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Residence Life to merge with U. Housing

Group pushes for Asian-American studies program

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University Housing and Residence Life departments plan to merge next spring — a move officials says will promote efficiency and better housing service to students. Executive Director of Housing Michael Imperiale’s resignation prompted the merger, which will go into effect after his departure on Saturday, said Joan Carbone, executive director for Residence Life, via email. “I am very excited about the future of Housing and Residence Life,” said Carbone, who will lead the conjoined departments until the University hires another director. “The staffs on both sides of the house are strong professionals who want to work together to put the interests of the students first.” Residence Life currently handles logistical matters like room assignments, contracts and safety for students, as well as selecting, training and super vising the staff, Carbone said. Housing deals with maintenance concerns like cleaning, renovations and repairs. Carbone said integrating the two departments is a practical and common approach, as other colleges already use similar systems. “Most universities have a combined unit super vising their residence hall system,” she said. “Clearly the buildings affect the students, and the students affect the buildings, so it is best for both of these staffs to have the same vision and priorities to best meet [students’] needs.” Susan Boyd, director of Residence Life for Residence Education and Personnel, said the merger is designed to increase productivity and benefit students. She said having two departments with overlapping management in the residence halls has made it difficult to control the residence halls as a whole. “I think [the merger will] be a great opportunity to work together in a way that we haven’t in the past,” Boyd said. “It needs to be collaborative so we can look at things that were pigeonholed as one staff’s responsibility.” Boyd said the merger is not expected to completely revolutionize the way employees work, because the two departments already share similar responsibilities in overlapping areas. “We’re talking about the same spaces, [divided between] the hard operations and the people’s side,” she said. “There are some people whose jobs won’t change at all. There might be some different things we ask of [resident assistants] and custodians, so for some folks there might be a few changes.” The future of the different staff members remains undecided, but administrators hope to find clarity from an ongoing study, said Henry Velez, director of Business and Administration Services for Housing, via email. “We are currently going through an internal organizational study, but there are no plans to eliminate positions,” Velez said. Velez will become executive director for Finance and Administration in the new Housing and Residence Life Department. There will be modifications within the department based on the conclusions of the study, such as a possible change in different job descriptions for various staff members, Velez said. A new director for the Residence Life and Housing Department will also be hired in the coming months.

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Students march from Hamilton Street to Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus last Wednesday during the Asian-American studies rally.

Protestors chanting “We are Asian-Americans, we will not stop the fight,” last week on the College Avenue campus were heard in School of Arts and Sciences Executive Dean Douglas Greenberg’s office, but were not greeted with a desirable response. The march on Dec. 7 to Greenberg’s office on 77 Hamilton St. was part of the Asian American Leadership Cabinet’s ongoing initiative for an Asian-American studies program at the University. Greenberg said he recognizes the protestors’ concerns, but can only do so much under financial pressures. “Do we do enough in Asian-American studies? Probably not. But I don’t think it’s a fair claim to say

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Douglass hosts 94th Yule Log tradition BY ALEKSI TZATZEV ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Keeping a 94-year-old tradition at Douglass Residential College alive, Douglass students, their families and alumni celebrated last night the lighting of the Yule Log. The ceremony held at Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus showed how it has changed over the years as the Voorhees Choir, accompanied by the chapel’s organ, per formed several pieces ranging from “Siyahamba,” a South African hymn, to “O Holy Night.” They sang as DRC students slowly lit the candles at the end of each pew.

Twenty-four DRC seniors read excerpts from various texts like the Bible and the Quran, which all incorporated the idea of light. “In the darkest day in winter, color is ever ywhere,” read Kaitlin Toal, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, from an 1815 Cherokee piece. Some students brought their families to this formerly Douglass College tradition. But Kayti Fitzpatrick, a School of Nursing first-year student, attended because her mother went to the Yule Log ceremony when she studied at Douglass College. “I think I went to this every year when I was at

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Voorhees Choir members perform during the 2011 Yule Log ceremony held in the Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus.

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Council reveals student concerns to administrators BY SASKIA KUSNECOV CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Housing, transportation and dining — these are some of the University ser vices the Engineering Governing Council found that posed concerns for engineering students, through their “What’s On Your Mind Month” survey. As part of the EGC’s “What On Your Mind Month” initiative, the council hosted an event with University officials and engineering administrators to present the results of their survey last Friday at the Busch Campus Center. The guest list for the event included the directors of Housing, Transportation Services and Dining Services, academic deans and advisers, engineering department chairs and undergraduate directors. “There are eight total departments in the engineering school,” said Parth Oza, EGC president. “So we asked specific questions for those different departments, as well as academic questions.” The EGC aimed to invite a long list of University officials to the event to diminish the gap in communication between students and administration, said Oza, a School of Engineering senior. He said the discussion provided an opportunity for council members and officials to have an open narrative about student issues. The “What’s On Your Mind Month” survey was distributed via email throughout November to all engineering students, Oza said. Laura Norkute, EGC co-chair of Open House Steering and a School of Engineering junior,

said they tried to make the questions open-ended to leave room for student input. The number of responses amounted to about 456, or 15 percent of the engineering school’s students, Oza said. The council’s presentation broke down the results by major and academic year. The sur vey included questions on transportation, housing, dining and computing, said Minru Hwang, EGC chair of University Affairs. Students expressed the most concern in transportation, with most complaints being overcrowding on buses and bus frequency. “Once I was held up in lecture for two minutes, missed the bus by like a second and then had to wait 20 minutes for the next bus,” said Pete Spatocco, a School of Engineering first-year student. Dining was an additional topic that yielded a high response, said Hwang, a School of Engineering senior. The responses included the generic complaints of the quality and variety of food served in the dining halls, but also in the limited takeout options for students. Hwang said dining takeout does not typically include healthy options, with greasy meals and only lettuce to be considered as salad. EGC suggested Dining Services should adopt more vegetarian options, which would lead to heathier food choices, and implement a system where students can swipe for meals at the campus center, which has already been instated on Cook/Douglass and Livingston campuses. Oza said their suggested system at places like the

STUDENT WORKS TO BRING CLOSER TIES BETWEEN US, TAIWAN Jenny Wang, a first-generation student visited Taiwan, which led to an ef for t to campaign for stronger relations between the United States and Taiwan, according to Rutgers Focus. She told Rutgers Focus the trip made her passionate about the countr y that she wanted to fight for. “You have to tread lightly, because the issue is so controversial,” Wang said. The issue that concerns her per tains to Taiwan’s struggle to gain a seat in the United Nation as only 23 nations recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation, according to Rutgers Focus. Taiwan is currently recognized as the Republic of China, and the United States suppor ts its involvements in cer tain international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, but does not suppor t Taiwanese independence, according to Rutgers Focus. To strengthen the bond between the United States and Taiwan, Wang lobbied Congress, attended rallies and spoke about the issue with students. “People tend to get Taiwan confused with other countries — it gets dishear tening,” she said. “There’s just not a lot of understanding of the political realities.” Wang took par t in Formosa Foundation Ambassador Program in which she learned how to promote Taiwanese independence through working with legislators, according to Rutgers Focus. With the skills she learned there, she took the issue to Rep. Rodney Frelinghyusen, R-11. “We discussed traide, security, cabinet-level visits, democracy and human rights,” she said. “It was ver y encouraging and rewarding to see how engaged and interested he was about these topics.”

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Jay Ravaliya, Engineering Governing Council secretary, discusses complaints last Friday about teaching assistants on Busch campus.

Busch Campus Center could benefit dining ser vices because more commuter students would purchase meal packages. “That’s not Dining Services, though,” Joe Charette, executive director of Dining Ser vices. “Those are outside vendors so that would be a hurdle.” Significantly more students choose the takeout option rather than eating in the dining hall, Charette said. This not only increases the amount of food that is thrown out every day, but it limits the meal options, because there is more variety inside the dining hall. Jay Ravaliya, EGC secretar y, said the results were broken down into the eight depar tments of the engineering

schools, so the council could get a better feel for specific grievances from each student. Mechanical engineering students had the largest response rate on the topic of teaching assistants, Ravaliya said. Complaints about teaching assistants included the language barrier and an inability to convey concepts. EGC suggested teaching assistants take a course on teaching before they become part of the classroom. “A lot of the TAs sit in front of a lecture hall of students with their laptops, working on their research,” Oza said. About 69 percent of engineering students had reservations about academics, said Ravaliya, a School of Engineering junior. The categories ranged from unclear

syllabuses to professors having too static of a teaching style, because some students think engineering is a field that requires a dynamic lecturing style. Specifically, the civil engineering students expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of clarity in course standards, Ravaliya said. The presentation also stressed the need for more recitations in higher-level classes and a variety of tutoring opportunities, Ravaliya said. EGC Co-Chair of Engineering Affairs Asim Alvi, a School of Engineering sophomore, said the material is not difficult, just harder to learn. Fred Bernath, associate dean for Academic Affairs at the School of Engineering, said one concern the EGC did not address was cheating within the department. “Academic integrity and cheating is a big concern,” Bernath said. “I don’t know if it’s necessarily a big concern for the students, but it’s a huge concern for the administration. I think we can work together with the students to solve that problem.” When some faculty members echoed the importance of Bernath’s concern during the presentation, Oza said solving any problems would not be an easy venture. “It’s hard for us to figure out what we can do, but a lot of it goes back to issues like TAs [and tutoring],” Oza said. “But we could cer tainly work with the administration to figure out where the issues are coming from.”

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Douglass College, and I haven’t been here since,” said Kathy Hawn, a Class of 1985 alumna. “I got married in this chapel.” She recalled how the campus was two decades earlier, but said not much had changed other than the students at the college. “It’s smaller than it used to be,” Hawn said. “Other than that, a lot has stayed the same. I’m sad that the dorm I lived in is closed.” The Yule Log ceremony has been around since Douglass College’s inception in 1918. In those days, it was held in College Hall. Voorhees Chapel was built seven years later in 1925, and it was Elizabeth Voorhees who stipulated that a fireplace be built so the tradition could continue. But it was not until 1927 that the celebration took place at the chapel. Lauren Zielinski, senior program coordinator at DRC, said she took an interest in the ceremony because of its long history and connection to the college. “[I am attending this because of] the fact that such tradition has been able to last that long, and really the only

Carbone said the students, above all else, are the main consideration behind the proposed departmental changes. “Housing and Residence Life have shared offices on all campuses since reorganization,” she said. “So while some of the contact points may change

RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Douglass College alumni and students light candles yesterday during the annual Yule Log Ceremony on Douglass campus.

change has been moving it from College Hall to Voorhees Chapel,” Zielinski said. Allison Ryan, a member of the Yule Log committee, said this year’s ceremony was a celebration of winter, and the different readings and music represented several dif ferent cultures and religions. “There is just a dif ferent mix. This is a celebration of winter, and we have different readings from dif ferent religions and groups,” she said. Ryan said she enjoyed being part of the Douglass community and hoped to continue the tradition as students and faculty have done for 94 years. “I love being part of Douglass, and it’s important to

keep our traditions going. That’s why I participate,” Ryan said. Among the student audience were Gina Picciano and Rosheen Chaudhry, two School of Arts and Sciences first-year students. “My friend is a log bearer here, so I figured I’d come and see her, especially because she has to wear a costume,” Picciano said. “Plus, I figured I might as well check it out because it seems like an important tradition.” Chaudhry said she had heard of the history behind the Yule Log at the University and decided to experience it herself. “This is my first year, so I wanted to see what this was about,” Chaudhr y said. “I love Douglass.”

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internally, students should not notice anything, except hopefully that there is an improvement in customer ser vice.” The merger is one of several measures Residence Life and Housing are taking to ensure contentment among students, Boyd said. “We [do a sur vey] of satisfaction where we ask [students] to tell us what works, and they tell us on a whole that they’re really ver y satisfied,” she said.

students disagree and say it’s a ver y important topic.” But Greenberg said he has rally after quiet negotiations fail given in to certain demands in recent years and continues to continued from front negotiate with students. we’re unfair,” Greenberg said. “The presence of such cours“We’re doing the best we can with es in the curriculum is something very limited resources. Students that we’ve been trying to effect surely know what the situation for a long time,” Greenberg said. with the Rutgers budget is.” “Students have been talking to Allan Isaac, an associate pro- me about this for at least a year, fessor in the Depar tment of and we’ve added some courses American Studies and English, since then.” and Rick Lee, an instructor in Ryan Ramones, an AALC the Depar tment of English, organizer, said financial conjoined the 60 marchers to cerns might have caused the express Asian-American stud- University to resist the organiies’ importance on campus, said zation’s demands for AsianLong Pham, an AALC member. American studies. “We have Asian Studies, but “I believe one of the reasons that relates to Asia. We want to Rutgers hasn’t implemented know the Asian-American his- Asian-American studies is from tor y, the way to analyze the a fear of another interdisciplithings that have happened to nar y subject taking a piece of us in the past and how they the pie,” said Ramones, a af fect us politically, socially, School of Engineering junior. “I culturally and economically,” want to assure them that havsaid Pham, a ing AsianSchool of Arts and American studSciences senior. ies won’t steal “Rutgers has After failed money from almost 25 percent attempts at quiet other depar tnegotiation, stuments.” of students that dents staged a Pham said an loud protest to get are Asian-identified, Asian-American attention, said studies program and that’s Aamir Lalani, comight help coordinator of the bring more a gigantic group." demonstration. money into the LONG PHAM “We’re going interdisciplinary Asain-American Leadership against the prevaildepartment. Cabinet Member ing notion that “Another Asians are passive p r o g r a m and not willing to would actually take a stand,” said Lalani, a help out the humanities departSchool of Arts and Sciences soph- ment in general,” he said. “It omore. “That’s in part what I would provide more opportunibelieve has the University resting ties and more potential for new and not fully supporting Asian- projects that would American studies.” accumulate more funding for The University is ranked the humanities.” seventh in the percentage of Greenberg said even if he degrees earned by Asians had the means of establishing a among public universities in concentration in Asianthe Association of American American studies, the choice is Universities, according to the not his. University’s website. “The decision about School of Arts and Sciences whether or not to offer a major junior Anna Phung, co-coordi- or a minor is the decision that’s nator of the demonstration, made by the faculty of the said she believes Asian- School of Arts and Sciences,” American students should have he said. “The initiative to crethe chance to learn about their ate such a minor field or major histor y, as there are many stu- field will have to come from dents at the University who the faculty.” identify as Asian. Though Greenberg was not in “Other universities that his office during the rally on have Asian-American studies Wednesday, Ramones said he — their demographic is much hopes it brought awareness to smaller,” Pham said. “Rutgers the campus community. has almost 25 percent of stu“I believe the rally will be dents that are Asian-identified, successful and get people to and that’s a gigantic group. But notice Asian-American studies other universities that have and have people to just listen maybe 12 percent have wonder- and realize that this is someful, integrated Asian studies.” thing we don’t have at the Donggu Yoon, a Rutgers University,” he said. United Students Coalition The organization plans for member, said Greenberg did more protests toward equal acanot follow through with his demic opportunities, said Claire promise to have a faculty Chang, an AALC member. this semester. “We believe, as a collective, “It’s just not a priority in that we can do things efficiently their minds. In their minds, it without leaving people out of doesn’t concern them,” said the process,” she said. “We all Yoon, a School of Ar ts and have this collective effort to get Sciences senior. “Obviously, the things done.”

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There will be an exhibit presenting etchings by Canaletto and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, two influential Italian artists during the 18th century. The presentation will take place from noon to 5 p.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. For more information, email press@zimmerli.rutgers.edu or call (732)-932-7237. Men’s basketball plays host to Monmouth on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus. For more information, email info@scarletknights.com or call (732)-445-4291.

Kraig Alan Williams will conduct the Wind Ensemble at 8 p.m. in the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Admission is free. For more information, email jcogan@masongross.rutgers.edu or call (732)-932-7511. The Of f Campus Students’ Association is hosting a stress management and workshop meeting at 8 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center Room 120 AB. Students can join the OCSA to learn tips on how to manager their stress and receive a free massage.

Today is the last day of classes.

Rutgers University Programming Association is hosting massages from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mabel Smith Douglass Librar y on Douglass campus, Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus and the Kilmer Librar y on Livingston campus. Student-organized Rutgers Against Hunger is hosting its first educational program at 5:30 p.m. in the faculty dining room of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. The group is bringing in resources from the Community Food Bank of New Jersey and Elijah’s Promise to discuss the issues surrounding hunger in New Jersey and hunger issues residents face within each county. Donations at the door will be distributed to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey and Elijah’s Promise to help community members through the winter months. Guests can RSVP by emailing studentorganizedRAH@gmail.com Women’s basketball hosts Tennessee at 7 p.m. at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus. For more information, email info@scarletknights.com.

Rutgers University P r o g r a m m i n g Association is hosting karaoke night. Students can sing and enjoy free appetizers at RutgersZone on Livingston campus. Fall semester final exams begin.

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Celebrating the 14th day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign, the University’s Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance informed students how the media’s portrayal of men and women influences individuals’ gender biases through a film screening. The film “Miss Representation,” shown Thursday night in Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus, features inter views from teenage girls who voiced their need and desire to be positive role models. Ruth-Anne Koenick, VPVA director, said the film was shown to motivate students to think critically about the media. People should think about music, adver-

tisements and videos and not just because it is new and brings forth take it for face value, she said. a lot of messages about women’s The documentar y analyzed portrayal in the media,” she said. women’s portrayals in presidenThe Center for Women’s tial campaigns. Global Leadership organized “Women are reported in the the 16 Days of Activism Against media based on their physical Gender Violence, a campaign to appearance not raise awareness their credentials,” of worldwide gen“We don’t think Koenick said. der-based vio“Women in the lence, said Julie about the the presidential camAnn Salthouse, message behind an program coordipaign are devalued and when we for the advertisment or the nator devalue women, Center for we devalue everyeffect it has on us.” Women’s Global one.” Leadership. LAUREN BECKETT Laura Luciano, She said the University Alumna assistant director campaign tries to for the VPVA, said strengthen the the film serves as a tool to bring local work on campus awareness and inform students through developing a voice to and faculty. make changes and stop gender“It is important for the [VPVA] based violence. to show this during the 16 Days of “We really wanted to encourActivism Against Gender Violence age a lot of organizations and dif-

ferent groups to participate in this campaign,” Salthouse said. Some students said the film’s representation of men and women in the media raised attention to the way advertisers influence the general public. “This film is very important because we don’t think about the portrayals of women when we are consuming media,” said Lauren Beckett, a University alumna. “We don’t think about the message behind an advertisement or the effect it has on us.” Another student said the film not only brings awareness to gender violence, but also raises attention to gender biases. “I found it interesting and great that the film talked about the impact media has on men also. This made the issue of gender bias everyone’s issue, not just women,” said Stephanie McRae, a graduate student.

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Local church hosts holiday banquet for needy families BY SASKIA KUSNECOV CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Santa Claus gave underprivileged families in the community an early taste of the holiday season this weekend during “Operation Christmas Angel.” After par tnering with several social ser vices agencies, New Br unswick Liquid Church invited 25 families to the Heldrich Hotel in New Br unswick on Sunday for a Christmas experience through food, crafts and a free gift exchange, said Rich Birch, Liquid Church operations pastor. “Operation Christmas Angel” also takes place in Morristown and Nutley, with the suppor t of about 900 volun-

teers — which was an increase from last year’s 600 volunteers, Birch said. About 400 volunteers attended the New Brunswick event, said Mike Leahy, Liquid Church’s head pastor. Santa Claus and a group of volunteers greeted people at the door, managed the dining room, wrapped gifts and played with kids in the crafts room. “When they first come in, we give them a classy brunch,” Leahy said. “Then the kids will go in the next room to make some ornaments for their parents, while the parents shop in the next room after that.” With the help from Heldrich Hotel’s dining staff, Liquid Church served bacon, eggs, pancakes and French toast to the families, Birch said.

The church also aimed to give the families the opportunity to experience shopping for Christmas with no cost to them, Birch said.

“One of the areas that everyone can agree on is … [helping] people who are oppressed or struggling.” MIKE LEAHY Liquid Church Head Pastor

“The families come in, they go on a shopping spree and then we wrap the gifts,” he said.

Liquid Church spent about $10,000 at Wal-Mar t to provide coats, toys and decorations for the families and their children, Leahy said. Regardless of who came first into the room of gifts, ever y child walked away with a coat and each family a professional Christmas photo. Ten percent of volunteers during the program were University students, Leahy said. “It’s important that [students] give back to the community that they go to school in,” said Susan Lee, a Liquid Church volunteer. Leahy said he hopes community members and University students alike become involved in other Liquid Church initiatives that take on more global issues, such as the church’s water relief program, Liquid Water.

Church volunteers recently retur ned from a Haiti relief mission. “One of the areas that ever yone can agree on is … [helping] people who are oppressed or str uggling,” he said. “There’s no arguing about what’s right or wrong, or ‘No, you don’t get this.’ We all get this.” Allison McClain, a School of Social Work graduate student, said she heard about the event initially through a church ser vice last year and the program impressed her. She said she decided to make an appearance at the event this year. “I always said that, ‘I didn’t have time, I didn’t have time,’” McClain said. “But this year I made the time [to volunteer].”

UNIDENTIFIED SHOOTER HITS NEW BRUNSWICK MAN IN LEG A 17-year-old man from New Brunswick was shot in the leg early Friday morning, according to nj.com. The gunfire was the most recent in the multiple shootings in the past few months repor ted in the New Brunswick area.

Police told nj.com that the unidentified youth was on Somerset Street close to Florence Street shortly after midnight when an African-American man in dark clothing shot him. The gunman fled the scene running, and the victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson

University Hospital, authorities said. His wound was not life-threatening. There have been more than 12 shootings in New Brunswick since early November, according to nj.com. Police said they are investigating whether there is a connection among the crimes.

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US Postal Service to close 252 processing plants THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IOWA CITY, Iowa — The U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close 252 mail processing facilities and cut 28,000 jobs by the end of next year may help the agency curb its mounting financial problems, but it faces big practical obstacles. Deciding which plants to close will be difficult and face opposition from community leaders. Actually closing all of them could take a few years, and most workers will stay employed under union rules. The bulk of the job cuts will actually come from attrition and retirements, not layoffs, while the remaining work force is shuffled into new locations and positions. What’s about to unfold in cities from Reno, Nev., to Chicago will illustrate the complexity of cutting a work force protected by strong union contracts and shrinking operations dependent on intricate logistics. “The downsizing or the demise of the postal service, it’s going to be a mess, and it’s going to be a mess for a long time,” said John Zodrow, a retired Denver attorney and former Postal Service arbitrator who wrote a book about its labor relations. “It’s a huge undertaking.” The proposed closures are among several moves aimed at helping the agency avert bankruptcy and adjust to declining mail volume as customers migrate to the Internet to communicate and pay bills. Delivery changes announced last Monday would virtually eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day for the first time in 40 years and pave the way for closing more than half of the 461 plants where the mail gets processed and sorted. Postal officials say they can save up to $3 billion by 2015 by following through with the cuts — getting rid of buildings, running equipment more efficiently, operating fewer mail trucks and cutting employees. The postal service’s manager of collective bargaining said Monday that the agency foresaw the “potential for significant attrition” given that more than 20 percent of postal workers were eligible for early retirement. Managers and non-career employees could be laid off while no decisions have been made on how any early retirement incentives will be offered, said the official, Kevin Rachel. For most workers and communities, the uncertainty is terrible but the economic impact might not be as catastrophic as feared. Most workers in the facilities are represented by the American Postal Workers Union, which reached a four-year contract in May guaranteeing that its 220,000 clerks and maintenance employees cannot be laid off or transferred more than 50 miles away. Employees in plants that are closed will have to decide whether to relocate to the places where work is consolidated, which will need to rapidly expand in size. If they stay behind, they will fight for remaining jobs in the area and will likely have to switch duties. Many post offices, for

instance, have deliberately left open retail clerk and letter-carrying jobs. “It’s, ‘grab a job before there are no more jobs left to be grabbed.’ It’s the proverbial musical chairs,” Zodrow said. Zodrow said the turbulence could motivate more workers to take early retirement, which he warned would be a mistake for some. Postal workers do not have skills that transfer well to the private sector and are making more than they would elsewhere, he said. The outcome of negotiations between the postal service and unions representing mail handlers and letter carriers, which both have deadlines of next week, could be crucial in determining how cost-cutting plans are carried out. Mail handlers, who are represented by a union of 47,000 members, are bargaining about job protections and reassignment rules. Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at Cornell University, said she wonders whether the postal service will get as many retirements as it is counting on. “Nobody in this economy is retiring unless they are really ready. There has to be some incentive,” she said. The agency first has to decide which plants to close. While they have had a list of 252 prospective targets since September, postal officials say final decisions will not be made until they assess the potential savings, the impact on mail deliver y and whether other plants in the area could handle the volume. There will be intense local opposition. The city council in Reno, Nev., passed a resolution Wednesday protesting any plans to close its processing facility and move 177 jobs to West Sacramento, Calif., one of the proposals under review. Members of Congress in Iowa, Illinois and elsewhere are already going to bat for local plants. Businesses that rely on speedy mail delivery are fighting, too. Once a closing decision is made, it could take a year or longer to wind down operations and transition work elsewhere, postal ser vice spokesman Richard Watkins said in a phone interview from Kansas City. The closing of the mail-processing center in Sioux, City, Iowa, in October illustrates what may be awaiting other postal workers. Some mail handlers and clerks moved 90 miles north to the facility in Sioux Falls, S.D., where their operations were transferred. Some union employees filled vacant positions for letter carriers in Sioux City and are now walking routes. Others have been performing temporar y assignments while they wait for permanent jobs. “I can’t imagine what the hell they are going to do with all these employees,” said Scott Tott, the president of the American Postal Workers Union chapter in Sioux City, who lost his job sorting pallets of magazines but still shows up to work every day. “This is a nightmare.”

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Mitt Romney, along with five other Republican candidates, discussed issues such as the economy and the extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut Saturday at the Republican debate.

Romney discredits Gingrich THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa — Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, newly minted Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney in campaign debate Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts governor, ‘The only reason you didn’t become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994.’ ‘That’s probably true,’ replied Romney, who lost that Senate contest. He then quipped that if he’d achieved his childhood dream, ‘I would have been a football star all my life, too.’ Gingrich defended himself against attacks from Texas Rep. Ron Paul and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann as well as Romney, the former front-runner, in the first debate since he soared to the lead in polls nationally and in Iowa. The state’s caucuses on Jan. 3 will kick off the competition for Republican National Convention delegates who will pick an opponent to President Barack Obama. All six Republicans on stage assailed Obama’s handling of the economy, the overriding issue of the election, yet split down the middle on legislation making its way toward a year-end vote in Congress to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut into 2012. Romney, Gingrich and Paul said they favored it. Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perr y and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santor um said they opposed the measure. Whatever the impact of their differences on the presidential race, the internal disagreement could well portend difficulties for legislation that Obama has proposed and Republican leaders in Congress view as essential if the party is to avoid being tagged for raising taxes. The tone of the debate was generally respectful, the stakes ever higher as six rivals met

onstage in the Iowa capital city. The debate was the 12th since the long campaign began and the first since Herman Cain’s candidacy imploded after allegations of sexual harassment and an extra-marital affair. Gingrich’s personal life has become a campaign issue, too, and it came up briefly Saturday night. Asked whether marital fidelity was a valid concern for voters choosing a candidate, Perry said, ‘If you cheat on your wife, you’ll cheat on your business partner. It’s a characteristic people look at.’ Gingrich, who has been divorced twice and has admitted past infidelity, said the issue was an impor tant one, then added, ‘I’ve made mistakes at times and I’ve had to go to God for forgiveness.’ For Gingrich, the debate brought new standing — a center position onstage that comes with being a leader in the polls — as well as the challenge of fielding criticism from his rivals. Other contenders sought to stand out. Bachmann referred to the former speaker and the one-time Massachusetts governor as ‘Newt-Romney,’ saying the two men hold similar views on health care, illegal immigration, cap-andtrade legislation and the payroll tax cut extension. Paul said he, unlike the others, often took lonely conser vative stands in Congress. ‘I end up sometimes, believe it or not, voting all by myself, thinking why aren’t there people paying attention?’ Gingrich also defended his recent statement that Palestinians were an ‘invented’ people. Several of his rivals said they generally agreed with his description, but Romney said that with the remark, the former speaker may well have made it more complicated for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to move toward peace with Palestinians.

He said it is important to show sobriety, care and stability, an unspoken accusation against Gingrich, adding, ‘I’m not a bomb thrower, rhetorically or literally.’ Gingrich responded by declaring he was a conservative in the mold of Ronald Reagan, a president who he said spoke the truth, as when he called the Soviet Union the ‘evil empire.’ Gingrich’s decision to invoke Kennedy, the late senator from Massachusetts, ser ved as a dual reminder — that Romney has been running for office since the mid-1990s and also that he lost to the man whose politics conser vatives detested above all others. As for the question of whether he would have become a career politician if he’d beaten Kennedy, Romney tried to turn the tables, saying his defeat in 1994 ‘was probably the best thing I could have done for preparing me for the job I am seeking, because it put me back in the private sector.’ One of Romney’s campaign calling cards is his career as a businessman, a time he says helped him understand how jobs are created. Paul has been airing television commercials in Iowa attacking the former House speaker, and Romney’s campaign has become increasingly critical of him, bolstered by a multimillion-dollar television ad campaign that is financed by allies. Under questioning from Paul, Gingrich said he had never lobbied for Freddie Mac, a quasi-government agency that paid him at least $1.6 million to provide strategic advice. Paul shot back, ‘It’s the taxpayers’ money, though. We were bailing them out.’ By the debate’s last moments, the contenders found something nice to say about one another, an obvious attempt to build their own support at the expense of others.

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EDITORIALS

Occupy Wall Street class comes too soon

tudents at New York University will have the opportunity to take classes next semester on Occupy Wall Street. Undergrads will have the option of enrolling in “Why Occupy Wall Street? The History and Politics of Debt and Finance.” A seminar at the graduate level will also be offered. Up until now, the movement has had a healthy amount of supporters and detractors alike, with the former heralding it as a movement based on equality and justice and the latter accusing participants of looking for handouts. With the creation of classes at the prestigious NYU, however, the movement gains at least a little bit of validation, albeit not enough to silence the critics. But does the movement deserve this level of recognition just yet? We’d like to think it might be a little too early for that. There is no doubt that Occupy Wall Street is a legitimate movement at this point. It has branched off into protests around the globe. No matter what else the critics may say, they cannot accuse Occupy Wall Street of not being large enough to warrant attention. But NYU is jumping the gun in bringing the movement into academia, mainly because the movement is still happening. Occupy Wall Street may end up being a major moment in American history, on par with the civil rights movement and the Great Depression, but we will not know how to approach and interpret its impact until long after it is over. Trying to teach a class on Occupy Wall Street right now is a little bit like trying to write a paper on a book you have only read half of. It may be that the professors who proposed and created these classes are only using Occupy Wall Street as means through which to entice students into taking them. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time people have co-opted the movement for their own personal gains. Remember Jay-Z’s “Occupy All Streets” T-shirts, or the New York couple who tried to trademark the phrase “Occupy Wall Street?” Whatever the motivating factor may be, it is too early for anyone to try and make complete sense of the movement just yet.

Romney’s bet exposes Republicans’ flaws

t Saturday’s Republican presidential debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry struck a nerve when he accused Mitt Romney of supporting individual mandates for health care. In response, Romney bet Perry $10,000 that he did not, in fact, want the government involved in people’s health care business. As it turns out, this is probably the worst thing Romney could have said, as Democrats and Republicans alike quickly took to attacking him for being so cavalier about such a large sum of money. For example, Jonathan Martin of Politico tweeted, “Who among us doesn’t wager $10K at a time?” Elsewhere on Twitter, the hashtag “#what10kbuys” spread as a means through which people could mock Romney. Even Perry got in on the criticism, asserting on Fox News that Romney’s bet was “out of touch with the normal Iowa citizen.” While he was most likely only looking to silence his opponent, Romney did more damage to his own campaign than anything. The moment, for anyone who has seen it, shows a stunning lack of composure on Romney’s part. He may appear calm enough, but it is evident from his words and his manner — the slight stuttering of his speech, the extending hand looking for and failing to receive a shake — that he operates from a place of frustration, not levelheaded thinking. Offering a $10,000 bet as a comeback to criticism is not the conduct of an intelligent adult. It is a petulant maneuver, an act of schoolyard one-upmanship. Next thing you know, Romney will boast that his dad could definitely beat up Perry’s dad in a fight. This sort of childishness is not, of course, a hallmark of Romney’s campaign alone. It is, unfortunately enough, a characteristic of the GOP debates as a whole. Perry, for instance, released a muchmaligned advertisement last week in which he uses blatant homophobia to condemn President Barack Obama’s war on religion — a war that no one except Perry seems to be aware of. Maybe that sort of thing would pass as insight in a high school boys’ locker room, but not on the national political stage. Newt Gingrich, for his part, dismissed the entirety of the Palestinian people as “invented.” Mohammed Sobeih of the Arab League called Gingrich’s comments “irresponsible and dangerous,” but that evaluation could apply to Perry’s advertisement and Romney’s bet as well. It could also apply to a variety of other statements and actions that took place in the context of the GOP primaries. If the Republicans hope to have a real shot at snatching the presidency away from Obama, then they had better figure something out quickly. All of the candidates they have put forth thus far don’t know how to behave themselves.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Women in the presidential campaign are devalued and when we devalue women, we devalue everyone.” Ruth-Anne Koenick, director of the University’s Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, on women’s portrayals in presidential campaigns STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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Religious beliefs impact society

ne of the key cease to exist. And one moral ideas disdoesn’t even have to cussed in the New believe in Jesus to go Testament of the Bible is to heaven. that human beings should John 3:16 makes it clear love their neighbors as that Jesus is giving people themselves: “For this, eternal life, so without Thou shalt not commit him, they’d be like an aniED REEP adulter y, Thou shalt not mal who dies, and that’s it: kill, Thou shalt not steal, “For God so loved the Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not world that he gave his one and only Son, that covet; and if there be any other commandment, it whoever believes in him shall not perish but have is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, eternal life.” Isaiah 66:24 makes it clear that Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” (Romans those in the heavenly kingdom will look upon the 13:9). What is the meaning of this? Simple, you dead bodies of the unsaved: “And they will go out should view the welfare of all other human and look on the dead bodies of those who beings, whether they are Adolf Hitler or Martin rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will Luther King Jr., as equal as your own welfare, not die, the fire that burns them will not be and that’s all that God really moralquenched, and they will be loathly commands of you. This isn’t to some to all mankind.” Malachi 4:1 “That anyone would makes it clear that those burned at say you cannot engage in selfdefense or support a criminal jusare fully incinerated: rather some would judgment tice system, but on a fundamental “Surely the day is coming; it will suffer infinitely ... burn like a furnace. All the arrolevel, you have to be willing to wish ever yone the best. gant and ever y evildoer will be is absolutely I believed ver y strongly in this stubble, and the day that is coming idea ever since I learned about the will set them on fire … then you deplorable.” philosophies of King and Mahatma will trample on the wicked; they Gandhi in school — even though will be ashes under the soles of Gandhi personally didn’t live up to these ideals your feet on the day when I act.” in how he treated his family. When I finally startRegardless of what’s actually the case, the fact ed embracing Christianity/Messianic Judaism, I of the matter is that we still have a lot of hardly had to change any of my beliefs. Things Christians and Muslims in the world who believe fit like a glove, except for one idea. I thought the that some people go on to endure infinite sufferidea that people who weren’t good people or ing. I think the vast majority of them don’t fully didn’t believe in Jesus would suffer forever in understand the implications of their belief in hell, hell was so monstrously, horribly repulsive that probably through champion-like cognitive dissoI felt dirty and despaired whenever I read the nance or rationalization. Some do understand Bible or called myself Christian. As someone fully the implications, however, and I recently who thought that the welfare of all other human came to a conclusion about that group. That they beings was equal to my own, the thought of anywould prefer a universe where their religious one being tormented forever was the worst thing beliefs are true to the universe atheists describe I could imagine. I could never believe that was is an indication of evil or at least sociopathic tenthe case. Then God must have been the ultimate dencies. That anyone would rather some would evil. Better that God didn’t exist than to have suffer infinitely so that they may have infinite even one person suffer infinitely. Better that pleasure in heaven is absolutely deplorable. there was no universe at all than to have one person suffer infinitely. Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School junior Then of course after doing some research, I majoring in supply chain and marketing science with discovered that there is no such idea as eternal a minor in economics and business and technical suffering in hell in the Bible. According to the writing. His column, “Philosophies of a Particular Bible, people either live forever in heaven or American,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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Condemn RJ Reynolds’ treatment of workers Letter HANNAH ROE, OLYMPIA CHRISTOFINIS & BETH BRESLAW n behalf of United Students Against Sweatshops, the Rutgers United Student Coalition, Rutgers University Campus Coalition Against Traf ficking and Sociedad Estudiantil Dominicana, we would like to express our gratitude to The Daily Targum and Barnes and Noble for suppor t and cooperation with our ef for ts to end the University’s business relationships with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The ver y same day that John Cusick, general manager of the Barnes and Noble campus bookstores, became aware of the conditions under which migrant workers live and work because of R.J. Reynolds’s operations, we

received a phone call confirming that all R.J. Reynolds products were being removed from all of the stores operated by Barnes and Noble on campus. This includes the Student Activities Center and the Rutgers Spirit Shop on the College Avenue campus, the Livingston Convenience Store and the Busch Convenience Store. We hope that Student Life, which operates sales at the Douglass Campus Center and the Cook Campus Center, will soon follow suit. Reynolds American, which holds R.J. Reynolds, had revenue of $8,551 million in 2010 and earned a profit of $1,113 million producing brands that were pulled on Thursday, including Natural American Spirit and Camel. All the while, half of farm workers in the United States earn less than $7,500 a year, and many work in temperatures that consistently

rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. In North Carolina, farm workers har vesting tobacco for R.J. Reynolds’ cigarettes are live in deplorable conditions at work camps and die in the fields. The company refuses to be held accountable for these conditions, and this attitude is reflected in a statement from

“Growers are losing power in the market.” Ron Wright, lead manager for leaf contracts at R.J. Reynolds: “If anyone’s aware of potential violations, we strongly encourage them to make the appropriate regulator y authorities aware.” However, the power relationship between growers and Reynolds proves that encour-

agement is not enough to change conditions for workers. In the global economy, growers are losing power in the market and are being forced to make compromises because of their profit losses. A tobacco grower explains, “The risk-to-reward ratio is badly out of balance. … The grower is taking all the risk. … Growers are not being paid enough to sustain themselves. … We are living on the equity of our farms and our equipment, and that is not sustainable. At some point you’ve got to repair the tractor or go buy a used one or a new one.” Barnes and Noble has been a longtime supporter of the struggle for workers’ rights in the global economy. The company has helped create demand for Alta Gracia apparel produced by workers who make a living wage and enjoy employer neutrality for unions, as well as School House, a Sri Lankan

coalition of labor rights organizations and trade unions, in campus stores around the countr y. As stated on their website, “Barnes and Noble College Booksellers is committed to fair labor standards and has been recognized as an industr y leader in the effort to eliminate sweatshops used to produce college apparel.” Their response to our request to remove R.J. Reynolds products from our campus has further proven Barnes and Noble’s commitment to improve living and working conditions, and we look for ward to continue our efforts together. Hannah Roe and Olympia Christofinis are School of Arts and Sciences first-year students. Beth Breslaw is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history and political science with minors in women’s and gender studies and labor studies.

JMS internship program strongly benefits undergrads Letter RON MISKOFF n reference to the stor y that ran on the front page on Dec. 7, “Students consider value of journalism education,” some of the comments that have appeared on The Daily Targum website have already responded to the issue of whether journalism students learn anything valuable in internships. But since I was quoted in the article, I want to express my feelings about the internship program in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS). What the article did not say was the students in the JMS major are given literally hundreds of choices of internships. Their mailboxes are filled ever y day

with descriptions of internships from ever y sor t of company from major news organizations to public relations to communications firms. An internship is like many other important decisions in life. It requires careful scrutiny. Some are good and worthwhile, and some are there for the sponsors to obtain cheap labor from University students, including ever ything from going for coffee to setting up whole media programs without one bit of input or knowledge from the sponsors. Some internships help students learn the business and improve their skills, and others are exploitative. It is crucial that each student considers all aspects of an internship before applying for one. Any student who says they had a poor experience ought to

look inside to see if they did all the homework necessar y to find out all the details about the internship, to receive counseling from the JMS department and to talk to professors and other students who may have had an internship at the same company.

“An internship is like many other important decisions in life. It requires careful scrutiny.” Journalism professor Steve Miller oversees the internships. He is a tireless, relentlessly dedicated teacher who searches the news industr y

constantly to locate good internships and to establish relationships with people who give out these internships. In my experience, he has obtained some great oppor tunities for students, and they come back effer vescent about their experiences. He built the JMS internship program into what it is today. It is the equal of any successful internship program of any university in the United States. It’s better than most because it also draws on the gigantic New York City media market. Sure, it’s possible to find students who had less than ideal experiences, but they should ask themselves if they did all they could to find a good internship in the first place. In the current economic climate, a productive internship can make

the difference between finding a good job later on or going back home to live with mom and dad. The Targum ar ticle only quoted two students, so it is not a fair representation of the hundreds of students who take internships and find permanent jobs through their experiences with them. I am not suggesting a sur vey of all JMS students to see if they liked their internships because the proof of the program’s viability is in the many graduates who repor t back to the depar tment that their internships — as well as their coursework — were important and valuable to them during their time on the Banks. Ron Miskof f is a lecturer in the Depar tment of Journalism and Media studies.

RUPA strives to serve diverse tastes of student body Letter ELISE POWERS, ZACHARY MARTITZ, ALANA MILICH & JARED LEVINE

n opinions Frontlines published on Dec. 2, titled “RUPA concerts fail to account for diverse tastes,” commented on the way the Rutgers University Programming Association picks its musical acts and events, and how we, as an organization, consider the needs of the student body when programming. As per our mission statement, we provide a variety of cultural, educational, recreational and social programs that appeal to the diverse student body across the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses. We would like to take this time to clarify how we choose our events and our ongoing mission to provide unique experiences to the University community. We begin programming for the fall semester in April of the previous academic year. This allows us enough time to assess

the needs of the University and organize more than 70 events per semester in which we attempt to offer diverse events that cover the varied interests of more than 30,000 students. When choosing musical artists, there are many factors that go into the final decision of a musical event. Our budget, ar tist availability, venue availability on campus, references from other schools who have worked with the ar tist, security concerns and feedback we’ve received from the student population all play a major role in programming events for the community. Because of limitations that arise, sometimes our first and second choice of artist cannot be realized. RUPA works within a budget that must incorporate ar tist fees, agent fees, venue cost and other factors in the cost of production. This means that sound, lights and effects, which play an important part in many shows, also need to be calculated into the total expenses of a RUPAorganized show. This constrains our artist selection because we want to provide cheaper con-

cer ts to our students and attempt to keep ticket prices as low as possible. Our budget, along with many departments at the University, has remained stagnant for many years now, while ar tist and production costs have risen greatly. What might have been a $25,000 con-

“[RUPA is] absolutely willing to listen to all constructive criticism.” cert one year ago may now cost $35,000 because of increased expenses in the music and production industr y as a whole. It is important to understand that RUPA is made up of a variety of students, all with different tastes and opinions that we take into consideration when planning our events. The diverse opinions from our council, when considered with feedback we receive from students, result in unique programs that

can interest a multitude of students. We do our best to come up with new ideas for music and comedy acts that can reach niche audiences that perhaps we have not reached before. In order to meet the diverse needs of the student body, a variety of shows are spread out over multiple years. It is our hope that ever y student will attend and enjoy at least one large show in their time at this University. We will continue to ser ve the needs of the student body to the best of our ability and hope to reach as many students with var ying tastes as possible. It is our ongoing mission to provide the University with varied experiences through our programming, and we attempt to gather as much feedback from students as we can. We offer many options for students to have their suggestions be heard. Students can answer sur veys on Facebook, attend general interest meetings ever y month, write on our Facebook page (RUPA Rutgers), email us (rupainformation@gmail.com) and tweet us (@RUPARutgers). Students

can also visit our of fices to meet with RUPA members, or call us at (732)-932-5395. We encourage you to take the time to attend meetings and speak with council members and guarantee you will leave knowing your opinions matter and your voice was heard. We are here to ser ve the students, and we are absolutely willing to listen to all constructive criticism. We hope you have a better understanding of how RUPA operates, and we encourage you to submit event ideas to us in the ways listed above. Good luck on finals, and have a wonderful holiday break. Elise Powers is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in Portuguese with minors in Spanish and organizational leadership. Zachary Martitz is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in biological sciences and psychology. Alana Milich is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and English. Jared Levine is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior majoring in environmental sciences.

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Pearls Before Swine

DECEMBER 12, 2011

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Today's Birthday (12/12/11). What do you want to learn this year? Who do you want to play with? After checking the money angle, put the top ideas on your calendar. Balance time with family, friends and mentors. Patient action brings reward. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Go over your lists again. Postpone travel and spending, if you can. Simple tasks, done one at a time, get you farther along than you expected. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Optimism will carry you far today. There really isn't any cheese down the moody tunnel. Take advantage of your bursts of energy to get things done. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Physical exertion lifts your spirits. Find a way to go play today. Hold off on a radical suggestion ... it's not time yet. Lively discussion ensues. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 9 — When you've got it, you've got it. No need to flaunt it. Put some effort into the betterment of others, and it benefits you first. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — You may be under some pressure now. There's a beautiful view at the top of this climb. Keep your eyes on the ledges above. Hold firm but not too tight. Passions stir. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Be careful not to let your emotions get in the way. Your friends are really there for you. Use newfound strength to carry on.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — The early bird does get the worm. Unexpected opportunities show up. Listen to one who speaks wisely. Career is easier than romance now. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You're ready for growth and expansion. Consider which direction. Meditate on the course to take. Find the information that will shift things. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Identify the major barrier. Accept constructive criticism. There's always something new to learn from the experience. Take time for meditation. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — It's not just about what's logical. Consider the emotional factors, and what other people want. Gather information without deciding. Speak later. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Face to face negotiations can be quite profitable. You have everything you need to create win-win situations. Think big, and keep it private for now. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Use creative tactics and a glue stick, if necessary. Clean up after yourself. Keep a little out for yourself, and make up packages. Enjoy a quiet night.

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DECISION: Zannetti tops another ranked foe at Rider continued from back see [Saturday night] how they think that.” Junior 174-pounder Zannetti was already plenty motivated prior to his matchup with Rider’s Jim Resnick, but watching Winston score late likely provided an extra spark. Resnick, ranked No. 11 by Intermat, marked yet another ranked foe for Zannetti to take down. Zannetti did so convincingly, scoring an 11-3 major decision on a last-second takedown following Winston’s momentum swinging bout. The Edison, N.J., native and onetime Rider recruit had some fits in the opening two rounds, when a disputed call sent assistant coach John Leonardis to the scorer’s table to argue a point. Goodale quickly called Leonaridis back to the bench to allow Zannetti to do his work. “I knew [Resnick] was getting tired,” Goodale said. “When Greg gets his motor running and he starts feeling confident, that’s going to happen. I didn’t want to stop that match. John, more so than anyone, understands that.” A major decision by junior 149-pounder Mason earlier in the match gave Rutgers a 7-6 lead before Rider’s Ramon Santiago handled redshir t freshman Anthony Volpe in the 157-pound bout. But four bouts later with two major decisions, a decision and a double-over time victor y, the Knights erased any ques-

ROLE: Oliver finds success in post in place of injured Lee continued from back She is also second on the team in points per game with 12.9. Oliver attributes her success this season to her attention to basics both in practice and during games. “As long as I just take my time and finish my shots and do the little things like rebound and play good defense, I’ll get it done,” she said. She is improving in nearly every statistical category from last season, as she did every year on the Banks. But at 6-foot-2, Oliver often matches up with players at least an inch taller than her, especially in Big East and tournament play. But what she lacks in height, Oliver makes up for with technique and aggressiveness. “It’s hard to get rebounds,” she said. “I just have to focus, especially with bigger girls because I’m not as big so I have to box out.” Oliver serves not only as the most experienced member of the Scarlet Knights frontcourt, but also as a mentor to Christa Evans, the 6-foot-3 freshman who gives Oliver valuable rest minutes. Against Fordham on Thursday night, Evans pulled down a season-high six rebounds in 13 minutes of play. “It feels good to know that she can get those 10 minutes,” Oliver said. “She just had to gain more confidence in herself and know she can get those rebounds or score.” The more experienced Evans gets, the stronger the Knights frontcourt will be next season when Lee returns. But Oliver does not worry about that now. “I really haven’t looked into next year,” she said. “I’m just focusing on this season.”

tions concerning who would win the match. A stalling call on Clint Morrison in the 184-pound bout brought the score to a tie and gave sophomore Dan Seidenberg new life and a subsequent 5-3 win. Junior Dan Rinaldi did not favor suspense in the next bout, defeating Rider’s Donald McNeil in the 197-pound match. “We were winning all the close matches basically because our endurance is better,” Seidenberg said. “I think we were out-conditioning the other teams, so going into that overtime I had that thought in my mind.” The Knights handled Route 1 rival Princeton to start their day. Rutgers dropped only two bouts in the contest and coasted to a 297 victory, highlighted by three major decisions and a Mason tech-fall victory. “It’s been great. Mason’s a leader, he’s training. It’s the way he’s training and the way he’s preparing,” Goodale said. “He’s got bigger goals in mind, for sure. That’s what we expect out of him, for sure.” Beside the trash talk Winston heard earlier in the week, he said he also overheard Goodale’s screams for a major decision with less than eight seconds in his bout. But Winston can tune out the noise after another season of New Jersey dominance. He certainly does not need to say anything else. “They’re good teams, but we want to smack these teams up pretty good,” Winston said. “Put it in everybody’s head that this is Jersey’s team — you come and support us.”

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Junior 149-pounder Mario Mason won both of his bouts at Princeton and Rider on Saturday in the Knights’ two victories. Mason earned a tech fall against Princeton and a major decision at Rider.

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he Rutgers football team held its 73rd annual awards banquet last night at the Hilton in East Brunswick, N.J. Mohamed Sanu won the Homer Hazel Trophy as the Scarlet Knights’ Most Valuable Player. The junior wide receiver was also named MVP on offense. Sanu shattered the Rutgers and Big East singleseason receptions record with 109 this season. The Knights also named junior linebacker Khaseem Greene as MVP on defense. Greene led the Big East with 127 tackles, the most for any Knight since Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gar y Brackett recorded 130 in 2002.

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the histor y of Sports Illustrated, fans can vote for the top sports moment of the year on the magazine’s Facebook page to determine who dons the cover of the year-end double issue. One of those moments came when paralyzed linebacker Eric LeGrand led the Rutgers football team onto the field Oct. 29 against West Virginia at High Point Solutions Stadium. Voting began yesterday at 3 p.m. and fans can vote until Dec. 16 as many times as they want. Among the 14 other moments nominated include Kemba Walker’s buzzer-beater for UConn in the Big East men’s basketball quarterfinals and Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit for the New York Yankees.

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four men’s basketball players yesterday for their roles in a brawl that ended Saturday’s blowout loss to No. 8 Xavier. Yancy Gates, Octavius Ellis and Cheikh Mbodj were suspended six games each. Ge’Lawn Guyn received a onegame ban. Xavier suspended Landen Amos and Dez Wells four games each, Mark Lyons two games and Tu Holloway one game. Cincinnati’s suspensions begin Wednesday at Wright State. They include the NCAA’s mandatory one-game suspensions for ejections from fighting.

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point guard Deron Williams expressed his dissatisfaction with NBA commissioner David Stern. The Illinois product called Stern “a bully” for killing a deal last Thursday that would have sent Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers. Williams was also worried Orlando Magic superstar Dwight Howard was not in a Nets uniform yet, even though both teams had a trade in the works to bring Howard to Orlando, according to The Star-Ledger.

Head coach Mike Rice said he continues to try to connect with his youngest roster, which started the season with five losses in only nine games. Rice coached five freshmen during one season at Robert Morris, but there were also four seniors on the roster.

TIME: Rice encounters new challenge in second campaign continued from back They also lay claim to junior wing Dane Miller, whose unselfish play drew Rice’s admiration. And on any given day Rice sees leadership from sophomores Gilvydas Biruta and Mike Poole. But Rutgers needs its leadership from all directions, Miller said. “The whole team — everybody talks about leadership,” he said Wednesday. “At the same time the whole team has to understand. It’s obvious.” Rice said Wednesday he continues to try to find ways to connect with his team. He said he never experienced disconnect at any other

stop on his coaching tour, including stints at Pittsburgh and St. Joe’s. But he also never had 10 underclassmen and only two players with at least two years’ experience on his roster. “Unfortunately we don’t have that right now in terms of self-policing, guys making sure one another are doing their part of the bargain,” Rice said. If there was ever a time to welcome Monmouth to the Louis Brown Athletic Center, it is tonight. The Hawks are 2-7, producing scoring outputs of 39, 46 and 49 points, respectively. MYLES They lost by scoring margins of 32, 45 and 36 points, respectively, during those contests. But they also have seniors Will Campbell and Mike Myers-Keitt, who the Knights saw during the

summer at the Jersey Shore Basketball League in Belmar, N.J. Still, Rutgers needs desperately to get back to winning ways, which each of Rice’s five active freshmen never had a problem doing in high school. “It’s been very difficult,” said freshman point guard Myles Mack on Wednesday. “I haven’t lost this many games since I was in high school. It’s very difficult for me to handle, but I’m going to try to handle it in the best way possible.” MACK Mack said he expected Rice to change the team’s dynamic “in every way — how hard we go, how Coach Rice is going to handle things.” Rice said he knew ways to enforce his methods if the

Knights did not voluntarily buy in. “There’s coaching tricks, making sure when they make those mistakes it’s not a pleasant practice for the next hour or two,” he said. “We just keep doing that and thinking, ‘I’m going to make the difference. It was a selfish performance [against Princeton].” There is still time to right the ship this season. The Knights can still improve their RPI against No. 12 Florida before beginning their Big East schedule. But they must first star t to salvage against meager Monmouth. “They’re going to get a message, simple and plain,” Rice said. “There’s going to be a message. We’re not going to make the mistakes. We’re going to star t playing for one another. Do I think they’re bad? No, there’s talent there.”

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Sophomore cornerback Logan Ryan, left, translated two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and a defensive touchdown into second team All-Big East honors during his first full season as a starter. Meanwhile, senior defensive tackle Justin Francis continues to rehab from a laceration in his right leg.

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Logan Ryan cringes at the thought of the term “cover corner.” The Rutgers football team’s sophomore cornerback does not believe in it. And he said it certainly does not hold weight with the Scarlet Knights. “I know one thing: If you’re a cover corner, you won’t start on this defense or even play on this team,” Ryan said. “You have to be a complete corner. I pride myself on being one to tackle people and going in the box.” Ryan ranks fourth on the team with 60 tackles, which he adds to his pair of interceptions, two fumble recoveries, two fumbles forced and defensive touchdown. His first season as a full-time starter yielded Ryan secondteam All-Big East honors. “It’s a great honor,” he said. “It definitely comes from hard work and having a great team

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around me, being coached great and having a great d-line. It just shows the defense I play on and the team I play on.” Ryan arrived at Rutgers in 2009 as the state’s top-ranked cornerback prospect with a fourstar rating, according to Rivals.com. He partially fulfilled the promise he showed at Eastern High School, but head coach Greg Schiano said Ryan can continue to progress. “He can really get better. I think he’s just scratching the sur face,” Schiano said. “And the fact that he loves the game and prepares the way he does, he’ll get better.” The Knights secondar y entered the season with a number of questions. Two starters graduated and earned spots on NFL rosters. Another, junior Khaseem Greene, moved to linebacker during the offseason. Senior David Rowe, a two-year starter at

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cornerback, transitioned to safety. Beside Ryan, only junior Marcus Cooper had a start under his belt at his current position. The results were R yan’s conference accolades, junior safety Duron Harmon’s firstteam All-Big East selection and Rowe’s and junior cornerback Brandon Jones’ five combined interceptions. “We really all came in with the mentality of just putting our head down and working,” Ryan said. “We really play for each other back there and for the whole team, so I’m happy about that.”

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“Coach stays on me about, ‘Let’s get it pumping in practice,’” he said. “I’m always doing calf raises in practice just to keep the blood circulating in my leg. I’m running around, flying around, doing drills in practice, out of practice. I’m receiving treatment on a consistent basis.” Junior tight end D.C. Jefferson continues to rehab from a left knee injury he suffered in the Knights’ win against Cincinnati, Schiano said. “I think he’ll do more and more. I think he needs to do more and more,” Schiano said of Jefferson. “We’ll get him there.”

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Justin Francis continues to rehabilitate from a laceration he suffered in his right leg against Connecticut. Schiano said Francis is fine after practicing Saturday. But the fifth-year senior still has to take precautions during practice to keep his leg at full-go, Francis said.

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staff held Jones out of practice again Saturday and welcomes him back for Wednesday’s practice, Schiano said. Jones still suffers from an unspecified injury, one he continues to play through during the season, Schiano said.

“[Jones] is OK,” he said. “We’re resting him. He’s a tough kid. There are not a lot of people that would do what he did all year. And he’s done it ef fectively.”

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All-Big East selections as an opportunity to see how other league coaches evaluate the Knights’ talent, he said. But the 11th-year head coach got a head star t on the evaluation process during the of fseason, when he hired former Pittsburgh assistants Brian Angelichio, Frank Cignetti and Jef f Hafley. “It was interesting when Brian, Frank and Jeff came,” Schiano said. “That’s one of the first things we did was evaluate our personnel from their standpoint. Before they got here and got to know them, ‘What do you guys think of us?’ You don’t get that very often.”

Knights earn three top finishers in season opener BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After an intense fall training, the Rutgers women’s track and field team returned indoors, WOMEN’S TRACK beginning its season at the New Year’s Invitational held in the Jadwin Gym in Princeton, N.J. The competition featured 13 schools. The Scarlet Knights had three first-place finishers in their season opener. Sophomore Ashley Decker t won the mile in 5:04.88. Freshman Felicia O’Donnell took first in the 1,000-meter with a time of 3:01.58. And junior Asha Ruth captured the 300meter dash with a time of 39.92, good for second all time in Rutgers histor y.

Ruth also competed in the long jump, where she placed third with a leap of more than 18 feet, qualifying her for the Big East and ECAC Championships. Besides the first place finishes, the Knights collectively turned in eight second place finishes. Sophomore Brianna Deming, who qualified for the Big East Championship by finishing second in the mile with a time of 5:07.58, made the New Year’s Invitational an impressive season debut. “It was an excellent start to the indoor season,” said head coach James Robinson. “The coaching staff is very pleased with how the ladies translated their fall training into good early season performances. This was a great way to end the fall training.”

The Knights had a total of eight athletes qualify for the Big East Championships and three qualify for ECACs. Senior long jumper and triple jumper Nwamaka Okobi highlighted the event for the Knights. Okobi finished second in the triple jump. Her jump of 40 feet, 9.5 inches broke the previous school record of 40 feet, 8.75 inches set in 1991. Okobi also finished second in the long jump, leaping 19 feet, 9.75 inches, which was second all time in Rutgers histor y. Both of Okobi’s times qualified her for the Big East and ECAC Championships. “I couldn’t believe it,” Okobi said. “This is what I’ve been working for since I got here. I didn’t really feel it was going to be the record breaking jump. I

just wanted to improve from my previous jumps.” Robinson left the invitational impressed with Okobi’s effort. “Nwamaka is a great person,” Robinson said. “She’s a great team player who is always encouraging the team. She’s also a warrior when it comes to being a competitor.” But Okobi left the praise for the Knights coaches after the Invitational. “I would really like to thank the coaching staf f for having faith in me and working around my schedule, and for Coach [Robinson] for always having faith in me,” Okobi said. Even though the Knights’ performance was impressive, they are not yet satisfied and plan to continue to work hard throughout the season.

“I’m really happy, but I’m looking for more,” Okobi said. “I really want to make the most of this season.” The Knights want to be in great shape to make noise throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons. “We showed ourselves to be ver y promising this year,” Okobi said. “The girls are ready to go.” The New Year’s Invitational provided the Knights with an opportunity to make crucial assessments. The evaluations are valuable to keep the team working toward its ultimate goals. “We have some adjustments to make in terms of technique and fitness,” Robinson said, “But we’ll head into the winter break with confidence that our hard work this fall has paid off.”

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Major decision sparks Knights against Rider BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Junior 165-pounder Scott Winston, top, scored a takedown on Rider’s James Brundage with 7.7 seconds left in the third period, giving the Jackson Memorial High School product two points and major decision. The Scarlet Knights won the next three bouts.

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Head coach Scott Goodale’s yelling reminder emanated through the other wise mellow Alumni Gymnasium in the WRESTLING closing moments of Scott RUTGERS 21 junior Wintson’s 165RIDER 12 pound bout. The No. 16 Rutgers wrestling team faced a two-point deficit midway through its match with Rider. It looked to regain the lead as Winston clung to a seven-point lead in his bout with 7.7 seconds on the clock. Goodale’s shouts of “We need a major” from the Rutgers bench soon followed, and a last second takedown by Winston gave him the points he needed for a major decision. The Scarlet Knights (5-1) ran away with the match with victories in the next three bouts, besting Rider, 21-12, in a day’s sweep of New Jersey programs. “It’s what we’re stressing: scoring points late in matches, scoring points at the end of periods. When you get your hammers to do it, everybody else has got to follow,” Goodale said. “Those are our guys. [Mario] Mason scored late for a major, Winston for a major, [Greg] Zannetti for a major. That’s huge, and that’s what we’re stressing. We have to continue doing it.” For Winston, the match was a matter of showing Rider which school ruled supreme in the state. “I’ve been fired up about this match all week,” he said. “You hear a lot of these guys saying they can hang with us [and] beat us. I really don’t believe it, and I don’t

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Oliver steps up in go-to role for RU BY JOEY GREGORY

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Flash back to the end of last season. The No. 11 Rutgers women’s WOMEN’S BASKETBALL basketball team was ready to return all five starters in addition to a nationally ranked class of incoming freshmen. Then an injury to starting center Chelsey Lee forced head coach C. Vivian Stringer to plan differently. In a pickup game, Lee went up for a rebound and collided with another player, resulting in season-ending surgery to repair a torn right labrum. The injury left junior Monique Oliver as the only returning player left in the frontcourt. Having to replace the team’s leading rebounder and most experienced post player is no easy task — Oliver is well aware. “Chelsea was a big presence on the post, but now that she’s down it’s my job to step up,” she said. But it is not likely anyone could predict how well Oliver would step up in her new role as the go-to post player. After the first nine games of the season, she leads the team in minutes played per game (31.1), rebounds per game (9.8) and blocks (23).

Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice likely looked to his bench Wednesday during MEN’S BASKETBALL the Scarlet Knights’ heartbreaking loss MONMOUTH AT to Princeton. He RUTGERS, wanted to turn to TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M. his seniors. But on the bench sat only seldom used walk-ons Mike Kuhn and Charlie Rigoglioso. “When you’re on a good team, something like that happens … the coach generally doesn’t say anything. It’s the seniors,” Rice said Wednesday. “It’s the upperclassmen who want to rip one of these guy’s throats out because this is a loss. This is one of their 31 games you’re ruining right now.” The Knights do not have the luxury of scholarship seniors after its four members from the Class of 2008 transferred following their first two seasons. They boast junior for ward Austin Johnson, the team’s de facto spokesperson.

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Junior wing Dane Miller said the Scarlet Knights need everyone on board to turn the team’s season around. Their first chance is tonight against visiting Monmouth.

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