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RUTGERS-NEWARK STUDENTS RETURN TO RESIDENCE HALLS AFTER FBI FINDS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE Rutgers-Newark students returned to their residence halls Wednesday evening after the FBI determined there was no threat to students during their on-campus investigation.

Students were evacuated from a Rutgers-Newark residence hall for a second time Wednesday afternoon, after FBI officials followed up on a report of potentially hazardous substances, according to an official Rutgers-Newark statement.

Campus police received information Tuesday from the University of South Dakota authorities, informing them to search the room of a RutgersNewark student after finding bomb ingredients in a student’s room, according to NBC New York.

The student had connections to a RutgersNewark student and when officers reached out to officials at Rutgers-Newark, they discovered similar materials.

As of press time, Rutgers-Newark officials were unavailable for comment, and the connection between the two students remains unclear.

Students from University Square, Woodward Hall and Talbott Hall were evacuated Tuesday and taken

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Writer finds humor in politics

Gov. Chris Christie shares his plans to improve the state at the National Guard Armory yesterday in Westfield, N.J.

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Christie proposes future tax reform

Elliott Kalan, a writer for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” spoke on his experiences in the entertainment world on Wednesday and shared the importance of presenting the news in a comedic way.

“Humor and Politics: How to Write Jokes When the News is Ridiculous” was presented as a conversation between Kalan and Ruth Mandel, the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, at the Douglass Campus Center, combining hard politics with soft humor.

Kalan said comedy should be viewed as a fine craft, but it is important to acknowledge that its usefulness is limited to certain situations.

“It’s like having a wild horse,” he said. “If you want to get somewhere really fast and you can’t take a car, then a wild horse is great. But in almost any other situation, a wild

BY SPENCER KENT STAFF WRITER

WESTFIELD, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie continued his “New Jersey Comeback” in a town-hall themed address at the National Guard Armor y in Westfield on Wednesday, focusing on the state’s progress and his future plans.

He spoke to a large crowd on the different strategies he has

applied since his election in 2009 and covered a variety of topics including education, taxes and spending cuts.

Christie said the previous administration participated in what he considered irresponsible spending, something he set out to change after he entered office.

“The Democrats in the previous administration only knew

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to the Paul Robeson Campus Center and the Golden Dome Athletic and Fitness Center.

NBC New York reported both students were in the process of making homemade fireworks and are cooperating with authorities.

“Ever yone in our university community should understand that we are handling this situation with the well being and safety of ever yone foremost in our minds,” said Kemel Dawkins, Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration, via email correspondence.

This investigation was conducted with the Essex County Disposal Unit and the Newark Police Department’s Special Operations Division. The teams found potentially dangerous materials in a student’s room and removed the materials, according to the statement.

The Rutgers-Newark student has been identified as Elan “Eli” Haba, a 19-year-old North Caldwell resident. Haba was charged with theft of movable property, possession of a weapon and possession of fireworks. He was released on a summons, according to The Star-Ledger.

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“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” writer Elliott Kalan shares his career experiences yesterday at the Douglass Campus Center. horse would be a bad idea. That’s what comedy is.”

Kalan said a sense of humor can come in handy at times, but it can be

harmful if the setting calls for a more serious approach.

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NJ Transit implements safety updates

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The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced yesterday they will implement safety improvements.

These initiatives include installing accident prevention signage at the New Brunswick station.

James Simpson, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, announced Wednesday a number of new safety regulations intended to reduce accidental deaths along the state’s railroad tracks.

The initiatives will build on already existing safety programs and follow the findings of a Safety Along Railroads Leadership Oversight Committee.

The committee was formed after two accidents — one in Wayne, N.J. on Oct. 2 and another in Garfield, N.J. on Oct. 3 — which claimed the lives of three teenagers and injured a fourth, according to the release.

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Mixer presents research opportunities to undergrads

BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Undergraduates looking for research opportunities in the sciences mixed and mingled with professors and postdoctoral students on Wednesday during the Office of Undergraduate Education’s “Undergraduate Research Mixer.”

Cook Campus Dean of Students Barbara Turpin said in the Cook Campus Center that working on research in the sciences at an undergraduate level can help further a student’s knowledge in the given field.

“Students do research [and] learn how to do science. That in itself is a valuable experience — plus, when you work on a science experiment, you work as a team.

You get to know the other students and faculty members very well,” said Turpin, who hosted the mixer.

Research allows students to get hands-on experience in the field and acquire data, as well as gain mentors in their respective fields, Turpin said.

She said some students have a particular interest in working with a faculty member but may not be able to do research because of a lack of funding.

“We want to make sure students are aware of the opportunities to do research — and the benefits — and how to go about identifying a faculty member to work with and start that process,” she said.

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Students come together at the Cook Campus Center yesterday to learn ways to gain research experience in the science field.

Faculty members also engaged with undergraduates to show them the value of scientific research during the mixer.

Filmmaking, presented a different approach to researching, which students can utilize at the undergraduate level.

“I’m here because we wanted to help students of all majors communicate their research to a large public audience. Students would work with the center to document the research that they encounter and experience and share it in a professional manner,” Seidel said.

Maria Corradini, a postdoctoral candidate in the Department of Food Science, said research experience is key for students

because it helped students become acquainted with laboratory techniques.

Corradini said she and her students will identify and characterize molecules in food that can be used to indicate the quality of foods.

“Things that are already present in food — you can monitor them in the distribution chain or product line, and see if they change over time,” she said. “They are linked to the quality of food, so you can figure out what is going on with them over time.”

Farhana Akter, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said it is impor tant to have a research background — especially when applying for graduate jobs.

“You never know what’s going to happen. You star t researching for someone — next thing you know, you’re working for them. It’s an early start for the future, and the earlier you start, the better it is for you to gain knowledge on researching,” said Akter, an event attendee.

Br yan Ryder, an event attendee, said having research experience gives students an advantage when applying to graduate schools.

“You’ll be better of f when you do research during graduate school, but for those that do not go on to graduate school, they would have some experience under their belt and know more on what they would be doing, research-wise,” said R yder, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student.

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RUTGERS-NEWARK FIRST AMERICAN U. TO GAIN UNESCO DESIGNATION The University signed an agreement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in UNESCO’s Paris headquarters Tuesday, establishing the University’s Peace Center as a UNESCO Institute.

Rutgers-Newark Interim Chancellor Philip Yeagle; Rutgers-Newark Professor Aldo Civic, co-founder of the International Institute for Peace; Forest Whitaker, UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation; UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova; and David Killion, U.S. ambassador to UNESCO signed the agreement as press watched in

TRANSIT: Committee formed after local accidents continued from front “Nothing at NJDOT or N.J. Transit matches the importance of safeguarding the lives of those who use New Jersey’s extensive, multimodal transportation system,” Simpson said in a press release.

The report, which revolves around three complementar y spheres — engineering, education and enforcement — represents three months of work and recommends 12 high-priority items to be carried out, or at least started, within a year.

“We dedicate the efforts that will spring from this safety initiative to all who have endured tragedy along our railroads and to all who we will protect in the future,” Simpson said.

Among the engineering recommendations is a pilot program to evaluate the effectiveness of gate skirts and “second train coming” warning signs, according to the report.

NJDOT and N.J. Transit will also deploy “dynamic message signs” at high-risk crossing locations to remind pedestrians the importance of safety.

N.J. Transit has begun to revise its Rail School Safety Program, which will include accounts from police officers and train engineers who have experience in dealing with pedestrianrelated accidents on the railway system. The program plans to adjust the contents of the accounts based on grade and maturity level.

In addition to information and warnings for pedestrians, N.J. Transit police will patrol highrisk locations, to enforce the laws prohibiting ducking under gates and other illegal or potentially dangerous actions, according to the report.

“Our collective efforts will build upon N.J. Transit’s extensive safety programs and will help create a safer future for our customers, our employees and

the University’s Center for Law and Justice, according to the release.

This agreement makes the University the only American university center with UNESCO designation, according to a Media Relations press release.

“This center is an exciting new program at Rutgers, and the agreement with UNESCO is unique — no other university in the U.S. has a UNESCO center,” said Carla Capizzi, a University senior public relations specialist via email correspondence.

In the first part of the press conference, UNESCO headquarters in Paris discussed the agreement with

for all N.J. residents and visitors,” said N.J. Transit Executive Director James Weinstein.

Eric Francisco, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said he felt safe — even before the new regulations — on his commute from Edison to New Brunswick.

“I’ve always felt safe before this and I’m going to after this, and I don’t think safety should be focused on this. I think safety should be about walking around the train stations late at night,” Francisco said.

He said unsafe crossings are a problem, but that should not be the case. Educational programs should be the focus of these reforms rather than warning signs that could be easily disregarded by pedestrians.

“Education is necessar y,” Francisco said. “Telling kids not to do it instead of barricading it and telling them, ‘Don’t go there’ — just tell them not to do it in the first place.”

Kanak Verma, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she agreed with the revisions to the existing safety norms.

“I think it’s a good idea because it’s there only to protect,” she said. “If they can think of other policies that don’t get in the way of how frequently the train comes or how convenient it is and they improve the safety, then it’s a good idea.”

Asim Alvi, a School of Engineering sophomore, said he does not think that old regulations were insufficient, but if incidents occurred, NJDOTS and N.J. Transit implemented reforms.

“I would hope most people have the common sense not to cross [the tracks],” he said. “We might as well implement this for those who don’t have the common sense to not to.”

The committee that issued the report was comprised of dozens of federal and state officials and other stakeholders, according to the press release. High-priority action items will go into effect within the year — some sooner — while others may take longer, according to the release.

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the International Institute for Peace, which establishes the organization as a Category 2 institute under the auspices of UNESCO. Whitaker and Civico, a Rutgers-Newark professor of anthropology and a conflict resolution exper t, founded the University’s International Institute for Peace in 2011, according to the release.

The institute, located at Rutgers-Newark, promotes sustainable peace rooted in human rights, elimination of poverty, and education for peace-building leaders, according to the release.

edy,” Kalan said. “As for a [specific] moment, I wish I could say there was the moment I was bitten by the radioactive spider, but no.”

Kalan said there was no definitive path to achieving a career in writing for the enter tainment industr y because the industr y lacks the structure that is more common in other fields.

“There is no real way to get writing jobs. It all helps. There are no rules. There are no stepby-step guides,” Kalan said.

Kalan said working at “The Daily Show” requires a balance between the writer’s passion for politics and comedy, but he was always more invested in the humorous side of the job.

“I came from a very political family, but the interest came in comedy first,” he said. “It’s easy to write about the government because there’s almost no point in history when the government hasn’t sucked.”

Kalan said Stewart’s role in the comedy process is invaluable, as the host always has a hand in the show’s jokes.

content is difficult, Kalan says continued from front “A lot of trouble comes with [a sense of humor]. It’s a really good thing to have in situations where it’s good to be funny, but it’s not good to have in situations where being funny is the last thing you want to be — like a funeral,” he said.

Kalan, a New York University alumnus, said he always dreamed of following in the footsteps of the late Andy Rooney, a humorist and news reporter who worked for “60 Minutes” for 33 years. “[Rooney] has a specific mindset,” Kalan said. “It’s not just that he [was] irritated by everyday things.

He’s irritated at things that don’t follow his mindset. It allowed him to say whatever he wanted, and I think that’s wonderful.”

Kalan said his family’s sense of humor led to his venture into comedy, and it was a general upbringing that led to him loving the industry.

“I come from a funny family, but I was the first to go to com-

“He’s the alpha and omega of it all. He’s the genesis and the revelations. There is very little in the show that doesn’t originate with him,” Kalan said.

One of the main difficulties in entertainment writing is keeping the show fresh and consistently funny, a fact that is acknowledged by “The Daily Show” writers, Kalan said.

“You’re not going to hit a homerun everyday,” he said.

Nicholas Rapon, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year, said the event inspired him to explore a career path in a field similar to that of Kalan.

“It helped me figure out my own writing path and how I might want to do satire myself,” Rapon said.

Connor Smith, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the event gave the audience a chance to see “The Daily Show” through the eyes of the writers — something that cannot be achieved through the show’s episodes.

“It’s cool to see the humor of ‘The Daily Show’ not fed through the mouth of Jon Stewart,” Smith said.

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REFORM: Gov. Christie hopes to keep promises to NJ continued from front how to say ‘yes.’ The answer was never ‘no.’ It was ‘yes’ for everything. We had to decide what we were going to do, and we decided to cut spending by $2 billion,” Christie said.

The governor said those who claim that raising taxes is the solution for New Jersey are wrong, and money and progress do not always correlate.

“The Democrats wanted to raise taxes and said that is what’s going to fix all the problems. They raised taxes 115 times,” he said. “[After cuts], they said how awful things were going to be for our students, yet test scores went up.”

Christie said he defended himself from critics’ comments — some of which he said were too offensive to repeat. He also said his decisions would bring problems to New Jersey.

“They said I was heartless [and] bloodless. They said things about me I can’t even repeat because there are children present,” he said. “They said awful things were going to happen in New Jersey. Yet here we are.

None of it has happened.”

Christie said he wants to make it clear that money is still being spent, but in more fiscally responsible ways in order to run the state more efficiently.

“We are still spending $29 billion, so it’s not like we’re not spending money across the state. But we’re spending it on the things we need to spend on. … We’ve been able to run the state in more efficient ways,” Christie said.

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Gov. Chris Christie explains yesterday that state funds will be spent more responsibly in the future, but that he is not the sole decision-maker. He proposes to cut taxes by 10 percent over the next three years.

The state plans to repay the local citizens for their collective sacrifice of high taxes by cutting taxes over the next three years, he said.

“I propose we cut income taxes for everyone in New Jersey by 10 percent over the next three years,” he said. “People in New Jersey have been paying and sacrificing a lot, and it seems to me we all joined in the sacrifice, so we should all share some of the benefit.”

Christie said he is trying to follow through with the promises he made to residents across the state,

but people should know that he is not the sole governing power.

“The promises I made to you when I ran are the promises that I’m keeping while I’m in office.

But as much as I might enjoy this job … I am not a king, and I don’t get to make these decisions on my own,” he said.

Mitch Slater, a Westfield Board of Education member, said he hoped the governor talked more about the school system, but still feels Christie is a man of his word and is doing exactly what he said he would do.

“I was hoping to hear a little bit more about education and what the plans are with getting our district a little more money and funding, but I’m a suppor ter of the gover nor,” Slater said.

Doug Johnston, an Elizabeth resident, said he felt that the address was effective for the governor, despite some lingering unanswered questions.

“I wanted to hear more about property tax, but I thought it was a good speech,” he said.

Christie said New Jersey has improved economically under his administration, but there is always more work that needs to be done to ensure the stability of the community.

“A lot of people are still struggling,” he said. “When I say that the New Jersey comeback has begun, it doesn’t mean that we’re finished. But the last two years of sacrifice, all you people have par ticipated in bringing New Jersey back.”

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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 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.

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SUPREME COURT TURNS DOWN SPECIAL GRAND JURY PROPOSAL IN DELOATCH CASE The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday the rejection of a motion to organize a special grand jury to exclusively analyze evidence about the police shooting of New Brunswick local citizen Barry Deloatch, according to a Patch.com article.

Ismail Salam, president of the nonprofit organization United Youth Council, Inc. issued a statement expressing his concerns over the decision, according to the article.

“The people of Middlesex County and the city of New Brunswick deserve … fair and impartial decisions from the Middlesex County court, Prosecutor and a grand jury. The question many will ask now [is], why not an independent grand jury?” Salam said, according to the article.

One of four grand juries to form in March will hear the case, meeting once a week for 18 weeks in order to determine if any criminal charges are necessary in the case, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

“The grand jurors will have the benefit of seeing all of the evidence that was gathered and hearing all of the witnesses who were contacted during an extensive investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office,” according to the release.

The investigation began on Sept. 22 when Barry Deloatch, a 46-year-old New Brunswick man, was shot during an altercation with New Brunswick police officers in an alleyway near Throop Avenue.

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Drive donates cellphones to troops

BY MATTHEW MATILSKY AND GIANCARLO CHAUX STAFF WRITERS

Soldiers calling home are given the opportunity to do so for free with more than 1,000 phones and 60,000 minutes donated through an ongoing fundraiser at the Brunswick Memorial Funeral Home in East Brunswick.

The phones and minutes were distributed through Cellphones for Soldiers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping U.S. troops find ways to contact their loved ones back home, said Brian Kulbacki, business manager of the funeral home.

“We joined Cellphones For Soldiers last April. We’ve been a member for a little under a year,” he said.

The fundraiser was a success because it raised awareness about the projects and provided benefits for overseas troops, Kulbacki said.

“I think it went well for us because we told the community about it,” he said. “A lot of people didn’t know about it.”

Kulbacki said he was impressed with the participation from the local residents — especially with the donations of cellphone minutes.

“Sixty-thousand minutes is a lot of time [generated by] Middlesex County and community donors,” he said.

These kind of fundraisers appeal to a majority of the local residents, since many people already have old phones lying around and collecting dust, Kulbacki said.

A person from Colorado donated an iPhone after hearing about the organization’s project from family members — a sign of the fundraiser’s far-reaching influence, he said.

Kulbacki said the East Brunswick chapter of CFS achieved what it set out to accomplish, but there is always room for improvement.

“I think we hoped to get more actual cellphones,” he said.

Brittany Bergquist, cofounder of CFS, said she started the organization, alongside her brother Robbie, when she was 13 years old.

Bergquist said she and her brother, who was 12 years old at the time, found inspiration for the project when they saw a local news story about a veteran who owed $8,000 for calls he made during deployment.

“It was the first time we heard troops had to pay for their own calls home,” she said.

The teens started the organization to pay for the veteran’s $8,000 phone bill, Bergquist said.

Bergquist and her brother raised so much attention from the national media in less than a year that the phone company waived his bill.

“Media attention came about ver y quickly,” Bergquist said.

“We contacted the local news station and gave them contact information for an original story [that] inspired us.”

Bergquist said the troops have made it known how much they appreciate the efforts made for them.

“I’ve had troops come up to me, big huge guys in uniform — you’d think they’re the toughest men,” Bergquist said. “They have tears in their eyes, telling stories about getting calling cards overseas, talking to [their children] on [their] birthdays — it means a lot.”

Crystal Emerick, public relations representative for CFS, said since 2004, the national organization has raised more than $7 million and provided 150 million free minutes for military personnel, as well as mailing approximately 12,000 calling cards every week.

Despite these efforts, thousands of service men and women still send personal requests for calling cards, Emerick said. Estimates show troops spend up to $4 to $6 a minute calling home.

“We’re getting direct emails from ser vicemen saying, ‘We need these cards,’” she said.

The exact recipients for the free minutes are not up to CFS. Instead, the Department of Veterans Affairs establishes which troops qualify, prioritizing those with lower incomes higher, Emerick said.

CFS is looking for ward to another program, called Helping Heroes Home, she said. The project will aim to provide veterans — especially those that are homeless — with cellphones.

“Our goal is to get them reconnected with their families, starting their job search … getting them acclimated,” Emerick said.

Anybody can donate cellphones to the funeral home, located at 454 Cranbury Road in East Brunswick, she said.

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College budgets: filling the gaps Increases in the number of international students at the University of Washington has its benefits

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or public universities across the country, budget cuts and losses in state funding have left school administrations scrambling to fill the gaps. Shedding unneeded luxuries, less popular programs and employees are among the default measures taken at many universities in order to ensure that the price of tuition remains constant, and their budgets are balanced.

Others, though, have found more creative — and lucrative — ways to do this.

According to an article published by The New York Times earlier this week, schools like the University of Washington have started increasing the admittance rate of international students in an effort to keep tuition free for low-income students. Massive cuts in state financing have driven administrators to extend more offers to students outside the country, who pay tuition rates nearly three times the amount of in-state students.

This year, 18 percent of the school’s freshman class at the University of Washington came from abroad — a number that’s jumped since 2006, when it was just 2 percent.

The trouble many find with the strategies employed by schools like the University of Washington —which is just one of the many institutions that have adopted this approach to admissions — is that in-state students are suffering in the process. In order to accept a greater number of international students, administrators must make fewer offers to in-state students with comparable credentials, but who may not be able to pay the higher costs. Administrators must decide whether the revenue generated by increases in the number of international students outweighs the cutback in opportunities for state residents.

At the University, international and out-of-state students face a similar treatment. According to the admissions section of the University’s website, students on F-1 and J-1 visas pay $36,679 for tuition, room and board, and standard fees, plus international and health services fees.

It’s unclear, however, whether University administrators on campus are using international students here as financial leverage in the same way as other institutions. Additionally, the international community at the University constitutes a smaller demographic than at the University of Washington: There are some 3,300 students that come from outside the United States across the three regional campuses, but in the 2010-2011 school year, the University of Washington enrolled about 4,200 international undergraduates.

Still, there may be some value to be found in this trend — and the pros do seem to outweigh the cons. Yes, some in-state residents are denied certain opportunities. But on the other hand, at a time when the only other alternative for these schools seems to be cutting valuable programs and laying off instructors — or worse, raising tuition prices for all students — looking to the term bills of more international students for extra cash may be the lesser of two evils.

At the University of Washington, both international students and students currently enrolled seem to benefit from this new approach to admissions. International students, who are able to bring valuable skills and knowledge to the university’s community, are given an opportunity to receive their education here in the United States. The price of tuition may be high, but if their personal value of an American degree is worth the steep tuition cost, then these students are given a fair treatment.

In-state students will benefit as well — the quality of education will be preserved. Administrators will not have to resort to cutting academic programs in order to balance budgets, the cost of tuition will not have to increase due to a lack of funds, and students of low-income backgrounds will have a fair opportunity to go to college.

And in an increasingly global society, is there really an advantage to admitting a student from New Jersey rather than a student from China?

David Hawkins, the director of public policy and research at the National Association for College Admission Counseling, said looking to these alternatives in order to compensate for a lack of funding seems be a defining feature of higher education today. “We’re in something akin to the gold rush — a frontier-style environment where colleges and universities, like prospectors in the 1800s, realize that there is gold out there,” Hawkins said.

Such an attitude is often associated with endeavors of the private sector, and in easier times, this would not be acceptable. We believe that funding for public education should always be free-flowing, and universities should not have to struggle or turn students away because of financial reasons. But when the money is not there, appropriate steps must be taken.

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Nuances, actions, words, y life ended — mannerisms, appearances and also began and thoughts become lost in — at The Daily translation and interpretaTargum. Frankly, becoming tion. We are all quick to crian editor at the Targum tique and quick to stand does not give its student biased. We forget how to journalists much time to familiarize with people. We devote themselves to anyREENA DIAMANTE forget they are not just a thing else, such as socializbook cover, but layers of ing or academia. It did not chapters and pages of endless stories. help that coincidentally, when I was elected to be The Targum engrained a virtue in me that I will the University editor, I had reached what I can conundoubtedly carry for the rest of my professional fidently say was the lowest point of my college career and my life. If the Targum had that much of career. That probably comes as a surprise to my felan impact on me, I see the potential it has on our low editors, as my sappy, chipper and ridiculous campus community. idiosyncrasies often get in the way.

All the criticism and negative comments ever But my life also began at the Targum, because aimed at the Targum can be completely diminished without it I would have never been more self-assured if more students joined the staff. If the Targum has about my future in journalism. Working at 26 Mine too many editing mistakes, has a boring design, St. for five days a week each semester has reinforced lacks photographs, leans too much to the right, all of the interests and dreams I have had since my leans too much to the left or doesn’t capture the first year of high school. It has also relinquished any whole university image, it’s because we always need doubts I may have had about which direction to take more people. when I graduate this May. I will leave the University If you join, then maybe you with an education and admiration could be like me and fall victim to for this place far greater than I “We forget they are not a fine mingling of professionalism expected four years ago. and friendship. It has been a I cannot say for sure if I will be just a book cover, serendipitous crime. I only wish a documentar y filmmaker, a but layers of chapters everyone could experience it. newspaper editor, a magazine Mary, the way you lead the writer or even a television anchor, and pages entire staff was nothing short of but I know for sure that my future perfect and commendable. lies in telling a story. I have every of endless stories.”

Taylere, you are loud and critiindividual I ever interviewed or cal. I never complained, because I edited an article about to thank know it comes from a good place. Stay strong, sister.

— the student leaders, the administration, the facKristine, you have been there for me and stuck ulty members, the researchers, the campus groups, by me since day one. I don’t think I can truly illusand, especially, the 143rd editorial board. trate my gratitude for your guidance, support, tough Not only did they completely transform me from love and laughs. an all-time low to an unimaginable high, but they A comment on the Targum website called me ignotaught me everything I know and believe in about rant for the way I reported one particular event. Then journalism — whether that was learning real work Steven, Anthony and Tyler all defended me. You three ethic, striving to always relay the truth in the most always act facetious, but this was genuine. Thanks. ethical way, completely disregarding all use of the Keith, your skills, attitude and presence are things Oxford comma or hoping that sharing both sides of I wish I could replicate in every work environment. the story would establish a common understanding Noah, you have grown so much, and your work can among people. only get better. I wish we started talking sooner.

I worked to the best of my abilities this past year Olivia, I am so glad we met in “News Reporting to ensure articles were unbiased and covered all perand Writing.” You are the sweetest and smartest. spectives — both encouraging and disheartening — Jillian and Rashmee, you are quintessential to create a thorough piece, reflective of reality. brains and beauty. You walked into our office Someone’s first impression should never be the looking fabulous, and I wanted to night edit with last. Take the time to understand people before you either of you each week, because I love talking make a judgment about them. This simple instrucwith you both. tion has become something taken for granted every day. I still find myself and the people around me SEE DIAMANTE ON PAGE 11 falling into its traps.

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DIAMANTE continued from page 10 Who knew one could express gratitude for the lack of space and computers at our office? Proximity compelled Matthew and I to match outfits and have crazy conversations. It was a pleasure.

Aleksi, I was fortunate when I visited my best friends in Paris, and you studied abroad with them. I was even more fortunate when you decided to join the Targum staff again.

Amy, you are genuinely a talented and lovely individual. Be confident in yourself and your pursuits.

Anastasia, your goals and ambitions since the first moment you attended a writers’ meeting have been endearing. Life moves fast, but don’t worry about keeping up with it.

Ankita, I miss you.

To the 144th editorial board, constantly immerse yourself in the environment around you.

Learn from each other, the University and the city. A lesson lies at every corner. Don’t settle, stay dedicated and strive to make the Targum a better place than when you found it. I know you all can.

I know you’re going to change this to something I hope will make me both laugh and cry.

Reena Diamante is an ex Miss Teen Philippines senior majoring in looking like Tupac and jamming to Hall and Oates. She is the former University editor of The Daily Targum. Her alternate personalities go by Kareena (silly girl), Reeno (hip bro), Deena Riamante (incognito), Sylvie Wong (a whole other persona) and Jade Windosr (you bad girl).

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Federal regulations threaten freedom Irreconcilable T Differences

he United States is a unique countr y. While some political regimes continue to restrict voices of dissent, America welcomes them as an integral aspect of democracy. While some nations discriminate against religious minorities, America opened its shores to Jews, Catholics, Muslims and Hindus, and they have made this countr y stronger. The United States is far from perfect but, compared to other nations that have existed throughout world history, it is an oasis of freedom. None of this would have been possible without the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It not only protects political rights of assembly and speech, but it also ensures that Congress will not prohibit the free exercise of religion.

Yet the Obama administration is now threatening an American value that has made this country great — religious freedom. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, also known as “Obamacare,” expands the federal government’s pur view in the health care industry. Part of the new law requires employers to offer health insurance plans that cover family planning services, including contraception. Many Catholic groups asked to be exempted from this provision, as they did not want to have to provide their employees with insurance that covers emergency contraception. Specifically, one drug named ulipristal acetate, or Ella,

can be taken up to five d a y s a f t e r intercourse, meaning that it can be used as an abortion drug.

But now in a new regulation, the Department of Health and Human Ser vices ruled that only a select few religious groups are excused from this r ule.

Namely groups that “(1) [has] the inculcation of religious values as its purpose; (2) primarily employs persons who share its religious tenets; (3) primarily ser ves persons who share its religious tenets; and (4) is a nonprofit organization.”

In other words, a Catholic hospital that employs Muslims and serves Protestant patients must now offer its employees insurance plans that cover this drug. A Catholic hospital, however, that “primarily” employs Catholics, and “primarily” serves Catholic patients does not need to. A common bumper sticker reads, “Don’t like abortions? Don’t have one.” Now, it should read, “Don’t like abortions? Too bad.”

It’s not even really about abortion. Can the Department of Health and Human Ser vices force synagogues and mosques to let their employees cook pork in their kitchens? If the answer is yes, then there really are no bounds to government. Abortion happens to be the subject in this

case, but a government that can force people to violate their own religious NOAH GLYN precepts will only find new ways to expand upon that power. It will not stop with religion, either. If you enjoy an occasional cigarette, then be prepared to live without them. Why should we subsidize your health insurance when you knowingly inhale poisonous fumes? And put down your doughnut, because sugar is on the way out, too.

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, recently wrote that sugar is causing “the biggest public health crisis in the history of the world,” and that it should be regulated like tobacco and alcohol. It’s only a matter of time.

But this new regulation is worse.

There’s no Constitutional right to get a sugar high — if Congress regulates sugar, it would simply be abusing its enumerated powers.

The First Amendment, on the other hand, explicitly forbids Congress from prohibiting the free exercise of religion.

Catholic doctrine teaches that life begins at conception, and the federal government is commanding them to be complicit in the destruction of human fetuses. The government is, therefore, compelling Catholics to break their religious laws.

Supporters of the new rule argue that Catholic hospitals receive taxpayer funding and should therefore have to follow secular laws. One liberal columnist writes, “I’m tired of religious groups operating secular enterprises (hospitals, schools), hiring people of multiple faiths, serving the general public, taking taxpayer dollars — and then claiming that deeply held religious beliefs should exempt them from public policy.” But the new regulation covers all employers, even the ones who don’t get a dime from the government. Moreover, public policy should be crafted to serve the public, and seeing as Catholic hospitals provide an invaluable public service, the government should find ways to make their task easier, rather than trampling on their religious rights.

This rule forces Catholics to break doctrinal laws and it is, therefore, a clear violation of the Constitutional protection of religious practice.

Pro-choice activists often speak in terms of rights. They argue that women have the right to privacy, and the right to their own bodies.

Therefore, they should also sympathize with others’ right to freely practice religion without government interference.

Today, they come for religion.

What’s next?

Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Economics and History. His column, “Irreconcilable Differences,” normally runs on alternate Tuesdays

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SCHOOL: National Duals provide Mason with opportunity continued from back pounder in the nation. “I’d just like to wrestle against Minnesota.”

It will take a first-round upset in the dual-meet tournament at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Saturday, so Mason may not get his wish.

But the National Duals will test him regardless, and that is what he needs most at this point.

Mason missed six bouts with a shoulder sprain before returning last weekend against Virginia, where he dropped a 5-3 decision to Gus Sako.

“We probably shouldn’t have wrestled him,” said head coach Scott Goodale, “but it’s time to get on the horse and get going.”

Mason would have wrestled those six matches despite injury if it were last season, when Goodale emphasized dual-meet success as much as the postseason. But then Mason was one of three Rutgers wrestlers favored to claim a spot on the podium with All-American honors at the NCAA Championships to fall short.

Now, the focus is solely on March.

“You have to focus on yourself, especially when it comes down to EIWAs and Nationals,” Mason said. “If you take care of yourself, you take care of your team. If you win the tournament, that’s as much as you can do for the team.

Individuals, that’s what it comes down to. We can’t have 10 guys with no All-Americans this year.

That’s worthless to what we’re trying to do as a program.”

It leaves Rutgers as the fifth seed this weekend and Minnesota — the No. 4 team in the nation — as the bracket’s top team.

Rutgers opens against fourthseed Kent State, giving Mason a matchup with No. 9 Ian Miller. The

winner faces Minnesota and 10thranked Ryan Ness at 149 pounds.

It does not matter to Mason, who transferred to Rutgers to be closer to his home and find a wrestling style that suits him better than Minnesota and the Big Ten. “They have more of a straight, grinding, hard-nosed [style] — it’s what you need to be as a wrestler, but I think it lacks some of the technique and finesse,” Mason said. “It’s a little harder to transition from the way I normally wrestle to beat-your-head-in, fist-fighting, brawling style. It wasn’t something I personally feel I’d excel with.”

So Mason decided to return to New Jersey.

Rutgers is closer to his Moorestown, N.J., home than Blair Academy, where he won three state titles in high school.

But when he arrived in Minnesota, it was not the program he committed to. Marty Morgan, who trained Brock Lesnar and coached at Minnesota, left when Mason was a freshman. National Champion at 149 pounds Dustin Schlatter missed a season to compete for the United States.

And Mason’s training partner battled concussions.

Now Mason wrestles with the same teammates he spent most of his childhood with. He has the same trainer, Jon Johnson, who he worked out with at home. And his strength trainer, Zach EvenEsh, is nearby.

He still wants a chance to wrestle Minnesota, even though Ness is a freshman, but he has the taste of two losses in his past four matches to get out his mouth and a pair of postseason tournaments to peak for.

“I just want to get healthy,” Mason said. “I’m really getting back to it and training hard, trying to get back to the way we were wrestling at the beginning of the season, coming out with some fire.”

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Sophomore guard Mike Poole scored a team-high 14 points, 8 in the first half last night, when he shot 4-of-4 from the field.

PLAYMAKER: Carter, Pope scuffle late in second half continued from back The Paterson Catholic product finished with a game-high 24 points.

“Jordan had three great days of practice, really led us well in practice and was a sounding voice all week,” said Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard. “I thought that was a huge difference.”

Senior center Herb Pope gave Rutgers a way back in when he head-butted freshman guard Eli Carter with 3:26 remaining, but Pope responded on the court.

He was one of three players called for a technical foul — Carter and SHU’s Brandon Mobley were the others — and it gave Rutgers four foul shots and the ball.

Carter made one foul shot, Myles Mack made two and Dane Miller hit a 3-pointer on the Knights’ next possession.

Pope answered with a 3-pointer of his own.

Then Seton Hall won it at the foul line.

“The Pope 3[-pointer] was big, but the next two possessions were huge,” Willard said.

Theodore hit a pair of free throws to give the Pirates a 5350 lead, then two more to make it 58-51 with less than 20 seconds remaining. The freshman guard Cosby hit a 3-pointer between Theodore’s trips to the charity stripe.

Off-balance, desperation 3pointers followed for the Knights, but none fell.

Carter and Mack each missed attempts down the stretch, and sophomore guard Mike Poole’s 3pointer with eight seconds remaining meant little other than a team-high 14 points for the spark off the bench.

It only extended the final moments of Seton Hall’s fourth consecutive win at the RAC. “Where Jordan gets in the lane and creates for others, we have two freshman point guards and a freshman two-guard — when we want to make a play, we settle for 3-point shots,” Rice said. “They have to learn.”

The tightly contested affair began heavily in Seton Hall’s favor.

Theodore put the Pirates ahead early, and when the Knights took their first lead on Carter free throws, Theodore responded with two of his own.

But Poole put the Knights back in it, even in only 13 minutes.

The sophomore scored eight points on 4-of-4 shooting, grabbed three rebounds and dished out two assists, each more important than the last.

He grabbed a rebound, led the break and found freshman guard Jerome Seagears for an open 3pointer that tied the game at 24.

Then he put back Carter’s miss as the clock expired to give the Knights a 28-26 halftime lead.

“I thought we were going to be all right because we were awful in the first half, and we were up by 2 points,” Rice said.

“We don’t have that First- or Second-Team All-Big East player, so you’re going to have to do it together. At the most important times, we stretched apart.”

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Pair of teams grip for spring campaign

BY AARON FARRAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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onnecticut proposed its own penalties for failing to meet academic standards on its men’s basketball team if the NCAA will allow the Huskies to participate in the 2013 championship tournament.

UConn currently does not qualify for the tournament based on several years of low academic progress reports, but the university filed a waiver last month.

The possible penalties include the revenue awarded to the Big East for participating in the tournament, reducing the number of regular-season games played in the 201213 season from 27 to 23 and barring head coach Jim Calhoun from meeting off campus with prospective recruits during the fall 2012 contact period.

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Conference and West Virginia are nearing an agreement on a settlement worth at least $20 million that would resolve all issues between both parties, according to CBS Sports.

The Mountaineers will join the Big 12 for the 20122013 school year. But West Virginia of ficials contacted future Big East members to see if one could join in 2012 instead of 2013.

The reason is that West Virginia’s absence would potentially leave the Big East next season with only seven football members.

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are recruiting former New York Giants linebacker Harry Carson to run for a seat in New Jersey.

The Hall of Famer would challenge five-term Republican Rep. Scott Garrett in a northern New Jersey district.

Carson said Wednesday he is interested but did not say any more. Carson is in Hawaii for a family vacation and said he might be able to say more in one to two weeks.

Since retiring in 1988, Carson worked as a broadcaster, wrote two books and concentrated on concussions in sports.

POINT GUARD CHAUNCEY Billups will watch the rest of the Los Angeles Clippers’ season in a plastic protective boot.

Billups sustained a seasonending injury Tuesday, when he tore his Achilles tendon.

The 15-year veteran said Wednesday this season will not be his last. Billups is 35 years old.

Billups averaged 14.9 points and four assists per game before the injury and was also a veteran presence on the floor for starting point guard Chris Paul.

Head coach Vinny Del Negro said guard Randy Foye will take the place of Billups.

The Rutgers men’s and women’s golf teams are ready to resume GOLF action and get back to work on the course.

Both have high expectations for the spring 2012 portion of the golf season. Coming of f impressive finishes at the conclusion of 2011, the golfers are anxious to carr y over the momentum to this season.

The men’s team finished eighth at the Lehigh Invitational to close out the fall season.

Sophomore golfer Doug Walters played a crucial role at the tournament, as well as throughout the season. Walters was a catalyst for the Scarlet Knights.

Walters and the Knights are ready to move forward set goals for this season.

“We came off of a decent finish in 2011, but we are still hungry for more,” Walters said.

Although the Knights are excited to get back to the game, this part of the season will be one

full of adjustments. Assistant “One of my strengths is my coach Wally Kim left following ability to help lead my teamthe fall campaign. mates more mentally, as “Coach Kim’s resignation opposed to physically,” came as a surprise to all of us,” Maxoutopoulis said.

Walters said. “But no matter who Being a leader is difficult our next coach will be, we all will enough, but settling in as a first-year come out and be ready to play at a golfer and leading a team takes high level.” more than the talent that The Knights want to brought Maxoutopoulis work toward new to Rutgers. heights with their new “I love to work on coaching staff and my game,” she said. “I young core. The team is am always trying to see ready to do whatever it what I can improve on takes to continue to win. to develop my game On the other side, and make me better. I the women’s team is think that attitude is also prepared to pick up what helps me on the DOUG where it left off. course.”

WALTERS Placing 10th at the What makes a team Rainbow Wahine Invitational so successful is the driving force in Kapolei, Hawaii, the of its head coach. Head coach Knights competed and made a Maura Waters-Ballard is the motiname for themselves. vation behind the Knights’ comLed by freshman Kortnie petitive play.

Maxoutopoulis, the team finished Waters-Ballard is dedicated the season on a high note and to a still-developing looks to go even farther during program and has made an the spring. Maxoutopoulis’ lead- impact on its growth. ership helped the Knights to “Of all the seasons that I have where they stand as a team. coached, I believe that this past

fall has been the best,” she said.

“It was fabulous. Everyone played very well, even when the chips were down. We always played with 100-percent effort.”

Expectations remain high for the Knights to continue their consistent play through the remainder of the season and into the future.

But Waters-Ballard stands firm in the belief to take one shot, stroke, practice and match at a time.

“To keep my players focused, I continue to tell them to stay in the present and give 100 percent to the shot at hand,” she said. “Don’t worr y about what happened in the past because you can’t change it. Don’t worr y about what’s in the future — just worr y about what’s in the present. Do your best right then.”

Both teams make their spring debuts on March 16 at the Siena College Invitational in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The Knights are ready to prove their hard work during the offseason was worth it.

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Challenging weekend awaits deeper RU roster

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

With back-to-back victories against Lehigh and Fairleigh Dickinson on the back burner, the Rutgers women’s tennis team’s TENNIS n e x t three QUINNIPIAC AT matches RUTGERS, resemTOMORROW, 1 P.M. ble the competition it will see once the Big East season commences.

Quinnipiac, owner of five consecutive Northeast Conference championships, visits New Jersey tomorrow to kick off the Scarlet Knights’ challenging weekend.

The match is the Bobcats’ first of the spring season.

The Knights then travel south Sunday to face off against Princeton.

The Tigers are 1-1 after dropping a match, 5-2, on Friday to No. 13 Georgia Tech.

Head coach Ben Bucca sees this weekend’s matchups as an opportunity to improve the team’s record and begin to get a feel for what it will see in league play.

“The two wins gave us a lot of confidence, but we’ve been focusing on techniques to promote good play,” Bucca said. “[These next two matches] will give us a good measurement to where we are this weekend as a team.”

Both singles and doubles have been successful thus far, but it will be the performance in doubles this weekend that will aid Rutgers.

The pair of senior Jennifer Holzberg and sophomore Vanessa Petrini turned in an 8-2 match win against Lehigh and an 8-4 decision in its win against Fairleigh Dickinson.

But it is the surprising chemistry between senior Morgan Ivey and freshman Lindsay Balsamo that provides depth in doubles action.

Balsamo’s play impressed both Bucca and Ivey after the pair’s two match victories.

“Lindsay and I get along really well on the court,” Ivey said.

“She couldn’t have a better attitude, and it has been great playing with her. There is great chemistry there.”

Balsamo has been the strongest of the three freshmen thus far, playing in the fifth position in singles as well as contributing in doubles play with Ivey. Fellow freshmen Noor Judeh and Satreethai Sasinin also saw time in the sixth spot on the singles roster.

“We have very talented players right through the lineup,” Bucca said. “A win in the sixth singles position counts just as much as one in the first. So you not only win with talent at the top, but depth throughout.”

While the freshmen provide depth, veteran Holzberg has been the player taking on the opponent’s top athlete.

“They are going to be two good and competitive matches,” Holzberg said. “It’s going to be very tough.”

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Sophomore Vanessa Petrini combined with Jennifer Holzberg to down Lehigh, 8-4, last Thursday in doubles play.

Knights rest, train for Big East meet

BY PATRICK LANNI

Having two healthy AllAmericans in Bergo and Younger is crucial for the Knights’ success The Rutgers men’s track and in the conference standings. field team will divide this weekRutgers also needs all of its e n d . competitors to qualify for multiple MEN’S TRACK Athletes events to help improve its fifthw h o place finish from a season ago.

RUTGERS AT have not Sophomore middle distance VIRGINIA DUALS, reached runner Hamer Farag is 1 secSATURDAY the Big ond from qualifying for the E a s t 800-meter r un. He looks to Championship qualifying stan- shave that second of f Saturday dards or need an extra meet to in the Bronx. tune up their technique will comThe Virginia Duals also pete in Saturday’s Virginia Duals. tests the long distance r unThose not competing will train ners. Senior Ben For rest through the weekend in prepara- already qualified in the mile, tion for the season’s biggest meet but he will get one last look at — the Big East the competition Championships. before entering “This weekend “Aaron [Younger] the 1,500-meter is the weekend run at the conferhas been having before the Big ence champiE a s t onships. trouble with ...

Championships,” The Big East injuries, and the said redshirt junfeatured nine runior Adam Bergo. at less than whole team needs ners “We traditionally 3:50 a season ago, take the weekend representing some this week.” off, so we can of the nation’s best ADAM BERGO train through the in the event.

Junior Jumper week and iron out With this weekthe kinks.” end dedicated one But Bergo has way or another more to do than iron out toward the Big East the kinks.

Championships, senior sprinter The All-American high Steve Werner understands what jumper needs to rest a sprained the preparation is all about. ankle he injured two weeks ago “It is training two weeks at the Metropolitan through just to get more work Championships. With the linger- in,” the Cardinal O’Hara High ing injury, the Plainfield, N.J., School (Pa.) product said. “We native did not record a mark in want to just get a little bit last weekend’s high jump com- stronger and get as much out of petition at Notre Dame. our bodies as possible.”

“I ended up no-heighting [at Competing in the 200- and Notre Dame] because I couldn’t 400-meter dashes next really jump,” Bergo said. “Aaron weekend, Werner hopes this [Younger] has been having trou- two-week stretch helps ble with some of his injuries, and improve his finish. the whole team needs this week “My goal is to individually to heal up.” place somewhere in the top Bergo holds the conference’s three,” he said. “I was fourth best distance in the triple jump last year, but I’m a senior now, and second-best height in the so I expect myself to be in the high jump, with marks of 15.26 top three.” and 2.20 meters, respectively.

Improving individual finishes Younger returned to action ultimately leads to a better team last weekend, winning the 500- finish. Like Werner, the Knights meter dash and anchoring the hope this weekend’s preparations Scarlet Knights’ second-place help improve their fifth-place fin4x400-meter relay team. ish from a season ago.

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Rookie Jack earns first signficant role as Randall sits

BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

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Redshirt freshman forward Kadeem Jack scored four points and recorded a pair of steals last night against visiting Seton Hall. Jack saw the most meaningful minutes of his young career.

One of the biggest stories for the Rutgers men’s basketball team entering its Big East matchup last night at the KNIGHT L o u i s NOTEBOOK B r o w n Athletic Center was the first meeting between freshmen Derrick Randall and Myles Mack and former Paterson Catholic teammates Fuquan Edwin and Jordan Theodore.

In the first half at least, Randall did not earn his chance to go one-on-one with his former teammates. The 6-foot-8 for ward spent all but three minutes of the first frame looking on from the bench. “[Randall] needs to rebound,” said head coach Mike Rice on Randall’s lack of playing time. “He did not rebound the last two games. He will get back in the mix, but for now he has to rebound.”

His teammate Mack played 16 minutes in the first half, but was about as productive as Randall on the floor. The guard did not put his name in the books with a single point in the first half.

The former Paterson Catholic players wearing Seton Hall uniforms faired much better in the first half than their Scarlet Knight counterparts. Theodore, who attached himself at Mack’s hip throughout the first half, went into the locker room leading the Pirates with 11 points.

“I thought we defended Theodore well with our screen defense, but he will get his eventually,” Rice said.

The second half proved to be much of the same for Mack and

Randall. Randall did not see time in the second half, while Mack added only three points.

With Randall sitting on the bench, forward Kadeem Jack saw a significantly increased role on the floor. The redshirt freshman ended the game with 4 points, one block and two steals.

“Coach Rice has been wanting me to work harder in practice and I just keep working hard,” Jack said. “I just came out and did what he wanted me to do.”

As the tightly contested game came to a close, a scuffle following a personal foul resulted in three separate technical fouls.

With less than four minutes left in the game, Seton Hall center Herb Pope head-butted freshman Eli Carter, and Carter retaliated with a shove of his own.

According to Rice, the refs confirmed the head butt with him, even though there was no ejection.

“I asked [the ref] about the head butt,” Rice said. “His response to me was, ‘Your guy pushed him.’”

For the Knights, Carter earned the technical. Two members of the Pirates, Pope and Brandon Mobley, were issued technical fouls of their own.

With both Rutgers and Seton Hall nationally ranked in steals per game, it came as no surprise both teams were back and forth with takeaways throughout the game, especially in the opening period.

Rutgers, which ranks 26th nationally, nearly reached its average in the first half alone with six steals. The 17th-ranked Pirates took the ball away four times in the first half.

Both teams ended the contest knotted up at 10 steals apiece.

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REPORT: BIG EAST ADDS MEMPHIS IN ALL SPORTS The Big East acquired one of the final puzzle pieces for its new-look conference Wednesday by adding Memphis, according to Yahoo!

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The conference wanted to rebuild itself into a 12-team football league that can hold a championship game, and Memphis officially became the 12th member when it accepted the bid it long coveted.

But the new Big East is not scheduled to be fully functional until the 2015 football season. The conference’s future for the next three years is uncertain.

Memphis is the seventh school — the fourth from Conference USA — to sign up since December for future Big East membership. The Tigers will compete in all Big East sports.

The Tigers have been trying JOHN to upgrade their MARINATTO conference presence for years. The Big East snubbed Memphis during its last massive expansion in 2005 and lost the Tigers’ rivalry with Louisville in the process.

In need of replacements for Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia, the Big East finally had room for Memphis.

Big East commissioner John Marinatto called Memphis a “perfect fit,” according to Yahoo! Sports.

Marinatto traveled across the countr y in the past year to recruit new members. The Big East announced in December the additions of Boise State and San Diego State for 2013 in football only. Central Florida, Houston and Southern Mississippi will become members in all sports.

Navy jumped on board last month for football, but it will not join until the 2015 season.

Marinatto said he expects all three of the departing schools to remain in the Big East for two more seasons, which potentially gives the conference 14 football teams and 20 basketball teams for the 2013-14 seasons.

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Seton Hall senior point guard Jordan Theodore drives against Knights freshman Eli Carter last night in Seton Hall’s 59-54 win at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Theodore, who played against two former high school teammates, scored a game-high 24 points.

Knights suffer at hands of playmaker

BY STEVEN MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Through each of his two seasons in Piscataway, Rutgers head men’s basketSETON HALL 59 ball coach Mike RUTGERS 54 Rice talked about the Big East guard that takes over down the stretch — the veteran who takes the ball and responds when his team needs it.

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He saw plenty through his team’s losses to start his tenure and he saw another last night, when Seton Hall senior Jordan Theodore took over for the Pirates.

Theodore gave the Hall an early lead, kept it in the game when Rutgers led and took over down the stretch to leave the Louis Brown Athletic Center with a 59-54 victory.

There was no dagger moment, but he did not need it. He was there throughout.

“You have to finish in games like these,” Rice said. “It was a game that I thought was

on our side. It was a grind-it-out game. Jordan Theodore is going to get his … but we were grinding out possessions.”

Theodore scored in traffic to tie the game at 41, then cleaned up an Aaron Cosby missed layup to give the Pirates a five-point lead. Rutgers knew the Pirates’ offense went through the point guard that averaged 15.4 points per game entering the affair, but it did not matter. Theodore scored anyway.

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Ranked RU wrestler faces former school

BY STEVEN MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Mario Mason could have his pick of three top-10 showdowns this weekend at the National Duals regional tournament, but Minnesota is the team WRESTLING he really wants.

The junior 149-pounder spent two seasons as a Golden Gopher — one as a redshirt and one in the lineup — before transferring to Rutgers.

He liked the matchup last season, and although it is not as favorable this year for a weaker Scarlet Knights lineup, Mason still wants a shot against his former team.

“There’s no match in particular I really want,” said Mason, the eighth-ranked 149-

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Junior 149-pounder Mario Mason positions himself Dec. 2 against Old Dominion’s Brennan Brumley. Mason could earn an opportunity to face Minnesota, where he spent two seasons, if the Knights score a first-round win Saturday in the National Duals.