovered to incriminate the “peace activists.” The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel’s military found weapons and combat gear that “[included] knives, clubs, slingshots, bulletproof vests, gas masks and night vision goggles.” Furthermore, the flotilla really had very little to do with bringing humanitarian aid.

Rather, as one of its leaders, Greta Berlin, stated, “This mission is not

about delivering humanitarian supplies, it’s about breaking Israel’s siege.” That is to say, their goals were militarily and politically oriented, not humanitarian. Furthermore, according to Daniel Ayalon, Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, there were 75 “mercenaries” on board who had connections to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.

The rest of the world wasted little time in unjustly criticizing Israel.

The United Nations condemned Israel’s actions, and the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan called this incident an act of state-sponsored terrorism. No one wanted to stand up for Israel: the only liberal democracy in the Middle East and one that secures rights for women, gays and minorities.

Israel is clearly held to a different standard than the rest of the world.

The majority of the world blames and criticizes Israel for defending itself against Hamas, while Egypt also enforces the blockade of Gaza.

The world blames Israel, even as Iran is racing to build a nuclear weapon that will imperil peace throughout the world. The world criticizes Israel, even as Turkey

occupies Cyprus and displaced its natives. The world blames Israel, even though Kuwait, not Israel, expelled more Palestinians than any other nation — 400,000 in March 1991.

Hamas is, we must remember, a terrorist organization that seeks to destroy the Jewish state in every conceivable way. Its charter calls for the destruction of Israel, and they back it up by lobbing hundreds of missiles at Israel. Naval blockades have been used throughout all of modern history to stop enemies from rearming. The Union blockaded the Confederacy during the Civil War, and the Allies blockaded the Central Powers during World War I. President John F. Kennedy blockaded Cuba, and Israel blockades Gaza. It is an unfortunate reality, but it is a fact of life. Israel acted in complete accordance with international law, and the criticisms it faces are entirely unjustified.

Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics and history. He is also a fellow with the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 5 -- You get more done today by focusing intensely on one question at a time. Tomorrow is soon enough for other problems. A female points out a solution.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- If you can sway the opinion of one influential female, you win everything. Others will go along and think it was their idea.

Imagine total agreement.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 6 -- Other people offer suggestions that come from three different places, yet all indicate how much they care about you. There's love in each communication.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is a 6 -- An associate wishes you'd get to practical details early. You like to check the big picture, but the work goes faster if you focus on the task at hand.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Take time to revise your thinking about household changes. You have the chance now to refine the plan and choose better materials. Be sure to use the right tools.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- A partner poses questions relating to work, as well as opportunities relating to romance and recreation. Work first and then do something fun together.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Recreational activities late in the day depend on you getting work done as quickly as possible.

Stick to the most practical tasks. Keep it simple.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 6 -- Allow your thinking to wander now. Blurred focus is just what you need, as you apply artistic talents. Use a light touch and a broad stroke.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 6 -- A previously steadfast female changes her mind dramatically now. It could be fun to just see what happens. Let it roll, unless others get singed.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 6 -- An array of choices lie before you. When addressing a friend's question, don't let your practicality sound insensitive. Listen well before offering advice.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 7 -- You have a beautiful plan brewing. Take a deep breath, and move into action.

You won't see results until later.

Still, you make visible progress.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 6 -- Work in seclusion to find answers to burning questions. What first seems like an obstacle to practical actions turns out to mask an opportunity.

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Senior defensive end Alex Silvestro has 32 tackles this season, including seven for a loss and one sack.

END: Francis impresses RU behind starters Silvestro, Freeny continued from back Francis is in a similar role to Freeny last season — while former Knight George Johnson still toed the gridiron — and credits both Freeny and senior Alex Silvestro with helping his progress.

“Those two guys are really close to me,” Francis said. “We spend a lot of time off the field together. We talk about moves that could better ourselves. We teach each other. We come in on late nights and we kind of groom each other’s moves and stuff like that, like techniques and footwork. It’s definitely been a learning experience.”

Silvestro and Freeny both started every game this season, but said that Francis is the perfect guy they want playing behind them.

“He’s progressing ver y well,” Freeny said. “I just see

him coming out ever y day and taking the field with a great attitude and just showing up to work. He comes in with me and Alex and makes us better at the same time. It’s not just him improving, but his improvement helps us get better as well.

“It’s great to have a guy like that behind you because you know that if you’re gassed or dinged up, there is a really talented guy coming in to make plays.”

In head coach Greg Schiano’s weekly press conference, the 10th-year head coach commented that Francis has improved, but has a way to go — as does the entire defensive line.

“I think he is getting better and better,” Schiano said. “He is per forming better and better. He is still making mistakes, but we all are up front.

We are making some really good plays and then we are making some mistakes. We need to be more consistent on our defensive front as well as our of fensive front.”

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior defensive end Jonathan Freeny has 28 tackles this season, including five for a loss and recovered a pair of fumbles.

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Targum volleyball beat writer Bill Domke chats with senior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton about her television preferences, her red hair, treatment from her teammates and beginning to cook her own food ...

Bill Domke: What’s your favorite TV show?

Caitlin Saxton: I really like “Locked Up Abroad.”

It’s where people get put in prison in foreign countries for doing something wrong. I really like prison shows.

BD: Why do you like prison shows?

CS: I don’t know. I like anything really dangerous and bad and people who do those things.

So I don’t know. I also like “Glee” though, too. I like happy shows, too.

BD: Do you like “South Park?”

CS: Yeah, I do like “South Park.” I just saw the one on the Jersey Shore. (laughs) I thought that one was funny.

BD: What is your opinion on red heads and everything about that?

CS: You know, I really embrace my gingerness. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be ginger. I’m proud of it. I’m just looking forward to sharing my ginger-ness with the world. Plus, [senior Emma Chrystal] — all she wants is a ginger baby. I want to be the godmother for the ginger baby. Emma says she likes to collect gingers, which is kind of creepy.

BD: I don’t think I’ve heard too many things that have actually left me speechless. OK, favorite type of music. Go. CS: I like all types of music. I like sing-alongs, basically things to blast in the car and sing with your friends.

BS: Alright, what is one thing about Caitlin Saxton that the world doesn’t know?

CS: The team makes fun of me for not having a genuine laugh. They say I don’t laugh at things.

Everyone has a specific laugh, but I don’t, apparently. I think that I do, but everyone else doesn’t think that I do. So apparently I don’t think things are funny.

BD: But you’ve laughed during this interview.

CS: I do laugh at myself, apparently. (laughs) BD: What’s your opinion on [dining hall] takeout?

CS: I miss it. Because now that I don’t live on campus, I can’t just run to Brower [Commons on the College Avenue campus] after practice and grab five chicken sandwiches and French fries, but now I have to be a normal person and make my own food. I try to get the freshmen to swipe me, but so far that has not been successful.

BD: So you cook your own food?

CS: Yeah, I really like to cook, actually. I started a blog this summer and I would write about the things I cooked. But ever since I’ve been in season, I didn’t have much time to make some really good meals.

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CLASS: Mack, Taylor join

WIN: Betz looks to build on

Rutgers from winning programs

early-season form against WVU

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Rutgers has been lacking in the recent years.”

While Randall, the class’s other big man, did not sign his Letter of Intent yesterday, his former Paterson Catholic teammate Mack did.

Now at St. Anthony High School after Paterson Catholic closed, Mack is ranked as high as No. 84 in the nation by ESPN, which rates him as the No. 15 point guard.

“Myles Mack is my best friend,” Randall said. “We played together for three years and we became close. It was like we were destined to play together in college, just like high school.”

The 5-foot-10, 165-pound Mack is part of a backcourt duo that signed yesterday, although his stature puts him in stark contrast with Taylor, who is 6foot-3.

But the size does not af fect Mack’s play, according to Rice. “[Mack] has a knack of finishing and finding an open man in the paint for someone his size,” Rice said. “He has another chip on his shoulder because of his size, but he certainly has that skill and that moxie to help us become successful right away.”

Mack’s background from winning programs — Paterson Catholic, which ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation last season, and St. Anthony, where he will play for Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley — can also benefit the Knights.

With another guard in Seagears verbally committed, Mack is not worried about a crowded backcourt.

“All of us can carr y each other,” he said. “It’s not like it’s only one person — everyone will contribute to this team.”

And if Rice will rely on Mack to be the distributing guard who can finish in the paint, Taylor will find a home on the perimeter.

The nation’s 55th-ranked shooting guard, according to ESPN, Taylor averaged 15.8 points per game last season and 21 points in the playoffs, when he led Boys and Girls High School (N.Y.) to New York City’s public school title.

“Mike Taylor is somebody who can put the ball in the hoop,” Rice said. “He comes from such a winning program, played in a lot of big games and made shots in a lot of big games. Someone who has a knack for making the big shot and we’re going to ask him [for] consistency shooting the ball from the perimeter.”

Rice sold each of the three commitments on a Rutgers program that has not appeared in the NCAA Tour nament since 1991 and has 13 Big East wins over the past four seasons, but none of them took issue with that.

And when more letters arrive through the fax machine, Rice and his commitments can keep thinking about changing that in the program’s future.

“Rutgers isn’t really a bad school, but they haven’t had any success in the past few years. I just looked at it as an oppor tunity to come in and make a quick impact,” Lewis said. “When you bring in a lot of talent like that and do it all in one year, that’s just going to make ever ything better.”

Senior diver Jen Betz looks to continue her hot streak this week in Morgantown. She finished first in the three-meter dive at the Knights’ first meet with a score of 269.60, while also taking second in the one-meter dive with a score of 244.55.

Although the Knights had their first taste of success with the win over Georgetown, there is still plenty of room for improvement from the squad.

“Our focus is on the little things and making our corrections in practice carry over to the meet,” Betz said. “We’ve been doing great at keeping a positive attitude during competitions even though we’re exhausted from training, and I’d like to see that carry over to this meet, as well.”

JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior Brianne Lindblad won both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke races in the Scarlet Knights’ Big East quad-meet opener.

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The Knights are a very young team with no seniors aside from the captain Betz, but that may play to their advantage this weekend as West Virginia is similarly flushed with youth.

The meet will be a test of the young athletes’ development on both teams. The meet will also be important for Rutgers firstyear head coach Phil Spiniello, who is forced to match wits with West Virginia’s veteran head coach Vic Riggs.

Both teams will ask a lot of their athletes in the first few weeks of Division I competition, but the winner of this meet will most likely be the one whose rookies show up ready to compete.

“I think [the younger girls] are all stepping up and taking their roles on this team very seriously,” Betz said. “It always takes time to adjust to college swimming and diving, but I think they are doing a great job and will only continue to improve as the season goes on.”

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he controversy surrounding Auburn quarterback Cam Newton continued yesterday, when two sources that recruit for Mississippi State reported that Newton and his father, Cecil, would make their college choice based on a pay-forplay plan.

The sources allege that Cecil Newton said prior to his son’s commitment to Auburn that it would take “more than a scholarship” for his son to attend Mississippi State.

The NCAA is currently investigating the allegations.

JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior Leigh Heinbaugh averaged a 9.236 on the balance beam last season, when she returned from a 2009 campaign spent on the sidelines due to an injury. The Sicklerville, N.J., native is part of a Rutgers gymnastics team that last season competed in the USA Nationals.

Influx of freshmen encourages Chollet-Norton

BY JOSH GLATT STAFF WRITER

Coming off of a banner year in which the Rutgers gymnastics team earned a spot at USA Nationals, GYMNASTICS t h e Scarlet Knights will once again look to exceed expectations.

With a strong freshman class and a host of talented athletes returning this season, the team is looking for a new beginning.

Despite not having their first competition until Jan. 8, the Knights are already focused on a season that could unveil the team as a burgeoning powerhouse.

“Last season we went to USA Nationals,” said head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton. “This year with the athletes we have coming in and the girls we have returning, we have our sights set on the NCCAs.” The Knights’ goal a year ago was simply to get to USA Nationals, a tournament equivalent to the National

Invitational Tournament in college basketball. With a roster that boasts a strong freshman class and experienced upperclassmen this time around, Rutgers is primed to take the next step.

One of the biggest problems the program faced in the past was a lack of funding.

“It has been impossible to offer full scholarships to all the athletes that deser ve them,” Chollet-Norton said.

With the help of Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, the team now has the monetary backing to bring in elite athletes that have experience in three or four events from the start.

One coup in this year’s recruiting class is Luisa Leal, a member of the Colombian National Team and a qualifier for the Gymnastics World Championships.

The prized recr uit noted that an increase in funding greatly contributed to her signing with Rutgers.

“Luisa is an absolutely dynamic athlete,” Chollet-Norton said.

“It took a while to get her here, but she is really excited to be here.”

With Leal, the coaching staff boasts an athlete at a level that warrants special treatment. Still, Chollet-Norton recognizes that an athlete of Leal’s caliber should stick with the routine she uses. “We are integrating her into the team,” Chollet-Norton said. “We have to take a step back because we don’t want to mess anything up.”

Chollet-Norton is also excited about the rest of her recruiting class, headlined by two athletes, Alexandria Ivol and Alexis Gunzelman, from New Jersey.

“We have some great incoming freshman with Alexis Gunzelman and Allie Ivol who are outstanding bar workers,” Chollet-Norton said.

Along with her influx of young talent, Chollet-Nor ton has a strong group of upperclassmen returning.

Highlighted by seniors Kiah Banfield, Leigh Heinbaugh and Sunny Gerlach, the returning

upperclassmen boast a great deal of experience and leadership.

“We are such a close team and even though we stress it, it comes from them,” CholletNorton said. “We didn’t even name a captain because we have such a strong senior class.”

Chollet-Nor ton also noted that with the added suppor t from Pernetti comes greater pressure on the team to perform at a high level. The coach and her team take these expectations in stride, recognizing that regardless of pressure, that going to the NCAAs is their goal.

“With more money, there is more pressure,” CholletNor ton said. “We have to take the step up to the Big Dance, but that is something we would have wanted anyway. Tim gave us the money to be able to give a full ride to an athlete like Luisa.

“Danae [Johnson] is healthy. Leigh is back. We are looking for ward to it. We are a close team.”

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counteract the departures of Boise State, Fresno State and Nevada to the Mountain West conference, the WAC is expected to welcome three new programs to fill the empty slots. Denver, Texas-San Antonio and Texas State are set to join the conference for the 2012-13 season, according to sources.

The WAC will make an official announcement later today.

THE

NEW

YORK

Yankees started their freeagent splash yesterday and made a visit to Arkansas to meet with the hottest product on the market, starting pitcher Cliff Lee. General manager Brian Cashman flew out to Lee’s home to meet with him and his family in an attempt to convince the star to join the Bombers. Lee’s agent is expected to ask Cashman for an offer similar to the one pitcher CC Sabathia got three years ago, when the pitcher agreed to a seven-year, $161 million contract.

THE

NHL

ALL-STAR

game will have a different makeup than years past this season, as the league announced yesterday that a player draft will determine the rosters for both conferences.

Two captains from each NHL team will be selected by players, and in hand those captains will fill their respective rosters through their selections. Fans will still be involved in the process, though, and will select three starting forwards, two starting defensemen and the goalkeeper for each team.

AFTER

THE

MIAMI

Dolphins fell, 26-10, to the Baltimore Ravens in a game when starting quarterback Chad Henne threw three interceptions, it was clear the offense needed a change. The organization made that change at quarterback yesterday, as head coach Tony Sparano named Chad Pennington the starter. The Marshall product has not played in a game since Week 3 of last season, when he suffered a right-shoulder injury that made way for Henne to take snaps.

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DEERING RELIEVES SANU IN W ILDCAT

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Mohamed Sanu remains unlikely to return to his Wildcat duties for the Rutgers football team as he continues to nurse an ankle injury that limited him in recent weeks.

While the sophomore has maintained his role at wide receiver and ran the occasional Wildcat play, freshman Jeremy Deering has shouldered much of the load.

As the Scarlet Knights prepare for Syracuse on Saturday, head coach Greg Schiano is still being careful with his offensive weapon.

“He’s still not 100 percent, but he’s improving,” Schiano said. “He has to be careful, he’s such a tough kid. He came back sooner than we thought. It doesn’t mean that he’s OK. You always have to be careful with what type of workload we put on him.”

The Orange are well aware of the threat Sanu possesses, as he threw his first career touchdown pass last season at the Carrier Dome.

Sanu’s third touchdown toss came last week against South Florida not out of the Wildcat, but from a trick play when he lined up wide. But with Deering — a former high school quarterback like Sanu — running the Wildcat, he is more than willing to expand his role to include the occasional pass.

“I’m pretty comfor table throwing,” Deering said.

“Whatever they want me to do and whatever they think is right for the team I’m going to do.”

The Leto High School (Fla.) product played quar terback his junior year, but then moved to wideout and only threw 15 passes his senior year in Tampa.

With the Knights, he has only played receiver and run out of the Wildcat and produced 103 yards on 20 carries.

Although he sees the toll Sanu’s workload took on the sophomore, he is more than willing to continue to expand his role.

“I’m not really worried about it, I’m just going out and playing,” Deering said.

“Ever ybody is a little dinged up here and there.”

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TAILBACK

JOE

Mar tinek was unable to replicate the success he traditionally has against South Florida last week, and he came out of the game with his ankle as sore as ever since he injured it Sep. 11 against Florida International.

“It was the normal soreness after the game physically,” said Martinek, who ran for negative-six yards against the Bulls.

“Mentally, we left stuf f out there and didn’t play well enough, but now it’s on to the next week.”

In preparation for this week, Mar tinek has been able to practice despite his ankle.

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ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

True freshman Jeremy Deering, above, and junior tailback Joe Martinek have handled most of the ball-carrying duties while Mohamed Sanu is limited in the Wildcat with an ankle injury.

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Manny Abreu continues to recover from a knee injur y suffered Oct. 16 against Army, but it is unclear whether he will be able to go against Syracuse.

“Manny is getting better, I think,” Schiano said. “I don’t know if he’ll be able to play or if he’ll be full-go. He’s better than he’s been.”

Sophomore cornerback Marcus Cooper’s status is also uncer tain for Saturday, although Schiano did not sound as optimistic as he did with Abreu.

“I don’t know if he’s going to make it,” Schiano said. “It’ll be close. That hurts us, he was really coming on.”

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Defensive end surprises with interception

Trio signs on to start RU’s recruiting class

BY SAM HELLMAN

BY STEVEN MILLER

CORRESPONDENT

SPORTS EDITOR

Coming off the bench, junior Justin Francis turned the tides on South Florida and almost helped FOOTBALL pull off a win at Raymond James Stadium.

Francis, coming in on a third down, intercepted the first pass of his career — not a common feat for a defensive end that plays primarily on third down.

“It’s not too often that you see defensive linemen catching interceptions and at least getting a couple of yards,” said Francis, who added a tackle for loss in the game. “It was a good experience. The coaches always have us doing catching drills before we start our practice and just tell us to get our thumbs together and our index fingers together and make sure we can see through a diamond and catch the ball.

When the ball was in the air, I was just focused and I grabbed it.”

With senior defensive end Jonathan Freeny becoming an ever y-down player at the star t of the season, Francis took over the role as the first defensive end of f the bench.

Through two-thirds of the season, Francis played in seven games with two tackles for loss and a sack. He is 16th on the team in tackles but his reps continue to increase as fatigue affects the starters.

“I feel like I’ve definitely learned a lot this season,” Francis said. “I have developed my way through pass rush moves and in the run game. The end result is that the coaches dictate my increased playing time and stuff like that. If I’m getting increased playing time, than that should speak for itself.”

It was no secret that yesterday would mark the beginning of a new era for Rutgers basketball, MEN’S BASKETBALL men’s when the early signing period opened for recruits.

Although Mike Rice knew his class of seven commitments for 2011 would join the Scarlet Knights in a nationally-ranked class, there was still excitement for the first-year head coach when Greg Lewis, Myles Mack and Mike Taylor made it official, signing their National Letters of Intent to join Rutgers.

“To finally get actual NLI’s come across the fax machine was very exciting,” Rice said. “I’ll be even more excited tomorrow when we get six out of the seven done. But it re-energizes you. You star t thinking about where this program can be in a couple of years.”

Kadeem Jack, Malick Kone, Derrick Randall and Jerome Seagears make up the remainder of the recruiting class, but Lewis, who was the last commitment on Oct. 29, wasted no time in signing his future to the Knights.

Lewis acknowledged after his commitment that although he may not know all of his future teammates personally, he played against all of them and was excited to be the “final piece” to the class that Rice spoke to him about.

“Greg Lewis may have the most upside among the seven recruits,” Rice said of Rivals’ and ESPN’s No. 14-ranked center.

“He has tremendous mobility and versatility for someone his size. He’s someone who plays with that edge and that toughness that we’re lacking — that probably

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ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior defensive end Justin Francis celebrates a fourth-quarter interception against South Florida by making a No. 52 in honor of paralyzed teammate Eric LeGrand.

SEE CLASS ON PAGE 17

Knights travel to Morgantown in search of Big East win

BY MATT CANVISSER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN

Sophomore Brittney Kuras swam on the Scarlet Knights’ victorious 200-yard medley relay team last season against West Virginia along with classmate Taylor Curado, who finished first in the 100-yard butterfly in the Knights’ Big East opener against Georgetown and Villanova.

The Rutgers swimming and diving team returns to action this weekend against Big East rival West Virginia after a much-needed bye last week.

SWIMMING & DIVING The Scarlet Knights (1-2, 1-2), RUTGERS AT head down to WEST VIRGINIA, Morgantown, SATURDAY, 11 A.M. W.Va., to take on the Mountaineers (1-3, 0-2) on Saturday at 11 a.m.

West Virginia is coming off two straight Big East losses. Louisville defeated the Mountaineers, 186-105, and Cincinnati then bested WVU, 162-130. These come on top of a nonconference loss to Penn State. West Virginia’s only win came against in-state rival Marshall.

West Virginia will be looking for revenge, as the Knights defeated the Mountaineers, 159-125, last season at the RU Aquatic Center.

Last year’s victory for Rutgers was highlighted by a relay victory by a team featuring current Knights Taylor Curado and Brittney Kuras.

Curado, Kuras and the rest of the Knights will undoubtedly look to recapture some of that magic from last year’s win on Saturday.

Rutgers comes off a Big East quad meet on Halloween weekend in which they defeated Georgetown, 226-127, but fell to Connecticut, 224-129, and Villanova, 209-144.

The Knights had three first-place finishes in swimming at the meet — one from Curado and two by junior Brianne Lindblad.

SEE WIN ON PAGE 17