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Clementi views Ravi’s Twitter before suicide BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER NEWS EDITOR
Tyler Clementi used his blue Sony VAIO laptop to view Dharun Ravi’s Twitter account starting Sept. 13, 2010, according to evidence gathered in a computer crime lab at the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Clementi checked Ravi’s Twitter account about 60 times between Sept. 13, 2010 and Sept. 22, 2010, the day he jumped off the George Washington Bridge. Clementi took a screenshot of a particular tweet on Sept. 19, 2010 at 1:10 a.m. and saved it as “untitled.jpeg.” Ravi’s tweet read, “Roommate asked for the room [until] midnight. I went into Molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.” Clementi took a screenshot of another tweet three days later, titled “secondtime.jpeg.” “Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and [midnight]. Yes, it’s happening again,” the tweet read. A version of the tweet Ravi modified read, “Roommate asked for room again. It’s happening again. People with iChat, don’t you dare video chat me from 9:30 to [midnight].” Clementi checked Ravi’s Twitter page for a last time on Sept. 22, 2010 at 5:16 p.m. before leaving Davidson Hall C on Busch campus. Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge at 8:30 p.m. The Rutgers University Police Department confiscated Ravi’s computer days later and transported it to the MCPO’s computer crime lab. Gar y Char ydczak, who works at the lab, received Ravi’s laptop, created a copy of the hard drive and conducted an investigation of Ravi’s files and search engine records. By searching key words “Tyler Clementi” and “Tyler,” Charydczak said he found that Ravi had searched for Clementi on Google, YouTube, Facebook, Pipile.com and 123people.com. Charydczak said Ravi also searched the terms “gay” and “homosexual” on Foursquare, but he could not extract the context of these searches.
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GOP candidates, left to right, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul look to 11 states for support in the Republican presidential nomination campaign in Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses.
Romney leads in Super Tuesday polls BY LISA BERKMAN AND ADAM UZIALKO STAFF WRITERS
Mitt Romney inched past Rick Santorum in the Ohio primar y in the Super Tuesday Republican presidential primaries, with a 1 percent difference between Romney and Santorum at 38 and 37 percent, respectively. Romney took Ohio, Idaho, Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming — six of the 10 states in the primary, according to The Associated Press. Results for Alaska were not available as of press time. While Newt Gingrich took 47.5 percent of votes in his home state Georgia, which had 76 delegates — the most at stake, according to AP — he was unable to secure any other states. John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said Tuesday morning that he believes Ohio added significance to the Super Tuesday primary. “I think Ohio is going to be the most crucial, most important, because it seems
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Mandel said Romney looked to gain more votes with a new persona by tr ying to make voters realize he is a businessman fit for the job, and not an entitled multimillionaire. “He’s someone who can bring his success as a businessman to government,” she said. “That is what he’s been asserting. He’s saying that because he’s addressing his major theme and his major qualifications to the economic issues which are front and center to the country.” Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Vt., said Romney’s reputation as a successful business executive has helped gather Republican support. Romney won Vermont with 40.3 percent of the vote, according to AP as of press time. “I think Mitt Romney, throughout his career, has had the capability to make … tough decisions,” Mullin said. “He did a great job as governor of Massachusetts and has a real proven track record in the business community, so I think people will … realize he’s the most viable alternative.”
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to be a contest between Romney and Santorum, who seem to be the most likely candidates,” he said. Weingart also said a win in Ohio could prove beneficial because it is a key swing state in the in the general election. “The candidate who wins Ohio can at least make an argument that they’ll stand a better chance in winning Ohio in the general election because they have the momentum and experience of winning it in the primary,” he said. Weingart said that coupled with a strong showing elsewhere, a Romney victory in Ohio would secure Romney’s overall success. “I think if Romney wins Ohio and does well in many of the other states, I think that his status as the likely nominee will be enhanced,” he said. Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said Romney would continue to gain suppor t from his Mormon constituents. “In states where there’s a large Mormon community, Gov. Romney will have support. We’ve seen that already,” Mandel said.
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Robert Waibos, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, dives off the 10-meter diving tower yesterday at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center during the “Tower Jump” event.
Friends and colleagues of Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., the first black man elected to Congress from New Jersey, mourned his death. Payne died yesterday at age 77. University President Richard L. McCormick and Rutgers-Newark Interim Chancellor Philip Yeagle said in a statement Payne was a great friend to the University, as well as an advocate for opportunity and access to higher education. “For decades Congressman Payne brought an annual pre-college fair to Rutgers-Newark involving 500 to 1,000 children from the Greater Newark area, and many of our university’s students were recipients of his scholarship program or served as interns in his office on Capitol Hill,” they said in the statement. Payne’s death also saddened Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., who came to Congress with the late congressman in 1988, Pallone said in a statement. “Don was a pioneer. He was the first African American elected to Congress from
New Jersey, and as a congressman, Don was a tireless champion for the disadvantaged poor and underserved both in New Jersey and throughout the world,” he said in the statement. Payne, who represented New Jersey for 12 terms, worked at improving international relations between the United States and Africa, according to the statement. “He leaves a legacy of helping people make a better life for themselves — in his district and around the world,” they said in the statement. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., remembered his friend Payne and his efforts, which he said opened the door for AfricanAmericans in New Jersey to succeed in public service, in a statement. “Congressman Payne was so conscientious of peoples’ lives and always focused on those who needed the most help,” he said in the statement. “His passing is a loss for Newark and the people he represented and fought for in New Jersey, across the country and around the world.”
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Panelists express environmental effects of fracking BY ELIZABETH KEARNS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Panelists informed students Monday about the effects of obtaining natural gas through pumping chemicals into the ground, known as fracking, and the legislation that aims to improve it. Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders held a film screening of “Gasland,” a documentar y featuring filmmaker Josh Fox, at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus along with a panel discussion to spread the message of how hydraulic fracking impacts the environment. The film looks at how hydraulic fracking has directly af fected the lives of individuals as Fox visited various homes across the countr y, said Charlie Kratovil, a coordinator for Food and Water Watch, a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies concerning health. “Fracking is an unconventional form of natural gas drilling that uses millions of gallons of water and mixes them with toxic chemicals which is then injected into the ear th’s sur face,” Kratovil said. The documentar y showed an example of several homes that had drinking water contaminated enough to set on fire. “As the documentar y shows, fracking causes ear thquakes and poisons our drinking water with dangerous
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A group of panelists discuss the impact fracking has on people’s drinking water Monday at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders also held a screening of the documentary “Gasland” at the event.
chemicals such as methane,” Kratovil said. Tracy Carluccio, the deputy director of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, a nonprofit membership organization that provides environmental advocacy, said fracking could also ruin surface water, which can affect drinking water. “If we continue to allow fracking, then we are dead. If it’s not us that is dead, then it will be our grandchildren,” Carluccio said. “This is a critical moment in time for us.” Wes Gillingham, the program director and founder of Catskill Mountainkeeper, an environmental advocacy organ-
ization, said in order for people to have the capacity to make change, they have to be determined. “Think of the toy industr y — if the toy industr y created a toy that was killing children, we would immediately take it of f the market and would not think about how we couldn’t live without a toy. That is exactly what we are talking about here,” Gillingham said. In New Jersey, a fracking ban bill was introduced, but Gov. Chris Christie did not sign it, Carluccio said. Christie vetoed a permanent fracking bill that would have ensured the protection of water
but did agree to ban fracking for one year while waiting for the results of federal studies to determine whether to make the ban permanent, according to nj.com. “That is what we have to do, though — we are fighting an uphill battle. We have to force our government to do it by signing petitions and writing letters,” Carluccio said. She said 30 years ago, people used fossil fuels more often than today, believing that there needs to be a shift in the way energy is procured. Kratovil said University students should care about the effects of fracking because it is something
that can affect them directly. “Rutgers students should care about fracking because it is going on in Pennsylvania, and if it is allowed to happen near the Delaware River, it could poison our water here in New Brunswick,” he said. Flisadam Pointer, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said she wanted to learn more about fracking and was not fully aware of the ef fects it can have. “I think we can all change by spreading awareness. If I go home tonight and tweet about this event and fracking, then maybe it’ll lead to others learning about it,” Pointer said.
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Aug. 21, 2010 to Aug. 23, 2010 that used the phrases “college roommate” and “his sexual orientation.” Twelve of the IMs were between Ravi and his West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School friend Jason Tam. The evidence was not used because Tam was not present in court to
verify the validity of the messages. Timothy Hayes, an analyst in the University’s Of fice of Information Technology, said he could not confirm if Ravi saved or uploaded any videos from his laptop. Hayes said no video footage was uploaded to the Internet from
Ravi’s laptop on Sept. 19 from 9 p.m. to midnight — the first webcam viewing incident. This information contradicts witness testimonies from Ravi’s friend Molly Wei and others who said they viewed an encounter between Clementi and his guest. “There could have been attempted connection that didn’t fully estab-
didates will support him,” he said. Weingar t compared the scenario to the 2008 Democratic primar y elections, which saw a close battle between then-Sens. Hillar y Clinton and Barack Obama. “[Back in] 2008, when there was a ver y derisive race between Hillar y Clinton and Obama… once the convention was over, Clinton was an enthusiastic campaigner for Obama, and the par ty became unified in a way that I think was ver y helpful to Obama’s victor y in November,” he said. Weingar t suggested that this may not be the case among all of the GOP candidates, however, pointing to Paul as a possible anomaly. “It will be important in terms of Ron Paul as to whether his supporters would go to Romney were he the victor,” Weingart said. “There are some that support Congressman Paul from a libertarian point of view which could lead them to be more supportive
of Obama than of Romney if he is the nominee.” Weingart said that because of this distinction in Paul supporters, the candidate’s endorsement may not be so crucial. “I think Ron Paul’s personal endorsement of the candidate
In a CNN inter view yesterday with John King, Paul discussed his strategy of acquiring delegates. “Nobody is going to clinch the election today, and I think we have a little bit of time left before you declare anyone the winner,” he said on the show. School of Arts and Sciences junior Eric Antisell, a Paul volunteer, says Paul typically does well in caucus states. “ C o n g r e s s m a n Paul traditionally does well in caucus states because caucusing is very different than pulling a lever in a polling booth,” Antisell said. Antisell said that because of the lengthy duration of caucuses, committed grassroots suppor t is key for a candidate in caucus states. “Passionate grassroots suppor ters who are the most engaged in the issues attend the caucuses, and Ron Paul has a strong following of them,” he said.
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lish, but I couldn’t tell,” he said. “No actual video was transferred as an iChat or video at that time.” Ravi can spend up to 10 years in prison if he is found guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness tampering and hindering arrest. The trial is scheduled to continue today and is expected to last two to three more weeks.
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POLLS: Super Tuesday results reveal competition continued from front Weingart said he does not think Super Tuesday will be the end of the GOP primary though some candidates may begin feeling pressure to withdraw from the race. He said both Gingrich and Santorum have been considered for significant portions of the 2011 lead up to the primaries. “The fact that each of them has provided a serious challenge to Romney at various points in 2012 is surprising and is not something that anybody would have predicted,” he said. Weingart said members of the GOP will need to find a way to unite behind their nominee once it becomes apparent who that is. “ ... there will be discussions between the presumed nominee and the other candidates about the extent of which the other can-
“The fact that each of them has provided a serious challenge to Romney ... is surprising.” JOHN WEINGART Associate Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics
is probably going to be less impor tant than Santor um’s endorsement of Romney, assuming Romney is nominated,” he said.
Antisell said that he expects a good showing in the same states that the Paul campaign has reportedly focused on. “I’m expecting a strong showing in Alaska, a state known for its ‘rugged individualist’ spirit, as well as North Dakota and Idaho,” he said. Antisell said that strong finishes in those states may provide “considerable momentum” in the future. Gingrich, on the other hand, has not put much stock in caucus states, choosing to focus instead on his home state of Georgia. According to AP, Gingrich is also counting on strong showings in Tennessee and Oklahoma. “Winning next Tuesday moves us toward Tampa in a big way,” Gingrich said in the article “Georgia is the biggest group of delegates out there on Super Tuesday, so this is a big deal and it really, really matters.” The nominees move toward Kansas for the March 10 caucuses
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Christie sets to find new way to aid impoverished students THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday that he is looking for another way to count impoverished students whose districts qualify for additional school aid because the existing measure — participation in a subsidized school lunch program — is rife with fraud and may be to blame for the misdirection of tens of millions of dollars. Christie signed an executive order convening a task force and giving it four months to come up with a new way to count economically disadvantaged students. The Republican governor also took aim at tax abatement programs, which he said might artificially deflate a community’s tax ratable base, another factor in determining aid to public school districts under the state school funding formula. “The task force will help root out and eliminate well-documented fraud and abuse in the free and reduced price school lunch program, which has led to the possible misdirection of tens of millions of dollars of education funding,” Christie said. Christie has said many times that he disagrees with the school funding formula put in place by his predecessor and upheld by the state Supreme Court. Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s formula allocates aid based on the children and their economic circumstances, not where they attend school. But Christie has said the formula requires the state to send thousands of additional dol-
lars per pupil to the poorest districts without regard for results. He said the achievement gap between students living in poor and wealthy areas has not lessened significantly despite hundreds of millions in additional spending. Christie has promised to remake the Supreme Court with less activist justices because of decisions like upholding the school funding formula. He said his latest proposal stresses accountability in allocating taxpayer money. The governor was ordered by the court last year to restore $500 million in aid to the poorest districts, which he had cut from the budget. In the coming fiscal year, he proposes increasing aid to K12 schools by $213 million over the current allocation. “How we spend education dollars in our schools is just as important as how we provide them,” Christie said. “Funding must follow the child more closely and get to the students who need it most.” Monday’s announcement is the second, in which Christie has proposed plans to tinker with the school funding formula. His education chief said last month that the way students are counted would be changed from a single day’s attendance to a calculation based on the entire year. That change is more likely to affect poor districts, where attendance can be more sporadic and tends to decrease later in the school year as students change residences. The subsidized school lunch program came under scrutiny
NJ, NY, CT OFFICIALS PUSH FOR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGES Legislative leaders from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are pushing a novel, unified approach to promote higher minimum wages, hoping to spur a national movement and eliminate a major argument of opponents in the Northeast who say hikes hinder a state’s competitiveness. The Democrats want to increase the minimum from $7.25 an hour to about $8.50 in New York and New Jersey, and to about $9.75 over two years in Connecticut, where it’s $8.25. There are several active proposals in the states. New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his counterparts, Speaker Sheila Oliver in New Jersey and Speaker Chris Donovan in Connecticut, want to defuse the argument by critics and business groups that a state puts itself at a disadvantage if it increases the minimum when neighboring states do not. “The gap between the rich and poor has risen dramatically over the past four decades, as more and more Americans work harder to make less,” the leaders stated in an opinion piece for newspapers Tuesday. They said that if the federal minimum wage now standing at $7.25 an hour had kept up with inflation since the 1960s, it would be more than $10 an hour now. “In New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, we are also failing our working families because we do not increase the minimum wage each year to keep up with the rising cost of living, as 10 other states do,” the leaders said. Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan, is making raising the minimum wage a major goal for the current legislative session. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he has supported raising the minimum in the past and is considering Silver’s bill. The Senate’s Republican majority has warned raising the minimum is a “job killer” because employers won’t be able to afford higher wages. The bill has been introduced and is expected to be debated after adoption of the state budget, which is due April 1. A bill boosting New Jersey’s minimum wage to $8.50 an hour was approved by an Assembly Labor panel last month. It came after a worker told lawmakers she can’t get by on $7.25 an hour and business groups said employers can’t afford to pay more in the still-sputtering economy. The bill calls for automatic future annual adjustments to be linked to the Consumer Price Index. — The Associated Press
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last summer when the president of the Elizabeth school board was arrested for having children enrolled in the program even though they didn’t meet income eligibility requirements.
A 2011 report by the state auditor estimated that 37 percent of the applications received for the program were fraudulent. Sen. Michael Doherty, a conservative Republican representing
Hunterdon and Warren counties, said the current calculation of at-risk students has resulted in an inequitable distribution of state school aid. He has long pushed for an alternate school funding formula.
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Undercover senator causes social change D
uring an era in which socioeconomic divisions have grown immensely, it’s rare that we find individuals, especially in politics, that are willing to bridge the gap for the greater good. But that’s exactly what N.J. Sen. Richard Codey, D-Essex, does to gain a better understanding of the conditions at local homeless shelters across the state. In his latest attempt at researching the lives of the homeless, Codey dirtied his face, threw on a worn-out ski cap and fitted himself with a faux beard for an overnight stay at the Goodwill Rescue Mission in Newark. He spent the night sleeping on a bed mat alongside dozens of other homeless individuals who routinely stay at city homeless shelters. If that’s not dedication to one’s career, we don’t know what is. But the implications of Codey’s undercover strategy run far deeper than commitment to community service. A homeless shelter, is, after all, the last place one would expect to find a state senator. This type of undercover work may be common to journalists and anthropologists, but does a public official have any business disguising himself with makeup and a fake beard to spy on the homeless? By going to such lengths to accomplish something that will benefit not only himself, but thousands of homeless individuals across the state who will undoubtedly benefit from his work, Codey has forced us to question the role politicians can play in effecting change and we admire him for his commitment. He has showed us that, sometimes, sitting back and barking orders is not enough to affect change – that sometimes, you’ve got to get your hands dirty. And, on top of it all, he makes his colleagues look bad in the process. If Codey was looking to bring publicity to his cause, he certainly got it from us — and from residents throughout the Garden State, we’re sure. We’d love to see more public officials engage in this sort of hands-on approach to politics, but we can’t expect many others to glue on a beard and go prospecting through their local homeless shelters like Codey does.
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niversity President Richard L. McCormick announced in May 2011 that he would step down from his post as head of the University, with plans to return to the faculty as a professor. The University Board of Governors established the Presidential Search Committee shortly after the news broke of the president’s decision. According to the committee’s website, the committee — which includes faculty members, administrators, and students — is expected to have finished by spring 2012 the search for a candidate to serve as the University’s 20th president. Yet nearly nine months have passed since the committee was formed, and the campus community still remains in the dark as to who will be the University’s next president. Aside from a University statement, issued in August 2011 by the Chair of the Board of Governors Ralph Izzo, as well as three public forums held by the committee at the University’s respective campuses last semester, little has been done to bring members of the University into the search process. Just about all the information we have received about the committee’s search process is that they will ensure a “diverse” selection of candidates. While this is a laudable goal, and one that we’re sure many would agree with, it does not do nearly enough to placate the feelings of community members throughout the University who feel they’ve been kept out of the loop. This is a decision that will impact not one subset, but the entirety of the University community — and for that reason, it should not be kept so secret. It’s clear that the committee must do more to bring about greater transparency regarding the search process, as well as make more of an effort to include the University population in its deliberations. In one sense, it’s understandable that the committee strives to keep much of the dealings relating to the search process confidential — the present positions of candidates under consideration must not be jeopardized by the publicity associated with news that they are being reviewed for a presidential nomination. But this does not mean the University community must be kept in the dark entirely, and it’s important that students and faculty at least feel that they are participants in a process whose outcome will so greatly affect them. We hope that the presidential search committee realizes this, and makes every reasonable effort to hear the concerns of members throughout the University community.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “If we continue to allow fracking then we are dead.” Tracy Carluccio, deputy director of the Delaware RiverKeeper Network, on fracking for natural gas STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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How is this case then any hroughout history, different from the cases I people have loved to will discuss below? I posit disassociate themthat it isn’t. selves from their actions. Consider addiction of Whereas in the past the claim any kind — drugs, gammight have been “the devil bling, sex, etc. Now, there made me do it,” now the EDWARD REEP is a component of drug claim seems more like “a disaddiction that is a disease, ease made me do it.” where the body literally malfunctions without the Sometimes malicious spirits do possess people and drug, but I’m not talking about that. I’m talking force them to do things, and sometimes diseases do about an addiction in which a person feels like literally make people do things, like Tourette synthey need to engage in a certain behavior as drome for instance. I think most of the time, people much as they can because they are obsessed with are in error when they say a disease has usurped their experiencing the feelings associated with the free will. This is not to say we should always blame behavior. This is often called a disease, with the people for the bad choices they make — one can easclaim that the person does not have control over ily be duped into making poor decisions, but realize the fact that they engage in the behavior, but that we do someone no good by letting them think that’s not an enlightened view. their behavior is out of their control. Even if an addict realizes that I will first make an analogy in which engaging in the behavior they are I show the foolishness of arbitrarily “I think most of addicted to is destructive, a part of calling behavior a disease, and then I the time, people are them may still want to engage in will discuss two examples where I think we have let this disease termi- in error when they say the behavior, and this part may win out when the addict makes nology go too far: addiction and a disease has usurped decisions about whether to engage eating disorders. in the behavior. Imagine that a student does not their free will.” After all, if heroin really is more want to study or do homework for pleasurable than the “best orgasm their classes. As a consequence of you’ve ever had [multiplied] by a their actions, they burden their thousand” as described in the film friends and family and make themselves very “Trainspotting,” it is understandable why a unhappy, and this student fully acknowledges that it human may choose to use heroin excessively would be better if they studied or did homework. even if it ruins his body, saddens his loved ones But whenever an opportunity comes up for and lands him in prison. them to study or do homework, they find the Also now consider anorexia and bulimia, behaviors idea of doing such things so painfully unattracin which a person starves or intentionally throws up — tive that they don’t do them. It highly distresses and I’m not talking about physiological conditions in them that they’re harming their education and which a person cannot stomach food. A huge literature future livelihood, but they just cannot stand exists emphasizing that these eating disorders are disdoing work for school. Couldn’t this person’s eases and not choices — that people don’t choose to be behavior actually be the result of something anorexic or bulimic. I disagree and invoke the same called “academic aversion disorder” that takes logic as with addiction. Even if someone acknowledges away this person’s free will and forces them to how dangerous those things are, they may still choose not do their work in school? I’m sure most of you to do them if the part of them that prefers extreme would say no. I’m sure most of you would agree skinniness or whatnot wins out. With the way the with me that this person is choosing to be selfmedia has reprehensibly promoted an unrealistically destructive because, on some level, they would slight female form as the norm, self-starvation may rather accept all the negatives associated with sadly make sense in the minds of many screwing up their education over enduring the impressionable girls, even with the knowledge of miser y of schoolwork. As a student at the the horrors of malnutrition. University, I’m sure most of us know people like this, who know that their work habits are bad, SEE REEP ON PAGE 9 but don’t improve them.
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s a practicing member of the Baha’i faith, I spend 19 days in March fasting from sunrise to sunset. Baha’i, which lasts during the daylight hours, is when people of the faith between 15 and 70 years old refrain from eating and drinking. The fast is symbolic: It stands as a reminder of spirituality in favor of materialism and aims to humble us. During midterms, I’ve been asked how I can concentrate while my stomach’s grumbling. I hardly see the fast as an obstacle to my studies. Rather, it reminds me of my steadfast faith and how lucky I am to be able to practice my religion while still receiving an education, because this freedom that I enjoy is not universal. Today, Baha’is in Iran are afforded no legal rights. They are victims of a systematic persecution at the hands of a gov-
REEP continued from page 9 It is human nature that people want to separate from the parts of themselves that they don’t like, whether they call those parts diseases or something supernatural. It makes people uncomfortable to realize their identity might include something socially unacceptable or destructive, but understand that whatever desires we have, we always have a choice based off our highest level (or meta) desires, and it is choices and our highest level desires that truly define who we are. Someone may get angr y and want to punch the person who angered them in the face, but they may also have a superseding desire not to punch the person in the face because it’s wrong or socially unacceptable. I speak about addiction and eating disorders being choices rather than diseases not because I want to place blame on people for their woes. I personally don’t believe in blame. Rather, I want to empower people to make their lives better. If you are an addict or an anorexic or a bulimic, you don’t have to feel like you’re stuck acting in some horrible way because you’re literally broken like a TV that suffered magnetic interference. You are a human being with free will who at any point can change what you’re doing — the physics allow it. But to make the choice to stop doing destructive things, you need to ask yourself if you truly want to stop, if you truly prefer the healthier alternative when weighing the pros and cons in your mind. Even if you really, really want to do something, you can always really, really, really want to do something else. Humans are not animals because we can always control ourselves. Edward Reep is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in economics and business and technical writing. His column, “Philosophies of a Par ticular American,” usually runs on alternate Mondays.
ernment that denies their existence as legitimate believers of a legitimate faith. The Baha’i faith emerged as an independent faith in the mid-1800s in Iran, but has since spread to virtually ever y countr y in the world. There are about 7 million Baha’is, and it is the world’s second-most geographically diverse religion after Christianity. Baha’is believe in the oneness of humanity. We stand for universal education, the equality of men and women, world peace and the elimination of all prejudice. Most importantly, we are commanded by our scriptures to engage in some kind of profession, art, trade or craft. We believe that humans are blessed with the gifts of intelligence, creativity and empathy. With these qualities, we have the ability to achieve this great peace. It’s hard to see how any of these beliefs could be criminal. Perhaps worst of all, Baha’is are barred from higher educa-
tion in Iran. Forbidden from attending university, they are prevented from becoming doctors, lawyers, professors, teachers or anything else. Without an education or a degree, they can never earn high salaries. The forbidding of a university education for Baha’is is a systematic persecution, designed to drive the countr y’s largest religious minority into abject poverty. Baha’is attempted to appease their situation by creating an underground university called the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education. Taught by Baha’i professors who had been fired from their jobs, as well as other scholars, graduates of the clandestine BIHE were able to have their degrees recognized and accepted by multiple universities in the world. But in May 2011, Iranian authorities arrested many people involved with the BIHE under charges such as “conspiracy against national security by establishing the illegal Baha’i Institute for Higher Education.”
A university education is hardly even about training for jobs and money. It’s about deepening and enlightenment. It’s about being human. We’re endowed with intelligence and creativity. It’s human to want to exercise our intelligence and creativity in whatever manner we choose — literature, law, art, science, medicine, etc. Who has the right to prevent anyone from being human? I think about the person I’ve become in my four years of college. Shakespeare has become my best friend. I write much more wisely, with tact and sensitivity. I’ve been a First-Year Interest Group Seminar instructor and work as a tutor at the Plangere Writing Center on the College Avenue campus. I’ve made dozens upon dozens of wonderful friends and have become acquainted with wonderful professors. I’ve studied abroad and traveled, which taught me more about myself than any class could ever offer. So, imagine me — a good student, a writer, a friend, a
tutor, a teacher, a loyal customer to the coffee shop on campus and dedicated English major — being expelled from the University for believing in the notion that all religions come from the same God, that men and women are inherently equal, that world peace is possible and that human beings are truly good at heart. You would do something about it, wouldn’t you? Please join us then, for a viewing of the documentar y “Education Under Fire” and a conversation today,Wednesday, March 7 at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. Our cause is not political, and it is not religious. Rather, we hope for it to be a gathering of University students, simply standing up for the rights of other people who just want to be students too. Nadia Kardan is a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in English with a minor in religion.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 9 -- Offer to help. You're moved to make a difference. Discipline gives you more time to enjoy life. Side effect benefit: a rise in resources and status. Get inspired. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- New opportunities for income show up, especially when you apply patience without compromising love. Use your natural magnetism to persuade. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Do your homework sooner rather than later so that you have time to play without worry. Your community plays an important role, especially now. Stand by them. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- It's easy to get distracted by fun. Use your talents to bring in business, no matter how much fun you're having. Get your antiques appraised. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- A motivating presence brings in new energy. Keep working on what's important to you, and be compassionate when you make mistakes. Learn and live. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Discover new technology that improves your productivity, even if you have to ask for help. Reconsider a crazy idea that you dismissed before. It might work.
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rmy attack Garrett Thul was a constant problem last night in the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s 9-8 loss in West Point, N.Y. Garrett already notched a hat trick before scoring Army’s (3-3) final goal with 20 seconds left in the game. The attack’s team-leading fourth goal put Army ahead 97. Freshman midfielder Brian Goss closed the gap for Rutgers (3-3) with a goal with 13 seconds remaining, but it was too late.
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YAHOO SPOR TS reported earlier in the week that at least 10 Syracuse men’s basketball players since 2001 tested positive for banned substances. Yahoo Sports revealed yesterday than in addition to the athletes testing positive, the program chose to ignore those test result an keep the players as eligible. The team’s 2003 national championship season was included in the investigation. Syracuse said yesterday in a statement that the ongoing investigation does not include any players currently on the roster. It is not clear how this issue will affect this season. BOTH
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averaging only 2.2 minutes per game in the Big East regular season. He did not appear in nine of the 18 regular season league contests, and his most playing time (seven minutes) came in a pair of blowout losses to W e s t Virginia. H e started and played 10 minutes last night, though, grabbing GREG t w o r ebounds LEWIS with two assists, two turnovers and two fouls.
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Rutgers head coach Mike Rice suffered a loss to Villanova for the second consecutive matchup. The second-year head coach saw his offense limited to one half of good play, similar to the March 1 contest at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. did in the first half for some [from 3-point range], so we just ing seven 3-point attempts. The Wildcat defense shuts we odd reason. Maalik Wayns just extended on them.” Knights made only five against kept the pressure on and made all The Knights trailed by as many as the Wildcats five days earlier at RU offense down in second half the right moves.” 8 points in the the Louis Brown Athletic Center The Wildcats first half, looking and took twice as many shots. continued from back found breathing Still, Villanova proved “We didn’t execute every bit the slow room on the starters from the arguably the toughest No. 14 injury. [in the second teams’ matchup seed in recent Big East “He was very dynamic with perimeter. Rutgers only saw a sea of March 1. Then Tournament histor y. Its star tthe basketball,” Rice said. half] like we Carter found a ing frontcour t, averaging 6 feet “Guarding him one-on-one is not outstretched arms, did in the hands and fingers. rhythm. 9 inches, went to the free a favorable matchup.” He scored 15 throw line with regularity. SixIn a league predicated on point The Knights confirst half points in the first foot-11 center Maurice Sutton guard play, Wayns was the tem- verted only one minutes, often blanketed the Knights’ for some reason.” 20 plate. He balanced himself attempt from 3including a 3-for-4 smaller guards. around the rim. He converted in point territor y in MIKE RICE clip from beyond The gangly Sutton averaged transition. But most importantly, the second half Head Coach and shot only 29.1 the arc. less than 12 minutes per game in he was not alone. Carter and the regular season. But he had as Freshman guard Eli Carter percent from the Miller combined much of an impact on the game as scored a team-high 23 points, but floor. “We just extended out on them to lift the Knights on a 17-2 run, the acrobatic Wayns or Wright. none of his teammates joined him a little more,” said Villanova head stretching their lead to 34-26. He was the unexpected conin double figures. “The execution wasn’t there,” coach Jay Wright. “Their guards Rutgers shot 44 percent from the tributor in the finale of Rutgers’ Rice said. “We didn’t execute like in the first half … were 7-for-11 field during the stretch, convert- unconventional year.
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Corey Caidenhead never wanted to go to Rutgers. Instead, he had his sights set on Connecticut. But luckily for the Rutgers MEN’S TRACK m e n ’ s track and field team, he had a change of heart. “Rutgers was the last school on my list. … When it comes to sports on a D-1 level, you have those guys — or even girls — who are cocky. I didn’t like that about the UConn guys. I came here [to Rutgers] and said, ‘These guys are so down-to-earth.’” The Huskies’ loss was the Knights’ gain, and Rutgers is certainly thankful for that. The sophomore won the 500-meter dash at the IC4A Indoor Championships this weekend and also anchored the Knights in a school recordbreaking 4x400-meter relay. But this amount of success did not always seem attainable to him, as he sat out a year to attend Bergen Community College to focus on academics and visiting colleges. Once he arrived at Rutgers, it did not get any easier. “It was really a hard transition,” Caidenhead said. “I thought of myself as a freshman because you come in and you have school work, and you have so many things to do. And you have social events as well, but then you have this big responsibility with track. And it’s a lot of pressure because you have to live up to the expectations.” Caidenhead said he never saw himself becoming an IC4A champion and was humbled by the moment. “I was definitely surprised. … It was a big shock,” he said. “It’s an honor, we have a lot of past alumni who came through here and ran the 500-[meter] and won it a couple of times. ... To be in the same sentence with them is an honor.” Head coach Mike Mulqueen was not surprised by Sunday’s results. “We really thought that this would be the breakout year for him because he had a year of collegiate running under his belt last year,” Mulqueen said. “He works as hard as anybody we’ve ever had here. Good things come to those who work hard.” But the Bergenfield, N.J., native is staying level-headed and is wary of the higher expectations on him now. “It’s one thing to get to the spot, but the hardest thing is staying there, because at that point, you need to find something to be motivated about in order to compete and do the same things over and over again,” he said. Caidenhead’s role will certainly expand next year, since three of his 4x400 teammates are graduating. As an upperclassman, it will be up to him to take on more of a leadership role and possibly be the full-time anchor of the 4x400. Mulqueen said he also expects Caidenhead to run more 800-meter races this spring. “It’s different when you do it individually because now it’s by yourself. It’s a big confidence booster, but I’m not settling for that,” Caidenhead said.
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Senior co-captain Morgan Ivey has the rare opportunity to play in her hometown during the upcoming road trip. The setting for the matches is only miles from Mount Pleasant, S.C., where Ivey grew up. She plays in the No. 3 spot for both singles and doubles.
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For the Rutgers tennis team, its three-game road trip to South Carolina during spring break ser ves as TENNIS a chance for most of it to compete as well as experience playing outside of the Northeast. But for senior Morgan Ivey, the trip represents something more memorable — she gets to go home. “I couldn’t be more excited,” Ivey said of returning to the Palmetto State. “It’s actually kind of funny that of all places that we happen to be going to is my hometown. Typically for spring break, the destination is Florida or California or someplace really exotic.” The Scarlet Knights travel to Charleston to compete in three matches before they return to campus to continue their Big East schedule against Villanova. The Knights play Sunday against the College of Charleston, Boston
University the following day and Charleston Southern on March 14. Ivey is familiar with the two southern schools. She grew up in Mount Pleasant, located in Charleston, which she said is only minutes away from where Rutgers competes during the break. “I could literally jog there,” Ivey said. Many players the Knights will see are the same ones Ivey faced in high school. South Carolina has always been home for Ivey. But tennis provided an opportunity for her to explore outside of the state and the idea of playing collegiate tennis away from home. Ivey considered schools in California and Massachusetts. But it was a high school showcase at Yale that introduced the eventual team captain to head coach Ben Bucca. Ivey still wanted to look at other schools before she settled on a place to continue her tennis career. As her last year of high school
neared its conclusion, she had yet to make a choice and was still without a school late in the recruiting process. So when Bucca contacted her about joining the team, she was excited to have an opportunity to continue her career in the Big East. “He recruited me again, and I said, ‘Yes, I’ll go. I don’t care where it is,’” Ivey said. “So I came never being on the campus before. It was really bizarre, but I came and I couldn’t be more happier or more grateful.” She went from a small Catholic school in South Carolina with a senior graduating class of 38 to one of the biggest universities in the country. “Size, diversity, speed, pace, everything is so much faster up here and took some serious adapting,” Ivey said. While Bucca admitted Ivey looked rattled in her first couple of matches as a freshman, she adjusted quickly and combined with teammate Jennifer Holzberg for an 18-1 record in No. 3 doubles. It was the best mark during
Bucca’s coaching career. As a senior, Ivey competes in both No. 3 singles and doubles positions and has been a leader for Bucca’s team. “This is her fourth year now with the program, and she knows what’s expected, and Morgan more than fulfills all of those expectations,” Bucca said. “She challenges herself as an athlete. She has improved her competitiveness and her ability to just be able to compete on the court and to have the confidence to be a confident competitor.” Ivey now gets the chance to continue her successful campaign in the place she grew up her whole life. The co-captain also gets an opportunity to compete in front of her family. Rutgers lies nearly 750 miles from her hometown, which makes it difficult for her family to watch her play. “They haven’t been really able to come up,” Ivey said. “It’s too far of a travel for one match or two matches. My entire family is going to show up.”
Knights face second straight ranked foe BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team continues to embrace the underdog role as it prepares for WOMEN’S LACROSSE
RUTGERS AT PENNSYLVANIA, TODAY, 7 P.M. Saturday’s matchup against No. 7 Pennsylvania. Flying under the radar with an 0-2 record, the Scarlet Knights patched together their first complete game one week ago, handing No. 8 Princeton its first loss of the season. Now, with their sights set on the Quakers (1-1), the Knights (12) want to play spoiler once more. But the Knights are not satisfied with the upset role. They want to prove they are a force. “Our slogan the last week or so has been ‘up,’” said senior
defender Rebecca Alley. “We just want to keep moving up and keep winning.” With a chance to improve to .500, the matchup at Philadelphia’s historic Franklin Field is not only important in the standings, but also as assurance in the team’s ability to compete against elite programs. Rutgers faces five more teams featured in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, starting this weekend against the Quakers. “Our whole schedule is difficult,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “[But] whether someone has a number next to their name or not isn’t really my concern.” What the 10th-year head coach cares about is her team playing with heart and passion. “There was a notable difference between the Princeton game and our first two games,” BrandSias said. “[It was] the energy on the field and the sidelines. The girls were loose and having fun.”
The co-captain Alley agreed. “We need to bring the energy again,” the all-region defender said. “The reason we were able to beat Princeton was ever yone showed up and had a lot of energy and heart. We wanted to win.” While the Knights plan to bring the same emotion, the Quakers want to slow things down. Sporting a calculated offense, Penn knows when to strike. “They’re a patient and smart team,” Alley said. “[For us] it starts on defense, controlling the game and ball.” The Knights were able to control the game at Princeton. Winning seven more draw controls than their Ivy League opponent, Brand-Sias’ squad held the advantage through possessions. It hopes to do the same against Penn. Alley led the game in draw controls and hopes to accomplish the feat again at Franklin Field. But her first task is to limit the
Quaker attack. “We have to play good team defense and have quick slides,” she said. On top of defending, Alley must also fulfill her leadership duties. “I have to lead vocally, lead by example and keep the energy level up throughout the game, no matter what happens,” she said. Whether the team is up by a wide margin, neck-and-neck with its opponent or trailing by six goals, the game is still within reach. The Knights experienced all three scenarios in their first three games. But the Knights think they have moved past the late-game struggles that plagued them in their first two matchups. With the Princeton win boosting confidence and showing the Knights can find themselves on the winning end of late-contest settings, they hope to prove it once more with a victory at Penn.
The Rutgers women’s golf team makes its spring 2012 debut in a little more than a week. The Scarlet WOMEN’S GOLF K n i g h t s tee off March 16 at the Siena College Invitational in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in a long-awaited match. No one is more anxious to return to the course than freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis, who led the Knights in their fall campaign. Maxoutopoulis is always ready to do whatever is necessary to take her game to the next level and remain at an elite status. “I love to work on my game,” she said. “I am always trying to see what I can improve on to develop my game and make me better. I think that attitude is what helps me on the course.” The Pleasanton, Calif., native has lived by the motto, and it is evident through her accomplishments and golf career. Maxoutopoulis competed at a national level during her high school career, including playing as part of the Northern California Golf Association. She also ranked 115th nationally on the junior scoreboard for the Class of 2011 with a scoring differential of 2.77. Her drive and success followed her to Rutgers, resulting in an impressive fall season. She won the Bison Invitational on Sep. 12 in Lewisburg, Pa. She carded a 214 (70-73-71) to secure the win in her first collegiate event. The victory was even sweeter as she played in rain, wind and other disruptive weather conditions for the entire weekend. “The weather was something that I was not used to,” Maxoutopoulis said. “In California, it was usually nice all of the time, so that was something that I had to adjust to.” She made an important adjustment and carried the confidence she gained in the win throughout the remainder of the season. Maxoutopoulis finished with another win at the Rutgers Invitational in October, carding a 150 (75-75) and multiple top finishes in the team’s season. Maxoutopoulis was a catalyst for the Knights. In addition to gaining respect from her teammates, she took on a leadership role and was also a factor in why head women’s golf coach Maura Waters-Ballard raves about her team’s success and bright future. “Of all the seasons that I have coached, I believe that this past fall has been the best,” WatersBallard said. “Everyone played very well, even when the chips were down.” Not everyone is able to be an effective leader, especially as a firstyear athlete. But Maxoutopoulis believes her skills and leadership qualities as a golfer are effective. “One of my strengths is my ability to help lead my teammates more mentally as opposed to physically,” she said. As long as Maxoutopoulis continues to compete at her current standard, the Knights are in a position to succeed during the spring season.
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70-49 Villanova guard Maalik Wayns dropped 28 points on Rutgers last night to lead all scorers. He also had six rebounds and four assists in the game. NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
SCORING LEADER M. WAYNS, 28 REBOUNDING LEADER M. YAROU, 12 STEALS LEADER E. CARTER, 3
EARLY EXIT Villanova guard’s 28 points, four assists help eliminate Rutgers in opening round of Big East Tournament BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
NEW YORK — One by one, Mike Rice grabbed his bench players last night, lifting them to their feet and sending them to the scorer’s table with haste. The Rutgers head men’s basketball coach wanted to will his team to victory on its biggest stage of the season. But the Scarlet Knights found the Madison Square Garden hardwood daunting, falling to Villanova in the first round of the Big East
Tournament, 70-49. “After this half, it’s high on the frustration meter,” Rice said. “I didn’t know what I didn’t know coming into this because I didn’t have so many young players. This’ll be something that’s brought up time and time again.” The loss was a fitting end to a wholly unpredictable season. The Knights struggled in nonconference play only to prove worthy of top-10 competition. Rice’s freshmen guards endured the trials of a season of attention,
only to defend the class’ recruiting ranking in Rutgers history. And when the Knights (14-18, 613) found success against the Wildcats nearly six months later, they could not sustain it, scoring only 15 second-half points. “We made some mental errors … and it snowballed from there,” Rice said. “These things happen.” Villanova (13-18, 6-13) went on a 24-7 run that spanned both halves, regaining its early lead and prompting Rice to regroup. Rutgers built its own cushion earlier, but its sea-
son taught it leads evaporate quickly. It scored only 4 points in the first seven minutes of the second half as Villanova showed flashes of its preseason top-25 self. Wildcat Maalik Wayns led the revival tour. The junior point guard made the paint his second home, scoring 28 points. He looked the part of a Second Team All-Big East performer despite missing time during the season with a knee
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Inconsistency plagues Knights BY STEVEN MILLER CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK — A 17-2 Rutgers men’s basketball team r un was little more than a distant memor y by the time Day KNIGHT 1 of the NOTEBOOK Big East
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Freshman guard Eli Carter led Rutgers with 23 points and three steals. He went 8-of-17 from the field and hit four free throws.
Tournament ended at Madison Square Garden. The Scarlet Knights trailed by 5 when they hit five consecutive 3pointers in a stretch that ended with a Dane Miller tip-in to cap the scoring stretch. Then 14th-seeded Villanova countered with a 20-4 run of its own to turn a deficit as large as 8 into a lead by the same score. The Wildcats never looked back, eliminating Rutgers from the tournament and ending its season with a 70-49 loss. “We made some mental errors that led to their transition, wideopen looks in the paint, and it just snowballed from there,” said head coach Mike Rice. “A young team
may not have responded as well as I would like, but things happen. That’s life when you have a very young basketball team.” Freshman guard Myles Mack hit the first 3-pointer to start the scoring, but junior wing Dane Miller again provided the spark. He hit the second 3-pointer before freshman guard Eli Carter sank three of his own. Carter finished the first half 6for-11 from the field and 3-for-4 from long range, but the entire team soon went cold. Rice said Monday he expected his team to give another strong effort, but needed it to knock down open shots to advance to a secondround matchup with sixth-seeded South Florida. Then they shot 3-for-25 in the second half en route to a 29.1 percent shooting clip for the game, which gave Villanova its best defensive performance in the Big East Tournament. The Wildcats countered with a 45.8 shooting percentage, after shooting 50 percent from the field in a 77-71 victory Thursday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
“I don’t know how many missed layups it was, but it was a lot of missed opportunities,” Rice said. “That, and the execution wasn’t there. We just didn’t execute.”
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Kadeem Jack fouled out with the wildly aggressive style of play that defined his season. The 6-foot-9 forward returned Dec. 29 against Florida after undergoing surger y on his foot and played in 18 of the final 20 games. But the final one ended with 4:26 remaining in regulation. Rice repeatedly said he could not wait until Jack strengthens his lower body in order to bang in the paint against the big-bodied Big East. Jack showed his willingness to against Villanova, grabbing three rebounds and scoring 5 points. But his reckless abandon for blocked shots and rebounds did little to help him.
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