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The undefeated No. 11 Rutgers women’s basketball team returns home tonight for a matchup with Temple after spending Thanksgiving in Puerto Rico.

App connects college students to campus life BY LISA BERKMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With an application like OneSchool to condense student information on a mobile phone, college life could become easier for some University students. The app — which went live this week — has a bus tracker, campus news, on- and off-campus restaurants and a map of the campuses available for iPhone and Android mobile technology, said Zack Johnston, OneSchool co-founder. “Being completely unfamiliar with the campus and being able to open up the app and get a feel of the campus is really important, because college is so much more than your education,” said Kathleen Warner, director of marketing at OneSchool. “It’s the experience.” OneSchool incorporates other related websites into its data system, Johnston said. “All the information we get is mostly from websites, so Rutgers would have a course listing. There’s a bus tracker, which I believe comes from NextBus,” he said. “What we do is add all these contacts, and we put it together and put it on a mobile app.” OneSchool has reached 25 universities on a platform of public service, Warner said. “The app is free. It’s free for the students and it’s free for universities,” she said. “We don’t believe in providing such an app that would have to charge people.” Because this application is still growing, Warner said she expects new information to be offered soon. “We are looking at adding events in the future. We’re certainly paying attention to that,” she said. A particular challenge for the OneSchool application is fulfilling its goal of individual designs for every university while other online platforms, like Facebook, do not change, Johnston said. “The challenge that we face is that every new college requires an entire new data set,” Johnston said. “When we go to your school, we’re finding that information again and trying to bring that together and customize it.” The lack of direct communication through social media prompted the idea for this application in the summer, Warner said. “We saw that students were constantly on their phones, but there really wasn’t anything that made this information easily accessible,” Warner said. “We wanted something that would provide that and also enhance communications.” Johnston said because the application has some practical uses, the demand is bound to skyrocket. “I do think the app is viral. Once you get people using it, it’s going to spread and grow,” he said. “Fliers, advertisements, media — it all just comes back to getting a core set of users. Once you’re at the tipping point, then the app starts spreading naturally.” Noam Flam, a School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student, said she thinks the OneSchool app is a convenient way for students to attain information. “It seems better, easier to use than searching through all those other [websites],” she said. Alfred Cacnio, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said he thinks the concept of a central place to collect information would be helpful and easier to understand. “It would be good if there was an application that would have a formal way of explaining directions of how to get to cer tain places, rather than using iconic symbols throughout New Br unswick to describe directions,” Cacnio said.

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Members of the University’s Concrete Canoe team mix concrete last night at the Civil Engineering Lab on Busch campus that will be used during the annual engineering competition against schools across the nation and Canada.

Team sets plans for concrete canoe contest BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Members of the University Concrete Canoe team engineered the final version of a concrete mix that will be used to build a canoe last night at the Civil Engineering Lab on Busch campus. The team, part of the University chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), applied academic knowledge to practical design as it began planning its own canoe in September for the 25th annual engineering competition. “It’s kind of stretching the limits of concrete,” said Zeeshan Ghanchi, co-captain of the team. “Most people think concrete is just a building material — heavy and hard to use — so we are tr ying to redefine it in a way.”

The team made it to the National Concrete Canoe Competition for the past two years after advancing from the regional round, said Ghanchi, a School of Engineering junior. “The competition is getting tougher, especially in our region,” he said. “We compete with schools from Manhattan, so we compete with some pretty tough schools, including [architecture and engineering school] Cooper Union.” Canadian universities have also participated since the competition’s inception in the mid-1980s, according to the ASCE website. Each year, the team tries to design a mix that is as light and strong as possible, Ghanchi said. The judges grade the canoe’s design, presentation, a technical paper and an actual race at the host university.

The competition this year will be held at the University of Nevada in Reno. “All the people that are here tonight are very dedicated,” said Jamie Lesko, the other co-captain. “One of the goals we’ve had is to have as many underclassmen as possible … because in class, they never get the hands-on experience.” Lesko said the Concrete Canoe team gives students the hands-on knowledge rather than academic abstracts. It teaches ideas such as mix design, testing, analysis and application. “That’s the thing about the concrete canoe. It really involves ever y single par t of engineering, whether it is structural, mix analysis and even as far as geotech,” he said.

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UNIVERSITY “Hat Chase Day” aims to better understand the way people communicate through social media.

OPINIONS Gov. Chris Christie wants to give nonviolent drug offfenders a chance to seek medical rehabilitation than jail time.

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Gregory Floyd shares his story about his son’s death and how faith helped him through his grieving process last night at the Busch Campus Center. He spoke during the University’s Catholic Society of America’s “Dealing with Death” moving forward night. For the full story, see PAGE 4.

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Hat competition explores usage of social media BY LISA BERKMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“Hat Chase Day” is an experiment that begins tomorrow as a par t of the “Aler ts and Warnings in Social Media” project, with the goal of impacting the way people communicate through social media. Directed by the Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis, the “Hat Chase” experiment is a game designed to get a better understanding of the relationship between social media and obser vable abnormalities, said Mor Naaman, who runs the Social Media Information Lab. Individuals wearing strange hats will move around the campuses, and students who spot the hats can tweet about it for a

chance to win prizes, according to the “Hat Chase” website. In order for students to participate in the “Hat Chase,” they have to report the silly hats they find through Twitter, said Naaman, a CCICADA researcher. “If they see a funny hat, they tweet about it with reference to the ‘Hat Chase’ Twitter account and tweet the hat location for a chance to win,” said Naaman, an assistant professor at the School of Communication and Information. While the event is a competition in which students will be able to win cash prizes, it also gives students the oppor tunity to repor t the hats in a way that could influence communication nationwide, said Paul Kantor, co-director of the experiment.

“The whole program is intended to have an impact on how government agencies and public agencies use social media,” said Kantor, a professor in the Department of Information Science. “So I’m hopeful that it will have some impact on those uses and those policies.” Agencies must remain up-todate with the progression of technology to be useful in the modern day, said Roberts, director of the CCICADA. “Everybody uses media now of all kinds and it’s changing rapidly. Worldwide, people are trying all kinds of new media,” he said. “People are changing their habits in how they get information and we have to keep up with it if we’re in the information business.” Naaman said the manner in which people deal with media is proving to be insufficient.

“Right now, as you can imagine, there is very little that’s being done around the country [about] looking at and communicating via media during emergencies,” he said. The “Hat Chase” deviated from last year’s method of peerto-peer communication to focus on this important role of social media, Kantor said. “We revised our experiment design, and in future experiments we’re setting it up so in order to participate. People have to make heavy use of social media,” he said. Disasters like these often spread through social media outlets before help is called, Naaman said. “We see examples that people do tweet about things that they observe, anything from the plane that plummeted down the Hudson, which was first reported on Twitter, to other things,” he

said. “We want to better understand the trend and how first responders can better work with this reality.” Upon completion of the experiment, the results will be shown to the police and other interested bodies before they are officially released to the public, Naaman said. “We show them the outcome and we discuss what they mean. Therefore the judgment process cannot happen immediately,” he said. After the results are shown, Kantor said the outcome of the “Hat Chase” experiment will be released about two weeks after the event. “Last time we did it, we had an enormous delay [in] releasing it,” he said. “I never know what red tape we will discover. If we have a problem, it will be a new one.”

SCHOOL OF LAW PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH MILITARY RECRUITMENT REPORT To better inform young adults about military enlistment, the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at the Rutgers School of Law in Newark released a report yesterday that could help interested students and their families. The report, which is an update from the 2008 version, talks about the military’s recruiting tactics and how its efforts are brought to high schools under the No Child Left Behind Act, according to a University media relations press release.

Clinical Professor of Law Penny Venetis worked with her students to prepare the report, which also explores the impact of military action on service members and veterans. “Should You Enlist?” also outlines information about scholarships available to students who want to pursue college instead of joining the militar y and discusses the advantages of joining the militar y during or after college.

The clinic suggests a series of actions the state, school boards, high school administrators and guidance counselors could take to inform students, according to the release. Available on the Rutgers-Newark School of Law website, the repor t also makes recommendations in order to ensure high school students that decide to enlist are fully aware of what it means to join during war time.

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Father’s faith strengthens after son’s death BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

When Gregory Floyd took the podium last night at the Busch Campus Center, he told a story about his 6-year-old son. “Once upon a time, there was a boy named John Paul. Everyone who met him fell in love with him,” he said. The University’s chapter of the Catholic Society of America sponsored guest speaker Floyd to speak on grief for the Catholic month celebrating departed souls marked by the Nov. 2 All Souls’ Day. Floyd said John spoke about heaven and questioned his parents whether he would make it to heaven. Weeks before the Easter Sunday holiday, John asked whether he would see heaven soon. “[I feared] God would require the ultimate sacrifice of sending him back to him,” he said. Days before Easter, Floyd received a ring on his doorbell at

around 3:20 p.m., from a driver informing him he had hit his two sons, he said. Floyd’s sons David and John were lying in the road. David had bruises and abrasions while his brother was unconscious, he said. “Johnny’s lips were turning blue, his hear t wasn’t beating, and I star ted to give Johnny mouth-to-mouth,” he said. “I kept telling Johnny, ‘You could do this.’” His two sons were transported to separate hospitals, he said. David, the older brother, was released 24 hours later, but John remained. “Then I began to realize, my son is not conscious. He cannot breathe, he could not think or feel or speak. … [He] was dead,” he said. As his son lay unconscious, Floyd pressed his mouth against his child’s cheek and encouraged him to pull through. “In the hospital there was a shield around us. … That shield

was made of love. It afforded me complete protection,” he said. “I was there and touching and kissing him with the very strength of my love. In my heart, I knew that boy was going to die.”

“We discovered that faith is a precious thing. It turns death into a doorway.” GREGORY FLOYD U. Catholic Society of America’s Spirit Night Guest Lecturer

Floyd said his oldest son Gregory, who was 11 years old at the time, gathered his siblings and apologized to John for everything they had done to him. Twenty-four hours passed, and John was declared brain dead, Floyd said. After doing so,

nurses explained the procedure of donating organs. “At 3:30 the next morning, we silently dressed and [were] led down a long hallway,” he said. “[Our son] was bandaged from where his organs and eyes were removed, and I put him in my wife’s arms. I have never seen the Pieta like that. This was a living Pieta.” Floyd said the worst nightmare for a parent is the death of a child. Six months after John died, Floyd said he was having the worst day of his life since the death. “It was midnight and it was a ver y starr y sky. When I was younger, the stars were holes into heaven,” he said. “‘Johnny, where are you?’ Before I could move, I heard a voice saying, ‘I’m with you.’” This coming year marks the 16th anniversary of his death, he said. “If you love, you will grieve,” Floyd said.

Floyd said grief is a long, hard road but it is a journey — not a destination. “You move through grief in a reality,” he said. “People used to ask if I was angry. I was in too much pain to be angry.” Floyd said his faith helped him cope with his son’s death. “We discovered that faith is a precious thing. It turns death into a doorway,” he said. Mark Rodriguez, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said Floyd’s speech was very personal and faith-inspired. “[He] shared it with us, he didn’t know us and let us witness what he experienced,” he said. “Faith and prayer were so central [to this].” Giancarlo Enriquez, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, found Floyd’s speech inspiring and said it gave hope to those dealing with similar issues. “Faith played a large role,” Enriquez said. “It gives a sense of direction.”

HUDSON TO ADDRESS CLAIMS AGAINST DELOATCH In response to a statement from New Brunswick police officer Daniel Mazan’s attorney, Walter Hudson, the Deloatch family spokesman, will hold a press conference tomorrow morning at the intersection of Throop Avenue and Handy Street. Lawrence Bitterman, a New Brunswick lawyer representing Mazan, said Monday the 46-year-old Barr y Deloatch beat Mazan with a 2-foot-long stick the night of the fatal Sept. 22 shooting. Officer Brad Berdel shot Deloatch when he did not comply after being asked to drop the weapon twice, Bitterman said. Although the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has not released the results of the investigation, he said a wooden stick was found with Deloatch. “I cannot believe Daniel Mazan and his attorney waited two months to release an unjustified action on Brad Berdel’s behalf,” Hudson said. “Family and community are still outraged more than ever now that they have come out with this statement.” — Kristine Rosette Enerio

CONTEST: Team uses Jersey Devil design for canoe continued from front These future engineers also apply their artistic side with the canoe, as a quarter of the grade is based on design, Lesko said. The national competition includes Canadian universities, which have virtually unlimited budgets, he said. Design is often a deciding factor between first and second place. The team’s design theme is the Jersey Devil this year, inspired by the University’s connection to the Pine Barrens in southern parts of New Jersey, he said. A majority of the students are in their first year with the team. Anthony Marrero, a firstyear team member, said he joined because it allows him to experience civil engineering first-hand rather than through the classroom. “I wanted to get hands-on with something I’m going to be doing in the future,” said Marrero, a School of Engineering senior. “I wanted to experience working as a team, working with concrete and achieving a simple goal.”

He said the team has built a 5-foot-long Styrofoam canoe, which is used as the base for testing concrete mixes. “Concrete gets stronger as time goes, so we’ll maybe test it next week,” Marrero said. Mark Rohmeyer, a School of Engineering senior, said he joined because it allowed him to get hands-on experience and take his mind off school. “We learn about all this stuff in class and now we actually use it like a real-world application,” Rohmeyer said. Matthew Rembish, a School of Engineering senior, also in his first year with the team, said he wished he joined earlier in his college career. “I’m kind of upset that I didn’t do it sooner because I really enjoy it,” Rembish said. “I do like working in a team and it’s really good experience. I’d definitely tell anyone who can to join.” The regional competition begins in the spring semester, April 20- 22, but Ghanchi said there is more work to be done. In the last meetings of this semester the mix will be ready, and over winter break team members may apply it to a Styrofoam skeleton.

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Lambda Theta Alpha, National Latin Sorority, RU Community Cares, Delta Epsilon Iota and Psi Sima Phi are sponsoring a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. All donors will receive a free University T-shirt and snacks. Save a Life, Donate Blood. For more information email Jared at JTamasco@nybloodcenter.org. The Daily Targum is always looking for new writers. There will be a Writers’ Meeting at 9:30 p.m. in The Daily Targum Business Office, Suite 431 in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. All majors are welcome and no experience is necessary. For more information, contact Reena Diamante at university@dailytargum.com. Operation Smile’s Around the World Benefit will take place from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center to help raise money and awareness for children with cleft lips, palates and other facial deformities. The fee to attend is $5. There will be food, cultural performances from around the world and cultural activities like henna tattooing and origami making. For more information email Aileen Zayden at amzaydel@gmail.com The Rutgers University Programming Association will have a poetry performance with Phil Kaye, a member of the Spoken Word by Project Voice at 8 p.m. in the NJC Lounge of the Douglass Campus Center. The event is free. The Student Volunteer Council invites all students to serve as volunteers at their Winter Wishes Wrapping Party that will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Those who attend the event in the Raritan River Lounge of the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus will wrap gifts that will be given to pre-school children in New Brunswick for the holiday season.

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For those looking for a new room decoration or holiday gift idea, the Off-Campus Student’s Association will host a candle-making event in the Livingston Student Center Lobby. Each candle will cost $2 and members will be present from 1 to 4 p.m.

There will be Responsible Drinking Happy Hour from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Cook Café. Please bring University identification. Limit one drink per hour.

Rutgers recreation will host foxtrot and rumba basics lessons for new or beginning dancers and a quickstep instructional for experienced dancers from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the upper gym of the College Avenue Gym. Workshops will range from $8 to $15 with valid University identification. Admission is payable at the door or register online by visiting recreation.rutgers.edu/classes. There will be a ballroom dance social from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Attend with or without a partner. There will be a rotation system in workshops. Dress up — no jeans, T-shirts or sneakers. The social is $10 or $5 with valid University identification. For more information call (732) 932-8204 or email recclass@rci.rutgers.edu. it will be free first Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is free to all the first Sunday of every month at the Zimmerli. Scavenger hunts are offered between 12:30 to 4 p.m. and tours for children and adults are available at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Visit Studio Z throughout the day for selfguided learning and creativity.

Attend the museum for free on the first Sunday of the month from noon to 5 p.m. at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. Scavenger hunts are scheduled throughout the day.

There will be Alumni-Student Career Speed Networking Event at 7 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center. Meet alumni and employer contacts from a wide variety of fields in a speed networking setting.

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Should the city add bike lanes throughout New Brunswick?

QUOTABLE MERT KAHYAOGLU SAS FIRST-YEAR STUDENT “I think it’s kind of a bad idea because of how crowded the streets can get.”

“I think it’s a good idea, but they should know that people aren’t always aware of the bike lanes. ”

QUALIYAH ARRINGTON SAS SENIOR “I am one of the people who purchased a bike in the bike rental program, and it would make things a lot easier for us, especially throughout the day when there are a lot of students on the sidewalks, and the streets are very busy with the cars and buses.”

MARISSA SHULMAN — SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SOPHOMORE

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TODD VACCARO SCHOOL OF ENGINERING FIRST-YEAR STUDENT

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“The negative thing would be the amount of money that would have to go into making the bike lanes..”

About the highest amount of money a bike lane can cost per mile.

The length in feet of a typical bike line.

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$50,000

MARK LOTFALLA SAS JUNIOR

CAMPUS TALK

WHICH WAY DOES RU SWAY?

The year the city’s ban on sidewalk bicycling began. It lasted up until its elimination last year.

“I think it’s better not to have them because you would have a higher chance of accidents happening if you have bikes on the sides.”

JUSTIN CHIU SAS SENIOR “When you are biking on the sidewalks, there is always a chance of someone walking in front of you. If you had bike lanes, it would only be for bikes.”

ONLINE RESPONSE I would not be affected — 6%

No, it will cost too much and make roads narrower — 15% Bike lanes won’t solve anything. Cyclists will still ride on sidewalks and streets — 17%

Yes, it would make biking in New Brunswick safer — 62%

Yes, it would make biking in New Brunswick safer

62%

Bike lanes won’t solve anything. Cyclists will still ride on sidewalks and streets

17%

No, it will cost too much and make roads narrower

15%

I would not be affected

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Egytptian military aids in high election turnout THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — Egypt’s military rulers were quick to take credit Tuesday for a strong turnout in the first elections since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, a vote that appeared to be the country’s freest and fairest in living memory. The military did not field candidates in the parliamentar y vote. But winning bragging rights for a smooth, successful and virtually fraud-free election would significantly boost the ruling generals in their bitter struggle with youthful protesters in Cairo‘s Tahrir Square calling for them to transfer power immediately to a civilian authority. “When we plan, we execute and, at the end, we succeed,” Maj. Gen. Ismail Etman, a member of the ruling military council, said in a television interview. He compared the elections to one of the Egyptian military’s proudest moments — when they battled Israeli forces across the Suez Canal in 1973. “The armed forces pulled off this election like they pulled off the crossing in 1973,” he said. Even before two days of voting began Monday, protesters were accusing the military of trying to cling to power and safeguard its interests under any future government. Now, they warn the ruling council will try to use the success of the election to cement its hold on power. Already, the ruling council’s perceived success seems to have taken the wind out of Tahrir protests, at least temporarily. The square that was the center of the anti-Mubarak uprising had as many vendors as protesters on Tuesday. Several small groups of older men intensely debating politics was the only sign of political activity. “I voted yesterday and returned to Tahrir. I found it empty except for the vendors,” said Samer Suliman, a political science professor at the American University in Cairo and one of the founders of the Social Democratic party. “I think the military won big from the elections,” he added. “The soldiers at the polling stations with their big smiles and politeness are giving the impression to the people that they are carrying the country on their shoulders. No doubt that they are dancing right now.” The generals, who took power after the 18-day uprising that pushed Mubarak out, were clearly hoping their successful shepherding of election would deflate the wave of protests against them that erupted 10 days ago. The protests, which drew more than 100,000 people in Tahrir at their height, galvanized growing anger among some who accuse the military of perpetuating the old regime’s autocratic rule. Etman estimated the turnout for the first round of voting at 70 percent and the head of the elections commission said it was “massive” but gave no figures. There will be two more rounds of voting for a parliament in the coming months and a series of

run-offs. The process will not be completed until March. Another member of the ruling council, Maj. Gen. Mukhtar alMulla, called the turnout “unprecedented in the history of the Arab world’s parliamentary life.” Egypt’s state media lavishly praised the militar y as the guardians of democracy, splashing on their front pages pictures of troops protecting polling centers or soldiers carrying elderly women to the polls. “The ballots of the freedom parliament under the protection of the army,” announced a headline in Cairo’s Al-Ahram Al-Masai. Al-Malla said the turnout was a message of solidarity from Egyptians to their armed forces. “Our response to that message is: We are with you,” he said as a small crowd of supporters gathered around him while touring polling centers in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, northeast of Cairo. “The army and the people are one hand,” they chanted — invoking the mantra of the uprising earlier this year, when Tahrir protesters enthusiastically welcomed the military’s takeover of power. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended “the enthusiastic participation” of Egyptians in the voting and the calm and orderly manner in which it took place, deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said. But there are other frustrations playing into the hands of the militar y. Egyptians are increasingly impatient with the persistent protests, the deepening economic troubles and a crime surge. For many, it is the military, rather than the revolutionaries, who are best equipped to deliver the stability and security they long for. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces doesn’t really want to be in power but they are the only ones keeping us from chaos,” said 24-year-old Kareem Ahmed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. “I voted today for the stability of the countr y. ... Those in Tahrir don’t represent me or the revolution and it is high time they just get out of the square.” But the die-hard protesters were not prepared to admit defeat. Amie Sultan, 30, said going ahead with the election was an insult to the memory of the 43 protesters killed, mostly in Cairo, in last week’s deadly clashes with police. Nearly 900 more were killed in the uprising earlier this year. “When innocent civilians are brutally murdered and their corpses are dragged into a pile of trash, then we, when we vote, are complying with the orders of the very people responsible for that.” Late Tuesday, fights broke out between food and tea sellers and activists who tried to kick them out of Tahrir Square, witnesses said. The two sides fought and threw rocks at each other on the square’s northern edge. At least 10 people were lightly wounded, according to security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release the information.

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Biden outlines future Iraq, US relations THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden arrived on a surprise visit to Iraq late Tuesday in a trip designed to chart a new relationship between the two countries after all American forces have left the countr y in just over a month. After nearly nine years of war, the United States now must navigate a future without American troops in Iraq. Iraq’s vast oil resources, the massive U.S. Embassy presence here and Iraq’s strategic location in the Middle East — next to Iran — ensure American interest will remain high in Iraq even after the troops are gone. “It’s good to be back,” Biden said during a meeting at the embassy with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James F. Jeffrey and the top American commander in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin. Austin and Jeffrey met Biden at the airport when he landed. Baghdad and Washington failed earlier this year to come to an agreement on keeping a small American military presence in Iraq next year, meaning all U.S. forces must be out of the country by Dec. 31. Some 13,000 U.S. troops remain, down from a onetime high of about 170,000. The issue of what type of military relationship Iraq and the United States will have next year and into the future is expected to dominate Biden’s visit. His trip will also lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dec. 12 visit to Washington. Biden also will take part in a ceremony commemorating the sacrifices of the United States and Iraqi troops. Iraqi leaders have said they want U.S. military training help for their security forces but have been unable to agree on what type of help they would like or what protections they

would be willing to give the American military trainers. The U.S. ambassador told reporters that the United States is trying to assess how “we can support Iraq, particularly to develop their conventional capabilities, and to continue the fight against terror.” “This is a very, very important joint priority of ours. The al-Qaida in Iraq organization is still active particularly in the north but they strike throughout the country,” he said. In the week leading up to Biden’s visit, Iraq has seen an uptick in violence that has renewed concerns about the abilities of the country’s security forces. A suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into the gate of a prison north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 19 people. On Saturday a string of explosions killed 15 people. Three days earlier, a triple bombing in the southern city of Basra killed 19 people. Many United States and Iraqi officials are concerned insurgents may use the transition period when American troops depart to launch more attacks in a bid to regain their former prominence and destabilize the country. The U.S. Embassy will have 157 American militar y personnel in charge of facilitating weapons sales to Iraq, and then about 700 civilian contractors around the countr y helping train Iraqis on the weapons they’ve purchased. U.S. Marines will also guard the embassy, which is the largest American embassy in the world. Biden’s visit also will likely touch on Syria and Iraqi concerns over the turbulence that has engulfed Iraq’s western neighbor. While Washington has harshly criticized Syrian President Bashar Assad’s bloody crackdown that has killed more than 3,500 people,

Baghdad has taken a more conser vative approach. Iraq was one of only three countries to fail to support sanctions on Syria approved by the 22member Arab League Sunday. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview with The Associated Press Monday that Iraq was not acting out of pressure from neighboring Iran, with which Iraq has close ties. “We took that decision out of the national interest of Iraq. So this doesn’t mean that we condone the regime’s actions against its civilians or demonstrators or that we don’t care about the freedom of the Syrian people,” Zebari said. “But there are certain self interests here for Iraq.” Zebari noted the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees living in Syria, as well as the long-standing economic ties along the countries’ extensive border. Iraq leaders are also deeply worried about what type of government might replace Assad. A conser vative Sunni-led regime with ties to Saudi Arabia could be a disaster for Iraq, which is still wrestling with Sunni-Shiite problems of its own. The U.S. vice president and Iraqi leaders will also likely discuss the fate of Ali Mussa Daqduq, a Lebanese Hezbollah commander linked to the death of four American troops in Karbala in 2007. Last week, the United States handed over all the remaining detainees in its custody to the Iraqi government as required by the 2008 agreement with the exception of Daqduq. U.S. officials are worried that if he is transferred to Iraqi custody, he could escape or simply be allowed to walk free. The Obama administration has been weighing whether to transfer Daqduq to the United States but that would require the approval of the Iraqi government.

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Support Gov. Christie’s drug court expansion

ew Jersey’s prison system is far from perfect. In fact, according to some estimates, 62 percent of New Jersey’s inmates will be back to a life of crime within three years of their release. That’s far too high of a recidivism rate for us to be confident in our correctional programs. Gov. Chris Christie looks to hopefully remedy this dismal state of affairs by expanding the Drug Court Program, which allows nonviolent drug offenders the option of seeking treatment and rehabilitation services rather than heading to jail. The program currently accepts 1,400 offenders a year, but Christie wants to increase that amount. He will also create the Task Force for Recidivism Reduction, which will investigate the state’s programs for aiding former inmates in their reintegration to society and make suggestions as to how those programs could be improved. Christie’s plans have received widespread support from both Democrats and Republicans. In a time when such bipartisanship is extremely rare, this is a sign of just how beneficial expanding the Drug Court Program will be for the state. Looking at the statistics, the program is a smash hit. The average prison inmate costs taxpayers $38,900 a year, whereas the average drug court attendee only costs a comparatively measly $11,379. Expanding the program will only lead to even more savings for taxpayers, as offenders are funneled into the cheaper rehabilitation and counseling option. The program does not just help taxpayers save money, either — it also works in the favor of offenders. Forty-three percent of drug offenders released from prison are convicted again, but only 8 percent of those who utilize the Drug Court Program end up back in court. The numbers say it all — drug courts work for everyone. If the mission of correctional facilities is really to correct — and not just mindlessly punish — then the current system fails to achieve its intended aim. Christie is right to try something new, especially with something tried and true like the drug courts. He is also correct in ascertaining that our current reentry programs are in need of adjustments, which is where the new Task Force for Recidivism Reduction comes in. Finally, the state will have a group of officials dedicated to the tough but vital work of helping inmates readjust to society. Not only is that a way to make the correctional system work, but it also leads to safer streets for the community at large and a better life for the former convicts.

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he time has come again for the University’s notorious end-ofterm Student Instructional Rating Surveys. For those of us who have already managed to struggle our way through a semester or two of college life, the handful of emails that have recently flooded the students’ inboxes campus-wide should come as no surprise. But for those of us new to the last few weeks of an academic semester, consider this your opportunity to vent about your “Expository Writing” or “General Chemistry 161” professor’s pedagogical merits — or lack thereof. Not only are these surveys important because they let instructors know how they’re doing, but they are essential to the continued betterment of the quality of education here at the University, as well. Allowing students to express their opinion of an instructor’s teaching quality, or the quality of the class in general, effectually creates a dialogue whereby the instructor is able to adjust their routine to better serve the interests of the students. Of course, the effectiveness of these surveys depends both on the class and the teachers themselves. We cannot expect even an instructor of the highest ranking and proficiency to wade through a database of 900-plus surveys for their “Organic Chemistry” lectures. Yet, on the other hand, we should at least expect the instructor to take an interest in their students’ opinions — a survey that goes unread is useless. The SIRS — which, along with its traditional paper form, is now being issued via email — began in 1993 and is part of an ongoing effort by the University’s Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research (CTAAR) to provide professors with student feedback at the close of their classes. Many, if not most, of these surveys have now moved online. This seems to be yet another aspect of the program that is helping to improve student-instructor feedback. Although, as Monica Devanas, the director of Faculty Development and Assessment Programs at CTAAR, said, paper surveys have a higher return rate than the online surveys — at 70 percent versus 55 to 65 percent — online surveys often receive a more thorough and thought-out response. Online surveys, aside from providing more effective feedback and expediting the process, also help save money in a time of closed wallets and tight budgets. The SIRS are no doubt good for both students and teachers. Sometimes, though, we wish the questionnaire looked less like a consumer satisfaction survey and more like a student-to-teacher evaluation.

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Syracuse must cut ties with coach

im Boeheim sat snugRegardless, the only ly in his seat Oct. 19 at acceptable measure is an the Big East men’s Orange program without its basketball Media Day, his long combative head coach. legs crossed while he And the sad part is rubbed his chin. Syracuse did not do that. He gladly deferred to Nancy Cantor, the univerUniversity of Connecticut sity’s chancellor, threw her TYLER BARTO head coach Jim Calhoun, support behind Boeheim folfresh off his third national lowing his written apology championship, and Louisville skipper Rick Pitino for his controversial statements, saying, “Coach — he of sharp, witty opinions. Boeheim is our coach, and he’s getting ready for the Boeheim, Syracuse University’s 35-year head game tonight.” coach, would rather sit back and watch others get Her endorsement proves everything flawed in the attention. He regularly has a laissez-faire the realm of revenue-generating college sports. approach with the media, so the less consideration Syracuse looked past Boeheim’s stream of conhe received that day at the New York Athletic Club, sciousness because of his 35 years —Boeheim is the better. one of the longest-tenured, Division I head coaches He does not have that luxury this season. in the nation — as the head of one of the country’s Marred by a sex abuse scandal surrounding marquee programs. former top assistant, Bernie Fine, The university dismissed one of his Boeheim continues to face media several moments of candor because “There is nothing he produced Derrick Coleman, scrutiny about what he knew behind what is a closed-door college coached up Carmelo Anthony and dismissible sports culture. guided the obscure central New York about alleged Boeheim said he was not aware of school into prominence. any of the improprieties involving It showed with Cantor’s response sexual assault.” Fine, a Syracuse legend, and at least that Syracuse must remain there, three ball boys during his tenure. By must remain relevant. Who would all accounts, Boeheim is telling the truth. have guided the Orange last night against Eastern But whereas Pennsylvania State University fired Michigan University without Boeheim? Who will former head football coach Joe Paterno for what he convince inner-city basketball players to flee to did not do after sex abuse allegations hit State Syracuse for one to four years to win games? Who College, Pa., Syracuse should fire Boeheim for what will be the face of not only the university but the he did do. region as a whole? After allegations surfaced about Fine, Boeheim Boeheim is apparently the answer. defended his long-time right man, a customary Why would the university abandon its leader, move. He cautioned against rushing to judgment, the Syracuse boy who played four seasons there? especially in wake of the scandal at Penn State — Why would it dismiss the coach who less than a again, acceptable. decade ago brought it a national championship? But the enigmatic Boeheim went a step further. Why would it slap the face of the man who for so He had the gall to accuse the three former ball long embodied the culture at Syracuse? boys of being opportunistic, fabricating a story only The answer, to put it bluntly, is because weeks earlier that captivated the country. They Boeheim is expendable. If Penn State can fire took advantage of a sensitive situation, Boeheim Paterno, whose influence in Pennsylvania far outimplied, and he lambasted them through the media weighs Boeheim’s in New York, then Syracuse can he daily challenges. take action. For that, the longtime face of Syracuse basketBoeheim publicly denounced the victims of ball must go. his confidante’s sexual deviance, so the univerSyracuse can frame it however it chooses. sity has the obligation to denounce Boeheim. Boeheim will settle into a well-deserved retirement There is nothing dismissible about alleged or reprieve following the 2011-12 season, it can say. sexual assault. Or Boeheim decided to pursue a career in TV — a joke in itself — it can read.

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FRONTLINES continued from page 8 And there is nothing to look past from Boeheim’s public admonishing of now three middle-aged men. As Boeheim sat smugly in his seat that October morning, he gladly took the back seat to his conference counterparts, who spoke more about conference realignment than X’s and O’s. Little did he know a month and a half later he and his program would be in the spotlight, and not Paterno and the Penn State Nittany Lions. He should receive his wish. Boeheim should be safe from media scrutiny, university accountability and federal sanctions. He should be able to skirt questions from the alleged victims of Fine’s sexual misconduct, dodge donors’ concerns and avoid the college landscape’s culture of misdeeds. But he should do so from his central New York home and not on the sidelines of the Carrier Dome hardwood — permanently. Tyler Barto is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies with a minor in Spanish. He is an associate sports editor at The Daily Targum.

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Test welfare recipients for substance abuse Letter SAMUEL FIRMENICH n response to the editorial titled “Mandator y drug tests violate Constitution” in yesterday’s The Daily Targum, the argument that it is a violation of the Fourth Amendment to require a drug test in order to receive federal aid or benefits is debatable. It will not be long until such a case will reach the Supreme Court about this debacle and whether it truly does violate the Fourth Amendment, which grants citizens “the right … to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures.” Receiving federal welfare is an exclusive privilege to citizens that apply for such aid, whether it is in the form of food stamps or unemployment checks. It is, however, not a right to receive these benefits. Driving a motorized vehicle in the United States is a privilege that is subject to strict laws and enforced by civil servants. What makes these two privileges different? Would anyone want people driving on the road if they were under the influence of a controlled substance? Would you

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want to drive on roads where no behavior. A drug test request one is held accountable for reck- should not irritate the single less behavior that could jeopard- mother with two kids if she truly ize the safety of those who obey needs the aid and isn’t spending the law? Certain lawmakers are the money on drugs. From my pursuing these drug tests own personal experience, I’ve because it will guarantee heard and seen mothers or employed citizens who work fathers who claimed to be in hard for their money and that are pover ty but were also using forced to “donate” a portion of drugs. Why should a worker their paychecks, and that the fed- support the irresponsible sexual eral aid is not fueling irresponsi- and criminal behavior of people ble, erratic behavior, such as who aren’t held to the same using recreational standard as lawdrug use. citizens? “Testing for drugs abiding In all fairness, To assume that these drug tests all people receivon those who are should be ing federal aid are receiving federal aid law-abiding or enforced to ensure these drug users are will only benefit workers that less fallacies that for tunate people society as a whole.” could be ended are being held in with just a simple the same regard. drug test. Most employers, especially civil The people that claim to be ser vants, are asked to perform a frustrated by this proposal cite drug test before being hired and that this is a violation of their subjected to tests if the employ- rights under the Constitution. er “suspects” such behavior. I’m not quite sure whether Truck drivers, train engineers, they’re frustrated because police, federal employees and they’re drug users themselves corporate workers are held to and will not be able to collect the highest standards not just aid, or because they believe it’s for image purposes, but to more of an invasion of privacy. ensure the employer that you’re An issue like mandatory drug not a high risk of unethical testing for federal aid recipients

really doesn’t pertain to rights but can capture the attention of the public as a serious concern. I cannot see why it’s unreasonable to perform these drug tests to ensure that people receiving federal aid are truly in poverty or trying to find a job. Is it that people are “leeching” off the system? Trying to avoid working because they’re lazy? How is it fair to those who decided to take an extreme cut in pay to provide for their family and continue to work? If the person receiving aid isn’t using drugs, why should they care if testing positive hinders their chance of collecting? For those that are receiving revenue from the backs of those that are determined to be employed and pay in, it’s only fair to enforce such drug tests. Testing for drugs on those who are receiving federal aid will only benefit society as a whole. Drug testing should be a standard procedure that benefits those who are impoverished, and those who contribute to society in a great nation like the United States of America. Samuel Firmenich is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in geography with a minor in history.

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After a slow start to the season, senior forward April Sykes upped her scoring average to 12.3 points per game.

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The Starkville, Miss., native shot 25 percent from 3-point land in the lead explosive Rutgers attack Knights’ first four games. Two double-figure performances and a 4-for6 3-point shooting clip later, Sykes is continued from back now second on the team with 12.3 Rushdan embraces the role. points per game. She also does her “I think me as a point guard, I part on the glass, second behind have a feel for the game,” only junior center Monique Oliver Rushdan said. “I might just be (8.7) with 5.5 rebounds per game. better equipped to realize and “We all know that she’s our best understand certain points in the shooter, and when she can bring game just to push it.” that to the game, it makes it that With Temple (2-4) visiting the much tougher for us to be beat,” Louis Brown Rushdan said. “I’m Athletic Center happy for her. I tonight, Rushdan “We’re just going to hope she continues can once again put to play the way show we’re stronger, she played.” her killer instinct on display, this Temple returns we’re better this time with revenge a pair of dynamic year, and we’re not guards in Kristen on the line. The Knights and going to let down.” McCarthy lost each of their Shey Peddy for past two meetings this year’s edition APRIL SYKES against the Owls, of the rivalry. The Senior Forward with a 60-58 loss duo combined for last year in 22 points last seaPhiladelphia still lingering in son and hopes to earn its third many of their minds. straight victory against the Temple hit 10 3-pointers to only Knights in its career under head one for Rutgers, which shot 20 percoach Tonya Cardoza. cent from beyond the arc in the loss. But the Knights will be ready Senior forward April Sykes, this time around, Sykes said. Their who hit the only 3-pointer en unblemished record is evidence route to 12 points a year ago, figenough of that. ures to change that stat line at “[There’s] something about the RAC after an MVP performthat Thanksgiving trip where they ance in Puerto Rico. always get us slipping,” Sykes “It’s coming back,” Sykes said said. “We’re just going to show of her jump-shooting stroke. “It we’re stronger, we’re better this was never lost — it was just that I year, and we’re not going to let was straining my shot a lot.” down — especially in our place.”

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Head coach C. Vivian Stringer has her team up to No. 11 in the AP Poll in her 17th season on the sidelines at Rutgers.

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Newcomers JP Correa, left, and Kene Eze combined to score 12 goals and record eight assists this season for the Scarlet Knights. Correa entered his freshman season as a highly sought-after high school recruit, while Eze transferred from William Paterson for his sophomore campaign.

SENIORS: Knights gain confidence with late decisions continued from back successes. I think that was a big factor. It is a whole transition to take a program that has struggled and turn it into what it was this year.” The Knights’ newfound confidence was a product of marquee accomplishments they tallied as the season progressed. There were the final three games of the Knights’ season,

when Rutgers went unbeaten with a pair of draws against ranked opponents, highlighted by a 1-0 overtime win against No. 11 St. John’s. There was also the emergence of junior goalkeeper Kevin McMullen, who earned his chance in the second game of the season. McMullen ended the year with three shutouts and a career-high 10-save game against St. John’s. And then there was the NCAA Tournament appearance. The Knights overcame Colgate and No. 4 seed Boston College to

reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since in a decade. It was these moments the Knights will use as fuel for the future. “There is a lot to take away from this season. We proved to everyone that Rutgers is coming back on the map,” said freshman forward JP Correa. “We are a good team and we can play with the best teams out there.” Correa, who led the team in his first year with 17 points on six goals and five assists, was part of a group of newcomers that bolstered the lineup. Sophomore

transfer Kene Eze was right behind Correa with 15 points on six goals and three assists. On the other side of the field, junior defender Joe Setchell arrived from Kings L ynn, England, and shor tly after ward gained the group’s confidence as captain. It is these newcomers along with next year’s freshman class that will build upon the foundation set by this banner season. “The newcomers — all of them — did a great job for us. They are now the backbone of the future of this program,” Donigan

said. “Obviously we just have to keep bringing in players of that caliber and guys of that caliber.” As for the seniors on their way out, three years of disappointment culminated in the successful season. While they will not be around to see it, they know the turnaround for the program started with their preseason meeting. “I will never forget this season,” Kamara said. “Getting to the Sweet 16 and beating BC in the second round has been like a dream come true. It has been an absolute pleasure for me to be a part of this team.”

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Teammates help freshman overcome adjustment BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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he Jacksonville Jaguars fired head coach Jack Del Rio yesterday in the middle of his ninth season roaming their sidelines. After cutting quarterback David Garrard days before the start of the season, the Jaguars are an unimpressive 3-8 behind signal callers Luke McCown and 2011 first-round pick Blaine Gabbert. In addition to a new coach, the Jaguars have a new owner. Wayne Weaver sold the team to Shahid Khan, who previously sought to buy the St. Louis Rams. Khan, a Pakistani businessman, guarantees he will keep the team in Jacksonville.

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For first-year students, the adjustment period from high school to college is not always a smooth SWIMMING & DIVING process. But freshman diver Nicole Honey’s transition was easier by the way her teammates embraced her from the moment she joined the Rutgers women’s swimming and diving team. “I think I really found my niche on the team,” Honey said. “It’s really great and I love it. The team is great, and they support me as a freshman, so I’m having a blast.” The niche Honey found in the program allowed her to flourish in her rookie season on the Banks. During her first meet as a Scarlet Knight, Honey collected a third-place finish in the 1-meter dive and helped the

team capture its first meet victor y of the season. The Knights, under secondyear head coach Phil Spiniello, experienced early success this season, capturing six team victories en route to an undefeated record. Their most recent wins came Nov. 11 and 12 against in-state rival Seton Hall and Texas Christian. Diving coach Fred Woodruff sees the energy Honey brings to the program and is excited to see her continue to build on her strong start. “She had contributed big-time right off the bat,” Woodruff said. “She is a talented girl, and I have high hopes for her. Over the next four years, I think it’s going to be a whole lot of fun with her.” Junior diver Katie Kearney also sees what the New Hyde Park, N.Y., native contributes to the team.

“She’s great. Her personality is absolutely fantastic,” Kearney said. “She is so vibrant. It’s fantastic to have her around.” While the freshman experienced triumphs during the beginning stages of the season, her positive momentum came to a sudden halt with the development of an infection in her leg. The injury caused her to miss significant time both on the practice boards and in meets. “I got an infection in my leg, and I ended up in the hospital for four days,” Honey said. “My whole team came and visited me when I was there, and they really suppor ted me when I came back.” Healthy again, Honey returned to where she began. The freshman finished among the final eight competitors in the 1-meter dive at the

Galbraith Invite two weeks ago at Rutgers. The Knights next compete in the Big Al Open, held in Princeton. Honey wants to continue to improve and believes she and her teammates will continue to succeed as the season moves forward. “I think [the team’s strong start] is amazing,” Honey said. “I didn’t even expect us to do this well and it’s great. It makes me very proud to be a part of the team, and I’m excited to keep on improving from where I was.” While Honey insists she adjusted well in her transition from a high school athlete to a Division-I diver, there is one aspect of the sport that took her a little longer to get used to, she said. “I think it is the early morning practices that really get to you and get you exhausted,” Honey said. “But I’m getting used to it.”

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Football League suspended Detroit Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh for two games after Suh stomped on a member of the Green Bay Packers. He must sit out the next two games without pay as a result of his fifth on-field rules violation in the past two seasons. Suh called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Sunday night to apologize for his action. He will be reinstated Dec. 12, although he appealed the suspension.

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Jonathan Broxton signed with the Kansas City Royals yesterday after receiving interest from several teams. The 27-year-old closed on a one-year deal worth $4 million. He is a two-time all-star and served as a closer with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Broxton underwent minor arthroscopic surger y in September to deal with a bone spur in his throwing elbow. He can start throwing in December and should be ready for spring training.

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Giants gave general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy new contracts. Both signed on through 2013 with a club option for an extra year. Under Sabean, the Giants earned five playoff appearances, including two National League pennants and a World Series Championship. With 15 years of experience as a GM, he is currently the longest tenured coach in Major League Baseball.

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Rays acquired free agent catcher Jose Molina on Monday, signing him to a oneyear, $1.5 million deal with a $1.8 million option for a second year. Molina should fill the spot vacated by former Rays catcher John Jaso after the Rays traded Jaso to the Seattle Mariners.

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Jumper Adam Bergo returns for his final season with the Scarlet Knights as a two-time Big East champion in the high jump. Bergo also owns an outdoor first-place finish in the event, but left the NCAA finals indoors last year with modest results.

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The Rutgers men’s track and field team returns 13 seniors for its 2011-2012 season. The talent and expeMEN’S TRACK rience is exciting, said head coach Mike Mulqueen. “All these guys have competed at ver y high levels,” he said. “They’ve gone to Big East Championships, IC4A championships, NCAA Regional championships and some have gone all the way to NCAA finals. It is ver y big to have that leadership and experience.” Two of those seniors, Adam Bergo and Aaron Younger, earned All-American honors a season ago. Younger qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400meter hurdles. The Franklinville, N.J., native placed 23rd overall with a time of 53.13 seconds.

Bergo qualified for the “[I want to] get the guys national meet and also left with going,” he said. “Get back in limited results. Three straight the uniform, get back competmisses in the high jump at 2.05 ing and shake the rust of f.” meters sent the Plainfield, N.J., Although more than two and native home with a “no height” half months away, the Big to his name. East Championships linger But he still returns in the back of as the two-time defendMulqueen’s mind. ing Big East high “We’re not obsessed jump champion. with it,” he said. “But Factor in senior your training and prepathrower James ration is for the end of Plummer, a Penn the season.” Relay and IC4A chamAs always, avoiding pion, a first-team Allinjuries and utilizing his Big East 4x400-meter athletes at the right unit and an improved time is Mulqueen’s plan distance team and the for success when the AARON Scarlet Knights target championship season YOUNGER improvement on their rolls around. eighth-place Big East finish. “Competing [in] them wisely, The first meet of the indoor sea- not over-racing them and keepson is the New Years Invitational at ing them healthy are the main Princeton. Mulqueen wants his things,” he said. “Come Big East athletes to get back into form Dec. and IC4A time, if we’re healthy, 10 at the early season tune-up. we can be ver y, ver y good.”

A fifth-place finish at the outdoor installment of the Big East Championships bodes well for Mulqueen and the Knights. The addition of the discus, Plummer’s best event, and the javelin helped improve the Knights’ point totals outdoors, but a lousy first day of the indoor championship ultimately doomed Rutgers. “[Indoors] we were terrible the first day and ver y good the second day” Mulqueen said. “We picked up some events outdoor and [earned] a top-five finish in a tough league. The top five is good, but we’re obviously tr ying to move up.” Mulqueen’s experienced senior class is something that can help the Knights progress. Bergo, Younger and Plummer are big names in the Big East and cer tainly big contributors for the Knights.

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Veteran duo leads Rutgers during unbeaten start BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Senior guard Khadijah Rushdan leads Rutgers with 12.8 points per game, helping the team to a 6-0 start. She is the only Knight this year to eclipse the 20-point mark, doing so against La Salle. Rushdan played every position this season other than center.

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REPORT: SCHIANO NOT CONTACTED BY ILLINOIS Illinois has not contacted Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano about its head coaching vacancy, FOOTBALL accor ding to The Star-Ledger. The Chicago Tribune cited unidentified sources Monday night claiming Schiano is on a list of candidates Illinois targeted to replace Ron Zook. Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi and Toledo head coach Tim Beckman are also options, according to the report. Schiano coached the Chicago Bears from 1996-8, but that is his only connection to the Midwest. Schiano also makes approximately $2.1 million a year, while Zook made $1.75 million. An unidentified source told The Star-Ledger that Schiano’s inclusion in the Tribune report was “speculation with no truth to it.”

There is a dynamic freshman class, a pair of deadly jump shoot er s WOMEN’S BASKETBALL and then there is TEMPLE AT fifth-year RUTGERS, senior TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M. Khadijah Rushdan. Through the No. 11 Rutgers women’s basketball team’s first six games, Rushdan proved most indispensable, said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “Khadijah is playing all positions,” Stringer said. “If she needs to r un the point, then she’s going to do that. If she needs to be on the front end of a break and finish, she does that. This girl to me is the best utility player.” The Wilmington, Del., native showed as much in ever y game since the Scarlet Knights’ (6-0) home opener against California, when Rushdan scored only five points. The 5-foot-9 point guard now leads the team with 12.8 points per game, scoring in double-figures in five of the team’s six victories. She played in the post when the Knights favored a smaller lineup. She sparked the offense against La Salle, scoring 20 points on a night when the rest of the team shot 31 percent from the field. And she most recently proved her worth against Arizona State in a 59-52 win at the San Juan Shootout, dropping 13 points to go with nine rebounds in near doubledouble fashion. The Knights began the game in a 7-0 hole before Rushdan scored five consecutive points and 11 of her game total in the first half. “She’s that person that there are ver y few,” Stringer said. “If we lost [Rushdan], we’ve lost a couple players.”

RU ends season with first winning record since 2006 BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

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Senior forward Ibrahim Kamara proved integral to Rutgers’ surge late in the year, scoring four of his five goals in the final 11 games.

Before the 2010-11 season star ted, the seniors of the Rutgers men’s soccer team held MEN’S SOCCER a meeting to discuss a struggling Scarlet Knights program. At the time of the meeting, the program not only did not appear in the Big East or NCAA Tournament since 2006, but also did not have a winning record since that year. The time of national prominence for the Knights was a distant memor y. At the meeting, the seniors decided the perception of their team had to change. “We had seven seniors and we decided we would do whatever we had to do this season to be successful,” said senior for ward Ibrahim Kamara.

“We had to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.” In the greatest single-season turnaround since the Big East changed to a 16-team format in 2005, the Knights went above and beyond their expectations. Ending their season in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tour nament against No. 5 UCLA, the Rutgers name was again on the mind of soccer of ficials across the countr y. For second-year head coach Dan Donigan, the turnaround was mainly because this year’s team believed in itself when no one else did. “The resolve and the resilience of the group was different this year,” Donigan said. “They came out and per formed, and they gained some of the confidence that comes from gaining

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