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U. reveals lottery changes for next academic year

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

In response to student feedback on the housing lotter y process, the University’s Housing and Residence Life made numerous changes to accommodate the fall 2012 opening of the Livingston Apar tments.

These changes include School of Environmental and Biological Sciences priority housing on Cook campus, new apartment sign-up requirements, no apartment signbacks and the closing of certain residence halls on the College Avenue campus.

Many of the changes were made based on student and student advisor y leader feedback from town hall meetings last semester, said William O’Brien, associate director of Housing and Residence Life.

Groups of four School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students will have priority housing for the Newell and Starkey Apar tments on Cook campus, O’Brien said.

“A few years ago, it was removed from the lottery because of the lack of space,” he said.

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Walking while wearing headphones and crossing in the wrong places can be potentially dangerous, according to a recent University of Maryland study.

Study finds dangers of walking with headphones

BY MATTHEW MATILSKY CORRESPONDENT

Injuries among pedestrians wearing headphones have more than tripled in the last six years, according to a University of Mar yland study.

Dr. Richard Lichenstein, an associate professor in the Depar tment of Pediatrics at the University of Mar yland School of Medicine, said the increase of headphone-related incidents between

2004 and 2011 points to an issue similar to driving while texting or other wise impaired.

“You’re essentially multitasking, so your brain is dividing its attention [while walking],” said Lichenstein, who led the research team.

“Inattentional blindness,” a division of attention, is often cited as the cause of motor vehicle accidents, he said. Similar

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Some residence halls in the College Avenue Quads will be closing for renovations at the end of this semester. They will reopen in two years.

Researchers work to lessen effects of bioterrorist attacks

INDEX UNIVERSITY The Department of Landscape Architecture invites a guest to discuss building better soil with compost.

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BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

A research team, with members from the University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is developing a way to counteract injuries in the event of a bioterrorist attack.

Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, the CounterACT Research Center of Excellence is working to understand how sulfur mustard gas works so that researchers can find a way to prevent damage.

Sulfur mustard was originally used in World War I, where planes deployed the gas over troops on the ground, said Dr. Jef frey Laskin, the center’s director, yesterday in a lecture in the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus.

Sulfur mustard gas, also used by the U.S. militar y in Iran and Iraq, blisters the skin and mucus

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Dr. Jeffrey Laskin, the CounterACT Research Center of Excellence director, shares his research efforts to alleviate mustard gas injuries yesterday in the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus.

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Director enriches lecture with benefits of organic landscaping

BY YASHMIN PATEL STAFF WRITER

Students and faculty gathered yesterday to find ways to produce plants with healthy roots.

The Depar tment of Landscape Architecture hosted the “Har vard Soils Project” at the Douglass Campus Center, to learn about ways to maintain soil organically while preser ving the appearance of the land.

Balancing the soil involves certain planting methods, proper preparation and pruning techniques, said Eric Fleisher, director of Horticulture at Battery Park City Parks Conservancy.

“We need to find where the balance is and fix it from that perspective — it’s not productbased,” he said. “It’s diagnosticbased, and that’s the key with this process.”

Fleisher said the Conser vancy started to implement a method of maintaining public parks differently from its traditional maintenance needs.

“It was an oppor tunity to really tr y out organic practices on a ver y public, high-profile basis,” Fleisher said. “We wanted to prove that high-profile parks with a high number of visitors could be managed organically.”

He said producing the right compost for landscapes makes up a closed-loop system, creating a balanced soil biology without the use of fertilizers.

Organic compost is made of a combination of nitrogen material

such as vegetables from a grocery store, woody material that is fungal by nature such as wood chips and leaves and green materials like weeds, he said.

“Once the system is in place, the rest is managing that balance,” Fleisher said. “You’re managing an environmental ecological balance.”

He said maintaining soil is like taking care of the body.

“If you need vitamin D, that’s what you take,” Fleisher said. “If there is an imbalance, you need to know what the imbalance is before you can deal with it.”

Combining the nutrients into compost that is rich in bacterial content and green materials allows the nutrients to be distributed back to the plant from which it came, Fleisher said.

“Plants that are more fungal that are generating woody material would go back to more fungal-oriented plants,” he said.

Using a small amount of micronutrients makes the chemical and biological aspects of soil imbalanced, he said.

“I think it’s impor tant for people to realize that there is a viable alternative — an effective alternative — to managing landscapes without using toxic chemicals and high in nitrogen fertilizers,” Fleisher said.

He said it is important for the nutrient cycle system to occur in the root zone and not have the excess amount of nitrogen down in the water supply because that would attract bacteria growth.

“I think we have to utilize the resources of the earth responsi-

RUTGERS-CAMDEN PROFESSOR RECEIVES FUNDING TO HELP FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS A professor at Rutgers-Camden was awarded a $36,589 Lockheed Mar tin contract from the National Institutes of Health for his work with Genetic Regulator y Analysis of Networks Investigational Tool Environment (GRANITE) to help fight tuberculosis, according to a Rutgers Today ar ticle.

Desmond Lun, an associate professor in the Depar tment of Computer Science, used GRANITE to help predict the behavior of bacteria that causes tuberculosis, according to the ar ticle.

“We want to disr upt the process of how the organism takes the nutrients of its environment, breaks them down, and uses them to grow,” he said in the ar ticle.

Lun’s lab is searching to find something that may kill the organisms, which will interfere with normal cell processes.

The researchers use a program that allows them to grow tuberculosis bacteria and then disrupt its metabolism in a computer simulation.

“Tuberculosis is a ver y slow-growing organism,” he said in the ar ticle. “It takes weeks to months to grow a culture, so if you want to test a genetic change, then that’s the timeframe you’re looking at.”

Using GRANITE for these experiments has allowed researchers to save money and time, according to the ar ticle.

“This is only the first step,” he said in the ar ticle.

“Who knows where it will go? It’s a ver y exciting project to be a par t of.”

bly as we can,” he said. “I think with a better understanding of how those natural systems work and how it naturally produces nutrients for plant growth is key.”

Fleisher brought his work of maintaining soil organically to Harvard after receiving a 2007 Loeb Fellowship.

The Loeb Fellowship offers participants access to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Design, the Graduate School of Education, Harvard Business School, Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Law School, the Kennedy School of Government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to promote leadership in the natural environment, according to a Harvard website.

Fleisher said he tested the chemical and biological components of the soil and came up with a program to benefit the trees and the turf. He now maintains 80 acres of organically maintained soil.

During the project, he used various plants that are resistant to diseases with the right soil mixture to balance the soil.

Holly Nelson, a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, said she wanted to organize the “Har vard Soils Project” event because she thought it would be a good way to introduce to the University to organic landscape practices.

She said organic composting is a beneficial method to maintain soil from harmful chemicals.

“The chemicals have affected the landscaping inversely,”

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Eric Fleisher, director of Horticulture at Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, talks yesterday about maintaining soil organically.

Nelson said. “You see a lot of runof f going into the water, it’s going to degrade our water supply.”

Richard Bartolone, a professor in the Depar tment of Landscape Architecture, said utilizing organic composting has proven to grow roots and help make up the soil structure.

“It’s all about ... not what we see but what we don’t see,” he said.

He said organic composting would be a better way to maintain soil, a process he is interested in applying at the Rutgers Gardens on Cook campus. “[We need to study] the more technical aspects of how to do it, what’s it all about,” Bar tolone said. “We need to understand the whole process

of how it works, there are [soil] mixes we need to understand and soil biology.”

John Ireland, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said he felt attending the event was an informative and helpful way to learn about soil and its influence on the environment.

“We just started doing soils with my major, so it opened up my perspective into a new part of that and a new way to do things,” he said.

He said learning about organic composting made him think about how he may use it for future projects.

“It’s good for the environment, it’s sustainable, and it’s going to keep us here longer,” he said.

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YEAR: Some residence halls to close next semester continued from front O’Brien said because of the extra beds on Livingston campus, there is more available housing to fulfill the student requests.

Fifty percent of the Newell and Starkey Apartments will be reser ved for School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students during signups in early February, O’Brien said. Any housing that is not filled during that time will be open for the general apartment process.

Nina Mistry, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said giving School of Environmental and Biological Sciences priority is unfair because students in others schools are put at a disadvantage.

“Most of my classes were on Busch [campus] this semester,” said Farshab Khan, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “I don’t see why I can’t have the option of living on the campus I have classes on.”

The issue of priority housing for all upperclassmen was brought up during the town hall discussion last semester, O’Brien said. But with the new housing options available on Livingston campus, they did not have enough information to make a decision regarding class priority.

“We were afraid one group of students would be knocked off a campus,” he said.

O’Brien said after a year with the Livingston Apartments in the lottery process, he and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs of Housing and Residence Life Joan Carbone would reexamine the request for priority housing based on class year.

“In terms of class year as a factor, singles use credits and top lottery numbers to determine their eligibility,” he said.

ATTACKS: Scientists remove corneas to test gas continued from front membranes and is designed to target skin, eyes and lungs, Laskin said.

“It’s pretty nasty,” he said.

“You get a little bit of sulfur on you and get [a lot of] blistering action.”

Laskin said when sulfur mustard had been used in the past, it was ineffective because wind would blow the gas back onto those releasing it. “[But] it’s so easy to come by. It’s considered a great chemical threat,” he said. “It incapacitates, but it doesn’t necessarily kill. You can imagine this is pretty painful.”

Before the researchers know how to counteract the agent, they must understand how the gas af fects the targeted organs.

Researchers developed their own models using mouse skin to see how sulfur mustard works, he said.

When sulfur mustard touches the skin, it disrupts a group of proteins and induces stress on the cells, which leads to blistering, he said.

Marion Gordon, a University associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, researched the effects of mustard gas on eyes and identified pathways of toxicity in the cornea to deduce potential preventative measures, Laskin said.

“In addition, at the University Center at Easton Avenue and Rockoff Apartments, we do consider class year when choosing those apartments.”

In the Rockof f Apar tments and University Center at Easton Avenue on the College Avenue campus, juniors and seniors are given priority, O’Brien said. But if spaces are open, sophomores then have an oppor tunity to live there.

Special programs have separate priorities and applications when it comes to housing, he said.

“The reason we did [this] was to create some sense of community … and we saw it was ineffective.”

WILLIAM O’BRIEN Associate Director of Housing and Residence Life

Another change is allowing off-campus students to apply for housing lotter y numbers, O’Brien said.

In the past, of f-campus students could not retur n to University housing after leaving campus with the exception of those who were brought back on campus through applying in groups to live in suites, he said.

In addition to this apartment application change, students will be able to sign-up for apartments and suites in groups of two rather than signing with the full occupancy requirement for apartments and suites, he said.

O’Brien said groups tend to change, and this will allow students to still have an opportunity to apply for apartments without

From slaughterhouses, the team gathered rabbits and removed their corneas. Because sulfur mustard is illegal in the United States, the team is prohibited from handling it at the University and exports samples to a lab in Ohio, Laskin said.

After receiving the animal’s eyes, clouded because of the sulfur mustard gas, Gordon tested as a possible antidote agarose, a polysaccharide obtained from agar, a gelatinous material derived from certain marine algae.

“It’s pretty nasty.

You get a little bit of sulfur on you and get [a lot of] blistering action.”

DR. JEFFREY LASKIN CounterACT Research Center of Excellence Director

“[The cornea] grew and survived for two weeks. If you damage it, it repairs itself in a few weeks,” Laskin said. “These kinds of findings are so dramatic. If a terrorist came with sulfur mustard, we could treat it with antibiotics.”

Laskin’s team could develop a completely new drug to treat sulfur mustard injuries, which would involve meeting with the Food and Drug Administration over the next year, he said.

having to worry about gathering a large group of people.

Housing and Residence Life will also no longer sign-back for any University housing despite last year’s changes in the signback process, O’Brien said.

O’Brien said some apartments with the sign-back program have not been a part of the lottery for five to 10 years because students would sign the space to friends.

“We stopped the [complete] sign-back two years ago and limited it to the top 5 to 7 percent of lottery numbers,” he said. “The reason we did [this] was to create some sense of community … and we saw it was ineffective.”

The cost to live in the Livingston Apartments has not been determined yet and will remain uncertain until the Board of Governor’s meeting in July, O’Brien said. But the price will be comparable to other apartments on campus.

O’Brien said the estimated price range is scheduled to be released in February, but the final price will not be set until July.

While new housing is available on Livingston campus, the College Avenue campus will lose some housing options with the closing of some of the College Avenue Quads at the end of the semester, he said. These residence halls, which have yet to be determined, will shut down for renovations and installations of amenities for two years.

“It is on College Avenue, and they do add aesthetic appeal to the campus,” he said. “But codes do change.”

Saurabh Gupta, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said despite the changes in University housing, the aspect of price still plays a large role in student’s decisions to stay on campus.

“I pay about $600 a month to live off Cook campus,” he said.

“If I would live on campus, it would cost me close to $1,000 per month.”

But to save time, Laskin and his researchers are testing FDAapproved drugs, like the antibiotic doxycycline, to treat sulfur mustard gas.

“So far in the eyes, [doxycycline] has been working really well,” he said. “How wonderful is that if we can take an FDAapproved drug to [fight] chemical terrorism?”

Gordon said she would also like to see a drug that is already FDA-approved used to counteract sulfur mustard gas.

“If we can develop something, if we find FDA-approved drugs, we would store them in emergency response centers … [and] people are going to [be protected],” she said. “That’s the goal.”

One man at the lecture asked Laskin if anyone is immune to sulfur mustard gas.

Laskin said that the U.S. militar y would expose ever y soldier with a small sample of the chemical. While each solider did react, the sample produced varied responses.

“A hundred-thousand people in Iran and Iraq continue to have [problems] in their skin, eyes and lungs,” he said. “Issues of corneal damage cause blindness.

If we can [correct that] through sulfur mustard research that’s fine. That’s what we’re here for.”

Diana Johnson, a postdoctoral fellow at Johnson & Johnson, was impressed with Laskin’s presentation.

“There really aren’t any chemically induced models out there,” she said. “I applaud him and his research.”

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“We look at [pedestrian safety] ever y year,” he said.

“People ask me questions about lighting and painting of crosswalks.” continued from front But factors other than disto the sensor y deprivation that tracted pedestrians also conheadphone users experience, tribute to accidents, such as this division reflects the crossing the street at the hazards of a distracted culture, wrong place, Chiorello said. A par ticularly in the 15- to car driving 25 mph has a 21-age bracket. stopping distance of about 85 “‘Inattentional blindness is feet, making the proper use ver y similar to being completeof crosswalks a serious ly oblivious,” he said. “I think safety concern. it’s a sign of the times — walk“Students should be aware ing around, you see more of all the dif ferent factors,” and more people wearing he said. “That includes lookthese devices.” ing, listening and being The research team formed more aware.” their study by analyzing acciNiki Patel, a School of Arts dent repor ts from the National and Sciences junior, said she has Electronic Injur y Sur veillance not noticed a problem with System, the U.S. Consumer pedestrian safety on campus, but Product Safety thought the study Commission, was informative.

“I think it’s Google News and “I can see the Westlaw Campus logic,” she said. a sign of the times Research data“People should — walking around know [about the bases from 2004 to 2011, study].” you see more Lichenstein said.

Ali Coskun, a He initiated Rutgers Business people wearing the study after School first-year these devices.” reviewing a case student, said liswhere a local tening to music RICHARD LICHENSTEIN teen died crosson headphones is University of Maryland School ing railway tracks becoming a worof Medicine Associate Professor while wearing r ying issue, parof Pediatrics headphones, ticularly while according to the driving. study, which was released via “People walk slowly and are ohsonline.com. more distracted,” he said. “I feel Study results show that 70 I have to pay more attention.” percent of the 116 accidents, Lichenstein said the results which involved “inattentional of his study were unexpected, blindness,” resulted in death with headphone use contributto the pedestrian. ing more toward accidents “Unfortunately, as we make than anticipated. But there is more and more enticing devices, hope that implications of the risk of injury from distracsensor y deprivation among tion and blocking out other pedestrians ser ve as a warning sounds increases,” Lichenstein to others. said in the study.

“As a pediatric emergency Lt. Nicholas Chiorello of the physician and someone interRutgers University Police ested in safety and prevention, Department said newer techI saw this as an oppor tunity to nologies have brought their own … aler t parents of teens and set of safety concerns, with the young adults of the potential use of headphones being one of risk of wearing headphones many distractions that lead where moving vehicles are to accidents. present,” he said.

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Rutgers University Programming Association is hosting a Just For Fun indoor ice skating rink at the Douglass Campus Center from 2 to 11 p.m. Students can attend the Winter Wonderland event where there will be ice skating, a hot cocoa bar and winter-themed crafts, while supplies last.

The Daily Targum will hold its weekly writer’s meeting at 9:30 p.m. on the fourth floor lounge of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Assignments will be given out and other business will be discussed during the meeting. All those interested are welcome. There is no experience necessar y. For questions email university@dailytargum.com.

The Spring Involvement Fair 2012 will be held in the Livingston Student Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. where students can learn more about the 300 plus student organizations, the 60 plus fraternities and sororities and departments. Email osi@echo.rutgers.edu with any questions.

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The Rutgers Energy Institute is sponsoring a morning Café Hour for conversation on energy-related topics. Students, faculty and staff will be attending and are welcome to learn and share ideas. The event will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in The Cove of the Busch Campus Center where there will be coffee, tea, refreshments and a light breakfast available. There is no fee or reservations needed.

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Opera at Rutgers presents Jules Massenet’s “Cendrillion,” a French opera based on the Cinderella fairy tale at the Nicholas Music Center at 7:30 p.m. in downtown New Brunswick. General admission fee is $25, $15 for students and $20 for seniors.

Mason Gross School of the Arts will be hosting MFA Thesis Exhibition I from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civic Square in Downtown New Brunswick. The gallery will include contemporary art. For more information contact LaToya Frazier at (848)-932-5202 or email lfrazier@rci.edu.

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There will be dancing on the 4,500 square-foot wooden dance floor to Brian Nash at the main gym from 8 to 11:30 p.m. on the College Avenue campus. Music includes chacha, foxtrot, hustle, jive, merengue, polka, quickstep, rumba, samba, salsa/mambo, swing, tango, and waltz.

The Rutgers Recreation Instructional Program will be having a “Dancing for Special Occasions Workshop” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the College Avenue gym. The workshop involves learning basic steps of Salsa and Waltz. Admission is $15 and $8 with a student ID. For any questions call Carmen Valverde at (732)-932- 8204 or email recclass@rci.rutgers.edu.

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Career Services and the New Agenda on Campus are cosponsoring “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Making It In the Real World” at Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus center where guest speaker Amy Siskind, a former Wall Street executive, will be speaking from 6:30 p.m. to 8p.m. about becoming successful in future careers and endeavors.

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The Teaching Assistant Project & Center for Teaching Advancement & Assessment Research will sponsor a podcasting event from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. at the Center on the College Avenue campus, where students can create and edit audio content using the free “Audacity” software and how to distribute the files to students as a podcast using RSS or iTunes.

Counseling, ADAP and Psychiatry Services (CAPS) will be having “Mindfulness Meditation” from noon to 1 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center. Mindfulness meditation gives people a chance to reduce stress and feel calmer. All staff, faculty and students are welcome regardless of experience level.

The Department of Entomology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences will have the 2012 “Karl Maramorosch Lecture” at 11 a.m. in the Alampi Room of the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building on Cook campus. The lecture will feature Dean Robert Goodman and Associate Dean Xenia Morin, who will reflect on the emerging ecological paradigms of agriculture over the past 200 years. To register for the event, call (848)-932-4211.

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How do you save money on textbooks?

QUOTABLE

MARC LANE SAS SOPHOMORE “I usually see if there is an eBook version for my app on my phone.

If not, I usually go to the bookstore.“

“If I need books in a rush, I’ll go to the bookstore.

If I’m not in much of a rush, I’ll look to Amazon and buy from third-party sellers.”

Source: ecogeek.org, centerforcollegeaffordability.org

175

The average retail price of a new textbook.

$1,168

How much College Board estimates students will spend for course materials at four-year public colleges for 2011-2012.

350,000 The number of eBooks that Apple iBooks 2 sold in its first three days of release.

SAS JUNIOR “I’ll probably buy them on Amazon or look [to see] if they are available on Chegg.com.”

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NINO AZRUMELASHVILI SAS JUNIOR “I check Amazon, and my dad does a lot of the shopping around.”

MATT CORDEIRO SAS SENIOR “I’ll buy stuff online and see where I can get it for the cheapest price.”

PETER SPERLAZZO SAS JUNIOR “I go on Facebook and buy them used from other Rutgers students.”

ONLINE RESPONSE Buy from friends or other students — 5%

Rent or buy from a bookstore — 2%

Combination — 21%

I don’t buy books — 25%

Rent or buy online — 47%

Rent or buy online

47%

I don’t buy books

25%

Combination

21%

Buy from friends or other students

5%

Rent or buy from a bookstore

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First female completes solo trek across Antarctica THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — British adventurer Felicity Aston became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica yesterday, hauling two sledges around crevasses and over mountains into endless headwinds, past the South Pole and onward to the coastal ice shelf, persevering for 59 days in near-total solitude.

She made it to her destination ahead of schedule, using nothing but her own strength to cover 1,084 miles (1,744 kilometers) from her starting point on the Leverett Glacier on Nov. 25 to Hercules Inlet.

The most surprising thing about her journey, she said, was how emotional it proved to be, from the moment she was dropped off alone, through every victory and defeat along the way.

“I’m not a particularly weepy person, and yet anyone who has been following my tweets can see me bursting into tears,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press on yesterday while waiting for a plane to pick her up.

“When I saw the coastal mountains that marked my end point for the first time, I literally just stopped in my tracks and bawled my eyes out,” she added. “All these days I thought there was no chance I was going to make it in time to make that last flight off Antarctica, and yet here I am with three days to spare.”

Aston also set another record: the first human to ski solo, across Antarctica, using only her own muscles. A male-female team earlier skied across Antarctica without kites or machines, but Aston is the first to do this alone.

Aston, 34, grew up in Kent, England, and studied physics and meteorology. A veteran of expeditions in subzero environments, she worked for the British weather service at a base in Antarctica and has led teams on ski trips in the Antarctic, the Arctic and Greenland.

But this was the first time she traveled so far alone, and she said the solitude posed her biggest challenge. In such an extreme environment, the smallest mistakes can prove treacherous.

Alone with one’s thoughts, the mind can play tricks. Polar adventurers usually take care to watch their teammates for signs of hypothermia, which is easier to diagnose in others than yourself, she said.

She thought she was done for when her two butane lighters failed high in the Transantarctic Mountains, where it got “really very cold.”

“Suddenly I realized that without a lighter working, I can’t light my stove, I can’t melt snow to make water, and I won’t have any water to drink, and that becomes a very serious problem,” she said.

“It’s quite stressful. It was just a matter of every single day, looking at my kit, and thinking what could go wrong here and what can I do to prevent it?”

She did have a small box of safety matches, and counted and re-counted every one until the lighters started working again at lower altitude, she said.

This Antarctic summer has seen the centennial of Roald Amundsen’s conquest of the South Pole, where Britons still lament that R.F. Scott’s team arrived for England days later, demoralized to see Norway’s flag.

Scott and his entire team then died on their way out, and some of their bodies were not found for eight months.

Aston had modern technology in her favor: She kept family and supporters updated and received their responses via Twitter and Facebook, and broadcast daily phone reports online. She carried two satellite phones to communicate with a support team, and a GPS device that reported her location throughout. She also had two supply drops — one at the pole and one part way to her finish line — so that she could travel with a lighter load. Otherwise, her feat was unassisted.

While others have traveled farther using kites, sails, machinery or dogs (now banned for fear of infecting wildlife with canine diseases), she did it on her own strength.

Aston, whose journey also helped raise money for monuments to the 29 Britons killed on Antarctica since Scott, had to fight near-constant headwinds across the vast central plateau to the pole.

Then she turned toward Hercules Inlet, pushing through thick, fresh snow, until she reached her goal on the Ronne Ice Shelf, a spot within a small plane’s reach of a base camp on Union Glacier where the Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions company provides logistical support to each summer’s expeditions.

With skies clearing yesterday, Aston tweeted that she’s been promised red wine and a hot shower after she gets picked up. “A very long, very hot shower,” she emphasized. “It’s something I haven’t had in quite a long time now!”

From there, she will join dozens of other Antarctic adventurers on the last flight out, a huge Russian cargo plane that will take her to Chile. Then she will fly home next week to Kent, in southeast England.

There, after two months of little but freeze-dried food, she can look forward to chicken pie, her mother said.

“I think there will be lots of cuddles, lots of hugs, it will be quite emotional,” said Jackie Aston, 61.

Aston, pondering her last hours of solitude yesterday, told the AP she felt both joy and overwhelming sadness at finishing.

“I’m still reeling from the shock of it that I’ve made it this far.

I honestly didn’t think I’d be getting here,” she said.

What remains, she hopes, will be a message about perseverance.

“If you can just find a way to keep going, either metaphorically or literally, whether you’re running a marathon or facing financial problems or have bad news to deliver or it’s tough at work or whatever, if you can just find a way to keep going, then you will discover that you have potential within yourself that you never never realized,” she said.

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Russia signs a deal yesterday to sell jets to Syria. Through this contract, Russia would be supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad and defying international efforts to condemn his regime.

Russia to support Syrian president THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Russia has signed a contract to sell combat jets to Syria, a newspaper reported yesterday, in apparent support for President Bashar Assad and open defiance of international condemnation of his regime’s bloody crackdown.

The respected business daily Kommersant, citing an unidentified source close to Russia’s Rosoboronexport state arms trader, said the $550-million deal envisions the delivery of 36 Yak-130 aircraft. A spokesman for Rosoboronexport refused to comment on the report.

If confirmed, the deal would cement Russian opposition to international efforts to put pressure on Assad’s regime over its attempts to snuff out the country’s uprising. The U.N. says more than 5,400 people have died over 10 months. The report of the sale comes the same day that Human Rights Watch called Russia’s backing of the Syrian regime “immoral.”

The Yak-130 is a twin-engined combat trainer jet that can also be used to attack ground targets.

The Russian air force has recently placed an order for 55 such jets.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said last week that Moscow does not consider it necessary to offer an explanation or excuses over suspicions that a Russian ship had delivered munitions to Syria despite an EU arms embargo.

Russia was acting in full respect of international law and would not be guided by unilateral sanctions imposed by other nations, he said.

Lavrov also accused the West of turning a blind eye to attacks by opposition militants and supplies of weapons to the Syrian opposition from abroad and warned that Russia will block any attempt by the West to secure United Nations support for the use of force against Syria.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that if the report is accurate “it would be quite concerning” and would be raised by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, who is currently in Moscow.

“As we’ve been saying for months, you know, our firm belief is that any country that is still trading in weapons and armaments with Syria really needs to think twice because they are on the wrong side of history, and those weapons can be used against innocents and have been,” Nuland said.

Russia has been a strong ally of Syria since Soviet times when the president’s father Hafez Assad led the countr y. It has supplied Syria with aircraft, missiles, tanks and other modern weapons.

Igor Korotchenko, head of the Center of Analysis of the Global Arms trade, an independent think-tank, said the jet deal apparently reflected Moscow’s belief that Assad would stay at the helm.

“With this contract, Russia is expressing confidence that President Assad would manage to retain control of the situation, because such deals aren’t signed with a government whose hold on power raises

doubts,” Korotchenko was quoted by RIA Novosti news agency as saying. “It’s another gesture

by Moscow underlining its confidence that Damascus will remain its strategic partner and ally in the Middle East.”

Another Moscow-based militar y analyst, Ruslan Pukhov, said, however, that Russia might be too optimistic about Assad’s prospects.

“This contract carries a very high degree of risk,” Pukhov told Kommersant. “Assad’s regime may fall and that would lead to financial losses for Russia and also hurt its image.”

Human Rights Watch warned Russia that by supporting Assad it is repeating the mistakes of some Western governments during the Arab Spring, saying they were too slow to recognize the popular desire for democratic change in places like Egypt and Bahrain.

“Armed elements shooting at government soldiers is materially different from government representatives shooting deliberately at unarmed civilians,” Carroll Boger t, the group’s deputy executive director, said at a news conference in Moscow that followed the release of HRW’s annual report.

She added that the over whelming number of victims in Syria is on the side of the demonstrators.

“The continued support of this regime is immoral and not permissible,” Bogert said. “The West has already made serious mistakes with the support of Arab regimes. Russia’s repetition of those mistakes will lead to tragic consequences.”

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Investigators suspect child-trafficking system THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ZAPOPAN, Mexico — Life seemed to give Karla Zepeda a break when a woman came to her dusty neighborhood of cinderblock homes and dirt roads looking for babies to photograph in an anti-abortion ad campaign.

The woman asked to use the 15-year-old’s baby girl in a twoweek photo shoot for $755 ($10,000 pesos), a small fortune for a teen mother who earns $180 a month at a sandwich stand and shares a cramped, one-stor y house with her disabled mother, stepfather and three brothers.

But 9-month-old Camila wasn’t just posing for photographs when she was taken away.

Jalisco state investigators say the child was left for weeks at a time in the care of an Irish couple who had come to Ajijic, a town of cobblestone streets and gated communities 37 miles (60 kilometers) away, thinking they were adopting her.

Prosecutors say the baby was apparently part of an illegal adoption ring that ensnared destitute young Mexican women trying to earn more for their children and childless Irish couples desperate to become parents.

Camila and nine other children have been turned over to state officials who suspect they were being groomed for illegal adoptions. And authorities hint that far more children could be involved: Lead investigator Blanca Barron told reporters the ring may have been operating for 20 years, though she gave no details. Prosecutors also say four of the children show signs of sexual abuse, though they gave no details on how or by whom.

Nine people have been detained, including two suspect-

ed leaders of the ring, but no one has yet been charged.

At least 15 Irish citizens have been questioned, the Jalisco state attorney general’s office said, but officials have not released their names and their lawyer says all have returned to Ireland after spending weeks or months in Ajijic tr ying to meet requirements for adopting a child. None were detained.

For Karla Zepeda, the story began in August, when she was approached by Guadalupe Bosquez and agreed to lend her daughter for an anti-abortion advertising campaign, she told The Associated Press. Bosquez later returned with another woman, Silvia Soto, and gave her half the money as they picked the child up. She got the rest two weeks later when they brought Camila home.

“They showed me a poster that showed my girl with other babies and said ‘No To Abortion, Yes To Life,’” said Karla, a petite girl cleaning her house to loud norteno music. “I thought it was legal because everything seemed very normal.”

Before long, the message spread to her neighbors. Seven other women, most between the ages of 15 and 22, agreed to let their babies be part of the ad campaign. Some already had several children. Some are single mothers. One of them does not know how to read or write. Five of them told the AP that they did not even have birth certificates for their babies when they came across Bosquez and Soto.

One said she needed money to pay for her child’s medical care, another to finish building an extra room on her house.

All deny agreeing to give their children up for adoption.

FRENCH PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL TO CRIMINALIZE DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PARIS (AP) — A bill making it a crime to deny that the 1915 killings of Armenians was a genocide passed both houses of France’s parliament.

The Senate’s vote Monday came despite Turkey’s threats to impose new sanctions on France. It already suspended military, economic and political ties when the lower house of French parliament passed the bill last month.

The measure now needs to be signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose party proposed it, to become a law.

On Saturday, thousands of Turks from across Europe marched through the French capital, accusing French President Nicolas Sarkozy of acting in the hope of securing French Armenians’ votes in this year’s presidential elections.

An estimated 500,000 Armenians live in France.

While most historians contend that the 1915 killings of 1.5 million Armenians as the Ottoman Empire broke up was the 20th century’s first genocide, Turkey has vigorously denied that. It says that there was no systematic campaign to kill Armenians and that many Turks also died during the chaotic disintegration of the empire.

On Monday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, speaking during a visit to Strasbourg, France, said: “What would happen if a 1,000, 10,000 or a 100,000 gathered around Eiffel and said ‘there is no genocide?’ What would the French justice do? Would it be able to convict 10,000 or a 100,000 people? I don’t think so.”

But the most significant protest came from Ankara, Turkey’s capital, where the foreign minister warned that he was ready to take new measures against France if the bill passed.

“Turkey will continue to implement sanctions as long as this bill remains in motion,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters ahead of the debate. “We hope however, that this won’t be necessary and that common sense will reign in the French Senate.”

He did not spell out the measures Turkey would take.

The bill sets a punishment of up to one year in prison and a fine of euro 45,000 ($59,000) for those who deny or “outrageously minimize” the killings — putting such action on par with denial of the Holocaust.

“We’re going through a nightmare,” said Fernanda Montes, an 18-year-old housewife who said she took part to pay a $670 hospital bill from the birth of her 3month-old. “How could we have trusted someone so evil?”

The women say that Bosquez and Soto persuaded three of them to register their children as single mothers so they could participate in the anti-abortion campaign, even though they live with the children’s fathers.

Children’s rights activists say that also could have made it easier to release the child for adoption: only the mother’s signature would be needed.

The mothers were assured that the babies were being taken care of by several nannies and checked by doctors. The babies often returned home wearing new clothes.

Some of the mothers said they began having second thoughts.

But when they declined to send their children back, they say, Bosquez and Soto insisted they would have to pay for the strollers, car seats, diaper bags and everything else they bought for the babies.

Investigators say that Bosquez and Soto were taking the children to a hotel in Guadalajara, where they met with Irish couples who believed they were going to adopt them.

The plan began to unravel on Jan. 9, when local police detained 21-year-old Laura Carranza and accused her of trying to sell her 2year-old daughter.

Investigators said Carranza denied that allegation, but acknowledged she was “renting” her 8-month-old son. She then led authorities to Bosquez and Soto.

Both are now being held on suspicion they ran the alleged

anti-abortion ad campaign as a front for an illegal adoption ring. It was not clear if they have attorneys and they have not yet been brought before a judge to say if they accept or reject the allegations.

Carranza is also being held, as is Karla’s mother, Cecilia Velazquez, who hasn’t worked since she lost both legs in a traffic accident in 2010. Karla says her mother’s only fault was agreeing to the ad campaign.

Seven of the mothers interviewed told the AP that the children had most recently been picked up by Bosquez and Soto between Dec. 27 and Dec. 30 for an alleged photo shoot. They returned the babies on Jan. 9 and 10, saying “there had been problems.” The mothers said they didn’t notice anything wrong with the babies or any signs of abuse.

Then state police investigators showed up at their homes and drove them and their children to the police department for questioning. The babies were taken from them and put into state protective custody.

The women complained that only four of them have been allowed to see their babies since, and only once.

A statement from Jalisco state prosecutors’ said authorities seized Carranza’s two children from her and the other seven while they were with Irish couples. Prosecutors didn’t respond to requests by the AP to clarify the discrepancy.

Residents of Ajijic, a town on the shore of Lake Chapala favored by American and Canadian retirees, say Irish citizens looking to adopt Mexican children began appearing there at least four years ago.

Jalisco state prosecutors’ spokesman Lino Gonzalez wouldn’t confirm the Irish had left, but said none had been charged with a crime.

Even if they had adopted the children, Ireland might not have accepted them because the adoptions were handled privately, said Frances FitzGerald, Ireland’s minister for children.

“Obviously, for any couple caught up in this, it’s a nightmare scenario,” she said.

“What you can’t have in Mexico is people going to local agencies or individuals doing private adoptions because when they come back, there is going to be a difficulty.”

Prosecutors say they have been tr ying without success to reach the attorneys who were handling the adoption paperwork in the neighboring state of Colima.

Custody release statements signed by all of the mothers carry the logo of Lopez y Lopez Asociados, a firm owned by Carlos Lopez Valenzuela and his son, Carlos Lopez Castellanos.

Authorities raided their home last week.

The release statements were shown to the AP by a local advocate for missing and stolen children, Juan Manuel Estrada of Fundacion FIND, who said they had been leaked to him by a state of ficial. He said Lopez Valenzuela had separately sent him a lengthy statement by email declaring that he too may have been duped in the case and denying wrongdoing.

The 15 Irish citizens told authorities they found Lopez Valenzuela through a website adver tising his ser vices, according to their lawyer, Carlos Montoya.

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Penn State coach leaves mixed legacy

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ew individuals have had so significant an impact on college sports as legendary former coach Joe Paterno had on Penn State’s football community. As head coach of the school’s football team for 46 years, Paterno was responsible for leading his team to a record number of victories, two national championships and success both on and off the field. Many have hailed Paterno as a hero, a legend and a savior of Penn State’s football career.

Yet Paterno’s reputation was marred late last year as a child sexual abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky surfaced. Sandusky was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over a 15-year period. Penn State trustees fired Paterno after learning that the former head coach failed to notify police of the incident.

The news brought both grief and outcry to the sport’s world at Penn State and abroad.

Paterno died of lung cancer Sunday at age 85.

With Paterno’s passing, many have stopped to reflect on the legacy of a man who devoted so much of himself to his career and community, yet whose involvement in the world of college football ended with a national controversy. Hundreds of students on the Penn State campus paused to grieve the death of the former head coach this week, and despite his controversial part in the Sandusky scandal, continue to regard Paterno in much the same way as before. This reaction of the Penn State community to an individual who some perceive as the father of college football should be expected. But ignoring the more unfortunate aspects of an individual’s life does not make those unfortunate aspects go away.

In writing this editorial, we do not claim to presuppose any of the feelings or opinions members of the Penn State community may experience as a reaction to the events of the past few months. Yet we do know that Paterno’s actions in relation to Sandusky must also be considered when weighing his career as a whole. A person’s life is defined by both the good and the bad, and the positive marks of Paterno’s early career should not overshadow the negative aspects of these actions revealed at the end. It may be too early to judge in what light Paterno’s legacy will be regarded, but it is clear that he has left a lasting impact that extends past the Penn State community.

Tavern’s closing marks end of era

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he Court Tavern, a dive bar and music venue located on the corner of Church and Spring Streets, helped catapult popular bands such as The Smithereens and The Gaslight Anthem to the national stage. The venue last Wednesday closed its doors indefinitely. Joe Chyb, former manager of the tavern, said the bar closed because changes in New Brunswick’s music scene brought financial difficulty to the tavern.

Many have associated the closing of the tavern with a shift in New Brunswick’s music scene. Once home to a thriving music climate in the ’80s and ’90s, the tavern was considered a historic venue for local musicians, artists and poets. But since the late ’90s, much of the city’s local scene has either disappeared or moved into basements off College Avenue — and for some, the tavern was the last stand.

Now may not be the time to lament the closing of the tavern, even if it means the dwindling of New Brunswick’s music scene.

The tavern has added to the musical landscape of the city for years and will be remembered fondly by those who attended shows under its roof. But with the exception of alumni who recall the punk rock days of yore, we bet few students could say they have ever been to the tavern.

The tavern’s closing simply indicates a change in age and climate for New Brunswick’s music scene. As younger generations of students — many of whom are not old enough to frequent bars — come to the University with less of an interest in the type of gritty rock produced by places like the tavern, and more of an interest in bassheavy, party-style dance music, the city’s music scene will continue to reflect that change. Yet we’re confident that the city’s scene will never lose its punk rock sound, even if it can’t be heard at places like the tavern.

Today, fans of that gritty rock sound will just have to watch their favorite New Brunswick bands from the basements of University students scattered throughout College Avenue.

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Bureaucracy ignores reason

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ere are two stopedals, and taking up two ries about people seats on a city subway is who recently had now punishable with a $50 run-ins with the law. Both fine. Police officers are no have been labeled crimilonger allowed to distinnals. Their backgrounds guish between a woman could not be more differwho made an honest misent, but they share a comtake and a violent criminal NOAH GLYN mon distinction — they whose gun is a threat to are both victims. society. Bloomberg values The first is a 46-year-old black man from New protocol over good judgment, and even the proseBrunswick who had been convicted of two drug cutors — on whose wisdom we rely to seek justice charges in the past several years. On the night of and apply the law — appear unable to differentiate Sept. 22, he and two other men fled from two police between Graves and the countless criminals on the officers that stopped to question them. The officers city’s overloaded docket. chased him down a back alley, where he allegedly The problem in Deloatch’s case is different. attempted to beat one of the policemen with a woodHere, specific police officers failed to take the coren stick. The other officer shot him dead. As word rect action in a hazardous moment. Certainly, two of the incident spread, demonstrations erupted of New Brunswick’s finest — armed with loaded throughout New Brunswick, charging that the dead guns, pepper spray and years of police training — man was a victim of police brutalishould have been able to subdue ty and racism. Rev. Al Sharpton’s Deloatch, regardless of whether he “Under the leadership wielded a stick. Instead, in a moment National Action Network and the National Association for the of poor judgment, they delivered of Bloomberg, Advancement of Colored People unto Deloatch the ultimate punishwere among the groups to join in ment and removed the possibility of New York City has the protests. The dead man’s name the law taking its more civilized enacted more is Barry Deloatch. course. Graves, on the other hand, The second is a 39-year-old did not resist arrest, and she never and more pointless white woman from Tennessee with resorted to violence. A policeman of and damaging laws.” sound mind, in a city with fewer stuno criminal record. She is a medical student with a license to carry pid laws than New York, would have a firearm in her home state. advised Graves that she was in violaUnaware that New York City doesn’t recognize outtion of the law and perhaps confiscated her gun. of-state gun permits — the city even refuses to recThis case is an ongoing failure at all levels of New ognize New York State permits — she brought her York City law enforcement to demonstrate good gun along during a Dec. 22 visit to the 9/11 judgment, even a month after the original incident.

Memorial. She saw a sign that said no weapons The outcome here — unlike Deloatch’s death — is were permitted on site, so she asked a police officer entirely reversible. where she should check her gun. The officer arrestWith this in mind, how do we evaluate the ed her, and she is now being charged with felony over whelming public response to the Deloatch gun possession. If convicted, she faces a minimum incident and the rather muted response to the of three-and-a-half years in prison. To add insult to Graves incident? injury, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Graves seems to have been guilty of foolishness, said she should also be charged for having cocaine not criminal intent. Yet, there have been no protests in her jacket pocket. Bloomberg knows not of that for her freedom, no demonstrations against the syswhich he speaks, as the powder that police found in tem. Her case should be a cause célèbre that her pocket was identified as aspirin. The accused’s attracts seasoned activists to protest the inherent name is Meredith Graves. injustice. Young people should be camping out in Under the leadership of Bloomberg, New York the streets and holding signs that say, “I am City has enacted more and more pointless and damMeredith Graves.” aging laws. Police officers must now give out $100 SEE GLYN ON PAGE 13 tickets to cyclists who don’t keep their feet on the

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think we have to utilize the resources of the earth as responsibly as we can.”

Eric Fleisher, director of Horticulture at Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, on preserving the aesthetic value of the land.

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GLYN continued from page 12 Is it simply a matter of race?

Many people believe that the “system” oppresses blacks and other minorities, but this is not the case in New Brunswick. Here, police patrol the streets looking to bust rowdy parties, while shootings and muggings are regular features of New Brunswick life. The New Brunswick bureaucracy is there to ensure that every parked car that can get a ticket will get a ticket, yet they do little to investigate burgled homes. New Brunswick and New York City both have misplaced priorities, and minorities are not the only ones hurt by them.

We can apply the biblical commandment to seek justice for widows and orphans to our everyday lives when we stand up for the disadvantaged and the underprivileged. But we must remember that they are not the only ones whose rights can be abused and whose dignity can be trampled.

Just ask Meredith Graves.

Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in economics and history with a minor in Jewish studies. His column, “Irreconcilable Differences,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Federal Reserve lacks basic oversight Letter AAKASH DALAL f the absence of a token understanding of macroeconomic theory wasn’t enough for a reader to set down their copy of The Daily Targum upon reading the column titled “Ron Paul’s ideas show no logic” yesterday, the author’s lack of grammatical acuity and writing skill was. A cogent and well thought-out argument against the gold standard, support of which is misattributed to Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, can easily be made, but the author fails to make it. Paul happens to believe that a gold-backed currency is far more stable than a debt-backed, fiat currency monopolized by the Federal Reserve — not that it is the best option.

Paul’s pet issue of auditing and abolishing the aforementioned, quasi-private bank has garnered support from both the left and the right — from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Dennis Kucinich, DOhio, to Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

According to a Bloomberg survey conducted in December 2010, a majority of Americans agree that the Federal Reserve should be audited or outright abolished. It’s

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an issue that is at the core of both way of the Fed’s printing presses Occupy Wall Street and the Tea was the gold standard, which Party movement. restricted the amount of currency At the same time, those who that could be printed. A common have a vested interest in maintain- argument against the gold staning the status quo have fought for dard is the misconception that a the secrecy of Federal Reserve finite money supply is detrimental Chairman Ben Bernanke, and for- to an economy. Prices would just mer Chairmen Alan Greenspan and be lower with a finite currency.

Paul Volcker were so vehemently For anyone to defend the opposed to Paul’s Federal Reserve audit of the Federal after its policies “A majority of Reserve that they manifested in the warned Congress recent housing Americans agree against it. bubble and the that the Federal Congress creatrecession would be ed the Federal Reserve should be absurd. The Fed’s Reserve System in manipulation of audited or outright interest rates and 1913 with the dual mandate of promotpumping of easy abolished.” ing “maximum money into the employment” and housing market “stable prices.” It has failed on both resulted in artificially high home valcounts. Unemployment is an unde- uations. As a result of the relaxed niable problem today and the true monetary policies of the Fed, major rate of annual consumer inflation is banks made loans to borrowers, about 10 percent by the 1980s who ostensibly couldn’t repay them.

Bureau of Labor Statistics method- When borrowers defaulted on their ology, which has since been altered mortgages and loans, banks were by removing important products. left with toxic assets and lobbied Congress delegated its consti- Congress for bailouts, which they tutional authority to coin currency received. By lowering interest rates, to the Federal Reserve System by the Federal Reserve created the giving it the authority to print opportunity for malinvestment and money. The only roadblock in the caused the housing bubble.

A partial audit of the Federal Reserve, released in July 2011 thanks to Paul’s efforts, revealed that the institution had secretly loaned trillions of dollars to Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and dozens of other banks as well as numerous domestic and foreign corporations between 2007 and 2010. Neither Congress nor the public was aware of this and those trillions were in addition to the $800 billion bailout Congress approved in 2008.

Consider the fact that the Federal Reserve has little Congressional oversight and the fact that the Fed can print money at will without Congressional authorization.

As it happens, Paul accurately predicted the 2007-2008 housing crisis in 2002 on the floor of the House, while others were oblivious. To empower the Federal Reserve System and to ignore Paul’s ideas would be irresponsible and illogical. Allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to exist in its current form is only rewarding failure and incompetence.

Aakash Dalal is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore majoring in chemistry and biological sciences.

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Junior 174-pounder Greg Zannetti pushes Navy’s James Mannier to the mat after recording one of his seven takedowns in a 16-6 major decision. Zannetti picked up his team-best 20th win.

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He scored seven takedowns against Mannier, letting him go each one to attack again — valuable experience in first year after part of what Goodale calls a “nervous habit” that he must concontinued from back stantly score.

“I want to make the match out The same goes for ninthranked 165-pounder Scott of reach every time, no matter Winston, who joined Greg who I’m wrestling,” said Zannetti, Zannetti as one of two Knights who improved to 20-3 with only to win both their bouts one dual meet loss.

Goodale wants Zannetti to this weekend. pick better spots Mason and for his attacks, senior 141“All of these kids are although it paid pounder Billy off Sunday with Ashnault block older than me and the total points Perrotti from a full-time spot in have done it before, tiebreaker.

Zannetti put up the lineup. so they’re showing nearly half While the seaRutgers’ points, son is about me the ropes. but limiting remaining healthy for that They taught me a lot.” Navy’s was equally important. pair, it is about ANTHONY PERROTTI Brewer did just experience for Freshman 149-Pounder that, as did sopholast year’s New more Vincent Jersey high Dellefave, who school state wrestled at 133 pounds but champion at 130 pounds.

The West Essex product is weighed in at his usual 125.

That should be the last time a 14-7 in tournaments and 2-2 in 125-pounder makes the jump — dual meets.

“I’ve taken a lot out of this sea- junior Joe Langel did against son so far,” Perrotti said. “Going Lehigh — because doctors to open tournaments, wrestling cleared 133-pounder Michael behind these great mentors. All DeMarco yesterday to continue of these kids are older than me wrestling with a lateral collateral and have done it before, so ligament tear.

“I think these guys rally and they’re showing me the ropes. fuel off of each other, and when They taught me a lot.”

Only Zannetti’s constant you don’t have ever ybody, in attacking matched Perrotti’s the back of your mind it’s OK to lose because we’re probably quick strike at the RAC. The junior 174-pounder not going to win,” Goodale said. scored a 16-6 major decision “That’s what I felt their mindset against Navy’s James Mannier, was [against Lehigh], but you two days removed from a 3-2 can’t have that. You have to care of your decision against Lehigh’s take individual battle.”

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TASK: Rutgers plans to use speed to limit DePaul offense continued from back With Hampton, Big East scoring leader among active players, sidelined, the biggest threat to the Knights is junior guard Anna Martin.

Martin leads the Blue Demons in both points per game (19.2) and assists (68).

A second similarity between the two Big East squads is the absence of limitation when subbing players in.

Rutgers has players like Rushdan who can play multiple positions. So does DePaul. “[The Blue Demons] have tremendous flexibility between their positions, one through five,” said Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

Stringer knows for certain Rutgers cannot play the same game it did a week ago and expect a better result. “[Against St. John’s] we were half a step slow the entire game,” she said. “We were very tentative and disoriented.”

A slow tempo will not work against DePaul because it excels at running its offense, and the players are precision passers, Stringer said.

Thankfully for the Knights, momentum is on their side.

While they come off a rebound win at South Florida, the Blue Demons have to bounce back from an 88-44 beating at the hands of No. 3 Connecticut.

If Rutgers has any hope of maintaining its position in the Big East and the AP, its needs to win tonight.

Because it only gets tougher.

KNIGHT NOTES: Stringer might need some extra help from her bench to beat DePaul.

She utilized it in the win against USF, especially in rotating the freshmen. For ward Betnijah Laney and guards Briyona Canty and Shakena Richardson each played 10 minutes or more. “[The team] did a great job to bounce back,” Stringer said. “We got some great production from our freshmen, and the upperclassmen helped out.”

The starting upperclassmen — Rushdan, senior forward April Sykes and junior center Monique Oliver — combined for 53 of the Knights’ 72 points.

“That comes from the upperclassmen understanding when we say, ‘It’s not about the talk — it’s about the walk,’” Stringer said.

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The Knights’ leading scorer poured in 23 points against USF to rebound from her previous 6-point per formance against St. John’s.

“She was calm, poised, she took shots and she rebounded,” Stringer said. “She didn’t buy into the hype.”

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Both Rutgers and DePaul suffered a loss to Tennessee, but the Knights came closest to toppling the Lady Volunteers.

Tennessee beat Rutgers, 6761, on Dec. 13. The Lady Vols blew out the Blue Demons two days earlier, 84-61.

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Freshman earns extra minutes with versatility

BY JOEY GREGORY CORRESPONDENT

It was no secret this year’s incoming freshman class for the Rutgers women’s basketball team big WOMEN’S BASKETBALL had expectations. It was the highest-ranked recruiting class since the signing of the Scarlet Knights’ current senior class.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer made it clear who would be the goto player out of the class when she put forward Betnijah Laney in the starting lineup for the season opener against California.

But in the past few games, Stringer went to guard Briyona Canty for significant minutes.

The first thing that strikes Stringer about the Willingboro, N.J., native is her similarity to fifth-year senior guard Khadijah Rushdan.

Rushdan is easily the team’s most versatile player. She has the ability to play four of the five positions on the court. Stringer sees that potential in Canty as she continues to develop. “[Rushdan] is the epitome of a player who can play 1-4 just as effectively,” Stringer said. “Few people can do that. I think Briyona can. I’d like to give her a chance at at least imitating [Rushdan].”

The comparison between the guards begins with their size.

Both are 5-foot-9, which means Canty is at least tall enough to drift between positions like Rushdan does. “[Canty] is small enough to be a guard, but big enough to be a strong guard who can take on

power forwards,” Stringer said.

Her skill is not lost on the upperclassmen, either. They share what their coach sees in the Trenton Catholic product’s ability to do things most freshmen struggle with.

“She has a great feel for the game. She’s able to play a lot of different positions,” Rushdan said. “At times she runs the point for us and at times she’s on the wing and is really able to run the floor. She can attack the basket.”

But anyone who played under Stringer can verify offensive skill is not enough for the Hall of Fame coach.

If a player cannot produce on the defensive end, she has no spot on Stringer’s squad.

That is not a problem for Canty, either.

“She’s been playing great defense, and with coach Stringer, if you’re not getting it done on defense, you’re not going to get on the floor,” Rushdan said. “That’s definitely something [Canty] has been addressing and she’s been taking pride in and that’s been helping a lot.”

Support for Canty’s increased playing time can also be found in the statistics.

Among the Rutgers freshmen, she leads in steals (22), blocks (11) and assists (35) and is second to Laney in points and rebounds.

Rushdan’s eligibility expires at the end of the season, while senior forward April Sykes is set for graduation in the spring.

Laney is in line for Sykes’ role, and now Stringer has a frontrunner for Rushdan’s position.

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The seventh spot marks the highest preseason ranking for the Scarlet Knights since they ranked seventh in 2008.

The Knights made their second-consecutive Big East Tournament last year and finished the season with a 19-30 record.

They finished in the top 50 in the nation in stolen bases per game (23rd, 1.71), doubles per game (28th, 1.71), batting average (35th, .302) and runs per game (39th, 5.35).

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Kelly and the Bucs were deep in the process Sunday night of finishing a deal.

Kelly was intrigued by the challenge of coaching at the highest level and not having to deal with the NCAA and parents that are inherent in the college game, according to ESPN. In three seasons at Oregon, Kelly sports a 34-6 record with three conference titles.

Oregon beat Wisconsin in this year’s Rose Bowl to cap a 12-2 season.

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The Orange dropped to No. 4 after this weekend’s 67-58 loss to Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. It was the first loss for a Syracuse team that began the season 20-0.

Missouri vaulted itself to No. 2 after Kansas defeated former-No. 3 Baylor last week and the Tigers on Saturday, 89-88.

Ohio State moved up three spots to No. 3 after winning its only game of the week. Kansas rounded out the top five.

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Head coach Phil Spiniello said junior captain Taylor Curado was one of the Scarlet Knights’ most improved swimmers this season after he arrived a year ago. Curado won the 100-yard butterfly Friday against James Madison.

Junior translates hard work to success

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

One of the qualities Rutgers women’s swimming & diving head coach Phil Spiniello looks SWIMMING & DIVING for in his athletes is the determination to get better. In his second year at the helm of the program, he sees that in junior captain Taylor Curado.

“Taylor has a drive within her to get better,” Spiniello said. “That comes out in the weight room, pool and in dr y land sessions. She has a real determination to get better at this sport.”

Since his arrival last year, Spiniello believes that Curado is one of the most improved swimmers on the team.

“I showed up at the beginning of her sophomore year and over the last year-and-a-half she has made some significant improve-

ments,” Spiniello said. “She’s not only a great swimmer but a hard worker and tries to push herself on a daily basis.”

Curado also understands in order for her to get better in the pool, she must continue to work hard, something the young swimmer embraces.

“I enjoy improving and helping others improve,” Curado said. “I like knowing that I’m working towards something that other people around me are working towards because that motivates me to want to get better.”

That drive resulted in success for both the team and Curado. The Knights boast a 7-2 record and hold a 4-0 record in conference competition. The junior most recently captured the 100-yard butter fly event against James Madison on Friday and performed well in the freestyle events this season.

With the Big East Championships fast approaching, Curado’s achievements in both the freestyle and butterfly races has her optimistic about how well she can perform once her team travels to Pittsburgh in Februar y.

“Going into [the Big East Championships] I’m as confident in my freestyle as I am in butterfly to know that I have a very good chance of placing well,” Curado said. “As a team I definitely think we have the ability to place top three at the event. “ The constant improving and dedication in the sport is one of the main reasons racing competitively in the pool appealed to Curado. The Highlands, Col., native enjoys working hard alongside her teammates in order for the program to succeed as a whole.

“Even though it’s an individual sport you still have to train with

other people,” Curado said. “The only way you get better is by improving alongside others. It’s good to have people around you that want the same success.”

Curado has Spiniello excited that the young swimmer still has a year left of eligibly to display the hard work it takes to be a successful swimmer.

“It’s exciting to know that I have someone who truly buys into what I’m doing with this program for a whole other year,” Spiniello said. “Her passion to make the program better is pretty cool to see, and she’s a team player. She wants this team to get better just as much as she wants herself to get better.”

If there is one thing that Curado can take out of her experience as a Knight, it is the fact that her hard work and dedication have made her excel both as a swimmer and leader.

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Head coach Louis Levine, left, sat star sophomore Luisa Leal in the Scarlet Knights’ narrow defeat Friday at UPenn. Junior Danielle D’Elia, right, enjoyed a career day in Leal’s absence, capturing the all-around title with a career-high score of 38.800 and registering a career high on the vault with a score of 9.700.

Decimal-point difference dooms RU in defeat

BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

Traveling for its second meet in as many weeks, the Rutgers gymnasGYMNASTICS t i c s RUTGERS 191.925 t e a m looked UPENN 191.975 to capture its first victory of the season against Pennsylvania.

What the Scarlet Knights got instead was their closest defeat yet, falling to the Quakers by a score of 191.975-191.925. The .050 margin of defeat Friday was the narrowest since Febr uar y of last year, when Bridgeport ousted Rutgers in Piscataway by a margin of .025.

“It was obviously a ver y close meet. It’s always disappointing to lose,” said head coach Louis Levine. “Whether it is by three points or half a tenth of a point like it was, it is just disappointing. When it is that close apart you know there are so many little things that go into it. The littlest thing could have gone dif ferent and you could have won.”

As always, the Knights looked to their improvement as bright spots despite the defeat.

Junior Danielle D’Elia had a career day, winning the allaround title with a career-high score of 38.800. The Colts Neck, N.J., native also tallied a careerhigh on the vault with a score of 9.700, and tied for first in both the floor and uneven bars.

While D’Elia led, the rest of the Knights were not far behind on the floor exercise, taking four of the five top spots in the event.

Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman, one of three Rutgers allarounders at Penn, tied D’Elia for first with a score of 9.750.

The Knights also saw one of their own finish atop the vault podium, with sophomore Alyssa Straub taking first with a score of 9.725.

For the third meet in a row, these achievements did not add up to an overall win.

“We can pull positives out of this meet,” Levine said. “I believe we are getting better each week, but still need to continue to improve on all four events.”

The Knights also continued their streak of success on the

beam, landing a per fect six out of six routines for the second straight meet, without top per former sophomore Luisa Leal, who did not compete against Penn.

“We hit six for six on beam again which, obviously, is a really good thing,” Levine said. “Some people stepped up because we did not have Luisa this weekend — she did not compete — but our score still improved.”

Among the performers who rose to the occasion was freshman Anastasia Halbig. The rookie competed for the first time in her career on the beam, ending the event with a score of 9.700, good enough to tie for second place.

“Anastasia finally got into the beam lineup because she

has been sick and we had not been able to use her. She really showed us what we have always seen from her in practice,” Levine said. “She did a really good job on both bars and beam. She looked really good out there for her first time.”

Levine looks to the narrow margin of defeat in the Penn matchup as a sign that wins are not far off for the Knights. Now more than ever, the first-year head coach stresses constant improvement, as the little differences that separate Rutgers from winning.

“We are going in the right direction, for sure,” Levine said. “The wins will be there — I know they will. We just need to keep improving ever y single meet.”

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Rutgers places in top half at New York Armory

BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s track team competed in the Great Dane Classic over the weekend at the New York Armor y in the Bronx.

The meet featured a wide range of competition and talented athletes. A total of 25 schools competed in the event, providing the Scarlet Knights with the opportunity to make critical assessments as they prepare for the Big East Championship.

The Knights finished the day 11th out of the 25 schools with a total of 28 points. Connecticut won the event totaling 114.2 points.

Mar yland-Eastern Shore, Villanova, Toledo and

Long Island rounded out the top five.

“We were ver y good in some events and not quite up to the challenge in other events,” said head coach James Robinson.

“The heightened level of competition this meet provided aided us in preparing for the Metropolitan Conference Championships this weekend.

Although we didn’t utilize the meet for team competition purposes, we were able to come out of the competition with some personal records and conference championship qualifying marks.”

Sophomore Tylia Gillon finished tied for first in the 60meter with a time of 7.61, good enough for a Big East and ECAC qualifying mark.

The distance medley relay team, consisting of junior Jennifer Spitzer, sophomores

“Doing well in the Big East has been the major focus of our team since ... training began.”

JAMES ROBINSON Head Coach

Corr yn Hurrington and Ashley Deckert, and freshman Allison Payenski placed second posting a Big East and ECAC qualifying time of 11:52.12.

Besides the qualifying marks posted by Gillon and the distance medley relay team, one other Knight posted an ECAC qualifying mark.

Five athletes posted qualifying marks for the Big East Championship headlined by junior Victoria Pontecor vo, who qualified for the Big East in the mile with a time of 5:04.00, and freshman Gabrielle Farquharson, who posted a Big East qualifying time of 25.22 in the 200-meter.

“We look to keep improving,” Robinson said.

Next on the Knights’ schedule is the Metropolitan Championships, held at the New York Armor y — considered one of the fastest tracks in the nation.

Rutgers won the 2011 Metropolitan Championships.

Repeating as champion is the Knights’ goal heading into the competition.

The Knights need to kick their game into high gear over the next couple of weeks as the Big East Championship nears.

The Knights only have four competitions until the Big East Championship, so performing well on a consistent basis is imperative.

The ECAC Championship is only six weeks away, making the br unt of the Knights’ schedule right around the corner.

“Doing well in the Big East has been the major focus of our team since preseason training began,” Robinson said.

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Senior Tyrone Putman transitioned to high jumping this season after spending most of his career as a sprinter. Putman also earned a stint with the Rutgers football team, playing in the Scarlet Knights’ 2010 spring game. But he ultimately opted for track and field, teaming up with junior high jumper Adam Bergo in the process.

Pair of high jumpers improve qualifications for NCAA’s

BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

Redshirt junior Adam Bergo qualified for the NCAA Championships as a high jumper MEN’S TRACK l a s t spring, earning All-American honors in the process. The Plainfield, N.J., native excelled in another event this season — the triple jump.

Undefeated in three meets, Bergo bettered his career-best in the event by more than a foot. With wins in his past three tries, there was a common theme for the junior jumper: his teammate Tyrone Putman.

“The competition with Tyrone has been amazing,” Bergo said.

“It’s funny because last year, he wasn’t really 100 percent. He just wasn’t at his best.”

That quickly changed for Putman, who needed time to train after a stint with the Scarlet Knights’ football team.

“I haßd to lose some weight for track,” Putman said. “I was in good weight for football, but I was a little too heavy for track.”

A full year of coaching also helped the senior from Fr. Washington, Md., who finished second at both Princeton’s New Year’s Invitational and Saturday’s Armor y meet.

His second-place leaps positioned him not only second in the event, but second in the entire Big East conference.

“I tell Adam every time before we’re about to jump that I’m going to beat him,” Putman said.

“At this point I’m definitely happy with everything because he’s my teammate. He boosts both of us with the way he competes, and [we] feed off of each other.”

To stir up the competition even more, Bergo’s Big East leading leap of 50 feet only separates the duo by one inch, as Putman’s 49 feet, 11 inches is just shy of his counterpart’s distance.

“Tyrone tells me everyday [at practice], ‘Hurry up and finish

high jumping so that I can beat you in the triple jump,’” Bergo said. “I’ll laugh and say ‘I’ll finish quickly so I can beat you.’”

The friendly rivalry inspires the duo, which is set begin the championship season this weekend at the Metropolitan Championships.

“I hope that obviously Adam and I finish first and second [Saturday],” Putman said.

“Freshman Sean Wimbush is back this weekend too, so hopefully he can get third. We’re always going for that one, two, three, to get those points.”

Getting over the 50-foot mark is a personal goal for Putman, but it is his rivalry with Bergo that makes that goal possible.

On top of the personal goals and accomplishments that will be tested this weekend, there is the looming championship mentality that will test the team’s ability to compete against the top teams in the region.

Bergo and Putman are vital to the Knights ability to pick up the necessar y points. A potential 18 points from the triple jump is a great advantage for the team.

With the first of the championship meets on Saturday, the jumping duo hopes to keep its rivalr y churning, earning valuable points for the team’s overall standing in the process.

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Blue Demons present tough defensive task

FOUR-STAR OL FLIPS COMMITMENT FROM WISCONSIN TO RU The first domino fell on the heels of a big weekend of official visitors for the Rutgers football team, when consensus four-star offensive tackle J.J. Denman told The Daily Targum via text he would renege on his verbal commitment to Wisconsin in favor of Rutgers.

The 6-foot-7, 305-pound Fairless Hills, Pa., native was one of a handful of high-profile recruits on campus last weekend. He is the first of what is expected to be a number of commitments that will cap Rutgers’ best recr uiting class yet.

The focus was the offensive line, and Denman J.J. DENMAN bolsters it.

F e l l o w Pennsylvania natives Brandon Arcidiacono and Chris Muller committed this summer. Both were in Piscataway this weekend on official visits, as well.

Arcidiacono is the nation’s sixthranked center, according to Rivals.com. Muller is a U.S. Army All-American and rated among Rivals’ top-100 recruits nationally.

Offensive tackle Derrick Nelson is also committed. The Washington, D.C., native is a 6-foot-4, 285-pound three-star recruit.

Three-year Mar yland starter R.J. Dill transferred to Rutgers after the season and is already enrolled to participate in spring practices at right tackle.

The class could become even larger tomorrow, when New Jersey’s top-ranked offensive lineman, Ryan Brodie, announces his decision at Long Branch High School.

The 6-foot-5 Brodie also visited Rutgers last weekend. Both Brodie and Denman played in the Semper Fi All-American game in Phoenix.

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Senior guard Khadijah Rushdan is second on the team in scoring behind April Sykes.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer credits Rushdan for playing four different positions.

Because of a difficult loss last Tuesday against St. John’s, the Rutgers women’s basketball team WOMEN’S BASKETBALL dropped four places in the AP Poll to No. DEPAUL AT 11. It will not be easy RUTGERS, to stay there.

TONIGHT, 7 P.M. The Scarlet Knights (16-3, 5-1) begin a stretch of four consecutive games against ranked teams tonight, including two of the top three teams in the country, followed by a rematch against the Red Storm.

First up is No. 23 DePaul (15-5, 3-3), which, despite being ranked 12 spots below the Knights, proves to be a worthy opponent.

The Blue Demons shoot from outside. About 26 of DePaul’s 76 points per game come from beyond the arc.

Shooters have been tough for Rutgers to contend with, especially when the offense’s design is to get them open.

“They’re a great shooting team and they spread you out wide,” said senior guard Khadijah Rushdan. “They have a flex offense that comes with all types of screens that have you running around and chasing them.”

The way to limit the shooting of DePaul is to minimize the open shots by using quickness to get to the correct spot.

The Knights say they have an advantage in that respect.

“Just make sure we’re contesting their shots,” Rushdan said of the key to the game.

“We are a quicker team than them, so it will be important for us to make sure we stay within ourselves but still play the style of play that we know how to.”

While the foundation for scoring between the two teams is not the same, one comparison sticks out: The Knights are not the only ones to lose their starting forward for the season.

DePaul remains without senior Keisha Hampton for the remainder of its campaign.

The preseason All-American appeared in only one Big East game this season, putting up 21 points before she sustained a knee injury that required season-ending surgery.

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Makeshift lineup earns weekend split with Lehigh, Navy

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

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Freshman 149-pounder Anthony Perrotti flips Navy’s Peyton Walsh to pick up the fastest pin of the season for a Rutgers wrestler with a 13-second fall.

Five minutes passed after the final whistle before the Rutgers wrestling team knew the result of WRESTLING its match Sunday NAVY 19 against Navy. With score after RUTGERS 20 a10 tied bouts, of ficial scorers had to add total match points to determine the victor.

The 24th-ranked Scarlet Knights outscored Navy, 37-33, to give them a 2019 dual-meet victor y at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, and when head coach Scott Goodale learned the news, he reacted with only a small clap.

The dual meets are secondar y this season, and after a 26-9 loss at No. 15 Lehigh on Friday that Goodale called a “step back for this program,” Sunday’s performances improved.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think Evan Brewer would win a dual meet for us or Anthony Perrotti would win us a dual meet,” Goodale said. “But here we are in

late Januar y and those guys are doing it for us. It was a good response.”

Sophomore 184-pounder Dan Seidenberg lost at Lehigh by injur y default, so Brewer filled his spot Sunday in the lineup. The junior never wrestled a varsity match, but he withstood a barrage of attacks from 13th-ranked Luke Rebertus to limit the points.

Fifth-ranked 149-pounder Mario Mason sat all weekend with injur y, so freshman Anthony Perrotti jumped from 141 to 149 pounds. He immediately shot at Navy’s Peyton Walsh and pinned the Midshipman in a season-best 13 seconds.

“That kid’s going to be exciting. He scores falls. He pins people,” Goodale said of Perrotti. “He hits that move quite a bit, but I didn’t think it would work at this level. He won a state title in New Jersey last year doing it, so we kid him about that move.”

Goodale said Mason probably could have wrestled, but the junior is one of Rutgers’ leading All-American candidates and Goodale wants him healthy in March.

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