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Governing council re-examines budget, graduation concerns BY ZACHARY BREGMAN STAFF WRITER

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council touched on recent student concerns yesterday, including their current efforts to keep the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences graduation ceremony at Passion Puddle and fate of the grease trucks on College Avenue. Nancy Winterbauer, the vice president for University budgeting, presented the breakdown of the University’s budget to a group of 20 students at the Cook Campus Center. Winterbauer said the University’s mission was to make the budget more transparent to students and their parents. “She did it last year, and it was helpful to see where our money was going. … She broke it down and explained where everything’s being allocated,” said Dayna Bertola, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. The University’s budget and spending can now be viewed online through budgetfacts.rutgers.edu. Direct state appropriations and benefit payments constitute 19.5 percent of the University’s $2.1 billion annual budget. The state support remains essential to the University’s educational mission as the University uses the funding for research and other classroom activities, according to the budgetfacts.rutgers.edu. In addition to the budget, students addressed issues affecting both School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students and University students in general. Bertola said she joined the council because she wanted to make it easier for the student voices to be heard on campus, something she feels the organization has accomplished in recent years. “[For example] we were working on … getting allotted housing for SEBS students on Cook. We just recently got that passed and that was like a three semester long battle,” said Bertola, a member of the Governing Council’s University Fairness Committee. Another issue on campus she and the council are attempting to solve is keeping the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences graduation ceremony at Passion Puddle on Douglass campus, Bertola said. “When Rutgers became a whole they kind of wanted to eliminate [the graduation at passion puddle],” Bertola said. Zaid Abuhouran, the council president, said another issue affecting University students is the merger between Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University. The council has been addressing the issues behind the scenes through the University Fairness Committee. “Some members of ours attended the last Board of Governors’ meeting, and we’ve been in contact with representatives from Camden because we

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Bianca Cordero, the Rutgers Union Estudiantil Puertorriqueña president, moderates a panel on stereotypes at the University during a presentation in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

Students speak against campus bias BY AMY ROWE STAFF WRITER

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh was walking through the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus when she heard someone shout “dirty Muslim” in her direction. “It was very unprovoked and uncalled for, and shocking to ever yone around me,” said AlKhatahtbeh, the president of MuslimGirl, a group for Muslim females at the University. “To have that type of racism in the Rutgers community is ver y mind-boggling.” At “Who Are You Calling A … ” — an event sponsored by the Rutgers Union Estudiantil

Puertorriqueña — student panelists from the RUEP organization, along with co-sponsors MuslimGirl and the Black Student Union, addressed stereotypes that make their way into everyday language at the University. At the presentation last night at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus, panelists expressed their opinions on terms used to refer to blacks, women, Muslims and gays on campus. Ciarra Martin, a panelist and BSU treasurer, said she does not use the term “n——-” colloquially, like some do in the black community at the University. “I don’t use the n-word. I don’t allow anyone to call me that,” said Martin, a School of Arts and

Sciences sophomore. “Something that was used against people in the past shouldn’t be taken as a compliment now.” Alyssa Sanclemente, a panelist and public relations chair of RUEP, said she does not tolerate being called a “bitch.” “That word implies that women growl and whimper like dogs,” said Sanclemente, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Al-Khatahtbeh, a panelist and a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the word “terrorist” was embedded in her upbringing and became a hate word after Sept. 11. “It’s inherently racist because people use the term terrorist to

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U. reports fewer norovirus cases than other NJ colleges BY JUSTIN VINTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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The School of Environmental and Biological Governing Council recaps ongoing issues affecting students yesterday at the Cook Campus Center.

Reports from University Health Services indicate below average rates of norovirus, a strain of stomach flu, among students during this year’s flu season — a contrast to the recent outbreaks of the viral illness at Rider University and Princeton University. Rider University reported that 186 of their students were infected this month with the norovirus — the most common form of the stomach flu. Princeton University also announced 230 of their students were affected by the illness since the outbreak began in early February, according to an article on nj.com. The latest campus to experience the growing norovirus trend is The College of New Jersey, where at least seven students reported having norovirus-like symptoms in the past two weeks, although none of

the cases have been confirmed, according to an nj.com article. Dr. Melodee Lasky, the executive director of Health Services, said the University has received only a small group of students at the health centers in recent weeks with positive flu tests. When compared with previous years, the number is lower than expected. “The peak months for this infection on campus are February, March and April,” Lasky said. “While stomach flu is on campus, so far this year, we have not seen a significant increase in [the illness] for the month of February over previous years.” The highest number of gastroenteritis cases at the University occurred in February 2010, she said. Lasky said the University is experiencing a late start to the flu season, a trend that will hopefully result in a decrease in the

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‘Rutgers Memes’ allow students to express U. culture, connect BY RENE POLANCO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The “Rutgers Memes” Facebook page is connecting University students through notable photos and accompanying texts to highlight memorable aspects on campus. Although the page has been online for only two weeks, it has fostered more than 10,500 likes and 100 memes. Kevin Peng, the creator of “Rutgers Memes,” said memes allow students to form a community within the University through expressing campus culture. “I see people communicating on the page, and it is cool that it is becoming this large Rutgers community where people can talk to each other, bounce ideas of f of one another, and create new things,” said Peng, a School of Engineering first-year student. Students can create memes by finding an image, adding text to it and submitting it to the “Rutgers Memes” Facebook page, Peng said. “You can usually find [an image] that suits your idea on a site called ‘Meme Generator’ or ‘Quick Meme’ — then you add the text above the image, and it becomes your own idea,” Peng said. Peng said creating the University meme page gives students a chance to share an inside joke between students at the University. “A lot of times I think people walk around campus and think of

something funny but have no way of telling others, so this is an easy and fun way to do it,” Peng said. “A meme is a part of culture that can be transmitted.” “Rutgers Memes” aims to build a connection between students at the University, he said. “It is fun to laugh at something you think is funny, but it is more fun to have someone to share the laugh with. Our goal is to get more people to get involved to create a better community,” Peng said. Peng said when the page was first created, there were concerns involving the content of the memes. “At first some people were submitting some really offensive and distasteful things. While we promote free speech, we definitely don’t promote hatred,” he said. Peng said he made changes to the page to prevent the spread of offensive memes. “The way we fixed the problem is that we added more administrators to the page, so it could be monitored 24 hours,” he said. “If something bad is submitted, we try to delete it quickly, but if someone keeps submitting distasteful things, we can ban them from the page.” If a meme offends students, Peng said they can also let the page’s creator and administrators know. “On the information section of the Facebook page, we have an email that people can contact to let us know if there is some-

thing they want us to take down,” he said. An instance in which a meme was removed from the page pertained to one alluding to Tyler Clementi that read “I used to live on Busch until it got a little gay,” Peng said. He said the user that posted the meme through the page wall is banned from submitting further content to the page. Complaints made in regards to disliking a specific meme do not constitute grounds for remov-

“It is fun to laugh at something you think is funny, but it is more fun to have someone to share the laugh with.” KEVIN PENG “Rutgers Memes” Facebook Page Creator

ing content, Peng said. Content is removed when complaints are made in regards to discriminatory or sexual offenses. “We’ve been working on a website that we will publicize next week,” Peng said. “On that website, people submit their content to us, so we have to approve it before it gets shared. This way it is easier than to surf through and search for offensive memes.”

Angus Gillespie, a professor in the Department of American Studies, said humor is a part of American culture. “For humor to be successful, it almost has to have a bite to it,” Gillespie said. “It is hard to have humor where someone is not the butt of the joke. Americans are socialized to laugh and not take offense when we are the butt of a joke.” Jack Bratich, an associate professor in the School of Communication and Information, said “Rutgers Memes” allows students to relate to one another. “This is a way that students, especially now, can communicate about similar things at Rutgers through humorous ways in this type of social media,” Bratich said. Bratich said the memes on the page could also create controversy between students. “In the beginning, people would post the meme right onto the page, and that created all kinds of interesting and even volatile issues,” Bratich said. “For instance, there was a controversy when someone posted a meme about Tyler Clementi, and it generated all types of negative commentar y.” Mor Naaman, also an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Information, said “Rutgers Memes” would continue to grow among students because they are able to relate to it.

“I think the reason why it is successful is that a lot of people feel it is relevant to them, and they identify with the memes,” Naaman said. “It’s hard to tell so far whether it will be good or bad, or right or wrong, but it will grow more, I’m guessing.” Some students said through “Rutgers Memes,” students are connected throughout campus, but some of the memes can be distasteful or unfunny. “I love the memes. It is an interesting way for Rutgers students to unite over something funny like this because usually we tend to unite over something we’re not happy about,” said Kevin Calkins, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. Sophie Chen, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy senior, said the memes can be funny and serve as entertainment, but she thinks they can be annoying when they clutter her Facebook news feed. “I know some people think some memes are offensive, so maybe students should be considerate and think about what they’re posting,” Chen said. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Roy Bhame said he is not a fan of the University memes. “People who aren’t familiar with them might find that they’re homophobic or racist, or something else,” he said. “If you aren’t use to that dark, dr y humor, you probably shouldn’t read them.”

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Rutgers Study Abroad will host a “Summer Study Abroad Fair” at the Red Lion Café on the College Avenue campus from 6 to 9 p.m. to introduce students to the 100+ study abroad opportunities offered through the University. For more information, visit studyabroad.rutgers.edu. SHADES and SCREAM Theater peer educators will teach students how to respond effectively to racist, sexist or homophobic behaviors in “STAND UP. STOP HATE. REPORT BIAS: Bystander Inter vention Workshop for Student Leaders.” The event takes place at 9 a.m. at the Busch Campus Center multipurpose room. For more information, contact Mary Conroy at mkconroy@rci.rutgers.edu or(848)445-4088.

The Daily Targum is now holding its weekly writers’ meeting at 9:30 p.m. in our editorial office on 26 Mine St. on the College Avenue campus. No experience is needed. For more information, email university@dailytargum.com.

Patricia Strach, an associate professor in the Departments of Political Science and Public Administration and Policy at SUNY Albany, will give a talk on “Selling Health: Consumer Marketing, Political Participation and the Breast Cancer Campaign in the United States” in the first-floor conference room at 112 Paterson St. in downtown New Brunswick. The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. The Center for Teaching Advancement & Assessment Research will host a workshop teaching students how to incorporate media with PowerPoint presentations. Students will learn how to integrate audio and video in presentations on the PC. Different audio and video format compatible with PowerPoint and available Web resources for downloading free content will also be covered. The free workshop will run from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. in room 172A of Davidson Hall on Busch campus. Rutgers Student Life and the University Bookstore will have its third annual runway show at 8 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. Students will model University apparel from name-brand designers. Tickets to the show are $7, and all proceeds go to Dance Marathon. The Rutgers Historical Society will have a meeting at 8 p.m. at the Red Lion Café in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Students can learn how Queen’s College got its start with the Old Dutch Parsonage and the First Reformed Church. Other highlights include free food, trivia and prizes.

The Rutgers University Programming Association will present Hard Rock Concert featuring Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows (D.R.U.G.S.). Opening acts are the Stars and Weighed in the Balance. Tickets will be $15 for students and $20 for guests. Tickets will be available online and a schedule for physical ticket sales will be announced on the RUPA Facebook page.

The Rutgers University Student Philanthropy Council will have its general interest meeting at 6 p.m. in room 410 at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. For more information, go to the RU Student Philanthropy Facebook page.

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The Rutgers Astronomical Society is hosting Professor Tad Pryor for a lecture on “Observing Satellite Galaxies of the Milky Way with the Hubble Space Telescope.” The lecture, part of a series hosted by the society, is free and open to the public, and is accessible for non-astronomy majors. Pryor will give his lecture at the Physics Lecture Hall from 8 to 9:15 p.m. on Busch campus.

Comedian Aziz Ansari will perform his routine at the State Theatre in downtown New Brunswick. This event is hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association. Tickets can be purchased over the phone, online at statetheatrenj.org or at the State Theatre box office. For more information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

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Sciences sophomore, said it is obvious that the flu is present at include vomiting, stomach pains the University, even if there does not seem to be an increase compared to the past. continued from front “It is visible that there are people number of students visiting health who are sick,” he said. “I know 11 centers compared to recent years. people who live in one house right Referring to those who have off campus and seven of them are come into the health centers with sick, so it definitely is out there.” the flu, Lasky said there has not Erin Smith, a School of Arts been a noticeable pattern among and Sciences sophomore, said the different types of patients. she is worried that if students do “We have not identified clusnot take preventative measures, ters of infection in the virus could any specific setspread across “Norovirus is tings or groups of the University. people,” she said. that a highly contagious are“People Donna Leusner, sick need to the state cover their viral illness, Department of mouths when they which begins Health and Senior sneeze and cough, Services spokesso we all don’t get suddenly and woman, told nj.com infections and spreads quickly.” that norovirus outviruses,” she said. breaks are comLasky said stuDONNA LEUSNER mon across the dents should State Department of Health state with an aver- and Senior Service Spokeswoman wash their hands age of 100 reported frequently and cases each year. stay home when “The outbreaks they feel sick in on college campuses this week order to curb an outbreak of the are not unusual,” she said in the norovirus at the University. article. “Norovirus is a highly There are a variety of probcontagious viral illness, which lems with bringing students to begins suddenly and spreads the health centers, but several quickly from person to person in specific issues are recognized as crowded places.” the most prevalent at the Symptoms of the norovirus University, Lasky said. The same include diarrhea, vomiting and issues tend to be the most comstomach pains and typically last mon every year, and any type of one to three days. Preventing variations are deemed rare. dehydration through fluid Lasky said students most replacement, according to a commonly go to health centers Rutgers-Newark health report, for upper respiratory tract infeccan treat symptoms. tions, allergies, contraception, Henr y Gajda, a School of STD testing and back pains, Environmental and Biological among other issues.

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Martin said it is important for students to interact with difhear opinions, says Sanclemente ferent cultural groups on campus to prepare for their professional lives. continued from front “When we go into our label someone the way the media careers, we’re not going to be in portrays them,” she said. “People rooms filled with one race,” she who are victimized by this word said. “We need to learn how to feel the need to reassert their loyinteract with people from differalty to this country.” ent cultures … to develop a Matthew Ferran, a panelist deeper understanding of what it and social culture chair of is to be an American and a RUEP, said he has been openly Rutgers student.” gay his entire life and is personAl-Khatahtbeh said she was ally offended when people say, surprised to face issues of stereo“that’s so gay.” typing at the University, which “What are you implying has a large Muslim community. when you say, ‘that’s so gay?’ [Is “It shocked me. I know it] because it’s stupid, it’s [Rutgers has] a diverse campus, ridiculous?” said and I didn’t think Ferran, a School we’d face these of Ar ts and problems,” she “We need … Sciences junior. said. “You’ll see “It really agitates to develop a deeper Muslim students me. I’m pretty on every campus.” understanding sure you can think Sanclemente of another term to said her organiof what it is to be say that instead.” zation decided to an American and Al-Khatahtbeh hold the event to said students use the opina Rutgers student hear derogatory terms ions of students CIARRA MARTIN to refer to people who face stereoBlack Student Union Treasurer from cultures diftypes in their ferent from their daily lives. own without know“There’s so ing where these words originated. many stereotypes that go “If we teach them how stereoaround on campus, it’s hard typical they are, it can change the since we have a variety of stuway our society thinks and the way dents,” she said. “We all come we all interact with each other,” she from different cultures and difsaid. “[It can] reshape our associaferent backgrounds, and we tions with each other as a country, need to know how to undercommunity and as a university.” stand each other and communiStudents at the University tend cate [without bias].” to use stereotypes as joke without Al-Khatahtbeh was happy to knowing how they can offend peopartner with the other sponple around them, Martin said. sors because it shows the “I haven’t met many people University has a forum for diswho use [stereotypes] to hurt cussions like this. people,” she said. “Personally, I “I think it’s great that there try not to be hypersensitive to are so many different backthe fact that I’m black and I’m a grounds [involved],” she said. “I woman. I try to look at things hope it starts an endless dialogue [with] the whole scope.” on this issue.”

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oppose grease truck relocation continued from front haven’t taken an official stance yet, but many of us feel strongly against it,” said Abuhouran, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. Abuhouran said the council also hopes to resolve the recent troubles concerning the University’s relationship with the College Avenue grease trucks. The conflict may result in the trucks being removed from the lot

It brings alumni back, and we would like to see that tradition carry on and not be killed off.” Abuhouran said the council is based on a representative system that looks into issues raised from students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. The council plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between the students and the faculty on campus. “We represent a very broad base of students here at SEBS, and [representatives of the different majors] usually bring the issues of their constituents to the table,” he said.

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U.N., Iran to measure nuclear plot THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. nuclear inspectors starting a two-day visit to Tehran yesterday sought to meet Iranian nuclear scientists and visit a key military facility as they try to gauge allegations that Iran is pushing toward making an atomic weapon. The trip is the second in less than a month by the International Atomic Energy Agency team, reflecting growing concerns over alleged weapons experiments — something Iran has so far both denied and refused to discuss. Herman Nackaerts, a senior U.N. nuclear official, said in Vienna before the team departed on Sunday that he hoped for progress in the talks but his careful choice of words suggested little expectation the meeting will be successful. The trip came as Iran announced air defense wargames to practice protecting nuclear and other sensitive sites, the latest in a series of military maneuvers viewed as a message to the West that Iran is prepared both to defend itself against an armed strike and to retaliate. The U.S. and Israel have not ruled out military action against Iran’s nuclear program, which they say is geared toward making weapons. Iran denies the charges and insists the program is for peaceful purposes only, such as power generation. Iran’s state radio said yesterday the IAEA inspectors hope to meet Iranian nuclear scientists and visit the Parchin military complex. The report said the IAEA had requested to visit Parchin, an Iranian military base and conventional weapons development facility outside of Tehran. The site has also been suspected of housing a secret underground facility used for Iran’s nuclear program, a claim denied by Iranian authorities. IAEA inspectors visited the site in 2005, but went to only one of four areas of potential interest within the grounds. At the time, the nuclear watchdog did not report any unusual activities but the Parchin site was prominently mentioned in the agency’s report last year. The report asserted that Iran constructed “a large explosives containment vessel” in which to conduct experiments on triggering a nuclear explosion, apparently 11 years ago, adding that it had satellite images “consistent with this information.” “Whatever the reasoning of the agency is, it proves the IAEA is not loyal to its previous commitments,” the Iranian radio said. The tone of the commentary suggested the visit to the military complex would likely be denied. The IAEA visit comes as Iran announced last week what it described as key advancements in its nuclear program, inserting the first domestically made fuel rod into a research reactor in Tehran and installing a new generation of Iranian-made centrifuges at the country’s main uranium enrichment facility in the central town of Natanz.

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Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos joins several other finance ministers in Brussels yesterday to discuss options regarding Greece’s debt load. The senior officials want to institute a tighter contol over the country’s spending to prevent declaring bankruptcy next month.

Ministers continue plan to reduce Greece’s debt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS (AP) — Eurozone governments hoped to sign off on Monday a long-awaited rescue package for Greece, saving it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, but several key points of division remained, senior officials said. Finance ministers meeting in Brussels were still wrangling over how to further reduce Greece’s debt load and impose even tighter control over the country’s spending. Rich countries like Germany and the Netherlands and the International Monetar y Fund want to be sure that Athens can eventually survive without aid. But after months of delays, time for Greece is running out. The country needs to secure the euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout so it can move ahead with a related euro100 billion ($130 billion) debt relief deal with private investors. That deal needs to be in place quickly if Athens is to avoid a disorderly default on a bond repayment on March 20. “I am of the opinion that today we have to deliver, because we don’t have any more time,” Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg who also chairs the meetings of eurozone finance ministers, said as he arrived in Brussels. An uncontrolled bankruptcy would likely force Greece to leave the 17-country currency union and return to its old currency, the drachma, further shaking its already beaten economy and creating uncertainty across Europe.

Heading into the meeting, ministers were optimistic that a deal could be reached. “We now have all of the elements to achieve an agreement,” said French Finance Minister Francois Baroin. “Greece knows what it has to do, and we’ll watch over it continually. We also know what we have to do.” But the finance ministers were also preparing for negotiations on several fronts, trying to move Greece’s other creditors to increase their commitments. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos rushed to Brussels to back up his finance chief, Evangelos Venizelos, in talks with the IMF, the European Central Bank and representatives of private holders of Greek debt. The goal is to bring Greece’s debt down to around 120 percent of gross domestic product by 2020 — the maximum the IMF sees as sustainable. At the moment, the country’s debt load stands at more than 160 percent. Last week, a new report prepared by the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF concluded that the new bailout, Greek spending cuts, and a planned euro100 billion debt relief from private investors would still leave Greece’s debt at almost 129 percent of economic output by the end of the decade. Ministers were exploring several options to close that gap, but as talks dragged on Monday, no final solution appeared imminent. A Greek official said Monday morning that there seemed to be agreement on further reducing the interest rate on Greece’s first,

euro110 billion bailout as well as having national central banks in the eurozone, which also hold some Greek bonds, participate in the debt relief. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because the talks were confidential. However, other officials questioned the participation of national central banks, as well as whether the ECB would be willing to transfer profits from its Greek bond holdings back to Athens. On the sidelines of the finance ministers’ meeting, Venizelos headed into a new round of talks with representatives of Greece’s private bondholders — mostly banks and other investment funds — to explore whether they would be willing to accept further losses. A current plan foresees private creditors to swap their old Greek bonds for new ones with half the face value, lower interest rates and much longer repayment periods. But now some countries are pushing for bondholders to also give up on an accrued interest payment of around euro5.5 billion on their old bonds, a demand that could further discourage investors from signing up to the debt swap. Amid the ever-changing mood over the country’s rescue, some frustration was setting among the Greeks. “Greece comes into today’s Eurogroup meeting having fulfilled all the requirements for the approval of the new program,” Venizelos said. “For Greeks, this is a matter of national dignity and a national strategic choice and no

other integrated and responsible choice can be opposed to it.” The Greek parliament has faced down violent protests to approve the austerity measures demanded by the eurozone. Its main political leaders have committed in writing to uphold the bailout terms even after general elections in April. And later Monday, the government in Athens is expected to introduce in Parliament another two pieces of emergency legislation, including wage and pension cuts. Despite Athens’ efforts, however, some countries have indicated their patience with Greece was growing short. “We’ve seen that Greece time and time again fails to satisfy the conditions that the international community makes. ... In the Netherlands, it really is an issue that you have to lend money to a country that for the umpteenth time hasn’t held itself to its agreements,” said Jan Kees de Jager, the finance minister from the Netherlands, which has been especially hard on Greece. “So it’s indeed essential to me, and also the Dutch government, that we have control over the money that we’re going to lend.” To that end, Greece is expected to be forced to set up a separate account that would ensure it services its debt. This escrow account would give legal priority to debt and interest payments over paying for government services. That would maintain pressure on Greece to stick to promised austerity and reform measures and spare the eurozone the risk of a destabilizing default.

SPAIN TO SEND PLANES TO RETRIEVE TREASURE FROM RICHEST SHIPWRECK Spain said yesterday it will soon send hulking military transport planes to Florida to retrieve 17 tons of treasure that U.S. undersea explorers found but ultimately lost in American courts, a find experts have speculated could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history. The Civil Guard said agents would leave within hours to take possession of the booty, worth an estimated euro380 million ($504 million), and two Spanish Hercules transport planes will bring it back. But it was not exactly clear when — yesterday or today — the planes and the agents would leave Spain. Last week, a federal judge ordered Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration to give Spanish officials access to the silver coins and other artifacts beginning today. Odyssey found them in a Spanish galleon, the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, in 2007 off Portugal. Spain argued successfully in court that

it never relinquished ownership of the ship or its contents. The Spanish Culture Ministry said Monday the coins are classified as national heritage and as such must stay inside the country and will be displayed in one or more Spanish museums. It ruled out the idea of the treasure being sold to ease Spain’s national debt. Besides its debt woes, Spain is saddled with a nearly dormant economy and a 23 percent jobless rate. Odyssey made an international splash in 2007 when it recovered the 594,000 coins and other artifacts from the Atlantic Ocean near the Straits of Gilbraltar. At the time, experts said the coins could be worth as much as $500 million to collectors, which would have made it the richest shipwreck treasure in history. The company said in earnings statements that it has spent $2.6 million salvaging, transporting, storing and conserving the treasure.

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Fashion and art have always gone hand in hand and nail art is no exception. Both are forms of expression that showcase the creator’s originality and talent. Fashion is often inspired by art, so the fact that our ten little nails can double as our own personal canvases is truly a match made in heaven.

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The Kodak moment of the ’90s is reinventing itself in today’s young artists. Photographer Brad Westcott brings us timely photos of his everyday life. Despite their unique, slightly evocative content, ranging from debauchery to outlandish incidents, he still gives the public complete freedom to interpret his photographs as they will. “Looking back on all my photos results in instant nostalgia of days past, and I want others who may have no connection with myself or those in the photographs to be reminded of their younger days,” Westcott said. “Even in the most simple sense of adventure.” Westcott sees images in the intricacies of a moment. One of his more serene images depicts his friends standing on the Arizona cliffs overlooking the waters where they’d swim. The shadows and gradation of light behind the cliffs and the barebacked figures serve to give a certain ambiance to the photo. The distance between

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Reparations will need equal effort Community protesters, city officials must cooperate in order to resolve New Brunswick police shootings

ommunity members protesting the shootings of local residents Victor Rodriguez and Barr y Deloatch by New Brunswick police officers flooded a council meeting at City Hall Wednesday, demanding what they see as a problem of police brutality in New Brunswick be rectified by city officials. Tormel Pittman, a city activist, gave voice to the crowded room full of protesters. “We come here looking for answers,” Pittman said. They left the room chanting “no justice, no peace,” and felt they did not get those answers. But justice cannot be served nor peace created when neither party is willing to cooperate. Confrontations like these seem to have become a defining feature of the relationship between community protesters and New Brunswick police officers and city officials following the Sept. 22 shooting of Deloatch, who was fatally shot by two city police officers after being chased down an alley. Ongoing demonstrations by students and residents have taken place throughout New Brunswick’s downtown district and elsewhere in protest of the city’s mishandling of affairs and the New Brunswick Police Department’s alleged police brutality. But the issue has become somewhat of a vicious circle. Community protesters say the city’s handling of the situation frustrates them. Out of their frustration, the protestors, we feel, have done little to utilize the resources at their disposal — outside of grandstanding and fingerpointing. The city, on the other hand, seems hesitant to help a group of protesters who they see as reluctant to help themselves. It is clear that neither side has handled the situation in the most ideal way. Earlier in the month, Mayor James Cahill attributed the city’s recent spike in violent crime to Pittman’s agenda as an anti-police brutality activist, claiming that the upward trend “corresponds directly with the inflammatory and anti-police rhetoric of Pittman and his cohorts.” While it is true that the city has seen an increase in violent acts — specifically shootings — in recent weeks, it remains to be said whether Pittman’s campaign against police brutality has had anything to do with it. As mayor, Cahill should be working to reconcile relations with those who feel slighted by the city — and this does not include making a villain out of a man who is trying to give a voice to community concerns. Pittman and others feel that they have been made victims of incidents like Deloatch’s, and — despite whether or not this is true — Cahill has an obligation as mayor to remain impartial until further evidence is uncovered. Of course, this does not put Cahill — or officials — at fault. The city has made earnest attempts to appease the swell of frustration and hear the concerns of these protesters. The city’s police department recently reinstated — much to our own chagrin — its old volunteer auxiliary police unit, which is representative of the department’s commitment to improving relations between officers and city residents. Additionally, a community liaison to the city’s police department was appointed by Mayor Cahill late last year — a position installed specifically to hear the concerns of community members regarding the shootings. Pittman and others have criticized officers and officials alike for failing to appropriately address the issue, but have shown little willingness to cooperate themselves. According to Assistant City Attorney Charly Gayden, who serves as the liaison to the department, no one has scheduled a hearing for Deloatch’s or Rodriguez’s case since her position was installed in October. If community protesters are genuine in their demand for peace and justice, they too have an obligation to work with city officials on the issue. It is up to them to make use of the resources that have been laid at their disposal. It seems, then, that both parties are partly at fault in this case. Little solace has been brought to friends and family of the deceased, according to the protestors, while ongoing investigations have yet to provide details of either shooting. On top of that, an appeal by a Middlesex County prosecutor to have the case heard by a special grand jury was recently denied by a Superior Court judge. But, at the same time, efforts by community members to uncover answers as to what exactly happened have surmounted in little more than elaborate public demonstrations and accusations hurled at the NBPD and city officials. A vicious circle leads nowhere. If they continue in this way, neither party will end up satisfied. Community members and city officials must realize that it will take equal effort on both sides of the aisle to find answers and — in the process — repair relations between the two.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “For humor to be successful, it almost has to have a bite to it. It is hard to have humor where someone is not the butt of the joke.” Angus Kress Gillespie, a University professor in the Department of American Studies, on Rutgers memes and the nature of American humor STORY IN UNIVERSITY

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but — ever true to his form mong the perks of — he passed the buck to being the president Congress. The Dodd-Frank of the United States, Wall Street Reform and having a doctrine named after Consumer Protection Act is you has to be near the top of named for former Sen. Chris the list. A doctrine is a core Dodd and Congressman set of principles that guides Barney Frank, the two American policy. Sometimes, NOAH GLYN authors of the bill. Obama doctrines change as soon as a chose yet again to defer to new president is sworn in, but his friends in Congress. many remain long after. Although the most famous Past presidents were less willing to yield their examples — the Monroe Doctrine, the Reagan prerogative to write legislation. President Bill Doctrine and the Bush Doctrine — focus on foreign Clinton and his administration helped shape the policy, there is no law saying they must. North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare The New Yorker ran a piece last May that reform, among other legislative accomplishments. described the evolution of President Barack Obama’s Former president George W. Bush and his adminisforeign policy thinking throughout his career. tration were major drivers of the 2001 and 2003 tax Towards the end, the author wrote, “Obama may be cuts, No Child Left Behind and Medicare Part D. moving toward something resembling a doctrine. Obama has simply been absent One of his advisers described the in this regard. Instead of writing president’s actions in Libya as ‘lead“The true laws and proposing specific bills, ing from behind.’” That is, Obama the president hides behind exerts American influence more Obama Doctrine Congress. While the bills are being subtly than previous presidents. If chopped to pieces in a subcommitthe last administration was an eleis the abdication tee, the president is out practicing phant smashing a piano, this presiof leadership.” his swing on the golf course. dent is a nimble violinist, attempting This is not “leading from to pull all the right strings. behind.” The true Obama Doctrine “Leading from behind” has been is the abdication of leadership. The president an important aspect of the Obama playbook since threw away the keys of government long ago. He Day 1. Except it was not simply related to foreign created a vacuum of power that was filled with policy. Obama’s entire agenda has been marked by democratic congressmen hoping to taste a slice of his unwillingness to take the center stage of the the big government pie. The president should political arena. have done more to restrict the self-indulgence of Remember two days after his inauguration — Congress, but he didn’t. Obama signed an order to close the Guantanamo “Leading from behind” implies that the president Bay prison facilities within a year. He then delegatis working the phones and meeting with ed to Congress the task of replacing it with a domesCongressmen and other important people. By all tic prison. Obama did little else other than sign his indications, the president isn’t doing that. MSNBC name to a piece of paper, promising to do somehost Chris Matthews reported that members of thing. Gitmo is still open. Congress do not remember the last time the Perhaps the toughest challenge of the presiPresident called them. Matthews said, “He doesn’t dent’s first term was the revival of the economy. So like their company.” did he grab hold of the reigns of government to Maybe Obama doesn’t like spending time with design a bill to create jobs? No, he tasked Congress members of Congress, or maybe he’s disinterested. — namely, Nancy Pelosi and David Obey — with Either way, the results have been disastrous — the drafting the legislation. economy is improving in spite of stimulus bill, not Certainly then, the president’s signature because of it. Obamacare has caused insurance preachievement — the passage of health care reform miums to skyrocket, and it is strangling religious — must have been his brainchild. Again, not at all. liberty and slowing the economic recovery. DoddThen-Senator Obama campaigned against the indiFrank does nothing to stop financial institutions vidual mandate, which later became the centerpiece from becoming “too big to fail.” These policy failof the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, ures are a direct result of absent leadership. also known as Obamacare. In addition, Max Baucus (D-Mont.), not Obama, is the law’s main author. Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior In the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama prommajoring in economics and history. ised to issue new regulations of Wall Street firms,

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that this is what Christianity is. Now, in case the reader doesn’t know, Christians care a lot about how their God is represented. The author quotes scripture — words inspired by God — that superficially seem to suppor t his opinions, but totally ignores the big picture created by all of scripture. This is not the first time the Targum has allowed statements about religion in the opinions section. Sure, there is freedom of speech, but there is also the need for reverence, seriousness and integrity when it comes to talking about touchy or serious topics, and this has been sorely lacking at times. I’ve read the Targum often these three-plus years in college, and I want to be proud of this newspaper, but this is something in the way. Gabriel Yeung is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in physics.

Police monitorings violate civil rights Letter MSA EXECUTIVE BOARD he Associated Press recently uncovered that the New York Police Department was conducting unwarranted sur veillance on Muslim university students throughout the Northeast, including the students of the University Muslim Student Association. Aside from the appalling discovery that NYPD officers had a safe house in New Brunswick for “intelligence gathering” in 2009, Muslim students were being profiled daily through websites, blogs, emails and meeting attendances. The profiling had no basis, save for the fact that the students were of Muslim faith and the MSA members. As the executive board of the MSA serving a constituency of nearly 1,000 members, we are outraged at this violation of civil and legal rights. There is absolutely no justification in religiously profiling University students who attend this institution to attain intellectual liberation and positively contribute to American society. The MSA is an organization officially recognized by the University that maintains positive relationships with the administration, academic departments and a diverse number of groups on campus. We are a dynamic group that provides social, humanitarian, professional, educational and spiritual assistance to students on campus. To have past and possibly current members be treated in such a prejudiced manner is insulting to our integrity and our mission. We urge the University community to stand up and speak out

against this incontrovertible injustice. We ask the University administration to address this issue in the most respectable and ethical manner, as no student deserves to be treated like a criminal. The University populace should openly condemn the clear violations of the NYPD, who conducted illegitimate profiling outside of their jurisdiction and breached the constitutional rights of individuals. The University is recognized for its rich diversity and tolerance, and this breach of honor on our institution should bring together the entire community regardless of religion, ethnicity or social class. This case is a threat to the civil liberties of all students irrespective of one’s background. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ibaad Sadiq is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in chemical engineering. He is the MSA president. Yusra Syed is a School of Arts and Sciences junior. She is an MSA vice president. Shan Ali is an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy junior. He is an MSA vice president. Maaz Khan is a Camden College of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in engineering. He is the MSA secretary general. Saad Zafar is a School of Arts and Sciences junior. He is the MSA treasurer. Azka Mohyuddin is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. She is the MSA public relations of ficer. Aisha Faruqi is a School of Engineering junior majoring in civil engineering. She is the MSA educational outreach of ficer.

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FIELD: Bergo wins triple jump final, suffers in high jump continued from back Kevin Brown, and sophomore Corey Caidenhead, was among the highs for the Knights. Rutgers finished the relay in a meet-record time of 3:10.33 for its fourth consecutive event title, including outdoors. “We had a set goal to come out here to break the school record and also get the Big East record,” Caidenhead said. “This is our event, and we didn’t want anybody coming in here and taking our event.” Junior thrower James Plummer not registering a point in any of his events and Werner

not qualifying for the 200-meter dash final were among the lows. Head coach Mike Mulqueen said the Knights left more to be desired. “I think we’re better than sixth,” he said. “I think we left a lot of points on the board that we could’ve gotten. We were only 14 points out of third, and I think we had enough manpower to find those 14 points somewhere within our team. And unfortunately we didn’t do it. … We had hoped to be better.” No player epitomized the bittersweet day more than redshirt junior Adam Bergo. Bergo finished third in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 7.26 meters and won the triple jump with a mark of 15.18 meters.

But after finishing with a noheight in the high jump, Bergo came back to the bench and slammed it in frustration as he cut the tape off his left ankle and put an icepack around it. “When I run the curve in the high jump and try to plant with it, it just puts a lot of stress on the inside [of the ankle], and it just reaggravates it every time I try to jump,” he said. “The tape tries to keep my ankle in place as I run so I don’t put as much stress on it, but sometimes it’s just not enough.” The Knights’ jumpers scored more points, 41, than those of any other team. Redshirt freshman Corey Crawford finished second in the long jump with a distance of 7.39 meters. Second place in the triple jump went to senior Tyrone

F E B RUA RY 2 1 , 2 0 1 2 Putman, who recorded a distance of 15.06 meters. Junior Glenn Scheideler picked up the slack for the Knights in the high jump, finishing fourth with a mark of 2.08 meters. The 500-meter dash was one of the most entertaining events of the day, as Younger attempted to defend his title for the third year in a row. He finished fourth, despite the fact that he ran his secondbest time ever at 1:01.44. Pittsburgh sophomore Br ycen Spratling ran a highlight-reel race, finishing with an American record of 1:00.63. Spratling also won the 200meter dash with a time of 21.16, taking home Most

Outstanding Male Track Athlete of the Meet honor. To put the race in perspective, Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt won the 500-meter dash at The Armory the week before with a time of 1:01.39. The time would have placed him third at the Big East Championships. Younger came away from the event feeling good about his time and praised the level of competition. “I decided that anybody else that is on 500 heat, if they wanted it, it was going to hurt,” he said. “They were going to have to come out, they were going to have to take it from me. … I feel pretty good about that time I ran. The competition this year was just unbelievable — it was the best it’s ever been.”

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GOAL: RU improves from 16th-place finish at Champs continued from back “Our goal was to finish in the top 10, and we didn’t accomplish that goal. But we wanted the kids to per form at their best at the biggest meet, and they did that. We had a lot of personal-best times, but unfor tunately some of those times just weren’t good enough to score points at the competition.” Even though the Knights fell shor t of their goal, the 13th-place finish is an improvement from the last indoor season, when the Knights finished 16th out of 16 schools. The Knights cannot focus on the Big East Championships for long, as most of the team already looks for ward to the ECAC Championships from March 34 in Boston. “We have to continue to move for ward and continue to improve,” Robinson said. “But this weekend is done and you can’t dwell on it. We just want to continue to improve and make our performance impactful ever y time we compete.” The Knights may have only finished 13th collectively, but some athletes still turned in highlight per formances. Senior Nwamaka Okobi led the Knights in points by placing third in the long jump with a mark of 5.89 meters and sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.38 meters. “I think I did alright,” Okobi said. “I wanted more out of the triple jump.” Sprinters coach Lou Tomlinson was also pleased with the way the sprinters performed. Junior Asha Ruth

placed eighth in the 200 meter with a time of 24.72. In trials for the 200 meter, Ruth set a personal-best time of 24.52 seconds. Ruth also helped the 4x400meter relay team break the school record set last week despite a mishap, which may have cost the Knights’ relay a trip to the podium. During the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay, a Notre Dame athlete went in the wrong direction and ran into sophomore Tylia Gillon as she received the baton. The collision forced Gillon to reroute herself and get star ted again. The blunder cost the Knights crucial time. “I thought the sprinters did ver y well,” Tomlinson said. “We wanted to get on the podium, but we missed it by one place. It was a bittersweet finish because we per formed well, but felt that if it weren’t for the mishap we would have had a top-three finish. We lost ver y critical tenths of a second. We wound up finishing three or four tenths behind the third-place school.” But it was not the only bad luck the Knights faced. Also in the 4x400-meter relay, sophomore Cor r yn Hur rington sprained her ankle. She will visit the trainers this week. Despite the adverse circumstances, the 4x400 team still found a way to finish four th and set a new school record. “If everyone is healthy, we look to continue to improve our times,” Tomlinson said. As for Okobi, she wants to make the most out of the remainder of her senior season. “I look for fearlessness in ever y competition,” Okobi said. “I don’t want to be scared of failure. I just want to go out there, do my best and have no regrets.”

S PORTS VICTORIES: Freshman picks up two wins in tourney continued from back But Lindley was not the only Knight to break out at the plate. Senior outfielder Lindsey Curran went 4-for-5 in the first two games, but her biggest contribution was in Game 3. Rutgers split the opening games entering the tournament finale, a rematch with Texas State. The Bobcats handed the Knights a loss, 11-6, earlier in the tournament. Curran saw to it that history did not repeat itself. The Monroe, N.J., native blasted a two-run home run in the third inning to break a 0-0 tie. The effort proved to be the deciding factor in a game that ended, 21, in Rutgers’ favor. Lindley said the first game against Texas State left the

HEATS: Quartet of divers prepare for Zone Championships continued from back relay was their best per formance during the three-day championships. Their time of 1:42.82 tied with Villanova for sixth in the race, while Louisville took first. Rutgers placed eighth on Day 1 of the championships in the finals of the 800-yard freestyle medley. Senior Jacquelyn Ward and sophomores Emilie Kaufman, Mar y Moser and Chelsea Rolin finished the race in 7:30.92. West Virginia won the race with a time of 7:06.87. Rutgers only dropped to fourth place with 101 points following the first day of competition. The individual events

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M Knights with a chip on their shoulder. “We really wanted to get after them because we knew they were a team we could beat,” she said. “We were definitely disappointed, losing to them the first day. The score could have been a lot more than what it was.” Although the offensive outburst was the prevailing story for the Knights’ tournament run, pitching played as big of a role in the two wins. Freshman Alyssa Landrith provided the most impressive innings of her young college career, picking up both of Rutgers’ wins to improve her record to 3-1. “She pitched at a good pace, kept our defense on their toes, got ahead of hitters, mixed pitches well,” Nelson said. “I was really pleased with her per formance.” Landrith threw five scoreless innings against Dayton, picked

up five strikeouts and allowed only three hits. The Vacaville, Calif., native threw a complete game in the Texas State rematch, giving up one run on two hits. The only issue for Rutgers was base running, according to Nelson. “We got caught going the wrong direction on a pop-up and a deep fly ball,” he said. “We should have scored on a ground ball [in Game 3], and we didn’t. There were a couple things [that need to be fixed].” The Knights have more than a week to address the concerns. The next tournament begins March 2 in Athens, Ga. Overall, Lindley is happy with how the team looks at this point in the season. “I feel like we’re right where we want to be and we know what we have to work on,” she said. “As long as we can find some consistency in our play, we’ll do well.”

throughout the weekend failed the Knights, which fell to seventh after the second day’s races. Rutgers’ only two top-eight individual finishers of the championships swam in Thursday’s events. Ward placed sixth in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:22.81, while junior teammate Taylor Zafir finished eighth. Senior Trisha Averill delivered strong performances throughout the weekend, but she did not qualify for any of her final heats in three individual events. Her highest finish was 13th in the 200-yard breaststroke. “My performance I was really happy with,” Averill said. “We performed a lot better, so it was just higher and heightened [because of the competition level].” West Virginia’s Rachael Burnett earned the 2012 Big East Women’s Most Outstanding

Swimmer award after she registered first-place finishes in three individual events, including the 1,650-yard freestyle. Rutgers’ swimmers will participate in the Princeton Invite March 4 before their season concludes. Junior Katie Kearney, sophomores Nicole Scott and Valentina Gordon, and freshman Nicole Honey will also compete March 9-11 in the Zone Diving Championships. The eighth-place per formance was not the finish Spiniello wanted for a team that finished 9-2 in regular season action. He now shifts his team’s aims to next season. “The focus now,” Spiniello said, “is to get back into the weight room and really regroup, refocus and come up with a plan on how we are going to move up at this meet next year.”

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Sophomore second baseman Nick Pavatella notched four RBI out of the three hole last weekend against No. 13 Miami (Fla.).

‘Canes sweep Rutgers in competitive series BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill was ambitious in wanting the BASEBALL Scarlet Knights RUTGERS 7 to win MIAMI (FLA.) 9 the Big East. T h e Knights received a test immediately against No. 13 Miami to open the season. A three-game Hurricanes sweep showed the Knights are still a work in progress. A 9-7 Rutgers loss Sunday clinched the Miami sweep at Alex Rodriguez Park, but it was also the first solid showing for the Knights offense. Rutgers outhit Miami, 12-11. Hill was encouraged by certain parts of the order, but he said others need improvement. “We have three and four in the order,” Hill said. “We probably need to find somebody in the five hole who’s a little more consistent than what we have. And the bottom of the order needs some work.” Sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella reached base three times on one hit and two walks, and batted in two runs. After his best game in the short season, Favatella felt more comfortable with his role as the No. 3 hitter. “It didn’t feel much different,” he said. “After the last game, it won’t take much to get comfortable again.” Junior starting pitcher Rob Corsi is another player with a new role. The lefthander made his first collegiate start Sunday after transitioning from his reliever duties. Like many of Rutgers’ players throughout the weekend, Corsi hit rough patches. The Oceanport, N.J., native finished his outing with seven earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.

“He was throwing from 86-89 [aMPH], got his curveball over a couple times,” Hill said. “He just didn’t locate as well as he should have.” The Knights nearly knocked off the Hurricanes a first time in Saturday’s 12-inning 4-1 loss. Rutgers’ pitching staff is its most experienced corps, and it played like it. The experience showed from start to finish, when junior lefthander Dan O’Neill bolstered the Knights with 3 2/3 innings out of the bullpen. “He’s resilient,” Hill said. “He can pitch back-to-back days. He has a good fastball, he has a good changeup. It makes him a very good candidate for [long relief].” O’Neill allowed only two Miami hits and struck out four through three innings. But then the Hurricanes came through in the clutch, especially cleanup hitter Rony Rodriguez. The senior left fielder stepped up to the plate with runners on first and second and cleared them both with a walk-off home run. Rodriguez’s hit was not an anomaly. Miami produced more hits throughout the day, leading, 10-4, in the category. But the Knights showed an ability to keep up with Miami, unlike Friday’s season opener. Rutgers played catch-up after receiving only four innings from junior lefthander Rob Smorol. He allowed two runs, but he was not the only perpetrator in Rutgers’ 6-2 loss. Rodriguez gave the Hurricanes a 5-0 advantage after he reached base on an error in the fifth inning. But Hill already feels like the Knights (0-3) are a long way from that loss to Miami (3-0) in terms of both pitching and hitting. “We’re encouraged,” he said. “The second game we got beat in 12 innings, and the third game goes either way.” The encouragement was enough to give Hill and the Knights faith in winning the Big East.

The Rutgers tennis team traveled more than four hours this weekTENNIS end to RUTGERS 3 start its Big East SYRACUSE 4 season. I t returned to Piscataway with a loss Sunday, as Syracuse dropped the Scarlet Knights, 4-3. The Orange entered the conference opener with a four-match winning streak before defeating the Knights — a stat head coach Ben Bucca was well aware of upon arrival. Syracuse’s four-match stretch, including a victor y against a ranked Harvard club, served as another test for the Knights in the early part of the season. “It was a hard-fought, well played match by both teams,” Bucca said. “Syracuse just came out slightly ahead. Syracuse, they’re a good team.” Syracuse, ranked the 73rdbest team in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, gave Rutgers all it could handle in doubles play. Senior Jennifer Holzberg teamed up with sophomore Vanessa Petrini to deliver a victor y in the first doubles position. The duo defeated the Orange’s Emily Harman and Breanna Bachini, 8-6. But their performance was not enough. Sophomore Stefania Balasa and freshman Noor Judeh dropped their doubles match, 9-7, while senior Morgan Ivey and freshman Lindsay Balsamo could not win in the third doubles position. The latter’s 8-3 loss against Alessondra Parra and Komal Safdar gave Syracuse the first point of the match. “Doubles really reflected the match,” Bucca said. “We had to be satisfied that we played well, but we were so close to winning the doubles point that to lose it was disappointing.” The doubles point proved to be the deciding factor in Syracuse’s victory. Both teams split singles match play, 3-3. Harman exacted revenge against Holzberg in the first singles position. The Syracuse senior won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.

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Sophomore Vanessa Petrini was the only Knight to win Sunday in both singles and doubles in Rutgers’ loss to Syracuse. While Holzberg could not capitalize in first singles, Petrini found success in the third position. Her 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 decision against Bachini highlighted the sophomore’s impressive day. Petrini was the only Knight to win in both singles and doubles play. “I felt like I played really, really well [Sunday],” Petrini said. “I think because I won in my doubles, that momentum went over to my singles. I was really determined to win.” While Petrini survived in singles, Syracuse handled the rest of Rutgers’ (4-2, 0-1) singles lineup. Balasa and Balsamo won in their matches, but Syracuse’s Maddie Kobelt defeated Ivey, 6-1, 6-2, in the second singles matchup. Judeh suffered a shutout in her match, 6-0, 6-0, to cap the Knights’ second loss of the season. The Orange ser ved as Rutgers’ second ranked opponent of the season. The Knights dropped a 7-0 match the previous week against No. 43 Princeton.

While Bucca was disappointed with the outcome, he felt pleased with the way the team performed. “They got a couple of quick points in the singles, but on the whole we really battled hard,” he said. “The whole match reflected two teams that were relatively even matched.” The Knights’ loss comes after their victor y Friday against Army. Rutgers defeated the ser vice academy at the Atlantic Club, 5-2, which halted the Black Knights’ six-match winning streak. Rutgers has three days before its next match Friday against Georgetown. The Hoyas enter the match with a 4-2 record after defeating Old Dominion on Saturday, 5-2. “We just have to work hard,” Bucca said. “In discussing with the team, we seem to be content to focus on what we did this past week, and that was really to look to play aggressive, disciplined tennis.”

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Sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak (29) scored three goals Sunday against Air Force, two of which gave the Knights a three-goal cushion. But the Falcons returned the favor, scoring the final two until Rutgers closed out the contest for its first win of the season and first under head coach Brian Brecht.

RU captures first win despite late Air Force run BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

Even when the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team enjoyed a threeMEN’S LACROSSE g o a l l e a d RUTGERS 11 w i t h AIR FORCE 10 l e s s than two minutes left in its matchup with Air Force, it knew it could not rest easy quite yet.

Air Force battled back the entire game, and in the final stretch it once again did not disappoint. The Scarlet Knights withstood the Falcons’ late rally, which culminated in an 11-10 Rutgers victor y. The win gave the Knights (1-1) and Brian Brecht their first in 2012 and as head coach, respectively. “Obviously Air Force was never going to be a team where we could sit back and rest on our laurels, and they proved

that,” Brecht said. “They were a good team — incredibly wellcoached — and their kids fought hard.” With only 10 minutes remaining in the final frame, Rutgers and Air Force (0-1) faced an 8-8 stalemate. But the Knights tallied three unanswered goals in the next eight minutes to gain an 11-8 advantage. Sophomore Scott Klimchak notched two of his three goals during the Knights’ final rally, while sophomore

Nick DePaolera added another goal in his career-high fivepoint game. The Rutgers defense, most notably junior goalkeeper Rudy Butler, stymied Air Force’s last-minute rally to draw within a point. Butler recorded two saves in as many minutes to close the contest in Syracuse, N.Y. “We gave up a couple easy ones early on, but it could have been a lot worse if we did not get some big saves from Rudy,”

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Junior goalie Rudy Butler recorded 10 saves Sunday against Air Force in Syracuse, N.Y., including two during the final two minutes to stop the Falcons. Butler split time last season with classmate Joseph Donnelly in net for the Knights.

Brecht said. “He was under fire there in those last two minutes, and he made some great saves that allowed us to get a great one-goal win.” The Rutgers midfield continued its productivity from the Knights’ season-opening loss against No.2 Duke. Senior Will Mangan contributed three goals to the win. “Some credit should go to Will Mangan — he has been unbelievable,” Brecht said. “He has been our unsung hero for the last two games. With the things we ask him to do for us, he comes ready to per form ever y day.” Mangan, along with eight other seniors, is a member of a class that has yet to see a winning season. The Knights hope the matchup with Air Force is the first step to changing the recent trend. “We have a great senior class. This senior class wants to make their mark and put their stamp on something,” Brecht said. “The last three years they have had a losing record, and I give a lot of credit to them. They have been outstanding.” After Air Force, the Knights face a quick turnaround, hitting the road once again today to face Wagner. They return to Piscataway on Sunday to take on Maryland-Baltimore County. While the Air Force matchup tested the Knights physically, Brecht sees the short preparation period this week as the first test of his team’s focus. “We do not have a lot of time. We have three games in seven days. These are student athletes, and they have to balance midterms with practice,” Brecht said. “We have a long trip on the road again, then the home opener on Sunday. We are going to find out just how mentally tough we are.”

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running back Ray Rice wants a new contract from the Baltimore Ravens, requesting “Adrian Peterson-type money,” according to Sports Illustrated. The Ravens are expected to hand Rice a franchise tag to keep him from becoming an unrestricted free agent this of fseason. The four thyear running back is expected to accept the tag if it leads to a contract similar to Peterson’s seven-year, $100 million deal. Rice ran for 1,364 yards with 12 touchdowns last season and was selected to his second Pro Bowl.

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agents signed with new teams yesterday, each inking oneyear deals. The New York Yankees came to terms with free agent outfielder Raul Ibanez. The 39year-old signed a $1.1 million deal. Ibanez is expected to serve as a designated hitter next season. The Athletics signed outfielder Manny Ramirez to a minor-league contract worth $500,000. Ramirez, 39, must serve a 50-game suspension after his second positive drug test before he is able to suit up for the Athletics.

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Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo yesterday for two games. Rondo was ejected in the third quarter of Sunday’s 9681 loss to the Detroit Pistons. The guard tossed the basketball at referee Sean Wright in response to a non-call. The ball struck the official in the chest and the action prompted back-to-back technical fouls and an ejection. Rondo missed yesterday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks and will not play in tomorrow’s matchup against the Oklahoma City thunder.

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guard Derrick Rose returned to the starting lineup yesterday after missing five games due to injury. He totaled 23 points and six assists in nearly 35 minutes of play in a 90-79 victory against the Atlanta Hawks. Last season’s MVP sustained lower back spasms. Rose was averaging 22 point and 7.8 assists before his injury. The Bulls went 3-2 during his absence.

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guard Manu Ginobili will miss two weeks due to a leg injury. The team announced yesterday that the guard would miss time after straining his left oblique in Saturday’s win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The 34-year-old will miss six games during that span.

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Senior April Sykes searches for openings Saturday out of a Villanova double team. Sykes scored 20 points for her first game in double figures since Jan. 29 at Georgetown. The forward faces a Seton Hall defense tonight that ranks 13th in the Big East.

Lowly foe offers chance to mix lineup BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer is not afraid to experiment with lineups. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Hall of SETON HALL AT F a m e RUTGERS, coach TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M. h a s benched her cornerstone players this year and started inexperienced freshmen. She does not regret any of her decisions. As a result, 10 of 12 Scarlet Knights have star ted at least once. Stringer switched up the star ters even during a fivegame losing streak. In the past two games, Stringer returned to basics by sending out three of her usual star ters for the first time since Jan. 29 at Georgetown. They clicked in a 61-52 win Saturday at Villanova. Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan, senior for ward April Sykes and junior guard Erica Wheeler began the game on the cour t. They scored a combined 49 points. “When Khadijah goes inside, it allows April to be freer on the outside and Erica, [too],” Stringer said Saturday. “With them str uggling, I attempted to make a lot of adjustments during the year.” That did not stop Stringer from testing out lineups, and junior for ward Monique Oliver was the experiment. She star ted 25 of 26 games and averages close to a double-double. But Oliver only played five minutes against the Wildcats. Stringer has another opportunity to alter minutes tonight against Seton Hall. The Pirates (7-20, 0-13) sit at the bottom of the Big East. No. 24 Rutgers’ (18-8, 7-6) only losses this season have come to topfive teams in the conference,

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Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan drives into a Villanova defender Saturday, when she scored 13 points. Rushdan has reached double figures in all three games since returning from injury. No. 5 Miami (Fla.) and No. 10 Tennessee, so the Knights are likely not on upset alert. Rutgers possesses the depth to utilize several dif ferent lineups and end the game with the same result. But with only three games until the Big East Tournament, questions remain. One comes from the backcour t. Freshman guards Briyona Canty and Shakena Richardson obser ved the entire win against Villanova from the Rutgers bench. Syessence Davis was the lone freshman guard to play. Canty and Richardson only missed one and two games all year, respectively.

A porous Seton Hall defense that ranks 13th in the Big East should instill confidence. The same confidence applies to Sykes, who scored 20 points against the Wildcats. “I’ve been at my worst,” Sykes said. “I just knew hard work, extra shooting and listening to coach would help me — and my teammates believed in me.” Now that the team’s most frequent shooter is back on track, Stringer can re-build the offense around her. But the offense ran through Oliver during their five-game losing streak. The Las Vegas native scored in double figures four times in the stretch.

Sykes played the five position for most of Villanova game, bringing quickness to the defensive end but sacrificing the interior on offense and rebounding. Stringer may tr y out something similar against Seton Hall without fear of liability. No Pirate averages more than 4.7 rebounds per game. Rutgers has yet to play a Big East team with a record as poor as Seton Hall’s in the conference, so Stringer may not be apprehensive about trial and error with lineups again. But if Rushdan, Sykes and Wheeler click again, putting away the Pirates becomes all the easier.

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Tyrone Putman, shown as a sprinter in 2011, finished second in the triple jump.

Senior Jacquelyn Ward was part of a Rutgers 800-yard freestyle medley that placed eighth on the first day of the Big East Championships.

Sophomore Tylia Gillon collided with a Notre Dame sprinter in the 4x400 meter.

Despite record-setting relay, RU finishes sixth in field as Bergo fails to capture high jump title

Knights place only two swimmers in final individual heats after divers earn third-place finish only days earlier in Pittsburgh

Rutgers settles for low finish after failing to meet self-imposed goal of 10th-place standing at Armory

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BRONX, N.Y. — As senior Aaron Younger crossed the finish line Sunday to give the Rutgers men’s track and field team a victory in the 4x400-meter MEN’S TRACK relay and end the RUTGERS 70 indoor Big East C o n f e r e n c e SIXTH PLACE Championships, there was only one problem: It was not the victory lap. Notre Dame ran that lap for the fifth time in the last 10 years. The Fighting Irish led the meet with a score of 131 points, followed by Connecticut with 103 and Pittsburgh with 84.5. The Scarlet Knights had an inconsistent weekend and finished sixth in the championships with a score of 70 points. The 4x400-meter relay victory, run by Younger, seniors Steve Werner and

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The Rutgers swimming and diving team received exactly what it needed to succeed when its divers placed third at the Big East Championships. But SWIMMING & DIVING its swimmers could RUTGERS 247.5 not take advantage of the position they EIGHTH PLACE received from their teammates. The Scarlet Knights placed eighth out of 11 teams at Trees Pool in Pittsburgh this weekend, failing to improve on last year’s seventh-place finish at the championships. Head coach Phil Spiniello witnessed the Knights’ fight, but he was disappointed in where the team sat in the final standings. “We had a solid performance. I think we would have liked to have finished a little bit higher,” Spiniello said. “We had some good things, a lot of life-time best, it just wasn’t enough to push us up on the standings.” Louisville capitalized on its second-place diving per formance last weekend and

turned in a first-place finish. Its winning score of 785.5 was well ahead of secondplace Notre Dame, which posted a 593.5 mark in the pool. West Virginia placed third with 524 points. Pittsburgh, Villanova, Connecticut and Cincinnati all placed ahead of the Knights. Georgetown finished ninth and Seton Hall captured 10th, with Providence taking last in the championships. While the Knights went 4-0 against Big East teams during the regular season, they did not face either Louisville or Notre Dame. The two schools placed a total of 38 swimmers in final individual heats. Rutgers placed two. “When you have the whole league together, there is a lot of depth,” Spiniello said. “So making it back into the finals becomes a matter of tenths and hundreds of a second, and they just weren’t falling our way this weekend.” Spiniello said last week the team’s strength would lie in its relay events. The Knights’ finish in the 200-yard medley

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BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

All the work had been put in, and the weekend the Rutgers women’s track and field team waited for came and went. The Scarlet WOMEN’S TRACK Knights competed RUTGERS 18 in the Big East Championship last 13TH PLACE weekend at the legendar y New York Armor y in the Bronx. The Knights’ goal since preseason training began was to finish in the Big East’s top 10. But they fell short of the goal, placing 13th at the competition with 18 total points. Georgetown took the top spot at with 102 total points. Cincinnati placed second with 90 and Villanova rounded out the top three with 89.50. “It was disappointing as a team finish,” said head coach James Robinson.

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Knights utilize long ball, young pitching in victories BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Before the season began for the Rutgers softball team, head coach Jay Nelson SOFTBALL said the Scarlet RUTGERS 2 Knights’ of fense would be TEXAS STATE 1 their strongest component.

After the opening tour nament in Lafayette, La., it was dif ficult to see why. While the Knights scored runs against a weak Mississippi Valley State team, they struggled to come up with big hits against tougher opponents. But last weekend in San Marcos, Texas, was a dif ferent stor y. Of fense came in bunches, which helped lift the Knights to a 2-1 record in the tournament.

Nelson admitted there was room for improvement, but Rutgers showed a good team effort. “I was pleased. We’re swinging the bat pretty well,” Nelson said. “There’s still a couple [players] we need to get on track. It’s just a matter of timing. The more they see live pitching, the better they’re going to get.” The biggest step up came from senior third baseman Brittney Lindley. After a relatively quiet opening tournament, the Cicero, N.Y., native slugged three

home runs —including a grand slam — en route to earning Big East Player of the Week honors. Lindley credits her offensive outburst to Nelson’s hitting philosophy. “I was just focusing on seeing the ball and attacking good pitches, and it worked out well,” she said. “Coach Nelson always talks about getting the best pitch of the at-bat and attacking.”

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