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Ravi’s texts about webcam viewing released in trial BY SPENCER KENT STAFF WRITER

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The Douglass Governing Council speaks to Douglass College residents and members about upcoming campus projects, like a $35 million campaign for a new residence hall. The forum was held yesterday at the Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus.

Council works toward campus unity BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT

The Douglass Governing Council hosted its first “All College” meeting at the Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus yesterday to present future plans to about 100 attendees, such as a women’s round table discussion and a campaign to raise $35 million for a new residence hall. The Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, a group of former Douglass College students who provide financial support for the college, are overseeing a five-year $35 million campaign for a new residence hall, said Kyrie Graziosi, council internal vice president.

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“The campaign is approximately oneand-a-half years in and has raised $23 million so far,” said Graziosi, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “The new residence hall will be a part of the pre-existing Jameson residence hall complex.” The new residence hall will form a fourth wall that will connect three Douglass residence halls to form a quad, she said. Graziosi said the council hopes to strengthen ties among all Douglass campus students by holding a meeting ever y semester. “Although Douglass students are required to live on the campus … it’s hard to get the whole community together on a

frequent basis,” she said. “This is just a way to get everyone together, to get all students updated on college initiatives and to get students more involved to keep them informed.” Jacquelyn Litt, dean of Douglass Residential College, said there was a need to enhance communication between the students and the council, prompting her to introduce a student advisory committee of 36 members. “We were making changes at the college, and I was feeling that I needed a formal group that would be following all that was going on, that I knew I could rely on

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Bryan-Jon Martin, Off-Campus Students’ Association president, conducts the association’s new executive board election yesterday at the Busch Campus Center.

“Did you really see him make out with some guy?” asked Michelle Huang in a September 2010 text message to Dharun Ravi. “Yeah, Molly saw him too. He was older and creepy,” Ravi replied. “That’s so nasty. Watch out, he might come for you when you’re sleeping,” Huang had said. “OMG [Oh my God], everyone keeps telling me that. I haven’t seen him since then,” Ravi replied. Text messages exchanged shortly before Tyler Clementi’s suicide between Ravi and his West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School high school friend, Huang, revealed new evidence yesterday at Ravi’s trial held at the Middlesex County Courthouse. Ravi could face up to 10 years in prison for bias intimidation and acting with malice against Clementi, his former roommate. Enlarged photographs of the conversations — including messages regarding the webcam viewing of Clementi and his male companion in his Davison Hall C room on the Busch campus — were presented to the court. Ravi told Huang, via text message, how he planned to use his computer’s webcam to record Clementi with another man. He also told multiple friends that they could view the encounter through iChat. Ravi asked Huang, a Cornell University student, to watch Clementi in an intimate encounter with his guest only identified as M.B. “I pointed [the camera] at his bed, but the monitor’s off, so he can’t see it,” Ravi had said in a September 2010 text message to Huang. “Haha, yeah do it,” Huang had replied. Huang said in her testimony that she did not plan to view Clementi’s encounter. “I did not [participate],” Huang said. “I had no interest.” Once Ravi got the recording to work, Huang later contacted Ravi via text message to find out if he was successful in recording Clementi. Ravi told Huang what he saw when viewing the encounter between Clementi and M.B. In a series of text messages, Ravi named fellow high school friend and then-University student Molly Wei as a viewing participant. Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure asked Huang during the trial if she had an interest in Ravi’s plan to view his roommate. “I was just going along. I wasn’t taking him completely serious,” Huang said. Huang said she never heard Ravi make any derogatory comments about homosexuality in general. According to text message exchanges between the two, Huang had texted Ravi, “I saw a lesbian Asian couple walking today — it was gross.” Ravi had responded, “When we were in New York, we saw two guys making out.” Huang said after Ravi found out Clementi had committed suicide, he text-messaged her saying, “He was depressed and quiet all the time and had no friends, so I guess it makes sense.” Huang said Ravi instructed her to contact Scott Xu, a School of Engineering sophomore, to delete a derogatory comment on a picture regarding Clementi. “He asked me to delete it because it was a negative post about his roommate,” she said. Details of the photograph and the comments made were not revealed as evidence. Joseph Murphy, a Verizon Wireless cellphone analyst, later explained how these text messages were obtained and the protocol for retrieving such records. “All text messages are stored in a separate text message database, even if they are deleted,” Murphy said. “This record is for billing purposes, so we know how much to bill the customer based on his or her text message activity.”

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Museum connects U. community with art, culture since ’83 The Zimmerli boasts the world’s largest collection of Soviet nonconformist art along with educational programs for all ages BY ANKITA PANDA STAFF WRITER

The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum stands on the College Avenue campus, home to thousands of historical art pieces ranging from various historical periods. But many students do not know that the museum, founded in 1983, has a broad histor y of its own. Made possible through a generous $1.5 million donation from brothers Alan and Ralph Voorhees, the Zimmerli Ar t Museum first opened with an internationally acclaimed exhibition of 17th centur y Dutch painting, said Fernanda Perrone, University archivist and head of the Exhibitions Program. The Zimmerli Art Museum, named after Alan Voorhees’ mother, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli, was built as an expansion of the Voorhees Hall building, which once housed the University Art Librar y, she said. The librar y, which no longer exists, was redesigned into galler y rooms where exhibitions are now being held. For this reason, Perrone does not believe the histor y of the Zimmerli Ar t Museum dates back to 1983, but to 1967 when the University Ar t Galler y first opened. “Part of the old library is actually now part of Zimmerli [as] galleries,” she said. “You can see the imprint of what the old library looked like if you look really closely [at the concaves and slopes of the building].” The museum also incorporated remnants of the old Ballantine Gymnasium, which burned down in 1930, Perrone said. Certain parts of the old gymnasium were used to add classrooms to Voorhees Hall, while other salvageable areas have been added to the Zimmerli Art Museum, according to the University archives. “Ballantine burned down in [the] 1930s, but there was still a partial building there, so when they built the Zimmerli, they incorporated it and if you go in the back [of the Zimmerli], you can see where there is some old brick,” Perrone said. The museum’s basement — also its art storage — is built on a slope that was once a swimming pool in the Ballantine Gymnasium, she said. After a sizable donation in 2000, the University expanded the Zimmerli Art

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Rutgers College students, left, study in the University Art Library, which was transformed into gallery rooms for the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. The museum was constructed as an expansion of Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus.

Museum to add the upper and lower Dodge galleries, which house the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, said Theresa Watson, the museum’s communications coordinator. Since its inception in the 1980s, the Zimmerli Art Museum now holds more than 60,000 art collections, including nineteenth century French prints, American prints and various other pieces of Western art from as far back as the fifteenth century, according to a museum press release. The museum’s success, Watson said, could be attributed to the staff’s hard work and dedication to keeping the Zimmerli updated and interesting to the public. “While the Zimmerli has developed a world-class collection that surveys important periods throughout art histor y, museum staff [and the University faculty] have recognized areas that provide deep insight into modern history,” she said. The museum’s collection of nonconformist art from the Soviet Union is the world’s largest, which the Dodges donated in 1991, Watson said.

“Over 20,000 works by more than 1,000 artists reveal a culture that defied the politically imposed conventions of Socialist Realism,” she said. “This encyclopedic array of nonconformist art extends from about 1956 to 1986.” Old Soviet policies are at times depicted through the collection, she said. Visitors who enter these particular galleries can find art representing former Soviet leaders — like Nikita Khruschev and Mikhail Gorbachev — through canvas and panel paintings, sculptures and self-published texts called samizdat. Aside from the Soviet nonconformist artwork, the museum staf f established the Rutgers Archives of Printmaking Studios in 1983 to document late 20th centur y American printmaking and the vital collaboration between ar tists and master printers, Watson said. For the Zimmerli Ar t Museum’s collections and

projects to really make a difference, Watson encourages all University students to take part in the museum’s “Ar t After Hours,” an event held on the first Wednesday of ever y month to introduce culture and ar t from around the globe into campus life. The museum also offers programs for children, such as “Passport to Art” and spotlight tours, so that children who might other wise be unable to understand the message behind the artworks have the opportunity to learn in a specialized tour, she said. Perrone said the museum’s broad range of collections and extra programs are reasons enough to keep it popular for years to come. “[The museum] has a lot of programming for children, like an art camp over the summer. There are various types of e v e n t s there, l i k e films and

community outreach programs,” she said. “All of these things have sort of developed over the years.” Rachelle Adlerman, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and ar t enthusiast, said she was first surprised to find such a large collection of artwork at a University establishment. “I’m honestly kind of surprised when I go in there,” she said. “It’s a lot bigger inside than it looks and to be honest, I don’t expect tons of variety from a little museum like that, but it’s got a ton of unusual and variable art.” Adlerman thinks students who do not belong to the Visual Ar ts program in the Mason Gross School of the Arts are less likely to visit, but encourages students interested in histor y and unusual Dadaist artwork to pay a trip soon. “The Russian ar t is pretty neat. They also have a neat exhibit on Fluxus ar t, which is sor t of based on Dadaism but more friendly and playful,” she said. “The basement usually has good stuf f but it’s always changing.”

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Jon Shayo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, and Chris Depalma from the Embrace Kids Foundation walk the runway for Phi Sigma Sigma’s charity event at the Busch Campus Center.

Fashion show fundraises for children’s charity BY SEOYOUNG CHOI

Kids Foundation, with whom they occasionally spend time with throughout the year, Hod said. About 400 people attended Lisa Damore, an adviser of Phi Sigma Sigma’s first “StRUt Phi Sigma Sigma, said people FTK Rent the Runway Fashion have the wrong impression of Show” Sunday, in which they what greek organizations do raised about $7,000 for Dance because the public only sees the Marathon’s charity Embrace social aspects associated with Kids Foundation. greek life, but not their philanThe University chapter of Phi thropic efforts. Sigma Sigma along with 16 “Rutgers University should be other greek organizations volun- very proud of the greek community teered to walk the runway in for these events — Dance designer clothes and jewelr y Marathon and other philanthropic provided by Rent the Runway in activities — that bring student the multipurpose room at the groups together while benefiting Busch Campus Center, said the world around us,” Damore said. Samantha Hod, Cour tney chair of the event McKernian, mem“[The] University ber of Gamma Phi for Phi Sigma Sigma. Beta, said her should be very The fashion group volunteered show featured about in the event after proud ... [of] 60 models from difreceiving an email activities that ferent greek organifrom Phi Sigma zations and 14 chilSigma and thought bring student dren from the it would be a fun groups together.” Embrace Kids way to help raise Foundation, said funds. LISA DAMORE Hod, a School of “There was a lot Phi Sigma Sigma Adviser Arts and Sciences of energy. … I hope sophomore. I can participate The group surpassed its goal next year if they are doing it again. It of raising $5,000 for Dance was a lot of fun,” said McKernian, a Marathon through raffling off School of Arts and Sciences junior. prizes such as sportswear, books Hod said the event would not and tickets to museums in New have happened without the support York City, she said. of the participating organizations. The organization raffled off “It was so great seeing the greek about $20,000 worth of prizes community come together for the through a silent auction, which was kids, and [it was] even more incredmade possible with support from ible seeing the kids walk down the greek organizations, families and runway with the biggest smiles on friends, she said. their faces,” Hod said. One of Dance Marathon’s initiaJustine Vargas, a School of tives is to raise awareness and Arts and Sciences senior, said this money for the Embrace Kids event helped the greek organizaFoundation, a nonprofit organizations let others see their philantion that helps non-medical needs thropic side. children with cancer and leukemia, “What makes this special is that said Ashley Sam, community out- they are not doing this for themreach director for Dance Marathon. selves, they are doing it for another Some sororities and fraternities person, which is the reason behind sponsor a child from the Embrace this whole event,” she said. CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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U. STUDENT PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN N.J. SYNAGOGUE BOMBINGS A former University student was charged in a series of attacks on synagogues that occurred in January pleaded not guilty yesterday through his attorney. Aakash Dalal, a 19-year-old New Brunswick native, is accused of encouraging another defendant, Anthony Graziano, to make bombs, according to mycentraljersey.com. Dalal is not charged with participating in the acts. Dalal’s attorney Chris DiLorenzo pleaded not guilty on Dalal’s behalf. He faces charges including conspiracy, aggravated arson, criminal mischief and bias intimidation, according to mycentraljersey.com. “It’s my opinion that he’s being prosecuted more for the use of malicious words than

TRIAL: RUPD Detective recalls evidence in Ravi’s room continued from front Douglas Rager, a former Rutgers University Police Department detective, was one of the first officers handling the invasion of privacy investigation charge against Ravi. He was granted a search warrant allowing him and other officers to collect evidence and photograph Ravi’s room. Rager said he went over the procedure of how he conducted the room search and how evidence

COUNCIL: Federico says meetings will help inform public continued from front to give me some good feedback,” she said. Emily Harran, Douglass Residential College administrative assistant, said the committee benefits the Douglass community because it encourages democratic ideals and allows everybody to have a say in the college’s issues. “I think it’s nice to not only hear from our student leaders,” Harran said. “It’s kind of nice to open it up to everybody, so everyone has an equal voice and a say in what programs we have.” Litt said the Jameson Hall Global Village, a residential area designated for women, is always accepting new members, which helps contribute to the diverse environment the Douglass College has become known for. “Our diversity has increased every year since the Douglass Residential College was founded by leaps and bounds,” she said. “We’re really, really proud of that and cherish that and look forward to that continuing.” Litt said she is proud to speak about the University’s progress while making appearances at school events and international conferences, recalling that even Secretar y of State Hillar y Clinton was familiar with the University’s reputation during a “Women in Public Ser vice” conference in Washington, D.C. “What we do here matters on a national scale,” she said. “We’re really a national leader in women colleges.”

criminal behavior,” DiLorenzo told mycentraljersey.com. “Malicious words aren’t criminal acts.” Dalal is characterized as an instigator in the January firebombing, which Graziano allegedly carried out, said John Molinelli, Bergen County prosecutor. He said Graziano was motivated by a bias against Jews and an attempt to harm them, but did not give a motive for Dalal’s alleged actions, according to mycentraljersey.com Graziano and Dalal, who both grew up in Lodi, N.J., were childhood friends, prosecutors said. Graziano has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of attempted murder and was initially

was obtained. He also told the court how interviews of witnesses were held. “The camera was directly angled at Tyler’s bed. We took the computer monitor and the webcam —Tyler’s phone was also confiscated,” he said. Rager said he and a New Brunswick Police Department officer traveled to Ravi’s Plainsboro home to bring him to the police department for questioning where he was read his Miranda rights. The trial, which started Feb. 24, continues today and is expected to last two to three more weeks.

Laura Federico, Douglass Residential College senior public relations specialist, said these meetings are meant to help the public stay up-to-date on the community events. “It’s open to ever ybody,” Federico said. “It’s sort of like the president has the State of the Union. It’s the same type of thing, except for an organization instead of a country.” Valerie Weiss, a member of Douglass Residential College, believes meetings can only benefit the community and strengthen a sense of unity. “To meet regularly and to have a meeting for the community is good,” said Weiss, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “That way, we have input in a stronger way with a strong voice on a more regular basis.” Federico said students should learn to stick together despite the distance that lies between the different residential areas. “We’re sort of scattered, so it helps in keeping everybody on the same page,” Federico said. “It increases moral for everyone to be let in on what other people are doing. It leads you to support your colleagues more if you know what they’re doing.” Aubrey Weibel, a School of Environment and Biological Sciences junior, said she appreciates the discussions in these meetings because they provide a sense of transparency between the staff and the students. “I think it’s absolutely a good thing that they’re having these meetings,” Weibel said. “It allows rumors to be addressed. It makes sure that those who want to know what’s happening have the opportunity to know what’s going on so they can answer questions.”

held on $5 million bail, but the amount was reduced to $2.5 million, according to mycentraljersey.com. Dalal is also being held on $2.5 million bail. DiLorenzo told mycentraljersey.com yesterday that Dalal was in New Hampshire volunteering with the Ron Paul campaign during the time of the attacks, so he could not have par ticipated. Prosecutors allege that Dalal had been present for incidents leading up to the firebombings, including anti-Semitic graffiti at synagogues in Hackensack and Maywood, according to mycentraljersey.com. “Mere presence at the scene of a crime is not a crime,” DiLorenzo told mycentraljersey.com.

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MAN SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN ARMED ROBBERY A member of an armed robbery crew was sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to obstruct commerce in connection with his role in a home robbery in May 2009, according to mycentraljersey.com. Erik Prascak, whose robbery crew primarily targeted businesses and homes in Middlesex County pleaded guilty in March 2011 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz on just one count of the indictment. U.S. District Judge Faith S. Hochberg sentenced the 22-yearold Milltown native yesterday in Newark federal court, according to mycentraljersey.com Documents filed in the case and statements made in court show that Prascak admitted he conspired with Joseph Passalaqua, 56, and Raffaele Danise, 25, both of East Brunswick, among others to rob a home in Milltown on May 21, 2009, according to mycentraljersey.com. Hochberg also sentenced Prascak to three years of supervised release and fined him $1,000. He is ordered to pay a restitution of $46,578, according to mycentraljersey.com.

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City activists seek answers to street violence BY RICHARD CONTE CORRESPONDENT

In an attempt to stop local street violence, residents are teaming up with New Brunswick authorities to make the city streets safer through various efforts. David Harris, executive director of the Greater New Brunswick Daycare Council, said community leaders and activists in New Brunswick are exploring different ways to combat criminal activity. The key, he said, is to find and attack the source of the problem. “To reduce violence, we have to have a fair and just society to grow up in,” said Harris, a University alumnus. Harris said many of the issues on the street could be traced back to the harmful environment that some of the local residents find themselves in. “Violence is the end result of the circumstances people live in,” he said. Harris took part in an anti-violence forum held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in New Brunswick last Wednesday, where several local residents came together to discuss the city’s criminal problems. According to an article on Patch.com, the forum members

discussed a letter written by C. “When children see injusRoy Epps, president and CEO of tice, they follow what they see,” the Civic League of Greater he said. New Brunswick. The city’s priorities have to be The letter listed steps that Epps’ refocused to curb street violence, organization was taking with the he said. local law enforcement and commuMembers of the Greater New nity groups toward reducing the Brunswick Daycare Council have violent crimes in New Brunswick, been involved in some of the according to the article. city’s new construction projects, Epps said in his letter that committing to an effort to Anthony Caputo, director of the improve the lives of residents, New Brunswick Harris said. P o l i c e “We’ve placed “Reducing violence brick-and-mor tar Department, has been attending projects in the isn’t as easy meetings with central business Assistant City district above as taking Attorney Charly quality schools two aspirins. ” Gayden and and quality NBPD Sgt. Scott health care,” DAVID HARRIS Gould to address Harris said. Director of the Greater New the issues. The Brunswick Daycare Council Students at the meetings have University can get been producing involved to help results, such as the establishment solve some of the city’s probof a New Brunswick Auxiliary lems, he said, but they tend to be Police Unit, Epps said. too preoccupied with their “More volunteers should be schedules to lend a hand. recruited for the next training “Students are very busy doing cycle in the spring of 2013,” Epps what they came here for, getting a said in the letter. [college] degree,” he said. Harris said community leaders Harris says if students find must realize that many of the city’s the time to get more involved in criminals come from the isolated New Brunswick politics, things areas that historically have high can be much safer for people in crime rates, while younger people the city. usually become accustomed to Jovanni Innocent, a School of their violent surroundings. Arts and Sciences junior, said he

thinks the best way to stop street violence is to educate local citizens on how to stay out of dangerous situations. “Be smart [when you’re out at night], walk in groups, avoid dark areas and after a certain time you shouldn’t be out and drunk,” Innocent said. Ahmed Chaudry, a School Of Arts and Sciences senior, said the NBPD should take more responsibility to protect citizens. “There should be more police officers in the areas [of New Brunswick] at night,” Chaudr y said. Carisa Sousa, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said students could participate in the cause against street violence by providing information they know on crime activity. “Young people should repor t crimes [that they see],” Sousa said. Harris said he is optimistic that city activists and local authorities can find solutions to the street violence issues, but that people must remember that it will take time until improvements are visible. “Reducing violence isn’t as easy as taking two aspirins,” he said. The next public forum will be held on March 20 at the Board of Education Meeting, Harris said.

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al-Qaida attacks kill 107 soldiers in south Yemen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANAA, Yemen — Sneaking across the desert behind army lines, al-Qaida militants launched a surprise attack against military bases in south Yemen, killing 107 soldiers and capturing heavy weapons they later used to kill more troops, officials said yesterday. The military officials said at least 32 of the militants were killed in Sunday’s fighting in Abyan province, and scores were wounded on both sides. Medical officials in the area confirmed the death toll figures. They said the poor services in local hospitals accounted for the death of many soldiers who suffered serious wounds but could have survived had they been given better medical care. The death toll among the troops is believed to be the highest on record in battles fought by the army against al-Qaida militants, who have been embold-

ened by the political turmoil roiling the impoverished Arab nation for more than a year. The militants’ attack appeared to be al-Qaida’s response to a pledge by Yemen’s newly inaugurated President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to fight the Yemeni branch of the terror network, believed to be the world’s most active. Hadi repeated that pledge on Monday during talks with a visiting British diplomat. “The confrontation will continue until we are rid of the last terrorist, whether in Abyan or elsewhere,” local Yemeni media quoted him as saying. The military officials said the militants’ surprise attack outside Abyan’s provincial capital Zinjibar also led to the capture of 55 soldiers. The captives were paraded on the streets of Jaar, a nearby town that, like Zinjibar, has been under al-Qaida’s control for about a year. The officials spoke yesterday on condition of anonymity because

they were not authorized to speak to reporters. The battle in Abyan province shows how militants have taken advantage of the turmoil created by the yearlong uprising against then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who last month handed over power to Hadi. The Defense Ministr y said late yesterday a soldier was killed and two others wounded when militants launched an attack on a military checkpoint in the southern province of Bayda, where alQaida took control in January. In recent weeks in Bayda, there have been assassination attempts on security of ficials and a suicide bombing at a base belonging a force run by Saleh’s son. The scale of Sunday’s attacks also points to the combat readiness of the militants as they launch more attacks in a region that the United States considers a key battleground in the war on al-Qaida.

Militants seized control of Zinjibar in May and Jaar the month before as Yemen security officials were focused on putting down a popular uprising against Saleh’s regime. Saleh stepped down last month in a U.S.-backed power transfer deal that Washington hoped would allow Yemen’s new leaders to move against al-Qaida. But the fighting highlights the difficulties faced by Hadi in combatting the militant movement and restoring state authority in the lawless south. Sunday’s fighting followed the dismissal last week by Hadi’s government of the military commander of the southern region, to which Abyan belongs, along with other security officials from the province. The al-Qaida attack led to demonstrations yesterday by thousands of university students in the coastal city of Aden, Yemen’s second largest after Sanaa. The demonstrators

demanded that Maj. Gen. Mahdi Maqoula, commander of an armored battalion deployed outside Zinjibar, be put on trial for suspicion of collaboration with al-Qaida. The military officials said the militants were able to seize armored vehicles, artiller y pieces, assault rifles and rockets from the stores of an army base they attacked. Some of the heavy weapons were later used against the troops, causing most of the casualties. The weapons were captured from Maqoula’s 31st armored battalion, according to the military officials. A Defense Ministry statement on Sunday said the fighting began when militants detonated “booby trapped vehicles” at an army base in the region of Koud near Zinjibar. The wording of the statement suggested that the base had been occupied by the militants before army forces regrouped and took it back. The fighting lasted the whole day.

LIBYANS BURY 155 BODIES RECOVERED FROM LAST YEAR’S CIVIL WAR BENGHAZI, Libya — Thousands of mourners gathered yesterday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of people were killed during last year’s civil war. It was the largest grave yet to be discovered from the conflict that began as a popular uprising and ended with the capture and killing of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi last October. It illustrated how Libya is struggling to recover from the 10-month civil war that left the nation with weak governing institutions, squabbling tribes, rival regions and many armed militias. The grave was found in the eastern town of Bin Jawwad, a major battleground during the civil war.

Four other bodies from the mass grave were delivered yesterday to relatives for burial in the northern coastal city of Ajdabiya, between Bin Jawwad and Benghazi. Government official Yousef al-Zawey said others were taken for burial in Al Marj and Derna, pushing the total number of bodies found in the mass grave to 170. A traditional Islamic prayer service was held in Benghazi after the 23 trucks transported the wooden coffins, which were draped in the tri-colored Libyan flag. A Cabinet minister who heads the government body responsible for missing persons accompanied the caravan through the eastern cities. In Benghazi, thousands chanted “God is great” and held pictures of the deceased, while others waved Libyan flags.

Some women fainted when the bodies arrived in Benghazi, which was briefly the capital of the opposition fighting Gadhafi’s forces. The government says that 80 of the bodies discovered in Bin Jawwad have been identified, and that all were from eastern Libya. The youngest was a 17-yearold male. Experts are trying to identify the rest from DNA samples. Forensic specialists with the government say most appear to have died from gunshot wounds and rocket strikes starting in March. Some were executed, while others were severely disfigured from rocket attacks, they said. — The Associated Press

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he University’s International Student Association is bringing together professors, researchers and students for the third year in a row in another “TEDxRutgers” event, where participants will convene to trade innovative ideas. “Ideas are free-flowing, and we are facilitating ideas within this move,” said organizer Wei Jie Tian last Thursday the Livingston Student Center Coffeehouse, where the ISA unveiled this year’s theme, “Igniting a Global Enlightenment.” “We want to make Rutgers know for intellectualism, knowledge and ideas,” Tian said. We can eagerly get on board with the ISA’s efforts — and, more than that, we’d encourage the rest of the student body to follow suit. For those familiar with TED, a nonprofit organization dedicated to “ideas worth spreading,” that began in 1984 as a conference aimed at bringing together intellectuals from the fields of technology, entertainment and design, the full import of having our own TED-inspired event here at the University should be obvious. An independently organized, TED-style event allows members of the University community to exchange ideas and foster discussion, while being able to uniquely tailor those ideas to issues and sentiments particularly relevant to what’s happening on campus. College, or so students are told, is a place for ideas — but the promotion of events that are dedicated to the academic or intellectual deliberation of these ideas, like “TEDxRutgers,” is too often lacking at major state universities like our own. We pride ourselves on our strong research- and scholarship-oriented bent as New Jersey’s flagship university, but we tend, for whatever reason, to hear more often about events that are aimed at the entertainment of the student body rather than the enlightenment of the student body — at our comedic stimulation rather than our intellectual stimulation. Events like ISA’s “TEDxRutgers” brings into balance a scale, which, more times than not, leans in favor of acts featuring public personalities like Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi or Aziz Ansari (which are, of course, valuable in their own right). Past “TEDxRutgers” events have focused on the work of University faculty in the fields of computer science and game design, or on entrepreneurs from outside the University community — but this year’s theme, Tian said, will center on global communication. As the University continues to extend its “global reach,” students will be forced to question how to remain connected in an increasingly global society. Events like “TEDxRutgers” can provide an answer to this question over common ideals.

Street violence may not need crisis label C

ommunities across the Garden State have perceived a rise in city street violence in recent years, and New Brunswick is not excluded. In the most urbanized areas the problem is often magnified, and, as a response, N.J. legislators, and activists have been seeking out ways to curb the trend. But the most recent proposal aimed at putting an end to this violence comes from National United Youth Council Director Salaam Ismial, who is asking every county in the state to declare violence as a public health crisis. To us, this seems a somewhat strange way of bringing attention to the issue. And Ismial is not alone in this strategy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have already done the same, asserting that street violence, especially among youth, should now be marked up along side suicide and cancer. While it should be made clear that violence throughout N.J. communities is a serious issue and must be dealt with accordingly, it’s difficult to understand the logic behind labeling street violence a public health crisis. Health crises, at least in a literal sense, is more often associated with disease and sickness afflicting a given population. Our question is — in what sense can street violence be considered relevant to public health? The intent, by labeling street violence as such, is to draw greater attention to the issue, as well as attract greater funding, Ismial said. Both of these factors, of course, are needed and would greatly assist communities in combating the trend. Yet we tend to feel that such measures — greater attention and funding given to the issue — should take place regardless of whether street violence is labeled a public health crisis. The fact that street violence is on the rise in many communities — and is indeed a serious issue — should be reason enough for legislators and community members to take action against it.

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treats gays and lesbians as he University has had second-class citizens. a rough couple of As time passed and temyears, and there pers calmed, more evidence appears to be no end in sight. was revealed, which made it And the trial of Dharun Ravi, clear that Ravi’s crimes did the former roommate of not approach the level of Tyler Clementi, has only kept the University in the NOAH GLYN manslaughter. His actions may have driven Clementi media spotlight, as scores of to commit suicide, but that journalists have trekked to is not enough for such a serious charge. Instead, Ravi New Brunswick to cover the case. The seminal was indicted on invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, report came in Ian Parker’s article published in The witness tampering and evidence tampering. He cerNew Yorker. tainly seems to be guilty of immaturity and being a Those of us who attended the University at the royal jerk, but the national response — which echoed time remember the horror we felt when we heard many voices at the University — was overheated and the news about Clementi. Students I spoke with premature. We simply did not know the full truth, but expressed a sickness in the pit of their stomachs. We we acted as if we did. were rightly saddened by the suiWe should have been more introcide of a young and talented student, “Because the facts spective. A famous scene in the combut we also seethed with hatred “American Pie” portrayed high against Ravi, who became the parawere misrepresented, edy school students using a webcam to digmatic bully who preys on the stream a sexual encounter between weak and the different. a large part two characters, yet most of us probaAs Parker explained, “It became of the story was bly laughed when we watched it. widely understood that a closeted Certainly, there is a moral distinction student at Rutgers had committed simply left out. ” between a fictionalized scene and suicide after video of him having Ravi’s alleged actions. But we live in a sex with a man was secretly shot society where sexual mores are more elastic than ever and posted online.” The only problem was that all before, and we attend a school that celebrates the our facts were wrong, as “there was no posting, no open display of one’s sexuality. With all these ingrediobserved sex and no closet.” Ravi streamed the ents stirred together, it seems almost inevitable in video through his iChat account, and only witnessed hindsight that a student’s privacy would be violated. a few seconds of Clementi kissing another man. The University should use Ravi’s ongoing trial as a Moreover, before coming to the University, learning experience against the instinct of rushing to Clementi told his parents he was gay. Much of the judgment. The mob mentality that ravenously seeks to story that was being reported and passed along as inflict its own extralegal justice onto the accused is dantruth turned out to be false. gerous. University students didn’t arm themselves with Because the facts were misrepresented, a large pitchforks to storm the jailhouse, but too many of us part of the story was simply left out. Moments after refused Ravi a fair hearing in the court of public opinion. Clementi jumped to his death from the George Clementi’s father, Joseph, was quoted in The New Washington Bridge, Ravi sent him a text message Yorker story: “What we want to see is justice.” Which that, as Parker writes, “one wishes had been writis a perfectly natural and understandable sentiment ten three weeks before”:“I’ve known you were gay for a grieving parent to hold, but it is mistaken. The and I have no problem with it. In fact one of my judge and jury are there to uphold the law, not to purclosest friends is gay and he and I have a very open sue justice. relationship. … I don’t want your freshman year to The urge to vilify Ravi is likewise a natural be ruined because of a petty misunderstanding, it’s response. The average citizen is not bound by the adding to my guilt. You have a right to move if you same legal standards as a judge and a jury, but basic wish but I don’t want you to feel pressured to withhuman decency teaches us that reserving judgment out fully understanding the situation.” just a little can be a good thing. Before the public knew any of this, many were clamoring for revenge against Ravi, including thouNoah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior sands who called for him to face manslaughter majoring in economics and history. His column, charges. In the midst of the initial sadness, there was “Irreconcilable Differences,” normally runs on altergrowing anger directed toward Ravi. Perhaps it was nate Tuesdays. pent-up frustration against a society that, many believe,

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SUPER T U E S D AY CHASE BRUSH Opinions Editor

hen thinking about the Republican primaries, we can liken the ordeal to a mile-long race, and Super Tuesday is the final stretch. Candidates round the last corner, faces flushed and beaded with sweat, each looking over his shoulder in turn to see who’s catching up or else falling behind as they push to the finish. We can also liken this year’s primaries to a circus show, but that lends itself to an entirely different metaphor. In any case, Super Tuesday is considered by many to be the final barometer of a candidate’s national electability. Today, March 6, the remaining GOP candidates and, by extension, their respective voter base(s), will wait anxiously to see who will accrue the greatest number of delegates from the state’s in participation. Delegates from states like Alaska, Idaho, North

Dakota, and Tennessee, to name a few, are all up for grabs. Now I cannot say I’m one for politics. The nature of our two-party system which too often operates in absolutes makes me uneasy, and I’m not particularly impressed by the stubborn ideologies employed by one too many of the 2012 Republican candidates. Seeing this is the case, I don’t have much of an investment in today’s concession of events (although my fingers are crossed for Crazy Uncle Ron). I share a sentiment that I suppose is common to many Americans on this day — general disinterest. But perhaps this is the problem. Too many of our fellow Americans are deterred by the overly aggressive bent that has saturated U.S. politics, which trades sensationalism for rationalism and petty argument for agreement. In effect, the average voter loses interest, and the state of politics continues its downward spiral. We can see this exem-

Gridlock on Super Tuesday JUSTIN HAYDEN

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plified in this year’s primar y race, in which issues like birth control and religion — seemingly arbitrar y in the face of an ailing economy and high unemployment — took precedent. Whatever the outcome of today’s events, the American public must demand more from its political processes, and the countr y’s political process m u s t do more to encourage the American public to take par t. For what’s a race without an audience?

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Justin Hayden is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and philosophy with a minor in sociology.

Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in history.

Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in economics and business and technical writing.

uper Tuesday is upon us. Most likely, after tonight, either Mitt Romney will run away with the nomination or Rick Santorum will make it a two-man race. Whatever the outcome, we already know one thing for sure: The Republican presidential primary system is a bad method of picking party nominees. All we have to do is look at Santorum’s popularity as a case study of why the system is bad for the country. Santorum had become so popular because primary voters typically tend to be the more ideologically extreme of the party. Why else would a man — who focuses the majority of his talk on social issues during a recession, who does not believe in a rigid separation of church and state, and who has publicly stated that the devil plays a part in bad policy-making — be a serious contender? The relatively extreme primary voters — and consequently, the primary system — reward candidates on the far ends of the political spectrum. This goes for liberals, too. It is the reason why President Barack Obama and now-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — two of the more liberal Democrats in Washington — were the only two serious contenders for the Democratic nomination in 2008. Also, since congressmen of the president’s party usually support his policies, the primary system has squeezed moderate voices out of Congress and government altogether. This, in turn, has been a major cause of the sustained gridlock in Washington. My predication is that Romney will be the nominee, but only because he has essentially been campaigning since 2007 and has a remarkable campaign structure. The fact that a center-right contender who would be able to work with Congress, who clearly has the best shot at unseating Obama and who has a massive campaign machine behind him can lose to a right-wing caricature who would add to gridlock like Santorum is a testament to our need for a new system of picking presidential nominees.

t’s been a long and grueling Republican presidential primary season with most candidates jostling over who could be the best anti-Mitt Romney. First it was Michele Bachmann, then Rick Perry, then Herman Cain, then Newt Gingrich, and, with a last grip for resistance, the GOP electorate sank to rooting for Rick Santorum. With momentum in his favor, Romney is poised to win big on Super Tuesday. And while he may not officially wrap up the nomination today, he will be the Republican nominee for president. Now the healing begins. The most important factor after taking back Congress for most Americans in 2010 was to beat President Barack Obama in 2012 — and now that goal from two years ago is finally roaring back. The country faces a $16 trillion debt, a $1.3 trillion deficit, and we have a president in Obama, who wants to spend more to fix the problem. Despite the media’s desire to see GOP candidates argue about contraception, Obama’s economic failure particularly among young people is the real issue of this election. The unemployment rate is at 8.3 percent but just 54 percent of Americans between the ages of 18-24 has a job, the lowest level since 1948. As a result the Youth Misery Index sits at a staggering 90.6, an increase since Obama took office. With a victory today, Romney can finally kick this election cycle into high gear and remind the American people that Obama has made this country far worse off today than it was four years ago. With Romney as the clear nominee, the GOP electorate can stop the infighting and focus on the things that matter about this election, like fixing the economy and helping Americans find jobs, which can only happen by defeating Obama in November.

f the N.J. Republican presidential primary were held today, I would vote for Mitt Romney. I think he would be a better U.S. president than either President Barack Obama or any of the other Republican candidates, and I think that he has the best chance of beating Obama in November. To my fellow registered Republicans, here are the two reasons we should support Romney, and neither are ideological. I think the past decade has shown that, within reason, someone who knows what they’re doing is more desirable than someone who agrees with you 100 percent. As much as he may want some Republicans to believe he is an ideological conservative, Romney is probably a pragmatist at heart, and this is a good thing. After reading The New York Times article about Romney’s education called “At Harvard, a Master’s in Problem Solving,” I’m convinced that Romney has analytical and problem-solving skills leaps and bounds above his competition. I think through using those skills, he intends to approach issues affecting the country with dispassion and thoughtfulness — rare things in Washington. Although he does not identify Hispanic, Romney could easily be Hispanic. His father was born in a Mormon community in Mexico. If Romney plays up this fact, he would certainly win the votes of Hispanics willing to vote entirely along ethnic lines. If you think about it, Romney is about as Hispanic as Obama is African-American, which is to say they are both untraditional members of their respective groups. After all, Obama, who certainly received racially motivated votes, had a father from Africa proper and was raised by his white family members. Voters who want to vote along racial or ethnic lines will not care how much someone actually represents the predominant culture in a particular racial or ethnic group. This can be a secret weapon for Romney to secure votes that would otherwise go to Obama. He might not use it, but it will always be there if he goes up against Obama.

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Freshman Anastasia Halbig competes Feb. 25 on the beam. She placed first in the event Saturday at Cornell with a score of 9.800.

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One of the Knights’ biggest difficulties throughout this season has been finishing their meets show improvement on bars strong. The second half of the meet — which included a firstcontinued from back place finish on the floor exercise The Knights saw clearly and a solid 48.275 on vault — that, although they took first clinched the top spot overall for on bars, it was still far from the Knights. per fect. Rutgers raised its To Gunzelman, the complete score substantially thanks to a meet gave the team a much-needcareer-high 9.900 points from ed confidence boost to start takjunior Danielle D’Elia and a ing first place more often. 9.650 from sophomore “It is exciting being able to count Alexandria Ivol. five good scores. “We definitely We still had little still struggled on “Anastasia [Halbig] errors that we can bars. I wouldn’t definitely work on has a really nice, say we alleviated this week to make all the problems,” somewhat different our score even betsaid sophomore ter,” Gunzelman routine. She has just said. “It is really Alexis Gunzelman. “It was really good exciting knowing gotten up there that [Ivol] was that we have the able to get up confidence on all and performs it.” there and hit her four events to put LOUIS LEVINE routine after four up the scores we Head Coach people messed up need to win, and in front of her. It that is exactly what showed that it we did.” doesn’t matter what the person The Knights’ ability to put in front of you does. If you are together a full performance confident in your routine you stands out the most to Levine. can hit it.” While the Knights still need The Knights also took first improvements, especially on on the beam, thanks in large bars, the problems continue to part to a first-place finish by shrink over time. freshman Anastasia Halbig with The errors are still there, but a score of 9.800. It marked her Levine plans on fixing them. second consecutive first-place “We still had some mistakes, finish in the event. but they were smaller mistakes “Anastasia has a really nice, than we have had in the past,” somewhat dif ferent routine Levine said. “We are going to from ever ybody else,” Levine keep at it, keep trying to elimisaid. “She has just gotten up nate those mistakes and hopefulthere and she per forms it ly push bars to potentially be one really well.” of our top events.”

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Freshman guard Eli Carter spots up Saturday against St. John’s in a 61-58 victory to close the regular season. Carter originally planned to play in college at St. Bonaventure, but he prepped for a season before signing on with Rutgers head coach Mike Rice.

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Carter, Irving take in early AAU games from bench continued from back The 6-foot-2 Carter rode the pine for the New Jersey Roadrunners, competing for time with 17-year-olds in his first year of high school. But he was not alone. Kyrie Irving, the NBA’s first overall selection in the 2011 Draft, sat beside him. “We were both freshmen, so we didn’t really get any playing time,” Carter said. “We were just on the bench. So we went to Vegas and Florida, just clowning around.” Carter, who is 10 months older, calls Ir ving a brother. Ir ving says the same about Carter. A 90-minute drive separated Willingboro, Carter’s temporary home, and Irving’s hometown of West Orange. But Car ter transferred to Jersey City’s St. Anthony after two years at Life Center, packing his bags and playing under Hall of Fame head coach Bob Hurley. Carter originally committed to St. Bonaventure there, but withdrew his verbal as a senior. He

spent a prep season at Brewster Academy (N.H.) instead. Irving was on an unorthodox path of his own. The state’s topranked player suited up for only 11 regular season games at Duke in 2010-2011, when a sprained toe sidelined him. The Cleveland Cavaliers drafted him months later at No. 1. Carter, meanwhile, began to gain his own attention, this time from a host of colleges vying for his combo-guard skill. Rutgers was among them, following former signee Mike Taylor’s decision to play a year at prep school. Taylor is now at Midland (Texas) Junior College, a nearly six-hour trek west from San Antonio. Rice again set his sights on Carter. He sold the Nor theast Conference to Carter as head coach of Robert Morris in 20092010, but Carter did not bite. But with a newly open roster spot, Carter could not turn Rice down again. “Big East and NEC — that was the difference,” Carter said. Irving let his friend figure things out on his own. “I didn’t really talk to him much,” Irving said Oct. 14 at

Rutgers’ Midnight Madness. “Honestly, the recruiting process is a personal thing. It’s between you and your family. It’s about making the right decision. Rutgers is his place. I’m just going to support him.” Carter and Irving talk every day now. Carter said they rarely speak about basketball. They have enough material if they choose to. Ir ving leads all NBA rookies with 18.5 points per game and a .481 field goal percentage among those with at least 30 games played. A Cavs playoff spot is within reach despite a conference-worst 19-63 record last season. Carter averages 13.5 points per game, fourth best for a Big East freshman. He led the Knights in scoring a team-high 14 times in the regular season. “When I play, he tells me, ‘Good game.’ He tells me to limit my turnovers. I tell him to limit his turnovers,” Carter said. “Sometimes we talk about the game, but most of the time it’s just regular conversation.” Carter said Irving will be one of the best point guards in the NBA in two years. Irving said Carter’s game is a lot like his.

“We’ve been playing together for so long,” said Irving, Carter’s AAU teammate of five years. “I was in college first before him, and now I’m in the NBA. It’s somewhere where he wants to be, so it’s exciting.” For now, Carter will have to settle for playing in an NBA arena. He watched last season as Kemba Walker lifted Connecticut to a conference championship at “The Mecca of Basketball.” But he only has to look at Irving’s performance Wednesday at the Garden, where Ir ving recorded 22 points and seven assists in a loss to the New York Knicks. “Watching him play [in college], I was just more anxious,” Carter said. “He tells me how much different it is. I just took my time, prepared and got ready for it.” For Carter, the route took longer than most. But his season still reads 40 minutes for the Knights to advance. This time, Plan B — a season-ending loss — looks less appealing. “I don’t regret anything,” Carter said. “It’s been worth it. I’m having an up-and-down season, but it’s definitely been worth it.”

utgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice said yesterday the Scarlet Knights have a tentative non-conference game set next season with Iona at Madison Square Garden. The Knights played Stony Brook this season at the Garden, part of Rice’s philosophy of playing games there before the Big East Tournament. “I don’t want them to look around and start shooting NBA 3’s,” Rice said. “I want them to be comfortable in the setting. Having said that, there is a different energy, a different buzz walking into the Big East Tournament.” Iona finished the season at 25-7 with a loss to Fairfield in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. Senior point guard Scott Machado is a likely first-round pick in April’s NBA Draft.

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named Rutgers men’s lacrosse freshman Joseph Nardella as Defensive Player of the Week yesterday after his performance in the Scarlet Knights’ 9-6 victor y Saturday against Lafayette. Nardella helped to control possession all match by winning 13-of-16 face-off opportunities. The recognition was the rookie’s first league honor and second for a Knight this season. Rutgers returns to action today against Army in West Point, N.Y.

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Conference handed out its postseason awards for the 2011-2012 men’s basketball season. Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. Melo led the conference in blocked shots in league play with 3.7 per game while averaging 6.1 rebounds. Notre Dame junior forward Jack Cooley earned Big East Most Improved Player honors. Cooley averaged 12.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game this season. He averaged 3.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game a year ago. Syracuse sophomore guard Dion Waiters won the Big East Sixth Man Award while Georgetown senior guard Jason Clark took home the Big East Sportsmanship Award. The Big East announces four more awards today: Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

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Overtime goal brings momentum to midfielder BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER

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Sophomore Lauren Sbrilli and two other midfielders combined for seven goals in the Knights’ upset of No. 8 Prinecton.

To earn its first win of the season Wednesday, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team needed to hold WOMEN’S LACROSSE Princeton’s attack long enough in the sudden victory period for the offense to strike. The defense held firm as sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli netted the game-winner with 4:40 remaining in the second overtime period to cap the Scarlet Knights’ 11-10 upset win against the No. 8 Tigers. But the play that put the Knights (1-2) past the Tigers (1-1) remains a bit of a blur for Sbrilli. “There was a lot of confusion,” she said. “We lost the ball and it was on the ground. All of a sudden, it ended up in the back of the cage.” Notching her third goal of the game, Sbrilli said the shot that earned her team’s first win ranks among the best in her career. “It’s very high on my list,” she said. “I’ve never had that feeling of happiness [after] scoring a game-winner and beating a team like Princeton. It was great.” Sbrilli’s clinching goal was the seventh scored by a midfielder on the day, as senior co-captain Ali

Steinberg (three) and redshirt senior Brittany Davis (one) added the others for the unit. But it was not only an offensive performance that gave the Knights the edge. Junior goalkeeper Lily Kalata kept the Tigers in check by tallying 11 saves.

“I’ve never had that feeling of happiness [after] scoring a game-winner and beating ... Princeton. It was great.” LAUREN SBRILLI Sophomore Midfielder

Winning 16 of the game’s 25 draw controls, Rutgers built its upset bid in the trenches. “We had confidence,” Sbrilli said. “We won all the draw-controls and all the 50-50s. We didn’t let anything get in our way.” With players contributing across the board, head coach Laura Brand-Sias said the win was a team effort.

“We had a game plan, and the girls did a great job of executing it,” she said. “We have known all along what we were capable of. It was just a matter of putting it all together. It was a great example of what we are capable of accomplishing.” Handing its in-state rival its first loss of the year, the victory was a great win for the program, Sbrilli said. “We sent a message to other teams that we’re not a team that they can look over,” the Martinsville, N.J., native said. “We’re always going to fight and bring our A-game.” With their third straight game decided by one point, the Knights are familiar to close situations late in games. To continue to wind up on the winning end, Sbrilli said the team must keep moving forward. “We need to continue to work ever yday in practice,” the Bridgewater-Raritan High School product said. “We need to push each other, call people out and work on our weaknesses.” Warranting another total team performance Saturday at Pennsylvania, Sbrilli and the Knights are ready to take on their second straight Ivy League opponent. Rutgers knows its energy on the field must match its will to win.

Rutgers exceeds own expectations at indoor Champs BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

After a disappointing performance at the Big East Championships, the Rutgers women’s WOMEN’S TRACK track RUTGERS 34 and field t e a m FIFTH PLACE competed in the ECAC Championships this weekend, looking to make an impact. The Scarlet Knights’ goal entering the weekend was to score a top-15 finish. The team not only accomplished that goal, but surpassed it. The Knights scored 34 total points, which was good enough for a fifth-place finish. Cornell won the event with a total of 55 points. Mar ylandEastern Shore, Princeton and

Connecticut rounded out the top five. “It went fantastic,” said head coach James Robinson. “It was an excellent finish to the indoor season. The whole coaching staff was ecstatic with the result. We had a great competition all across the board. … The emotions are very high right now.” Sophomore sprinter Tylia Gillon led the Knights, winning the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.55 seconds. Gillon’s performance was her first title at the ECAC Championships. “I knew I had a nice speed coming into the finals,” Gillon said. “Winning is in the back of everyone’s head, but it all comes down to who wants it more. At the starting line, I knew I really wanted it. When the race finished they told us to wait for the results, and I was waiting …

when finally my name showed up. Once I saw that I kind of wanted to jump up, but I was just really overwhelmed at that moment.”

“It was an excellent finish to the indoor season. The whole coaching staff was ecstatic with the result.” JAMES ROBINSON Head Coach

Sprinters coach Lou Tomlinson was impressed with Gillon’s finish. “Outstanding, Gillon’s performance was outstanding,” he said.

“You can’t ask for much more than a win. Her win was spectacular. Winning is the pinnacle and that’s what you want. She showed high levels of consistency throughout the entire competition.” Junior Asha Ruth and senior Nwamaka Okobi also stood out. Ruth placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 2.75 inches and placed fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.30 seconds. Okobi placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 40 feet, 7 inches. Gillon and Ruth also joined freshman Gabrielle Farquharson and sophomore Corryn Hurrington in the 4x400-meter relay. The unit placed fourth with a time of 3:44.92. Hurrington had recently returned to practice following an ankle injury. “Corryn wasn’t fully 100 percent, but she ran ver y well,” Robinson said. “She wasn’t as

sharp as she wanted to be, but she was very effective.” In the distance medley relay, freshman Allison Payenski, sophomore Ashley Deckert, junior Lindsay Bertulis and senior Danai Lendor combined to run a time of 11:42.51. Their time proved good enough for a fourth-place finish. “I thought the team performed ver y well for the most part,” Tomlinson said. “It was a very good improvement from the previous years.” Now that the indoor season is over, the Knights look to take a breather and get ready for the outdoor season. “Our expectations are high for outdoor because we had a ver y good indoor season,” Tomlinson said. “We would like to have just as good if not a better outdoor season.”

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RU overcomes ailments, injuries for third place BY BEN CAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

BOSTON — The Rutgers men’s track and field team is used to battling through adversiMEN’S TRACK ty. The RUTGERS 39 S c a r l e t Knights TIE-THIRD PLACE h a v e d e a l t with injuries to their two biggest stars, All-Americans Aaron Younger and Adam Bergo, all season. During the IC4A Indoor Championships this weekend at Boston University, the script was no different. The Scarlet Knights showed exactly how much depth they have behind the big names. Redshir t freshman Corey Crawford and sophomore Corey Caidenhead produced clutch ef for ts. The pair contributed a combined 28 of the Knights’ 39 points as the team finished in a third-place tie with Mar yland Eastern-Shore. Cornell took first with a score of 74, while Big East rival Connecticut finished second with 59 points. The tournament started off ominously as Younger col-

lapsed on the track after coming out of a turn in the 500meter trials. The senior was diagnosed with an Achilles’ injury though it is not yet known if it is torn. He will undergo further testing on the injury early this week. Younger was the favorite to win the race and is an integral par t of the Knights’ vaunted

with a time of 1:02.08.He also anchored the Knights to a school-record time in the 4x400-meter relay for the second consecutive meet, with a mark of 3:10.14. “The way we train is that if one man falls down, someone can step up and do the same thing,” Caidenhead said.

The Oakland, N.J., native said earlier in the week that while the 4x400 was his favorite sprint event, he was not in shape this season as a sprinter. It did not look that way Sunday as Crawford ran the third leg of the record-setting race. “He’s just a crazy athlete. The kid has a lot of talent, a lot of potential,” said senior sprinter

“For [Corey Crawford] to do that without doing any training ... that speaks about his natural ability.” COREY CAIDENHEAD 4x400-meter relay team as its anchor. “It’s just hear tbreaking because he’s a senior, he looked phenomenal and then the Achilles just went on him,” said head coach Mike Mulqueen. “The worst thing that any coach wants to see is a kid go down like that.” Caidenhead knew it was time to step up, and he did so, winning the 500-meter dash

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Continuing on the theme, Crawford won the long jump with a career-best and facilityrecord jump of 7.63 meters, while Bergo was forced to sit out the event because of a sprained ankle. But Crawford did not get to savor the victor y for long, as Younger’s injur y meant Crawford would have to compete in the 4x400meter relay.

Kevin Brown. “For him to do that without doing any training with us [sprinters], that speaks about his natural ability.” After withdrawing from the high jump, as well, Bergo did not look like his usual self in the triple jump. His injur y limited him to a seventh-place finish. But in stepped teammate Tyrone Putman with the second-best jump of his career at 15.15 meters.

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Putman finished fifth in the event, which featured a three-way tie for first at 15.39 meters. The tie reached a conclusion with each contestant’s second-best jump, which belonged UMES’s Owen Cain. “It was one of my best meets of the year. I’m pretty happy with it,” Putman said. “I wanted to win obviously, but there were guys who came out here and competed and [achieved personal records] by a foot.” The meet was the last of the indoor season for the Knights since they did not have anyone qualify for the NCAA Championships. But the hope for the injur y-riddled team entering the outdoor season is that it can take something away from ever y meet. The outdoor season begins March 16 with a trip to Tampa for the Bulls Invitational. The Knights travel back to New Jersey afterward on March 24 for the Monmouth Invitational. That gives Rutgers a month to prepare for the outdoor Big East Championships and IC4A Championships. The Knights also have one more oppor tunity to qualify their athletes for the NCAA Championships.

Offensive woes return as Knights go winless BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers softball team did not have the tournament it envisioned last weekend in Athens, Ga. And SOFTBALL h e a d RUTGERS 0 coach J a y MINNESOTA 4 Nelson h a d some trouble putting his finger on the problem. “I think we’re just a little rusty or something,” he said. “We had some momentum two weeks ago, and then we took the weekend off.” Whatever the reason, it resulted in a 0-5 tournament record, which dropped the Scarlet Knights to 4-8 on the season. A big contributor was the fact that the Knights faced No. 7 Georgia, a tough opponent any time of year, let alone in the early stages of the season. The Bulldogs hit junior pitcher Abbey Houston hard — they totaled seven hits and seven runs in 2 2/3 innings — and took full advantage of every opportunity, turning Rutgers errors into five runs. Georgia walked away with a 12-1 win in five innings thanks to the mercy rule. “They can hit the ball, they play defense well, they have a lot of energy all the time, a lot of confidence. They just exude confidence on and of f the field,” said sophomore pitcher Megan Williams. “They’re together as a team. They’re just good in ever y aspect of the game.” The tournament ser ved as Williams’ season debut. She did not play the first two trips because of a leg injury. Nelson gave the Richmond, Va., native the nod in Game 4 against Cleveland State. Williams responded with a complete game in which she gave up five runs on seven hits.

“I was encouraged that she came back and was hitting her spots really well and competing,” Nelson said. “She just is beginning coming back right now, so I was pretty happy with her performance.” Although Nelson saw positives by her start, Williams did not feel the same way. She thought she could have performed a lot better, despite her legs not feeling 100 percent. “My legs are still a little sore, but that wasn’t why I didn’t pitch as well,” Williams said. “I think it was a little bit of rust, a little bit of ner ves, a combination of ever ything and just not doing good.” The most encouraging offensive signs came from freshman first baseman Ashley Alden. Against Mercer, the rookie managed her first career homerun and two runs scored. Nelson is pleased with what he sees out of her. “She’s on track,” he said. “She’s making better contact and driving the ball to the gaps, as well.” But as a team, the Knights still have a long way to go before Big East play begins in three weeks, especially on the defensive side of the ball. One play stood out in particular for Nelson, which is indicative of a bigger problem. Facing bases loaded with one out, the Knights received a gift in the form of a ground ball to junior shor tstop Ashley Bragg. Bragg threw the ball to second baseman Jennifer Harabedian for the first out, but the runner arrived at the base standing up, which caught Harabedian off-guard. The runner’s action caused Harabedian to hold the ball rather than throw to first base and complete an inning-ending double play. “We need to be more aggressive on the defensive

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Sophomore Megan Williams made her pitching debut during the weekend against Cleveland State. She gave up five runs. end and not allow teams to dictate what we do,” Nelson said of what the play shows. “We have to go ahead and finish plays.” Regardless of Rutgers’ winless tournament, the season is still early with more games to play.

Nelson said the worst thing his team can do is let the losses linger. “We just have to continue to not let one weekend define the rest of our season,” he said. “[We have to] get right back at it and get on and compete.”

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Junior righthander Ryan Fasano started Friday against No. 9 Georgia Tech in place of junior Tyler Gebler, who was out with arm tightness. Fasano left the game after 2 1/3 innings in the 16-2 loss after Yellow Jackets first baseman Jake Davies hit a line drive to his neck. Fasano allowed six runs.

Pair of close Rutgers losses inspires team’s confidence BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers baseball team was outscored, 31-9, and struck out 32 times, and a struggling pitcher BASEBALL took a RUTGERS 3 batted ball to GEORGIA TECH 6 t h e neck. But the Scarlet Knights still left Georgia this weekend with their heads high. They improved throughout the series, culminating in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to No. 9 Georgia Tech. Compared to Saturday’s 9-4 shortcoming and Friday’s 16-2 defeat, that meant progress. “We were that close to winning the game [Sunday],” said head coach Fred Hill. “Our pre-conference schedule, we have been over .500 once in the 29 years that I’ve been here. That’s not done on purpose, but we play those teams on purpose.” The Knights (3-6) are on that same pace. But in its 6-3 loss, Rutgers kept up with the southern powerhouse. Until the Yellow Jackets’ (10-2) three-run seventh inning, the Knights received production from an unlikely source. Freshman Vinny Zarrillo broke out in the series finale

with a two-RBI double off the wall in the fifth inning. The hit was 2 feet from becoming a grand slam and the outfielder’s first-career home run. Rutgers walked only six batters all weekend, but Georgia Tech also hit the ball 49 times, including 12 times in the finale. “When you say ‘throw strikes,’ you can throw it down the middle of the plate or you can throw it at the corner,” Hill said. “We probably threw too many down the middle of the plate.” Much of Georgia Tech’s offensive production came off of the Rutgers bullpen. Ten Yellow Jackets runs were off of Rutgers relief. But junior righthander Jerry Elsing was an anomaly. The closer pitched multiple innings twice in the series, allowing no runs in 3 1/3 innings. Elsing threw two innings in the 9-4 loss in the middle of the series. He needed to enter the game early because of junior reliever Dan O’Neill’s struggles. O’Neill allowed two runs without recording an out. “I started last year, so I’m used to [pitching multiple innings],” Elsing said. “I’ll do whatever I need to do.” Georgia Tech only led, 6-4, in the sixth inning, but the Yellow Jackets’ pitching shut down some of Rutgers’ hitters.

One of them was sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella, who ended an 18-game hitting streak from last season, going 0for-7 in the final two games of the series. “I wasn’t ver y concerned about the streak,” Favatella said. “They have very good pitching. They were getting a lot of offspeed stuff over the plate.” But the Knights were at least competitive in the loss. That was not the case in the series-opening 16-2 defeat. The first loss was when the bullpen struggles began, as the unit gave up seven earned runs in the final 6 2/3 innings. “We have to get our bullpen squared away and find out who can and who can’t [produce],” Hill said. Senior pitcher Ryan Fasano filled in for junior righthander Tyler Gebler, scratched because of arm tightness. Fasano departed in the third inning with an injury of his own. The Stony Point, N.Y., resident took a line drive off of his neck from Georgia Tech first baseman Jake Davies. “It shook us up pretty good,” Hill said. “He was down on the ground, looked like he was in bad shape.” But that was the low point of the weekend, and all the Knights did was progress from there.

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Sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella went hitless in two games last weekend, breaking an 18-game hit streak.

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RICE SOUNDS OFF ON VILLANOVA, LEAGUE TOURNEY Head coach Mike Rice yesterday on the nature of conference tournaments: “March doesn’t care. MEN’S BASKETBALL March doesn’t

really care [about] your rank. This month doesn’t care whether they’re freshmen, whether they’re seniors. ... Everything kind of gets wiped away in this month because anything can happen.” On difference of Big East Tournament: “The Big

East is off the charts. ... It’s like no other conference tournament I’ve MIKE RICE been a part of. ... It’s almost an infomercial on ESPN and the national sports networks. ... I never get butterflies anymore, but [when] you walk on that floor ... it’s still an important, exciting time.” On evaluation of Villanova, the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s No. 14-seed opponent tonight: “I NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Freshman guard Eli Carter speaks with Kyrie Irving, the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, following Rutgers’ Midnight Madness on Oct. 14 at the College Avenue Gym. Carter and Irving were AAU teammates for five years and remain close friends.

WINDING ROAD Freshman sets aim at Big East Tournament following five-school journey, support from NBA friend BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

The file sits upstairs in the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s offices at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Head coach Mike Rice calls it Plan B, a backup MEN’S BASKETBALL list of recruits. Eli Carter’s VILLANOVA VS. name was on it a RUTGERS, year ago, but the TONIGHT, 9 P.M. freshman guard was different. Rice courted Carter at previous stops along the

recruiting trail, culminating with Carter’s letter of intent last April. But Rice knew Carter’s path went back farther. So Plan B, which Rice normally left for assistant coaches, became his own. “You always have to have a list if something takes place, if you’re going to try to get involved in recruitment,” Rice said, “whether it’s junior college or high school kids.” Carter, the Scarlet Knights’ (14-17, 6-12) leading scorer, takes aim at the biggest stage of his career tonight in the first round of the Big East Tournament against Villanova (12-18, 5-13). His arrival caps a

five-year span that includes ties to five different schools. “It’s been as close to a home run as you can get. It’s a stand-up triple, that’s for sure,” Rice said of Carter. “We’ve asked a ton of him for a late signee like he was. It’s a hell of a get.” Rice began recruiting the guard when Carter was a sophomore at Life Center Academy in Burlington. But if the second-year head coach looked for him in the summer, Rice likely would not have found him on the court.

watched their Cincinnati game [from Saturday]. ... I watched our game again. I like the fact that with this young team the preparation won’t be that difficult because there’s still a sting. There’s still a taste in our mouth from losing to Villanova at home.” On tournament expectations: “I’m

going to have these guys for the next three years — the majority of them. Putting a number on it to say it would be a disappointment, I can’t do it.”

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RU enjoys near-complete performance at Cornell BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

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Junior Danielle D’Elia performs on the floor Feb. 25 in a home quad meet. D’Elia posted a career-high 9.900 score on bars Saturday at Cornell.

Entering its quad meet at Cornell on Saturday, the Rutgers gymnastics team had one clear Achilles’ heel in its overall game plan: the GYMNASTICS uneven bars. It was only fitRUTGERS 193.175 ting the first rotaFIRST PLACE tion of the day at Cornell for the Scarlet Knights saw them facing the event they have struggled in for weeks. With thoughts of the disappointing performance at the previous meet, the Knights ended the day first on the podium

with a season-high 193.175 score, aided by their first-place total of 48.225 points on the uneven bars. Head coach Louis Levine was adamant that his team improved on its largest weakness and little adjustments will lift it to its full potential. “We definitely took a step for ward,” he said. “It was pretty exciting from beginning to end — ever yone was into the meet. We still have some improving to do, I really think this is a team that can score 195.000’s and break some records. We just have to keep pushing for ward.”

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