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RUSA supports LGBT community with U. initiative BY WASEEM MAINUDDIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers University Student Assembly commemorated today as “Anti-Harassment Day” in response to reported death threats toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at Montclair State University. John Connelly, RUSA vice president, said a series of incidents occurred Jan. 26, 27 and 30, including a note put under the door of Montclair’s LGBT Center, vandalization of the center with marker and a message on nearby bathroom wall claiming that “Fags will die on 2/7.” Police are still in search of the perpetrators. “When members of RUSA found out that this was happening on one of our fellow university campuses, we decided to show solidarity. No one should be targeted based on their identity, especially not on a college campus,” said Connelly, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Connelly said that RUSA is not the only one involved in “Anti-Harassment Day.” A large number of student associations across campus have tried to show support in a variety of ways. “Different student organizations have chosen to show support in different ways,” he said. “The Queer Student Association here at Rutgers has collected cards students signed to show solidarity. The Rutgers United Student Coalition has sent a letter to Montclair SPECTRUMS, an LGBT organization, expressing our solidarity.” Francine Glaser, chairperson of RUSA University Affairs, said other N.J. institutions are also tr ying to help spread awareness. “Besides Montclair and Rutgers, The College of New Jersey is tr ying to get involved in an effort to show support towards the different communities at Rutgers and New Jersey overall,” Glaser said. Connelly said RUSA wants to spread the message that students should be empowered on their campus, and that their gay-straight alliance should be an institution they can turn to if they need support. Glaser, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said this event might turn into an annual event. “It’s all about not having any prejudices,” Glaser said. “It’s a stand in solidarity for a few acts of violence at

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President Richard L. McCormick asks for a separate vote for the New Brunswick and Camden campuses proposals yesterday at the State House Annex Complex in Trenton during a New Jersey Senate Higher Education meeting.

McCormick addresses merger concerns BY LISA BERKMAN STAFF WRITER

TRENTON — The New Jersey Senate Higher Education discussed the proposed merger between the University’s Camden campus and Rowan University on Monday, which faced criticisms from University President Richard L. McCormick and a group of protestors. More than 50 faculty, staff and students from all three of the University’s campuses gathered outside the State House Annex Complex in Trenton to protest the possible merger. McCormick, who also attended the discussion, said he wants to invest in

the Camden campus and would prefer to vote on the New Brunswick and Camden proposals separately. “If we could pick and choose the recommendations of the advisory committee, we would not want to turn over the Rutgers-Camden campus to the Rowan University,” McCormick said. “I can’t imagine that the Rutgers Board of Governors or Trustees would willingly relinquish the campus.” Gov. Chris Christie’s plan supports the merging of Rutgers-Camden with Rowan. The second part of the proposal involves another merger, between the University’s New Brunswick campus, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the Cancer Institute of New

Jersey, and the School of Public Health, according to a University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey committee report. Ali Houshmand, Rowan interim president, said there was a sense of excitement on his campus regarding the prospects of the merger. “Having a research-based institution in New Jersey is absolutely essential to bring scholarships, to attract the best, to encourage those coming here that we have a trained workforce and to create a professional-degree program — something that is badly needed,” Houshmand said.

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SEBS Governing Council debates grease trucks’ fate BY RICH CONTE AND YASHMIN PATEL STAFF WRITERS

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Samir Alkilani, co-owner of Mr. C’s Grease Truck, shares concerns yesterday during a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council meeting.

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council deliberated the fate of the grease trucks during a town hall meeting between owners and students yesterday at the Cook Campus Center. Alda Hassan, business manager for RU Hungr y and spokeswoman for the grease trucks, said the owners of the business are willing to work with the University in order to stay on Lot 8 on the College Avenue campus. “If the school is looking for additional money in order to cover any expenses … these gentlemen are more than willing to accept those responsibilities,” she said. She said the University has raised health and mobility issues concerning the grease trucks. Hassan said making the trucks mobile would be problematic for the business because of the high fees it would entail. The grease trucks have a mobile license, but they have not met the rules and requirements to stay on the lot, said Jack Molenaar, director for the Department of Transportation Services.

“It’s a mobile food EBS license — they need to be mobile,” he said. “We need to guarantee that it can be mobile.” He said the University property is part of public entity in which they have to follow procurement rules. Mohamed Garaibeh, part-owner of the Mr. C’s Grease Truck, said the business is part of the University culture. “Grease trucks are a Rutgers tradition — we have a right to stay there,” he said. “ Our business has been here for many years.” Molenaar said a sur vey is being conducted on what University students think about the grease trucks and will be used when considering future plans for the grease trucks. As of now, about 1,700 people have responded.

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Drug company develops treatments for neural disorders BY KYLE SWEET CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Lawrence Wennogle shared his company’s progress on the research drugs that will slow down the effects of certain mental disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia, at a discussion Monday at the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. Wennogle, Inter-Cellular Therapies vice president of Drug Discovery, said his company focuses on creating therapies that target central nervous system disorders. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is a progressive, degenerative disease that targets the brain’s nerves in adults over the age of 60, he said. Effects of the disease include gradual memory loss, disorientation, personality changes and loss of language skills. Alzheimer’s disease is linked with a process in which there is an accumulation of toxins in the brain, he said. Gamma secretesactivating protein, a chemical in the drug Wennogle is researching, blocks the cluster of proteins from forming. “We’re looking for a partner to do clinical trials, but in about a year, we should be close to testing the drug,” he said. He said the drug is being administered to mice in the labs and is awaiting clinical development trials to test the drug on human patients. “Getting drugs approved is a ver y dif ficult and daunting

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Lawrence Wennogle, vice president of Drug Discovery at Inter-Cellular Therapies, speaks last night on the company’s research on drugs that will decelerate the effects of certain mental disorders. The company is waiting to get drugs approved for testing.

task,” Wennogle said. “It sometimes costs $1 billion and 14 days with a low chance of success. Sometimes drugs are miracle workers, and others never make back the investment,” Wennogle said. Maria Konsolaki, an associate research professor in the Department of Genetics, said she believes Wennogle’s work can give other researchers ideas that they can use in their labs when working on Alzheimer’s disease. “It’s an opportunity to hear where research stands from other labs that we’re working

with,” Konsolaki said. “Also it is interesting to our department because there’s a lot of people that we work with and everyone works in different divisions of the nervous system.” Inter-Cellular Therapies is collaborating with Konsolaki’s lab and Rockefeller University laboratories. Konsolaki said the collaborations would help further their research and help form an ef fective dr ug for Alzheimer’s patients. “I thought the Alzheimer’s stuf f was interesting,” said Gabrielle Rossi, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “We

work in Dr. Konsolaki’s lab, so it was easier for me to follow the Alzheimer’s information because I’m working on GSAP stuff in the lab. … I found it to be ver y interesting.” In addition to working on therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease, Inter-Cellular Therapies has also made progress with schizophrenia, Wennogle said. He said the drugs that are on the market for patients are ineffective, and a lot of patients do not like to take them because of the side effects. Wennogle said Inter-Cellular Therapies believe they have

found a breakthrough with their drug ITI-007 — designed to treat multiple symptoms associated with neurological disorders — which will ser ve to be a possible treatment for the symptoms of schizophrenia. Wennogle said the University’s science program provides students with a research foundation that could help them prevent and possibly cure future diseases. “I think it’s vital that it starts here and that student are given the incentive to go into science and go into to the medical field to help mankind,” he said.

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FATE: Students will not have a vote in final decision continued from front “We are going to release all the results on that to show data about the grease trucks,” he said. As a public entity, the University has to follow strict rules, Molenaar said. The lot where the grease trucks reside will be put up for bidding and will allow other vendors to become a part of the campus lot, he said. “What we did is we tried to figure out what food people wanted and obviously, if someone’s been working here, they’ve seen what the market can bear and they have the upper hand,” Molenaar said. He said the entities bidding on the lot would be looked at through a University committee that will consider the types of food they will provide, the relationship of the grease trucks and if they meet the requirements needed to fill the lot.

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Molenaar said the University is coming up with a proposal to find the right procedure to resolve the issue. “This is a ver y unique one, and that’s why we have students as part of the committee,” he said. “We’ve reached out to many different areas of the University so that can have a say [in the matter].” Although the committee will consider several different factors that af fect the grease trucks, it will not include a forum for students to vote in, Molenaar said. “Doubt there will be a vote [for the students] but that is something we can consider as a committee,” he said. Nicole Kassouf, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the grease trucks are the livelihood for the people who work there. “They make a living like this — it helps pay for my tuition,” she said. “These men make a living from these trucks. They don’t have corporate jobs. They don’t wear suits.”

should instead take all of the state residents into considerafear Rowan-Camden unification tion with his policy decisions. “Think of the South for once,” Kelly said. “I understand continued from front that most of the voters are from Sol Barer, chair of the UMDNJ North Jersey, but the South is a advisor y committee, said the ver y big part of the state.” merger is an opportunity for Barer said concerns over the South Jersey to improve its edu- lack of detail in his plan should cation with the establishment of a not be directed at him. The mergresearch-focused university. er details are still in the works “From a medical perspective, with the implementation commitit’s going to be much different tee, he said. than the world we live in today,” “The governor charged us Barer said. “The only way in with answering a specific list of which you can really do this is questions, in essence to define with a single a vision, a strucinstitution that ture of higher edu“I don’t want has the capabilication within the ty of clinical care state,” he said. Rutgers to leave and lab research “The financial and is strong in aspects … we saw South Jersey. both of these.” quite clearly as We need to keep Elizabeth part of the impleDemaray, an mentation process Rutgers as the associate profeswhich was outside state university.” sor of fine arts in … of what we were R u t g e r s charged with.” AMELIA KASELAAN Camden, said Barer said if University College at Camden she brought a the plan passes, a First-Year Student large portion of private company her class in the would manage hope of representing Camden UMDNJ to help the institution opposition and impacting the sen- settle its finances and move ate’s discussion. towards autonomy from the “I know the majority of us state. down at Rutgers-Camden are “They weren’t able to invest against this merger, and I don’t in the hospital the amount the believe there’s anyone speaking patients deser ve,” he said. today against the merger,” she “They weren’t able to buy said. “We’d like to make our equipment. The state had to presence and our views known subsidize huge amounts of to a wider audience simply by money. This is where we felt a being here.” private-public par tnership The plan was met with con- which has experience in mancerns from the Camden student aging would be good.” body that a Rowan-Camden Dr. Denise Rodgers, interim degree might lose some of the president of UMDNJ, said the quality that is associated with institution would be willing to the University name, said comply with the conditions of Amelia Kaselaan, a University the merger as long as the finanCollege at Camden first- cial aspects of the merger are year student. shared across all “I came to Rutgers-Camden parties involved. for a reason,” Kaselaan said. “I “It must be unacceptable to don’t want Rutgers to leave South have this process end up with Jersey. We need to keep Rutgers one institution [going] from as the state university. We’re here good to great and the other to save our campus.” [going] from good to Chris Kelly, a Camden mediocre,” she said. “UMDNJ College of Arts and Sciences risks [becoming] mediocre. It junior, said Christie should not can’t be burdened with a disignore his constituents and proportionate share of debt.”

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Grease truck owners express concerns about their financial obligations while occupying Lot 8 at a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences meeting yesterday in the Cook Campus Center.

RUSA: Group will write cards in support of Montclair continued from front Montclair State. Things like that should not be tolerated.” She said there has been a number of ways RUSA has been tr ying to get the word out on “Anti-Harassment Day,” including Facebook, Twitter, fliers and general word-of-mouth. RUSA will table at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus today, handing out rainbow ally and pride pins, Connelly said. Students will have the opportunity to write cards to students at Montclair in support.

Victor Li, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said that “Anti-Harassment Day” is a positive step for the LGBT community at the University. “Even though we have a relatively involved LGBT community here at Rutgers, not many other schools do,” Li said. “I think it’s awesome Rutgers is suppor ting Montclair and showing solidarity.” Li said he feels that more could to be done for the LGBT community ever ywhere. “This is just another big step toward equality, and there’s potential for more to be done besides wearing purple shir ts and rainbow pins,” Li said.

Connelly said there has been positive dialogue in the past year at the University on the concept of civility. “I see what RUSA is working on today as an extension of this conversation,” he said. “It is not enough for us as students to tr y to improve ourselves. We have a duty to help make our society a more egalitarian one.” Connelly said these recent incidents at Montclair are not isolated and can happen anywhere, even at the University. “It is important for us to recognize this — to face bigotr y when it arises and to create an atmosphere where people can feel safe and wanted here at our University,” he said.

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GREECE TO BUILD SIX-MILE-LONG FENCE TO HELP PREVENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION KASTANIES, Greece — Greece announced yesterday that it will soon begin building a 6-mile-long (10-kilometerlong) fence topped with razor wire on its border with Turkey to deter illegal immigrants. Thousands of illegal immigrants cross from Turkey into Greece at this point each year, often traveling from there to other parts of Europe. Greek Public Order Minister Christos Papoutsis went to the border village of Kantanies on Monday to announce that work on the 13-foot-tall (4-meter-tall) fence will start next month and is expected to be finished by September at a cost of more than euro 3 million ($4 million). It will stretch from Kastanies to the Greek village of Nea Vyssa, near the northeastern town of Orestiada. “This is an opportunity for us to send a clear message ... to all the EU that Greece is fully compliant with its border commitments,” Papoutsis told reporters. “Traffickers should know that this route will be closed to them. Their life is about to get much harder.” Greece is one of the 26 European nations in the Schengen Area, which has external border controls but not ones within the zone. Since Greece is on the southeastern edge of the area, and Turkey has not signed the Schengen Agreement, Greece is required to maintain its border controls. During Papoutsis’ visit to Kastanies, about 40 people protested nearby, saying the fence is a violation of human rights and should not be built at a time when Greece is suffering a deep financial crisis that has led to punishing austerity measures and high unemployment. About 200 riot police stood by, but no violence occurred during the demonstration. Papoutsis said the fence will be coupled with a network of fixed night-vision cameras providing real-time footage to the new command center. Most of Greece’s 125-mile (200-kilometer) border with Turkey runs along a river known as Evros in Greece and Meric in Turkey. The new fence, which Turkey’s government has not opposed, will block a short stretch of dry land between the two countries. Greece already is receiving emergency assistance at the Evros border from the EU border protection agency, Frontex. On Monday, three men seen entering Greece at the point where the fence will be built told The Associated Press they are illegal immigrants who fled Syria’s violence. — The Associated Press

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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. Rutgers Study Abroad will continue their week of information sessions, focusing today on the Europe/United Kingdom programs. The meeting will take place at 7:45 p.m. in Frelinghuysen Hall, Room B6. For more information, visit studyabroad.rutgers.edu.

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. Rutgers Study Abroad will introduce students to summer programs at Frelinghuysen Hall, Room B6. Study abroad alumni and staff will be present to field questions. For more information, visit studyabroad.rutgers.edu.

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Rutgers Study Abroad will finish a week of information sessions with a meeting regarding the Africa, Asia and Middle East programs at 8 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. For more information, visit studyabroad.rutgers.edu.

“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier will present his documentar y “Teenage Paparazzo” at 7 p.m. the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room on the College Avenue campus, sponsored by the Rutgers University Programming Association. The film screening will be followed by an ar t exhibit and discussion with Grenier. Admission is $5 for students with an RUID and $10 for guests.

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. Continuing Professional Education will be having a workshop that will include content on the construction of outdoor entertainment spaces from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the College Avenue campus. The workshop will teach various sets of skills — from weatherproof appliance and material selection to lighting and electrical work — that can challenge even experienced landscapers. The course will include content on the construction of outdoor entertainment space.

Colleges Against Cancer will be selling Hershey’s kisses candy grams from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Colleges Against Cancer writing Valentine’s Day cards to cancer patients and passing out cancer prevention information. Contact Dillion Teisch for more information at (908) 444-0809.

Career services will be hosting “Café Con Leche: Career Conversations” form 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Center for Latino Arts and Culture on the College Avenue Campus. Have coffee or tea with a career counselor to discuss employment, internships and job search. Refreshments will be served. To register for the workshop RSVP online through your careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu with the workshop name and your RUID number.

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Exhibit offers historical look at local black migration BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR

The New Brunswick Free Public Library celebrated Black Histor y Month on Sunday, launching a month-long exhibit exploring the 20th centur y migration of African Americans. The exhibit focuses on the Great Migration, a period when millions of African Americans moved to the Northeast and Midwest United States from the South in search of a more prosperous life, said Marilyn Herod, secretary of the New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee. “The great migration is the period when groups and families of African Americans moved to the north in search of jobs,” Herod said. “Jobs here were known to be plentiful. They settled and opened businesses and restaurants.” Participants in the exhibit were made up of New Brunswick families who could trace their roots back to the great migration period, making the presentation a community effort, Herod said. “These are families that have ancestors who came from the south and moved up north,” she said. “Each family submitted a presentation on their own personal history.” Herod said having local families express their stories shows that many New Brunswick residents

share a similar past, bringing out a sense of family in the community. “People enjoy talking and reminiscing about their experience,” she said. “It’s good networking and people learn about each other’s histories. They like mingling and talking about the good times and the bad times.” The exhibit will become a part of a long-term endeavor consisting of a compilation of stories, pictures and facts from the local families, Herod said. “It is an ongoing project. The aim is to make this into a book about New Brunswick residents,” she said. The exhibit is set to remain for public viewing until the end of the month, Herod said. Kim Adams, archival librarian at the New Brunswick Public Library, said the New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee provides a presentation for Black History Month on a yearly basis, with the hope of uniting the local African-American population under cultural themes. “The commission is very well supported by the African-American community,” she said. “They are dedicated to preserving and educating the African-American residents in New Brunswick.” The Great Migration had an impact in Middlesex County, with the local African-American population increasing dramatically

MAN ARRESTED AFTER STABBING NEAR PITTMAN PARK A local New Brunswick man was taken into custody on Monday in response to a stabbing near Pittman Park over the weekend, according to an ar ticle on nj.com. Authorities said police were investigating repor ts of a dispute at Seaman Street near Throop Avenue, where they found a 39-year-old woman with stab wounds on her head and leg, according to the ar ticle. Sgt. Mark Pappas, a New Brunswick Police Depar tment spokesman, told nj.com that Kevin Ennals, 25, was arrested in relation to the case on charges of aggravated assault and weapons. The woman was treated and later released at Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital, Pappas told nj.com Ennals is currently being held in North Brunswick at the Middlesex County Jail. This incident occurred less than a week after police were involved in the shooting of 19-year-old New Brunswick resident, Victor Rodriguez, during a police call Jan. 31 on Seaman Street.

during the early 20th century, Adams said. “In 1860, there were 1100 African Americans in Middlesex County. During the next half century, that number grew to about 1800,” Adams said. “But, between 1910 and 1920, that number grew by 45 percent. The AfricanAmerican community has been very active here for a lot of years.” Adams said this year’s Black History Month holds extra significance because it falls on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. She hopes that the public continues to be educated on the subject. “In a lot of Civil War history books, it glosses over the AfricanAmerican involvement,” she said. “When I was in high school, you didn’t even know that African Americans fought. Now we know that they made major contributions in various ways.” Herod said the University students, as well as the local residents, should make an effort to appreciate the exhibit. Students can benefit from the knowledge presented at the public library. “Students should come check the display. It is about learning about the history that dates back to slavery,” she said. “It is also great to hear about all the local contributions that came from those who migrated.” Adams said she hopes students will take the initiative to

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The New Brunswick Public Library presents the history of migrated families during their celebration of Black History Month this month.

learn about the histories of many of the local families. “I think if they want to be properly educated, they need to inquire and see what the black community is saying about itself and what we are trying to enlighten people with,” she said. Adams said the modern New Brunswick community is a result of the different ethnic groups that have settled in the area, such as the Hispanic and Indian populations. “There is a reason New Brunswick is called the hub, ever yone has passed through

here,” she said. “Floods of ethnicities come here time after time, and we try to celebrate and recognize these cultures.” Reverend Lauren Carrington, executive director of the Tiny Tots Spot daycare, said for the last decade, there has been an interest in creating an exhibit on the Great Migration. “[The New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee] has done exhibits for the last 10 years and this was something that we had always talked about so we finally did it,” said Carrington, one of the event’s organizers.

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State visitor center location benefits U.

hen the University unveiled its $7.5 million visitor center on Busch campus in October 2009, the reaction from students and community members was mixed with both wonder and confusion. Wonder, at the sight of the state-of-the-art, twostory building whose giant white “R” is visible from Route 18 — and confusion, at the decision to spend $7.5 million on a brand new facility that seemed, to many, unnecessary. But since then, the building has served as a gateway to the state’s flagship university for prospective students, faculty and tourists alike — welcoming more than 63,000 people just this past year. And to add to the building’s prestige, the center has been recently designated an official New Jersey Visitor Information Center. Some may have questioned in the past whether or not the facility served a purpose, beyond welcoming the occasional family or conference meeting. On top of these visitors, the center will now welcome tourists from within the state, as well as beyond its borders. Though it may not be the most ideal location for a state visitor center — it’s a distance from the state’s most traveled highways — having a University facility designated as such will bring with it many benefits. Under the partnership between the University and the state, the center will see a number of additions, including the facility being featured in the Official New Jersey Travel Guide. Videos showcasing N.J. attractions will be funded by the state, and University Scarlet Ambassadors will be trained to provide travel and tourism information to visitors. Beyond these renovations, the partnership is good for both the University’s name and recognition. The facility will undoubtedly witness an increase in visitors, and a state tourism center will bring more attention to the University community. With the designation of our own visitor center as a state visitor center, many will now recognize the University community as a place that represents N.J. itself — along with all its features and attractions. Rutgers is the state’s flagship university, after all — and this partnership will make that more true than ever.

See value in laws concerning morality

hen news of a child sex abuse case broke last year involving Penn State’s former assistant head coach Jerry Sandusky, many were outraged. Among the incident’s ramifications were the firing of Joe Paterno, the school’s former head coach, as well as the charging of the school’s athletic director and a top official with perjury for failing to report the suspected child abuse. But the implications of the incident do not stop there. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, the scandal is now being used as impetus to introduce dozens of bills across the countr y — all aimed at increasing the reporting of child abuse and neglect. Individuals like Penn State’s officials involved in the Sandusky scandal will now be held liable for failing to report such abuse, and as an effect, will face increased criminal penalties. The scandal, and the laws that have followed, bring up an interesting question: Can morality be governed? We think yes. In some senses, these laws seems strange: Responsible adults do not — or at least should not — need to be reminded by rule of law that they are morally obliged to report sexual assault. Those individuals at Penn State who were involved in the scandal should have recognized an obvious wrongdoing and taken it upon themselves to act appropriately, which means informing the proper authorities. Individuals should not be dependent on state and national legislation to make the right decisions. And so far, there is no indication that such laws will indeed drive individuals to make more responsible, virtuous decisions regarding sexual abuse and the like. But the reality is that we cannot always expect this type of moral uprightness from our fellow citizens. Regarding the Sandusky scandal, it seems even individuals of the highest authority can just as easily fall victim to corruption and immorality. One can imagine that, were these laws in place when Paterno was informed of the alleged child abuse, and Paterno did have a legal obligation to notify authorities, things would have been different. The law may be reactionary, but it’s an unfortunate fact that sometimes, such tragedies are required in order to force preventative measures like these to be taken. Abuse, neglect and criminal acts have taken place before and will likely continue to take place unless a clear line is drawn between right and wrong. In this sense, there is value to be found in this type of legislation.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “There is a reason New Brunswick is called ‘The Hub.’ ... Floods of ethnicities come here time after time, and we try to celebrate and recognize these cultures.” Kim Adams, archival librarian at the New Brunswick Public Library, on the U.S. black migration from the South to the Northeast and Midwest STORY IN METRO

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and administrators and n the top cor ner of what they do to help ever y issue of The Daily make this University run. Targum, above the I am proud to wear my day’s date, are two digits: scarlet red T-shir ts and volume and number. to say that I go to Volume documents the this University. year, and number docuBut most of all, I am ments the issue of the TAYLERE PETERSON proud of the writers, paper of that year. A year the photographers, the r uns about 135 papers. editors and the leaders that strive ever y Multiply that by the range of hours per day I’ve night — Sunday through Thursday, from 3 p.m. worked in various positions (as shor t as six and to midnight — to put out a daily paper. It’s honas long as 12), and I can calculate an estimation estly like giving bir th — the pushing of how many hours I’ve clocked working inand screaming and delirious laughter. But of fice for the Targum. somehow we did it, ever y night. And so will this It’s past 3,000 at this point. new board. What I’ve learned after 3,000 hours, two-andTo the 144th board: You will always be my a-half years and more than 280 papers is that children. Ever y single one of you exhibits the I care so much more than I ever would have if kind of excitement and drive that I hadn’t walked into a small, I know will launch you into greatdingy of fice sitting on Mine “It’s honestly like ness. To save space, I’ll refrain Street one May after noon. from listing your names, but you I’ve learned valuable skills: how to giving birth — guys know who you are. And soon edit, how to write concisely and in the pushing and the University will know, too. a par ticular style, how to manage To Olivia, my prodigy: I cannot a staf f of 50 students, how to make screaming and express how proud I am, as lame a list of ads fit into a range of delirious laughter.” as it sounds. You have succeeded space, how to make things work me twice now, and I hope you will and sound right and send ever y continue to succeed me — in name night no matter what. and in impact. But I’ve also learned about the University, To the boards before me, the ones I’ve known how large, diverse it is, and how full of life and and the ones I haven’t: Thank you for continuing spirit it is. Student groups, charities, greek life, this legacy, and thank you for preparing it for our lectures, activities, spor ting events — so many continuous hands to take and pass on when the time things I’ve read about, captioned pictures of, is right. Thank you, especially, to the 142nd editorimost of which I would not even know about if I al board. You were and still are my family — the wasn’t involved in a daily newspaper bent on board that taught me to care. repor ting it all. To the people tucked “upstairs” in the busiThe way I see it? I wouldn’t care about anyness and productions offices, especially: Momma thing if I hadn’t joined the Targum. I came to Liz (I will miss your hugs) and Simone (I will the University with a negative amount of school miss your witty comments). Mike, Ed, Corey and, spirit that star ted back in high school. of course, Garret/G-Ret — Thank you for all the But I am proud now. I am proud of what my paginating and epic phone conversations. student body stands for when it rallies in times To the editors following me into the abyss that of injustice, celebration and tragedy. I am proud is graduation (or just leaving the Targum in genof our teams, players and coaches. I am proud of eral): We did it. To Aleksi, my favorite bro and the hundreds to thousands of students, faculty European companion. To Mattie K, my male and staf f who pledge themselves to amazing counterpar t and par tner in verbal crime. To charities like “The Big Chill 5K” and Dance Reena/Reeno/Kareena/Deena/Jade Marathon. I am proud of the students who dedWindsor/Sylvie Wong, Steven Andpoo Miller icate their time and energy to local organiza(#la), Kristine who-likes-ducks-too-much Rosette tions like Young Life and Big Buddy. I am proud of the groups and associations that earn awards, accolades and applause from audiences. I am SEE PETERSON ON PAGE 11 proud to know the names of student leaders

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at Montclair State University, to never abandon my grief. Although I initially felt the same apathy at hearing that a note stating “Fags will die on 2/7” had been written, it seems irresponsible to allow apathy to take hold. I have resolved to carry every raped child and tortured teenager I have ever known with me so that I can do my part to build a better world where no one will ever have to grieve again. It seems obvious to me that anyone who is queer or otherwise a minority at this campus must take a similar course of action. The only respite that I have ever gotten from the long shadow of bigotry is from the support of my friends and colleagues, who despite never having faced the repression I

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he recent preser vation of one of the largest remaining undeveloped proper ties in Raritan Township has been a serious accomplishment, according to town of ficials. After years of ef for t, a 108-acre por tion of proper ty consisting of farm fields, forests and scenic water falls has been set aside for recreational use. “There aren’t many chances to preser ve a proper ty in Raritan Township where you can go for a walk through woods and fields,” said Kate Buttolph, director of land acquisition and stewardship at Hunterdon Land Trust. We’d take it a step fur ther and argue that there are not many chances to do this anywhere within the Garden State. For this, Raritan Township deser ves a laurel. Land preser vation is a top priority for many townships throughout New Jersey — and the preser vation of this proper ty is a step in the right direction. *

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Same-sex marriage in New Jersey may be one step away from becoming a reality — that is, unless Gov. Chris Christie has his say about it. N.J. Assembly Democrats said yesterday that they are confident they have the votes needed to pass legislation which would legalize same-sex marriage in the state, yet Christie has previously vowed to veto any legislation that comes to his desk regarding same-sex marriage. He instead proposes to put the decision through a state referendum. Our question is this — why should same-sex marriage legislation be treated any dif ferent from other legislation? If the votes are there, the bill should pass. In this case, the only thing preventing the legislation is Christie’s stubbor n ideology. Christie deser ves a dar t for this.

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Letter BILAL AHMED

hen it was announced that I would be giving the introductory address at the US to Gaza fundraising dinner on Nov. 4, 2010, I was told of a disturbing comment made by one of my former friends. He stated in Arabic, “I really don’t know why that Pakistani faggot thinks he has any right to talk about Palestine.” The person who told me expected a reaction — however, I could not muster it. The irony of a Palestinian attempting to discriminate against another group was not enough to faze me. I responded to her, with a blank and disheveled look on my face, that I have grappled with far worse things. I explained to her that I had met queer street youth in Yemen who were brutally sodomized on a regular basis as a means to circumvent the sexually repressive system of gender segregation. That during secondary school in Ontario, I regularly heard homophobic rants. That I had also heard hushed rumors about friends of friends who were taken to the outskirts of town and tortured until they screamed out “heterosexual statements.” Finally, I mentioned the bitter warnings about how the hypocrisy of homophobia had led to some people in Ontario raping queers as a means of condemning them for being effeminate. If I live in the shadow of possible rape, unspeakable torture and violent incarnations of counterrevolutionary peevishness, why should I be upset at one homophobic comment? Simply put, this is the way of the world.

That night, I cried to myself. I cried for an extremely long time that none of my qualifications to give the speech mattered in light of my possible sexuality. The stages of grief cannot be completed when the seventh stage, acceptance, is impossible. How could I possibly accept even the smallest comment if it is part of the same vicious homophobic culture that has cast a shadow on my entire life? And how could I accept an attitude which seeks to tell me that I will never belong in this country? It seemed as necessary then as it is now, in the wake of recent events

“The stages of grief cannot be completed when the seventh stage, acceptance, is impossible.”

have seen or experienced, never cease to recognize the injustice and make their allegiances to humanitarian principles clear. A strategy proposed to show that the University embraces all sexualities and hatred against any will involves wearing the color purple, wearing relevant pins, and distributing literature in front of the dining hall. I cannot possibly communicate the importance of participating in these symbolic actions. Anyone who has committed the crime of being different in this country feels a sense of nausea at every instance of discriminatory peevishness, no matter how seemingly insignificant. It is beyond empowering to see people unifying together in the face of such hatred, sending out the powerful and lasting message that so long as bigotry exists, there will always be a response that holds the promise of smashing it to dust. Personally, on Feb. 7, I will see every purple shade, rainbow pin and difference-friendly smile as a promise that some day, the hatred, torture and killing will finally end. That our distant descendants will read about our struggles and put them away on dusty bookshelves. And that so long as there are generous and kindhearted people in the world who organize and participate in events such as these, those of us who are different will never have a reason to fear defying the status quo. Bilal Ahmed is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Middle Eastern studies with minors in political science and African, Middle Eastern and South Asian languages and literatures.

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Head coach C. Vivian Stringer faces lineup questions for the rest of the season, as she did Saturday against Connecticut.

SPOT: Rushdan’s absence highlights RU’s woes on offense continued from back Since Rushdan fell and hit her head five minutes into the Georgetown matchup Jan. 29, the Rutgers offense has not scored more than 41 points. The worst output occurred in Saturday’s 66-34 loss at UConn, where the lack of a facilitator was noticeable. “There’s no question that [Connecticut is] explosive,” Stringer said. “I think that has to do with substitutions on our part. We just don’t come in right and ready.” Two of the substitutes Stringer used were senior for-

ward April Sykes and junior guard Erica Wheeler. Sykes and Wheeler scored only 4 points each against Connecticut after both started the game on the bench for the second consecutive contest. Stringer often tinkers with her lineups until close to tip-off, so whether or not Sykes or Wheeler will start against St. John’s is unknown. The Knights also passed the toughest par t of their schedule, when wins against the Huskies and the Fighting Irish were unlikely. But St. John’s and the rest of the Knights’ opponents give them a chance to right the ship and fight for one of the topfour spots.

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Junior 197-pounder Dan Rinaldi controls Hofstra’s Tim Murphy on Jan. 27. Rinaldi was one of two winners at Virginia.

DUO: Rinaldi, Zannetti win

training regiment, and as much as it pains him, it comes at the despite team-wide struggles sacrifice of dual-meet victories. But he likely wants wins from more than just Zannetti continued from back and Rinaldi. him to pick up the signature win The duo is the model of conhe lacks. sistency this season. While other Senior 141-pounder Billy wrestlers spent time out of the Ashnault is likely bound for the lineup, Zannetti and Rinaldi are national tournament the only Knights to already, but he will have appear at 174 and 197 to knock off ranked pounds this season, opponents to make a respectively. Rinaldi run. He could not do sat three matches with that in Virginia, where a concussion. he lost, 6-3, to eighthAnd when they are ranked Nick Nelson. in the lineup, they win. The only two victoZannetti delivered ries at Memorial Gym the first decision came from 17th-ranked for Rutgers against VINCENT Zannetti and Rinaldi, Virginia, beating DELLEFAVE who continue to win Vinny Waldhauser, 9dual-meet matches while the rest 8. Rinaldi beat Ryan Malo, 7-3, of the squad struggles. two bouts later. The dual-meet season is all but The decision improved over at this point, and the loss to Zannetti’s record to 23-3 on the the Cavaliers drops Rutgers to 12season and 17-1 in dual meets, 6 — the most losses it suffered while Rinaldi is now 19-5 with a since Goodale’s first two seasons. 14-1 dual-meet record. The struggle with results is While this season is about indilargely by design. vidual results, it likely did little to Goodale revamped the make it any easier on Goodale as Knights’ offseason and in-season the rest of his lineup fell.

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HISTORY: Knights boast larger goals for 2012 season continued from back D’Elia and Nicole Romano, they put their names into the Rutgers record books. And it couldn’t have come at a better time. Landing their vault routines has been something the Knights struggled with the entire season, Straub said. “It is a good thing that we finally came together. Our team made our vaults, which has been our whole problem this whole time,” Straub said. “When we all hit, you LOUIS can see what we are capable of.” What the Knights are capable of is, at the ver y least, equaling a record recorded last Februar y in a meet with Mar yland, Penn State and William & Mary. But the Knights are not content. The team is no stranger to breaking records. The same group that broke the record for most wins in a sea-

son last year set its sights on going farther than tied for third place this season. It needs only .200 of a point until it reaches the previous record, set last March in the EAGL Championships. “I’m excited, really excited,” Straub said. “But next time we would like to overcome the tie and break it.” Perhaps more impor tant than statistics and record books is what effect the vault performance has on the mindset of the team. Knowing they can match their recordsetting performances from last season only adds to the Knights’ LEVINE growing confidence. They showed a good deal of the confidence that comes along with a recordtying performance in their routine at Pittsburgh, according to Gunzelman. “It was almost like we knew before someone went into their routine that they were going to hit it,” Gunzelman said. “Stuff like that really helps the team out going forward as far as confidence goes.”

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Junior Danielle D’Elia is one of many Scarlet Knights this season to etch out a spot in the Rutgers record books.

utgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice called his ejection Saturday at Louisville a “learning moment for me” yesterday, when he met with the media. A Big East referee ejected Rice in the first half, the first time during his two seasons with the Scarlet Knights that Rice left a game prematurely. “You can’t control what happens, but you can control how you respond,” Rice said. “It was a bad mistake.” Rice spent the rest of the contest in the visiting locker room. He tweeted, “Man, did I blow that up today. #apologize” following the Knights’ 78-66 loss. “It made us come together more,” said junior forward Austin Johnson of Rice’s ejection. “We started uniting. Everybody started chattering.”

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starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez won his arbitration hearing, becoming the first player this season to do so. The Marlins offered him $6.9 million. But thanks to winning his suit, they paid Sanchez $8 million. Sanchez, eligible for free agency, made 32 starts last season and posted an 8-9 record with a 3.67 ERA and 202 strikeouts in 196 1/3 innings. Two other pitchers, the Washington Nationals’ John Lannan and the Tampa Bay Rays’ Jeff Niemann, have undergone arbitration hearings and both lost.

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suspended Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Kevin Love yesterday for two games for stepping on Houston Rockets center Luis Scola’s face. While Scola worked his way towards the basket during a Feb. 4 game, Love swiped the ball out of his hands and forced a turnover. As a result, Scola fell to the ground. Once Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio collected the ball, Love went to join him and stepped on Scola in the process. On a video replay, Love appeared to look back at Scola before stepping on him, but no initial foul was called.

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RU sets Freshman aids Rutgers in early stretch record in relay run BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s track and field team competed in the New WOMEN’S TRACK Balance Collegiate Invitational this weekend at the New York Armory in the Bronx. The Scarlet Knights only competed a dozen athletes in the event. Rutgers was one of more than 100 schools at the meet, providing the Knights who competed with a wide range of competition. The Knights’ goal entering the event was to set a school record in the 4x200-meter relay, and thanks to freshman Gabrielle Farquharson, sophomores Tylia Gillon and Corryn Hurrington and junior Asha R u t h , Rutgers accomplished the feat. T h e 4x200m e t e r relay team set a new school JAMES record ROBINSON with a time of 1:38.32, which was also good enough to place the team fourth in the event. “We competed a few studentathletes at this competition, but we came out with some more Big East Conference qualifiers and two new school records,” said head coach James Robinson. “We’ll keep striving to perform at a high level ever y opportunity we get. We went into the competition this weekend with the goal of breaking the 4x200-meter relay record, and the ladies accomplished this goal, plus [senior Nwamaka] Okobi’s continual assault on her own school record. This is the third time Nwamaka has broken the record this season.” The record Robinson spoke about is Okobi’s effort in the triple jump. She broke her own school record in the event by jumping 12.58 meters, which was also a Big East and ECAC qualifying mark. Ruth and senior Danai Lendor also came away with solid individual performances. Ruth ran a Big East qualifying time of 7.80 in the 60 meter, and Lendor ran a Big East qualifying time of 1:16.98 in the 500meter event. “We are very happy on how we are progressing,” Robinson said. The Knights split their team this weekend between two events. Some athletes will travel to Massachusetts on Friday to compete in the Valentine’s Invitational. Others will compete in the Lafayette/Rider Invitational, which takes place Friday and Saturday in the Bronx. Big East Championships on Feb. 18 and 19 follow the pair of competitions. The Knights must make their finishing touches this week, before the conference championships arrive.

Contributing as a freshman in any sport on the Division-I level is a feat not many student athletes attain. TENNIS F o r freshman Lindsay Balsamo, being a part of the Rutgers tennis team has the rookie energized with the potential that lies ahead of her. “It is really exciting,” Balsamo said. “I’m thrilled to be playing and to be part of such a great team. It’s exciting to be starting.” Not only has Balsamo been a visible member of the program, but her play for head coach Ben Bucca has been a key component to the team’s early season success. The Scarlet Knights started off the spring campaign with a 2-0 record. Balsamo plays in the No. 6 position for the Knights, which allows her to ease into her first year competing in Division-I tennis. She responded well to her role and has delivered two match wins in Rutgers’ first two victories. In her first match of the season against Lehigh, Balsamo shut out Jill Sloand in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Her second singles competition yielded similar results, as she took down Gaby Sarrate, 6-0, 6-1, in Sunday’s 7-0 victory against Fairleigh Dickinson. Her early-season triumphs make Balsamo assured for when the team faces more challenging competition come Big East match play.

“It gives me confidence for when we meet more challenging teams,” Balsamo said. “It’s nice to have a couple wins under my belt already.” Bucca also likes the way she competes with fellow teammate, senior Morgan Ivey, in doubles play. The duo competes in the third doubles position and has registered two match wins for the team. “She has paired up really nicely with Morgan and has done great playing in the [No. 6] singles position for us,” Bucca said. “She gives us depth, which is what you need to win on this level.” While success on the court comes natural to Balsamo, the Wall, N.J., native says the biggest change for her was adjusting from starting on her high school team to contributing right away at Rutgers. The level of competition has been dif ferent, Balsamo said. Her fast star t has Balsamo grateful for her upper classman teammates. “Division-I tennis is a lot more challenging, but my teammates have helped me a lot,” Balsamo said. “It is nice to see how they have come such a long way from freshmen and see how they manage their time with tennis. They’re great role models.” The leadership and example the upperclassmen provided will come in handy for Balsamo and the rest of her teammates as they inch closer to Big East play. The Knights play three more out-of-conference match-

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Senior Morgan Ivey competes in doubles with Lindsay Balsamo, a freshman — a combination head coach Ben Bucca likes. es before they square of f against Syracuse, their first Big East opponent. While the challenge is evident, Bucca knows Balsamo will continue to improve as the season progresses and is confident in his improving freshman. “All I can expect from Lindsay is that she works hard and plays hard,” Bucca said. “She has improved significantly,

and as long as she keeps doing what she’s doing, she is going to have a lot of wins for us.” The fact that her coach has such confidence in her has Balsamo excited to be a member of the program and keep improving. “I love being par t of the team and getting to represent such a large student body,” Balsamo said.

Rookie jumper experiences early success BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track and field team’s redshirt freshman, Corey Crawford, is in good MEN’S TRACK company in the New Jersey high school record books. The Indian Hills High School product’s leap of 25 feet, 1 half-inch in the long jump ranks second all-time in the state behind former Olympic standout Carl Lewis. Before Lewis won his record 10 Olympic medals, he was a standout athlete at Willingboro High School. Lewis became a national record holder with the Chimeras and one of New Jersey’s greatest athletes. Lewis’s national record of 26 feet, 6 inches stood for 10 years until Dion Bentley from Penn

Hills High School in Pittsburgh surpassed it by 3 inches. Crawford said it is a true honor to be in the same conversation as the legendary athlete. “It’s amazing,” Crawford said. “He’s someone I’ve always looked up to. He’s one of the greatest to ever long jump, and to be right behind him truly means a lot to me.” The Oakland, N.J., native achieved his record-making mark at the Aviator Relays in 2010 in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. Crawford then went on to win the NJSIAA Meet of Champions and place third at the New Balance Outdoor National Meet. Already committed to the Scarlet Knights, Crawford was set to transfer his high school stardom to the collegiate level, but knee surgery following his senior season forced him to redshirt his rookie year on the Banks.

Returning this winter for his first full collegiate season, Crawford continues to make splashes. He won four out of five meets against local competition and placed fourth out of 33 national elite jumpers at Saturday’s Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame. His collegiate-best long jump distance — 7.59 meters — is shor t of his high school record, but Crawford continues to progress. He added more than 1 foot to his distance since the start of the season and is ready for more big jumps at the Big East Championships. Beside his ability as a jumper, Crawford shows his speed on the track. His third-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Metropolitan Championships rounded out the Knights’ 1-2-3finish in the event.

He needs to be faster than 22 seconds to be effective at the championship meet, but all signs favor his progression. Crawford currently holds the Big East’s best long jump. He will need to showcase it in less than two weeks in the Bronx at the conference’s championship meet. Six of last season’s top finishers, including Louisville’s Wesley Smith, who looks to defend his title, will test Crawford. Smith recorded a distance of 7.63 meters a year ago to capture the Big East title. Crawford’s versatility as an athlete can help improve the team’s 2011 fifth-place finish. His association with one of track and field’s greatest athletes is a commendable accomplishment. With Crawford’s first shot at a Big East title nearing, the redshirt freshman may add another to his list.

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The Big East standings are misleading. Although the Rutgers women’s basketball team fell from tied WOMEN’S BASKETBALL for first to a tie for sixth in a matter of six games, the Scarlet Knights are not far from where they were before. Rutgers (17-6, 6-4) did not do itself any favors in its three-game losing skid, but its high Big East hopes are still attainable. The Knights are only one game behind thirdplace Georgetown in the standings. But their upcoming schedule reveals teams in the mix for one of the top spots in the Big East — a top-four spot means clinching access to the third round in the Big East tournament. Their next games include a matchup Sunday against St. John’s and then a trip Feb. 15 to West Virginia, both of which share Georgetown’s 7-3 Big East record. The Rutgers season was not supposed to be such a struggle, at least according to Big East and NCAA predictions. Big East voters placed Rutgers fourth in its conference preseason poll behind Notre Dame, Connecticut and Louisville. The Associated Press placed the Knights as high as No. 7 in the country. Then they played St. John’s. A 62-57 loss to the Red Storm on Jan. 17 began a downward spiral that brought Rutgers four Big East losses and a 10-spot demotion to No. 17 in the country. Despite being unranked, head coach C. Vivian Stringer still puts the Johnnies with No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 UConn. “Notre Dame, Connecticut, St. John’s — they’ve been a three-headed monster for us,” she said. Not only has a tough schedule with all three of those teams spawned a Rutgers fall in the standings, but many other things have gone wrong for the Knights. Fifth-year senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan remained sidelined with a mild concussion. She did not travel with the Knights to Storrs, Conn. The Rutgers offense’s ineffectiveness corresponds with Rushdan’s absence.

The victory by forfeit that started the Rutgers wrestling team’s dual meet at Virginia on Saturday WRESTLING likely did little to RUTGERS 12 make the next five matches any VIRGINIA 24 more comfortable. While the Scarlet Knights took an early lead in Charlottesville, Va., the next five matches — all losses — quickly erased it. The points Greg Zannetti and Dan Rinaldi provided by decisions did not mean much in the 24-12 dual meet loss. Head coach Scott Goodale knew entering the match the rankings favored the Cavaliers throughout the lineup. And he knew fifthranked, 149-pounder Mario Mason was only in his first bout back from missing time because of injury. But that could not make the losses suffered by Mason and 13th-ranked, 165pounder Scott Winston — two of the wrestlers Goodale is counting on most to deliver Rutgers’ first All-American since 2002 — any easier. Goodale wants his wrestlers to peak in March, but that means winning some matches as it approaches. Mason fell to an unranked Gus Sako, 5-3, in his first bout in three weeks. Winston fell to No. 17 Nick Sulzer, 5-2, for his second loss in as many weeks. Each came against opponents ranked below him, as the junior attempts to hit his stride in order to defend his EIWA title at 165 pounds. He avoided Lehigh’s Brandon Hatchett at the EIWA Tournament last season, but that might not be the case this year, and a loss to Sulzer is not encouraging. Both Hatchett and Sulzer feature the lengthy frame that Winston struggles with — evidenced by a pair of losses to Hatchett last season, one of which sent Hatchett to the podium and Winston home from the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia. Sophomore Vincent Dellefave is attempting to build his postseason résumé at 125 pounds, but a forfeit victory does not allow

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Senior forward April Sykes made only one shot in the Knights’ 66-34 loss to UConn. Sykes’ status as a starter against St. John’s on Sunday remains uncertain.

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Rutgers makes history with high vault score BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

Despite racking up a number of personal career-high performances Saturday, the Rutgers gymnastics GYMNASTICS team finished in a disappointing third place in a quad meet at Pittsburgh. But the Scarlet Knights’ performance in one event in particular landed them in a completely dif ferent — and far more satisfying — top-three standing. Their score of 48.675 in the vault competition tied the record for third highest in Knights histor y. But before head coach Louis Levine even saw the statistics and found out the record-setting performance his team put up, he knew he saw something special on the vault.

“Every single one of us rocked vault from start to finish. I could be wrong, but I think we set some sort of school record,” Levine said before learning the truth in his prediction. “That is the story of the meet right there.” The vault was definitely the story as far as Rutgers was concerned, as it took three of the top-five spots in the competition. Sophomore Alyssa Straub paced the Knights in the event, recording a 9.825, good enough for second place. Junior Jenna Zito and sophomore Alexis Gunzelman trailed Straub, tying for third place with a score of 9.800 apiece. All three scores either tied or surpassed previous career highs for the three gymnasts. Combined with the scores of freshman Sara Skammer and juniors Danielle

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Junior Jenna Zito tied for third place Saturday in the vault with Alexis Gunzelman, her sophomore teammate. Three Scarlet Knights took as many places in the top five.