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Dr. David Schuller always believed in research. Research was the reason he took charge of Nationwide’s Children Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Research is the reason he supports the V Foundation, an organization dedicated to finding a DAVID cure for cancer. For more SCHULLER than 30 years, research has been everything to him. “Working with cancer patients — that was the most gratifying and intellectually, the most stimulating,” he said. “That’s kind of how it all led to that.” Schuller’s scientific pursuits and their impact on patients grabbed the attention of members on the alumni board and earned him the nomination as a distinguished alumni in the University’s Alumni Association Hall of Fame, said Brian Perillo, Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations. “His work is extraordinary,” Perillo said. “It’s very obvious that he belongs in the hall. For the past 30 years, his research has been working to develop novel treatments, and if you look at the statistics, his work has really changed the standard of care and nearly doubled survival rates.” Schuller’s research has decreased head and neck cancer mortality rates by 30-40 percent, said Doug Clark, who nominated David Schuller to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Clark said Schuller’s unwavering care for people is what made him into a success. “He hasn’t lost touch of the importance of an individual’s vision,” said Clark, Schuller’s fraternity
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The New Brunswick Faculty Council voiced its concerns Friday about Governor Chris Christie’s projected plans for higher education reform including a proposed merger of the University’s New Brunswick campus with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the School of Public Health. About 15 New Brunswick faculty members gathered at the Busch Campus Center to discuss the repercussions of the plan, including the anticipated drop in enrollment on the Rutgers-Camden campus, said Richard Edwards, executive vice president for Academic Affairs. Edwards said the merge of Rutgers-Camden with Rowan in an effort to make the school a research-focused institution has not only affected
In Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed plan, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will combine with the University’s New Brunswick campus.
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BSU celebrates black women in history BY ZACK BREGMAN STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers Black Student Union kicked of f Black Histor y Month on Friday by honoring several historical black women during their presentation “The Divas of The Diaspora.” Ashley Otto, BSU secretar y, said black histor y events are impor tant because they expose the public to the lesser-known figures of the movement, instead of focusing only on the major characters such as Mar tin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. “People need to know that the ones that are a little underneath ever ything have contributed just as much,” said Otto, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior. “You don’t have to be a Malcolm
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X or a Mar tin Luther King to show impor tance.” The event, which took place at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, star ted with a presentation on the origins of black histor y month and the role it plays in promoting awareness of black histor y to the general public. The presentation focused on women who contributed to the black historical movements, like Virginia Hamilton, a children’s book author, as well as Malcolm X’s wife Betty Shabazz. Shabazz advised on family planning for the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. Otto said she hopes black students at the University take the opportunities offered this month to gain knowledge of
their background and history. “[Black students] should learn a little bit more about their culture,” she said. Otto said she felt encouraged by the progress made with issues concerning women’s rights, even though she acknowledges that there is still work that needs to be done. “I feel like we’ve made great strides obviously, but not nearly as much as we would need to,” she said. “We’re still held back in many avenues especially when it comes to medicine and the sciences.” Otto said that during the event, politician Shirley Chisholm stuck out in her mind as being of particular significance to the civil rights movement. “[Chisholm] took it upon herself to
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Elected Targum board welcomes fresh perspective, challenges BY MARY DIDUCH AND TAYLERE PETERSON STAFF WRITERS
The Daily Targum elected its 144th editorial board Friday. Although it is losing its senior staf f members and some positions remain unfilled, the young board is prepared to tackle any obstacle. CURIOUS, CALM AND COMPETENT Jumping into the Targum as a photographer her first JOVELLE semester at the University, TAMAYO Jovelle Tamayo became the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF photography editor of the 142nd editorial board. At the COURTNEY GOWER end of her term, Tamayo, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior majoring in political science Zhejiang University Wenquin Art Troupe performs “An and comparative literature, worked as a senior Evening of Chinese Dance and Music Performances” last staf f photographer before deciding to run for night in the Busch Campus Center multipurpose room. editor-in-chief.
“I feel that we can take the Targum to the next level of reader accessibility,” she said. Tamayo hopes to improve the Targum’s creative design and to continue its reliability as the main news source for the University and neighboring communities. “The people working here are dedicated to ser ving those communities,” she said. “It is impor tant that students are informed.” STEPPING UP Continuing the tradition of design editors becoming managing editors, Olivia Prentzel is OLIVIA excited to kick of f the PRENTZEL 144th board with fresh MANAGING EDITOR faces and new ideas. Although her moving up the masthead leaves the design position unfilled, Prentzel plans to use this loss to the board’s advantage.
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RUPA welcomes Middle Eastern culture to coffeehouse BY SARAH INTRONA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With tapestries and candles, the Rutgers University Programming Association transformed the Graduate Student Lounge into an Arabian-themed coffeehouse Friday at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. RUPA held its second “Live Vibes” series with the “Arabian Nights Coffeehouse” to expose University students to different cultural music, said Sonia Karas, RUPA concert and coffeehouse committee member. “We wanted to bring a lot of dif ferent types of music to Rutgers because for a lot of the bigger concerts we have more mainstream [ar tists], so the smaller events give us a chance to really tap into the niche areas of student interests,” said Karas, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. She said the committee decided to showcase different types of world music for the spring semester and has been planning the Arabian-themed night since winter break. Anthony DiStasio, RUPA concert and coffeehouse committee member, said the group wanted to stray away from an open mic coffeehouse. “We wanted to really try culture events. Last semester, we tried an Oriental event and we really wanted to touch on Middle Eastern culture,” said DiStasio, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Since we had East Asian, we wanted to try Middle Eastern culture.”
Having a cultural-themed cof feehouse is dif ferent from past events that RUPA has hosted, said Elise Powers, RUPA vice president of concer ts and cof feehouses. “We’ve been tr ying to do diverse musical events and with these cof feehouses we can especially do that. … We were ver y excited because it was something new and dif ferent that we haven’t tried before,” said Powers, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The committee wanted to include students to get a feel of Middle Eastern culture through the five senses, Karas said. “We thought, what kind of food are we going to have? So, King Pita catered for us,” she said. “We thought about how we would want this to smell, so we went and got scents that would make you feel at an Arabian night [and] we have a lot of candles, pillows and tapestries,” she said. The event also included traditional music from a live orchestra and also a performance from the Rutgers Middle Eastern Belly Dancing Troupe, Karas said. The four members of the 35piece New York Arabic Orchestra, an educational institute dedicated to the classical study of Arabic music, played Egyptian, Lebanon and Syrian music, she said. “In fact, we are trying to be involved with any cultural event happening in order to bring and share with the audience,” said Bassam Saba, Director of New York Arabic Orchestra.
UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS DONATES TO STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND, TURNS 100-YEARS-OLD Norman Reitman, a University alumnus Class of 1932, recently turned 100 years old and has been donating money to help University pre-med students and science majors pay their tuition bill, according to a Rutgers Focus ar ticle. Reitman said he wanted to help students who are having trouble paying for their education because he experience a tough time paying for tuition when he was in school, according to the article. “Somebody gave money for me when I was in college,” Reitman said in the ar ticle. “I had scholarships. … After all, that is what life is about. You help me. I’ll help you.” Reitman said he star ted the scholarship program that is available to School of Ar ts and Sciences and Douglass Residential College students because he knew what it was like to struggle through college, according to the ar ticle. There are about 150 University students who have received Reitman scholarships, according to the ar ticle. About 24 recipients sent Reitman a letter thanking him for the scholarship in honor of his 100th bir thday, according to the ar ticle. John Tumillo, a recipient of the scholarship, said it made him realize that there are great people out there, according to the ar ticle. “When you are socially or economically disadvantaged and at college, you feel like you are all alone and maybe the hill is too hard to climb,” Tumillo, a University alumnus, said in the ar ticle. Reitman said he is glad he was able to help students achieve their goals, according to the ar ticle. “Alma mater in Latin means ‘our mother,’” Reitman said in the ar ticle. “Families should be together and mothers need help so I was always a suppor ter of the needs of the university.”
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Students listen to Arabic music Friday at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus as part of the Rutgers University Programming Association’s “Arabian Nights Coffeehouse” event.
Saba introduced some Arabic instruments such as a bamboo Arabic flute called the ney, the Western concert flute, and oud, an Arabic guitar. The belly-dancing troupe performed during intermission, said Mar y Gismonde, the troupe’s dance coach. “I wanted them to see and hear what these instruments looked like instead of hearing the recording to envision what it would be like per forming
especially with the dr um,” she said. Gismonde said performing the dabke, a Middle Eastern folk dance with live music, allowed the dancers to get into the rhythm of the music and execute the dance. Justin Duran, an event attendee, said the performances at the event were unlike anything he had ever seen or heard before. “I know a lot of smaller niche communities might do
something like this, but it’s something new, and I am enjoying the food and the community,” said Duran, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Another attendee, Tamara Breskic, said the event gave her insight into Arab culture. “It is the first time I have come to one of these events. I [enjoyed] it a lot. I think it has opened my eyes to other cultures,” said Breskic, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.
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Director sheds light on city issues in fiction-based film BY CARMELO CINTRÓN VIVAS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Center for Latino Ar ts and Culture explored social themes found in city life on Friday when it screened the movie “Money Matters” at the Douglass Campus Center. Ryan Richmond, the film’s director, said the idea behind the movie first came to him during his time as a college student. The stor y gained a popular following, inspiring him to extend it out into a feature-length film. “The movie star ted as a seven-minute shor t film while I was studying at New York University,” Richmond said. “Ever yone who saw it wanted to know the rest of the stor y — what came before and what followed.”
BOARD: Members hope to build staff, expand coverage continued from front “The transition period is going to be tough, but the absence of those editors will make us stronger,” she said. “We have to work stronger together to fill in those holes.” Prentzel, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and English, looks for ward to building the staf f and connecting the Targum to new technology. “I want to make some changes,” she said. “Maybe they won’t be huge, but we’ll lay the foundation.” BUSY, BUSY NEWS After three semesters of writing ar ticles and a term as an associate news editor, Anastasia Millicker is ready to hit the ground running with the news desk. “I star ted writing and I always had an interest in what’s going on, so I decided to bring that interest and share it,” said Millicker, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore majoring in political science and journalism and media studies. As news editor, she hopes to build relationships and contacts on campus.
The movie centers on a young black female named Monique Matters. Monique or “Money” is a 14-year-old biracial girl str uggling with teenage life. Monique is forced to deal with being an outcast at school, seeing her mother struggle financially and joining a female gang. Monique soon finds herself constantly writing poetr y to cope with her emotions, a form of self-reflection that teaches her impor tant lessons about herself and her surroundings. The film’s stor y deals with themes that were drawn from real-life experiences, Richmond said. “Even though the stor y is fictional, it has a lot of elements of [Washington,] D.C., where I grew up,” Richmond said.
Richmond said to keep the film real he decided not to focus on just one subject. Instead, he dealt with issues such as dr ugs, gangs and homosexuality. Richmond said much of the essence of realism in the film is because of Terri Abney, the actress who plays protagonist Monique Matters. “Her real life resembles a bit of the character’s life,” he said. “The credit for the truth goes to her and her openness with us.” Carlos Fernandez, director of the Center for Latino Ar ts and Culture, said the movie succeeds in por traying some of society’s problems to the public. “It was a great film — ver y real and power ful. It achieves our purpose of bringing wider
views on present issues,” he said. The Center for Latino Ar ts and Culture contacted the Mid Atlantic Ar ts Foundation, which is touring six films around the region. Of those films, “Money Matters” caught the eye of the center’s staf f for being the only narrative film on the tour, Fernandez said. “This movie was not about scenes — it was about dialogue, and that’s hard,” Fernandez said. Francheska Perez, a New Brunswick Public Schools family worker, said the film gives an accurate depiction of the ever yday str uggles of urban life. “It is a ver y compelling movie for young people. It should be presented at schools, with some moderation in its language,” Perez said. “The
social problems it depicts are nothing shor t of what goes on in a lot of communities today.” Dillon Swiderski Soto, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said he liked how the movie remained realistic while presenting a positive stor y and a hopeful outcome coming out of ver y negative and challenging circumstances. Richmond said what he likes most about film is its ability to tell a stor y and leave a meaningful impact on people’s lives. “I enjoy telling stories,” he said. “One like this one looks to af fect the people. I believe that film is the most power ful medium and the goal here was not to give a stor y, but to open people’s minds to new themes and perspectives with it.”
“I plan on covering more investigative stories and a lot more state news,” Millicker said.
BABY PHOTOS The photography desk has the youngest pair of editors, with photography editor Noah Whittenburg as the youngest member of the editorial board. “I don’t think it worries me too much because I’ve been in the of fice and getting experience since September,” said Whittenburg, a School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student intending on studying communication. He aims to build a strong desk of photographers and continue to publish photographs that tell stories. “I’d like to build a staff that is as passionate as I am,” he said. As the associate photography editor, Enrico Cabredo hopes to learn more about journalism at 26 Mine St. Cabredo said his science background as a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore studying cell biology and neuroscience will help him with selecting and editing photographs for publication. “They both involve analytical thinking,” he said.
I’m really into grammar, spelling and AP Style,” she said. Kumar is a veteran in the field — she was associate copy editor this past year — and plans to stick around the Targum in some capacity next year, too.
junior Giancarlo Chaux started writing for the Targum’s shaky Metro section last semester. Now, he’s determined to bring it back for good. “It gives me the chance to show the students about the town,” said Chaux, a philosophy major. Chaux said he is also looking for ward to being a par t of a newsroom and learning about the industr y with all the new editors.
SPORTS TRIO Tyler Barto, a School of Arts and Sciences junior studying journalism and media studies, is taking the reigns after the legacy of a two-year sports editor. “Just seeing all the faces that have come through and being one of the oldest members of the editorial board is surreal,” Bar to said. The former associate sports editor is looking to cover more indepth stories about aspects of sports that are not usually covered — like more features on players or trainers. Following Barto’s lead are his two associate sports editors — School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Josh Bakan and junior Joey Gregor y. Bakan said he appreciates the hands-on experience the Targum provides. “It’s a lot more valuable than what you’ll learn in the classroom,” he said. Gregory, who transferred after his first year from Fordham University, was drawn to the Targum primarily for its strong sports coverage. “I picked up the Targum as all first-year Rutgers students do, and I looked at the sports page and that’s not something I had at Fordham,” he said. “I figured that this was a perfect opportunity to get some experience.”
GOING SOLO When she’s not volunteering at the local animal shelter, School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Rashmee Kumar is taking on the large and intricate task of copy editing and fact-checking the entire Targum — alone. “It’s definitely something that not everyone likes to do. I’m a very detail-oriented person and
POINT/COUNTERPOINT School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Chase Brush is used to hearing all sides of an issue — as a philosophy major, he appreciates differing points of view. As the new opinions editor, he plans to make issues relevant to the University a standard par t of the Ops page, and is looking for ward to seeing the community’s responses. “I want the Ops page to serve as a point of contact for the campus,” Brush said. A U. PERSPECTIVE School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore Yashmin Patel plans to bring the campus together through the University section. “We’re separated by all the highways, and I want to make students feel a part of the whole school,” said Patel, who is majoring in journalism and media studies and political science. Though she faces the challenges of a short staff and little experience, she is ready to learn the routine of the office and all about the field of journalism. TAKING ON THE HUB School of Arts and Sciences
DYNAMIC DUO Ar thur Romano and Lisa Cai are retur ning as the Targum’s Web staf f. As online editor and associate online editor, respectively, the two have been a par t of a website change last summer and plan to continue to iron out its kinks. FIRST LADY OF MULTIMEDIA Lauren Varga, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, is excited to jump into the world of multimedia as the first female editor of the department. “It’s a really good creative tool, and it’s an innovative medium to get across news on campus,” said Varga, who is studying English, journalism and psychology. She hopes to gain a qualified staf f this year, improving the quality of videos and working with the entire office.
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ANASTASIA MILLICKER
TYLER BARTO
NOAH WHITTENBURG
ZOË SZATHMARY
CHASE BRUSH
RASHMEE KUMAR
YASHMIN PATEL
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SPORTS EDITOR
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INSIDE BEAT EDITOR
OPINIONS EDITOR
COPY EDITOR
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GIANCARLO CHAUX
ARTHUR ROMANO
LAUREN VARGA
JOSH BAKAN
JOEY GREGORY
RYAN SURUJNATH
LISA CAI
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ONLINE EDITOR
MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
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Yale professor addresses climate change policy BY SHIRLEY PAJUELO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nadine Unger, assistant professor at the School of Forestr y and Environmental Studies at Yale University, looks to change the current climate policy by informing students about the shor t-term factors that contribute to climate change. Unger shared her study results on the effects of forest deforestation, looking to give students an understanding of what they can do to impact environmental policy Friday in a Department of Environmental Sciences sponsored lecture on the Cook campus. Climate policies usually consider long-term climate forcers, which take hundreds of years to leave the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide and long-lived greenhouse gases, Unger said. Unger said it is impor tant to take a closer look at shor t-lived climate changes such as the ef fects of sur face albedo, the amount of solar energy that is reflected from the Ear th back into space. Shor t-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) — black carbon, surface albedo, methane and ground-level ozone — are harmful air pollutants that contribute significantly to climate change but have an average lifetime of days to about a decade in the atmosphere, according to the Molina Center for Energy and the Environment website. Forests are an example of the ef fects of sur face albedo, in which the sun reflects of f a sur face and changes a reactive carbon compound to an organic compound. Unger said the organic compounds have an impact on atmospheric composition and on global warming. The changes in the amount of land coverage and how the land is used also plays a role in determining future climates, she said. “30 to 50 percent of the Earth’s land cover has been modified by human land use primarily through agriculture, which I find unbelievable,” Unger said. Unger said the interactions between the changes in land coverage in forests have SLCFs that are not currently understood.
Unger said her research model aims to help understand SLCFs because they account for biogenic volatile organic compound emissions, which are emissions from vegetation and forest ecosystems that can release particles and affect air quality. “The land and crop affect short-lived climate forcers, so for sure people have known this for a long time in terms of carbon dioxide but they haven’t known it in terms of aerosols and short-lived gases,” Unger said. She said any actions taken to address carbon dioxide emissions will take decades to affect the climate system, but looking at the impacts of the current climate can produce immediate change. “Within the lifetimes of people in the planet now we aren’t going to see any impact of any potential reductions in carbon dioxide but we can see the effects of reducing the short-lived climate forcers,” Unger said. The department invited Unger to gain a further scientific understanding of climate change through her research studies, said Barbara Turpin, professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. “I think what she’s done is fairly unique in her climate research, which is to tie climate effects to different sectors of the economy rather than only look at chemicals,” she said. Turpin said the scientific community could help provide a foundation to affect policy decisions revolving around climate change. Brian Marmo, an Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences graduate assistant, said he gained a more in-depth view of the different ways the environment interacts with the atmosphere and its influence on temperature and climate. “There’s really so many factors and I just wanted to look at everything because everything makes a difference — it’s a very complex system,” Marmo said. He said understanding the chemistr y involved in climate change makes the climate change more relevant and apparent in creating solutions to address the situation. “I think the message I got was that the formation of organic particulate matter plays a really important role in short-term climate forcing — and this is an area where we have a lot of work to do,” Marmo said.
UNIVERSITY PLANS TO CELBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH In celebration of Black Histor y Month, the University will present a series of events throughout the following week, according to a Rutgers News ar ticle. James Johnson, a histor y professor at the University, will give a talk on Feb. 6 called “Black New Jersey in the Civil War.” The discussion will take place at the Campus Center in Camden, according to the ar ticle. The of fice of Student Life and Leadership will host an event called “Taste of the African Diaspora” on Feb. 7 at the Essex Room of the Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark. The event will feature the Iwa L’ewa Dance Ensemble and poet David Mills, according to the ar ticle. The Douglass Black Students’ Congress will host a multicultural poetr y event called “Jazz ‘N Java” at the Crossroads Theatre in downtown New Brunswick. Those who may be interested in signing up as a poet should contact wilson77@echo.rutgers.edu, according to the ar ticle.
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ALUMNUS: Schuller continues research despite loss continued from front brother at the University. “With all the things he’s done in his career, you’d think he’s shuffled it off to somebody, but he’s never lost the importance of the one individual patient.” His work in the V Foundation and his membership in this research committee keep him linked to the University, Perillo said. “I think the connection to the V Foundation of cancer research is
his Rutgers connection,” he said. “When we talk about him, that’s how we say he keeps in touch.” Schuller said he looks forward to visiting the campus again and considers talking to students to understand how the University has changed in the modern day. “I’m very excited and appreciative, especially to have the opportunity to return to campus,” he said. “It’s been several years since I’ve been back, so I’m anxious to spend some time to talk with people to learn about Rutgers today, what are its challenges and opportunities for what the future holds.”
and Sciences sophomore. Madeline Andre, BSU extervice president, said the movement’s forgotten heroes nal event succeeded in its goal of educating the par ticipants on continued from front the dif ferent woman figures with Black say, ‘OK, you know what? I know associated I have a heavy burden on my Histor y Month. “I think it was ver y informashoulders in regards to black rights, but I’m not going to back tive, which is basically what we down to someone and show that were going for,” said Andre, a School of Ar ts I am any less of a and Sciences junp e r s o n , ’ ” Otto said. “We wanted people ior. “We wanted people to leave The ceremony to leave having having a sense of also featured a these dance per form- a sense of who these who women were.” ance to women were.” Newallo said Beyoncé’s “Run she hopes people the World MADELINE ANDRE are reminded that (Girls)”, a spoBlack Student Union the struggles of ken-word poetr y External Vice President the black moveper formance feament were fought turing the work by many unsung of Alicia Har ris heroes who deserve the same and a dinner for the guests. of praise as Kori Newallo, BSU corre- amount sponding secretar y, said he the more famous individuals. “Too many times we focus was impressed with the event and was happy to see all the just on a select few, and the people that were drawn to tendency is to think they’re the only ones when there is a the occasion. “I think it went ver y well, whole plethora of dif ferent I’m ver y proud of the turnout, African-Americans who conespecially the presentations,” tribute a ver y large par t of hissaid Newallo, a School of Ar ts tor y,” he said.
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Student Volunteer Council and Student Life will have a Community Ser vice Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. Students can meet with representatives of local, nonprofit agencies and campus organizations.
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The Eagleton Institute of Politics will host “Humor and Politics: How to Write Jokes when the News is Ridiculous” at 7 p.m. at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. The event will feature guest speaker Elliott Kalan, a writer for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” The event is free to students, faculty and staff. For more information contact Randi Chmielewski at (732)-932-9384.
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Students and deans match up for “Dancing with the Deans,” a Rutgers-style dance competition where students choose the winner. Doors open at 8 p.m., the competition starts at 8:30 p.m. at the College Avenue Gym. The proceeds will support Rutgers Against Hunger and emergency funds to assist students who do not have the means to purchase food. The event is sponsored by Rutgers Recreation, Project Civility and Rutgers Against Hunger. Suggested donation is $5. For more information call Rutgers Recreation at (732)-932-8204.
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Carole Schuller, David Schuller’s wife, said his perseverance has allowed him to make his mark on medicine, overcoming obstacles from research while still developing a family life. “He’s able to work through challenges because of his desire to always look at the big picture,” she said. “The big picture was making sure [Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center] was advanced. He started the genetics project there and brought in top researchers because he thought research was the future.”
Losing two friends to cancer did not discourage Schuller’s research, but strengthened his motivation, Carole Schuller said. “One of his closest friends in medical school had a brain tumor and died within a few years, and a second friend had leukemia,” she said. “We were in our late 30s when we were struck with these deaths, and it just motivated him to have something done about this disease.” Clark said David Schuller showed important traits at the University, which helped him develop his research career.
“When he does something, he just does it completely and with the utmost dedication,” Clark said. “He sacrificed a lot to do it. … He achieved [his career] by working literally 70 hours a week or so. He has a lot of commitment and the same work ethic he had in Rutgers.” David Schuller said students should rise to the challenge and strive to achieve their goals no matter the cost. “The key to it is just to persevere,” he said. “In this country, if one works hard and stays in compliance with all the laws, sooner or later you’re going to succeed.”
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does not oppose the New Brunswick merger but hopes to vote on the two issues separately. Edwards said the council is looking forward to becoming involved with members of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. “It has some significant implications for Rutgers University to have a medical school, and the cancer institution part would be a tremendous asset,” Edwards said. “People who are objecting to the taking away of Camden aren’t saying ‘but you shouldn’t have the medical school,’ so it’s a different issue.” Another concern amongst faculty last Friday was the University’s switch to a web-based system for collecting student feedback compared to the in-class paper system. The issue addressed was that the online system allows non-class members to take the survey even though they are not participants in the class. As a representative of nontenure track faculty professors, Karen Thompson, part-time lecturer in the English Department, said professors are nervous that students who do not even take part in their course can assign negative scores that may hurt their career. “There are a lot of courses taught by non-tenure faculty, and these are
used only to get rid of somebody. In fact, they’re very seldom looked at for any other reason, so it’s really a potential abuse,” she said. “There are people that lose their jobs over very few evaluations.” Kenneth Safir, a University Linguistics professor, said he has given up hope on the system and a chance of promotion. “I never liked the idea that these things were part of the promotion,” Safir said. “I tell my students ‘I can’t get promoted anymore — say your worst.’” Edwards said the University is considering developing a campus in China to make education more affordable for international students and provide an opportunity for students to have a cultural and international experience by attending courses on the campus in China. “It looks like it might be an opportunity to send a larger number of students, who will learn Mandarin, and who can go over for one or four years,” he said. “The Chinese students, they want the courses taught in English to prepare them for graduate courses in the states.” Edwards said with the overseas campus, it would be less expensive to send students from China to the United States for graduate courses.
see medical school as asset continued from front the Camden campus but all University campuses. “People who were applying to the law school in Camden withdrew their application, thinking of doing other things,” he said. “This might go on for years. They’re still our campus. They’re still our faculty. They’re still our students, but if there are fewer students, that can prove to be a problem.” Paul Panayatatos, chairman of the University Senate said there is a fear that the best professors would seek employment elsewhere, causing the quality of education to plummet. “What has happened in the past was that when faculty members were forced to go to an institution, they didn’t want to, and they went to a third place,” Panayatatos said. “The faculty members that are able to do that are the best, so what happens is that you lose the best.” Robert Boikess, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences, said the council
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Romney’s campaign continues, wins in Nevada THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — For now at least, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign seems to mostly be going according to plan. A commanding Nevada victory Saturday night underscored as much. “You have given me your vote of confidence. And this time, I’m going take it all the way to the White House,” an upbeat Romney told a raucous crowd gathered at the Red Rock Resort a few miles from the Las Vegas Strip. He ignored his GOP rivals and instead attacked President Barack Obama, insisting the president does not deserve credit for the recent drop in the unemployment rate to 8.3 percent. “Mr. President, we welcome any good news on the jobs front, but it is thanks to the innovation of the American people in the private sector, and not to you,” Romney said in Nevada. Before the Nevada triumph, the former Massachusetts governor had turned in a strong performance in Iowa and won New Hampshire before suffering a serious setback in South Carolina. He recalibrated and went on to win decisively in Florida. Next up are Colorado, where Romney is expected to perform strongly, and Minnesota, which even advisers acknowledge could emerge as a stumbling block. Romney still has plenty of challenges as he looks to clinch the nomination.
He has shown a tendency to make comments that provide fodder to his critics, saying recently he was “not concerned” about the very poor. The remark prompted backlash among some Republicans worried he would make similar mistakes while running against Obama. Romney’s also still working to prove that he can unite skeptical conservatives behind him — even though entrance polls in Nevada showed he performed strongly. And chief rival Newt Gingrich insists he will stay in the race until summer, and he could win more contests, particularly those in the South. As Saturday began, Romney campaigned in neighboring Colorado, where he won in 2008 and where advisers say they are confident he can perform strongly again. “I need your vote on Tuesday,” Romney told the overflow crowd at a Colorado Springs warehouse. Instead of focusing on any of his Republican rivals, he attacked Obama’s economic policies. “He doesn’t get credit for things getting better,” Romney said there. As confident as Romney’s advisers seem about Colorado, they appear equally as nervous about upcoming Minnesota. He won the state in 2008, too, and many obser vers have assumed he could easily win again. But Romney aides say Minnesota is unpredictable for many reasons. It is a small electorate with a strong evangelical
BROWN UNIVERSITY STUDENT FINDS MALCOLM X ADDRESS IN LIBRARY ARCHIVES PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s top diplomats. The audiotape of Malcolm X’s 1961 address in Providence might never have surfaced at all if 22-year-old Brown University student Malcolm Burnley had not stumbled across a reference to it in an old student newspaper. He found the recording of the little-remembered visit gathering dust in the university archives. “No one had listened to this in 50 years,” Burnley told The Associated Press. “There aren’t many recordings of him before 1962. And this is a unique speech — it’s not like others he had given before.” In the May 11, 1961 speech delivered to a mostly white audience of students and some residents, Malcolm X combines blistering humor and reason to argue that blacks should not look to integrate into white society but instead must forge their own identities and culture. At the time, Malcolm X, 35, was a loyal supporter of the black separatist movement Nation of Islam. He would be assassinated four years later after leaving the group and crafting his own more global, spiritual ideology. The legacy of slavery and racism, he told the crowd of 800, “has made the 20 million black people in this country a dead people. Dead economically, dead mentally, dead spiritually. Dead morally and otherwise. Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.” The rediscovery of the speech could be the whole story. But Burnley found the young students in the crowd that night proved to be just as fascinating. Malcolm X was prompted to come to Brown by an article about the growing Black Muslim movement published in the Brown Daily Herald. The article by Katharine Pierce, a young student at Pembroke College, then the women’s college at Brown, was first written for a religious studies class. It caught the eye of the student paper’s editor, Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke would become a leading American diplomat, serving as U.S. Ambassador to Germany soon after that nation’s reunification, ambassador to the United Nations and President Obama’s special adviser on Pakistan and Afghanistan before his death in 2010 at age 69. But in 1961 Holbrooke was 20, and eager to use the student newspaper to examine race relations — an unusual interest on an Ivy League campus with only a handful of black students. Pierce’s article ran in the newspaper’s magazine and made her the first woman whose name was featured on the newspaper’s masthead. Somehow, the article made its way to Malcolm X. His staff and Holbrooke worked out details of the visit weeks in advance. Campus officials were wary: Malcolm X had been banned from the University of California-Berkeley and Queens College in New York. — The Associated Press
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GOP candidate Mitt Romney succeeds at the Nevada presidential caucus Saturday at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. He will continue his campaign for the Colorado and Minnesota primaries.
contingent — and the caucus system itself can make the outcomes harder to determine in advance. In a sign that his team may be considering bypassing the state altogether, Romney on Saturday abruptly canceled plans to headline a rally early Monday in Minneapolis. He decided to head straight to Colorado and leave the Minneapolis event to two of his top surrogates — former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Ambassador John Bolton, one of his most conservative backers. Romney doesn’t currently plan to visit before Tuesday’s voting.
Minnesota’s Republican activists are strongly conservative, which could pose problems for Romney as candidates considered more conservative than him — Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — work to impede the former Massachusetts governor’s march to the nomination. Even the libertarian-leaning Ron Paul may end up a player in the Minnesota caucuses. The political mood in Minnesota has soured of late, with a vitriolic struggle that shut down the state government last year. The sizable evangelical community is
concerned about social issues. And a win for one of Romney’s competitors could fuel concern that the GOP front-runner still has not been able to win over conservatives in his party — or shake the narrative that he is already the presumptive GOP nominee. Romney himself has sounded increasingly confident in recent days, calling himself the only candidate in the race who can beat Obama. And when his wife, Ann, introduced him at his Nevada victory speech, she cast the win as one not for February but for November.
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Pomona firings stress need for reforms
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ensions between administrators and students at Pomona College in Claremont, California, emerged last week in response to the firing of a number of campus employees. Late last year, after internal reviews found a number of problems in the administration’s files, letters requesting proof of legal residency were sent to employees across the campus. A total of 17 employees — all but one of which worked in the campus’ dining hall — failed to produce such documentation and were let go shortly thereafter. Demonstrations and vigils have since taken place across the private, liberal arts campus in protest of the administration’s actions against the employees — highlighting a conflict of interest between a student body that values humanitarian ideals and an administration that sees itself as simply upholding the law. Students have accused the administration of taking overly aggressive measures against employees that have worked in the school’s cafeteria for years, and have, in effect, marred the sense of community on campus. The administration, on the other hand, has argued that though they are largely sympathetic of the demonstrators’ concerns, they also hold a legal obligation to obey national immigration laws. If nothing else, the controversy has forced many to re-examine the effectiveness — and fairness — of a broken immigration system. Instances of long-time community residents being deported due to a lack of legal documentation, as is the case here, can be cited in areas across the country. The dining hall employees at Pomona were an integral part of the campus community, and many had established lives there. But because of these immigration laws, they must now uproot themselves and their families and face possible deportation. The problem lies not in a lack of immigration policies, but in the unforgiving nature of a set of laws that gives little consideration to the context of the situation. We should also stop to question why these employees were given work in the first place, and what was the impetus behind the administration’s sudden enforcement of these laws. In years leading up to the firings, dining hall workers had been working to organize unions, and many opponents view the administration’s actions as a way to prevent the efforts. We realize that, at this point, there’s not much the administration can do to quell the concerns of the students and community. The community has good reason to be angry — and the administration has good reason to obey the law. The fault in this case lies with the immigration laws themselves, and we hope situations like this can be used in the future as examples to show the need for reform.
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t first glance, Hamilton Street, off of Easton Avenue, seems like the last place one would want to establish roots for the city’s first fashion district. Hamilton Street is largely residential, aesthetically unpleasing and, with few spaces to house a chic designer store, seems to hold little potential for serving as the beginning of a fashion hub. But the New Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment, who intends to establish the first retail designer store there, seems to think otherwise. The board unanimously approved the development of a new apparel and design store on Hamilton Street last week in an effort to better accommodate what they see as an emerging fashion community in New Brunswick. The fashion retail store will be dubbed “RU Fresh,” and is set to replace the White Lotus at 191 Hamilton St., a building once home to a futon and bedding establishment that has been out of business for some time. But while the idea of setting a foundation for the city’s first fashion district is a great one, and will probably help to promote local businesses throughout the city, the project’s execution — and location — is not ideal. Those who live off-campus and frequent the area on their way to and from College Avenue will surely find the idea bizarre. The old White Lotus building stands alone among a web of apartment buildings, off-campus housing occupied by rowdy University students and one or two convenience stores. And with the store’s hours only 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., it’s hard to imagine the place garnering much business throughout the week. A fashion district would be infinitely more successful if established in the city’s downtown area, or closer to the Mason Gross School of the Arts where there is a shared interest between the community and fashion and design. According to New Brunswick city spokesman Russell Marchetta, “RU Fresh” represents part of an endeavor by the city council to guide New Brunswick in a direction that reflects its metropolitan qualities. “The entire city is urban,” Marchetta said in an interview. “It’s a mixture of an area with urban and residential qualities.” While this may be true, we’re hard pressed to find the city’s trendy urban characteristics along the sidewalks of Hamilton Street.
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started at the Targum ents, personalities and with a penchant for phoinevitably, a new chemistry. tography and an eagerThough the staff is full of new ness for a certain stressblood and our board is underinduced feeling, fondly staffed, I have no doubt that known as the “newsroom we get those pages out every high.” From there I found myself a spring-semester JOVELLE TAMAYO night. I look forward to working closely with each member first-year, and the photograof the 144th board— Ana, phy editor for the Targum’s 142nd editorial board. Today that newsroom high — Tyler, Noah, Rashmee, Yashmin, Giancarlo, Chase, often induced by nightly deadline frustrations and Rico, Josh, Joey, Arthur, Lisa, Lauren, Zoe, and of the breaking news adrenaline rush — is what push- course my new partner-in-(covering)crime, Olivia. Olive Pretzel — you are easily one of the healthiest, es me to take the staff to the next level, as The Daily fittest and toughest people I’ve met here at the Targum’s newest editor-in-chief. But instead of asking the ritual, “How did I end up Targum, but I’m sure you know that the position you here?” I will instead proudly declare: Here we are. I fill is easily the most physically draining. Think of this congratulate the 144th Targum editorial board, a year as another marathon — complete with its peaceful small, ragtag bunch that’s said “goodbye” to their lives stretches and of course, the bumpy, frustrating obstaas “normal” college students in exchange for a 30 to cles. Your calm in the face of any storm has been 60-hour work week in a fluorescent cave on Mine tremendously valuable in these past few months, and Street. As both full-time students and committed jour- your savvy and leadership will, by the end of our term, nalists, we will predictably sleep less, eat more Hansel render you tougher than any Tough Mudder out there. Since my first year here, I’ve covand stare at computer screens longer ered many assignments as a staff phothan we could have ever wanted to. “Today that tographer— from quiet fireside chats to To the 143rd editorial board: house fires — and I’ve learned thank you for your impressive comnewsroom high ... tragic there is a way to balance sensitivity, neumitment and efforts this past term. The training you have provided is what pushes me trality and accuracy. But this method is ever changing, situational, and of equipped this staff with the skills we to take the staff course, exceedingly difficult to master. needed to get off our feet. Kristine, For this reason, I’ve seen editors of the Steven Andrew, Keithstopher, Matt, to the next level.” Targum enduring both praise and conJillian, Reena, Aleksi, Amy, Joey and tempt — vicious and otherwise — from Ahern — good luck with everything and have fun out there. You deserve it, after all. If you our readers. We will take into account our past mistakes ever feel like losing track of time and getting lost in a and use them to improve each issue, but remember — pile of Styrofoam Brower take out trays, there will we, like thousands of others, are full-time students. We are only human and will probably make more mistakes, always be a place for your here in the office. Taylere, your voice and eclecticism remain unpar- but whatever happens, know that each staff member is alleled and definitely made 26 Mine an interesting doing his or her best. We want to properly inform the place to be, to say the least, and I will never forget community and could never take the value of a paper your influence here at the Targum. And Mary with an 18,000 circulation for granted. Again, I offer my congratulations — to 143, for finally Catherine, Ukrainian juggernaut of dance — thank you for your patience and thoroughness in training crossing that finish line and to 144, for being deemed fit me. You created an incredible standard that I hope to to start the race. And to students, alumni, professors, and communiuphold and pass on. For the first time ever, I am working in the Targum office without you and it already ty members: thank you for picking up The Daily feels so strange. In your seven semesters as an editor Targum — even if all some of you do is fill out half the for this paper, you, with your drive and inquisitive- crossword, read your horoscope, then use the rest of ness, have contributed so much to the Targum the paper as extra cushioning on the bus. Readers — Publishing Co. and even more so to our readers. You the dialogue between you and our editors is incredibly created a strong foundation, made your mark, and important and I hope that you continue to send us your raised the bar — but put it in a place so high that story ideas and voice your concerns. Our doors, phone some of us vertically-challenged folk might find the lines, and inboxes are always open. climb up to it a bit intimidating. Jovelle Tamayo is a School of Arts and Sciences junior I will be forever grateful for the connections made and the friendships formed with all the past editors I’ve majoring in political science and comparative literature. met, but with each new board comes a new set of tal- She is the acting editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum.
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ou know it’s a new board when the cleaning supplies are out, the wall quotes are stripped down and last semester’s newspapers are in the trash. And you know you’re no longer needed when you’re sitting outside during the budget, edit and news meetings, when the phone rings and you can’t answer it, and when you watch the new managing editor delete your name off the masthead. It’s crazy to watch the process, the clearing of the space I considered mine for so long. I had been a part of that of fice for three years and had seen board after board come and go. As an associate news editor my firstyear and sophomore year of college, the board was intimidating and loud. So loud. But man, did they work like a welloiled machine. The next board, on which I was managing editor, was completely dif ferent. At first we were quiet and unsure, but ever ything was still new and exciting. And by the end of the year, we became silly, sassy and like a family. We would do anything for each other. I don’t go a day without missing that family. And then there was this past board, for which I was blessed to ser ve as editor-in-chief — a position that definitely taught me a thing or two. We were a strange mix of old and new, of veterans and rookies. My co-mother Taylere and I worked to impart all our knowledge into our soon-to-be replacements, and we all refused to settle. And we didn’t. I don’t know how a place can have such a hold on your heart. Sure, 26 Mine St. was just somewhere I went to work, and I will work in many more places. But for me and most of the editors, that office was different. It was
where I made 143, who reinvigsome of my best orated my pasfriends and closest sion for 26 Mine confidants; where with its youth, I studied and curiosity and learned; where I energy (you’re cried when I all my children, I thought my perYou all MARY DIDUCH swear). sonal world was put up with me at crumbling; where my worst and I accepted my mistakes and failures; inspired me to keep going when it didn’t where I came to terms with my choices; seem possible. Together, we made our where I defended myself, my coworkers mark, and I am beyond proud of ever yand our actions; where I danced and thing we accomplished. laughed and sang; where I And, of course, I must forgot all my issues, “Sure, 26 Mine St. reser ve a paragraph for picked myself up and put Taylere, who is beyond was just somewhere the greatest managing out the next day’s paper; and where I realized what editor (myself excluded, I went to work. ... I wanted to do with the duh), design editor, partBut for me and most ner-in-crime, housemate rest of my life. And you know what? If I best friend I could of the editors, that and could go back, I would go ask for. Not to mention, through ever ything all office was different.” my personal editor who over again. The joy, the has read ever ything I’ve successes, the heartache, ever written a million the struggles, the drama, the fights, the and one times because I’m obsessive laughter — ever ything. In a heartbeat. like that. It’s because we balance each But I think the hardest par t of letting other out. I would sit next to you, squintgo is not cleaning out the of fice — it’s ing my eyes and crossing my arms, moving on from all the people who’ve while you tweak ever y line and box and changed my life: ever yone in the busi- I nitpick words to chop and change. And ness and production depar tments, who it’s not like I’m not really moving on put up with my antics and pretzel-swip- from you, anyway — you literally live ing for two years (especially Liz and her the room over. In fact, I can hear your hugs) and taught me the impor tance of laughter downstairs right now. I know I tradition; all the old editors from always say I hate it, but I secretly love it. Boards 140/141, who taught me how to You are my rock. breathe and run this monster, whipped Now, most importantly, I would like me into shape and ser ved as my men- to extend my congratulations to the tors; Board 142, who gave me the laugh- other graduating seniors of this board: ter, hope, determination and the second Taylere Ham, Kristine Tiny Duck, family I needed to keep going when Steven Andrew (for your mother), Matty managing an inexperienced and small K., Jillian/Blair, Reena Miss Teen staf f seemed impossible; and Board Philippines and Aleksi Walrus. I will also
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Mary Diduch is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and journalism and media studies, with a minor in Spanish. She is the former editor-in-chief, managing editor and associate news editor of The Daily Targum.
Consider other explanations for individual behavior Philosophies I of a Particuf someone told you that they heard the audible voice of God — that God was literally speaking to them — how would you react? I reckon most people would think the person was crazy and either walk away from them or recommend they see a psychiatrist. This is too hasty a response, however. The majority of Americans believe in God, so why can’t God talk to people? He spoke to people in the past and that was, to a large extent, how we ended up with the Holy Scriptures. For the large por tion of Americans who accept the existence of the supernatural world as described in the Bible, it would be perfectly reasonable to assume that God still speaks to people today. For that matter, it would be per fectly reasonable to assume that angels and devil spirits can speak to people or even possess people in the case of devil spirits. I think it’s awful that our society takes people’s legitimate experiences with divine forces and tries to medicalize them. I personally know people who have heard audible voices from God, including people who were then labeled mentally ill because of his or her experience. In the case of one such individual, I know with all my mind and heart that they’re not crazy. There are two reasons why I believe this is true. One is that before hearing the voice of God or anything else that would be considered a symptom of mental illness, they experienced a series of bizarre coincidences and premonitions
that came true — unlike the lifealmost a foreshadtime of expenowing of things to sive medicacome. The other tion, laden with reason is that what side effects, God told them that psychiaabout the nature of trists might the universe conprescribe for EDWARD REEP forms to reason such behavior. and my own perEven if somesonal study of scripture — scripture I one is atheist, surely there’s no harm in know this person never read. Truly, I at least trying a spiritual cure for a conhave met a prophet. That our society dition that might be demonic possession should doubt their sanity is abhorrent. when the alternative is permanent disIt’s the same kind of perseability. I also acknowlcution that happened to the edge that some people “We shouldn’t prophets of old, except the take the casting out of ones in charge are medical devil spirits too far and always jump leaders rather than reliit where the to that conclusion apply gious leaders. practice is not applicaOf course, sometimes if people are acting ble. In fact, I once met supernatural encounters some people that in ways we don’t can also be malevolent, and thought homosexualione thing that is particularly ty was a sign of demonunderstand.” awful is what can happen to ic possession — an possessed people. Being absurd conclusion — taken over by a devil spirit is bad but this should not discredit the actual enough, but this suffering can be com- cases in which exorcisms and the like do pounded when a possessed person is improve people’s lives and alleviate labeled mentally ill and then put through symptoms that might look like they were a medical ordeal while people who do caused by some other-worldly problem. not understand the nature of their condiLet me be very clear, though. I’m not tion try to help them. Removing devil trying to say there is no such thing as spirits is not particularly difficult. If you neurological conditions or brain injuries look on YouTube, you can see people that can somehow affect people’s behavmade to act normally after some words ior or induce hallucinations. I’m just sayfrom a preacher. That’s an actual cure — ing that we shouldn’t always jump to
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that conclusion if people are acting in ways we don’t understand. Not only is it possible that their experiences have a legitimate supernatural explanation, but I would also go a step further and say that surely the human mind is vast enough that a person of sound neurological and spiritual health can act and think in all sorts of bizarre or irrational ways that would get them committed. I imagine that most people who read this article are not going to agree with primar y conclusions, either rejecting the existence of the supernatural or rejecting the idea that it could be so commonplace. Who is really the one lacking evidence, though? There are countless eyewitness accounts and recordings of successful faith healings, premonitions that later came true, and people speaking in languages they don’t know. I’ve personally witnessed events that cannot be explained by any means except the existence of God and miracles, and the people who witnessed them with me. I can describe the events until the cows come home, but the majority of Americans are probably going to think that we either witnessed coincidences or that we’re being disingenuous. That’s fine. Just don’t think we’re crazy. Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in economics and business and technical writing.
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SWEEP: Holzberg takes on No. 1 singles duties for RU continued from back Balsamo and Sasinin each made their collegiate debuts in the Nos. 5 and 6 singles slots, respectively. Holzberg is in her first season as the Knights’ No. 1 singles player after playing ever y match last spring in the No. 2 slot behind Amy Zhang. Holzberg went 16-4 in that role and 15-5 in doubles play with Zhang as the top tandem. Although Holzberg inherited Zhang’s role as the No. 1 singles player in the Fall, Petrini won the team’s Most Valuable Player Award after a semifinal appearance at the USTA/ITA Division I Women’s Northeast Regional Championships. She won, 6-1 and 6-1, against Lehigh’s Liz Piscitelli on Thursday in Bethlehem, Pa. Fairleigh Dickinson also opened its season with a 7-0 shutout against Lehigh, winning deciding games in the first three sets of as many matches. Rutgers faces three non-conference opponents within a week, beginning Friday against Quinnipiac. It follows with four matches against Big East teams, culminating with a March 3 meeting with DePaul in Chicago. The Knights take on three non-conference foes afterward in a tournament in Charleston, S.C. The Big East season ends April 15 against West Virginia at the RU Tennis Complex, followed by the four-day Big East Tournament beginning April 19.
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Sophomore No. 4 singles Stefania Balasa won her match Thursday at Lehigh in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Balasa also teamed up with freshman Satreethai Sasinin in No. 3 doubles, defeating a Mountain Hawks duo, 8-0, in Bethlehem, Pa.
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SUPER BOWL FEATURES FORMER RU PLAYERS ON BOTH SIDES Both squads in Super Bowl XLVI yesterday sported former members of the Rutgers football team. Former Scarlet Knights Devin McCourty, Alex Silvestro and Nate Jones represented the New England Patriots, while cornerback Brandon Bing was on the New York Giants’ practice squad. McCourty was the lone Knights starter at cornerback in the Pats’ secondary. The Patriots took McCourty in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft.
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son when less than three players score at least 10 points. Sophomore Louisville center loses Rice after first-half exit Gorgui Dieng was largely responsible, as he blocked seven shots to continued from back keep Rutgers off the scoreboard. Freshman point guard Myles But while Carter’s efforts kept the Knights (12-12, 4-7) within Mack and sophomore guard Mike striking distance, he did so with- Poole added nine points each in out the presence of head coach the defeat. Junior wing Dane Miller chipped in eight points and Mike Rice. Referees ejected Rice in the five boards in 32 minutes. Rutgers remains in a tie for first half while Rutgers trailed by two points. It was the first time 10th place in the Big East with its neighbors to the Rice was forced to leave north, Seton Hall and a game prematurely as St. John’s. Both teams Rutgers’ head coach. lost this weekend by Rice disagreed with more than 20 points. multiple calls and got Pittsburgh earned “carried away,” accorda portion of 10th place ing to a Rutgers Athletics yesterday, when it Communications press defeated Villanova for release. Associate head its fourth straight Big coach David Cox took East win. The over in Rice’s absence, DAVID COX Panthers began the inheriting a 10-point season 0-7 in conference play. deficit in the process. The Knights host the Pirates But Rutgers trailed, 53-50, less than 10 minutes into the second on Wednesday in a game with half before Louisville (18-5, 6-4) major postseason implications. The matchup at the Louis Brown pulled away for good. Cardinals freshman forward Athletic Center is the first of two Chane Behanan was the catalyst, meetings between the New scoring a team-high 23 points on Jersey schools. Rutgers travels to the 11-for-12 shooting. He added 11 Prudential Center in Newark on rebounds for good measure. The Rutgers frontcourt, mean- Feb. 25. The Pirates, once while, struggled again with foul among the top eight in the Big trouble. Sophomore for ward East, have lost five straight. The Gilvydas Biruta and junior for- Knights dropped four of their ward Austin Johnson picked up last five games. They take on three of the top four fouls apiece. Biruta scored only five points, four teams in the conference — took four shots and recorded one Notre Dame, No. 2 Syracuse and No. 15 Marquette — afterward. rebound in 24 minutes. The Knights beat Notre Dame Three more Cardinals joined Behanan in double figures, while two of the past three seasons, but Carter stood alone for the own little success against the Knights. Rutgers is 4-9 this sea- Orange and the Golden Eagles.
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STORRS, Conn. — The Rutgers women’s basketball team generally sports enough depth to eliminate doubleteams, despite KNIGHT boasting a NOTEBOOK number of players who merit one. But without the No. 13 Scarlet Knights’ usual starting point guard and two starters beginning on the bench against No. 3 Connecticut, junior center Monique Oliver became the victim of such traps. Oliver entered play fresh off consecutive games in which she led the Knights in scoring. She extended that streak to three Saturday, when the Las Vegas native scored 15 points in a 66-34 loss to UConn. Oliver’s highlight performances were double-edged swords for Rutgers (17-6, 6-4) in the past two games. The 6-foot-3 center played without the Knights’ motor in fifth-year senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan. “[Oliver] has to wait until others give her the ball. [Rushdan] makes everything go,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “The [other players] look like they’re so shocked and stunned.” Rushdan’s two-game absence coincided with another two-game trend: Stringer’s benching of senior forward April Sykes and junior guard Erica Wheeler to begin the game. One of the most notable stat lines for the Knights was their high number of shot-clock violations. Rutgers saw the shot clock expire four times. When the Knights did not suffer the viola-
tion, the Huskies (21-2, 9-1) often brought them close to it with their tight zone defense. “Their offense is somewhat deliberate. They’re not in a hurry. They’re trying to get a particular [shot] each time off the floor,” said UConn head coach Geno Auriemma. “We are able to play with four guards who are able to switch on certain screens, and it makes it difficult for them to get that one shot that they’re trying to get.” The decreased offense was most prevalent in UConn’s 17-0 run. It ended with a jumper by senior guard Nikki Speed with 9:26 left in the first half. The Huskies exploited the Knights with a weakness that plagued them all season — 3point shooting. Rutgers entered Storrs with a .298 shooting percentage from outside territory, which places it ninth in the Big East. The Knights made only one 3pointer in their past two games combined, and failed to sink a single 3-pointer at Gampel Pavillion. UConn also limited Rutgers at the free throw line. Only Oliver and Sykes received opportunities, shooting a combined 8-for-11 from the charity stripe, but it was not enough to spark the Knights in the shooting category. Bright spots were hard to find in the Knights’ 32-point loss, but one came from Rutgers’ ability to contain UConn sophomore guard Bria Hartley on offense, only notched eight points on 2-for-7 shooting. Sophomore center Stephanie Dolson (16 points) and senior guard Tiffany Hayes (14) picked up the slack on the scoring end for UConn.
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Junior center Monique Oliver vies for a rebound Saturday in Storrs, Conn., where the Scarlet Knights struggled offensively against No. 3 Connecticut. Oliver scored 15 of Rutgers’ 34 points.
LOSS: Rutgers turnovers, fouls lead to 32-point defeat continued from back The last time the Starkville, Miss., native scored more than 13 points was Jan. 21, when the Knights beat South Florida. As was the case against No. 2 Notre Dame, the only source of offense for the Knights was junior center Monique Oliver. “A lot of people don’t give [the Huskies] credit for their defense,” Stringer said. “But we’re not the best scoring team, so I don’t know if we’re the ones you should measure it by.” Oliver managed 15 points and five rebounds, but because of the fouls she collected dealing with the bigger UConn centers. She did not see as much time as usual on the floor. “[Center Stefanie Dolson and forward Kiah Stokes] are like trees to me,” Oliver said. “There’s really nothing I can do with them … on the post.” The rest of the team did not fare any better with fouls. The Knights picked up 19 fouls, which led to 17 free-throw attempts for their opponent. The Huskies (21-2, 9-1) had no such issues. They picked up only 11 fouls and limited Rutgers to 11 freethrow attempts. On top of the lack of scoring, turnovers once again plagued Rutgers. In a halftime interview, Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma remarked that the Knights were tough to turn over. That may have been the only call he
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Connecticut sophomore Bria Hartley holds the ball Saturday while freshman guard Syessence Davis defends. got wrong all night, as the Huskies forced 21 turnovers and generated 22 points as a result. “We got in a passing lane or we got a loose ball and we were able to kick it out and generate some offense,” Auriemma said. “You have to be able to do that.” UConn’s leading scorer, senior guard Tiffany Hayes, and Dolson dealt the most damage on the offensive end for the Huskies. Dolson led the team with 16 points, and Hayes added 14 of her own. Stokes and freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis also managed double-digit scoring efforts for Connecticut.
The lone bright spot for the Knights outside of Oliver was their management of sophomore guard Bria Hartley. The North Babylon, N.Y., native scored just eight points in 34 minutes. The Knights will round out their tour of the Big East top five with games against St. John’s and West Virginia on Feb. 12 and Feb. 15, respectively, and will not face another currently ranked team until tournament time. Rutgers can only hope the extra rest will give Rushdan the time she needs to return and bring the offensive flow back with her.
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he New England Patriots added one former Scarlet Knight to their roster Saturday for Super Bowl XLVI and dropped another one. Defensive lineman Alex Silvestro laced up for the Patriots yesterday, after the Pats released wide receiver Tiquan Under wood to give Silvestro a spot on the active roster. Silvestro and Underwood both dabbled in New England’s practice squad throughout the season. Silvestro played for the first time on Dec. 24 against the Miami Dolphins. He signed with the Patriots as an undrafted free agent this year.
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coach Greg Schiano brought one of his Rutgers assistants to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to ESPN. P.J. Fleck worked for the Knights for the last two seasons and will now take over the receivers coach position for the Buccaneers. Fleck’s move came after he agreed to leave Rutgers for his alma mater, Northern Illinois, where he would ser ve as offensive coordinator. The school said Fleck walked away from the job two days after accepting it because he decided he was not ready to be an offensive coordinator. Fleck played wide receiver at Northern Illinois and played in the NFL for one game with the San Francisco 49ers.
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elected yesterday to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including former New York Jets running back Curtis Martin. Mar tin finished his 11year career four th on the NFL’s all-time rushing list. He played with the Jets and New England Patriots. Martin, four linemen, and one senior selection were elected. He is joined by linemen, Chris Doleman, Cortez Kennedy, Willie Roaf, Dermontti Dawson and senior selection Jack Butler. Jerome Bettis, Cris Carter and Bill Parcells were among the finalists who did not make it.
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coach of the 49ers, won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year. Harbaugh led San Francisco to a 13-3 record, the NFC West title and the NFC Championship game in his first season as an NFL coach. Harbaugh received 45 out of 50 votes from the nationwide panel who regularly cover the NFL. Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith was the last man to win the award in his first NFL coaching season, which was 2008.
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Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman recorded a team-high score on bars of 9.700 in the Scarlet Knights third-place finish Saturday in a quad meet in Pittsburgh. Gunzelman took the all-around title with a career-high score of 39.075.
RU takes third despite personal bests BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
For the second straight meet, the Rutgers gymnastics team tallied personal-best scores and raised GYMNASTICS its overRUTGERS 192.500 all team score to THIRD PLACE 192.500. B u t despite the improvements, a shaky outing in the bar routine ultimately placed the Scarlet Knights third Saturday in a quad meet with host-team Pittsburgh, George Washington and William and Mary. “We struggled on bars today. We win bars, we win the meet, simple as that,” said head coach Louis Levine. “Honestly we go from first place to third place because of what happened on bars. We will keep attacking it in the gym and once we get
bars down we will be a tough team to beat.” The Knights, who have cited confidence issues as the biggest problem in past meets, once again felt they looked intimidated on bars. “When we got to bars we just looked scared,” said sophomore Alexis Gunzelman, who earned the team-high score on bars with a 9.700. “I know that the team’s going to go into the gym, and that is going to be our main focus because that is what cost us the meet. It is sad, but we know what we have to work on.” But in the three events other than bars, confidence was not something the Knights lacked. Gunzelman led the pack for the second week in a row, taking the all-around title with a career-best score of 39.075. The sophomore also surpassed her career-high scores on vault and balance beam, earning a 9.800 in both events.
“I was really excited about my 9.800 on vault. I knew that I came off the table really strong, and I was really happy with it,” Gunzelman said. “I also felt I did really good on beam for the first time this year. I hit everything and the score was there. I just went in really confident in all my routines and when the score flashed I got really excited. I knew that as soon as I landed my dismount that the 39.000 was there. It was amazing.” The highlight for the Knights came on vault, where they recorded a team score of 48.675 — tied for third best in school histor y. Sophomore Alyssa Straub gave Rutgers its best finish of the night on vault, tying a career high with a score of 9.825. Junior Jenna Zito was right behind her with a score of 9.800, also tied for a career best. Junior Danielle D’Elia paced the Knights in the floor event,
taking third place with a score of 9.800. “We did an awesome job on floor and vault,” Gunzelman said. “We went in there, and we knew the second someone stepped on that floor that they were going to hit that routine. That is a great feeling. It really helps and it really shows in the scores.” But the Knights’ record-setting per formances were dragged down by their performance on the uneven bars. As they head toward a quad meet this weekend at home at the Livingston Gym, their goal is to even out those imperfections. “There were a lot of really great things going on [at Pittsburgh]. There were tons of personal best and great steps in the right direction,” Levine said. “Unfortunately we struggled on bars. We just have to step it up in the gym on bars to get to where we want to be.”
Younger returns, captures 500-meter title BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER
All-American sprinter Aaron Younger returned to the Rutgers men’s track and field team this MEN’S TRACK weekend at Notre Dame’s Meyo Invitational, earning the Scarlet Knights’ lone victor y in the meet. After resting the first five meets of the season, the senior from Franklinville, N.J., returned to action for the twoday meet in South Bend, Ind., to compete against some of the nation’s best athletes. Winning the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:02.39, Younger out-placed Indiana’s Ryan Hindes by more than a second. The Delsea Regional High School product also anchored the Knights’ second-place 4x400-meter relay. The relay
consisted of three seniors — Kevin Brown, Steve Werner and Younger — as well as sophomore Corey Caidenhead. The Knights finished just two tenths of a second behind host Notre Dame in the losing effort. The squad gets a second chance against the Irish at the Big East Championships. Redshir t freshman Corey Crawford had the next most productive weekend for the Knights. Finishing fourth in the long jump, the Oakland, N.J., native picked up his first collegiate top-six finish against national competition. “It was definitely a different experience,” Crawford said. “There was great competition there, and even a couple of schools from Canada. We just don’t see that ever y day.” Crawford did see one of his competitors, Taylor Stewart, before. It was at the Nike High School Indoor National
Championship meet two years ago in Boston. He bettered Stewart that day, but now jumping professionally for the London Track and Field Club from Ontario, Canada, Stewart bested the Rutgers freshman by 1 foot. “I went up to him and asked him if he jumped at nationals because he looked familiar. I remembered him because it was weird that he had a Canada jersey on at Nationals,” Crawford said. “[Stewar t] asked if I was Corey and when I said yeah, he remembered me.” Crawford failed to match his season-best distance for the first time this season, but felt good about his first jump in South Bend. “My best jump was my first one,” Crawford said. “It guaranteed me to get five more jumps. I was a little bit disappointed with the overall series.” The Knights were disappointed with their overall per-
formance. Younger provided the only spark for the team and a glimpse of how good it can be. “He did it on the track,” Crawford said of Younger. “I personally haven’t seen him run in over a year. Seeing his 500-meter dash, I was inspired. Younger definitely sparked our team with that 1:02.” With Younger back and a strong contingent elsewhere, the Knights are confident moving for ward. “We’re going to be fine because we’ve proven ourselves in the Big East already,” Crawford said. “I think seeing competitors like Notre Dame, we’ve seen what they have. It was big for our team.” The Knights have just one more meet — the Virginia Duals in the Bronx before their biggest test in the Big East Championships.
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Second match features clean Rutgers sweep BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers tennis team started the season the way head coach Ben Bucca wanted: sweeping TENNIS F a i r l e i g h FDU 0 D i c k i n s o n University, 7-0, RUTGERS 7 Sunday to earn its second victor y of the season. “This was a strong and convincing win,” said head coach Ben Bucca in a press release. “It reflected a high level of play on behalf of RU as Lehigh is a well-coached, quality opponent.” The Scarlet Knights took all three doubles matches against the Mountain Hawks. Senior Jennifer Holzberg and sophomore Vanessa Petrini took the first match, 8-2. In the second match, senior Morgan Ivey competed with freshman Lindsay Balsamo to win by another 8-2 score. Sophomore Stefania Balasa and freshman Satreethai Sasinin took the final doubles match, 8-0. “In doubles, Vanessa [Petrini] and I played aggressive tennis that helped us defeat Lehigh,” Holzberg said in a press release. “In singles, I was ver y consistent and moved my opponent around the court well. I think overall I played well today.” Bucca was not available to the media following Rutgers’ match yesterday against intrastate foe Fairleigh Dickinson. Because of colder weather conditions, the match moved to the Atlantic Club in Manasquan instead of Rutgers’ Piscataway facilities. The Knights continued their dominance on the court in singles competition, not dropping a single set to Lehigh. Holzberg went first for the Knights and left the match with a win, defeating Jenai Bilimoria, 6-0 and 6-1, in straight sets. Ivey followed with a straight-set victory against Abigail Farrell, 6-4 and 6-2. The freshman duo of Balsamo and Sasinin both left Lehigh victorious. Balsamo defeated Jill Sloand, 6-0 and 6-0, and Sasinin took down Gabby Drucker, 6-1 and 6-4. Balasa and Petrini also took home victories for the Knights.
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Senior forward April Sykes sizes up a Connecticut defender Saturday, when the Scarlet Knights lost their second straight game by more than 30 points. Sykes scored only seven points against the Huskies on 1-for-7 shooting from the field.
RU suffers second blowout loss in row BY JOEY GREGORY ACTING ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
STORRS, Conn. — The location and opposing team WOMEN’S BASKETBALL may have changed RUTGERS 34 for the Rutgers women’s basketCONNECTICUT 66 ball team, but Saturday night’s game against No. 3 Connecticut had a feel
identical to that of Tuesday’s loss to Notre Dame. In their second game without fifth-year guard Khadijah Rushdan, who is still sidelined because of a concussion, the No. 13 Scarlet Knights simply could not keep up with the Huskies’ scoring output and lost, 66-34. Rutgers last suffered back-to-back 30point losses during the 1975-1976 season, before head coach C. Vivan Stringer’s tenure began.
In their third consecutive game of failing to surpass 41 points, the Knights (17-6, 6-4) did not enjoy much production from their leading scorer, senior for ward April Sykes. Sykes scored only seven points and went 1for-7 from the field, marking the fourth straight game in which she failed to match her season average.
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Rice leaves early, Knights lose late to upstart Louisville BY TYLER BARTO ACTING SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers men’s basketball team arrived in Louisville on Friday with little success against the Cardinals. It fell by an 18point margin a year MEN’S BASKETBALL ago, and it last beat RUTGERS 66 the relative Big East newcomer in 2005. LOUISVILLE 78 The Scarlet Knights added to their misfortunes against Louisville on Saturday, when they lost, 78-66, at the KFC Yum! Center. Freshman guard Eli Carter cared little about the history. Carter scored a game-high 24 points, surpassing 20 points for the fourth time this season and pulled down a team-high six rebounds. His 24 points were the most in a Big East game this season for the Paterson, N.J., native.
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Freshman guard Eli Carter drives to the rim Jan. 28 against Cincinnati. Carter scored 24 points Saturday in the Scarlet Knights’ loss at Louisville, his best output in Big East play. The defeat dropped Rutgers to 1-4 in its last five conference games.