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Anti-bullying law sparks U. to reassess policy

City residents raise concerns at meeting

BY NEIL KYPERS

BY AMY ROWE

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A city council meeting last night marked a new year of resolutions and a number of complaints from New Brunswick residents in attendance.

Prior to the meeting, council President Robert Recine presided over an honorary ceremony for outgoing council members Blanquita Valenti and Joseph Egan.

Recine, the new president replacing member Elizabeth Garlatti, presented Valenti with a plaque for her 10 years of service to the council, while Egan’s commemorated his 17 years as a part of municipal government.

“We are honored and thankful for both of their ser vices,” Recine said. “We hope this presentation will be a ‘thank you’ ser ved with distinction, caring and thoughtfulness for these two people who really cared about our city of New Brunswick.”

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City Attorney William Hamilton and New Brunswick City Council President Robert Recine discuss plans for the city’s future at last night’s council meeting on Bayard Street.

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HOUSE REPEALS HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION The House of Representatives voted yesterday to repeal President Barack Obama’s and the Democrat’s historic health care act.

In a 245 to 189 vote, all Republicans and three Democrats — Reps. Dan Boren, Okla., Mike McIntyre, N.C., and Mike Ross, Ark. — voted in the majority to repeal the Affordable Health Care for America Act, according to a New York Times article.

The House debated the issue for five hours Tuesday, with Republicans claiming the law is governmental intrusion, forcing employers to remove jobs, creat-

ing an unsustainable entitlement program, burdening governments with costs and hurting the doctor-patient relationship, according to the article.

They also said it does not diminish high medical costs.

“Repeal means paving the way for better solutions that will lower the cost without destroying jobs or bankrupting our government,” Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in the article.

“Repeal means keeping a promise. This is what we said we would do.”

The Democrats believe the law has many benefits, such as protecting mil-

lions who would otherwise be denied coverage, keeping Americans under their parents’ plans until the age of 26 and implementing tax breaks for small businesses that help provide insurance to their employees.

“It is unbelievable that with so many people out of work and millions of people uninsured, the first act of this new Congress is to take health care away from people who just got coverage,” Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., said in the ar ticle.

With the signing of the new Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, the first of its kind to set deadlines on school teachers and administrators to combat bullying, the University is now taking steps to adjust its own policy.

According to the bill, the only requirement for institutes of higher education is to adopt a policy that will be included in the student code of conduct, which prohibits harassment, intimidation and bullying.

The bill details what constitutes these three criteria as well as requiring the institution to detail the disciplinary actions that will ensue if any student violates the code of conduct.

Anne Newman, director of the Office of Student Conduct, said the University has a policy similar to the legislation’s requirements.

“Currently, one of the [Student] Code [of Conduct] violations is a violation of the Student Life Policy Against Verbal Assault, Defamation and Harassment. This policy covers behaviors that constitute bullying,” Newman said via email correspondence.

The policy outlines the criteria that constitute a violation as well as what punishment befalls a student who is found to have been in violation.

“Verbal assault, defamation, or harassment interferes with the mission of the University.

Each member of this community is expected to be sufficiently tolerant of others so that all students are free to pursue their goals in an open environment, able to participate in the free exchange of ideas and able to share equally in the benefits of our educational opportunities,” according to the policy.

Regardless of similarities, Newman’s office is working with the University’s legal counsel in an effort to make some changes to the Code of Conduct.

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Third Zeitgeist film addresses power of money

BY MAXWELL BARNA CORRESPONDENT

In support of the Jan. 15 release of activist and director Peter Joseph’s newest documentary, University student group The Zeitgeist Movement hosted a screening of “Zeitgeist: Moving For ward,” last night in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

The documentary is the third installment in a series of films that critique the power of money over people and questions the role of people and institutions in positions of power, like the U.S. government’s role in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the validity of religion and the bureaucratic use of economic hit men.

The subject matter in this documentary differs from that of its predecessors, said event co-coordinator Seth Rosen. “[Moving For ward] lends itself a little more credibility that this is the kind of material that can be screened in theaters,” Rosen said. “Having it here at

Rutgers is really important to us because I think ever y major movement that has lasted has begun in a university setting.”

The documentary also covers topics like eliminating the need for human labor through mechanization and a gradual transition to a resource-based economy instead of monetary systems.

“It touches on the economic fallacies that we have today,” said David Lam, also an event coordinator. “One of the primary examples is planned obsolescence, which cannot be addressed by our current system.”

The event’s coordinators, volunteers from The Zeitgeist Movement, were optimistic about the film and the audience’s reaction.

“The screening tonight as a grassroots effort was incredible,” Lam said. “It’s directly hosted by volunteers who work and take classes on their own time [and] the turnout has been spectacular.”

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INDEX UNIVERSITY Campus voices reflect on the governor’s performance after a full year in office.

OPINIONS Gov. Chris Christie recently proposed that caps on tuition for public universities be removed.

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Campus comments on governor’s first year in office

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

As Gov. Chris Christie completed his first year as the governor of New Jersey yesterday, members of the University community reflected on his growth and transformation into a leader of the Garden State.

John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said Christie achieved more than what many thought was possible and considered his first year in office a success.

“He got the legislature to enact the budget he wanted and reduced state spending in most areas,” he said. “He has become the dominant force in New Jersey government to an extent that past governors have not been able to achieve in recent times.”

Even though Christie’s budget cuts received heated criticism, popularity is not always needed to be an effective leader, Weingart said.

“Public opinion is very divided. There are people who are enthusiastic to what he has done and there are people who are opposed,” he said. “I’m not putting a value judgment on his policies. He has been a very effective leader at moving the debate.”

Although Rutgers University Democrats President Chris Pflaum does not agree with many of Christie’s policies, he respects

the governor for keeping his word despite receiving backlash for certain policy decisions like the budget cuts.

“He is not afraid to shake things up or give his opinions,” said Pflaum, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “He is a polarizing figure and you either love him or hate him. But either way, you have to respect him.”

Christie did not just receive criticism for his policy decisions from the public sector but from prevalent senators in the state’s government like Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Pflaum said. But this did not stop the governor from following through on his agenda.

“Some of the budget cuts he made I completely disagree with, but he did what he had to do, he had to do and I respect him for that,” Pflaum said.

Rutgers College Republicans President Noah Glyn said what Christie accomplished during one year in office is nothing short of incredible, making his mark not only on the state but national landscape.

“He’s a force to be reckoned with in politics,” said Glyn, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “People are calling him a presidential candidate and that just shows how ready people are to hear someone who is honest and ready to lead.”

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University students and faculty express mixed views on aspects of Gov. Chris Christie’s political agenda, such as the state budget cuts.

Apart from being politically and rhetorically successful, Christie also made legislative strides during his first year in office and surprised many with his progress, Glyn said.

“People thought it would be impossible to balance the budget without raising taxes.

Christie balanced the budget without raising a single tax,” he said. “He is also looking to take on unfunded state employee benefits and pensions. He is doing a lot in his first term.”

Even though Christie is a Republican in a historically Democratic state, this makes his success as governor even more incredible, Glyn said. This

is the result of acting on policies rather than debating while not skipping around the truth.

“He isn’t one to sit back and watch ever ything take its own course,” he said. “He has been governor for one year and people are already talking about him r unning for president.

That is incredible.”

This type of vocal or rhetorical power differs greatly from past New Jersey governors, which is a major reason for Christie’s success, Weingart said. “[Jon S.] Corzine had particular difficulty in communicating clearly to a large audience,” he said. “The contrast with Christie is now all the greater

because he follows somebody who did not speak in sound bites and Christie is good at doing that.”

By being transparent with voters throughout New Jersey, Christie gained popularity for keeping to his word and staying unaf fected by criticism, Weingar t said.

“It’s a style that is very different from governors in the recent past in New Jersey,” he said. “It is a different kind of personality and it has seemed to resonate at the present moment.”

It is this type of personality and leadership style that helped Christie gain national recognition and support for a presidential run in 2012, Pflaum said.

This is something Pflaum does not foresee happening.

“I think Christie made a commitment to New Jersey and he has been a man of his word,” he said. “So I think he will wait to finish a second term as governor before looking at the White House.”

Weingar t also said the chance of Christie running for president in 2012 is highly unlikely, especially when taking his age into account.

“He could run for president in 2028 and still be in his sixties,” he said. “So I don’t think he needs to do it now particularly if it is something he doesn’t want to do.”

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CITY: Residents propose methods to improve meetings continued from front But after the celebration of the past, residents brought the council back to planning for the city’s future.

Recine expressed several goals for the upcoming year.

“I’d like to continue the city’s partnership with Rutgers,” he said. “I’m going to try to keep taxes as low as possible during this difficult economic time and improve communication with some neighborhoods downtown.”

Two newly elected council members, Rebecca Escobar and Kevin Egan, son of the elder Egan, are becoming accustomed to ser ving the people of New Brunswick.

“There’s a lot I need to learn,” Escobar said. “This year I want to make sure we continue to serve the community’s best interests. I hope I can make the best decisions for the city in general.”

Kevin Egan said he hopes to reduce litter around the city.

“It’s a learning process,” Egan said. “[Littering] is something ever yone needs to improve, but Rutgers students could help out a lot. Thursday nights when ever yone’s grabbing a Fat Cat after the football game, there are papers ever ywhere. Easton Avenue has so much litter, too. We’re tr ying to get it to look a lot cleaner.”

New Brunswick resident Charles Renda questioned the amount of money — a total of about $2,000 — the city allocated for Jameson, the New Brunswick Police Department’s canine.

“Are we sure this isn’t a fleet of dogs? Two thousand dollars is too much,” Renda said.

Recine informed Renda that the amount covered veterinary expenses as well as food and water for the year.

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City Attorney William Hamilton, Councilman Jimmie Cook Jr. and Council Vice President Rebecca Escobar listen to resident concerns and complaints regarding funding and the council agenda at last night’s meeting at City Hall.

“I don’t eat that well,” Renda said.

Still, the council passed the resolution despite Renda’s complaints.

Richard Stuar t, also a resident of New Brunswick, found fault with one resolution that funded home improvements for a couple living on Townsend Street.

Council member Jimmie Cook explained the expense added slid-

ing windows and doors to a housing project.

“Why is the city doing anything for this house?”

Stuart asked.

Cook told him that federal funding — not that of the city — covers some home improvements for those in financial need.

Following discussions of what was and what will be, residents posed inquiries about the quality of the city council meeting itself.

Stuart and Renda suggested ways to improve how meetings are run.

Stuart suggested that the council include addresses for any building named in the agenda.

“The only reason I know where Sliders Pub and Grill is, is because I walk down George Street every day,” Stuart said.

“You should include the address so everyone knows where the restaurant is that’s getting a renewed liquor license.”

Renda complained about the agenda in general.

“It’s a waste of time reading every single detail about every resolution before the meeting,” he said. “I haven’t been to a council meeting in a while, but they used to go over the agenda on a separate day than the meeting.”

Recine’s response was that reading the agenda in detail serves to ensure that no resolution is glossed over.

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“Counsel’s Office and the Office of Student Conduct are working together to develop language for the code that meets the requirements of the new legislation. Any policy changes will be for warded for approval,” Associate General Counsel at the University Monica Barrett said via e-mail.

Any changes to the Code of Conduct must go through a certain process before they become approved, Newman said.

The Committee on Student Conduct, a group of University community members charged by the vice president for Student Affairs to make recommendations, reviews the changes initially, she said. The committee then sends its recommendation to the vice president for Student Affairs as recommendations to be approved.

“Minor changes can be approved by the vice president for Student Affairs. Major changes need to be sent to the Board of Governors for final approval,” Newman said.

The Office of Student “It is Conduct is also meeting our intention with student to examine groups and how bullying h o l d i n g forums to get is currently community addressed. ” members involved in ANNE NEWMAN what the Office of Student process for Conduct Director addressing violations of the code should be like.

“We intend to use the information collected to revise the conduct system to better serve the Rutgers students,” she said. “It is our intention to examine how bullying is currently addressed and see if there is a better way to address the concern through changes.”

Another provision of the bill states that the institution shall distribute the policy by e-mail to each student within seven days of the start of each semester, starting next school year.

The University is still trying to determine the best way to reach the students and which office should be responsible for the notification, Newman said.

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Jessica Golden thinks the best way to reach the students is through e-mail.

“I usually read all my e-mails, even the official ones from the University, so I am on top of everything and know what is going on,” Golden said. “If they put it [out] through Eden, I would definitely read it.”

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student Britney Plotnick had another idea to ensure the message reaches students.

“Facebook,” Plotnick said.

“Everyone goes on there every single day, and they always check their Facebook.”

Viewers around the world have lauded the film, both coordinators said. “[At] the LA [premiere], I believe the venue [held] 800 people and it was sold out,” Lam said. “There was also a screening the next night in New York City and was also sold out.”

The coordinators believe films like “Zeitgeist: Moving Forward” are important to screen in larger theater settings because they offer alternative perspectives that some audience members would not typically be exposed to.

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“This film forces us to look at you how every economic system things in a very confined view- goes against all of the moral point by allowing people to be philosophies and values that we exposed to a much broader per- have as a country.” spective,” Lam said. “It will help Jay Patel, a School of Arts and them understand Sciences junior, the world better described the and think about “[The film] will allow documentary as things in a more “eye-opening.” you to hone your holistic way.”

“It’s really Several audijust enlightencritical thinking for ence members ing,” he said. “I the benefit of yourself thought the said they enjoyed the film. world worked a and our society. “[The docucer tain way mentary] brings before this DAVID LAM to light the fact movie, but it just Event Coordinator that the system opened up my that we are a part eyes, specificalof is a contradiction in itself,” said ly how the economy relies on Saad Khan, School of Arts and cer tain industries to exploit Sciences sophomore. “It shows human beings.”

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By releasing the film simultaneously for a theater audience, the coordinators provided a more personal atmosphere and allowed people to view the documentar y who would not normally have the opportunity to, said Thomas Johnson, one of the volunteers.

Lam feels the only way for people to fully understand what the film is about is to obtain a copy and go see it.

“No matter what your political affiliation, it’s important to give films like this a try because it will allow you to hone your critical thinking for the benefit of yourself and our society,” he said.

“Essentially the film speaks for itself. The content is incredible and enlightening.”

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A New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2011 Screening will be held in the Ruth Adams Building on the Douglass campus tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. The featured film is Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer by Thom Anderson, Fay Anderson and Morgan Fisher. It follows the origins of cinema and Muybridge, its forefather. General admission is $10 and $9 for students and seniors. There will also be commentar y by Festival Director Albert Nigrin, who is part of the University’s American Film Directors course. The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Cinema Studies Program are hosting the event. Visit njfilmfest.com for more information.

Are you a girl who likes to sing? Audition for ShockWave, Rutgers’ only award-winning female a cappella group. Auditions will be held tonight and tomorrow night from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. in room A5 of Hardenberg Hall on the College Avenue campus.

Come prepared to sing a verse and chorus of a song that shows of f your talent.

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Explore the adventurous American spirit in Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata along with works by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and George Gershwin at a special concert at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. “Concord Sonata: The Music of Charles Ives” is a lecture and recital that will have musical demonstrations to enhance the listening experience of the rich and complex sonata.

The performance will run from 3 to 4 p.m., and tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for museum members and $5 for students with valid IDs. Tickets will only be sold on the day of the concert on a firstcome, first-ser ve basis, starting at 12:30 p.m. Contact the museum at (732)-932-7237 for more information.

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"Atlantic Crossing: A Robot's Daring Mission" will be screened at 7 p.m. in Voorhees Hall Room 105 on the College Avenue Campus as part of the New Jersey Film Festival. Scott Glenn, the lead scientist on the mission, and Dena Seidel, director of the film, will be at the screening for a question and answer session.

The feature film is a documentar y about a group of University oceanographers and undergraduates who attempt to navigate an 8-foot autonomous under water robot across the rough and dangerous Atlantic. This film captures the day-to-day challenges and emotional highs and lows of the historic scientific mission.

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Join the Rutgers Graduate School of Education Student Affairs Committee in learning about a successful student-teaching experience from the shared memories and advice of the fall 2010 Student Teaching Interns. This meet-and-greet is an opportunity to connect with faculty, students and other GSE program cohorts. This free event is scheduled to run from 7:45 to 10 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

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Rutgers Geology Museum will host its annual Open House with a mineral sale, lectures on geology and kids activities including identifying minerals and volcano exhibits. Lecturers will include Dr. Elisabeth Sikes, Dr. Brain Stump, Ph.D student Jason Schein, and Ph.D candidate Morgan Schaller. Admission to the event is free.

Visit geologymuseum.rutgers.edu for more information

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“Strategic Human Resource Management: Business Strategy” is the first in a series of workshops in the Strategic Human Resource Management Certificate Program. This workshop will consider decisions regarding strategic expansion, the introduction of new products or services as well as the diversification into complimentary industries. The course is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Janice H. Levin Building on Livingston campus. Each workshop, sponsored by the Rutgers Center for Management Development, costs $475. Visit www.cmd.rutgers.edu/humanresorucesadvanced.html for more information.

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NEWARK MAN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE ROBBERIES Police arrested 30-year-old Newark resident Edgardo Melendez Friday after he repor tedly robbed three Edison ser vice stations and one Woodbridge convenience store, killing two people.

Melendez robbed the three gas stations in four days — one on Jan. 3 at the 890 Route 1 Shell Station, another on Jan. 4 at the 470 Route 1 Exxon Station and the final station on Jan. 6 at the 737 Route 1 Sunoco station, according to an nj.com article.

Woodbridge police allege that Melendez then proceeded toward the Woodbridge convenience store, where he stabbed a young worker in the arm.

In a separate event, Melendez stabbed a 52-year-old worker at a Stop N Go store on West Kelly Street in the Menlo Park Terrace section of the township, who tried to thwart his efforts by fighting him.

Following a tip, police traced Melendez to a Piscataway business Friday and arrested him immediately, according to the ar ticle.

Melendez is being held in the Middlesex County jail on more than $200,000 bail, police said yesterday.

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Wellness center to provide healthy living options

BY LUCIE LOZINSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New Br unswick residents will have the oppor tunity to shop, exercise and seek counseling in the city’s latest health care facility.

The New Brunswick wellness center, which will be located on Paterson Street, intends to provide health care as well as other physical suppor t to city residents, said Peter Haigney, director of public relations at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

“We’re interested in partnering with the city of New Brunswick and New Brunswick schools to offer swimming lessons to kids in town,” Haigney said. “We fully expect to have community outreach programs available to encourage wellness and healthy lifestyles.”

Although the hospital is collaborating with the Parking Authority and the New Br unswick Development Corporation (DEVCO), the community education program will also par tner with public schools to encourage healthy habits with an aquatic center to emphasize fun exercise, said New Br unswick city spokesman Bill Bray.

“The facility will host a learn-to-swim program, which will help kids learn ever ything from blowing bubbles to complicated swim strokes,” Bray said.

The junior Olympic-sized swimming pool will be able to host high school swim meets and other organized spor ts for New Br unswick’s homeschooled children, he said. In addition to physical exercise, people may also seek physical counseling and dietar y advice.

“It really helps residents of New Br unswick create wellness regimes from monitoring their physical aptitude and meeting with a registered nurse when they join to creating a play of exercise and diet to improve their wellness,” he said.

Prior to the wellness center in New Brunswick, RWJ University Hospital launched two successful fitness facilities in Hamilton and Rahway.

“We hope these facilities will ser ve as models,” Haigney said.

In comparison to the other facilities, the New Brunswick wellness center will be larger and will feature exercise, wellness and education programs, as well as a 45,000 square-foot supermarket on its first floor, Bray said.

“It will address the problems urban dwellers have in terms of food choices,” he said. “Many of our grocer y stores lack the space to offer a large variety of foods and brands, so this will create more competition.”

Jean Holtz, the vice president of Communications and Operations at DEVCO, said she is excited that DEVCO will be building the first supermarket in New Brunswick in decades.

“Attaining a full-ser vice grocer y store has been a priority for New Brunswick for many years,” she said.

University students will be able to get memberships to the wellness facility for more personalized health and wellness improvement, said Bray, who believes the Wellness Plaza’s best aspects for students will be the grocer y store and parking.

“One thing we’ve heard time and time again from students is that there is no grocer y store for them within walking distance,” Bray said. “People living in Rockoff Hall and University Center will be within half a block of the grocer y store.”

The parking garage, which is the first phase of the wellness center, should be completed and available to the public by the end of the year, Bray said. The other buildings will take more time.

“All property and approvals have been acquired. Demolition of buildings is beginning shor tly. There’s a site being cleared of all its buildings by early to mid-summer, a rapid pace for something like this,” Bray said.

Although the construction of the center may be long and tedious, Bray said he believes the final product will be wor th the wait.

“By the end of 2011, the wellness center is going to be rising out of the ground,” he said.

Bray is hopeful that the wellness center, along with the Gateway Project construction currently under way on Easton Avenue, will benefit the city’s overall economy.

“People can come by mass transit and walk to the facility,” he said. “Many of the city’s daytime population will use the facility and shop at the grocer y store, which will bring extra dollars to our city as well as 370 new jobs.”

As the construction continues to progress, Haigney is hopeful that residents will embrace the latest project. “[We think that] anything that encourages wellness or healthy lifestyles is good for the city of New Brunswick and the people here,” he said.

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IPad hackers charged with fraud, conspiracy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — Two men who authorities say were competing to impress their fellow hackers were arrested Tuesday on federal charges they stole the e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 Apple iPad users, including politicians and media personalities.

The theft and the AT&T security weakness that made it possible were revealed months ago, and U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said there was no evidence the men used the swiped information for criminal purposes.

Authorities cautioned, however, that it could theoretically have wound up in the hands of spammers and scam artists.

Daniel Spitler, a 26-year-old bookstore security guard from San Francisco, and Andrew Auernheimer, 25, of Fayetteville, Ark., were charged with fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization.

Fishman said the men and their cohorts were engaged in “malicious one-upsmanship” as they sought to impress each other and others online.

“We don’t tolerate committing crimes for street cred,” Fishman said. “Computer hacking is not a competitive sport, and security breaches are not a game.”

Spitler appeared in federal court in Newark and was released on $50,000 bail. A U.S. magistrate ordered him not to use the Internet except at his job at a Borders bookstore.

“I maintain my innocence and I’m not worried about this case at all,” Spitler said outside court.

“The information in the complaint is false. This case has been blown way out of proportion.”

At Auernheimer’s cour t appearance in Fayetteville — where he also faces drug charges stemming from a search of his home in June — he was ordered held pending a bail hearing on Friday. He told a magistrate that he had been drinking until 6:30 a.m., and he mocked the case against him, telling federal officials in the courtroom, “This is a great affidavit — fantastic reading.”

The stolen e-mail addresses, on their own, aren’t that valuable; many of them could easily have been guessed by knowing

a person’s name and how his or her organization structures its e-mail addresses.

But once they knew a person was an iPad owner and an AT&T customer, cybercriminals and spammers could have sent e-mails that looked like they came from Apple or AT&T, tricking the recipient into opening them.

Those e-mails could, in turn, plant malicious software on the recipient’s computer or trick the person into sharing vital private information, such as Social Security or credit card numbers.

The criminal complaint against Spitler and Auernheimer details online conversations in which their cohorts discuss selling the addresses to spammers. “you could put them in a database for spamming for example sell them to spammers,” a user named Nstyr wrote to Spitler. “tru ipad focused spam,” Spitler allegedly responded.

The complaint also quotes an article published on Gawker.com that contended the e-mail addresses of film mogul Harvey Weinstein, then-White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, New York Mayor

Michael Bloomberg and Diane Sawyer of ABC News were among those lifted from AT&T’s servers.

The case was brought in New Jersey because about 16,000 victims live in the state, Fishman said.

AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said, “We take our customers’ privacy very seriously.”

Apple referred questions to AT&T. In June, AT&T acknowledged a security weak spot on a website that exposed the e-mail addresses of apparently more than 100,000 iPad users. The company said that the vulnerability affected only iPad users who signed up for AT&T’s 3G wireless Internet service and that it had fixed the problem.

A hacker group that called itself Goatse Security claimed at the time to have discovered the weakness and said it was able to trick AT&T’s site into coughing up more than 114,000 e-mail addresses. Both Spitler and Auernheimer were members of the group, authorities said.

A representative for the group told The Associated Press in June that it contacted

AT&T and waited until the vulnerability was fixed before going public with the information. Federal prosecutors disputed that on Tuesday, saying AT&T was unaware of the breach until it appeared in online media reports.

Representatives of Goatse Security did not immediately respond to an e-mail from AP. According to court papers, the suspects used a computer script they called “the iPad3G Account Slurper” to fool AT&T’s servers into thinking they were communicating with an actual iPad. The theft of the e-mail addresses occurred between June 3 and June 8, according to court papers. On June 9, the information was provided to Gawker, which published an article on the breach.

Prosecutors said Auernheimer bragged about the operation in a blog posting June 9 and in an inter view with CNET published online on June 10. Court papers also quote him declaring in a New York Times article: “I hack, I ruin, I make piles of money. I make people afraid for their lives.”

GRAND JURY INDICTS ARIZONA SHOOTER PHOENIX — A federal grand jur y yesterday indicted the suspect in the deadly Arizona shooting rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Gif fords.

The indictment against Jared Loughner, 22, accuses him of attempting to assassinate Giffords and trying to kill two of her aides.

It does not include two murder charges listed in an earlier criminal complaint for the deaths of Giffords’ aide Gabe Zimmerman, 30, and U.S. District Judge John Roll, 63.

Those are potential death penalty charges. A statement from the U.S. attorney for Arizona, Dennis Burke, said those require a more painstaking process under Justice Department rules.

Burke said the initial indictment issued by a grand jury in Tucson was just the beginning of federal legal action against the 22-year-old Tucson resident.

Six people were killed and 13 wounded in the Jan. 8 attack at a grocer y store in Tucson as Giffords held a meet-and-greet with constituents. State charges are pending.

Calls to each of Loughner’s attorneys, Judy Clarke and Mark Fleming, weren’t immediately returned yesterday evening.

The indictment was expected. The federal criminal code mandates that an indictment be brought within 30 days of an arrest.

Burke said the investigation is still in its early stages, and additional charges are likely.

Before federal officials seek charges carr ying the death penalty, families of the victims will be consulted and a review by a Justice Department committee is required.

Loughner remains in federal custody without the possibility of bond. He is set for a preliminary hearing on Monday in Phoenix.

The San Diego-based judge set to hear the case ordered it moved to a larger federal cour troom yesterday. The cour troom is the centerpiece of the downtown Phoenix cour thouse and is mostly used for ceremonial and high-profile hearings.

— The Associated Press

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n the heels of the release of the N.J. Higher Education Task Force’s report, Gov. Chris Christie has expressed his hopes to do away with the cap he placed on college tuition increases that he himself put into place last year. Christie said it is not the governor’s place to run the state’s universities, but the responsibility of the university presidents. There is a problem with Christie’s line of thinking in this situation. As the title suggests, a public university is a public institution. This means such a university is owned and operated by the state. As the governor of the state, it is in fact Christie’s job to regulate New Jersey’s public universities.

We understand that New Jersey’s state universities are currently hurting for funding because of the state’s economic climate and that allowing public universities to increase tuition as much as they want to might be a good way to make up for the dearth of state funding. The downside to this is that removing the cap on tuition increases could allow public universities to drive their prices so high that they are no longer more affordable alternatives to their private counterparts. The task force’s report claims to want to make the University into a “great” school, but a school cannot be great if it is too expensive for students to attend.

In many ways, lifting the tuition increase cap is antithetical to the report’s aims to strengthen the University. Part of the reason the task force wants to make the University great is to encourage people to stay in New Jersey. The state seems to have trouble convincing people to hang around for longer than they have to. According to study done by United Van Lines in 2010, “62.5 percent of the moves in New Jersey were residents leaving the state.” That is, more people move out of New Jersey then come in. If state universities just start raising their prices with no intervention from the government, even more people will be leaving the state because they cannot afford public education.

Privatizing public institutions is often a terrible idea — especially when it comes to educational institutions. Cut the students some slack.

We are already paying more than enough. Can students possibly shoulder any more debt than they are already juggling? Hardly. The University certainly deserves to become the strong, competitive school the task force wants it to become. Raising the tuition will only hinder that goal.

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mong the many recommendations included in the N.J. Higher Education Task Force’s report is a call for a merger between the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and the University. More specifically, the task force is proposing that Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and the School of Public Health be separated from UMDNJ and made part of the University. University President Richard L. McCormick is excited about the prospect of the merger, but the best we can muster is cautious optimism.

A union between the University and RWJMS and the School of Public Health has a lot of potential to prove highly beneficial to the University as a whole. The merger could bring more money into the University’s pockets in the form of research grants. Also, the union would establish a strong connection between the University and RWJMS. Let’s be honest — a connection with a hospital and said hospital’s staff could bring the University into contact with potentially wealthy donors and that certainly would not be a bad thing.

Besides the prospect of monetary gain, the addition of a medical school to the University would open up a plethora of opportunity for students — graduate and undergraduate alike. The merger would allow for students to participate in more research programs and well funded ones at that. Also, the relationship the merger would foster between the University and RWJMS would bring students into close contact with experienced medical professionals, which will allow students to plunge even deeper into the medical field. Bolstering the education University students receive is even more cause for celebration than the prospective financial gains.

As stated above, all of this optimism comes with a level of caution and here is why — merging two major institutions is a difficult business. There is a lot of room for error and there is no guarantee the merger will go smoothly at all. There is not enough room to go into great detail in the space of this short editorial, but the notion that the merger could produce as much harm as help is not far-fetched. These are two schools used to doing things their own ways. They could clash, which could be detrimental to the University population.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “He is a polarizing figure and you either love him or hate him.

But either way, you have to respect him.”

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Anti-Semitism exists today Commentary T

they argue that the unique he term, the Jewish belief in God, the “Jewish question,” Torah and peoplehood are has been in existhe real reasons for the “most tence for centuries. Does it enduring and universal sound familiar? It should. hatred in history.” They The Nazis sought to solve it write, “The Jews’ affirmation by gassing millions. Former NOAH GLYN of any one of Judaism’s comEgyptian dictator Gamal ponents, God, law or nationNasser tried to answer his hood, would have provoked anti-Semitism; their affirown Jewish question by pushing the nascent state of mation of all three has rendered Jew hatred even Israel into the Mediterranean Sea, rendering the more intense.” Seeking out the true cause of the land “Judenrein” or clean of Jews. This phenomehatred, they argue that, for example, while hyperinflanon is not new to the 20th century. Throughout its tion may have led to Nazi political dominance, it does entire history, the Jewish people had enemies who not explain why the Nazis tried to kill every Jew in the sought its destruction. The Bible gives innumerable world. That, they believe, is because of the uniqueaccounts of Jew haters, like Esau, Pharaoh, Balak, ness of Judaism. Again, they are partly right. While it the Babylonians, the Amalekites and the Romans. is certainly true that Jews professed to be a people Anti-Semites have accused Jews of being bank-conbound by scripture and by God, Nazis gassed nontrolling, Hollywood-manipulating capitalists, socialbelieving Jews and “Jews” whom even the most liberists, communists and Christ-killers. al rabbi would not consider Jewish. The Nazis did not What is it about the Jews that cause such disonly hate the Jewish belief system, but they hated the dain? Inter-tribal conflict is nothing new, but in most very blood that ran through Jewish veins. cases, conflict is predicated on contact. The ancient These explanations only begin to scratch the surGreeks warred with the Persians because the face of the many theories of the Persian monarchs looked westward roots of anti-Semitism. Some say it is for expansion. Separated by the a form of bigotry, while others claim English Channel, the English and “Anti-Semites it is jealousy of Jews’ economic sucthe French fought for centuries. castigate Jews cesses or due to Jews’ historical role Jews, on the other hand, have eneas moneylenders. All these explanamies who never met them and do and Zionists tions have truth in them, and they not know them. Shakespeare probaas imperialists.” are helpful in understanding differbly never saw a Jew (as King ent episodes of anti-Semitism. But Edward I expelled all the Jews from they are unsatisfactory in determinEngland in 1290), yet he chose ing a supposed root cause. Anti-Semitism is too Shylock the Jew as a villain. Historically, antiprevalent in history — and in the world today — to Semitism has been ubiquitous; the mere idea of be ascribed to one factor. Adolph Hitler and Jews — let alone actual Jews — caused hatred.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes both wanted to destroy As with any debate, there are competing explanaJudaism, but Hitler aimed to wipe out all the Jews, tions as to why Jew-hatred has been so unique while Antiochus only wished them to abandon their throughout the history of the world. Christopher religion and adopt Hellenism. Clearly, Hitler and Hitchens this past summer wrote in the pages of The Antiochus hated Judaism for different reasons. It is Atlantic magazine that Jew-hatred is unique because too simplistic to argue that there is one guiding prinJews rejected both Christ and Muhammad. He ciple that spurs anti-Semitism. writes, “Unlike other nations or peoples, Jews were Anti-Semitism is not an ancient philosophy to be among the witnesses to the alleged lives and preachexhumed and deciphered by future scholars. It is alive ings of Jesus and Muhammad and turned away from and well. Modern anti-Semites castigate Jews and men they deemed false Messiahs. It is inconceivable Zionists as imperialists and cloak their hatred under that they will ever be quite forgiven for doing so.” the false pretenses of anti-Zionism, when their hatred is Hitchens is right that the Jewish refusal to accept really as old as the Jewish people itself. I will leave it for these two men has led to persecution. But Hitchens someone far more knowledgeable than I to set the is only half right, because anti-Semitism did not first parameters of what constitutes anti-Semitism as appear with the inception of Islam and Christianity. opposed to justified criticism, but that does not render This explanation does not account for atheist antius unable to point out what is truly anti-Semitic. We Semites like Karl Marx. Jews have been the object of must rightfully declare a group of Muslim students hatred in monotheistic, pagan and secular societies. who disrupted Israeli ambassador’s speech at Hitchens’ explanation does not suffice.

University of California-Irvine to call him an “accomAuthors Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin offer a different perspective on anti-Semitism. In their SEE GLYN ON PAGE 11 book, “Why the Jews: The Reason for Anti-Semitism,” Due to space limitations, submissions cannot exceed 750 words. If a commentary exceeds 750 words, it will not be considered for publication. All authors must include name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication. Anonymous letters will not be considered. All submissions are subject to editing for length and clarity.

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Hold journalists responsible for biased news Letter LINDSEY SHERRATT

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s someone who pays a minimal amount of attention to politics, I always get a little suspicious when I see 90 percent cited as a statistic, especially when that statistic represents an opinion on a controversial issue. That is exactly what happened when I read yesterday’s editorial in The Daily Targum titled, “Respect the public’s views on gun laws.”

As a whole, it seemed a little misleading to me. For one thing, “90 percent of Americans and 90 percent of gun owners support fixing gaps in government databases that are meant to prevent the mentally ill, drug abusers and others from buying guns” does not necessarily mean the same thing as [what was in the

index] “90 percent of [Americans and gun owners] all agree that gun control laws need to be stricter” yet that was the premise. That is even what was printed on the very front page of The Daily Targum.

So I did what everyone should do when they feel they have read something misleading in a newspaper, even though I truly could care less about gun control — I did some research. The poll cited was not difficult to find and a fiveminute Google search did the trick. What I found confirmed my suspicions. One question in the poll asked, “In general, do you feel the laws covering the sale of guns should be made more strict, less strict or kept as they are now?” The answer, as you may have guessed, was not that 90 percent of Americans and 90 percent of gun owners said gun laws should be made more strict. In

fact, 51 percent of Americans and 36 percent of gun owners said more strict, 7 percent of Americans and 10 percent of gun owners said less strict, and 39 percent of Americans and 50 percent of gun owners said to keep laws as they are now.

“The vast majority of news sources are biased.”

In general, Americans are pretty split on the gun control issue although the divide seems to be more about staying the same versus more strict, rather than less strict versus more strict. On the very narrow issue of keeping guns out of the hands of drug users and the mentally ill, Americans pretty much

agreed. Yesterday’s editorial took the opinions of the narrow issue, applied them to the opinions of the general issue, presented that misapplication as fact and then made their argument based on that. It is exactly this kind of manipulation of the truth that has created the media and political climate we have now found ourselves in.

There is nothing in the editorial that is technically untrue.

Technically, supporting restrictions for the mentally ill and drug users is supporting stricter gun laws and technically, 90 percent of Americans and 90 percent of gun owners support restrictions for the mentally ill and drug users and therefore stricter gun laws. It is exactly that reliance on technicality that makes the article so misleading. The facts were manipulated to suit the purpose of the author and to back up their

message and this sort of journalistic sleight of hand needs to stop.

It is time journalists, especially opinion-based ones, are held responsible for telling the truth.

It seems there is a tacit understanding that opinionbased journalists are less responsible for telling absolute facts than their unbiased counterparts. This understanding is incredibly damaging, especially since the vast majority of news sources are biased and becoming increasingly so.

It is time that Americans in general — and journalists in particular — realize that bias and fact are not mutually exclusive and hold journalists responsible accordingly.

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Jews were, we must remember, the victims of a mechanized genocide. While the Holocaust was the worst example of antiSemitism, it was not the first, nor the last. Jews are not likely to be the victims of another Holocaust, but they are still victims of insipid declarations from international bodies that have no sense of right and wrong. Jews and Israelis are still victims of terrorism, and of delusional fantasies of tyrants like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. AntiSemitism is not new, yet it continues to astound us when people call for the destruction of the state of Israel and for the mass murder of the Jewish people. Instead of asking, “Why the Jews?” I ask a different Jewish question: “Why are we surprised?”

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pays taxes. The governor and a select group of people need to stop thinking that they somehow have ownership over our school.

Pricing education at free market rates takes away the public aspect. The whole reason publicly funded schools exist is so tuition is not mandated by the laws of supply and demand. Everyone deserves and has a right to an education. Privatizing the University will strip away a huge majority of people’s ability to attend school.

I understand that many people are nervous about New Jersey debt. There is a very popular idea circulating that there is no money and that public institutions need to sacrifice for the greater good. This is not true. The money is just not being spent on education. If our

plice to genocide” anti-Semites.

Likewise, it is correct to call a University of California-San Diego female Muslim student an antiSemite when she agrees with the statement made by Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, that Jews should move to Israel so it will be easier to wipe them out.

Moreover, we must call retired journalist Helen Thomas an antiSemite when she tells Jews to leave Israel and “go home” to Germany and Poland. These three examples have a common theme: a group calling an Israeli an “accomplice to genocide,” a woman wishing genocide upon the Jewish people and an American propagandist telling Jews to return to the land where they were the victims of genocide.

Letter JOEL SALVINO

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ur wonderful Gov. Chris Christie recently made a comment regarding the tuition caps he put in place for public Universities. As it stands, all public universities cannot raise tuition over 4 percent a year. He now changed his mind and wishes to remove all caps on tuition hikes.

The governor claims that university presidents should be free to seek the market price for their institution. The governor is proposing privatization.

The University is a public school. It belongs to every student who attends and pays tuition. It belongs to every New Jersey citizen who

governor truly cared about education, he would not have given the millionaires’ tax breaks. If our governor really cared about the budget he would cut prison spending. If he really cared about the budget, he would stop prosecuting people for simple marijuana related charges.

What these cuts say to the University is that prisons are more of an investment for the future than education. Giving the University the ability to raise our tuition in accordance with the free market is a dangerous step. The rhetoric coming out of Trenton threatens the very principle of public education. We must do everything in our power to save our University and keep it public.

Joel Salvino is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

Lindsey Sherratt is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore majoring in animal sciences.

Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics and history.

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COACH: Gymnasts attest to Chollet-Norton’s practices continued from back

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior Leigh Heinbaugh is one of many gymnasts Chrystal Chollet-Norton coached during her tenure at Rutgers and averages a 9.213 on the balance beam through the Knights’ first two meets.

CHOLLET-NORTON

BY THE NUMBERS — Four year varsity letterwinner at East Stroudsburg

— Head coach, 1973-79 Bridgewater-Raritan HS

— Head coach, 1979-86 Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) — Head coach, 1986-present Rutgers — 270-260-1 all-time record

— 233-235-1 Rutgers record

— 1986, gymnastics judge U.S. Olympic Festival

— 1987, gymnastics judge Pan American Games — 1996, Training Site Coord.

Olympic Games

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concer ned with victories, championships or any other accolades than she is with the impact she had on the lives of the athletes she has coached.

“I have coached tons of athletes over the years and from the stars to the ones that didn’t start, I tried to treat ever y gymnast like she was my own daughter,” Chollet-Norton said.

“I work to instill values these girls can carr y on for their entire lives.”

The ability to treat her gymnasts like family is something her current athletes recognize as the strength of their coach.

“We are a really close team,” said senior Leigh Heinbaugh prior to Chollet-Nor ton’s announcement. “We are all really good friends, but it is something [Chollet-Nor ton] really stresses.”

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from a team in danger of being cut to a thriving one on the cusp of national prominence, she said.

“The program isn’t going anywhere at this point,” Chollet-Norton said. “That was a huge battle I’ve been fighting for years.”

In the aftermath of her announcement, Chollet-Nor ton stayed strong on the recruiting end. She continued her success, signing top-level recr uits while remaining honest about her future.

She already has three freshmen signed to her 2011-12 recruiting class.

“For the last few years, I have told parents that I will not see their daughters graduate,” Chollet-Nor ton said. “It’s about selling the school and the experience more than about selling myself.”

With the fate of the team secure from a financial standpoint and talent-wise, CholletNor ton said she is anxious to do something she has not been able to do in more than 30 years.

“I finally get to take a winter vacation with my husband,” Chollet-Norton said.

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JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Head coach Mike Rice received a commitment from Kadeem Jack on Aug. 31, which kick-started Rice’s first full recruiting class.

Jack graduated from Rice High School (N.Y.) last year and intended to play at South Kent Prep (Conn.) this season before he decided to enroll early at Rutgers. He spent part of the first semester at Central Jersey Each One Teach One in Somerset, N.J. Upon his arrival at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, Jack began to practice with the Knights, handling scout team responsibilities while working on Rutgers’ plays with coaches before practice.

But the focus this season is not as much on learning the system as it is embracing the intensity. “[Rice] thinks I go hard for five plays then sit out two or three and go hard for the next five,” Jack said. “He just wants me to go hard for those full amount of plays and then if I’m tired, take off. His theor y is instead of playing 40 minutes lackadaisical, play 25 to 30 minutes hard and sit out the 10 or 15 minutes when you’re tired.”

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M Jack admits there were times when he could coast through games, relying solely on his talent. After sitting down and watching film with Rice, Jack also admits that it is a habit he has to break.

“In college, it’s totally different,” he said. “You get tired just watching them play. I know what he means by me not going hard

KADEEM JACK because we watch tape a lot, and I realize that I drag my feet and certain things like that. He’s helping me make big steps.”

And the 6-foot-9 forward is beginning to realize that when he does drag his feet, there are consequences.

“You have to listen, you have to execute,” Jack said. “You have to execute with detail and that’s a difference from high

school because if you’d make a mistake here or there, you’d keep going, but here they stop, and there are consequences.”

It is a message Jack has relayed to many of the six other members of the Class of 2011, who he keeps in touch with daily.

Until then, they are all entering the heart of their high school schedules, while Jack is getting a head start on next season and adjusting to the college game.

For the first time since he began playing the Amateur Athletic Union and high school basketball, Jack has a prolonged stretch without seeing any game action.

But by the time he returns, he will be well used to the intensity.

“I’d definitely say this is the longest stretch I’ve ever gone, so I can’t wait to go to the Rucker Park this summer and star t playing again,” the Queens native said. “It’s definitely frustrating, but then you think about the upside, and it makes me feel better. You see the light at the end of the tunnel, and you realize that next year the payof f is going to be great.”

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SOPHOMORE: Solid effort leads to Johnson’s start continued from back a month earlier than the 2009-10 Knights’ first Big East win.

Johnson also went 4-for-5 from the field in a Jan. 11 loss to Connecticut in Hartford, Conn.

The two outings played a role in Johnson earning his first career start — in which he replaced freshman center Gilvydas Biruta — a week ago in a 74-65 defeat against Georgetown at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

“Anytime it’s the first time you do something, of course it’s going to be a special, significant moment,” said Johnson, who posted just two points and grabbed one board in the loss to the Hoyas. “It’s something you work toward as a basketball player, definitely. I didn’t really like the result — the final result of us losing — but it was good to be in the huddle and star ting lineup.”

Johnson was pegged as the starter at the five position during the offseason when he added noticeable bulk to his frame for the depth-challenged Knights.

But Biruta earned the starting nod against Princeton on Nov. 12, meaning that Johnson’s first start was also Rice’s first alteration to the starting five on the season.

Despite Johnson’s marked jump in contributions from his rookie campaign, when he averaged only 11 minutes per contest, there is still the sense he has not reached his ceiling in terms of production.

Johnson spiked his scoring output to 6.1 points per game this season but only averages 2.4 rebounds a contest during his sophomore campaign.

“A.J. is progressing at his own pace,” said senior for ward Jonathan Mitchell. “Obviously the coaching staff would like a little more out of him on the boards but I think he’s doing OK. With 13-14 games left, there’s a lot of room for

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— Tyler Barto

improvement for all of us. I can just pat him on the back, but we need more, including myself.”

Johnson and the Rutgers (10-7, 1-4) frontcourt will have their hands full tonight, when South Florida (7-12, 1-5) visits the RAC in a matchup of two teams in dire need of a conference win.

Despite their struggles, the Bulls boast 6-foot-10 Augustus Gilchrist and 6-foot-11 running mate Jarrid Famous on a lengthy frontline.

Gilchrist, a hybrid forward with a long wingspan and guard skills, averages 12.9 points per game to lead USF. But the Knights have confidence from past dealings with talented big men, including 6foot-10, 303-pounder Reggie Johnson of Miami. “[Reggie Johnson] is a big body, big, skilled kid,” said Johnson, who helped to hold the Winston-Salem Prep product to just 4-for-10 shooting. “Coach Rice says that smaller guys … can use our leverage. We can get lower on bigger guys and get up under them. If we implement that throughout Big East play we’ll be able to speed other big men up, as well.”

But Rutgers can put itself in a better position to earn its second Big East victory by denying the ball from the post altogether, according to Mitchell.

“We’re just trying to put a lot of pressure out on the wings to not give them easy entries in the post,” Mitchell said. “They stare in the post, they try to get down there. We’re trying to do a great job of closing out to the ball.”

The Bulls outrebound their opponents by six boards per game, but also surrender the ball six more times a game than their foes, something the disciplined Knights can take advantage of.

“The Big East is such a tough conference that even the lower teams are still really competitive teams,” Johnson said.

“You can’t overlook anybody just because they’re not highlyranked like some of the big names in the Big East. You still have to be ready for anything.”

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JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior forward Jonathan Mitchell will play an important role in containing South Florida’s depth in the frontcourt. Mitchell also spearheads the Rutgers offense with 12.5 points per game.

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Rutgers uses Invitational as early season tuneup

BY LIZ SWERN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With its eyes set on the Big East and IC4A Championships, the Rutgers men’s track and field team MEN’S TRACK looks to meets early in the season as hard training.

The Scarlet Knights competed at the New York Army Invitational on Friday at the New Balance Track and Field Center in the Bronx.

“As low key as the meets may be, they are important so we can get in good workouts and understand what we need to improve on,” said freshman Corey Caidenhead.

Training or not, the team still managed to produce good marks in their respective events, much to the surprise of senior sprinter Aaron Younger.

“I ran the 600 meter for training and managed to win,” said Younger, a Big East champion outdoors a year ago. “When I ran

my 600, my 500 [meter] third in the relay with a time split was roughly 63 seconds of 3:19.41. and I wasn’t pressing, The Knights’ distance so I think I’m in better shape medley relay, comprised of than I was giving myself freshmen Cur tis Richburg credit for.” and Steven Burkholder, as Younger won the 600-meter well as junior Casey Weiss run with a time and senior Kevin of 1:18.91, Cronin, placed “I wasn’t pressing, second with a with Caidenhead following in fifth time of 10:27.00. so I think I’m with a time Senior runner of 1:21.51.

Jon Karlsson in better shape “The 600rounded out the than I was meter race was, at top individual first, ner ve rackper formances on giving myself ing,” Caidenhead the track with a credit for.” said. “I’m going third-place finish up against pros in the 800-meter AARON YOUNGER who run insane run with a time Senior Sprinter times, as well of 1:54.73. as my teammate The Knights Aaron who runs not only excelled a 45-second 400 meter. But I on the track but in the field competed and ran well.” events as well.

Caidenhead returned later Freshman Devin Jones and in the meet to compete in the junior Kevin Bostick took 4x400-meter relay with fellow first and second in the freshman Karon Purcell and triple jump, respectively. juniors Steve Wer ner and Jones won the event with Kevin Brown. Rutgers placed a jump of 15.21 meters.

Bostick followed with 14.72 meters.

“The first time I triple jumped, I tied my all-time personal best and it’s only the beginning of the season,” Jones said.

Jones placed second in the long jump, as well, with a leap of 7.16 meters. Bostick also competed in the high jump, placing third with a jump of 2.06 meters.

Sophomore Chris Wyckof f closed out the field events for the Knights in the pole vault.

The Toms River, N.J., native finished second with a vault of 4.75 meters.

“The guys are making progress. It’s still early in the season,” Bostick said. “We have some things to work on, getting it all together to put ourselves in position to really compete in the Big East.”

The Knights return to action against Navy this weekend at the Wesley Brown Field House in Annapolis, Md.

UPCOMING MEN’S TRACK SCHEDULE @ Navy Saturday, Jan. 22 Metropolitan Championships Saturday, Jan. 29 Penn State Open Saturday, Feb. 5 Virginia Duals Saturday, Feb. 12 Big East Championships Saturday, Feb. 19-20 1C4A Championships Saturday, March 5-6 NCAA Championships Friday, March 11-12

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Outgoing senior Yannick Salmon played in 51 games with the Scarlet Knights after transferring from Maryland. The Westbury, N.Y. native scored 12 career goals while on the Banks.

MLS TEAM SELECTS RUTGERS’ SALMON For the second straight year, the MLS tabbed a member of the Rutgers MEN’S SOCCER men’s soccer team in its annual draft.

The Chicago Fire picked senior midfielder and team captain Yannick Salmon with the 27th overall pick in Tuesday’s 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft.

This comes one year after former Scarlet Knight Dilly Duka went eighth overall to the Columbus Crew in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.

“I’m excited to go out there and show what I can do,” Salmon said in a statement. “I’ve been given a great opportunity, so I want to show them my best and that I deserve to be there.

The past three years at Rutgers has been a great experience, and it’s definitely helped me improve a lot as a player.”

After transferring from Maryland, the Westbury, N.Y., native posted 12 career goals in 51 appearances with the Knights.

YANNICK SALMON With the Rutgers’ program, Salmon showed his versatility by arriving on the Banks as a defenseman, but playing the role of midfielder and forward over the past two seasons.

Salmon garnered Second Team All-Big East honors last season, and in the fall he was named to the All-Big East third team.

“I’m ver y excited for Yannick,” said first-year head coach Dan Donigan in a statement. “Most college players dream of playing on the next level, and Yannick has a great opportunity in front of him.

He’s a young man with a tremendous work ethic, incredible talent and technical skills.

He can play on both sides of the ball. No one is more deserving of this opportunity.

He just has to go out there and fight for a spot. We wish him the best, and we’re definitely proud of him. Our congratulations go out to Yannick.”

— A.J. Jankowski

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he speculation surrounding the future plans of Denver Nuggets star, Carmelo Anthony, has included such teams as the New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and even an unlikely stay-put scenario with his current team.

Now, the latter two destinations are all that remain, at least for the moment.

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov chose to end discussions with the all-star forward yesterday, officially dropping the future Brooklyn-area franchise out of the equation to land the Brooklyn native.

“I’m not happy with the way, how this deal has gone until now,” Prokhorov said.

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general manager Brian Cashman wants to make one thing clear — he did not participate at all in negotiations that led to the signing of pitcher, Rafael Soriano.

In fact, Cashman spoke out in opposition to the deal, as he felt that dishing out $35 million to a setup man was a waste of money.

In the end, owners Hal and Hank Steinbrenner felt the move would help the team, but Cashman went on to tell the media yesterday, “I didn’t recommend [the deal].”

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head coach Pete Carroll addressed the media yesterday to conclude his first season back in the league, and after providing an overview of his team’s season, he identified the team’s No. 1 priority.

“It’s the top priority in the program,” Carrol said about re-signing star ting quar terback Matt Hasselbeck. “You have to deal with this or you don’t understand the game, and I think we understand it really well.”

A return to the Seahawks would mark the Boston College product’s 11th season with the team.

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and Green Bay Packers will duke it out in the Windy City this weekend for a spot in the Super Bowl and, barring a Packers victory, the Bears and President Barack Obama will trek to Dallas on Feb. 6 for the final Sunday of the season. The Commander in Chief said yesterday, “Oh, if the Bears are in the Super Bowl, we’re going.”

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Blazers center Marcus Camby will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery on his left knee. There is no timetable for his return.

The injury adds yet another setback to the list for the team this season, as the 2007 rookie of the year, Brandon Roy, under went knee surger y on Monday. Former No. 1 overall draft pick, Greg Oden, was also ruled out before the season started with a microfracture in his right knee.

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Senior diver Jen Betz and the Scarlet Knights prepare for their last meet at the RU Aquatic Center tomorrow, when Rutgers hosts five teams in preparation for the Big East Championships. The senior captain won the three meter this season against three conference opponents.

Final home meet offers test run for Champs

BY MATT CANVISSER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers swimming and diving team concludes another gruelSWIMMING & DIVING ing regu l a r RUTGERS INVITE season TOMORROW, t h i s 6:30 P.M. weekend at home in the newly renamed Rutgers Invitational.

The meet, formerly known as the Swimming World College Conference Carnival, star ts at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday at the RU Aquatic Center.

The Scarlet Knights have their work cut out for them as they host Har vard, Toledo, Rider, St. Francis and perennial powerhouse No. 13 Minnesota.

The Golden Gophers took first in the Invitational last year when they were ranked No. 10.

“Any time you race and represent Rutgers you want to do well,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “It is impor tant that we post good times this weekend and get the momentum going heading into the Big East Championships in Februar y.”

But do not think the Knights are looking ahead. They will surely tr y to savor ever y moment this weekend because it is the last meet at the RU Aquatic Center for senior captain Jen Betz.

“Jen has been a tremendous leader since I walked in the door this summer,” Spiniello said. “She has done a phenomenal job on the [diving] board and as captain.”

It is easy to look at Betz’s per formance throughout the season and see why she is such a valuable asset to the team.

She won the three-meter dive in the Knights’ first meet

against three Big East opponents, placed first out of 26 divers in the one-meter at the Princeton Invitational and paced the team by winning both events in a losing ef for t earlier this month against Mar yland.

Betz is the only senior on the team and her leadership proved invaluable. Competing in front of her home fans for the last time will certainly be emotional, but Betz remained focused on the team’s goals above all else.

“This is actually the first time I’ve thought about this, and it definitely brings up a lot of emotion. It’s shocking to think that my last season is so close to being over,” Betz said. “But we still have our most impor tant meets coming up, so my focus will definitely be on preparing myself for those meets and not getting too caught up in the fact that this is my last meet

at [the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center].”

The meet is the last event for the Knights before the Big East Championships on Feb. 11 in Louisville, Ky. The team has come a long way since the beginning of the season, but there is still always room for improvement.

“I am ver y happy with the team’s progress since we started in September, but I would like our relay times to improve before heading into [the Big East Championships],” Spiniello said.

Before they can look ahead to the postseason, the Knights plan to end their regular season on a high note and send their graduating captain of f in style.

“It hasn’t always been easy, but I love this team, and I love this program, and I am so excited to still be here enjoying competing and diving more than I have in years,” Betz said.

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Coach announces retirement following season

BY JOSH GLATT STAFF WRITER

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rutgers head gymnastics coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton compiled a 233-235-1 record during her tenure with the Scarlet Knights prior to announcing she would retire following the end of the 2010-11 season. Chollet-Norton already earned three commitments for the Class of 2011.

Top recruit sees change in intensity

Prior to the start of the gymnastics season, head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton announced her retirement GYMNASTICS at the conclusion of the competitive year. “[The decision] was ver y hard. I’ve been coaching for 33 years and the time has just flown by,” Chollet-Nor ton said. “It’s something I was thinking about and I wasn’t sure when it was going to happen. I love what I’m doing, but I have to look at my family and spend more time with them.”

Athletic Director Tim Pernetti is set to lead a national search to determine her successor, she said.

Heading into this season, Chollet-Nor ton has an overall record of 233-235-1 as head coach of the Scarlet Knights’ gymnastics program.

She began her collegiate coaching career at Trenton State College — now known as The College of New Jersey — from 1979-86. Chollet-Nor ton held a career record of 270-260-1 as a collegiate women’s gymnastics head coach leading into the season.

Under her leadership, the Knights became the United States Collegiate Champions in 2005. In recognition of her ef for ts that season, CholletNorton earned the United States Association of Gymnastics Coach of the Year.

When looking back on her career, Chollet-Nor ton is less

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Sophomore earns steady opportunity

BY STEVEN MILLER

BY TYLER BARTO

SPORTS EDITOR

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Mike Rice preaches intensity.

Whether in recr uiting or coaching, the first-year Rutgers MEN’S BASKETBALL head men’s basketball coach prides himself on that intensity and hopes to instill it in his players.

It is par t of what sold Rutgers to Kadeem Jack, but when Rivals.com’s 33rd-ranked prospect in the Class of 2011 joined the Scarlet Knights on Dec. 26 to redshir t for a semester, he was unprepared for how intense his new coach really is.

“It’s actually more than before, because in recruiting you have to be kind of nice,” Jack laughed. “His intensity definitely surprised me, but then you realize how much he wants us to get better. It’s not a negative intensity, it’s kind of great. He wants us to be great.”

That is why Jack is redshir ting before joining the most-heralded recruiting class in Rutgers histor y next year when six other commitments arrive.

Austin Johnson is not a shot blocker. Or so he has heard.

So when the sophomore forward on the Rutgers men’s basketball MEN’S BASKETBALL team gets back on SOUTH FLORIDA AT the defenRUTGERS sive end, TONIGHT, 7 P.M. he focuses on a different calling — taking charges. “[The coaches] remind me ever y day I’m not blocking shots,” said Johnson, who averages 17.9 minutes per game under head coach Mike Rice.

“So it’s in the back of my mind.

They talk about winning plays and [taking charges] is something we watch on film ever y day. That’s an easy way to continue to swing the momentum of the game.”

The 6-foot-8 Johnson has been a key cog in changing the tides of several contests as a sophomore.

The Blair Academy product scored a career-high 16 points in Rutgers’ first conference victory over Providence on Jan. 8 — almost

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RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Sophomore forward Austin Johnson followed up a 4-for-5 effort from the field against Connecticut with only two points and one rebound against Georgetown, but continues to show progress under head coach Mike Rice.

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