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The No. 11 Rutgers women’s basketball team commited a season-high 28 fouls and 27 turnovers en route to a 92-81 double-overtime loss to No. 9 Miami.

Department of Education to investigate University BY MARY DIDUCH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation against the University for its response toward alleged anti-Semitic harassment on campus. The Zionist Organization of America, a Jewish advocacy group, filed the complaint to the OCR on July 21. The OCR chose to initiate a full investigation on Oct. 26, according to a letter sent by the OCR to the ZOA. Specifically, the OCR is looking at whether the University violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, said Susan Tuchman, director of the Center for Law and Justice of the ZOA. This section states that

any agency that receives federal funding, such as the University, cannot discriminate based on race or ethnicity. The OCR confirmed via email that there is one open complaint against the University under investigation. “The complaint alleges that the University failed to respond appropriately to a complaint alleging that students were subjected to harassment and different treatment because of their national origin (Jewish ancestry/ethnicity). The complaint is currently under investigation,” said Jim Bradshaw, a U.S. Department of Education spokesman. The ZOA, approached last semester by several concerned University Jewish students who provided information and evidence, sent a letter on April 6 to

University President Richard L. McCormick. The letter claims that these students have experienced anti-Semitism and harassment in numerous ways, including the hosting of several events by the student group Belief Awareness Knowledge and Action and the alleged intimidation on Facebook and in person by a University employee. “The notion that there are Jewish students on the campus who feel that there is hostility on the college campus is unacceptable and should also be to McCormick and his administration,” Tuchman said. The ZOA also claimed that in all these instances — which range from October 2010 to March 2011 — that the University failed to respond properly and provide further methods to

resolve the issues, according to the April 6 letter. One allegation is that Jewish students who planned to protest a January 2011 BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justice event were discriminated against when the event coordinators enacted a $5 admission fee, although the event was previously advertised as free. Another allegation the letter stated was that one Jewish student, School of Arts and Sciences senior Aaron Marcus, who is a columnist for The Daily Targum, was the subject of hateful comments on Facebook from a University professor, Shehnaz Sheik Abdeljaber, who is also the outreach coordinator at the University’s Center for

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Physics professor pledges funds for endowed chair Contribution marks first of 18 new positions created by challenge grant BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The University received a $1.5 million pledge to fund an endowed chair in the Depar tment of Physics and Astronomy. The pledge from 77-year-old Claud Lovelace, a professor in the Depar tment of Physics and Astronomy, is the first to go toward a challenge grant from an anonymous donor that will establish 18 endowed chairs at $3 million each, said Carol Herring, president of the Rutgers University Foundation. Lovelace was one of the founders of string theor y, a branch of physics that attempts to give a unified understanding of nature’s basic forces and fundamental par ticles, according to a University media relations press release. He came to the University in the early 1970s as one of the most influential people in his field, said Ronald Ransome, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Although Lovelace — who is away from the University coping with cancer — could

not comment on his gift, he said he specifically wants the money to fund the salar y and research of an endowed chair in experimental and condensed matter physics. “Because I feel I’ve done enough for theor y, I decided to establish a chair in experimental solid state physics — that’s the opposite extreme from my work,” said Lovelace in the release. “The experimental physicists at Rutgers are ver y practical, and I felt they needed to be strengthened.” Ransome said Lovelace wanted his money to help the world, physics and the University. “He wanted to [do] something that he felt would do good for humanity. He feels strongly about physics and its impor tance,” Ransome said. “By contributing to experimental physics, he felt that had the best chance of doing something of practical importance to people in the near term.” He said Lovelace’s contribution would benefit his department at a time when money is tight.

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Alex Weiss, Rutgers University College Republicans vice president, discusses President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during the debate last night at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Student group plans seminars and medical courses to help students prepare for natural disasters.

Student political groups hold semi-annual debate BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Sticking to par ty lines, the Rutgers University College Republicans and Rutgers University Democrats discussed national and state issues last night at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Members of the University chapters of the two major political par ties disagreed on the issues of job creation, health care and the upcoming presidential election in a mildly tempered debate. “[The American Jobs Act] has done nothing at all,” said Connor

Montferrat, president of the College Republicans. “Unemployment numbers haven’t changed for two-and-ahalf years now — it’s at 8.6 [percent] right now.” Montferrat said the act’s ef fects on the weak economy were insuf ficient, resulting in more debt and higher taxes in the future. The jobs act will total $447 billion, of which $89 billion will be spent on putting people back to work directly, while $105 will be spent on infrastructure projects, which are projected to provide large numbers of short-term jobs, according to the White House’s website.

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OPINIONS The Jackson school board is considering policies to avoid speaking to unethical journalists.

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CORRECTIONS In yesterday’s front-page story, “Student engineers test ‘real-world’ applications,” the teams from the system design course have placed in regional competitions — not only national ones as incorrectly stated in the article — for the past six years. But the teams have placed in national competitions for several years as well. In yesterday’s University story, “Muslims speak up for activism,” Engy Abdelkader was mistitled. She is the co-founder and first president of the New Jersey Muslim Law Association. She was also incorrectly referred to as a male. Abdelkader also never discussed her views regarding the “Irvine 11” — only Salim Patel, commissioner on the Passaic County Board of Education, did. Finally, her direct quote regarding the discrimination of Muslim men, women and children was pulled out of context. She was referring to the attempted extermination of a group of people, not the specific “Irvine 11” students as the preceding paraphrase implies.

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Potential U. courses to prepare students for natural disasters BY LISA-ANNA MIGLIORE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Looking to help students cope with and prepare for natural disasters in an educational environment, Dealing with Disasters is designing medical training courses and Byr ne seminars for the upcoming school year. The courses, which the organization hopes to incorporate into the University’s curriculum, help those dealing with different aspects of disaster training, said Chankrit Sethi, president and co-creator. “[Dealing with Disasters] is focused on teaching people how to prepare for disasters, medical training and integrating ever y field and facet into creating a wholesome defense against

disasters,” said Sethi, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Dealing with Disasters, founded this past semester, is in the process of bringing EMT and CPR courses to all local universities, Sethi said. The group hopes to collaborate with the psychology and sociology depar tment by creating functional courses. “Essentially in ever y community there is someone who is educated enough to help other people,” Sethi said. “If we have taken a course in psychology of disasters, or psychology of people during disasters, we know who is more likely to help us and who is not.” Sethi and her friend created Dealing With Disasters after they learned about Joining Hands for Japan, a project created after trop-

ical storm Talas hit Japan in September, she said. “[Dealing with Disasters] deals with not just victims, it deals with potential victims,” she said. “We’re all potential victims of a disaster one day or another. It’s better to be prepared right now for what can come later.” Theodore Drashansky, Dealing with Disaster’s chief financial officer, said he anticipates their disaster outreach may expand into global territory. “Hopefully we’ll be able to impact more people around the world with education and even possibly develop missions and [help] other countries with education,” said Drashansky, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. Pratima Ramkissoon, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said

reconciling with the disasters and hurricanes in her native country, Guiana, would have been easier with the guidance that Dealing with Disasters offers. “My grandmother actually lives right by the sea wall. [Her house] was completely flooded. The rain was terrible,” she said. “I didn’t know how to deal with it, being here.” Ramkissoon said education could help prepare people to recognize what they should do during disastrous moments like the one experienced by her own family. She said the ef fects of Hur ricane Irene should encourage some students to join the organization. “A lot of people underplay how much Irene has affected certain people. Your area might not have

been as affected as someone else, so you’re saying Irene is whatever. She came, she blew, she left, we’re done,” she said. “[But] some people are still deeply affected by it.” Arpit Patel, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he joined Dealing with Disasters after his experience with Hurricane Katrina. Ifeoma Ike, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said she has been attending general body meetings and hopes the organization will catch on quickly. “As long as you can get through to one person, they can get through to another. It’s just like a chain ef fect,” she said. “If you help one person, they’ll be motivated to help each other. That’s the kind of cycle it goes in.”

RUTGERS-NEWARK PLACES WITHIN TOP THREE SCHOOLS IN ECONOMICS COMPETITION Rutgers-Newark placed second at the Federal Reser ve’s annual economic and financial competition last week, finishing in the top three schools for the third time in contest histor y, according to an NJBIZ.com ar ticle. Students acted as policy makers, analyzing data regarding the federal funds rate and other monetary issues handled by the Federal Reserve

during the competition, according to the article. The team, led by faculty adviser and Depar tment of Economics chair John Graham, began preparations in July for the competition. Students began by reading the Federal Open Market Committee minutes and board speeches in the summer to prepare for the competition’s September preliminaries.

John Castaneda, a three-time consecutive competitor, said the outcome of the experience was not purely based in his economic skills. “What I really gained was the skill of putting together a presentation and improving my public speaking,” he said in the ar ticle. “Those are things I’ll car r y with me throughout my career.”

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U. GRADUATE CONNECTS TEACH FOR AMERICA ALUMNI IN NY AREA Dymir Ar thur, a University alumnus from the Class of 2009, now acts as an alumni director for the nonprofit organization Teach For America, according to a Rutgers Focus ar ticle. After graduating from the University with degrees in histor y and political science, Ar thur joined TFA as a special education teacher at Benjamin Franklin High School in Philadelphia, Pa., a job that helped him grow into his career, according to the ar ticle. “I really built strong relationships with my students, not only as a teacher but as a human

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being.” Ar thur said. “I lear ned how to humble myself enough to realize kids are fantastic teachers.” Cuts in state funding resulted in Ar thur being laid of f from his teaching position. He soon took up his role as a director of alumni — a job that puts him in charge of cultivating relationships between the more than 3,000 TFA alumni that live in the New York area. “We want people to stay connected,” Ar thur said in the ar ticle. “We don’t just bring people into the organization to teach for two years

responded to the letter, but the response did not indicate that anything was necessary to be done,” Tuchman said. In a June 29 response, McCormick reiterated his previous position that he believed the situations were handled appropriately. He also stated that he cannot comment on conduct with students or personnel, but did state that the allegations mentioned were investigated and “decisions were made based on a review of the facts, law, and university policies.” This led the ZOA in July to file a formal complaint with the OCR, Tuchman said. “Those letters are virtually identical to the complaint that the ZOA filed identifying in detail the nature of the problems and some of the steps that we felt Rutgers should take to address the problems,” she said. But the OCR will only look into two of the ZOA’s three allegations — that a student was harassed on Facebook by the professor and another student on Facebook, and that BAKA did treat students differently by initiating an admission fee in January, according to the OCR’s letter. The OCR cited a lack of evidence and students’ names for the other allegations. According to a statement from the University, these claims go against the University’s values and “are not supported by facts.” “The claims by the ZOA are contrary to the true values of Rutgers University and are not supported by the facts. Rutgers University has one of the largest populations of Jewish students of any public university in the nation. Rutgers also has a long tradition of working with and supporting the Jewish community and a longstanding commitment to facilitate meaningful dialogue and promote civility among all members of our community,” according to a University statement. There are about 5,800 Jewish undergraduate students and more than 1,000 Jewish graduate students at the University, according to the website of Rutgers Hillel, a Jewish organiza-

believes complaints to be false continued from front Middle Eastern Studies. She referred on her public page to Marcus as “that racist Zionist pig” and also advocated people to find Marcus’ “hate page.” Another student also posted other allegedly threatening comments on his status: “Id [sic] be happy to see him beat with a crowbar.” McCormick responded to the letter on April 26, saying that the University was aware of all the incidents and worked diligently to address them. He stated in his letter that the First Amendment prohibits the University from punishing students for intolerant statements. But to address the situations, the University took active steps, including numerous meetings and communications, to foster discourse and education between the Jewish students and BAKA. He also stated in his letter that BAKA students did not choose to impose the fee, but rather a non-University event host imposed the fee as a measure of crowd control. Event volunteers entered for free as is custom for University events. McCormick stated that the First Amendment protects events on campus, and he concluded that he is confident that the University did comply with the First Amendment and Title VI in all instances. According to a second letter on June 21, the ZOA expressed their concern with McCormick’s response. In the letter, the group claims he did not address Marcus’ allegations or the claims against Abdeljaber. They also wrote that McCormick’s response to the University’s handling of the BAKA and other events was inadequate, and they further asked that the administration take more pro-active steps in redressing the complaints. “President McCormick

tion on campus. The statement also said that the University supports the Middle East Coexistence House on Douglass campus, which allows students from different religious backgrounds to live and study together. The student organization Shalom/Salaam, which aims to bring together Jewish and Muslim students, has also hosted several on-campus events to unite the two cultural groups. The statement also mentioned that the University has many centers, institutes and organizations devoted to Jewish life. “We will continue to support students of faith and defend their rights to express their opinions openly,” according to the University’s statement. Tuchman said the ZOA had no original motive for delaying announcing the case, but they were holding off on it to appeal for an investigation into the other allegations. “One of the issues that we would like the government to look into is hostile environments within the classrooms,” she said, adding that the ZOA would be providing the names of the students with this complaint. Tuchman said if the government finds that the University has violated this law, the University could potentially lose its federal funding. But the OCR could also choose to work with the University and require it to take steps to address the issues. Andrew Getraer, executive director of Hillel, said in an email that student activism and political debate is part of an institution of higher education. But he specified that, “the line between advocacy and intimidation is especially important in cases where university employees or representatives are involved.” Getraer said in this case, the University is obligated to investigate the situation, as a Jewish student is claiming that he faced what he felt was threatening speech from Abdeljaber. But he said that Hillel believes this is a unique incident. “Jewish life at Rutgers is

and then send them on their way. They are in it for life.” TFA was founded in 1989 with the goal of fostering educational excellence in low-income communities by training college graduates for positions in public education. The national organization accepts 11 percent of the 48,000 college senior applicants, according to the article. A total of 25 graduates from the University were accepted for TFA’s 2011 corps, and recruiters said there is more interest from current seniors than before, according to the article.

safe, active and thriving. But even one isolated bias incident is too many. While Rutgers Hillel is not a par ty to the ZOA legal action, we maintain a keen interest in ensuring that hatred and bias of any kind are not tolerated at our university,” Getraer said. Hillel President Zeke Pariser echoed these sentiments in an email. He said if there is strong evidence supporting this claim, then the investigation should occur and that appropriate action should be taken against those who make any student feel unsafe. But Pariser, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, emphasized that he hopes this case does not represent the Jewish culture at the University. “In my experience, Rutgers has been terrific for Jewish life, and I believe that the case in question was an isolated incident, not an indication of University sentiment,” he said. Sarah Morrison, who was Hillel president last year, agreed that this case does not paint a picture of what the campus is like, though she also said there have been a few incidents like this in the past she has been aware of. “Ever yone I know has not had an issue before. I’ve only seen incidents in a small handful of people that have been serious enough that they have been acknowledged by the University,” said Morrison, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. Morrison said this case is different and unheard of on what she said is otherwise a tolerant campus. But she also acknowledged that if there are serious issues, they should be properly looked into. “I feel like this is an isolated incident,” she said. “It’s really sad that it occurred, but I have faith the University will address it appropriately. If there is any indication of bias, it should be dealt with appropriately.” To view the full documents related to the case, go to

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CHAIR: Lovelace first donor to respond to University challenge continued from front “Having an endowed chair will give us an oppor tunity to hire a world-class researcher, which will be good for the University, the depar tment and the state,” Ransome said. Herring said she is pleased Lovelace is the first to respond to the challenge grant, which is par t of the “Our Rutgers, Our Future” fundraising campaign that aims to raise $1 billion for the University. “This is a wonder ful af firmation of Professor Lovelace’s care [for] Rutgers and the physics depar tment,” she said. “It’s a great symbol and it’s wonder ful for the future of Rutgers.” Her ring said endowed chairs are a vital par t of the University’s faculty. “They enable us to attract wonder ful new faculty and they enable us to retain the ver y best faculty members we have,” she said. The $27 million challenge grant, announced in September, is the largest single gift from an individual the University has ever received, and it enables people to establish endowed chairs at half the actual cost, Herring said. As Lovelace has matched the anonymous donors’ $1.5 million, the new position will be called the Professor Claud Lovelace Endowed Chair in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. Lovelace was bor n in England and completed his undergraduate work in South Africa. He returned to England for his graduate studies at Imperial College, Ransome said. Lovelace’s interest in physics star ted much earlier than his graduate studies, he said in the release. “I used to go to Zurich for or thodontist appointments. I would buy graduate-level physics books there and read them on my train trips home,” he said in the release. Before coming to the University, Lovelace worked for CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Ransome said. Since this time, Ransome said Lovelace has been a prominent theorist devoted to abstract theory. Ransome also said Lovelace willed his entire estate to the University in the absence of immediate family to sur vive him. “This will also endow a graduate fellowship,” Ransome said. “[Lovelace] has chosen to use his money to help the depar tment and Rutgers.”

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DEBATE: Republicans, Democrats discuss health care continued from front Another facet of the act are tax cuts and credits to help small businesses. Dan Pereira, vice president of the RU Democrats, said some of the act’s faults were results of the lack of political bipar tisanship at the hands of Republicans. He said the act is helpful to small businesses and ever yday Americans by creating longterm employment. “This act has tax cuts for small businesses — it has tax cuts to hire more workers and hire more long-term workers,” said Pereira, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It has critical mechanism to save jobs.” Republicans addressed the question of health care and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act President Barack Obama passed in 2010 with skepticism. “I think it’s a ver y dangerous precedent to set,” said Alex Weiss, vice president of the College Republicans. “Do you want a government to tell you to engage in a contract with a private entity?” The act, which is meant to extend health care to an additional 30 million people according to The New York Times, has

been under heavy fire from a long list of Republicans. The RU Democrats defended the law as constitutional, having been found so by a number of lower courts. The Supreme Court has yet to make a decision. “Yes, it is constitutional, first of all,” Pereira said. “It doesn’t force anyone to buy anything. Congress can regulate commerce, and Congress can enforce laws.”

“Congress can regulate commerce, and Congress can enforce laws.” DAN PEREIRA RU Democrats Vice President

On the topic of the upcoming presidential election, the two parties disagreed on the state of the Republican Party and the uncertainty of the candidate. “I think we will be united to defeat Obama, whether or not Obama is dealing with the fiscal crisis properly,” Montferrat said. Zach Laporta, a member of the RU Democrats, said he did not think there is cohesiveness among the Republican candidates. “I think the Republican field really isn’t united behind one candidate,” he said. “I think the

MURDER-SUICIDE KILLS FOUR, HOSPITALIZES FIFTH IN BAYONNE SHOOTING Four people were shot and killed, and a fifth was rushed to Bayonne Medical Center last night to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, in an apparent murder-suicide in Bayonne, according to nj.com. Neighbors told nj.com that the killings, which include one infant and occurred in a small house on Avenue A around 8 p.m., er upted from a domestic dispute. Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith confirmed the shootings. He told nj.com that according to initial repor ts, one shooter first fired at two adults, then the infant, then turned the gun on himself. Two other children were also in the home at the time, but they were not harmed, he told nj.com. Neighbor Has Jones, who resides about 50 feet from the house, heard the shootings. “I heard four shots and then it stopped, and then I heard screaming and then three more shots,” the 30year-old told nj.com, adding that the screaming person sounded like a woman. John Machin, who lives down the block from the house, told nj.com that the family moved in to the neighborhood less than a year ago. Police late last night were still at the scene and talking to neighbors in order to understand what happened at the scene, and an ambulance pulled away around 10 p.m. The neighborhood of the house where the shooting occurred is beneath the Bayonne Bridge, and many of the residents are working-class, according to nj.com.

primar y reason is that their hearts aren’t in it.” Both University Republicans and Democrats agreed on one thing — Gov. Chris Christie would have been a threatening opponent to Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Pereira said he was thankful Christie did not choose to run and Montferrat said he was glad the governor stayed to finish what he star ted in New Jersey. “He would’ve been a really strong candidate. He would have unified the par ty,” Pereira said. “The gover nor is one of the best campaigners I’ve ever seen.” Montferrat said Christie has a job to do and so far in his two years as governor, he accomplished much more than his predecessor, Jon S. Corzine. “I’m glad he stayed in New Jersey to finish the job,” he said. “Here’s a guy who wanted to turn Trenton upside down, and he cer tainly has.” The debate also invoked the issues of military involvement in the Middle East and last month’s N.J. Legislature election, which RU Democrats called fitting to the constituency. “I agree it was a terrible turnout. But in this case, par tisans tur ned up and there are more Democrats in the state, and that makes it pretty safe for all incumbents,” Pereira said.

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Dan Pereira, Rutgers University Democrats vice president, defends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during the debate last night at the Rutgers Student Center.

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Find out about RUPA events every Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center. Free popcorn and toppings will be provided. Beat the cold weather with a cup of free hot chocolate. Students can stop by the Busch Campus Center lobby from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to learn about the programs and services offered to commuters. Off-Campus Students’ Association hosts the event. Career Services is hosting an information session about qualifying, applying and earning credit for internships or coops. The event will be held from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in the Career and Interview Center at the Busch Campus Center. Students may register online via their CareerKnight accounts or by calling (732)-445-6127 or (732)-932-7997.

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. Career Services is hosting a speed-networking session from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Meet University alumni and employers who will show you how to develop networking skills and make contacts. With limited space, those interested have to register online via your CareerKnight account of call (732) 445-6127 or (732) 932-7997. Rutgers Student Life is hosting a personal development workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Room 411 on the College Avenue campus. This session focuses on contemporar y ethical practices and the blurring of lines between choices taken in the personal and private life and the impacts on professional opportunities. The workshop is par t of the Student Professional Development Workshop Series. To register, visit www.sur veymonkey.com/s/SPDS_Ethics.

Join the Deans of Love, Deans Tim Grimm, Matt Ferguson, Don Heilman, Matt Matsuda and Michelle Jefferson, as they rock out at the Red Lion Café in the Rutgers Student Center. Refreshments will be provided. This event is sponsored by Student Life. The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life presents a lecture by Israel Gershoni, a professor of Middle Eastern and African history at Tel Aviv University. Gershoni will explore the role of Egyptian intellectuals in criticizing Nazism at the start of World War II. The lecture will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus Center. For more information contact Sherry Endick at (732) 932-2033.

Naa Oyo Kwate, an associate professor of human ecology and Africana studies, will give a lecture called, “New York City Vice: Fast Food Retail, Alcohol Advertising and Health Risk in Black Neighborhoods” from 2 to 3 p.m. at Davison Hall on Douglass campus. For more information, contact Wendy Creevy at (732) 932-9570. Labor Education and Research Now (LEARN) is hosting its Seventh Annual Labor and Management Conference from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Labor Education Center on Cook campus. For more information, contact Judy Lugo at judylugo@work.rutgers.edu or (732)-932-9504.

The Student Volunteer Council is looking for students to volunteer at the “Winter Wishes” party from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. At the event, gifts will be distributed to local underprivileged preschool children. To register, volunteer or for more information, contact the SVC at svc@echo.rutgers.edu.

Rutgers University Programming Association is hosting massages from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library on Douglass campus, Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus and the Kilmer Librar y on Livingston campus.

Rutgers University Programming Association is hosting karaoke night. Students can sing and enjoy free appetizers at RutgersZone on Livingston campus.

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Soup kitchen feeds donors, raises funds for needy BY CAMILLIA SHANKS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Elijah’s Promise gave local residents a chance to raise funds for those in need Sunday at “Empty Bowls,” a fundraiser that ser ved meals in exchange for donations. The event — that served to a crowd of approximately 25 — focused on raising funds for the soup kitchen while maintaining a sense of holiday spirit, said Michelle Wilson, development and community relations director of Elijah’s Promise. “Supporters get to come in and enjoy some delicious food, and children get to do arts and crafts, so it’s a win-win situation,” Wilson said. The theme “Empty Bowls” was chosen to help people

become aware that there are many needy people in their own community, said Yvette Molina, director of community ser vice at Elijah’s Promise. “The goal of this program was to remind people that people are still looking for food and that they do have empty bowls in their house,” she said. The soup kitchen fed donors with all-you-can-eat soup, chili and rice pudding for $15 donations for adults and $5 for children. Children par ticipated in the event’s ar ts-andcrafts cor ner where they made ceramic bowls and colored snowmen. The Promise Culinar y School, a part of the organization that is prominent in the soup kitchen’s activities, prepared the food, said Jaimie Vennel,

an Elijah’s Promise public relations intern. “The goal of today was to make people aware of how we are helping these people in need, not just in the soup kitchen but at the culinar y school as well,” said Vennel, a University alumna. Suzette Kilkenny, who has been involved with soup kitchens for 25 years, said Elijah’s Promise has been helping the surrounding community since the soup kitchen’s 1989 opening. “It started with the church,” she said. “There were a lot of people coming in looking for food, and I took it on as some type of mission to help out.” The soup kitchen has become a landmark in the New Brunswick community, Molina said. She said par t of its success is due to its open-door policy

and availability to people of all backgrounds. “There is no income requirement or anything. You just come in, have a seat and we serve you,” she said. “We tend to those in immediate need or those who may have jobs but cannot provide food for their families on a consistent basis. Whatever the reason, our doors are open.” Volunteers knew the “Empty Bowls” fundraiser would not interfere with the daily preparations to feed the underprivileged, an activity that the soup kitchen performs on a consistent basis, Wilson said. “We’re open 365 days a year. After these [donors] clear out, we open our doors for the public,” she said. Jenny Wang, a School of Arts and Sciences senior who worked

with the children doing arts and crafts, said the event helps sustain the organization and its efforts. “It’s great that people came out and supported so that they can keep providing meals for the less fortunate,” she said. Wang said before she was involved with the soup kitchen, she was unaware of the dif ficulties some New Br unswick residents face. “As a student you aren’t seeing the problems firsthand. What they are doing here is a really good thing,” she said. Tom Montville, a local resident, said people come out to these events because they feel a need to help those who are less for tunate. “[It’s] the right thing to do,” he said.

COUNCIL TEMPORARILY LAYS OFF ABOUT 60 EDISON WORKERS BEFORE HOLIDAYS Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano announced yesterday that about 60 Edison employees would be temporarily laid of f ef fective immediately because the township council could not approve a transfer of funds wor th $1.2 million, according to an nj.com ar ticle. Despite the mayor’s claim that the decision is necessar y, Township Council President

Robert Diehl said the mayor should have considered alternative routes. “I believe that she can pay the people, and we have until Dec. 31 to make the [budget] transfers,” Diehl said in the article. Council members were not in favor of Ricigliano’s proposed transfer, citing her administration’s refusal to answer questions about the

budget as the main reason for the disagreement, according to the ar ticle. Ricigliano said yesterday employees could return to work the following day if the council complies with the transfer, according to the article. The furloughs will affect employees from several community branches, including the personnel, purchasing and health departments, according to the article.

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Protests lead Peru to call for state of emergency THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LIMA, Peru — President Ollanta Humala declared a 60-day state of emergency that took effect yesterday to quell increasingly violent protests over the countr y’s biggest investment, a highlands gold mine, by peasants who fear it will damage their water supply. The emergency restricts civil liberties such as the right to assembly and allows arrests without warrants in four provinces of Cajamarca state that have been almost paralyzed for 11 days by protests against the $4.8-billion Conga gold-and-copper mining project. U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp. is the project’s majority owner. Interior Minister Oscar Valdes reported that the state capital of Cajamarca was returning to normal yesterday, with businesses and schools open after days of strikes and roadblocks that had choked activity, caused shor tages in the region and led to clashes between police and protesters in which dozens of people were injured. Humala said in a brief televised address Sunday night that protest leaders had shown no interest “in reaching minimal agreements to permit a return of social peace” after a day of talks in Cajamarca with Cabinet chief Salmon Lerner, who had been accompanied by militar y and police chiefs and was guarded by heavily armed police. Humala said the government “has exhausted all paths” to establish dialogue “to resolve the conflict democratically” and blamed “the intransigence of a sector of local and regional leaders.” Cajamarca’s state governor, Gregorio Santos, has been leading the protests and he said yesterday that the president’s action was a mistake. He said that protest leaders had been planning to end the strike and had asked government officials for 12 hours to consult with protesters. “I think what’s being sought is for this to end in a bloodbath,” Santos told The Associated Press by telephone Sunday. Police have already used tear gas and bullets against protesters. “We will continue with our fight,” Santos added, without specifying how. Local elected officials have led protests against Conga, an extension of the nearby Yanacocha mine, for more than a month. They say they fear it will taint and diminish water supplies affecting thousands and have demanded a new study of the environmental impact of the mine, which was to begin production in 2015. Peruvian officials have expressed no intention of redoing Conga’s environmental impact study, which was approved by the Ministr y of Mining in October 2010.

Those plans call for displacing four lakes more than two miles high and replacing them with reservoirs. Local residents say they fear that could affect an important aquifer on which thousands depend. Several weeks ago, the Interior Ministry asked prosecutors to file criminal charges against Santos and four other local leaders who have led protests against Conga, a top ministry lawyer, Julio Talledo, told the AP. The charges include “hindering the functioning of public ser vices” and carr y prison terms of at least two years. It was not immediately clear whether prosecutors have acted on the requests. Newmont announced last week that it was suspending work at Conga until order could be restored and yesterday, company spokesman Omar Jabara said by email that the company is “closely monitoring the situation and continues to want to participate in a good-faith dialogue” with local residents. Its chief executive, Richard O’Brien, said in a statement earlier that if Newmont was unable to continue with Conga, “the scale and diversity of Newmont’s global por tfolio” would allow the Denver-based company to “re-prioritize and reallocate capital” to “alternatives in Nevada, Canada, Ghana, Indonesia and Suriname.” Humala told Cajamarca residents during campaign swings before his June election that clean water was more important for him than gold. Many local inhabitants said they now feel betrayed by the president. Peru’s economy depends heavily on mining, which accounts for 61 percent of its export income. Humala, a former radical leftist who moved toward the center before his June election, persuaded the mining industr y to agree to a tax on windfall profits to help him fund social programs. The government says it will yield about $1 billion a year. If Conga were to be shelved, government of ficials fear not just for the windfall tax’s yield but also for the fate of more than $40 billion in mining investments that are in the pipeline. Cajamarca is not the only Peruvian region where peasants have risen up against mining. There are currently more than 60 disputes over the alleged detrimental impact of mining on water supplies, according to the national ombudsman’s office. Several big projects have recently been scrapped as a result. One protest leader in Cajamarca, Milton Sanchez, told the AP on Sunday night that “this government that has put itself on the side of mining companies and distanced itself from its electoral promises.” “We are not radical,” he added. “It’s just that the Conga project has not legitimacy in the eyes of the people.”

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Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, asks for the support of other nations yesterday at an international conference in Germany. Karzai hopes to make his nation safe and solvent after the departure of U.S. troops.

Afghani leaders look for financial aid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BONN, Germany — Afghanistan will need the financial support of other countries for at least another decade beyond the 2014 departure of foreign troops, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday at an international conference. But the conference on the future of Afghanistan in Bonn was overshadowed by a public display of bad blood between the United States and Pakistan, the two nations with the greatest stake and say in making Afghanistan safe and solvent. Pakistan boycotted the meeting to protest an apparently errant U.S. air strike last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the rough border with Afghanistan. The strike furthered the perception in Pakistan that NATO and the U.S. are its true enemies, not the Taliban militants that operate on both sides of the border. “It was unfor tunate that they did not participate,” U.S. Secretar y of State Hillar y Rodham Clinton said. “I expect that Pakistan will be involved going for ward and we expect them to play a constructive role.” Pakistan is seen as instrumental to ending the insurgency in Afghanistan because of its links to militant groups and its unwillingness, from the U.S. and NATO perspective, to drive insurgents from safe havens on its soil where they regroup and rearm. During the one-day conference, about 100 nations and international organizations, including the United Nations, jointly pledged political and financial long-term support for war-torn Afghanistan to prevent it from falling back into chaos or becoming a safe haven for terrorists. “Together we have spent blood and treasure in fighting terrorism,” Karzai said. “Your continued solidarity, your commitment and support will be crucial so that we can consolidate our gains and continue to address the challenges that remain.” Donor nations did not commit to specific figures but

pledged that economic and other advances in Afghanistan since the ouster of the Taliban government in 2001 should be safeguarded with continued funding. A donor conference will be held in July in Japan. “We will need your steadfast support for at least another decade,” Karzai told the delegates, echoing a recent assessment by the World Bank that predicted a sharp budget shortfall as the 130,000 international troops gradually withdraw. The United States announced it would free more than $650 million in support for small community-based development projects in Afghanistan, frozen because of financial irregularities in Afghanistan’s key Kabul Bank. Afghanistan estimates it will need outside contributions of roughly $10 billion in 2015 and onward, slightly less than half the country’s annual gross national product, mostly because it won’t be able to pay for its security forces which are slated to increase to 352,000 personnel by the end of 2014. Organizer Germany and the United States had once hoped this week’s conference would showcase progress toward a political settlement between Afghanistan and the Taliban-led insurgency that 10 years of fighting by international forces has failed to dislodge. Instead, it became a status report on halting progress on other fronts and a glaring reminder that neither the Taliban nor Pakistan is ready to sign up to the international agenda for Afghanistan. Participating nations pledged their support for an inclusive Afghan-led reconciliation process on condition that any outcome must reject violence, terrorism and endorse the Afghan constitution and its guarantee of human rights. “The entire region has a stake in Afghanistan’s future and much to lose if the country again becomes a source of terrorism and instability,” Clinton told the delegates. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani later told The Associated Press in

Lahore, Pakistan, that his countr y remains committed to working with Afghanistan to bring insurgent leaders into talks with the government. “I think we have evolved some mechanisms, and we are ready to cooperate,” he said, referring to meetings with Afghanistan’s military and intelligence chiefs on a framework for talks. The Bonn conference’s final declaration outlines a series of “firm mutual commitments” for the decade following the troop withdrawal. Afghanistan commits in the document to do its homework in terms of reform, fighting corruption, promoting good governance and strengthening democracy. The international community, in return, pledged to direct “financial support toward Afghanistan’s economic development and security-related costs,” conveying the message that Kabul can count on its partners beyond 2014. “We reiterate our common determination to never allow Afghanistan to once again become a haven for international terrorism,” the declaration stated. Afghanistan’s western neighbor, Iran, did join the conference, represented by Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. That set up a rare occasion when two U.S. and Iranian representatives were in the same room, and came a day after Iran claimed it shot down a U.S. sur veillance drone. The Pentagon has said it lost a drone last week in western Afghanistan due to mechanical failure. Iran stands ready to support Afghanistan and an Afghan-led reconciliation process, Salehi said, while strongly condemning the idea of any military bases remaining after 2014. The U.S. is currently seeking an agreement with the Afghan government establishing operating rules for the small number of remaining U.S. forces and other issues after international forces withdraw. The conference pledged to support the Afghan security forces’ “training and equipping, financing and development of capabilities beyond the end of the transition period” in 2014.

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School board must speak with journalists

hen you are a member of a governmental body — no matter how local — you are going to have to deal with the press. It is inevitable in the decision to become a public servant. Of course, this does not stop certain government officials from getting frustrated with the press anyway. A recent example comes from the Jackson Schools Board of Education in New Jersey, where members are considering a policy that would allow them to refuse to speak to a journalist they consider unethical. Under this policy, the school board could ask media outlets to send new journalists if the school board believes that current journalist covering them has violated the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. If the media outlet does not comply, the school board will not speak with the journalist. The problem with this policy is two-fold. First, it allows the school board the power to decide journalistic ethics. Second, it allows public servants to hide from the public, to whom they should be accountable. Kelly McBride, a faculty member at The Poynter Institute, a journalism school in St. Petersburg, Fla., succinctly summarized the first problem with the policy when she told The Asbury Park Press, “[The policy] all looks good until they set themselves as the arbiters of good journalism.” The government does not have the right to regulate journalism in this way. The First Amendment establishes the freedom of the press in the United States, and the school board’s policy would violate this freedom. We understand the school board’s desire to ignore poor journalists, but unfortunately for them — and fortunately for the public — all journalists have access to them. Sure, some of these reporters may not be good at their jobs, but that does not give the school board the right to hide from them. They are accountable to the public, no matter how annoying some members of that public may be. Ultimately, this policy is about the school board protecting itself, rather than serving the public good. It gives members of the board an easy out when it comes to journalists. This allows them to legally withhold information from the citizens. That is not how government should work in a democracy. The Jackson Schools Board members must have forgotten that. When they chose to get involved in government, they were choosing to serve the citizens.

NJ can take pride in Christie’s leadership

ov. Chris Christie may be a divisive figure — he certainly has no shortage of fawning supporters or bitter opponents — but at least now we know how The Washington Post and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government feel about him. Christie received a leadership award yesterday from the two parties, who lauded his “unconventional” approach to running the state. This award puts our governor in some rather impressive company. Six other people received awards as well at the same ceremony, including Ahmed Zewail, a Nobel laureate, and Jared Cohen, the director for Google Ideas. Whether or not you voted for Christie, you have to admit that this is a point of pride for our state. Christie may not be the easiest man to like sometimes, but he is certainly a strong leader. He has made a lot happen in the state — and he’s been really good for our national image as well. At the ceremony, Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said, “There is no denying [Christie’s] ability to get results.” That is putting it lightly. The forceful, oddly charismatic Christie stands apart from many other politicians precisely because he does not care for lip service, opting instead to emphasize actual outcomes over empty promises. Since declaring a “state of fiscal emergency” in New Jersey in 2010, Christie has done a lot to address our budget woes, eliminating $1 billion from the state’s proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year. While everyone does not agree with the ways in which he goes about saving us money, you have to agree with Weymouth. For example, he has made a lot of enemies thanks to the way he has treated the teacher’s union, but Christie gets the results he wants. This is not the first time Christie has been recognized for his leadership capabilities. The Union League of Philadelphia presented him with the Lincoln Award in February of this year, placing our governor in the prestigious company of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Gen. David Petraeus. We should be proud of Christie for his accomplishments and recognize that he is certainly an effective leader. He may not be your favorite person, but you have to give him credit. As far as politicians go, he is a cut above the rest — which, in some ways, says more about the state of politics today than it does about Christie who, when you get down to it, is just trying to do his job.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Your area might not have been as affected as someone else, so you’re saying Irene is whatever. She came, she blew, she left, we’re done.” Pratima Ramkissoon, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, on popular opinions of Hurricane Irene STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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Political power corrupts officials

wrong to convict individual t has long been congressmen without findassumed by most ing out more about each Americans that politicase. But it would take a leap cians are corrupt megaloof faith and ignorance of past maniacs. We tend to indulge history to believe that no one the recurring fantasy that a here did anything unethical. knight in shining armor will To be fair, I do not know arrive in Washington, D.C., NOAH GLYN who invests for the Pelosi to stand up for the family, and I do not know American people against how they choose stocks. What I do know is that the “K-Street” lobbyists. But we are a hardened Pelosi and her colleagues are part of an elitist legpeople, and we know that even our most promising islative body that has purposefully crafted the law to political heroes inevitably turn into cigar-smoking allow its members to live outside the rules the rest of wheelers and dealers, trading special favors for the nation is compelled to follow. This poses a great political support. At the 2008 Republican intellectual problem for progressivism. Convention, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., summed up Progressives favor a more expansive governthis sentiment, “We were elected to change ment that provides for or subsidizes health care, Washington, and we let Washington change us.” housing, education, food, automobiles, public transStill, there comes an occasional story that stirs portation, clean energy and so on. At the same time, even the most cynical political observer. Such a they advance greater regulation of any private story is revealed in a book by Hoover Institution felprovider of these goods and services, from banks to low Peter Schweizer titled, “Throw Them All Out.” drug companies to colleges like the Schweizer alleges that congressmen University. It has come to the point of both political parties use non-pub“Congressmen are where a 10-year-old needs a permit to lic information to determine which sell lemonade on the street corner. stocks and investments they ought to fallible and More subsidies and greater regubuy. In other words, they engage in lation necessarily means supporting insider trading, which is illegal for corruptible more power for federal bureaucrats ordinary people. human beings.” and congressmen — the same conSome examples: In 2008, thengressmen who readily abuse their Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, current privileges for their own gain. D-Calif., bought $1 million to $5 milThe conservative wishes to limit government’s lion worth of stock in Visa at a price that was lower expansion because conservatives are skeptical of than the price offered to investors, and — if that man’s ability to organize society. weren’t bad enough — she bought it right before Progressives believe, despite all the evidence, the House of Representatives stopped a bill that that governments are better suited to run a society would have made it harder for Visa to charge as than the individuals and families. The consequences many fees. of progressivism are that congressmen regulate and Another example: While Sen. Max Baucus, Dcontrol more and therefore, must have access to relMont., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., were leading evant and private information. Conservatives know the “Obamacare” negotiations, they were active in that congressmen are fallible and corruptible human buying and selling health care stocks. beings and will most likely use that information for One more: Congressman Spencer Bachus, Rtheir own personal benefit at the expense of the genAla., was privy to private testimony from Federal eral public — which is exactly what happened. Reser ve Chairman Ben Bernanke and thenThis is not a Democratic problem or a Treasur y Secretar y Henr y Paulson, which he Republican problem. This is a problem with how we allegedly used to make money in the stock market. view our government. If we continue to bestow This was far from a one-party issue. more power to elected officials, then we ought not Congressmen of both parties appear to have used to be surprised when they exercise it. We do not non-public information when investing. Worse still, truly know what motivates people to run for public many invested in industries that would be affected office, but we do know that once elected, there is a by laws they were writing and debating. Worst of all, tremendous likelihood that government officials this is perfectly legal. If anyone other than a memwill use their expansive influence in nefarious ways. ber of Congress had invested money on similar To be surprised when this happens is ignorant. To information, the U.S. Securities and Exchange give government even more power is foolish. Commission would be investigating, but the SEC has not investigated any member of Congress on Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior charges of insider trading for any of the transactions majoring in economics and history with a minor in detailed in “Throw Them All Out.” Jewish studies. His column, “Irreconcilable Every congressman accused in the book has Differences,” runs on alternate Tuesdays. denied any wrongdoing. Certainly, it would be

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U.’s part-time lecturers need adequate benefits Letter ELEANOR LAPOINTE ou may recall that on Oct. 25 a letter appeared in The Daily Targum titled, “U. should invest in parttime lecturers.” It was about how part-time lecturers (PTLs) are faring with respect to contract negotiations with the administration. The feedback we received indicated much interest, so I am writing this letter to update you on our status. As with any job — unless you are an insider — it is difficult to understand the circumstances within which we work. To the general public, employment as a college-level educator sounds like an ideal situation. And in many respects, it is. After all, instructors sometimes have flexible hours. They get to continue their learning through the teaching that they do, and they get to work with young, enthusiastic and hopeful students. In the best of all worlds, educators would not have to worr y about such “trivial” things as paying for a visit to the doctor, keeping the electricity on or having a job next semester. But just like most other working people in New Jersey today, we have to attend to certain material realities. The growing ranks of PTLs on this campus and around the countr y make

notoriously low wages, have little or no health care coverage, are often expected to engage in unpaid work — overseeing an independent study, for example — and may not know if they will have a job next semester. PTLs are increasingly treated as replaceable “units” rather than as people or professionals. We are in the midst of contract negotiations with the administration. Thus far, we have been offered no wage increase to keep up with the ever-rising cost of living in this state for the coming four years, no health-related care (not even a simple eye exam) and no professional development funds — the money that would be used to enhance our teaching in the classroom. Why should you care? Because your educational experience is intimately related to the respect and accommodation accorded to PTLs on campus or lack thereof. This race to the bottom is happening in many fields these days. Let’s try to stop it from happening at our school. If you took the time to read this letter, I thank you and hope that we can count on your support during this very challenging time. Eleanor LaPointe is the president of the Part-Time Lecturer Faculty Chapter of the American Association of University ProfessorsAmerican Federation of Teachers.

Daily review: laurels and darts According to Eric Bolling of Fox Business’ “Follow the Money,” the Muppets are trying to turn kids into communists. While most of us may think it absurd to ascribe political stances to puppets — least of all the eternally lovable Kermit and Co. — Bolling had no problem arguing that the Muppets are anti-corporation. Bolling’s assertions are based on the fact that the villain in the new Muppets movie is an oil tycoon — which, of course, obviously means that the movie tries to convince kids that all oil companies are evil. Ultimately, however, Bolling’s argument is the same old alarmist nonsense that pundits of all political stripes have been brandishing at the public for years. We give Bolling a dart for setting his sights on something as innocuous as the Muppets. There is a reason why a recent study conducted out of Fairleigh Dickinson University found that Fox News viewers tended to be more misinformed than people who watched no news at all. People like Bolling are not helping with that. *

Animal activists may have failed to stop New Jersey’s bear hunt, but at least they have the ability to protest. A state superior court ruling yesterday gave up to 25 people at a time the permission to protest between noon and 4 p.m. at the Franklin bear check station in Sussex County. While it may be too late to do anything about this year’s hunt, perhaps these demonstrators will help lodge the issue in the state’s consciousness. This time next year, our state may be reconsidering the approach it takes to the bear population. We give the protestors a laurel for not giving up, even after they lost this round.

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Junior 149-pounder Mario Mason wrestles Old Dominion’s Brennan Brumley, who Mason beat, 3-2, to improve to 7-0 after four dual meets and the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic.

VICTORY: ODU’s Edwards collapses after losing to Zannetti continued from back match ended with a 6-point injur y default. It was a tech fall, but Edwards could barely stand to shake Zannetti’s hand at the middle of the mat and he collapsed behind the Old Dominion bench moments after. “He completely broke that dude,” said junior Scott Winston. “That’s exactly what coach is tr ying to get us to do, and against a ranked kid, Greg did a great job. He’s kicking kids’ heads in right now.” Head coach Scott Goodale expected the same out of Winston in his bout against sophomore Tristan Warner, but Winston won by a 5-4 decision. ODU’s 15th-ranked John Nicholson earned a major decision against redshir t freshman Anthony Volpe in their 157pound bout, giving ODU a 10-9 lead. Nicholson took down Volpe seven times, allowing him to escape each time before taking him down again. When Winston took the mat for the following bout, Goodale told him, “Match it.” “That’s exactly what an upperclassmen should do to

a freshman, what we saw Nicholson do to Volpe,” Goodale said. “Winston has to start matching it and he’s not scoring enough. It’s going to come back to haunt him if he doesn’t score enough points.” Winston says he wanted to score more and appeared on pace when he escaped

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three seconds into second period, then immediately got a takedown. He entered the final period with a 5-1 lead and the potential for a major decision, but Warner scored a reversal and rode Winston for the remainder of the bout. “The reversal at the end of the match screwed me up a little bit,” Winston said. “I’m just trying to work and put things together, feel a little more comfortable on the mat. Every time I

feel like I’m getting better. Of course I would have loved to put some bonus points on the board for the team, but I ran into some fits at the end.” He was not the only Knight to run into fits. Senior 141-pounder Billy Ashnault suffered an unexpected loss and was ridden for the entire second period for the second time in as many weeks. Sophomore 125-pounder Vinny Dellefave escaped with 12 seconds remaining to narrowly pick up Rutgers’ first decision, and senior 133pounder Mike DeMarco followed with an overtime decision courtesy of an ODU technical violation. The decisions gave Rutgers an early lead, which four thranked 149-pounder Mario Mason protected to give Rutgers a 9-6 advantage at the midway point. Volpe’s loss and Winston’s decision followed before Zannetti broke the match open. “[Zannetti] deser ves it,” Goodale said. “It’s the way he prepares on a daily basis. It’s his lifestyle. He deser ves it because of his approach to the sport, and we need the other nine guys to get on board because that’s how you attain success, by doing what he does. He’s a top-10 kid, no question about it.”

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Rice relies on Cox in Princeton prep BY TYLER BARTO

“With him being in the Georgetown offense, it’s actually a blessing in disguise For the Rutgers men’s basket- because he knows all the cuts, ball team, its defense of Princeton the tricks of the trade,” said tomorrow revolves around one freshman point guard Jerome man. He Seagears. “He’s definitely the MEN’S BASKETBALL s p e n t man when it comes to the three seasons coaching its Princeton offense.” offense at Georgetown as an Seagears knows Cox’s value assistant coach. more than most. The Silver He learned from the man who Spring, Md., native spent his AAU recreated it under Princeton Hall days playing with the D.C. of Fame coach Pete Carril. And Assault, where Cox earned his he found a way to defend it. first coaching gig. But then Scarlet Knights assoCox used his connections ciate head coach David Cox and knowledge as springboards joined Mike Rice’s staff at to future destinations like Rutgers last season, pitting him Pittsburgh, Georgetown and against the offense’s namesake. eventually Rutgers. “Dave, he’s our Princeton “He just brings the overall offense guru,” Rice said. “Our knowledge to the team, being defensive game a coach for plan is Dave. We Georgetown for “It’s actually a do well defendmultiple years, ing it. It’s just, that Big blessing in disguise bringing can we score East intensity,” because [David enough points?” Seagears said. The Knights “He tries to bring Cox] knows all the that same dimenmanaged only 65 points last year sion over here cuts, the tricks against the Hoyas and he’s doing a of the trade.” and head coach great job.” John Thompson C o x ’ s JEROME SEAGEARS III, a Princeton Washington, D.C., Freshman Guard disciple who pipeline helped spent nine years land the Knights coaching at the Ivy League the 6-foot-1 Seagears, D.C. school. They scored 73 points Assault alum Malick Kone, in last year’s season-opener Baltimore-area for ward Greg against Princeton, but managed Lewis and standout transfer only 8 points in overtime to take Wally Judge. a loss. He knows the area between And they scored only 53 D.C. and Virginia acutely, playing points Nov. 23 against Richmond, college basketball at William & where former Tiger Chris Mary and producing future NBA Mooney now coaches. players alongside Assault head “It’s very valuable. He always coach Curtis Malone. does a great job against He is the good cop to Rice’s Princeton-oriented teams,” said bad cop routine with the Knights. junior forward Austin Johnson. And his unique knowledge set is “He did a great job against more marketable than ever. Richmond, and I feel that his “It’s not as different knowledge is great.” anymore because Dartmouth But with the offense, known runs Princeton. Richmond was for its backdoor cuts and intense Princeton,” Rice said. “To be honprecision, becoming more popu- est with you, there’s a lot of peolar, so too does Cox’s expertise. ple. They’re mainstream now.” ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Undefeated start ends with second-place finish BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s swimming and diving team’s undefeated star t to the season came to SWIMMING & DIVING an end RUTGERS 638 PTS over the weekSECOND PLACE e n d , w h e n the Scarlet Knights placed second in the Big Al Open behind host Princeton. Head coach Phil Spiniello understood prior to the event that it would be one of the more difficult meets of the year. Despite the loss, he said he was pleased with the way his team performed both in the water and on the boards. “I was extremely happy with our swimming and our diving this weekend at the Big Al open,” Spiniello said. “Taking second place in a very competitive field was a great step forward for our program.” The Tigers exited the invite with a final three-day score of

1,103.5. Their total was enough to Senior Trisha Averill placed beat the Knights, who completed second in the 200-yard breasttheir second-place effort with 638 stroke on Day 3 of competition. points. Brown rounded out the Her finish broke a Rutgers record top three with 621.5 points, fol- and was her second top-four finlowed by James Madison and Big ish of the weekend. East-foe Villanova. She also took fourth in the “Princeton is a very good and 100-yard breaststroke. deep team,” Spiniello said. “They “I am very proud of Trish to have a lot of athletes set a school record,” and the way the scoring Spiniello said. “It’s a is set up, we kind of great sign of where knew we were going to our program is at that be fighting for second we are taking down coming in. As a team, school records in we’re very happy.” my second year as Senior captain head coach.” Jacquelyn Ward took The Knights finhome two first-place finished third in ishes. In the 200-yard the 200-yard medley JACQUELYN individual medley, the relay. The quar tet WARD veteran swimmer hit of Averill, senior the wall first with a final Brianne Lindblad, juntime of 2:02.93. She completed ior Taylor Curado and sophothe 400-yard individual medley more Chelsea Rolin finished the ahead of the competition with a race in 1:45.73. 4:20.04 mark. The Knights’ best perform“To see [Ward] win two ance came from the divers, who events was good for the pro- swept the platform diving event gram,” Spiniello said. “It was nice held on Day 1 of the meet. to see her reap the benefits of her Sophomore Nicole Scott finished hard work.” first with a score of 235.65.

ormer Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage will transfer from Arizona, which recently hired Rich Rodriguez to replace Mike Stoops as head coach. Savage, a 6-foot-5 pocket passer, said the decision to transfer for a second time in a year had nothing to do with the spread offense Rodriguez runs. “This is a personal decision about my family and was not influenced by Coach Rodriguez or his style of play,” Savage said in a statement. Savage redshirted this season at Arizona per transfer regulations after being replaced by Chas Dodd as Rutgers’ starting quarterback midway through last season. The Springfield, Pa., native has only two years of eligibility remaining, meaning nearby Football Championship Subdivision schools Villanova and Delaware are possible destinations so that he can avoid sitting out another season.

Freshman Nicole Honey placed second with 195.85 points, and sophomore Valentina Gordon completed the trifecta with 192.85 points. Scott also took second in both the 1- and 3-meter dives while junior transfer Carissa Santora contributed a fourth-place finish in each of the two events. “The divers were incredible on the boards,” Spiniello said. “They scored a lot of points for the team, and our coaching staff is ver y excited for what else there is to come.” While the Big Al Open provided a valuable test for the Knights, it also ser ved as a homecoming for Spiniello, who ser ved as an assistant for Princeton from 2006 until 2010, when he accepted the Rutgers head coaching job. “I enjoyed my experience at Princeton,” Spiniello said. “But I was really happy to be back representing Rutgers this weekend.” The Knights’ 2011 competitive season is complete, and they return to action Jan. 15 against Bucknell.

continue their ef for ts to transform their club and officials met yesterday with free agent slugger Albert Pujols’s agent, Dan Lozano, according to MLB.com. The Marlins already submitted a nine-year offer to Pujols, then signed former New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes to a six-year, $102 million contract and signed closer Heath Bell. MLB.com reported the Marlins are willing to increase their offer to Pujols. The three-time National League Most Valuable Player met with Marlins officials in mid-November and visited their new ballpark.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES quar terback Michael Vick returned to practice yesterday and said he expects to star t Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. Vick missed the past three games — a win against the New York Giants and two losses — with broken ribs and said he is not yet 100 percent, but he did not wear protective gear in practice. Wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, Vick’s top target this season, did not practice after missing a Thursday night loss to the Seattle Seahwawks, but said he expects to play against Miami, as well.

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coach Lovie Smith expects to have Matt Forte back this season after Forte strained his MCL in his right knee Sunday, but Smith would not put a timetable on the running back’s return. Forte did not suffer any ligament damage to his ACL, ESPN reported. The fourth-year player out of Tulane is 3 yards shy of the 1,000-yard plateau, which he topped as a rookie in 2008 and again last season.

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Recruiting class draws from power programs STAFF REPORT The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team officially received eight commitments yesterday in head coach L a u r a WOMEN’S LACROSSE BrandSias’s 2012 recruiting class. Garnet Valley (Pa.) attack Halley Barnes, who ESPN named the No. 5 attacker in the country, headlines the group, which draws mostly from New Jersey. The class also features New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania natives. “Halley is a natural competitor,” Brand-Sias said. “When the game is on the line, she wants the ball and she gets it done. Her athleticism and game sense make her a very diverse player, and I can see her role expanding during her time as a Scarlet Knight.” Barnes is one of three attackers in the recruiting class, but she is also listed as a midfielder. There are three other midfielders in the class along with a defender and a goalkeeper. Amanda Currell joins the Knights after starting in net for Moorestown High School, which ranked 11th nationally last year, for the past two seasons. Teammate Nikki McMonagle also joins Rutgers by way of Moorestown, where she scored 47 goals and assisted 30 times as an attacker last season on the Group 3 State Championship team. “Nikki has broken out over the last year,” Brand-Sias said. “She is a go-to player for a nationally rated program, and I expect her to grow even more over her senior season. Her presence around the cage and her tenacity in the ride are exciting.” Fellow attack Kim Kolodny also joins Rutgers after playing for a successful high school program. Kolodny played four years at Farmingdale High School (N.Y.), where she won a pair of state titles and a national title at the club level. “Kim will arrive at Rutgers having been the leading scorer at a perennial powerhouse,” BrandSias said. “Her ability to work around the cage looks effortless, and I think the sky is the limit with her potential. Her vision in the offensive end will fit into our system well.” Midfielder Madeline Hulsey is the only other out-of-state player in the eight-member class after starting the past four years at Annapolis Area Christian School (Md.). Hulsey led the country with 100 points as a senior on 65 goals and 35 assists. She set a league record as a junior with 175 draw controls. Fair Haven Regional defender Addington Elliot, the Peddie School midfielder Taylor Pennell and St. Anthony’s midfielder Chrissy Schreiber make up the rest of the class. Elliot is the only defender of the group joining a team that finished last season 9-7 with a 9.06 goals against average. “Addie is one of the hardest working athletes I have seen,” Brand-Sias said. “Her one versus one defense is extremely strong, and she excels every time I see her. I am excited for her potential on the Banks.”

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Redshirt freshman wideout Brandon Coleman crosses the goal line for a 38-yard touchdown in Rutgers’ Nov. 12 game against Army at Yankee Stadium. It was one of Coleman’s four touchdowns in the final four games of his rookie season.

Coleman regains confidence to finish strong BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

For two months, it took Brandon Coleman countless conversations with wide receivers coach P.J. FOOTBALL Fleck and head coach Greg Schiano. Then it took one catch against South Florida. One catch turned into another and eventually the redshirt freshman felt like the same wide receiver that dominated spring practices with highlight reel catch after highlight reel catch. After Coleman’s season started with a flurr y of dropped passes, it ended with four touchdowns in as many games. News that Rutgers accepted a bid to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium takes Coleman back to the site of one of those scores. “It did come together,” the 6foot-6 Coleman said. “I did everything I could just to get my mind right. It was all in my mind. Once I realized I could do everything in my mind, I started to perform better.” It star ted with a 34-yard touchdown against South Florida — one of three catches for 75 yards he had in the win. He had a 38-yard touchdown catch against Army at Yankee Stadium. And he finished the season with a six-catch, 223yard, two-touchdown performance at Connecticut. But leaving Rentschler Field, Coleman could not shake the feeling of a 40-22 loss. “The loss hurt way more because this is the ultimate team game,” Coleman said. “When we go back to watch it on film, analyze it and break it down, of course I saw some of the good things I did. But I also saw some things I need to work on to get ready for this bowl game.”

If recent results are any indication, Coleman should have an increased role. Junior wide receiver Mark Harrison, who established himself as the Scarlet Knights’ primary deep threat last season, struggled with drops in the early season and has yet to make a catch since suffering a concussion in practice in early November. Harrison sat out against South Florida, and Coleman answered the call. Standing in the end zone after the USF victory, Harrison and Coleman embraced. Then Fleck gave Coleman the same treatment, echoing their previous conversations. “They were just really laid back,” Coleman said. “He was just trying to figure out what was going through my mind and where the doubt was coming from. He was just trying to explain to me that I should have no doubt.” Coleman found the doubt somewhere between Rutgers’ opener against North Carolina Central, when he caught a 44yard touchdown pass, and a loss at Louisville. He caught a 25-yard pass Oct. 29 against West Virginia, then started his scoring frenzy. “If you catch the one ball, the first ball, that just propels practice and propels the games,” Coleman said. “If you drop one ball, I’ve gotten better at flushing it.” Coleman says he flushes the positive plays, as well, which made him busy in recent weeks. His last quar ter of football included five catches, 178 yards and two trips to the end zone, making him one of Rutgers’ best of fensive weapons entering bowl preparation. “I look back on the things I’ve done and use that as a confidence booster,” Coleman said. “It’s not to gloat, it’s a confidence booster.”

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Redshirt freshman wide receiver Brandon Coleman returns the ball to an official after scoring one of two touchdowns at UConn.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

KNIGHTS SUFFER FIRST LOSS IN DOUBLE OVERTIME AT NO. 9 MIAMI

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Junior 174-pounder Gregory Zannetti pulls Old Dominion’s 9th-ranked Te Edwards in from the edge of the mat before recording one of his eight takedowns in the final two periods of a 27-12 technical fall.

Zannetti’s rout leads Rutgers to victory BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Greg Zannetti was at his lowest point Friday when he knew he would win. The redshirt junior’s back was maybe an inch from the mat WRESTLING at the Louis Brown OLD DOMINION 13 Athletic Center. His head, arched back, RUTGERS 20 was the only thing keeping him from a first-period pin fall. And he had 45 seconds

to fight off the ninth-ranked 174-pounder in the nation. “I was just trying to get out,” Zannetti said, “but I knew if I got out, I could finish the match and beat him.” Zannetti escaped from Old Dominion’s Te Edwards with one second remaining in the first period, then recorded eight takedowns in the final two periods en route to a tech fall that secured the Rutgers wrestling team’s 2013 dual meet victory. He earned near fall points in the second period. He forced Edwards into two

stalling calls. And when he chose to start down after Edwards’ injur y time, he reversed him. “I just tried to keep scoring,” Zannetti said. “That’s my mindset always — just keep scoring and scoring. I don’t know when he broke, but I just kept going.” The 16th-ranked Zannetti broke Edwards to the point that it was initially unclear whether Zannetti earned a 15-point lead and 5-point technical fall or if the

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The No. 11 Rutgers women’s basketball team entered its matchup last night with No. 9 Miami facing its first ranked opponent of the WOMEN’S BASKETBALL season and the RUTGERS 81 nation’s thirdlongest home MIAMI 92 winning streak. But a season-high 28 fouls and a depleted lineup prevented the Scarlet Knights from remaining undefeated, as the team eventually fell, 92-81, in double overtime. After senior guards Khadijah Rushdan and Nikki Speed both fouled out before the end of regulation, the Knights played without two of their most experienced perimeter presences. It worked in the Hurricanes’ (7-1) favor, and senior Riquna Williams stole the show. Williams scored 15 points across the two overtime periods, finishing with a game-high 36 points. Miami outscored Rutgers, 18-7, in the second overtime while earning most of its scoring opportunities from the charity stripe. The Knights (8-1) faced a four-point deficit with 38 seconds remaining in the first overtime, but a 3-pointer by senior forward April Sykes, who scored 19 points, kept the game within reach. Sykes scored 10 points in overtime to lead the team, while Oliver paced the Knights during regulation. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer frequently called Oliver’s number late in the second half at the BankUnited Center, and the junior center answered the call. Oliver posted her third double-double of the season with 25 points and 19 rebounds. The Las Vegas native also recorded three of Rutgers’ eight blocks in the victory, as the Knights held the Hurricanes to 35.7-percent shooting. But they also squandered a 16-point second-half lead. Sykes and Oliver combined for 46 of Rutgers’ 77 shots — each attempting 23 — while Rutgers again struggled with turnovers. The Knights suffered a season-worst 27 turnovers in the game, turning into 25 Miami points. — Anthony Hernandez

Schiano opts to wait on quarterback decision Offensive coordinator remains after interview for Tulane job BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd surveys the field at Connecticut, where he was pulled in favor of freshman Gary Nova for the fourth quarter of a 40-22 loss.

Following the Rutgers football team’s berth in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl on Sunday, head coach Greg Schiano said he continues to evaluate its quarterback situation. Schiano did not KNIGHT name a starter at the NOTEBOOK position for the Scarlet Knights’ Dec. 30 meeting with Iowa State at Yankee Stadium. The evaluation process is ongoing, he said. “That’s not going to be an easy one,” Schiano said. “Both are capable. We just have to figure out what fits best. You never know.” Schiano said there is a scenario in which both sophomore Chas Dodd and freshman Gary Nova see time at quarterback against the Cyclones. The Knights’ coaching staf f will evaluate both signal callers on their body of

work, recent play and how they per form in practice leading up to the team’s bowl game. Rutgers had a week off following its 4022 season-ending loss to Connecticut, but now faces a week of regular practices before it begins to implement its gameplan for Iowa State. “At the end, you have to take all the ‘numerical data,’ and you have to weigh it out and do what you think is best,” Schiano said. Dodd started the first four games behind center before Nova replaced him in the fourth quarter of Rutgers’ Big East opener at Syracuse. Schiano trotted out Nova for the next five contests before Dodd showed off late-game heroics of his own Nov. 5 against South Florida. The overtime win prompted Schiano to start Dodd the final three games before Nova threw for 298 yards in only one quarter at Connecticut.

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