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Clementi family speaks at social media conference BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO NEWS EDITOR
The parents of Tyler Clementi visited the University yesterday to open a daylong social networking symposium that explored the youth’s use and misuse of new media. “We are pleased to lend our support to an issue that is important to us personally and is deserving of further study and discussion,” said Joseph Clementi, who stood beside wife Jane Clementi as he spoke in the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. This marked the Clementis’ first appearance on campus since last year, when their 18-year-old son committed suicide days after his roommate used a webcam to spy on him during an intimate encounter with another man. His roommate, Dharun Ravi, faces 15 charges that include bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence. He is set for trial on Feb. 21, and if found guilty he could serve up to 10 years in prison. At the conference, Joseph Clementi announced the launch of the Tyler Clementi Foundation, which cosponsored the event and aims to empower those who face discrimination for their looks, sexual orientation or other differences. “Part of our mission is to raise awareness of Internet cyber-bullying by promoting responsibility in our children’s personal lives and their digital lives, which is especially relevant at this symposium,” he said. He noted that he and his wife attended the conference to learn rather than serve as speakers. “Remember, the change you want to see in the world and in your school begins with you,” he said to an audience of University undergraduate and graduate students as well as visiting educators from across the nation. James Katz, the Department of Communication chair and the keynote speaker, explained the central role that communication technology and social media plays among young people’s lives.
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak tells an audience in the College Avenue Gym about his computing expertise and his childhood interest in engineering during his address Monday morning for “Entrepreneurship Day.”
‘Woz’ shares story with entrepreneurs BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Starting in Steve Jobs’ garage 35 years ago, two young entrepreneurs created a company that has widely come to represent innovation and technology. Steve “Woz” Wozniak spoke to young entrepreneurs and professors about his role in the formation of Apple and offered advice to budding enterprisers yesterday during the third annual “Entrepreneurship Day.” “When we started Apple, we were very young in our 20s. We had no money. We had no savings accounts,” Wozniak said in the College Avenue Gym. “We had no business experience. We did not take any course in business or finance. It’s almost as though finance was not a part of life … we just had some inspiration.”
Apple’s founding branches back to Wozniak’s childhood, when he began inventing a telephone-like device with childhood friends. Wozniak and his friends used running wires connected and stapled along neighborhood fences to create microphones and speakers in receiving houses — wired walkie-talkies. “I started learning about atoms and the parts of atoms, then electrons, then taking those processes and switches of lights and buzzers, which in turn make buzzers ring … and wires go around the circuit to make things happen,” he said. “[I] got together with friends and [we] made it our personal project.” When Wozniak was 10 years old, he received his ham radio operator license and built his own ham radio — an amateur
radio that uses a designated frequency for private recreational purposes. He continued to be innovative throughout the years, creating a working model of an atom and its electron receptor sites, each corresponding to a light up element. “It starts with childhood inspiration — movies and TV shows and their hero,” he said. “Sometimes these heroes are inventors like Thomas Edison. They do these creative things that nobody would expect before, and I wanted to be an engineer because engineers could build things like that and make life easier.” Wozniak tackled his next project by writing a program to solve the “Knight’s
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Gov. Chris Christie talks with Cheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, last night about national and state political issues during an interview that was broadcast live to thousands of Facebook users.
Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey’s “tell-it-like-it-is” Republican leader, offered his solution to the United States’ economic climate yesterday on a Facebook Live chat — cut spending, pay taxes and increase trade. “We have to get spending under control. It’s a burden on businesses and individuals,” he said in a question and answer session hosted by Cher yl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer. “We have to be more aggressive in making trade relationships with the world.” But Christie would not implement his solution any time soon, because he will not run for president in 2012, he said. “Maybe next time, [but] I want to stay where I am. I’ve only been governor of New Jersey for 22 months. The job is not nearly done there,” he said.
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Business consulting group places in national competition BY KIERSTEN ZINNIKAS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers Management Consulting Association placed third last weekend during the 2011 Consulting Conference and Case Competition, its first national competition, held at the Whar ton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The Whar ton School of the University of Pennsylvania reached out to the recently founded team to par ticipate in the conference this semester, said Edoardo Conti, RMCA director of corporate relations. “Since we’re a new organization, it puts us on the map a little bit,” said Conti, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. RMCA competed against eight teams from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Toronto, Har vard University, Yale University and
New York University Ster n School of Business, said Karan Chadha, RMCA co-head of Strategic Development. The competitors were presented with a financial ser vices case, which required research into the banking industr y, regulator y acts and what aspects of banks are failing, said Mihir Kunal, RMCA vice president. Each team received the case the Sunday before the competition and had until the Thursday of that same week to research and prepare a PowerPoint presentation, said Chadha, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. For the University’s presentation, the four seniors split up the slides according to each individual’s area of exper tise, Chadha said. The presentation was 15 minutes long, which included
13 minutes of the group’s work followed by a two-minute question and answer session, said Usman Ahmed, RMCA co-president. Kunal said the four teammates’ close friendship helped with the synergy within the
“Since we’re a new organization, it puts us on the map a little bit.” EDOARDO CONTI Rutgers Management Consulting Association Director of Corporate Relations
group as well as the team’s ability to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each individual. “We definitely thought outside of the box,” Chadha said.
The team used solutions that the judges — who are employees from major consulting firms, like IBM — used in their companies in the past, Chadha said. He believes this is par t of the reason for their high placement. Though RMCA did have initial doubts, Kunal said once the team members arrived at the University of Pennsylvania campus, they grew confident. The team is happy about securing their win in third place because it was the first time the organization par ticipated in a national competition, “It shows we can stack up against these top universities,” Kunal said. Yale University and the University of Toronto were the top-two teams, respectively, said Ahmed, a Rutgers Business School senior. If RMCA placed in the top two, it would have moved on to
do a 30-minute presentation in front of all of the members and the judges, he said. The group was created this past summer, after founders realized there were no clubs or groups dedicated to helping students break into the industr y, Chadha said. Though the four members of RMCA are currently seniors, the University of Pennsylvania expressed interest in having the team return for future competitions, Kunal said. The RMCA is looking into par ticipating in more competitions next semester, including an elite case competition in Europe, Ahmed said. Some of the teams the group met at the competition expressed interest in par ticipating in a similar conference at the University, he said. “We plan to host our own case competition next semester,” Ahmed said.
RESEARCH REVEALS BENEFITS OF PLAYTIME FOR KIDS WITH LEARNING DISORDERS University researchers found an impor tant link between playtime and children suf fering from serious illness or lear ning disorders such as ADHD. Cindy Dell Clark, a visiting associate anthropology professor at Rutgers-Camden, said creative
play is a good coping mechanism for children with diabetes and asthma in her book “In Sickness and in Play,” according to a Rutgers FOCUS ar ticle. “What we can do is give them the space within their imagination to help them grapple with [life’s] dif ficulties,” said Dell Clark in the ar ticle.
Linda Reddy, associate professor of psychology at the University, said group playtime can suppress children’s ADHD symptoms in her upcoming book, “Group Play Inter ventions for Children: Strategies for Teaching Prosocial Skills.”
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of guy, living the life of the hippy,” he said. Wozniak said the two compared technology pranks each pulled and became friends. With Wozniak as the designer and Jobs as the face of the company, the two started working on a blue box telephone transistor. They later went on to develop models of the Apple I computer. Wozniak said he designed the hardware, circuit board and operating system for Apple I himself. “I knew the formula to build that computer. I told my dad what I was going to have,” he said. “[I found] the basic language [that was] right for personal computers.” Wozniak and Jobs later created what would become Apple the company, he said. University President Richard L. McCormick said Wozniak is one of the leading innovators of his time and continues to exhibit a spirit of entrepreneurship that students could emulate. “Entrepreneurship is a spirit that has driven some members of society to incredible success and has benefited them as well by giving us the supplies to fight disease [and] communicate instantly
Apple revolutionized computing continued from front Tour” chess game, but the program was unsuccessful and he moved his focus to computing. “You need a brain to think out their approaches,” he said. “I moved on.” After Wozniak found a small computer manual while working at his high school job, he saw the complexity of computers and centered on redesigning it using fewer parts. He often snuck into Stanford University buildings after hours to study computers. “What I found out is: where really bright people worked, they always left the doors unlocked,” he said. “[I studied the] computers the company [was putting out] at the time. Eventually my designs were half as many parts.” While at the University of California Berkley, Wozniak took a year to work and pay off his college education. During that year off, he was introduced to Steve Jobs. “We met on the sidewalk. He was a lighter, had-no-money sort
with someone half way around the world,” he said. McCormick said Wozniak is not only an entrepreneur, but also a model of unconventional thinkers. “His joint efforts with another genius brought about the Apple computer, which revolutionized computing and ultimately changed the way we learn, communicate, work and play,” he said. The University is accommodating entrepreneurship by creating hacker spaces, or do-ityourself spaces, where students can get together and explore ideas for future products and create models, said Richard Mammone, professor of supply chain management and marketing science. Mammone said most of the breaks from traditional technology star t from small star tup companies. “Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs met through a [Homebrew] Computer Club [and] as an outcome of that, Apple [Inc.] evolved,” he said. “Maybe the future Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will get together and create the new Apple.”
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In his presentation, Katz argued that the issues social media raise are unprecedented in human history. “Throughout the histor y of human communication technology, there has been conflict over each new technology — moral conflict, behavioral conflict,” he said. “[But] we’re not really prepared for the unleashing of all the dramatic changes that we have through social media.” Katz led the audience through a history of communication technology and said that modern gadgets have become highly prolific, portable and powerful. These characteristics allow technology to offer an array of ser vices that blur traditional boundaries between interpersonal and mass communication. Citing a Pew Research Center study released last week, he illustrated the widespread use of social media. According to the study, 4 in 5 teens on the Internet participate in social networking sites, he said. He broke the numbers down further to point out that despite age, gender, race and financial status, young people exhibit a high use of social media across the board. “It’s very much part of people’s daily cycle, part of their language and how they spend a lot of their mental time,” he said. “Even if they’re physically present in one area, they’re psychologically engaged with their social media.” Richard L. Edwards, interim executive vice president for Academic Affairs, said it is within the University’s mission to study the impact of new technology to help the larger community navigate through its use. “Our intention today is both to contribute to our general understanding of these new
social media and to share practical advice … about how to best take advantage of these powerful new tools and how to address problems and issues that arise as a result of them,” he said. Edwards believes that addressing issues of social media through multiple scholarly disciplines puts the University at the forefront of leading the public into the future. The symposium featured a series of panel events that ran throughout the day. Each panel showcased a collection of University scholars who grappled over different aspects of social media and how to address their consequences. One discussion talked about factors that could influence an adolescent’s misuse of social media while another explored the roles that professionals could play in preventing harm from cyber-bullying. The closing address, which featured Tulane University Law School Associate Professor Amy Gajda, informed audience members on how legislation is shifting because of these rising issues and how courts must balance between social costs and free speech. Vice President for Student Af fairs Gregor y S. Blimling, who attended the symposium, said it is impor tant for the University to spread information about its research on this topic. “The more we get people talking about this, the more opportunities we have to bring this into the classroom to have students discuss it and think about it openly,” he said. Joseph Clementi said his family was grateful for sentiments of support he received from all over the nation this past year. He thanked the University for hosting the conference. “We think that events like this are an excellent first step in helping everyone to understand the importance of their words and actions,” Clementi said.
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CHRISTIE: Governor endorses Romney for president continued from front Of the Republican candidates who announced their candidacy, Christie endorses Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass. “I just think he’s the best candidate that’s offering [himself] right now,” he said. “His background in business and his background in government are a good combination.” Christie said the public should still consider President Barack Obama a contender for re-election and recommended comparing Obama’s speeches from the oval office with one of his campaign speeches. “It’s as if they’re not the same person, he gets more energized and animated,” he said. “He’s off the prompter and seemingly speaking from his gut. That’s the guy who people elected to office in 2008.” Although Christie said Obama is a formidable candidate, he believes the president will face challenges in the upcoming election. “Unemployment has never been this low for an incumbent running for re-election,” Christie said. “He said a lot of things we’re going to change, but he has let [people] down on a lot of things.” Christie said job creation improved in New Jersey since he took office, with the addition of about 45,000 private sector jobs. “We have to set up a business atmosphere where people want to come and expand,” he said. “We’ve begun to move up in the way people perceive us.” He also discussed partisan politics and how New Jersey operates with a Republican governor and democratic state legislature. “[It works] if the executive — the person in charge — forces meetings, compromise and conversation,” he said. “That brings people together.” He said compromise between the parties takes time, citing his pension and benefit reform in state as an example. “I came out with my plan first. It was aggressive, but it started a conversation,” he said. “It [was] difficult for me to tell police officers and teachers … they have to pay more for their pension. It took nine months, but we got to a point where we compromised.” Christie said if he were able to create an education system designed to bring about success for students, it would be his biggest accomplishment. “The model is broken. We have to fix the way we’re teaching these children,” he said. “We have to reform the tenure system …
[teachers] should not be protected against firing because they stink.” He said a tenure system based on value is better than the model of seniority. “We have to pay [some teachers] more than the gym teacher. In today’s society, they’re more valuable than the gym teacher,” he said. Christie said he was specifically disappointed with the education system in Newark, N.J. “If you are a kid in Newark, you are in big trouble. Your life is probably going to be severely restricted with getting an education,” he said. “That’s not a ticket to future success.” He said innovation is key to improving the state of education in New Jersey. “We’re not going back to the old ways of doing things where we throw more money at it and it’ll be fine,” he said. Because Christie chose Facebook Live for the venue for his chat, he discussed how he uses social media to keep N.J. residents informed. Christie’s office broadcasts his press conferences on the Internet. He also alerted people where to go for food and water on Facebook when Hurricane Irene and the October snowstorm knocked out power in many homes. “We got a great response to it. We’ve used social media pretty aggressively. Now every one of my public events that we think is important enough is broadcasted through Facebook,” he said. The governor operates his own Facebook account, but his staff helps him filter through friend requests. “I use it just to get a lot of interesting information from people. That way, they are more honest [than in person],” he said. Though Christie answered a few questions from the public left on the page’s wall, many users voiced their opinions on his stream. While one user posted her admiration for the politician, others left strongly opposing views to Christie’s plans, and many poked at his weight. Christie also said his YouTube channel has the most hits of any other U.S. governor and his fan page ranks eighth among the most “liked” governors. “It’s really interesting for me to watch how people react to me actually using my Facebook,” he said. He also said his direct way of speaking with people works for him because he is acting like himself. “I think people get to see when they’re listening to me that ‘He seems real,’” he said. “Even if it doesn’t work as well some days, this is who I am, so take it or leave it.”
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Police raid Occupy camp after safety concerns ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND, Calif. — Police decked in riot gear and armed with tear gas cleared out Oakland’s anti-Wall Street encampment early Monday, the latest law enforcement crackdown amid complaints around the country of health and safety hazards at protest camps. The raid at the Occupy Oakland camp, one of the largest and most active sites in the movement, came a day after police in Portland, Ore., arrested more than 50 people while shutting down its camp amid complaints of drug use and sanitation issues. Police staged a previous raid on the Oakland encampment on Oct. 25, but Mayor Jean Quan allowed protesters to re-establish their tent city. On Monday, however, Quan said officials could no longer ignore the problems posed by the camp. “We came to this point because Occupy Oakland, I think, began to take a different path than the original movement,” Quan said. “The encampment became a place where we had repeated violence and last week a murder. We had to bring the camp to an end before more people got hurt.” Demands increased for Oakland protesters to pack up after a man was shot and killed Thursday near the encampment at the City Hall plaza. Protesters claimed there was no connection between the shooting and the camp. But police identified the slain man as
Kayode Ola Foster, 25, of Oakland, saying his family confirmed he had been staying at the plaza. Witnesses also told police that one of two suspects in the shooting had also been a frequent resident at the plaza. The names of the suspects have not been released. Monday’s raid came as no surprise to protesters after the city issued its fourth order to abandon the camp. About 300 officers from the Oakland Police Department and seven other law enforcement agencies moved in around 5:30 a.m., arresting 32 people and tearing down about 150 tents. Another man was arrested later in the morning for trying to break through police barricades and spitting on officers. Protesters vowed to regroup and return. “I don’t see how they’re going to disperse us,” said Ohad Meyer, 30, of Oakland. “There are thousands of people who are going to come back.” Officials declared the operation a success, saying all arrests were peaceful and there were no reported injuries to protesters or officers. Police said those taken into custody likely will face charges of unlawful assembly and lodging. “This had been a very difficult situation,” Quan said. “I’d tried to do what was right for the city and keep the most people safe at every step.” Not everyone in Quan’s camp agreed with the show of force. Dan Siegel, one of the mayor’s top legal advisers,
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resigned over Monday’s raid, saying officials should have done more to work with protesters before sending in police. Siegel, a longtime friend of Quan who worked as an unpaid adviser, has been a vocal critic of Oakland police and their handling of the Oct. 25 raid. Video footage of a protest after the Oct. 25 raid showed officers using flash-bang grenades and firing bean bag rounds into the crowd, injuring a number of people and prompting cries of police brutality. Protesters in Portland had been ordered to leave their encampment by midnight Saturday. However, in the hours leading to the deadline, thousands of protesters flooded two blocks of parkland where
an Occupy encampment first appeared on Oct. 6. Riot police retreated and by dawn most of the crowds had left the area but many of the original protesters remained. Police moved in later, with an officer on a loudspeaker warning that anyone who resisted risked arrest and “may also be subject to chemical agents and impact weapons.” Demonstrators chanted “we are a peaceful protest.” One man was taken away on a stretcher. He was alert and talking to paramedics, and raised a peace sign to fellow protesters, who responded with cheers. Portland Mayor Sam Adams defended his order to clear the parkland, saying it is his job to enforce the law and keep the peace. Police finished cleaning up
the area Monday, and officials reported no major disturbances. Officials in Oakland and other cities said protesters would be allowed to gather again at the site of their former camps as long as they didn’t spend the night. Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan said a strong police presence would remain at the plaza around the clock to make sure protesters didn’t roll out tents and sleeping bags again. Shon Kae, who’s on the Occupy Oakland media committee, said it was still unclear what demonstrators’ next move would be. Some angry protesters hinted at plans to gather for a protest in the plaza later Monday. “There is no secret plan,” Kae said. “We all have to just keep on with the struggle.”
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more cynical critic of the Republican Party might agree with the popular narrative that the GOP only cares about the wealthy and point to things like former President George W. Bush’s tax cuts and trickle-down theory of Reaganomics as proof. However, it can be dangerous to make blanket statements about any political group. If you are one of those cynics in need of convincing that not every Republican is out to destroy the middle and lower classes, look no further than Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., whose recently released report, “Subsidies of the Rich and Famous,” attacks the government for spending $30 billion a year on what he calls “welfare for the well-off.” Coburn is calling for an end to such subsidies, and we agree with him. According to Coburn’s reports, individuals making more than $1 million a year can obtain significant funding from the federal government, including: $18.15 million in child care tax credits, $74 million in unemployment checks, $89 million for preservation of ranches and estates, $316 million in farm subsidies, $608 million in business entertainment deductions, $9 billion in retirement checks, $21 billion in gambling losses and $28 billion in mortgage breaks for mansions, vacation homes and yachts. It does not matter what party you subscribe to. In these tough economic times, there’s no reason that the majority of the country should suffer while the rich are allowed to receive $21 billion for their gambling losses. Like Coburn, we are not advocating for class warfare. What we would like to see, however, is a more fair and balanced approach to the economic burdens that this country is facing. Coburn has made it clear that he does not want to raise taxes on the wealthy, but that would certainly be one way to ensure that all Americans are pulling their weight when it comes to shouldering the tremendous national debt. However, President Barack Obama’s “Buffett Rule” is not by any means the only way to do it. Coburn suggests that we end the type of wasteful spending that he outlines in his report. Instead of paying to preserve the estates of the wealthy or helping them buy yachts, the government could take at least some of the $30 billion and put it to a much better use. Remember that most of the people who apply for unemployment benefits are not making $1 million a year. Whereas some communities are losing streetlights and police forces, billions of dollars are going toward mortgage breaks for people who do not really need the help — something about that doesn’t seem right.
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he Associated Press reported in September that the New York Police Department was spying on innocent Muslim people. This information did not sit well with Muslim-Americans, and rightfully so. Ethnic profiling, even in the name of the “War on Terror,” is never acceptable. Now, some groups have decided that, because of the NYPD’s misconduct, they cannot and should not be trusted. Organizations, such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the City University of New York Law School, released pamphlets and organized meetings warning people to watch out for police informants and urging them to refuse to cooperate with NYPD investigations. These groups argue that involvement in these investigations would lead to unintended trouble for innocent Muslims. We agree that what the NYPD did was wrong, but to create a better relationship between the NYPD and the Muslim community, the key is cooperation. The NYPD should not have been spying on innocent Muslims, but that does not change the fact that terrorism is a real threat in the United States. As such, we need for our law forces to investigate any possible terrorist threats. In order for them to do that job properly, they need the cooperation of our innocent citizens. They will face enough resistance from the actual terrorists. Instead of encouraging resistance, CAIR and these other organizations should be attacking the real problem — the conduct of the NYPD. We do not doubt the very real possibility that members of the NYPD are not treating Muslims fairly, and we find such behavior reprehensible. But, in order to change this situation, the NYPD and the Muslim community need to work together, not fight each other. Muslim organizations should condemn the fact that NYPD has been spying on innocent American citizens. If these organizations come together and challenge the NYPD’s conduct collectively as one voice, then it will be that much harder for the NYPD to carry out any more questionable surveillance. All parties need to focus on working together for the safety of the United States. We understand why CAIR and other organizations are strongly upset with the NYPD — and they have every right to be — but the strategies they are employing to air their grievances may have the unfortunate side effect of impeding a serious investigation. As for the NYPD, they too must recognize the serious flaws in their practices and amend their ways.
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the bill into law at his hrough the genranch as opposed to the erosity of Young steps of the Capitol, A m e r i c a ’ s because he believed his Foundation program, I had ranch represented freedom the privilege of spending and prosperity far better this past weekend at the than the cement at the Reagan Ranch in Santa hear t of government. Barbara, Calif. Nicknamed AARON MARCUS Washington, D.C., boasts the “Western White House,” buildings and government Rancho del Cielo or “Ranch works programs, essentially making the city a in the Heaven,” was the most prized possession of product of the New Deal and welfare state. the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Rancho del Cielo represented the antithesis of Reagan. Edmund Morris, Reagan’s biographer, said Washington, a land free and fruitful through hard that to understand Reagan, one must go to his work and the due diligence of self-determination. ranch, as that is where you will “find his soul.” I When Reagan took office in Januar y 1981, the urge everyone — conservative, liberal, apathetic or U.S. economy was in disrepair. Unemployment somewhere in between — to visit this priceless and was at 7.2 percent, inflation was at 13.5 percent beautiful piece of American history and grasp the and the miser y index was at an all-time high of essence of Ronald Reagan. 20.76. Reagan, determined to turn the dismal It has become somewhat of a cliché to say that economic situation around, took the philosophy America is missing Reagan, but for years I never from his ranch and brought it to the rest of truly understood what that meant. Today, I can America. The results were surreal. After eight proudly say I do. Our country is missing Reagan, years in the White House, Reagan helped create and not only because his policies helped turn a a business climate that saw the great recession into the greatest unemployment rate drop nearly 30 span of economic growth in the his“Reagan helped pull percent to 5.2, the inflation rate to tory of the United States. America is 4.08 percent and the miser y index missing Reagan because in him, we America back to 9.57. In his tenure as president, had a leader who instilled confiReagan oversaw the creation of 16 dence and courage in the United from the brink of million new jobs and a spike in States. Reagan was a man who, if left perpetual decline.” gross domestic product from $2.76 alone in a room with anybody, trillion in 1980 to $5.04 trillion in regardless of political persuasion, 1988. Think about that for a would make that person the center moment — it took the United States more than of the universe. Michael Reagan, Ronald’s eldest 200 years to reach $2.76 trillion in GDP, and son, recalled last weekend a conversation he had Reagan almost doubled the entire net worth of with actor Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, not fan of conthe United States in eight years. In addition, his servatives — or Ronald Reagan for that matter — policies laid the groundwork for the next 25 told Michael that he misses the 40th president years of growth that saw GDP rise to $14.3 trilbecause he had a soul, something absent from lion before declining in 2008. today’s average politician. The economic success of Reagan was ushered Stories about Reagan give insight into his perin through the idea that the American people sonality, but his ranch represents the epicenter of knew how to spend their money better than govhis ideology. Located atop the Santa Ynez ernment. Under Reagan, the nation grew and govMountain range, Rancho Del Cielo consists of ernment shrank. Burdensome regulations that vast open space, rolling hills, breathtaking ocean hindered the free spirit of American entrepreviews and a modest 688-acre ranch. Not a day neurs were removed, and prosperity ensued. went by on the ranch that Reagan didn’t particiWhen Reagan instituted new taxes, he did so pate in his two favorite activities: riding his horsunder the promise from congressional Democrats es and working the land. His riding represented that for every dollar in new taxes, they would cut the freedom that America has known to love, an three in federal spending. The spending cuts ultimate pursuit of happiness. His toil of the land never came and after realizing his mistake, let him bear the fruit of his labor and the satisfacReagan passed further tax reforms in 1986 that tion of success through hard work. It is here that broadened the tax base and put economic growth Reagan signed the 1981 Economic Recover y Tax in the fast lane. Contrary to liberal rhetoric, the Act, the largest tax cut in American histor y and the antecedent for one of the greatest economic SEE MARCUS ON PAGE 9 expansions in the histor y of the world. He signed
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MARCUS continued from page 8 pover ty rate under Reagan stayed at relatively similar levels between 1980 and 1988. When Reagan took office, it was 12.95 percent and when he left, it was 13 percent. Liberals are correct that the middle class shrunk due to Reagan’s cuts, but they always fail to mention that it was a result of the upward movement of income levels. Through a mix of common sense, economic reforms and the mindset that Americans have an uncanny ability to accomplish anything they put their mind to, Reagan helped pull America back from the brink of perpetual decline. He believed in American exception-
alism and, more importantly, the American people. We say we miss Reagan not because we are nostalgic for the glor y days, but because under his leadership — real leadership — Americans were given the ability to reach their full potential, and they did. Reagan understood the American dream. It wasn’t one shackled by government and limited in its capacity. Rather, it was a dream of free men atop a shining city on a hill, possessed with the ability to produce as much as they desired, much like his little “ranch in the heavens.” Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Science senior majoring in political science with a minor in history. His column, “Marcus My Words,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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KNIGHTS: Skilled Miami backcourt has New York ties continued from back for ward Gilvydas Bir uta. “I want to play them to see where we stand as a team.” The teams’ matchup last year showed the immediacy of Rice’s ef for ts as a coach. Their tangle this time around
could prove Rice’s ability as a recruiter. The ’Canes still boast a talented roster even without the ser vices of 6-foot-10 center Reggie Johnson, who continues to rehab from a torn meniscus in his right knee. Senior Malcolm Grant and junior Durand Scott return to form one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s top backcourts under first-year head coach Jim Larranaga.
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Head coach Mike Rice may still try to selectively speed up the pace against Miami with an inexperienced corps of guards.
Scott, a New York City native, played with Rutgers redshir t freshman Kadeem Jack at famed Rice High School and hosted Jack when he visited Miami during the recruiting process. Grant transferred from Villanova two years ago and runs the point for the Hurricanes’ transition game. The responsibility now falls on Mack and fellow freshmen Eli Car ter and Jerome Seagears to match the uptempo style — or contrast it, should Rice prefer the latter. “Those guys are going to learn from it,” Rice said. “I told them about three weeks ago when we weren’t getting along ver y well, ‘You chose to come here and play. You can’t hide. If something goes wrong, you have to play. You have to be out there.’” The age-old dilemma of experience versus talent will follow Rice the whole season. He turned to James Beatty and Mike Coburn, undersized but veteran guards, to dictate the pace last year against Miami. He has a dif ferent luxur y now at Miami, where he gives the reins to more explosive backcour t players. The Knights’ win last year was an unexpected fr uit of Rice’s labor. A victor y could be a surprise again this season, but for far dif ferent reasons. “They’re new. We don’t exactly have those seniors where the seniors have been in this situation — they understand what to do,” Rice said. “They can help self-police themselves. It’s a new experience for all of them.”
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Junior Mario Mason, left, earned a 7-5 decision against 16th-ranked Nick Lester of Oklahoma to win the 149-pound bracket this weekend at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic.
RU wins two titles at Brockport BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR
Traveling home from Brockport, N.Y., Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale could not shake a sense of WRESTLING fr ustraRUTGERS 163 tion. The THIRD PLACE Scarlet Knights placed five wrestlers in the finals of their weight classes at the Brockpor t/Oklahoma Gold Classic, which juniors Mario Mason and Gregor y Zannetti won to lead the team to a thirdplace finish. “I expect those guys to win,” Goodale said. “I was thinking about the guys who lost, and I think ever y coach does that. There were matches we left out there, matches we could’ve won and didn’t. I was a little frustrated, to be honest with you.” Mason and Zannetti were frustrated, as well. Mason, who earned co-Most Outstanding Wrestling honors for his per formance as the top seed in the 149-pound bracket, said he did not wrestle as well as he wanted. Zannetti, who was the top seed in the 174-pound bracket, thought he left points on the mat. “There’s some things I’d like to do a little dif ferent,”
BERTH: Knights expect future program revitilization continued from back tournament, but also being able to host a home match. I consider it a reward for our fans, our supporters [and] our alumni,” Donigan said. “It gives them a chance to not just follow us from afar, but they can come out. Hopefully we can put some
Zannetti said. “I felt like I could have won by more, but it’s a good star ting point for the season. Now I have to keep that going and tr y to have fun out there.” Zannetti scored a 14-4 major decision in his first matchup, pinned No. 10 Oklahoma’s Nolan McBr yde in the semifinals and beat Mar yland’s 16thranked Jimmy Sheptock, 5-2, in the finals. “He could have scored a lot more, and that’s what
frustrates him,” Goodale said. “He’s not happy about it, which is a great attitude to have. You can’t be happy coasting, and he’s not happy winning 5-2.” Senior 197-pounder Dan Rinaldi left points and a title on the mat as well, Goodale said. Rinaldi was the top seed in his weight class, cruised through the first two rounds with a 13-1 major decision and 10-4 decision and then lost, 8-6, in overtime to Maryland’s Christian Boley.
“He was killing the kid, then got thrown on his back for a 5pointer,” Goodale said. “He still has an oppor tunity to win in over time and doesn’t. It’s a match you should never lose. I thought that got away from us.” Rinaldi joined juniors Scott Winston (165 pounds) and Dan Seidenberg (184 pounds) as runner-ups, while an injur y took senior Dan Hopkins’ opportunity to win heavyweight. Hopkins won his first round bout with American’s Blake Herrin and then bruised his ribs against Kyle Colling of Oklahoma in the semifinals. The injury will keep the senior out of this weekend’s dual meet at Oklahoma State, where sophomore Carl Buchholz will instead wrestle. “I worr y about our heavyweight situation,” Goodale said. It was still enough for No. 15 Rutgers to place third, behind No. 10 Oklahoma and No. 11 Mar yland, but ahead of American, which is tied for the 11th ranking with Maryland. And two individual titles and a co-Most Outstanding Wrestling honor were more than the Knights claimed in years past. “It’s a confidence builder,” Mason said. “The more confident you are going into a match, the better you are. Definitely with the whole team wrestling well, it will give us an upper hand.”
people in the stands like back in the day when [Rutgers] was a nationally dominant program. This is an opportunity to make things here better.” In just his second year on the Banks, Donigan notes that he could not have gotten the team to this point alone. The coach credits a complete team effort from top to bottom in the quick turnaround for the program. “This is a very nice reward for them — obviously everybody else
that makes and affects this team, from [Athletic Director] Tim Pernetti [to] our support staff,” he said. “My assistant coaches have done an unbelievable job in helping us get this thing to where it is and getting to this position.” Donigan also knows this is just the beginning of the potential for the Knights. “By no means are we sitting or resting on this,” Donigan said. “Now we want to go out and make some noise in the postseason.”
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RU earns victory at home meet BY BRADLY DERECHAILO STAFF WRITER
No matter what sport, every team wants to begin the season with a victory. But six straight wins to kick off the SWIMMING & DIVING year have Rutgers head swimming and diving coach Phil Spiniello excited for what lies ahead for the program. “This is a special group of women,” Spiniello said. “These swimmers and divers are motivated, have goals and every day, put those goals in front of them in trying to get better in the pool.” The 6-0 Scarlet Knights kept their record unblemished this year as they captured team victories last weekend against Seton Hall and Texas Christian. The Knights took down the once-undefeated Pirates, 278-74, and escaped with a 197-155 victory against the Horned Frogs in the two-day event at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center. The success of the upperclassmen continued as seniors Brianne Lindblad and Jacquelyn Ward contributed toward the tri-meet sweep. Ward took home three individual titles, which included the 200yard individual medley Friday, and two wins during Saturday’s portion. She hit the wall first in both the 400yard individual medley and 500-yard freestyle, which she finished with a personal-best time of 4:59.96. Lindblad experienced her fair share of success, as well. The Kent, Wash., native placed first Saturday in the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard backstroke. Sophomore Chelsea Rolin joined Lindblad in two individual win columns with victories in both the 200- and 1,000-yard freestyle events. The underclassman finished the 1,000-yard race in a season-best time of 10:19.98. Senior Trisha Averill, who placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke, was happy with the way the team performed, but knows it needs to continue its hard work in practice to keep momentum in the right direction. “I thought we did really well overall,” Averill said. “There were some things that didn’t go perfectly, but for the most part it went pretty good. We just need to keep working on the finer things for future races.” For the divers, junior Carissa Santora continued with her strong showing in the 3-meter dive. The former Virginia Tech Hokie captured first in the event with a score of 283.80. Captain Katie Kearney picked up a second-place finish in the 1-meter dive, while sophomore Nicole Scott finished third in both the 1- and 3meter dives “It was a great performance for our divers,” Spiniello said. “We all realize that there is more work to be done in order to reach our goals in February at the Big East Championships.” Spiniello sees a difference in the team’s attitude from last year and is ecstatic at the level of success it has experienced thus far. “It’s exciting to be undefeated,” Spiniello said. “It makes me excited for what’s to come in the second half of the season and a nice reward for the hard work these women have put in to this point. It keeps us motivated.”
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Senior safety David Rowe spent his first three seasons as a cornerback in Greg Schiano’s defensive scheme before shifting to free safety in the spring to better equip the Knights’ secondary. The Cocoa, Fla., native is second on the team with three interceptions.
Improved Rowe seeks win against Cincy BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
With all the changes Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano made in the defense’s frontseven, it is SENIOR WEEK easy to forget about the moves he made in the secondary. But the 11th-year head coach’s memory gets jogged every week when he watches senior David Rowe at safety. “I think David Rowe may be one of the most improved players on our football team, believe it or not,” Schiano said. “You say, ‘How does he do that after all the football he’s played?’ He’s become a really sure tackler. … He’s always been a skill guy and a finesse guy because of the role he’s been placed [into]. My hat’s off to him because he works incredibly hard. … I’m just so impressed with how David has adapted to the position.” Rowe makes his final start in Piscataway on Saturday after beginning his career as a nickel corner behind NFL cornerbacks Devin and Jason McCourty. He
then earned his first reps as a those certain things, and I knew starter during his sophomore at safety I’d have to be in the box season opposite Devin more and make a lot more tackMcCourty, then opposite les, so I just worked harder at it.” Brandon Bing, who is now on the Rowe is sixth on the team with New York Giants practice squad, 44 tackles and still found ways to last season as a junior. make plays in his final season on The Cocoa, Fla., native made the Banks. The 6-foot free safety his most strides as a cover cor- is second in interceptions with ner during that time, leading the three behind only junior Duron Scarlet Knights with two inter- Harmon, who boasts five. ceptions in his sophoRowe continues more season. finding ways to But Rowe left plenty improve, which is why of room for growth as he still keeps in frea tackler. quent contact with Schiano noted tackMcCourty and Bing. ling was never Rowe’s “I still ask them a calling card, but the safelot of questions, trying ty honed the skill during to learn new things,” the offseason and he said. “What they DAVID through the team’s first taught me here just 10 games. made me an overall ROWE Rowe especially better player.” turned his focus to tackling In turn, Rowe passed his after the Knights’ 24-22 loss to knowledge down to other Nor th Carolina in Week 2, he Knights. The biggest beneficiary said, and has since thrived as a is sophomore Logan Ryan, who consistent presence in the settled in this season as a consisRutgers secondar y. tent shutdown corner. “I just emphasized it,” Rowe R yan recorded nine pass said. “Once you emphasize cer- breakups and two interceptions tain things, you can get better at through 10 games, pointing
to Rowe’s leadership and football knowledge as keys to his development. “His skills have definitely helped me grow, especially in the mental aspect,” Ryan said. “Some people say he’s the smartest player on our team. He knows a lot of football and he’s going to help me as a defensive back in general — whether he’s a safety or corner.” The culmination of Rowe’s career now rests on a battle with Big East rival Cincinnati, a team Rowe and the rest of the 16 seniors have yet to beat. Rowe and the rest of the defensive unit attempt to do their best to avoid a repeat of last season’s beat-down in Cincinnati, where the Bearcats put up 69 points in a win. The performance painfully reminded Schiano of the early days of his tenure, he said. Rowe hopes to wipe the game clear out of his memory with a Senior Day victory. “This will be my last home game here, and I definitely had fun these last four years,” Rowe said. “Hopefully I can end it right.”
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Rutgers earns Tourney berth First-round matchup with Colgate on Thursday night awaits Donigan, Knights BY VINCENT MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
NOAH WHITTENBURG
Former head coach Liz Tchou led Rutgers for nine seasons.
RU relieves Tchou as head coach
The screen showing the NCAA tour nament selection show in the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s MEN’S SOCCER l o c k e r room was barely large enough for ever yone huddled around it to see. But the image it reflected meant wonders to the head coach Dan Donigan’s upstart program. The NCAA announced yesterday that the Scarlet Knights ear ned their first NCAA Tour nament ber th since 2006 and will host Colgate at Yurcak Field on Thursday in the first round. “We had it set up in the locker room and there was probably about 15 of us,” said senior
Br yant Knibbs. “They showed the whole bracket real small and someone spotted it. We all went a little bit crazy.” The celebration among the Knights is well deser ved. For a team that failed to qualify for the Big East Tournament last year, the NCAA ber th is a sign of what could turn into a full-program rejuvenation. “I’m ver y happy for the players — in par ticular, the seniors,” Donigan said. “When we came here, we told them their goal should be able to help us turn this thing around by the time they get out of here. Obviously, with the NCAA Tour nament appearance, they can say without a doubt they have done that.” Knibbs is among those senior members who took the reigns of a team that was without success
in recent memor y. For him, the chance to continue playing is invaluable. “It feels great for us. It was one of our goals at the beginning of the season, and we accomplished it,” Knibbs said. “Now, thankfully, we have more ballgames to play.” Even more valuable for the Knights is the chance to begin their tournament play at home on Yurcak Field. They hold a distinct advantage in Piscataway, as Rutgers is 6-3-1 on its home tur f this season. Off the field, the Knights see their berth as a chance to bring the team into the spotlight, a place it has not been in years. “That is the icing on the cake — not only to get into the
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BY JOSH BAKAN CORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head field hockey coach Liz Tchou knew the Scarlet Knights would have a new identity next year with seven players graduating. But FIELD HOCKEY Tchou found out yesterday that identity would no longer include her. Athletic Director Tim Pernetti announced yesterday the Knights will not retain Tchou after her contract expired at the end of this season. Tchou ends her tenure with a 63-109 record and two Big East Tournament appearances in her nine years at Rutgers. The most recent appearance came last year, when Tchou led the Knights to their first conference tournament appearance since 2003, her first as head coach. But the Iowa product ended her tenure on a low note this year (5-13, 2-4), marking the Knights’ seventh missed Big East Tournament with Tchou at the helm. Rutgers already started to look for a new head coach, but assistant coach Meredith Long serves as interim head coach in the meantime. Long played field hockey at Boston University and Maryland, appearing in three Final Four’s with the Terrapins from 2003-05. She served as an assistant for Tchou the past two years. The Knights snuck into the 2010 conference tournament with a 30-goal output that season, and Tchou wanted Rutgers to surpass the total this year. The team finished three shy of 30, but the season ended as one marked by an inability to capitalize on offense, with the Knights making only 14.1 percent of their shots. Tchou’s Knights dug themselves into a deep hole early in the season with a seven-game losing streak in which Rutgers scored only seven goals. Only one of the losses occurred in conference play, meaning the Knights’ Big East Tournament hopes were still alive. But after three more Big East losses in the Knights’ next four games, Tchou once again failed to earn a postseason berth. When then Knights ended the season Oct. 30 with the loss to Maryland, Tchou said the No. 2 Terrapins were a program she wanted the Knights to mirror. Tchou will not be around to pursue that goal, but Rutgers is already on the lookout for a new head coach to bring the Knights a winning culture.
TOP-20 GUARD IN 2012 COMMITS TO RUTGERS The Rutgers women’s basketball team inked another commitment to its Class of WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2012 yest e r d a y, when guard Kahleah Copper sent her National Letter of Intent to Piscataway. The 6-foot-1 Copper, from Philadelphia’s Prep Char ter, is the nation’s No. 17 player and No. 5 guard, according to ESPN HoopGurlz. She also considered Big East programs DePaul, St. John’s and Syracuse during her recr uitment. The fourstar recruit said she wanted to stay close to home, according to ESPN HoopGurlz. Copper was the four th top100 player to commit to head coach C. Vivian Stringer’s 2012 recruiting class. She joins 6-foot-4 center Rachel Hollivay, 6-foot-3 forward Ariel Butts and 6-foot-1 guard Precious Person in the Scarlet Knights’ 2012 haul. Hollivay is the No. 2 post player nationally, according to ESPN HoopGurlz, while Butts ranks No. 9. Person is Stringer’s lowest-ranked recruit at No. 69 in the nation. Stringer’s 2012 class will join her 2011 haul, which finished third nationally and second in the Big East behind Connecticut, according to ESPN HoopGurlz. Copper joins freshmen Briyona Canty, Syessence Davis, Christa Evans and Shakena Richardson as Knights from the tri-state area.
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Senior defender Paulie Calafiore, center, celebrates with teammates last night after the Scarlet Knights made their first NCAA Tournament since 2006 in only head coach Dan Donigan’s second season.
Knights face ’Canes with new expectations BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Freshman point guard Myles Mack learned firsthand how hard it is and how much energy it takes to win a Division-I game in the Rutgers MEN’S BASKETBALL m e n ’ s basketball RUTGERS AT team’s MIAMI (FLA.), season TONIGHT, 7 P.M. opener. T h e St. Anthony product did not lose a game during his senior season at the Jersey City basketball powerhouse, but he never played against Miami (Fla.), either. “Miami is probably going to be a quicker team, so we just have to get better pace during the game and play better defense,” Mack said. The Scarlet Knights (1-0) used their matchup with the Hurricanes last year as a barometer for how many growing pains they would endure with a shor t bench and limited talent. So head coach Mike Rice slowed the pace against up-and-
down Miami (1-0), and the Knights earned their first win against a power conference school since 2006. Now with a deep bench and an obvious talent pool, Rice does not have to limit the Knights to a half-cour t af fair with Miami. But he still might with three freshmen in his backcour t. “I hope these guys learn from their mistakes,” Rice said. “They had no idea who Dar tmouth was. We can’t take anybody lightly.” Rutgers will not have trouble recognizing the green print emblazoned across Miami’s uniforms. It surprised the ‘Canes last season with the discipline Rice preached and its methodical game plan. Miami took poor shots and was often out of sync after making a 1,000-plus mile long trip. The description could easily fit the youthful Knights tonight in Coral Gables, Fla. “Last year, Miami was an early game and this year it’s also an early game,” said sophomore
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Freshman point guard Myles Mack and the Knights’ young backcourt face the first major test of their careers tonight in Coral Gables, Fla.